people both for service in the Wars and in times of Peace being also a principall meane that people are set on worke and thereby withdrawn from Idlenes Drunkennes unlawfull Games and all other leud practises and conditions of life And whereas by the same meanes of Tillage and Husbandry the greater part of the Subjects are preserved from extreame poverty in a competent estate of maintenance and means to live and the wealth of the Realme is kept dispersed and distributed in many hands where it is more ready to answer all necessary charges for the service of the Realme and whereas also the said Husbandry and Tillage is a cause that the Realme doth more stand upon it self without depending upon forreigne Countreyes either for bringing in of Corne in time of scarcity or for vent and utterance of our own Commodityes being in over great abundance and whereas from the 27 th yere of King Henry the eighth of famous memory untill the 35. yere of her Majesties most happy Reigne there was alwayes in force some Law which did ordeine a conversion and continuance of a certaine quantity and proportion of Land in Tillage not to be altered And that in the last Parliament held in the said 35. yere of her Majesties Reigne partly by reason of the great plenty and cheapnes of graine at that time within this Realme and partly by reason of the imperfection and obscurity of the Law made in that case the same was discontinued Since which time there have growne many more Depopulations by turneing Tillage into Pasture than at any time for the like number of yeres heretofore Be it enacted c. These Acts are both expired but if they had not they would have been repealed as divers of like sort have been so that we cannot expect a stop for this great evil till it stay it self that is till depopulating a Lordship will not improve or encrease the owners Rent some examples whereof I have seen already and more may do because Pasture already begins to exceed the vent for the Commodities which it yields but other restraint till the Lords and such Gentlemen as are usually members of the House of Commons who have been the chief and almost only Authors of and gainers by this false-named improvement of their Lands amongst us think fit to make a Self-denying Act in this particular would be as vain to think of as that any Law which hinders the profit of a powerful man should be effectually executed This prevailing mischief in some parts of this Shire hath taken away and destroyed more private Families of good account than time it self within the compass of my observations yet some very few have escaped where this devouring Pestilence hath raged and amongst them through Gods great mercy my own which surely should not be envyed being for the most part procul negotiis Ut prisca gens mortalium Paterna rura bobus exercens suis. I should here have ended but that it may be pertinent for the encouragement of any who may be disposed further to enlarge this work or make any Appendix to it to let him know that here is little out of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Registry from whence one of my Agents only brought me the Titles of certain Records and another a Catalogue of the Livings-Spiritual in the Arch-deaconry of Nottingham with their Values Incumbents and Patrons as they then were out of which I only transcribed the values in the Kings Books and last Patrons And also that here is omitted by mischance and over-sight many Notes which I had by me and intended to insert as some concerning Trewthales Mannor in Colston Basset and a certain Chapel near the Bridge there Founded by the last Lord Basset and several particular Inscriptions of Monuments and other things in divers other places which I beg their pardon for who may be concerned And that though I was a Commissioner for the Royal Aid and Subsidy and since that a Justice of Peace I could never get an exact account of all the present owners in a great part of the County but am forced to end in many places with one I have which was made about the year 1612. The great helps I had for elder times were chiefly these viz. my best Copy of Doomsday Book taken by my Father-in-law Serjeant Bounes own hand from that in the Exchequer What other use I have made of any of his Collections is marked in the Margent with B. but where the Printer over-looked it The Copy of the Red Book in the Exchequer and Chartae Antiq. and some other things I had from Mr. Dugdale the most excellent Collections from the Pipe Rolls and some other Records by Mr. Roger Dodsworth of Yorkshire I had from my Lord Fairfax by the procurement of my honoured friend Doctor Vere Harcourt our Arch-deacon several Collections of the industrious Mr. St. Lo Kniveton were given me by my Lord Chaworth the Leiger Books of Lenton and Dale and divers abstracts from the Plea Rolls and other Records were lent me by Mr. Samuel Roper the Book of Rufford by my Lord Hallifax that of Newstede and some other things by my Lord Byron that of Blyth by Sir Gervas Clifton and the Register of Thurgarton by Mr. Cecill Cooper c. The rest may be observed as these may also from the Margent A Mapp of NOTTINGHAM Shire With its Devisions and WAP ON TAKES described M Maâ—orum in Choro Boreali hujus Ecclesiae Nec non in Capella omnium Sanctorum infra Ecclesiam B. Petri in Capella B. Mariae infra Ecclesiam St Nicholai Sepultorum P HENRICUS PLUMPTRE Armiger Nottinghamshire COLLECTIONS Towards an Historical Description Of that COUNTY THis County of Nottingham the Map shows to be of an Oval figure extending it self in length from Stanford upon Sore bordering on Leicestershire on the South unto Alkeley or Finningeley bordering upon Yorkshire on the North near the space of thirty six English miles and about half as much in breadth from the Lordship of Colinghams bounding on Lincolnshire on the East to that of Teversalt not far from Maunsfeild adjoyning to Darbyshire on the West which last named County was not so divided from this but that they continued to have one Sheriff till the tenth year of Queen Elizabeth Three Hundreds or Wapentacs viz. Rushcliff Bingham and Newark containing betwixt a third and fourth part of this County lie on the South side the River Trent which entreth this Shire at Thrumton where it taketh in the River Sore and continueth his course towards Lincolnshire which after it leaves Newark Hundred it separates from Nottinghamshire till it come beyond Stockwith to Hokdik water the utmost North-East part of it near the Isle of Axholme The rest of this County lies on the North side of Trent it is also three Wapentacs but was in the Conquerours time five all contiguous to that River which therefore may not improperly be said to water the whole Shire Oswardebek Wapentac is now
Anaguin Rector of the Church of St. George at Barton upon the Priories paying three hundred Marks wanting twelve and taking his Parsonage to Farm five years for thirty two Marks per annum of good new and lawful Sterling Money 13s. 4d. to the Mark to be paid in Bermondsey house The quarrel was They had presented one Thomas Raley whom Mr. Barthol had been nine years in getting out with his Apostolical Letters and other charges After the dissolution of Monasteries the Town of Nott. petitioned to have had this Advowson but King H. 8. Feb. 19. 34 H. 8. granted it to the Archbishop of York and his Successors who still enjoy it When the Prior of Lenton was Patron this Rectory was 20l. In the Kings Books now it is 19l. 3s. 9d. value In the Chancell on the South side upon the Wall is a Monument for Henry Sacheverell On the South-East end for Raph Secheverell on the wall also and at the North-East end on the ground one for William Sacheverell of Alabaster There are several Arms in the Windows besides as in the North-East Window Gules a Fesse embattailed Arg. between 3 Besants Barry of six Arg. and Azure a very small bendlett Gobonè Or and Gules Hen. Grey In the South-East Window Arg. A Bend Azure cross croslettè Or Lowdham In the next South Window the same Grey and one broken on the top the bottom is Barry Arg. and Azure two Flowers de Lis on the upper and one on the lower Or. In the next Pane Azure a Crosse Counter Compony Arg. Gules Cokfeild And Varry Arg. and Sab. an in escotch Here lyeth buried Henry Sacheverell of Barton Esq son and heir of Richard the third Son of Henry Sacheverell Knight and Elizabeth his wife daughter and sole heir of Henry Gray base son of Henry last Lord Gray of Codnor which died the 27 of December in the year of our Lord 1598. Here lieth buried Raph Sacheverell Esq son and heir of William second son of Henry Sacheverell Knight and Emme daughter of William Dethick Esq his wife had issue William Anthony Iohn Iohn Thomas Edmund and Raph and Henry Mary Lucy Iane Millescent Isabel Dorothy and Ellen Raph died the first of September 1605. and Emme died last of April 1606. About this are many Arms. Arg. on a Saltire Az. 5. Waterbougets Or Sacheverell impaling Arg. a Fesse Varry Or and Gules between 3 Waterbougets Sable Dethick Arg. 3 Hares and Bagpipes Gules Hopwelle Arg. a Lion Ramp Sable Corone Or Lord Morley Gules a pale Lozengy Arg. Statham Guleâ— a Shoveler Arg. collared Or Snitterton Az. a Lion Ramp Arg. Morley Az. a Buck tripping Arg. Lowe with Strelley Vavasor And Arg. a Fesse between 3 Crescents Gules Arg. 3 Roses Gules Sab. 3 Millstones pierced Arg. Hic jacet corpus Mariae Sacheverel filiae natu maximae Gulielmi Staunton nuper de Staunton in Comitatu Nottinghamiensi Armigeri uxòris Gulielmi Sacheverel de Morley in Comitatu Derbiensi Armigeri hujus Manerii Domini qui èx èá suâ—ceperat Henricum Gulielmum Radulphum Mariam Gulielmum Elizabetham Jocosam Roberâ—um Catharinam Ex quibus quatuor filii cum unâ filiolâ matre adhuc superstite nec non acerbam supradicti Henrici primogeniti hic itidem sepulti mortem supra quam ferre valuit deflente supremum diem obierunt Maria vero Elizabetha Jocosa Roberto in vivis relictis Ipsa dâ—cimo nono die Augusti Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo quarto vitam cum morte commutavit Clifton Bank Town Wilford and Glapton A small Hamlet parcel of Clifton THis was a very eminent Mannor in the time of Edward the Confessour and did belong to the famous Gode the Countess who paid to the Dane-geld for it as two Car. and an half The Land was five Car. There when the Conquerours great survey was made William Peverell his natural son â—ad two Car. in Demesne four Sochm. nineteen Vill. eight Bord. having nine Car. There was a Priest and a Church and one Mill 12d and twelve Acres of Medow In the Confessours time the value was 19l. in the Conq. but 9l. with the â—oc it had in Willesford as much as was taxed or rated at three Car. The Land six Car. There twenty three Sochm. had seven Car. There was a Priest and eighteen Acres of Medow and half a Piscary or Fishing The Soc extended also into Bartone Bridgeford Normantune Cauord Willebye Stantune Cortinstoche Basingfelt Adbolton Gamelestune c. Here was also a small Berew of Barton of Raph Fitz-Huberts Fee which paid for two Bov. to the Geld and of the Taine-Land some belonging to Gatham which Vlchet held of the King and paid to the Tax as one Bov. He had here one Vill with two Oxen plowing and one Acre of Medow Langar as in that place will be noted and Clifton were principal Mannors and of the Demesne of William Peverell and with many other forfeited to the Crown by William his son in the beginning of the Reign of King H. 2. who before the nineteenth year of it had given them to Gerbode de Eschaud How they passed from him I find not but certain it is that Gerard de Rodes had them 1 Ioh. And Raph de Rodes a very great man was possessed of them 6 H. 3. whose son Gerard de Rodes Lord of Melles about the latter end of H. 3. or beginning of E. 1. granted the Mannors of Clifton and Wilford and the services of the Freeholders and Villans there and at Barton to Sir Gervase de Clifton reserving 30l. per annum Rent which afterwards he also released And Iohn de Beaulu likewise released the Mannors of Wilford and Clifton to the said Sir Gervase which were sold to him the said Sir Gervase by Sir Gerard de Rodes King Edward the first in the ninth year of his Reign reciting the Deed of the said Sir Gerard confirmed it Gervase son of Gervase de Clifton was Senescall in this Gerards time This worthy Family therefore which held Lands here and had their name from their residence at this place and sometimes at Wilford must not till this time pretend to be Lords of it notwithstanding the received Tradition and old Parchment writing importing that Sir Alvered de Clifton Knight was Lord of the Mannor of Wilford and Guardian of the Castle at Nott. in the time of William Peverell and his son Sir Robert de Clifton after him in like manner There is no Mannor of Wilford in Doomsday Book and King William or William Peverell built the Castle of Nott. himself and dwelt in it and his son after him yet 't is not unlike but that they might have some considerable trust or imployment under the Peverells Gervas de Clifton I find mentioned in the time of H. 2. who it seems had a daughter named Cecily the wife of Roger de Cressi who 3 Ioh. claimed Dower against William de Cressi who gave an account of twenty
Chelmerdon Lands in Spondon viz. two Mess. in Eneston Martinside Combes Batfeild in Hurdlow Broughton Tiddeswall c. In Yorkshire the Mannors of Plumpton Steton Garsington Idoll amongst which only Kinolton and Maunsfeild-woodhouse are numbred in this County Elizabeth Sothill widow died 21 Sept. 22 H. 7. leaving three sons Henry Iohn and Gerard. Henry Sothill had two daughters and heirs by his wife Iane or Ioane the daughter of Richard Empson King H. 8. Aug. 22. in the first year of his Reign granted to Sir William Perpoint Kt. the Custody of Ioane and Elizabeth Southill and their Marriage He also had Iuly 24. 2 H. 8. the Lands and Tenements which were Henry Sothills and Elizabeth Sothills widow as long as they remained in the Kings hand Elizabeth the daughter and co-heir of Henry Sothill was wife of Sir William Drury of the County of Suffolk Knight and Ioan or Iane his other daughter of Sir Iohn Constable of Kinalton Knight who bought Harteswell Grange in this Lordship formerly belonging to Swinsheved Abby which Harold Râ—sell of Cotgrave May 4. 31 H. 8. had licence to alienate to the said Sir Iohn and Ioane his wife who had issue Cicely first the wife of William Bevercotes and afterwards of .... Oglethorpe and Anne the wife of Sir Anthony Tâ—orold by whom she had Winifrid her daughter and heir the Mother of Sir Gervas Clifton who purchasing of the Lord Savile what he had got from ... Oglethorp which was three parts of the Mannor and half the Grange for ... Oglethorpe prevailed with his Mother to disinherit her son by Bevercotes and bought Druryes part became Lord of the whole and his posterity now have the whole Township except a Farm which was Sir Thomas Hutchinsons which his Ancestors bought together with the Mannor of Outhorpe and another which is William Dayes formerly belonging to Thurgarton Priory which Queen Elizabeth Iune 16.29 Eliz. granted to Edward Heron Esquire and Iohn Nicholas Gent. being four Bovats There is also a little Freehold which Francis Hacker gave to his son Rowland Hacker of East-Bridgeford The Rectory is appropriate to the Arch-bishoprick of York and in Lease to the Family of Clifton The Vicarage is 7l 18s. 11d. ob in the Kings Books and hath Episcopal Jurisdiction in the Parish Newbolt Chappel which I suppose is that now used in the middle of the Town was annexed to the Parish by Walter Grey Archbishop of York in the beginning of the Reign of H. 3. The Church is quite out of the Town on the top of the Hill not far from the Fosse way whither the Parishioners do seldom resort Owthorpe IN Ouethorpe Helge before the Conquest had a Mannor which paid the Tax for half a Car. The Land was three Car. There William the man or tenent of Roger de Busli whose Fee it afterwards was had one Car. four Sochm. eight Vill. having three Car. There was twelve Acres of Medow This in the Conquerours time and before was 30s. value Another Mannor Rolf had in the Confessours time rated also to the Geld at half a Car. The Land three Car. Likewise there Durand Malet whose Fee it was in the Conquerours time had one Car. four Sochm. three Vill. having two Car. or Plows There were twelve Acres of Medow too but the value was shrunk from 30s. to 20s. Tochi a great man and Lord of Shelford and many other Towns in this County before the Norman Conquest had a Mannor here also which paid the publick Geld for a whole Plowland But when Goiffrid de Alselin succeeded him as he did in all or most places in the time of the Conquerours Survey here was nothing to be had That of Roger de Buslies Fee I suppose the Posterity of that William before mentioned who had their name from this place continued long possessors of Iohn son of William de Outhorpe gave to the Priory of Thurgarton the right of Patronage which he had in the moyety of this Church Iohn de Vvitorp was disseised and paid Cs. Fine 7 R. 1. for being with Earl Iohn And 2 Ioh. Iohn de Vvitorp ought Cs. for having his Land in Yorkshire in the Honour of Tikhill Gervas son of Iohn de Outhorpe confirmed to the Canons of Thurgarton five Bovats of Land in the territory of Outhorpe viz. two Bov. with one Toft and two Crofts which Robert Bude held and two which Robert son of William held and one which Robert de Camera held with their homages and services as the Chartels of Ywein le Bretun and William Brito his Father testified reserving 16s. per annum Rent and likewise two Bovats which the said Iohn de Outhorp his Father gave to Raph son of Simon son of Richard reserving 4s. per annum and by the consent of Felice his wife added more to his other gifts Henry son of Gervase de Outhorpe released xx â— yearly Rent which the said Priory paid him for vii Bovats held of him and xiis. per annum Rent issuing out of a Toft and one Bovat held likewise of him in Outhorpe Iohn son of Henry de Outhorp granted and confirmed seven Bovats to the said Priory Raph de Outhorp confirmed all the Lands and Tenements to Willielmus de Outhorpe Johannes de Outhorpe Gervasius de Outhorpe-Felicia Henricus de Outhorpe Johannes de Outhorp Radulphus de Outhorpe Johannes de Outhorpe 10 E. 3 -Margeria the said Monastery which they held of his Fee in Outhorpe so free that neither the Canons nor any of their men nor Tenents should do any suit to his Court nor to any of his heirs or successors neither should they be distreined by him or his Bayliffs to answer any in his said Court. There was a Fine levied 10 E. 3. and afterwards 11 E. 3. of the Mannor of Outhorpe between Iohn son of Raph de Outhorpe and Margery his wife Quer. and Reginald son of Simon de Siâ—thorpe Deforc. whereby it was settled on the said Iohn and Margery and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of Iohn at that time Iohn de Oxford and Maud his wife held the third part of it in Dower Simon de Hedon and Gervase de Vvetorpe paid for two Knights Fees in this place in the former part of the Reign of H. 3. At another time Simon is certified to hold but three parts of one Knights Fee here Robert Wasteneys held in Hedon and Outhorpe two Knights Fees about the time of E. 4. That of Durand Malets Fee became it seems part of Lancaster Fee and was held of Butler of Werington in the County of Lancaster by the Family of Vilers The Sheriff of Nott. was commanded 6 Ioh. without delay to make Iohn Botiler have such seisin of the Land of Wulmer de Wudehus in Hilla Hole and Wudhous and Huverthorpe as the same Wulmer had when he forfeited it to King Henry the second and such as the
of which the Honourable William Byron hath two the Earl of Essex Lord of Beavale hath one Lancelot Rolleston Esquire one and .... Curtis one c. The Vicarage of Hucnall was 8l. when the Prior of Newstede was Patron 'T is now in the Kings Books 4l. 18s. 1d. ob and William Byron Esquire Patron In Hucknall Torcard Chancel upper South Window Barry of six Arg. and Azure a file of five Labels Or Gray of Sandiacre Arg. a file of five poynts Or I suppose the same the Azure only worn off Paly of six Arg. and Azure a Bend Varry Or and Gules Painted on the Wall Byron with quarterings impaling Molyneux In a South Window of the Church these five 1. Barry of six Arg. and Azure Gray of Codnour 2. Or three Piles meeting in the base Gules a Canton Ermine Basset of Drayton 3. Arg. on a Pile Gules a Falcon of the first Crowned Or impaling Paly of six Arg. and Azure a Bend Gules Annesley 4. Or on two Bars Gules three Waterbudgets Arg. Willoughby of Wollaton 5. Sable a Lion Rampant amongst Cinquefoiles Arg. Clifton And in another South Window 1. Arg. a chief Gules and Bendlet Azure Crumwell 2. Arg. a Chevron Gules a file of three points Ermine 3. Sab. a Bend between six Scallops Arg. a Canton Or. 4. Paly of six Arg. and Azure a Bend Gules charged on the upper part with a Mullet of the first In the North I le East Window Or a Lion Rampant purpure In a North Window Arg. two Barrs Sab. a Martlet Gules in the dexter point Paly of six Arg. and Azure a Bend Gules Annesley and above also Gules a Fâ—sse Varry between three Libards heads â—esant three Flowers de Lis uppermost Or. Beskwood Parke KIng Henry the first granted to the Priorâ— of Lenton to have two Carts to fetch 〈◊〉 Wood and Heath out of Bescwood King Henry the second granted that Covent to have every day two Carrs or three Carretts to bring them dead Wood or Heath as much as they should need for their own use In the Inquisition taken at St. Iohn's House in Nottingham the fourth of the Nones of Iuly in 35 H. 3. before Geoffrey Langley Justice of the Forest it is called an Hay or Park of our Lord the King wherein no man Commons In the Regard 31 E. 3. the Kings Hay of Beskwood is said to be closed in with a Pale and to be then in the keeping of Richard de lawche de la Vache Knight King Edward the third by his Letters Patents dated at his Park of Beskwood 1 Sept. 37 E. 3. pardoned and released certain Rents issuing out of Lindeby Hay and Bullwell Rise to the Priory of Newstede The Wood of Beskwood was 2 E. 3. granted to Richard de Strelley for his life paying ...... the extent thereof yearly having had an Ad quod Damnum the same King 22 Febr. 8 E. 3. granted him all the dry Zuches which in English were then called Stovenes or Stubbes within his Hay of Beskwood This Richard Strelley is there stiled Dilecto valecto nostro Philip de Willughby mentioned in Bullwell about 33 E. 1. held one Toft there and two Bovats of Land with the Appurtenances by the Service of being Forester in Beskewood and likewise the fourscore Acres there noted in Bullwell Ground His brother William de Willughby was then found his heir It hath a very fair Lodge in it and in respect of the pleasant Scituation of the place and conveniency of Hunting and pleasure this Park and Lodge hath for these many years been the desire and atchievement of great men three Earls of Rutland had it Roger Francis and George before that Thomas Markham a great Courtier and Servant to Queen Elizabeth had it and before him little Sir Iohn Byron a great favourite to King Henry the eighth It is now in Lease to William Lord Willughby of Parham Before the troubles it was well stored with Red Deer But now it is parcelled into little Closes on one side and much of it hath been plowed so that there is scarce either Wood or Venison which is also too likely to be the fate of the whole Forest of Shirewood Lindeby IN Lindeby three brothers had before the Normans came three Mannors which paid to the Dane-geld as one Carucat and an half The Land was for two Plows or two Car. There afterwards William Peverell had three Car. and twelve Vill. and two Bord. having five Car. There was a Priest and a Mill 10s. pasture Wood one leu long and one leu broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 26s. 8d. but when Doomsday Book was made at 40s. In Paplewic five Bovats of Land lay to this Mannor William Peverell the younger granted to God and the Church of the Holy Trinity at Lenton and his Brethren there serving God the Town which is called Lyndeby and whatsoever he had in it viz. Lands Tilled and untilled in Wood and in Plain in Medows and Pastures with the Church of the same Town and the Mill of Blaccliff for the Treasures which his Mother bestowed on that Church and he compelled by very great necessity took and for all other excesses in which he by the instinct of the enemy against that Church imprudently had exceeded contrary to the Command of his Father and the Bargain which he made with him and with his Mother William Abbat of Leycester and Robert Prior of Kenelingwrd by the Authority of Pope Alexander 3. made an agreement that Robert the Priest of Edingla who gave the Monks of Lenton five Marks should hold the Church of Lyndeby while he lived Secular paying that Priory half a Mark of Silver yearly at Martinmas in the name of a Pension which one Henry the Clark was also to have if he over-lived Robert paying the like Pension William Cursun Clark obliged himself to make it a whole Mark Pension to the Covent of Lenton when there should be a solid establishment made of the Parsonage and Vicarage which Adam the Chaplain was to acquit him of so long as the said Adam continued in secular habit The Town of Lyndeby was an Eschaet of the Kings of the Honour of Peverel of Nott. and Will. de St. Michael of London had one moyety of it of the gift of King Iohn paying yearly in the Kings Chamber a Furr of Gris and that half was worth 7l. 6s. per annum and Peter de Lettris and his brother had the other half by the Kings Counsel as long as the King pleased which was of the same value The King 36 H. 3. held half of it and it was valued at 7l. 14s. 100s. of old and 46s. of old increase and 8s. of new Robert de Marys held the other half by occasion of the Wardship of Laurence heir of Laurence de St. Michael and paid a Furr of seven Tyres Fessis yearly The Jury in 5 E. 2. found that
called Dersinge in Southwell and the Park of Hexgrave and the Park of Norwood then in the tenure of Sir Iohn Markham and the New Park in the tenure of Galfr. Lee and two Corn-Mills scituate on the River Greet under one Roof and the Water-mill at Vpton and a Fulling-mill in Southwell and the fiâ—lâ—ing and passage of the Water at Hefilford in the tenure of Richard North c. but they still remain to the Arch-bishop and Church Hexgrave Park 't is likely was made by Walter Arch-bishop of York in the time of H. 3. because then it was called the wood of Hekesgrave concerning which Thomas de Bella aqua and likewise Robert de Bellaiaqua quit-claimed all their right to the said Arch-bishop in the said Wood and released all the Ditch with the Wood upon it between the said Wood and the Field of Kertlington The like did Hugh Picot for ten Marks and a Nag of three Marks price received by him of the same Arch-bishop Sir Hugh Cartwright had this Park in Lease I suppose wherein his son Hugh dwelt till he died but since I think it is demised to ... Sterne younger son of the most Reverend Richard the present Lord Arch-bishop of Yorke and to Frances his wife one of the Daughters of William Cartwright of Normanton deceased and of Christian his wife Daughter of the said Sir Hugh or to some body for their use Norwood Park was purchased in the late unhappy times by Mr. Edward Câ—ud who built a pretty Brick house in it and since his Majesties return is become Tenant to the Arch-bishop of York as I guess This Town of Suelle or Southwell gave name to a very considerable Family a Branch whereof continued their residence here till the time of King H. 6. as by comparing several places of this Book where there is occasional mention of some of them may be gathered besides whom I find about the latter end of the Raign of H. 3. Sir Simon de Suelle Knight the prime witness to a Deed of Peoffment whereby Iohn son of Benedict de Hokerton conveyed some small parcels of Land to Iohn the Rector of the Church of Hokerton and his heirs Iohn de Slamundeshey son of Mr. Simon de Slamundeshey for a certain summ of Money before hand by his Deed bearing date at Slamundeshey the Thursday next after the Feast of the Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary 9 E. 1. granted and confirmed to his beloved and special Iohn de Suthewelle Clerk and his heirs a Mess. with the Appurtenantes in the Borough of the Town of Suthwell which had been Simon le Charpenters of Suthwell To this were witnesses Sir Hugh son of Oto or Fitz Otes the Kings Senescal Sir Peter de Huntingfeld the Kings Marescall Sir Galfr. de Neuband Chancellour of the Kings Exchequer Adam de Clare Roger de Stokes Richard de Hereford Clarks of the Kings Chancery Iohn de la Cressover Robert de Slamundeshey Chaplain Simon le Charpenter William de Eton Hugh Tankard and William le Rus and others Nicolas de Skipton granted two Selions of Land in the Fields of Suthewell to Iohn de Suthwell Clark and to Alice the daughter of Richard de Mareschall of Northwell to hold to the said Iohn his heirs and Assigns and if he happened not to have an heir to the said Alice for her life and after her decease to Matildis mother of the said Iohn for hers and after her death to Gilbert brother of the said Iohn and to his heirs and Assigns for ever Peter son of Mr. Gilbert de Eton returning from the parts beyond the Seas into England at Canterbury the Fryday next before the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin 21 E. 1. released to Iohn de Suwell the Kings Clark Dâ—mini Regis Clerico which is supposed then to signifie Secretary and to his heirs and Assigns all his right in one Toft with the Appurtenances in the Borough of Suwell lying in Pottergate between the Toft of the said Iohn and the Toft of Mr. Benedict de Halum The witnesses were William de St. Oswald William de Billingesley Adam de Brom Clarks of the Kings Chancery Iohn Quarel Richard de Clayton and Paulin Attebarre and many others The same Peter made another release bearing date at Suthewell the Sunday next after the feast of St. Vincent the Martyr 4 E. 2. to the same Iohn de Suthewell the Kings Clark of the same Toft and of all other Tenements Tofts and Crofts in the said Borough or Town of Suthewell wherein the said Iohn was enfeoff'd by Henry de Normanton Chaplain or any others Ioane the Daughter of Iohn de Suthwell the Kings Clark being then two and twenty years old by her Deed dated at Suthwell the Saturday next after the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel 34 E. 1. released to the said Ioh. her Father and to Alice his wife her Mother and their heirs a Toft and Croft c. in Southwell Now there was another Iohn Suthwell Knight but whether son or how otherwise related to the former I have not found to whom the King 7 Iun. 13. E. 1. committed the Senescalcy or stewardship of Gascoigne And 2 Iun. 17 E. 1. for his acceptable and commendable services and especially for putting himself at the Kings instance hostage for the freeing his most dear Cousin Charles the illustrious Kings of Sicily then lately in Arragon the said Sir Iohn de Suthwell had the Castle of Burdeaux and whatever there belonged to the King by reason of the incroachment or increment incurramenti coming to him by the Commission of Arnald Beonard de Lados Knight deceased and whatever the King had otherwise acquired there granted to him for his life And the same year viz. 17 17 E. 1. Iun. 27. had a Mandate from the King to depute a fit person for the custody of his Forest nigh Burdeaux with daily wages to be paid him as long as the King and he the said Constable should please Iohn de Suthwell 22 E. 1. had Letters from the King datâ—d Iuly 16. at Portsmuth to attend him with Horse and Arms at that place the first of September following to pass over with him for the Relief of Gascoign and so had Roger de Huntingfeud Roger Fitz-Osbert Reymund de Clyvedon William Trussell Roger de Lascells Peter Roscelyn Michael de Poning and others Margery du Mareys 19 E. 2. impleaded Walter Atte Brugge of Lambeth and Rose his wife because they together with Thomas de Waltham of Wandlesworth Rose de Suthwell and Robert de Suthwell took and carried away Rose and Margaret daughters and heirs of Iohn de Suthwell then under age and found at Wandlesworth whose marriage belonged to the said Margery Iohn de Suthwell 20 E. 2. then being in Gascoigne had power to confederate or make League with any who desired the Kings friendship This name of Southwell chiefly flourished in the Southern
by whom he had Thomas Burgh Knight created Lord Burgh by King H. 8. and made Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth which Thomas Lord Burgh married Agnes daughter of Sir William Terwhit Knight who brought him William Lord Burgh whose wife was ... the daughter of Edward Lord Clinton and his eldest son Henry was slain without issue The owners of Dunham in 1612. are said to be Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury Gervas Markham Esquire Hugh Dobson of Ragnell Gent. Thomas Worsley Robert Iackson Martin Worsley Robert Balding George Owing Robert Berridge William Hawksmore Robert Ellis Iohn Baldinge The Vicarage of Dunham was x. Marks and is now 4l. 13s. 4d. value in the Kings books and the Prebendary Patron There is a free Chapel in Ragnell and another in Derleton now in use Laneham Lanum IN Lanum with its Berues which were Ascam Beckingham Saundeby Bolum Burton Wateleg and Legreton the Arch-bishop of York had a Mannor which was charged to the publick Geld as nine Car. and two Bovats The Land was for twenty seven Plows or so many Car. In the Demesne of the Hall were ten Bovats of this Land the rest was Soc when the Conquerours great Survey was made Arch-bishop Thomas had there four Car. and an half thirty five Vill. 6 Bord. having sixteen Plows Carucats or Plow-Lands There was a Church and a Priest and two Piscaries or Fishings 8s. one Mill 16s. Pasture Wood three leu long one leu ½ broad one hundred Acres of Medow In the before named Berues belonging to this Mannor were thirty eight Sochm. seventeen Vill. twenty Bord. having fourteen Car. ½ There were other thirty three Sochm. six Vill. fifteen Bord. having fifteen Car. these with their Land two Knights held of the Arch-bishop The Jury 7 E. 1. found that Walter Giffard Arch-bishop of York held of William de Belu in Lanum one Toft and sixteen Acres and Godfr Giffard Bishop of Worcester was then found his heir William de Melton was Prebendary of Southwell 3 E. 2. and had free-warren in Northwell Woodhouse as in that place already is noted In 17 E. 2. William de Melton Arch-bishop of York had free-warren in Southwell Lanum Scroby Askham Sutton and Plumptre There was a Fine 25 H. 6. between Robert Ayscogh Doctor in Decretis Richard Sutton Esquire Thomas Nevill and Richard Chaterley Ouer. and Henry Boson otherwise called Henry Bosom Esquire and Alice his wife Iohn Wastenes Esquire William Nevill of South Leverton and Iohn of the Vicars Deforc. of the Mannors of Orston and Lanum with the Appurtenances and of six Mess. two Cottages eight Tofts fourteen Bovats one hundred forty six Acres of Land forty four of Medow with the Appurtenances in Orston Lanum and Newark thereby acknowledged to be the right of the said Robert Another Fine was levyed the day after all Souls at Westminster 34 H. 6. between Richard Earl of Salisbury Iohn Earl of Shrowsbury Raph Crumwell Knight Richard Byngham one of the Justices of the Kings Bench Hugh Hercy Esquire Thomas Moygne Iohn Thornhagh Robert Braton and Thomas Coke Chaplain Quer. and William Nevyll and Iohan his wife Deforc. of three Mess. five Tofts one hundred and fifty Acres of Land thirty of Medow 5d. Rent and the moyety of a Dove-cote with the Appurt in Lanum Rampton and South Leverton thereby passed to the said Thomas Moygne William Whorwood 37 H. 8. claimed for the King against Robert Arch-bishop of York the Mannors of Scroby Ravenskeld Lanum Askham Sutton and North Soke c. In Laneham Town 1612. were many owners Gervas Bellamy Gent. Gervas Booth Gervas Gilby Leonard Vpsall William Baynby Robert Draper Rob Farrowe Greg. Sowby Greg. Bellamy Wil. Vpsall Originall Cottam Rowland Hall Augustin Draper Thomas Scarborrow Gervas Sibthorp Widow Minnet Iohn Sowkyn Gervas Markham of Dunham Esquire Oliver Bowyer of Great Markham Originall Bellamy of the same and divers others The Vicarage of Lanum was 7l. value and the Chapter of York had the Patronage 'T is now 5l. 3s. 4d. in the Kings Books and the Dean and Chapter of York Patrons East Drayton And Askham AScham was a Berue of Lanum and involved with 〈◊〉 Drayton was a Berue of the Kings Mannor of Dunham and in it answered the Geld for two Car. and three Bov. The Land being five Car. There sixteen Sochm and seventeen Vill. had thirteen Car. and twenty Acres of Medow There was Pasture Wood one qu. long half so much broad These with Lanum belonged to the Arch-bishops of York who had the Tythes also appropriated yet 9 E. 2. East Drayton answered for an intire Villa and the King and Adomar of Valence were then Lords The King was also by the death of the Arch-bishop of York then Lord of Lanum and Askham wherein Adam de Everingham and Stephen de Bro ... were likewise Lords Thomas Reyner and Robert Ripars 9 H. 4. impleaded very many for eating their Grass in a place at Drayton called Oldlands in which the Tenents pleaded they ought to have Common every third year In a recovery 7 H. 8. Humfr. Hercy Esquire Robert Nevill the younger Esquire and Robert Rayner claimed against Nicolas Martyn one Mess. and an half two Tofts eighty Acres of Land seventeen of Medow twelve of Pasture and sixty of More with the Appurtenances in East Drayton The most considerable share of Drayton I suppose was Iohn Rayners who was Sheriff of this County and proclaimed the King at his return 1660. The owners of East Drayton 1612. are said to be Sir Robert Swift Knight Nicolas Reynor Gent ..... Meverell Gent. Edward Ormerod Cler. the wife of ... Fox Iohn Barthropp Richard Marshall Senior William Gabatus Junior William Northefolke Richard Gabatus Robert Pharrow of Laneham Henry Swift George Sturgeous William Hawksmore of Ragnell Iohn Ward George Rayner William Mynnett Robert Mynnet Edward Rayner c. and Sir Nicolas Sanderson Knight The Vicarage of Est Drayton was ten Marks 'T is now 9l. 3s. 4d. value in the Kings Books and the Dean and Chapter of York have the Patronage which the Chapter had formerly In the South I le of East Drayton Church within a Garter Azure three Flowers de Liz Ermine quartering quarterly Or three Pallets Sab. and Or a Lion Ramp Azure Lord Burgh Arg. three Barres Azure Rampton Rameton IN Rametone before the Normans came seven Taynes had seven Mannors or Mansions which paid the publick Tax for two Garucats three Bovats and one third part of a Bovat The Land was seven Car. and an half There after the Conquest Roger de Busli with his four Men or Tenants had three Car. eleven Sochm. eight Vill. six Bord. having five Car. and an half There was a Church three Fishings and an half 3s. 6d. there was sixty five Acres of Medow In King Edward the Confessours time the value was 54s. in King Williams when the Survey was made four shillings less there was
the said Raph and Maud for life remainder to Raph his son and the heirs of his body remainder to Iohn another son and the heirs of his remainder to Nicolas brother of the said Iohn and his heirs for ever Robert son of Avicia daughter of Thomas de Eyvill Knight by his Deed dated at Nott. on Saturday the morrow after St. Ceadde the Bishop 4 E. 3. remised and released to Roger de Crophull and Raph de Crophull father of the said Roger and the heirs of Raph all his right in the Mannor of Tireswell with all the Appurtenances with general warranty for which release and warranty Thomas de Furnivall senior in acquittance of the said Roger and Raph paid the said Robert and Avicia his said mother 106l. 13s. 4d. This Mannor held of the Honour of Tikhill was Iohn Merburyes and Agnes his wifes as in Arnall is seen Walter Devereux son of Walter son of the said Agnes married Elizabeth daughter and next heir of Iohn Merbury In 9 H. 8. Robert Fingham Thomas Elton Chaplain and Seth Godley Chaplain claimed against Iohn Roper and Iohn Lascells fourteen Mess. fourteen Gardens five Tofts two hundred Acres of Land one hundred of Medow one hundred of Pasture eighty of Wood and 100s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Tireswell and the moyety of the Mannor of Tireswell with the Appurtenances who called to warrant Walter Devereux of Ferrers and Chartley Knight Iohn Babington and Saunchea his wife 23 H. 8. claimed against Anthony Babington Esquire one hundred Acres of Land and ten of Wood with the Appurtenances in Trysswell upon a formedon There was a Quare impedit 27 and 29 H. 8. recovered by Iohn Hercy Esquire against Edward Arch-bishop of York together with Sir William Gascoigne the elder Knight and Edward Sayle Clark of the Advowson of the Church of Tyreswell called the West Part. Sir Iohn Hercy had both the Parts of Mannors and gave the West Hold to Iohn Littlebury and the East Hold to Edward Bussy Both the Mannors came to the hands of Peter Roos Esquire and by his heir Gilbert Roos the greatest part was sold to Peter Broughton Esquire and so were the inheritance of Thomas Broughton his Nephew In 1612. Truswell had many owners viz. George Leggatt William Porter Thomas Howton Nicolas Steedman senior Augustine Steedman Palamedes Gilby Gregory Vickers one Mess. one Cottage one Garden one Orchard sixty eight Acres of Land Iohn Hoggard Thomas Sibthorp Iohn Chambers Cott. Rowland Hall Cott. c. many more Cottages and some other owners Iohn the Prior of St. Cuthberts of Wirkesop by Fine 33 E. 1. conveyed the Advowson of the Mediety of the Church of Tyreswell to William the Dean and the Chapter of York and their successours Each Mediety or Rectory of Truswell was xl. the Chapter of York having the Patronage of one and Mr. Gascoigne of the other The East Part Rectory is now 8l. 1s. 5d. ob and the Dean and Chapter of York Patrons And the West Part 9l. 16s. 0d. ob value in the Kings Books and Mary Saunderson Patron NORTH-CLAY Division Cottham And Cotes Aug. 5. 1674. THese places are the first in the Division of Bassetlow Hundred or Wapentak called the North Clay wherein I have not met with so many Notes as some Readers may expect of desire though more than most will trouble themselves to go through where they are not concerned In Cotune of the Fee of Roger de Busli one Hardulph before the Conquest had a Mannor which defended it self in publick payments as the Dane-geld and the like for four Bovats The Land of it in those times was certified to be sufficient for two Plows or two Car. There afterwards Fulco the Man or Tenent of Roger de Busli had eight Vill. with four Car. Plows or Plow-lands This in King Edward the Confessours time when a former Survey was taken like that in King Williams was valued as it was also then at 16s. William son of Remigius de Ingham and Maud his wife and Roger his son gave to Herbert son of Adelard and to Agnes his wife and their heirs all the Land of his Fee in Cotes both within the Town and without to be held of them and their heirs by the Rent of two Marks yearly which Land the said Herbert and Anneis gave to the Abby of Wellebek The gift of the Land was confirmed by the said William son of Remigius to the brethren of Wellebek and Richard son and heir of William son of Remigius de Hingham released the said two Marks of Rent issuing out of Chotes yearly to the said Abbey The Jury 2 E. 1. found that Robert de Sutton one of the heirs of the Lord Lexington who had by that means Warsop Tuxford Sulkholme Allerton and Eykering had also in Cotum eight Bovats of Land which with the Cottagers then yielded 6l. per annum a certain Fishing and a Wind-mill In 17 E. 1. Richard de Sutton his son is said to have held of Robert de Markham then dead who came of the elder sister of the Lord Lexington a Mannor in Cottum of 10l. per annum value The Jury 22 R. 2. said that Reginald de Everingham Chr. and Agnes his wife the heir of the family of Lungvilers and partly of Lexington too had Lands in North Cotum and South Cotum in the latter is reckoned eight Mess. ten Bov. of Land twenty four Acres of Medow and two Fishings The Mannor of South Cotum came to the family of Stanhop of Rampton as heirs of the said Agnes These Hamlets are of the Sok of Oswardbek and in the Parish of South Leverton The Priory of St. Mary of Torkesey had a good part in Cotum There was a free Chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity The owners of Cothame Town in 1612. are said to be Thomas Keyworth Thomas Munke Iohn Clarke Iohn Theaker William Browne Richard Cobb Robert Smith Thomas Wilson Cottag Chr. Clark Cott. Iohn Cob Cott. and Iohn Chaworth South Leverton Legreton BEsides that Legreton accounted as a Berew of Lanum of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Fee I find no other mentioned in Doomsday book This South Leverton is a principal Hamlet of Oswardbec Soc in which it was at that time I suppose included that Soc being accounted a Wapentak then and contained all this North-Clay Division and Rampton and Tireswell now esteemed in the South-Clay most of it if not all besides the Arch-bishops was either of Roger de Buslies Fee or ancient Demesne Soc to the Kings great Mannor of Maunsfeld with which that Soc or Mannor of Oswaldbek and this Mannor of Leyrton were granted 22 H. 3. to Henry de Hastings and Ada his wife and the heirs of Ada as in Maunsfeld may be noted with which family it descended Lisiard de Musters held thirteen Bovats in Legreton paying 10s. yearly Lisiard de Musters called in 4 R. 1. de
that Adam Prat was his only son and heir and then seven years old At the Assizes at Nott. 30 E. 3. Iohn at Vykers recovered his seisin of one Mess. and one Toft in East Retford and Walter son of Adam Prat and others were Amerced In another Assize he recovered against the said Walter and others four Tofts two hundred and sixty Acres of Land sixteen of Medow and 16◠Rent in Greneley Ordesale Thurmeton Tylne Wellum Wellum Morehouse Blith Stirap Serleby Thoreworth and Hodesake There was a Fine levied at Westminster 48 F. 3. between Thomas de Southorp Vicar of the Church of East Retford and Robert de Loversdale Vicar of Everton Quer. and Iohn de Walton of Retford and Alice his wife Deforc. of thirteen Mess four Tofts one hundred twenty three Acres of Land and an half eight Acres of Medow 9s. 8d. Rent and the moyety of two Mess. with the Appurtenances in East Retford West Retford Ordesale Babbeworth Wellum-Morehouse Wellum Everton Eton Milneton Hoghton and Little Markham whereby most of the said Lands were settled on the said Iohn and Alice and the heirs of their bodies remainder to Elias de Thoresby and Ioane his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of Alice The Jury 8 R. 2. found it no damage if the King granted Mr Richard de Raucliffe Parson of Cloun William de Burgh Parson of Babworth and Peter le Cooke Chaplain licence to give to the Prior and Covent of Wirksop and their successours five Mess. and the moyety of three Mess. with the Appurtenances in East Retford for ever to find a Chaplain to pray for the good estate of the said Richard William and Peter whilst they should live and daily to celebrate for them all when they should be dead in the Church of that Priory The Lands were held of the King in Free Burgage by the service of 9s. 2d. yearly paid by the hands of the Bayliffs of East Retford as parcel of the Fee Farm of that Town In the same year viz. 8 R. 2. there was another return of an Ad quod damnum that the King might grant to Iohn Liola Parson of West Retford Thomas Vicar of Clarburgh Thomas Vicar of East Retford Iohn de Treyswell Chaplain Hugh de Tylne of Retford William de Burgh Parson of Babworth Iohn Atte-Vikers and Thomas de Besthorp licence amongst them severally to give to the Bayliffs and Community of East Retford and their successours for ever nine Mess. five Tofts and 8s. Rent in East Retford held of the King in free Burgage by the service of 1d. per annum to find two Chaplains to officiate at the Altars of St. Mary and the holy Trinity in the Church of East Retford according to the Ordinance of the Arch-bishop of York At the dissolution the Abby of Rufford had a Grange here The Abby of Wellebek had Lands then Rented at 2l. 17s. 4d. The Priory of Radford by Worksop had Rents of Assise 7s. 6d. and Lands valued at 3l. 11s. The Priory of Mattersays Lands here were 13s. 4d. The Town and Borough of East Retford is the Kings Town and hath been an ancient Borough as appears by a Grant made by King Edward the first who granted the Town in fee Farm to the Burgesses of the same paying ten pounds per annum giving them power to chuse Bayliffs for the Government of the said Town Henry the third granted them a Fair. Edward 3. exempted them from all Tolles and foreign services Henry the sixth gave them a Court of Record to hold plea of Action without limitation of summ and to use the Office of Escheator and Clark of the Market All which priviledges have been from time to time confirmed by the several Kings and Queens of this Land and King Iames in the fifth year of his Reign did not only confirm all former grants made by his predecessours but also incorporated it anew by the name of Bayliffs and Burgesses and appointed the same to be governed by two Bayliffs and likewise twelve Aldermen to make a Common Council for the Town also they have a Common Seal with power to alter it at their pleasure And that the said two Bayliffs for the time being and the learned Steward shall be Justices of the Peace and Quorum within the said Borough Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury was High Steward and Sir Richard Williamson Knight learned Steward Since then Sir Gervas Clifton hath been High Steward and Sir Hardolph Wastenes who in his younger time was a Barrester at Law learned Steward At this time his Grace the Duke of Newcastle as I take it is High Steward and Iohn Millington Esquire learned Steward They have a Town Clark and two Serjeants at Mace The Vicarage of East Retford was 5l. when the Sacrist of St. Maries at York called also St. Sepulchers was Patron 'T is now 5l. 5s. 0d. in the Kings Books and the Earl of Devonshire Patron In the Church North I le on a Marble Grave-stone Hic jacet Johannes Smith Merser de East Retford qui obiit 26. die Maii Anno Dom. 1496. Cujus Animae propitietur Deus Amen On another raised three Foot high Circumscribed Hic jacet Johannes Bowly .... qui obiit ... mensis Aprilis Anno Dom. 1455. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen In the middle two Coats on each Three Crescents upon a Bend. On a Grave-stone at the East end of the Quire Hic jacet Johannes ... Vicarius de East Redford Rector de Hayton Orsall qui obiit 28 Decemb. Anno 1502. Cujus c. In the old Quire Hic jacet Johannes Denman Armiger qui obiit 16 Novemb. Anno Dom. 1517. Cujus c. On it is twice cut A Cinquefoyle upon a Chevron In a West Window France and England and Sab. Fretty Arg. a Carpentars square Or and Sab. Fretty Arg. an Ax Shaft Or and head Arg. There was Gules a Chief Arg. Hercy quartering Leek And Gules a Saltier Ermine Nevill impaling Arg. a Chevron between three Stars or Mullets pierced Sable and under the same all in one Scutcheon Arg. upon a Bend Azure three Crescents Arg. Bollome BOlum in the Book of Doomsday is certified to be one of the Berues of the Arch-bishop of Yorks great Mannor of Sok of Lanum In Bolum likewise there was a Mannor of Roger de Buslies Fee which Turvert had before the Conquest for which he paid to the Danegeld as seven Bovats The Land being then two Car. There were four Sochm. four Bord. having three Car. To this Mannor lay six Bovats for the Geld of which the Sok was in Saundby The Land two Car. There Gaufr the Man of Roger had one Car. two Sochm. four Vill. three Bord. having four Car. ½ Medow eight qu. long two broad Pasture Wood one leu long three qu. broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 40s. in King Williams at 50s. The Mill of Bolum was of
Rogerus Flower Richard Flower Rogerus Flower Richardus Flower infra aet 22 H. 8. consang haer Annae Fitz-William Cecilia .... Poge Joh. Poge Johannes Pogge Thom. Poge Tho. Pogge un consang haer Annae Fitz-William 20 H. 8. Agnes Eliz. fil haer Georgius Laken Andreas Laken Richardus Laken alter consang haer Annae 20 H. 8. Cecilia fil haer Willielmus Wynslowe alter consan haer Annae 20 H. 8. of the said Agnes were found Cousins and Heirs also of the said Anne Fitz-William Another Inquisition taken 29 Iuly 22 H. 8. finds Richard Flower then under age Cousin and heir of the said Anne viz. son of Roger son of Richard son of Roger son of Thomas Flower and Agnes his wife daughter of the said Margery Iohn Flower Gent. 11 Eliz. claimed against Iohn Poge the Mannor of Heyton with the Appurtenances and one Mess. one hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow and thirty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Clerburgh Est Retford Welhom Lownd and Stokwyth which Raph Cromewell Knight Lord Cromewell and others gave to Nicolas Fitz-Williams Esquire and Margery his wife c. Iohn Clay 22 H. 7. suffered a Recovery of two hundred Acres of Land ten of Medow two hundred of Pasture ten of Wood and 10â— Rent with the Appurtenances in Hayton and Clarburgh The King 16 Aug. 38 H. 8. granted to Robert and Hugh Thornhill and their heirs a Mess. in Hayton in the tenure of Thomas Peke and a Grange there in the Tenure of Richard Peke both lately belonging to the Monastery of Wirkesop .... which Grange they had lâ—cence 29 Octob. that year to settle on Richard Pecke for life remainder to Humfr. Pecke his son and heir King Philip and Queen Mary 12 Novemb. 5 and 6 P. and M. granted to Nicolas Arch-bishop of York and his successours the right of Patronage of the Churches of Wyfall Gamston Bothomsell Heyton and Gréeneley The Grange and Lands belonging to Wirksop were rated or rented at the Dissolution at 3l. 15s. 4â— and 2s. chief Rent The Chantry of St. Iohn of Mattersey had Lands here granted to Reeve and Cotton in Fee 7 E. 6. The Freeholders of Hayton Town in 1612. are said to be William Lord Cavendish Sir Francis Lâ—ck Knight Francis Gargrave Gent. William â—essop Gent. of Darbyshire .... West Gent. Iervas Markham of Dunham Gent. Nicolas Padley George Worsley Iohn Garlicke Robert Williamson Charles Woode William Sowthworthe Thomas Eastwood Francis Aukeland Cott. George Humfrey and William Padley each a Cottage The Vicarage of Haiton was eight Marks when the Sacrist of St. Maries at York was Patron 'T is now 4l. 15s. 5d. value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Devonshire Patron Clarborough CLarburge and Tillne were part of them of the Kings great Soc of Maunsfeild as much as answered the Tax for two Bovats ¼ The Land one Car. There also two Sochm. one Vill. one Bord. had six Oxen in Plow or six Bov. in Car. and two Mills 32s. six Acres of Medow the value was 40s. There was in Claverburth belonging to Sudton of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Fee which paid the Geld for six Bovats and an half The Medow was four Quarent and an half long and so much in breadth and at the time of the Conquerours Survey forty five Acres Pasture Wood two leu ½ long two leu broad In Oswardbec Wapentac the Kings part of this Town may probably be that Cledreton noted in Truswell There was of the Fee of Roger de Busli in Claverburch a Mannor which before the Conquest one Reginald had which paid the Geld or Tax for two Bovats The Land of it being two Car. There afterward Fulco the Man of Roger had half a Car. eight Vill. one Bord. with one Car. ½ and seven Acres of Medow Pasture Wood four qu. long two broad In the Confessours time this was 6s. value in the Conquerours 20. There also Vlchill had half a Bovat for the Giâ—â— with Sac and Soc. The Land being sufficient for two Oxen or two Bovats The very same Vlchill himself held it of Roger and had there two Bordars with two Oxen and one Acre of Medow Pasture Wood two qu. long one broâ—d This continued the old value it had before the Conquest viz. 16l. In Claverburge also of the Land of the Taynes was a Mannor which Vlmer named in Truswell held for one Bovat and an half to the Geld with Soc and Sac without an Hall The Land three Bov. The same Vlmer held it of the King William and there had two Vill. three Bord. with half a Car. and three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood six leu long three broad In the Confessours time the value was 3s. when the Conquerours Survey was taken 2. There was another parcel which Archill did hold in this Town in the time of King Edward the Confessour then valued at 4s. in King Williams Erwin held it valued at 2â— there being two Vill. and six Acres of Medow Ernald Flamang of Claverburg by the consent of his heir Roger gave to the Church of St. Cuthbert of Radeford the fourth part of the Church of Claverburg and one Bovat in Drayton and a certain part of Land in the Field of Bolum Roger his son was Witness Iohn Flamang of Claverburg ratified the gift of Arnald Flamang his Grandfather Adam son of Iohn Flandrensis of Claverburgh granted to the Canons of Wirkesop all the Land which they held of his Fee in the Territory of Hayton and of Claverburg There was another Charter of like import of Adam le Fleming dated 5 Non. Iuly 1244. to which were Witnesses Sir Simon de Hedon Robert de Wlfrington and Robert de Ripariis Knights Iohn son of Adam le Fleming released his right to the said Canons Adam the Chaplain of Radeford named before in Hayton gave to Blyth what he bought and held of Iohn Flemenge the elder and others in Clarburgh and Haiton as there is set down In the year 1258. 3 vel 4 Non. May amongst the rest of the Churches belonging to the Chapel of St. Mary and All Angels called Sepulchers near York Minster Sewall Arch-bishop of York ordained that the Vicar of Clarborough should have the Altarage with a Toft and Croft lying next to the Church-yard and the Tythes of the inclosed Crofts of the Town and the Tythe of the Mills of Bolum and should find honest sustentation for the Chaplain of Gréeneley and to another Chaplain if he should serve at Clareburgh Weslum and Bolum and the Sacrist of the fore-mentioned Chapel should give to the poor of this Parish five Marks yearly Thomas Fitz-William held of Alice Countess of Augi Lady of Tikhill in Clareburghe and West Drayton three parts of a Knights Fee and she of the King of the old feoffment Iohn de Boughton gave half a Mark 3 E. 3. for licence of Concord with Robert de
Stokham and Matilda his wife concerning a plea of Covenant of five Acres of Land three Rod of Medow and two parts of a Mess. with the Appurtenances in Clareburgh and they had a Cirograph viz. a Fine Sir Robert Waterton Knight whose sister and heir Iane was wife of Leo Lord Welles and by him had four daughters and heirs had Lands in Clareburgh Wellum Wellowe Amton Scaftworth Gringley Walesby and Boughton in this County the Mannors of Metheley and Woodhall in Metheley Barley and Houghton and Lands in Potterton in Yorkshire the Mannor of Dobbledyke and Lands in Gosberton Pinchbek Spalding Quadring and Waterton in Lincolneshire of which a partition was made by consent 26 Apr. 2 H. 7. between Sir Christopher Willughby Knight son of Robert Lord Willoughby and Cicely the first daughter Sir Robert Dymmock Knight son of Sir Thomas and Margaret the second and Thomas Lawrence Esquire son of Sir Iames Lawrence and Elianor the third and Katherine first wife to Sir Thomas de la Laund Knight and after to Robert Tempest Esquire the fourth daughter and heir of the said Iane Lady Welles sister and heir of the said Sir Robert Waterton Alexander Banester and Marmaduk Fankys 28 H. 8. claimed against William Banester twenty Mess. ten Tofts four hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow one hundred of Pasture and forty of Furz and Heath with the Appurtenances in Clareburgh Wellum Morehouse Bollome Tylne and Ordsall Thomas Denman and Thomas Dawes in another Recovery 16 Eliz. claimed against Francis Denman Clark two Mess. c. in Clareburgh The Freeholders in Clareburghe Town 1612. Thomas Fee Gent. Alexander Sherbrook senior Iohn Sherbrooke senior de Gringley Parva Edward Clark of the same Thomas Seaton Thomas Sowtheworthe of Wellam George Browne Richard Otter of Wellam William Barker Iohn Otter of Clarebroughe Richard Sowthworthe William Aston Charles Oxenforthe of Bole Alverey Keyworth of Moregate William Childers of Moregate Robert Parnell William Howle Richard Elsam Iohn Spybye Thomas Eastwood Iohn Garlick of Heaton Dennys Huddlestone Richard Harpham The Vicarage of Clareburgh was 8l. when the Sacrist of St. Maries Ebor. was Patron 'T is now 9l. 15s. 5d. value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Devonshire Patron North Leverton LEgreton is certified to be a Berew of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes great Soc of Lanum and no other mention can I find of it in Doomsday Book There was a Fine at Nott. the Saturday after the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul 4 Ioh. between Gilbert de Everingham Pet. and Robert de Everingham Tenant of one Bovat of Land with the Appurtenances in Leghirton which Gilbert remised to the said Robert and he for it gave the said Gilbert in Helpirthorp one Bovat of which Land twelve Carucats made one Knights Fee This Mannor continued to the Family of Everingham as in Laxton may be discerned Robert son of Alexander 31 H. 3. called to warrant Adam de Everingham concerning fourteen Acres of Land in North Leirton which Simon son of Alexander claimed against him Richard son of Moysy 10 E. 1. by his Atturney claimed against William de Knapton and Matild his wife one Mess. and one Car of Land in North Leyrton to whom he afterwards remitted his whole right By a Fine 2 E. 2. between Adam son of Robert de Everingham and Claricia his wife Plaintiffs and Thomas de Staynton Deforc. the Mannor of Leverton with the Appurtenances was settled on the said Adam and Claricia and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of Adam Robert de Dyggeby and Sibyll his wife 2. E. 3. levied a Fine at York of the Mannor of Leyrton to Adam de Everingham of Laxton By another Fine at York 11 and 12 E. 3. between Adam de Everingham the elder Quer. and Nicolas de Scalton Parson of Laxton Deforc. this Mannor was settled on the said Adam for life and after his decease the moyety with the Appurtenances towards the East to Adam de Everingham the younger and the heirs Males of his body remainder to Robert his brother and his remainder to Edmund his brother and his remainder to Alexander his brother and his remainder to Nicolas his brother and his remainder to the right heirs of the said Adam de Everingham the elder The other moyety was likewise intailed much after the same manner George son of Adam de Everingham made a Deed of release 28 May 7 H. 4. to Robert de Waterton son of William Elys Chr. and to the heirs of the said Robert son of William and heir of William son of Adam de Everingham Knight concerning his whole right c. in the Mannor of North Leverton and other Lands which Mannor Robert de Elys was to have for life after the decease of Robert de Waterton c. In a Recovery 9 H. 7. Robert Moresby claimed against Iohn Babington Knight the Mannor of North Leverton with the Appurtenances seventy five Mess. one thousand Acres of Land six hundred of Medow eight hundred of Pasture forty of Wood 8l. Rent and Rent of fifty Cocks and one hundred Hens with the Appurtenances in North Leverton Cotes Habilsthorp Bole and Bekingham William de Chadworth Chr. in the time of Edward the first gave the Mannor of North Leverton to Elen the daughter of Iohn de Bosevill and the heirs of her body which Elen 3 E. 3. had a son and heir named Thomas Shadworth The Mannor of North Leverton was heretofore William Willoughbyes and after Katherins the wife of Iohn Eaton and after Christopher Kendalls After the death of Christopher Kendall Esquire 25 Oct. 3 Eliz. who held the Mannor of North Leverton of the Arch-bishop of York of his Mannor of Scrowby called the North Soke by fealty and 2s. per annum Marmaduk Kendall his son and heir was found of the age of nineteen years and seven Months It was of late the Inheritance of Peter Roos and since of Thomas Broughton Esquire .... Norton of Yorkeshire had Lands there which came to the Crown by his Attainder in the Northern Rebellion and were granted to Appleby and Shepston in Fee 22 Eliz. The Freeholders of North Leverton Town 1612. were many viz. the heirs of Edward Nightingale Iohn Cotton William More Alvered Gelland Roger Fretwell Henry Parnham of East Retford Nicolas Colton Iohn Spencer William Butler Peter Sawe Iohn Hopkinson Thomas Bunby Iames Husband Edward Burden Iohn Draper c. The Church is appropriated to and makes a Prebend in the Collegiate Church of Southwell as is there noted The Vicarage of North Leverton was ten Marks but is now 5l. value in the Kings Books and the Prebendary continueth Patron Littleburgh Segelocum HEre was a famous passage over Trent and near it have been found some old pieces of Roman Antiquities Coyns or the like as I have heard which I suppose determined this place to be the Agelocum corrupted from
Rodes Baronet and another of his sons named Clifton Rodes who hath some interest in this place married Letice another daughter of the said Sir Gervas Clifton but had no issue by her he since married Elizabeth the daughter of Mr. Iohn Scrimshire of Cotgrave Here was a Mannor called Makarells Mannor which descended to Fitz-Williams as in Hayton may be observed William Fitz-Williams and George Fitz-Williams paid in the time of Queen Elizabeth for Lands in Scretton alias Scurton sometime Walter Olivers and Philip de Sherfords held by the service of two parts of one Knights Fee and a sixth part 5s. 6d. ob dim q. At the Assizes at Nottingham 4 H. 4. Iohn de Willughby recovered his seism of two Mess. one Toft one hundred and sixty Acres of Land forty of Medow with the Appurtenances in Stretton in the Clay and Iohn Dogode and Cecily his wife were amerced The Priory of Matersey had also Lands here granted by King H. 8. to Sir Anthony Nevill Knight with the Monastery which Lands after came to Sturton of Sturton and afterwards became the inheritance of Iohn Millington Esquire The Vicarage of Styrton was xx Marks and the Chapter of York had the Patronage 'T is now 5l. 7s. 3d. ob value in the King books and the Dean of York Patron West Burton PArt of this was a Berue of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Soc of Lanum besides which there was a Mannor which Speranoc had before the Conq. which paid to the Geld for six Bov. The Land two Car. There afterwards Goysfrid the man of Roger de Busli whose Fee it was had one Car. one Sochm. one Vill. two Bord. having one Car. ½ there was one Fishing yielded two hundred Ecles small Wood one qu. long one broad In King Edward the Confessours time the value of this was 20s. in the Conquerours 40s. having Soc in Evereton and Herewelle In the record of Nom. Vill. the fourth part of Bole and the half of Burton answered for a whole Villa of which Iohn de Nassington Canon of York was then Lord viz. 9 E. 2. Before that time 56 H. 3. Mr. Simon de Preston had Mercat and Fair at Burton in le Clay This I suppose to be the Arch-bishops Fee In the said record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Saundeby and the half of Burton answered for a whole Villa and the King and Robert de Saundeby were then returned Lords but the most ancient Lord of this place after the record of Doomsday book whom I have yet found was Gaufridus de Malquinci who gave to the Canons of Radeford near Wirksop the Church of St. Elen of Burton his wifes name was Matildis his Nephew Gaufr de Paveli was a Witness and confirmed the Charter of the said Gaufr de Mauquinci his Uncle and gave Lands in Saundeby to that Priory Richard de Rutington gave to the said Canons and confirmed the Advowson of the Church of St. Elen of Burton upon Trent as both this and Burton Iorz may well be called though neither of them now retain that Addition and remitted likewise his whole right and claim in all the Lands and Tenements which Gaufr Mauquinti his Ancestor gave them This Gaufr and Matildis seem to lie buried at Ruddington where they had interest and are named as in that place may be seen in Flauforth Church in the Fields There was a Fine at Westminster 17 H. 3. between Walter Prior of Wyrkesop Quer. and Richard de Ritinton Deforc. of the Advowson of the Church of Burton which was appropriated to that Monastery to which also Richard de Rutington son and heir of William de Rudington gave and confirmed Lands in this Burton upon Trent The Prior of Wyrkesop 53 H. 3. offered himself against Robert de Saundeby concerning the Plea Quod permittat that he should permit him to have Common of Fishing in the water of Burton Henry de Ednestow and the Clark his brother 16 E. 2. granted by their Deed that if they might peaceably possess thirty Acres in Burton in the Clay which they bought of Philip do Baggesoure and Hawisia his wife without the interruption of them the said Philip and Hawisia and their heirs that then the recognizance of forty Marks acknowledged by the said Philip in the Common Bench should be of no force In a recovery 20 H. 6. Katherin who had been the wife of William Sheffeild claimed against Henry Warwike three Mess. one Toft and four Bov. of Land in Burton and Stretton in the Clay In another 20 H. 7. Robert Nevill William Clarkson Iohn Elton Chaplain and Iohn Shaa claimed against William Spylman and Anne his wife the Mannor of West Burton with the Appurtenances and three Mess. four Tofts one hundred and forty Acres of Land forty of Medow sixty of Pasture and 20s. Rent with the Appurtenances in West Burton Bole Styrton in the Cley Lytilburgh Grynley Saâ—onby East Retford Wellom Wellom Morehouse Clareburgh and Moregate The Rectory of Burton 36 H. 8. late belonging to the Priory of Workesop and all Mess. Mills Houses Edifices Lands Tenements Medows c. to it belonging were granted to William Nevill Gent. and his heirs 3 March Both the Mannor and Rectory were late the inheritance or possession or at the disposition of Edward Nevill of Grove Esquire father of Sir Edward The owners of West Burton Town in 1612. are said to be Gilbert Nevell George Holmes Iohn Williamson Gent. Edward North of Watkeringham Esquire Robert Sturton of Sturton Anthony Dickens of Bole Thomas Oxenforth of Bole Richard Cave of Bole Anne Birchâ— of Bole and Thomas Bingham of North Wheatley Hablesthorp Absthorp THis place I find not in Doomsday In Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. North Leverton Hablesthorp and Cotes answered for one whole Villa whereof Mr. Lodovic de Bellomonte and Adam de Everingham were then Lords This whole Hamlet of Hablesthorp makes a Prebend in the Cathedral Church of Yorke and was of xl. value The owners of Hablestrop Town 1612. are said to be Michael Bland Gent. Iohn Hewett of London Gent. Iohn Clark Robert Cottham Thomas Taylor Widow Munke Widow Rye William Sooby Iohn Chaworth William Fox Abraham Gelland Iohn Thoracton Henry Parnham Anthony Chaworthe Iohn Thorneaughe Esquire VVheatley's VVateley THere was in Wateleg besides what was a Berue of Lanum the Arch-bishop of Yorks great Mannor of the Kings Wapentac or Soc of Oswaldbec which then belonged to Maunsfeld as much as paid the Geld or Tax for two Bov. The Land two Car. There six Sochm. one Vill. had two Car. Pasture Wood one leu and one fourth long one qu. ½ broad In King Edward the Confessours time it was valued at 3s. in the Conquerours at 7s. But the principal part of this place was of Roger de Buslies Fee where before his coming five Tayns had five Mannors which answered to the Geld for nine Bovats The Land eight Car. There
per annum and that Iohn his son was his next heir Iohn Helwys Clark and Iohn Hanley 21 H. 7. claimed against Iohn Cley Esquire one Mess. three Tofts eighty Acres of Land twelve of Medow 2s. Rent and two Fishings in the water of Idell with the Appurtenances in Skafteworth and Raunswell Reginald Pegge George Emeryson and Henry Wyat Esquire 22 H. 7. claimed against Richard Wyat Clark and Iohn Scotte Esquire one Mess. one hundred and twenty Acres of Land forty of Medow eight of Wood and 2s. and 6d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Everton Harewell Sturton and Clayworth who called Iohn Clay to warrant these are named again in Finningley Iohn Twyselton Edward Lee Raph Rowlett and others 11 H. 8. claimed against Roger Copley Esquire the third part of the Mannor of Scaftesworth with the Appurtenances and the third part of twenty Mess. ten Cottages three hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow twenty of Wood three hundred Acres of More and 3s. 4d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Scaftesworth Clareburgh Wellome Walesby Boughton and Grynley The same persons claimed against Richard Devenysshe Esquire the like third part and parcels The same persons also claimed against Sir Richard Carew Knight the like third part and parcels Iohn Markham Knight Seth Snawsell Thomas Langton Iohn Chapman William Burdon Clark Adam Langley and others 19 H. 8. claimed against Edmund Molyneux Robert Chaloner and Richard Chirden fifteen Mess. one hundred Acres of Land one hundred of Medow one hundred of Pasture one hundred of Heath two hundred of More two hundred of Marsh and a certain Fishing also the moyety of the Mannor of Herwell with the Appurtenances in Herwell and Everton and called to warrant Thomas Wentworth Knight Iohn Markham Knight Edmund Molyneux Esquire Seth Snawsell Esq Robert Chaloner Raph Aunger and others 20 H. 8. claimed against Thomas Wentworth the younger Esquire and Anne his wife six Mess. three Cottages one hundred Acres of Land sixty of Medow forty of More fifty of Marsh and 15d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Everton and Herwell and called to warrant Thomas Wentworth Knight George Lassells Esquire 37 H. 8. claimed against Richard Towneley Esquire the Mannors of Gatford Everton and Harwell with the Appurtenances and one hundred and twenty Mess. forty Tofts one Dovecote one hundred and twenty Gardens one hundred and twenty Orchards two thousand Acres of Land two hundred of Medow one thousand of Pasture two hundred and fifty of Wood one hundred of More forty of Turbary and 40s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Gateford Everton Harwell Worsop Shyreokes Est Retford West Retford Grynley Hayton Wellome Moregate Bole Babworth Ordesall Styrton Eton Milneton Little Markham Blyth Ravenskill Torworth Madersey and Kylton Robert Northfeild 2 Eliz. claimed against Christopher Twiselton Esquire the Mannor of Scaftworth and one Mess. four Tofts â— with the Appurtenances in Mattersey Scrowby Everton and Harwell There was a Mess. and certain Houses Lands c. late belonging to the Priory of Matersey in Everton 24 Iuly 4 and 5 Ph. and Mar. granted to William Rigges Esquire and William Buckbert Gent. The principal House and Lands in Everton at this day belong to the Corporation of Newarke and were demised to Mr. Rogers their Tenant They have a Mannor in Harwell which was Wentworths heretofore I suppose Thomas Magnus bought it and gave it Anthony Gylby who was Lieutenant Colonel to Sir Iohn Digby in Newark Garrison and as I take it is now Tenant The owners of Everton cum Scaftworth in 1612. are thus set down the Lady Portington widow George Nevell Gent. Robert Williamson Timothy Broomehead of North Wheatley Richard Drewe senior Robert Howton Roger Harrison Robert Flower Peter Hallam Nicolas Bonner Stephen Wood Iohn Cowper Richard Drewe Henry Flower Widow Hill Iohn Booth Iohn Wilson William Hollingworth Thomas Richardson Hercy Norfolk William Fitz-Williams Gent. Sir George Chaworth Nicolas Sanderson Henry Webster Gent. George Tomkinson Iohn Hydes Thomas Broomehead Robert Catstine Richard Bridg William Rogers Esquire Edward Reynes The Vicarage of Everton was ten Marks when the Sacrist of St. Maries at York was Patron 'T is now 7l. 2s. 3d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Devonshire Patron Walkeringham IN Walthringham of the Kings ancient Demesne of Maunsfeld in Oswardebec Soc was as much as paid the Geld for twelve Bov. ½ The Land four Car. Three Sochm. two Vill. three Bord. had four Car. Medow six qu. long four qu. broad Wood eight qu. long four broad the value 20s. Of Roger de Buslies Fee there was a Mannor which Adestan had and paid for it to the Geld or Tax of those times as ten Bovats ½ There Roger the Man of Roger de Busli had four Sochm. one Vill. five Bord. having two Car. Medow two qu. long one broad Wood four qu. long one broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was 20s. value in the Conquerours 15s. William de Lovetot who in the time of Henry the first Founded the Monastery of Radford near Wirksop gave to it the Church of Walcringham amongst the rest which he held of the Honour of Blyth the Seat of the said Roger de Busli whose Man or Tenant Roger the said William succeeded in his Tenency in this County and Richard de Luvetot his son and William his Grandchild and Matilda de Lovetot daughter and heir of the latter William and wife of Gerard de Furnivall confirmed as she did the gift of a Mess. in Walcringham of one Acre without the Graffe or Ditch of Gringley and three Bovats of Land with the Appurtenances which Nicolas Ingeniator gave to the said Monastery and her father the said William de Lovetot confirmed and the Mill of Walfrey with a certain Mess. or dwelling House likewise two Tofts in Walcringham which William son of Ketelber and Robert son of Wlstan sometime held c. Most of the Kings ancient Demesne was given to the Priory of Newstede in Shirewode at the foundation by King H. 2. before which time viz. in the Reigns of William Rufus H. 1. and King Stephen the names of certain of the old Tenents were Toke Armwy Wilac Arkep Gamel Grim Wace by whom many others were enfeoffed and were Tenents at the time of the enfeoffment of the Priory of which number were Henry Briton and Henry de Shepewik from whom the anâ—â—stors of Henry de Trent in Walcringham were enfeoff'd who were to pay for every Bovat of Land one Mark and for every half Bov. of Land half a Mark. This Henry was the son and heir of Thomas de Trent and dyed in the pestilence 1349 and 1350. leaving a daughter and heir called Ioane two years old concerning whom Sir Richard de Trent Canon of Wirkesop and brother of the said Henry applied himself to Fryer Hugh de Colyngham then Prior of Newstede and showed him the Chartels of his Ancestors and paid him
Feast of St. Andrew 10 Ioh. Iohn Chamberlayn and Orencia his wife passed to Iohn de Levesham and Emme his wife and Martin de Minsterton two Bov. and the fourth part of a Bov. in Misterton for which the said Iohn and Emme passed to Iohn and Orencia and the heirs of Orencia the fourth part of a Bovat and a Toft which Walter Hobel held and one Bovat which Walter son of Hugh held which were to be held of the said Iohn and Emme by the free service of paying 6d. per annum Robert Barnetby and Margery his wife 14 H. 6. claimed against Iohn Boys Esquire and four others five Mess. forty Acres of Land eleven of Medow 2s. 2d. q. and a pound of Pepper Rent in Misterton Iohn Orston Clark 9 E. 4. claimed against Nicolas Gaynesford Esquire 16s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Misterton Robert Thornehill and Leonard Warcappe 29 Iun. 38 H. 8. amongst other things had a piece of Land called the Laund and a Wind-Mill and Lands and Tenements in Misterton in the Tenure of Henry Stokwyth late belonging to the Priory of Axholme in Lincolneshire and a Close called the Nunne Close in the Tenure of the said Henry Stokewyth in West Stokewith between a Close of Land of Sir Thomas Wentworths Knight on the West and one called Sharecroft by the Medow of Nicolas Denman on the East and a Selion of Land in the Tenure of the said Henry Stokewith and Common of Pasture in Stockwith and a Mess. and Lands in Mysterton late belonging to the Priory of Hevenings in Lincolneshire and a Cottage in Misterton late belonging to the Priory of Wirkesop granted to them and their heirs Iune 27. 7 E. 6. a Close of Land in Misterton in the Tenure of Humfrey Stockwith Gent. late belonging to the Priory of Wirkesop was granted to Robert Dudley Knight and William Glaseour Gent. and to the heirs of Robert Iohn Eyre senior Gent. Iohn Eyre junior and Iohn Routh 2 and 3 Ph. and Mar. claimed against George Conyers Gent. one Mess. sixty Acres of Land 20. of Medow 100. of Pasture five of Wood with the Appurtenances in Misterton The Chantry of Misterton 2 E. 6. then dissolved was let to Farm to Robert Thornehill Gent. Iohn Flower Gent. 4 and 5 Eliz. claimed against Hugh Thornehill Gent. one hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow and forty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Misterton and Walkringham Iohn Standley Gent. and Hugh Childers 6 and 7 Eliz. claimed against Richard Childers one Mess. two Cottages three Gardens one Orchard twenty Acres of Land six of Medow ten of Pasture forty of Turbary and one hundred of More with the Appurtenances in Misterton Moregate and Clarbourgh William Mason Gent. and Tristram Dayntree 18 Eliz. claimed against Humfrey Stockwith Gent. one Mess. one Toft one Garden sixteen Acres of Medow twelve of Pasture with the Appurtenances in West Stokwyth and Misterton Robert Williamson 19 Eliz. claimed against Thomas Coringham one Mess. two Tofts eighty Acres of Land thirty of Medow ten of Pasture in Misterton .... Peake and .... Broxham 19 Eliz. claimed against .... Williamson divers Lands in East Stokwith who called to warrant Edward Stokwith Gent. Edward Wymark Gent. 25 Febr. 29 Eliz. had the Priors Close then divided into two in Stockwith belonging before to Newstede and Lamp-land in Misterton granted with many other small parcels of Land In 21 Eliz. Septemb. 22. twenty Acres in the Town and Fields of the Marish of Misterton in a place there called Bleford sometime given by Thomas Darnall for observation of his Obit were amongst many other things granted to Edw. Grimston senior and Edward Grimston junior and their heirs Haytons Mannor came to Poge and after the time of Henry the eighth Cogans Tong and Pettinger had Lands of that Tenure About the year 1612. the owners of Misterton Town are said to be Sir Thomas Iervas Knight Darcy Poge Gent. Francis Williamson of Walkeringham two Mess. one Cott. three Tofts one Dovecote three Gardens ninety Acres of Land Iohn Baxenden senior Arnall Reasby Gent. the heirs of Thomas Thornehill Thomas Dawson the heirs of .... Wilbore Robert two Iohns Hugh and William Tonge Thomas Sirringham senior William Dickenson William Howton Percivall Clifton Anne Norfolk Edward Wilbore Edward Edlington one Wind-Mill thirty seven Acres of Land the heirs of .... Conyers widow Tompkinson William Ellwick Robert Spavold widow Stoakham the heirs of Pettinger Roger Gregory Gent. Edward North Esquire and above forty more In the Town of Stockwith the owners then were ..... Moseley of Carberton Gent. William Brownelowe Gent. Symon Hall Gent. Thomas Wakefeild Thomas Wilbore Richard Fish Philip Andrew Barnabas Williamson of Bothomsell Gent. widow Coggan and fifteen others The Vicarage of Mysterton was 10l. and the Chapter of York had the Patronage 'T is now 10l. 5s. value in the Kings Books and the Dean and Chapter of York Patrons Misne Myssen THe King had in Misne which seems to be of the Soc of Flintham three Bov. ad Geld. Tofts had it There were six Vill. with three Car. Soc in Circeton Here was of Roger de Buslies Fee one Bov. ad Geldam belonged to Ettone but of the Tayn Land in Misna Cnut before the Conquest had a Mannor which paid to the Geld for one Bov. and an half The Land three Bov. Ernuvin had there four Vill. with half a Car. two Sochm. with one Car. and a Fishing 3s. Pasture Wood one qu. long one broad The value of this was 8s. Here was Soc three Bov. ad Geld. the Soc of Chiricton There six Vill. had three Car. This Kirketon is in Lincolneshire and therefore it may reasonably be guessed this place was named Misen because it is intermixed or in the middle between the two Counties The Family of Maresey Lords of Gamelston had some interest here as in that place is noted Pope Celestin committed a Cause between A. Abbat and the Covent of Welbek and Mr. R. de Sempingham and the Canons of Marishey concerning the Churches of Bolton and Marishey of Misne and Gameliston and Helkisley to W. Abbat of Derley and Mr. Simon de Apuleia Chancellour of the Church of York and Mr. G. Canon of Southwell before whom this composure was made at Blith on St. Nicholas day 1192. viz. the said Abbat and Covent renounced to the said Mr. R. and the Canons of Marishey or Mattersey all the right which they claimed in the said Isle and Churches except that of Helkesle which was to remain intirely to Wellebec It was found by the Jury 18 E. 1. that Thomas son of Sabina de Mysne and ten others had disseised Thomas de Eyvill of his Common of Pasture in about two thousand Acres of Wood Pasture and More in Mysne And upon that came the Earl of Cornewalls Bayliff and said That the Wood and Soyle in which the said Thomas claimed Common was the
of hers remainder to Elizabeth her sister and the heirs of hers remainder to the right heirs of the said Thomas son of Adam de Lound Thomas Palmer sometime Parson of Blaunkeney 16 R. 2. had in Ad quod Damnum to give to the Dean and Chapter of Lincolne two Mess. one Toft one Bovat thirty five Acres of Land and one Rood of Land two Acres of Medow and 5s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Sutton by Retford in the Cley and Lound whereof twenty Acres in Lound were held of Tikhill by doing Suit at the two great Courts of Barsetlowe and one Messuage and fifteen Acres and one Rood of Land and two of Medow and 5s. Rent in Lound by Suit at the two great Courts of Bothumsell And that Messuage Toft and Bovat in Sutton were then held of Roger de Weston Prebendary of the Prebend of Clarburgh by the Service of 3s. 6d. and doing Suit at the Court of the Prebend of Clarburgh Thomas Vavasor 8 E. 4 was against Iohn Perin in a Plea for one Messuage and two Bovats of Land with the Appurtenances in Lound By an Inquisition taken at Retford 14 Octob. 4 H. 8. it appears that William Vavasor dyed 28 Apr. 3 H. 8. leaving his son and heir Thomas Vavasor twenty years old at the Feast of the Assumption of the blessed Mary the Virgin last past before the Inquisition which found that he had thirty three Acres of Land five Acres and one Rood of Medow and two Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Lound and one Messuage and two Acres in Styrton and a Wind-Mill in Burton All which Thomas Vavasor of Deneby in Yorkshire who dyed 2 Ian. 22 H. 8. left to Roger Vavasor his son and heir then aged sixteen years twenty weeks and five daies who married Elena the daughter of Thomas Reresby Margaret Wombell was wife of Thomas Vavasor and over-lived him as appeareth by the Inquisition taken at Tuxford 16 Aug. 23 H. 8. and had the Mannor of Deneby which extended it self into Deneby Newhall and Mekesburgh and the Mannor of Stanseby with Lands in South Kirkby and Bentley in the said County of York Robert Brokysby Iohn Allot Clark and Thomas Shawe 23 H. 8. claimed against Thomas Wentworth Knight and Isabell his wife eight Messuages one hundred and forty Acres of Land sixty of Medow eight hundred of Pasture one hundred of Common of Pasture and 12d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Sutton by Lownd Wyeston Lownde Missen Misterton South Clifton and North Clifton and called to warant Thomas Wentworth junior brother of the said Thomas Wentworth Knight The King 7 March 4 E. 6. granted to Walter Iobson and his heirs all that Messuage and Tenement with the Appurtenances and all Lands c. in Lownd in the Tenure of Cuthbert Clark late belonging to the Chantry of St. Iohn in Mattersey The owners of Sutton cum Lownde at least that of Tikhill Fee in 1612. are thus set down Iohn Colbye Thomas Hamond of Lownde Nicolas Hamond of Lownd Gent. Richard Ellis Edward Hartshorne of the same Raph Smith Henry Mattersey William Redshay senior of Lownde Henry Goodcoot Thomas Wadsley William Atkinson widow Ratcliff William Redshaye junior the heirs of .... Freeston Thomas Crumwell of Sutton Nicolas Stringer of Sutton Gent. The Vicarage of Sutton was 10l. when the Sacrist of St. Maries at York was Patron 'T is now of the same value in the Kings Books and the Lady Sara South Patroness West Retford THis Town seems part of East Retford being only divided by the River Idel It was of the Fee of Roger de Busli and in Dooms-day Book is joyned with Odesthorp which is now unknown There was Soc to Clumber in Odesthorp and Retford one Bov. ½ ad Geldam The Land four Bovats .... the Soc in Clumber was waste There was Soc to Westune half a Bov. ad Geldam The Land four Bov. There was one Villain one fourth of a Mill and four Acres of Medow But of the Tayn-land Vlmer had two Bov. ½ ad Geldam in his Mannor The Land one Car. There was in Demesne one Car. and half a Mill 4s. and ten Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was valued at 40s. in the Conquerours but at 4s. Robert de Mortayne 4 E. 1. by concord in a Plea for Common granted to Iohn de Beringworth Parson of the moyety of the Church of West Retford and his successours Common of Pasture in his Pasture of West Retford with all manner of his animals in all places as freely as himself and predecessours ever had Robert de Hayton as in that place is noted held some Lands here The Jury 26 E. 1. found that Thomas de Maresey Lord of Gameleston held in West Retford eight Bovats freely for 6s. per annum This place for the most part went with Weston and Grove as in those places may be observed until the last Sir Iohn Hercyes disposition of that estate who it seems caused this Mannor to be settled on his sister Anne the wife of Nicolas Denman I find Edward Darrell son of Sir Thomas married Barbara daughter and co-heir of Francis Denman who in the year 1614. had by her three sons 1. Thomas then aged sixteen years 2. Brian and 3. Edward In 1612. these were owners in West Retford Edward Dorrell Gent. ..... Podge Gent. Philip Collye Thomas Lincolne Isabel Sloswick Iohn Colbye of Sutton Robert Gellande George Tompson Thomas Merebeck William Booth William Tomson Thomas Gellande widow Ienyver Richard Ellis The Rectory of West Retford was twenty Marks when Mr. Hersy was Patron 'T is now 9l. 13s. 4d. value in the Kings Books and Iohn Dorrell Esquire the last Patron Dr ..... Darrell hath given his Estate here to Found an Hospital which since his death is built where the Mannor stood for a Master .... Billeby And Ranby IN Billeby before the Conquest Trunchell had a Mannor which paid to the Geld for six Bov. The Land then three Car. There afterwards Ingram the Man of Roger de Busli whose Fee it was had one Car. nine Vill. and one Bord. having three Car. and six Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was valued at 40s. in the Conquerours but at 20s. This Ingram may well be supposed the Ancestor of the Lords of Auferton whereof Ranulf son 〈◊〉 Engelram or Ingram was Sheriff of these Counties of Nott. and Derb. in the beginning of Henry the second and his sons Robert and William likewise Idonea de Blacquell the wife of William son of or Fitz Ranulf gave to the Canons of Wellebec the whole part of her Mill of Blackwell with her body half of that Mill with the whole Suit and all Customs belonging to that half to sustain and make yearly the Anniversary of Sir William Fitz-Ranulf her Lord and her own Anniversary for ever Isabella the daughter of William Fitz-Ranulf sometime wife of Iohn de Orreby
Hanselin c. William Peverell his son by ill advice took them away for a long time but repenting he for love of the Worship of God and for the safety of the Souls of his said father and mother by the consent of his heir William the younger restored them again The Witnesses to this Deed were Hugh de Burun William Avenell Adam de Morteyn Oddo de Boney Robert de Heriz Gilbert de Macuinci Norman de St. Patricio c. Anno 1155. King Henry the second disinherited William Peverel because of poyson given to Ranulph Earl of Chester About those times there were three Peverels of great note viz. Peverel of Dovor and Peverel of London and our Peverel of Notingham who is certainly intended by the last noted Chronicle as may further appear by an Instrument yet remaining in Sir Iohn Cotton's Library Sealed by Henry Duke of Normans c. afterwards King Henry the second being then at the Divises to Ranulph Earl of Chester wherein he gave him besides the said Earls own Inheritance in Normandy and England wholly as his Ancestors ever had it that in Normandy very particularly recited the whole Honour of Earl Roger Pictavensis where-ever and all the said Duke Henries Honour of Blye where-ever it was in England and the Honour of Eye as Robert Malet Uncle of the said Earl Ranulphs mother ever had it Moreover he gave him Stafford and Staffordesir and the County or Earldom of Stafford wholly whatever he had there in Fee and Inheritance except the Fee of the Bishop of Chester and of Earl Robert de Ferrariis and of Hugh de Mortuomari and of Gervas Paganell and except the Forest of Canoc which he the said Duke then retained in his hand He gave him the Fee of Alan de Lincolne who was also Uncle of the said Earls mother and the Fee of Ernis de Burun as his own Inheritance and the Fee of Hugh de Scoteiney where-ever it was and the Fee of Robert de Chalz where-ever it was and the whole Fee of Robert Fitz or son of Odo and the whole Fee of Norman de Verdun and the Fee of Robert de Stafford where-ever it was and 30l. Land which the said Duke Henry had in Grimesby he gave him and Notingham Castle and the Borough and whatever the said Duke had in Nottingham in Fee and Inheritance he gave to him and his heirs and the whole Fee of William Peverell where-ever it was unless he could dirationare se clear himself in the said Dukes Court of the wickedness and Treason except Hecham And if Engelram de Albamarlâ— would not take with the said Duke nor Earl Simon and he the said Duke could take the said Hecham by force he would restore it to the said Earl Ranulph if he would have it and Torchesci and Oswardebec Wapentac and Derby with all the Appurtenances and Maunsfeld with the Soch and Roclar with the Soch and Stanley by Coventre with the Soch and of Belvar he would hold him right as soon as he should be able as of the said Earls Inheritance and to the said Earls six Barons he would give each an hundred pound Land which they should chuse of those which the said Duke should happen to get of his enemies and to all the said Earls friends parentibus he would restore their Inheritance whereof he had power c. Howbeit the said Earl Ranulf of Chester did not enjoy any long possession of those places in this County for the Sheriffs answered to the King for the profits of the Lands of William Peverell and the Scutages of the Tenants of his Fee as in the Pipe Rolls of Henry the second and the succeeding Kings may be seen and in divers other places of this Book for the rest Margaret the daughter and at length heir of William Peverell of Nottingham was wife of William Earl of Ferrars and Derby son of Robert the younger Earl of Ferrars and of Nottingham and she had a son Robert Earl of Ferrars who in the time of King Henry the second perhaps because he could not inherit was the more willing to burn Nottingham which he did it seems together with his son William Grandson of the said William and Margaret which said William Earl of Ferrars the Grandson was outed of his Earldoms of Nottingham and Derby by King Richard the first who gave them to Iohn Earl of Moreton afterwards King his brother who thereupon 't is like grew more willing to interest himself in these parts which he did by granting a Charter to this Town of Nottingham and some way or other pleasing of the Gentry of the Country so well that he led the most of them into Rebellion as in sundry places of this Book concerning divers particular persons of them may be observed But of these Peverells I have found no more saving that there was a Fine in the Kings Court at Nottingham the Fryday after the Feast of St. Bartholomew 4 Ioh. before I. Bishop of Norwic Hugh Bardulf Iohn de Gestling Mr. Roger Arundell Hugh de Bobi the Kings Justices and others then there present between William Peverell Petent and Beatrice de Curcon Tenant of two Bovats of Land in Palterton thereby passed to her and her heirs paying 6d. per annum c. 'T is certain then that from the beginning of the Reign of Henry the second this Castle of Nottingham hath for the most part belonged to the Crown neither is there any place anything near so far distant from London that I know of in all England which hath so often given entertainment and residence to the Kings and Queens of this Realm since the Norman Conquest It is said that in the year 1194. King Richard being first loosed from his bonds the Castles of Nottingham and Tykehull resisted with force but the Castles of Lancaster and Merleburg and Mount Michael rendred themselves King Iohn in the sixth of his Reign commanded Reginald de Clifton that immediately upon sight of his Letters he should deliver to Robert de Veteriponte the Castle of Nottingham c. The like Command at that time had Hugh de Nevill for the Castle of the Pec William de Briewer for that of Bollesour and Sampson de Straclee Strelley concerning the Castle of Hareston Raph Fitz-Nicholas 10 H. 3. was Warden of Nottingham Castle he was Steward to William de Ferrariis Earl of Derby it seems King Henry the third being at Windsor 29 April 32 H. 3. committed to Robert le Vavassur the Countys of Nottingham and Derb. to be kept paying to the King 100l. per annum at his Exchequer for the issues of the said Counties besides fifty Marks which he was to pay every year to the Warden custodi of Nottingham Castle for the keeping thereof After the Battel at Lewes between King Henry the third and the Barons for determining the strife Edward the Kings eldest son was delivered for Pledge and afterwards was freed from
I HENRY Earl of Peterborow Deputy with His Majesties Approbation to the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Norwich Earl Marshal of England having perused a Book Entituled The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire Written by Robert Thoroton Doctor of Physick And finding that it contains only what the Title doth import and nothing contrary to the meaning of the Act of An. 14. Car. 2. Cap. 33. for preventing abuses in Printing c. do therefore License the Printing thereof Dated under my Hand this Third day of May 1677. PETERBOROW D. E. M. THE ANTIQUITIES OF Nottinghamshire EXTRACTED Out of Records Original Evidences Leiger Books other Manuscripts and Authentick Authorities Beautified with MAPS PROSPECTS and PORTRAICTURES BY ROBERT THOROTON Doctor of PHYSICK Quid genus proavos strepitis Si primordia vestra Authorémque Deum spectes Nullus degener extat Ni vitiis pejora fâ—vens Proprium deseret ortum Boet. de Consol. Phil. lib. 3. LONDON Printed by Robert White for Henry Mortlock at the Sign of the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-yard and at the White-Hart in Westminster-Hall 1677. REVERENDISSIMO In CHRISTO Patri ac Domino D no GILBERTO Providentiâ Divinâ ARCHIEPISCOPO CANTUARIENSI Totius ANGLIAE Primati Metropolitano ET AUGUSTISSIMO PRINCIPI CAROLO II. Magnae Britanniae Franciae Hiberniae Regi E Secretioribus Consiliis Nottinghamiensi olim Advenae Et Exinde Plusquam indigenae Fautori Robertus Thoroton M.D. Hanc Otiis vix indulgendis Commutationem longe Imparem Merito D. D. D. TO MY WORTHY FRIEND William Dugdale Esq Norroy King of Arms. Sir BY your hand as it were I present these Collections to the Nobility and Gentry of our County and to all other lovers of this kind of knowledge that your name may procure the Book that esteem which its own worth cannot give it This priviledge I claim and use with the greater confidence not only because I am sufficiently assured of your kindness and good nature but also because indeed you put me upon the work and therefore though I may not have done so much or so well as you intended I should I think you are a little obliged to countenance your own choice of the Instrument You may remember that some very few years after your Visitation of our County you and I being with our Friend Mr. Gervas Pigot since deceased at his House at Thrumpton he brought us a kind of a Transcript of something which your old Acquaintance Gilbert Boun Serjeant at Law my Wives Father was designing or beginning towards a Description of Nottinghamshire whereof he had been Feodary which proved to be only Doomsday Book and a short Note or two on every Town but that served to give occasion to both your importunities that I should attempt something further in it which I proved more willing than able effectually to obey notwithstanding your promised assistance and directions which indeed my profession and other concerns would not suffer me in all things exactly to follow for I could never get opportunity to go my self and stay at York to abstract what might be useful for me from that Registry as you ever advised me and others it seems could not well do it for me for I had several undertakers who all failed in the point Yet I have made hard shift to be as little justly to blame in other things as possibly I could so that I hope you will not disown me and if you do not I shall be less sollicitous what others think for I allow no man for a Iudge who hath not done something of this nature himself And they that have even for your sake I am sure will be apt to be merciful to Carcolston Munday in Easter-week Apr. 16. Anno Dom. 1677. Your Faithful Friend and Servant ROB. THOROTON THE PREFACE THE Art of Physick which I have professed with competent success in this County not being able for any long time to continue the people living in it I have charitably attempted notwithstanding the difficulty and almost contrariety of the study to practise upon the dead intending thereby to keep all which is or can be left of them to wit the shadow of their Names better than precious Oyntment for the body to preserve their memory as long as may be in the World Though for this latter undertaking I expect no more Glory than I have gotten Riches by the former well knowing this place not to be the best chosen for either and the times such that too few are much concerned either for what is past or to come But seeing that by the especial favour and Providence of God I have lived happily in it beyond my own reasonable hopes or the opinions of my wisest Friends who would have set me on a better Stage I have thought my self bound to my Country to make it this further return of gratitude however it may relish or please which no body else of better abilities and qualifications hath hitherto performed and I have put it in the form of an Olla Podrida which any of them who shall be half so fond as I may the more easily augment or new model when they shall think fit and every Reader or rather looker on it for it cannot expect many more thorough Readers than a Dictionary may by the help of the Indexes pick out only those names of Places or Persons which he desires without being obliged to read very much of the rest which may be thought impertinent enough especially by those who will not consider that I present not here what I would have chosen but what I could find and that for the most part will be judged too little by any concerned and too much by others Yet the time this Work can pretend to is very little above six hundred years in the first third part whereof there is not too much to be found the oldest general Authentick Record we have being that most famous Survey made by King William the first in the latter part of his Reign which still remains in the Treasury of the Exchequer and is called Doomsday Book and was finished near about two hundred years after the first perfect Division of England into Shires or Counties or of them into Hundreds and Tythings by King Alured or Alfred as is said but hath respect also to the several Lands and their owners in the time of King Edward the Confessour This most noble light of those times as far as concerns this County of Nottingham I have therefore exhibited at large as plainly as I well could yet because the Phrase or Language of it is not suitable to this present Age I conceive it not amiss briefly in this place to observe and explicate some few things which may render it and some other things in this Book more easie to be understood To begin then with Shire as the Saxons called it or County as now more frequently is used we may know it to be one of those Shares Portions or Provinces whereinto this Kingdom
judge Causes and levy Forfeitures and Amercements arising amongst the people resident within such Circuit or Territory part whereof was ever as well by the King in his as other Lords in theirs kept in his or their own respective hands or Tenencies for the sustenance or support of his or their particular Family there which is now called the Demesne the rest is well known by the name of Tenements being held by others Of which one part by the Saxons were called Boke Lands because the King or other Lord gave them to some Thaines or Freemen by Charter to inherit either for their Services in the Wars or Contribution thereto or else for finding a competent proportion of Corn or other provisions for the Kings or other Lords use which latter Tenure we understand now by Free Socage as we do the other by Knights or Military Service These men however for such their Lands in any Mannor or Soke of the Kings or of another mans were named Socmen especially in Doomsday Book where they are most often mentioned as they have been Thaines Men Barons Knights and Free-holders and are indeed the very Barons whereof as the Lawyers say there must be two at the least to make that we now call a Court Baron in the reason of which name it seems divers most Learned men have been mistaken calling it from some insufficient Authority A Barons Court or Court of a Baron as is manifest in that the King himself not to be called a Baron sure in any sense except only the Masculine had a Court of the Barons of his Mannor as suitable and necessary for the Affairs of that as the great ones were for the business of his Kingdom after the Model whereof this was partly governed which Court in old time had the name of Hallmote the Kings as all others were being most usually kept in the Capital Messuage or Mannor House then and still called the Hall whereunto these Sokemen or Barons Men Knights Thaines or Free-holders were once in three Weeks to attend Some of the Kings Socmen were great as were also some of those of the larger sort of other great mens and had Mannors within the Soc which sort we now call Mesne Lords being in the middle as it were between their own Socmen who held of them and the supreme or Paramount Lord of whom they held themselves but the most generall sort of them were such as the Saxons called Less Thaines the Danes Young-men and we still Yeomen and were as I guess made most ordinarily of the younger sons or brothers of the Lords of the less sort of Mannors being certainly Free of Blood and fit for honourable Service some marks whereof yet remain in the Kings Houshold and divers other places These Sokemen of the Kings Mannors now known by the name of Free-holders by Charter in Antient Demesne are free from all manner of Toll for any thing concerning their own Provisions or Husbandry and from many other payments which others are liable to neither can they be drawn into Plea for any thing concerning their Lands out of their own Court wherein from the very first beginning without doubt was exercised all manner of Law requisite for the Kings Tenants as well concerning right as peace as likewise 't is probable there was in all or most other very great Mannors or Sokes which contained several Tythings or Townships whence arose also the Court-Leet as we now call it wherein chiefly all those Saxon Customs distinguished by several names or Laws concerning the Peace were executed which by many Lords in their several Sokes was claimed by prescription and since the Conquest hath been granted to others by the name of View of Frank-pledge The other part of the Tenements of a Mannor by the Saxons called Folk-Lands were occupied or held for the most part by the people bred and born in the Villages and of Servile condition called in Doomsday Book Villains and since Natives or Bondmen being such as our Husbandmen or Farmers are now for those who were like our Cottagers held very little or no Land and in that Record are called Bordars most likely because they had their meat where they did their work which Custom remains amongst us in some places still However all these men and all they had went with the Lands of their respective Mannors wherein they lived and were saving their lives as much and intirely at the will and disposition of their several Lords who finding no great profit in keeping alive many such Lazy Families as they were bound to do grew more willing to Manumit and make them Free or else to suffer them to hold their Lands under such Rents and Services as they thought fit to impose which being entred in their Court Rolls they made little other use of their Authority over them so that Copyholders also now have almost utterly worn out the memory of any such condition as well as any of that formerly most numerous Servile sort of people whereof for the greater part of these last two hundred years there have scarcely been any who would not have despised those who should not have esteemed them as Free-born English men as the best as the late times have more especially shown The last thing which should be distinguished a little more clearly from a Mannor or Soke Constablery or Tything Town Village or Hamlet is a Parish which amongst us signifies a certain portion of Land or Territory within the particular charge of a Priest who is to Administer the Holy Sacraments and other Divine Offices to the Inhabitants thereof the Precinct or bounds of which are commonly best known by those of the Mannor or Mannors the Tythes whereof belong to that Church though some portion of them may have been given to some other for it frequently happens that a Township Hamlet or Constablery is in several Parishes the Church Founded in it alwaies having the Tythes of it except a Portion was by chance given to some Religious House and we see a Parish as before was said of a Mannor may contain one or more Townships or Hamlets or only part of one or more Nay in some places we have two Parishes in one Town and but one Church which must needs arise from several Mannors the Lords whereof joyned in Founding or Building but not in endowing the Church each keeping apart his Tythes and what else he would give for the sustenance of his own Clark whom he intended to present to the Bishop for the Ministerial care and Government of his own Tenants who with the Lands they occupied made up one Parish as the others did another yet both had use of the same Church These are ordinarily called Medieties perhaps because the use of the Church may be equal though the Parishes or profits be not The Kings Mannors before the coming of the Normans were furnished with Churches and Chapels in the Hamlets also not far short of Parochial Churches and so were most other great
the Northclay division of Basset-law which hath two other viz. the Southclay and Hatfeild which make it equal to three Hundreds Lyda Wapentac is now joyned with Thurgarton and called Thurgarton a Lée heretofore Thurgarton and Lythe◠Broxtow remains as it was In the usual divisions of this Shire Basset-law and Newark are equal to or set against the other four Wapentacs the Town of Nottingham being left out The Soil is generally of the most fertile in England except a great part of the Forrest of Shirewood which was the most pleasant but by the abominable destruction of Woods is now much otherwise and likewise some of that which borders upon Darbyshire part whereof affords most excellent Coals That part of the antient Fosse way which lies between Leicestershire and Lincoln enters this County nigh Willoughby on the Wolds and at Newark crosseth the Road from London to York That most eminent Record called Doomsday Book made in the latter end of the Raign of King William the Conquerour which is our principal light in and before his time saith That in Snotingham the water of Trent and the Fosse and the way towards York were kept so that if any should hinder the passage of Boats and if any should Plough or make a Ditch in the Kings way within two Perches he should make an amends by eight pounds And in Snotinghamscyre and Derbiscyre the Kings peace given with his hand or with his seal if it be broken shall be amended by eighteen hundreths every hundred eight pounds of this amends the King hath two parts the Earl the third that is twelve hundreds the King and six the Earl If any man according to Law shall be banished for any guilt none but the King can restore peace to him A Tain or Thane having more than six Mannors doth not give relief of his Land except to the King only eight pounds If he have only six or less to the Sheriff he giveth relief three Mark of Silver wheresoever he remaineth in a Burrough or out If a Thain having Soc and Sac forfeit his Land between the King and the Earl they have the moyety of his Land and Money and his lawful Wife with his legitimate Heirs if there be any have the other moyety Here are noted they who have Soc and Sac and Thol and Thaim and the Kings Custom two pence The Archbish. of York upon his Mannors Godeva the Countess upon Nuverc Wapentac Vlfenisc upon his Land the Abbat of Peter Burgh upon Colingham the Abbat of Berton Earl Hugh upon Marcheton Derbish the Bishop of Chester Tochi Suen s. Swaine Baron Siward Azor. s. Saline Vlfric Elsi Illing Levin s. Aluvin Alvena the Countess Goda the Countess Elsi s. Caschin upon Werchesoppe Henry de Ferrariis upon Edvostone and Dubridge and Braylefordsham Walter de Ayncurt upon Graneby and Moretune and Penniesleg Of all these none could have the third penny of the Earl but by his grant and that as long as he should live except the Archbishop Vlfenisc and Godeva the Countess Upon the Soc which lies to Clifton the Earl ought to have the third part of all the Customs and Works Here are noted the Tenants of Land in Snotinghamscire 1. King William 2. Earl Alan of Richmond 3. Earl Hugh of Chester 4. Robert Earl Moriton 5. The Archbishop of York 6. The Bishop of Lincoln 7. The Bishop of Bayon 8. The Abbat of Peter Burgh 9. Roger de Busli 10. William Peurel 11. Walter de Aincurt 12. Goisfrid Alselin 13. Raph son of Fitz Hubert 14. Raph de Limesi 15. Raph de Burun 16. Roger Pictavensis 17. Gislebert de Gand. 18. Gislebert de Tisun 19. Goisfrid de Wirce 20. Ilbert de Lacy. 21. Berenger de Todeni 22. Hugh son of or Fitz Baldric 23. Hugh Grent Maisint 24. Henry de Ferrariis 25. Robert Malet 26. Durand Malet 27. Osbern Fitz Richard 28. Robert Fitz William 29. William Hostiarius the Usher 30. The Kings Thanes I might here proceed to recite out of this most excellent Record what Mannors each of these had and who had them in King Edward's time before the Conquest but to avoid repetition I shall only do it as I mention the several Townships in each Wapentac and begin with the most Southerly Rushcliff there written Risclive so called probably because the usual meeting place of the Hundred was at or near some Rushy Hill or Bank it now contains another Hundred which the Book of Doomsday in some place calls Plumptree Hundred In the Record called Nomina Villarum made in the ninth year of the Raign of King Edward the second Riseclive is returned but half a Wapentac and the King Lord of it in which there is no mention of the Town of Plumptrée nor of many other Villages which yet lie promiscuously amongst those that are there named so that we cannot certainly from thence conclude that those omitted made up Plumptrée Hundred Ioan the Wife of Thomas de Holland Chr. was found to be Sister and Heir of Iohn late Earl of Kent 26 E. 3. and aged 25 years who died seized of the Town of Allerton under Shirewood as in that place will also be noted and a certain Wapentac of Riscl and Plumptrée of the Towns there adjoining with the Pleas of Court then valued at l. 3s. 4d. per annum which I suppose was the Hundred Court The several Townships which now constitute or are contained in this Wapentac shall follow beginning with Stanford before named which is near the Town of Lughborough in the County of Leicester towards which 't is like there was some Stony ford in the River Soure upon which this Town of Stanford is scituate which occasioned its name Before the invasion of the Normans Elsi had a Mannor here which was charged to the Danegeld or Tax of those times as ten Bovats or Oxgangs The Land was then sufficient for two Ploughs or was esteemed two Carucats but afterwards it became the Fee of Roger de Busli whom King William the Conquerour made the greatest man of Lands in this County by many degrees for the great survey taken in that Kings Raign shows that in this small Shire he had one hundred seventy four Mannors being the best part of ninety Townships besides very many other Towns which were partly or wholly Soc to some of them His Seat in this County was at Blyth and in Yorkshire at Tikhill Here he had one Plough-land or Carucat five Sochmen or Free-holders three Villanes or Husbandmen two Bordars or Cotagers having two plows plow-lands or Carucats here was half a Mill six shillings eight pence and eleven Acres of Medow All which in the time of King Edward the Confessor were valued at thirty shillings but when this Doomsday Book was made viz. in the latter part of the Conquerors but at ten shillings having Soc in Normentune Ernaldus Rogerus de Busli ob 1099-Muriel Jordan de Bully Rogerus sine prole temp H. 1. Richardus
Raynes succeeded and Robert Raynes Grandchild of the first Robert had it Anno Dom. 1641. He was a thrifty man and built his house on the top of the barren hill whither he intended to remove the Town also but his Son Robert was not like him so that 't is now become the possession of Thomas Lewys Alderman of London lately high Sheriff of this County The Church is in the Kings books 9l. 7s. 6d. and Mr. Thomas Lewis Patron at this time But in an old Ms. of Mr. Iohn Marters Rector of Normanton upon Sore made a little before the dissolution of Monasteries of the values and Patrons of the Rectories and Vicarages in this Diocess of York this Rectory is twenty Mark and Mr. Yngleworth Patron Upon a Tomb in the Chancel Hic jacent Radulphus Illingworth Ar. Agnes uxor ejus qui quidem Radulphus ob 1. die Mensis Augusti Anno 1498. quorum animabus propitietur Deus In the window there Arg. a Chevron Azur with a Labell of three points Ermine Swillington and Azur three Hedgehogs Or Heriz In the body of the Church Hic jacet Tho. Payre de Stoneford valect Agnes uxor sua quae Agnes ob 6. Jan. Upon a Tomb in the Church Hic jacent Magister Johannes Harrison Alicia Agnes uxores ejus qui quidem Johannes obiit 4. die Nov. 1532. In the window over that Tomb Arg. a fesse on both sides Flory between three Anchors sable quartering Arg. a fesse gules two Bars engrayled sable then the first again and then sable a fesse between three Stars Arg. all which together impale with Ermine a Cross engrayled sable and also Arg. a Chevron Azure betwixt three Staples sable The first alone impales in the same window with Arg. a fesse gules and two Bars sable And Erm. a Cross engrayled sable impales alone with Arg. A Chevr Azure betwixt three Staples sable Normanton upon Sore SO called from some owner in the time of the Saxons probably for Norman was then a a name frequently used and ton or tun is the same with Town now This place before the coming of K. William had very many Shares and several owners which made him parcel it out amongst his great men so that it is very difficult to give any exact or particular account of the Tenencies which in all likelihood were joyned to other more considerable possessions and so came to have little mention distinctly made of them in any Records that I have seen The Book of Doomesday shows that of Roger de Buslies fee here was Soc to Stanford as much as answered to the Tax or Geld for three Bovats The Land was one Carucat the Soc then waste there was four Acres of Medow the value was 4s. as in the time of King Edward the Confessor Here was also of Hugh Earl of Chesters fee Soc to Sudton two Bovats and two thirds ad geldam The Land was a Carucat but waste there was three Acres of Medow In the Confessors time this was valued at 5s. then at 3s. Here was a Mannor also of Earl Moritons fee which Story Lord also of Gotham and Sutton had before the Conquest for four Mannors rated to the Geld as ten Bovats The Land whereof was sufficient for two Plows or two Car. This Alden held of the Earl and there had one Car. or Plow two Sochm two Vill. three Bordars having two Caruc or Plows there was fifteen Acres of Medow In the Confessors time this was 40s. value in the Conquerours time but 30s. Of the Land of the Taynes here was a Mannor which Osgod had before the Conquest who paid for it to the Geld as three Bovats and an half The Land of it was one Car. there were two Villans and two Acres of Medow This in the Confessors time was valued at 20s. then but at 6s. Another Mannor in Normentune of the Tayn Land which Raven had and paid to the Danegeld for it as two Bovats In the second year of King Iohns raign Matthew de Eston released all his claim and right in the Advowson of the Church of Normanton to Bertram Prior of St. Cuthberts of Durham for which he was to have reception in all the benefits which were in that Church The Prior of Durham 3 E. 3. claimed a Court Leet for his Tenents in Normanton Bonington Kineston Barton Cortingstok Remston and Gotham Oddo the son of Iohn for the soul of his son Iohn and Matthew son and heir of Oddo for the soul of his brother Iohn gave to God and the Church of Lenton and the Monks there serving God the whole Land which Herbert the father of Iohn held the same sixteen Acres which lay at the West end of the Town on both sides the way with Ogga and Iunger which paid 4s. per annum Tho. de Arches by fine released to the Prior of Lenton all his claim in sixteen Acres of Land in Normanton 32 H. 3. for which the Prior gave him 100s. In the time of E. 1. Robert de Strelley gave eleven Bovats of Land in Normanton to Sampson de Strelley his son to his Deed hangs a fair seal of his Arms Paly of six Roger de St. Andrew and his partners are certified 25 E. 1. to have held a Knights fee in Gaham Normanton and Sutton of the Honor of Leicester Robert de Vaus and Amfelicia his Wife by fine 18 E. 3. pass the Mannor of Normanton upon Sore to Sir Gervas de Clifton Knight and his heirs for ever paying sixteen pounds per annum during the life of Amfelicia only who particularly in that fine released the third part of the Mannor her Dower distinct from the other 2. parts Here was a Mannor which was de La Pooles anciently and came to the Crown by the Attainder of Edmund de La Poole 2 H. 8. King H. 8. by his Letters Patents dated May 1. in the 36. year of his raign granted licence to Edward Elrington and Humfrey Metcalf Esquire to give a Mess. in Normanton on Sore to Richard Willughby Gent. and his heirs Richard Willoughby late of Nottingham who held one Mess. in Normanton on Sore and certain Lands there late belonging to the Monastery of Durham died Apr. 16.37 H. 8. leaving Thomas Willoughby his son and heir seventeen years of age Mar. 15. then last past William Willoughby claimed against Henry Strelley Gent. one Cottage one Toft one Garden sixty Acres of Land ten of Medow ten of Pasture four of Wood with the Appurtenances in Normanton on Sore 2 and 3 Ph. Mariae Iohn Rotheram and William Marwood Gent. claimed against William Willoughby Gent. divers Lands and Tenements in Normanton upon Sore who called to warranty George Eyre Gent. 19 Eliz. And in another Recovery which William Willoughby suffered 20 Eliz. of the Mannor of Normanton on Sore he called the said George Eyre Gent. who further called Thomas Eyre Gent. This whole Township is now Mr.
Daniel Earls saving five yard Land which Mr. Richard Fillingham inherits from his Ancestors he is now chief Constable and there are five more Freeholders but too small to mention Richardus Willoughby de Nott. ob 37 H. 8 -An fil Parmater 1 Thom. Willoughby at 17. ad mort Patris s. prole 2 Will. Willoughby de Normanton ob 1587 -An fil Joh. Rotheram de Nun-Eaton 1 Gilbertus Willoughby Margaret uxor Manly s. p. Franc. filia Sam. Marrow ux 1 -Frances fil Willielmi Walkeden Rectoris Eccles. de Clifton Camvile ux 2 -Petrus Columbell Ar. Marit secundus Willielmus Willoughby de Normanton ob May 4. 1629 -Susanna filia Will. Moulton de Toddenham in Com. Glocest ob 1635 -Edw Darling de London Ar. Marit secund 2 Will. Willoughby miles de Aston Com. Oxon. ob 1615. fil Young Rotheram Willoughby miles -Anna filia Ric. Wortly milits Will. Willoughby Ar. ob 1630 -Eliz fil una cohaered Timoth. Pusey de Selston Mariae uxoris ejus fil cohaer Joh. Clay de Crich ob Oct. 3. 1659 -Jo Coke miles Mar. 2. Will. Willoughby Baronettus ob Feb. 10. 1670 -Marg fil hae Abbat Willielmus obiit infans Maria-Beaumont Dixie Wulstan Dixie aet 14. an 1671. Beaumont aet 11. 1671. Johan aet 10. Will. aet 2. Ric. aet 1. aet Eliz. 16. Fran. 7. Mari. 13. Marg. 5. Eliza. ux Ant. Pel. mil. Marga. ux paramor An. ux Norwch Willielmus Johannes s. p. Richardus Willoughby Johannes Willoughby mercator de Bristow 1640. The first William Willoughby was buried in this Chancel Nov. 28. 1587. and hath a fair blew Stone over him but nothing written on it He gave out of some Lands which he bought in Nottingham and Lenton 8l. 6s. 8d. to be yearly paid to five Towns in course Normanton Great Marlow Nun-Eaton Nottingham and Wolvey There are two Monuments with these inscriptions in Marble Memoriae Sacrum Here lyeth the Body of Frances the Daughter of William Walkeden first married to Gilbert Willoughby Esquire by whom she had issue two Sons and one Daughter after married to Peter Columbell Esquire and by him had issue six Sons and three Daughters she died Aâ—g 12. Anno Dom. 1606. Posuit Willielmus Willoughby Armiger Memoriae Sacrum Near to this place lyeth the Body of William Willoughby Son of Gilbert Willoughby Esq and Lord of this Town by inheritance and close by this Wall lyeth Susanna his Wife daughter to William Moulton of Toddenham in the County of Glocester Esquire They were married at seventeen years of age and lived together twenty years and had no issue which William died the fourth of May 1629. Secondly she married Edward Darling of London Esquire and now Lord of this Mannor by purchase who lived together until the first of Iune 1635. And she dyed at Battersey in Surrey and left no issue which Edward Darling caused this Monument to be erected at his own charge in Remembrance of them both May the first 1636. The Rectory was 12l. when the Prior of Durham was Patron now 't is in the Kings Books 7l. 11s. 0. ob and Mr. Daniel Earle Patron Sutton Bonington NOw one Town heretofore two Sudton is the same with South-Town and Boniton probably was called so from Reeds growing thereabouts for such like signification Bon or Bun hath in the Saxon. The Book of Dooms-day shows them to be diversly shared both at that time and before and that Harold had in Sudton three Mannors which paid the Geld as a Caruc and half though the Land was but one Carucat which after the Conquest Hugh Earl of Chester had Robert Fitz-William held it of him and there had one Car. and an half three Sochm. six Vill. having three Car. and an half one Mill 20s. fifteen acr of Medow In the Confessors time and then valued at 40s. having Soc in Normanton In Boniton likewise Harold had a Mannor rated to the Dane-tax or Geld as six Bovats The Land was two Car. there Robert the man or Tenent of the said Earl Hugh had three Sochm. five Vill. having two Car. and an half there was ten acres of Medow In King Edward the Confessors time and then also valued at 20s. In Sudton likewise Stori named before in Normanton had a Mannor in the Saxon times rated to the publick payment for half a Car. The Land was twelve Bovats When the Conquerors survey was made there was one Plow or Carucat There R. Earl of Moriton had three Carucats three Sochm. in his Demenesne and five acres of Medow This in the time of King Edward the Confessour was valued at 3s. then at 20s. In Sutone also of the Taynland was a Mannor which Leuvord had before the Conquest rated to the tax at three Bov. afterwards Siuvard held it of the King Another Coleman had rated to the Geld at one Bov. and an half Of the Taynland also in Boniton there was Soc to Normentune as much as was rated at one Bov. and an half to the Geld. The Land half a Carucat There were five Vill. with one Car. and three acr of Meadow In the time of King Edward the Confessor and then valued at 6s. Soc to Lech of the fee of Henry de Ferrariis Siuvard had also in Boniton which paid to the tax as one Bov. and an half The Land was four Bovats There three Vill. had one Car. and an half and three acr of Medow this continued the old value 6s. Robert Patric paid two Marks for one Knights fee in Bonington in the time of King H. 3. and after I find William Patrick offered himself against Nich. de Segrave concerning his presentation to the Church of Bonington then void and in his gift The Advowson of this Church went with the Family of Segrave as Thorp in this Wapentak did to the Family of Mowbray and so to that of Barkley with which it continues Elizabeth Dutchess of Norfolk recovered the Advowson of the Church of Sutton Bouâ—ngâ—on upon a Quare impedit 13 H. 7. against Sir Henry Collet Knight William Stokes Clark together with Thomas Archbishop of York The Mannor of Bonyngton was by fine 5 E. 2. settled on Raph de Crophill and Maud his Wife and the heirs which he should beget on the Body of Maud the remainder to Thomas Son of the said Raph and the heirs of his Body remaining to the right heirs of Raph. The Jury 12 E. 2. found it not to the Kings loss if he granted to Raph de Crophull and his heirs for ever to inclose the way which led from the Church of Sutton upon Sore to the Church of Boniton on the West part of both Towns to inlarge his dwelling Raph de Crophull had view of Frank-pledge in Bonington and Sutton granted 1 E. 3. and free warren in Bonington and Tireswell in this County in Hemington and Braundeston in Leicestershire and in Downesby in Lincolnshire Raph de Crophill Chr. complained 3 E. 3. against
the Bonytons holds a Mannor there to this day And Stauntons came part to Tate and part to Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire where Sir Robert Shirley Baronet Father of the present Sir Robert built a very beautiful Church He hath here three Farms having twelve yard Land belonging to them Mr. Anthony Tate hath seven yard Land and an half which with his house came by his mother the daughter of Richard Stanley who dwelt in it Lands belonging to the Monastery of the holy Trinity at Repingdon in Sutton Bonington and West Leke and also the Advowson of the Church of St. Helen of West Leke descended to the Earl of Huntington from Sir Iohn Porte Knight who was one of the Justices of the Kings Bench 24 H. 8. and married Ioan daughter and heir of Iohn Fitz-Herbert of Etwall in Darbyshire by whom he had Sir Iohn Port Knight his son who left three daughters and heirs Elizabeth Wife of Sir Thomas Gerard Knight Dorothy Wife of Sir George Hastings Earl of Huntingdon and Margaret of Sir Thomas Stanhope named in Shelford The Rectory of Bonington in the forementioned Ms. is xiil. value and Mr. Barkeley Patron The Rectory of Sutton viii Mark and Prior of Repingdon Patron In the Kings Books now the Rectory of St. Michaels in Sutton Bonington is 15l. 2s. 1d and the Rectory of St. Annes there 4l. 17s. 6d. and the Lord Barkeley Patron of both In Sutton Bonington Church upon an old Tomb there Hic jacent Thom. Staunton Ar. Milisenta uxor ejus filia Willielmi Meringmilitis quae Milisenta obiit 12. Aug. 1456. He bears Varrey Arg. and sable an Annulet Or and impales with Mering Arg. upon a Chevron sable three Escallops Or. Another Staunton about that Tomb impales with Arg. a Pile in Point Gules Chandoys Upon another Tomb in the Chancel Orate pro animabus Johannis Berwyke Margaretae uxoris suae Jacobi filii eorum qui de hoc saeculo migravit anno 1528. He bears Arg. 3. Bears Heads erased sable In a Window there Or a Lyon Ramp Azure the Lord Segrave and Gules a Lyon Ramp Or rather Arg. if it be Mowbray Vpon a Tomb there Here lyeth Myghell Stanley deceased the last day of May 1564. and Mary his Wife that was with Child the same day and delivered of a son named Myghell the second of October the same year This same Myghell Stanley deceased was son of Iohn Stanley and left his Brethren William and Henry to see this Work made He bears Or three Birds Legs erased gules Upon a Chief indented Azure three Stags Heads Or impales with a Chevron betwixt three Towers In the other Church an ancient Tomb defaced it seems it was a Staunton Varrey Arg. and sable a Cressent for a difference impales with Mering as before upon that Tomb is Bassets Arms c. Anthony Feilding sold Mr. Grey of Langley the house and ten yard Land heretofore belonging to Repton Priory who since bought of old Mr. Tate of Sutton about three yard Land and an half Mr. Grey disinherited his eldest son for matching against his consent so his two youngest sons share with the eldest Thomas Gadde hath 3. yard Land and an half in Sutton descended from his Ancestors Charles Cock hath four Tho Strong four bought heretofore of Sir George Hastings Gilbert Millington attaint had four also Kinston IN Doomesday Book written Cheniston so called probably from some owner as most Towns of that termination in this County generally are Two Mannors in it at that time were made the fee of Hugh Earl of Chester which before the Conquest Leuvin and Richard had and paid for them to the publick Geld as three Bov. and an half The Land of them being then ten Bov. there under Earl Hugh one Sochm. had half a Carucat and nine Acres of Medow This in the time of Edward the Confessour was 30s. value then but 10s. Here were also several Mannors of the Land of the Taynes one Algar had before the Norman Invasion which paid for three Bov. The Land was two Car. This afterwards was held by Sauvinus of King William and he had there two Vill. with one Plow or Carucat and the seat of a Mill and ten Acres of Medow This in the Confesours time was 20s. value in the Conquerours 10s. Another Mannor of the â—aynland Vlchet had and paid the Assesment to the Geld for it as one Bov. and an half The Land was one Carucat This when the Conquerours survey was made Godric held but the men of the Country knew not by whom nor how There was one Vill. and six Acres of Medow In King Edwards time this was valued at 20s. then at 3s. Of the Tayn-land also in Chineston was there Soc to Radeclive as much as paid for one Carucat to the Tax The Land was two Carucats There eight Sochm. three Villans had three Carucats or Plows This Town was commonly esteemed a member of Radcliff upon Sore and the Tythes went to the Priory of Norton accordingly Peter Picot son of Peter Picot Lord of Ratcliff on Sore gave to God and the Church of the blessed Mary and St. Hardulf of Bredon in Frank Almes two Virgats of Land in Kingston Half a Carucat of Land here held of Thomas Picott 41 H. 3. was taken into the Kings Hand for a year and day being held before by one out-lawed for Felony There was a Tryal 10 E. 1. between Peter Picot Plaintiff and William Hasard and Hawisia his Wife Adam le Tailour and Robert le Irot Iort and their Wives for service of Land in Ratcliff and Kinston but the Judgement was for the Defendants that they ought none Thomas Hasard aged twenty eight years was 27 E. 1. found heir of William Hasard who had a House and some little Land here held of the King for 3s. 8l. Philip Hasard aged 〈◊〉 seven years 2 E. 3. was certified heir of Thomas William Seman 3 E. 2. is certified to be son and heir of Richard Seman who held a Mess. and two Virgats here of the King for 14s. per annum and doing homage and fealty to Sir Peter Picot and the service of 7s. per annum and a pair of Gilt Spurs Iohn de Leyk is certified 17 E. 2. to have held besides a certain Mannor in Leyk c. here in Kynston eight Virgats of Land four of the Prior of St. Cuthberts of Durham by the service of 12d. and four of Iohn de Langeton for 4s. per annum Iohn de Leyk his son and heir being then above fifteen years of age Nicholas the son of Adam le Taylour was also certified 17 E. 2. to have held here and in Ratcliff the third part of two Mess. and two Virgats of Land of the King in Capite paying 3s. 8d. yearly by the hands of the Sheriff Alice the daughter and heir of the said Nicholas being then above twenty years of age The Jury
before Sir Hugh Shirley performed not the Conditions nor did he quietly enjoy the Lands of the Lord Basset so devised by the said Will Edmund Earl Stafford being through an old intail made of them by Raph Lord Basset his Grandfather in 13 E. 3. found heir to the rest opposing him therein Howbeit there was an agreement at length and though the said Earl and Sir Hugh were both slain in the Battel of Shrowsbury 4 H. 4. before it was sealed yet the Feoffees of the Lord Basset 2 H. 6. released all their interest here and in Colston Basset in this County and in the Mannors of Rakdale Willowes Radclive super Wreke Barrow super Sore Dunton and Watton in the County of Leicestershire of West-Halle and East-Halle in Sheldon in the County of Warwick unto Sr Raph Shirley son and heir of Sir Hugh and the heirs Males of his body which Sir Raph had his residence at this Manner of Radclive 10 H. 6. This Mannor was granted with some others 1 R. 3. to Sir Gervas Clifton as part of the forfeited Lands of Henry Duke of Buckingham Yet Edward Duke of Buckingham 5 H. 8. suffered a recovery of the Mannor of Ratcliff on Sore and Knesale After the Attainder of Humfry Duke of Buckingham this Mannor came to Sir Richard Sacheverell Knight who left it to Raph Sacheverell his Brother or near Kinsman in which Name and Family it continued till Henry Sacheverell Esquire the last owner thereof who purchased also from the Crown the Rectory impropriate there that lies in Ratcliff estated the same on Sir Thomas Hutchinson his Sisters son but he out of tenderness to his Cousin Elianor the Wife of Roger Columbell Esquire the sole daughter and heir of the said Henry Sacheverell his Uncle agreed to divide it between them and so one moyety of this fertile inclosed Lordship remains to the heirs of Iohn Columbell son of the said Elianor who married .... Hickman sister of the present Lord Windsore who now takes care of her Children and the other moyety was by Colonel Iohn Hutchinson eldest son of the said Sir Thomas sold to Alderman Ireton Radulphus Sacheverell de Hopwell in Com. Derb. Dom. Ric. Sacheverell miles ob 25 H. 8. Sepult in le Newark in Leicester s. p. -Maria domina Hungerford Relict Ed. dom Hastings matris Com. Huntington Joh. Sachev de Morley Hopwell 2 Radulphus Sacheverell de Radclive 25 H. 8. ob 31 H. 8 -Cecilia-Anna Henricus Sacheverell de Radcliff ob Jul. 29.5 6 P. M. -Lucia fil haer Joh. Pole de Hertington in Com. Derb. Ar. 1 Henricus Sacheverell de Radclive aerat 16. an ad mortem patr -Jana filia Germani Ireton 5 6 Ph. Mar. Hen. Sacheverell de Radclive .... Boughton-Tho Grantham miles Marit 2. Elianor post ux Will. Hasard -Roger Columbell de Derley Johannes Columbell ... fil Hickman Ed. Marow de Berkswell Com. Warwick -Anna Dom. Sam. Marow miles ... fil Arth. Carey mil. Jana ux Thom. Hutchinson 2 Johannes 1 Hen. Sacheverell de Morley miles Brother of Henry Ireton the great instrument in the unhappy Wars This Elianor after her Husband Columbells decease Married her servant William Hasard who proved a good Husband to her and a kind and careful Father to her Children they dwelt in an house built at the Red hill by the side of the River Soure between Radclive and the Trent The Abbat and Covent of the House of the blessed Mary of Norton in the County of Chester 11 H. 4. released to the Prior and Covent of Burscogh and their Successours all their right in the Advowson of the Church of Radclive upon Sore sometime Iohn de Winwicks The Vicarage is in the Kings Books 6l. 13s. 4d. and so it was valued when the Prior of Burscogh was Patron Upon a Tomb in a little Chappel on the North side of the Church Hic jacent Radulphus Sacheverell Ar. nuper Dominus de Ratcliff super Sore Cecilia Anna uxores ejus qui quidem Radulphus ob 14 Aug. 1539. praedicta Cecilia ob 27 Jun. 1538. praedicta Anna migravit ab hoc saeculo Vpon a fair Tomb in the Chancell Here lyeth the Bodyes of Henry Sacheverell Esquire and Lucy his Wife daughter and heir of Iohn Pole Esquire which Henry dyed 29 Jun. 1558. and Lucy dyed 10 Febr. 1554. upon whose c. Upon a plain Stone Hic jacet Elizabetha uxor Anthonii Babington Ar. filia una haeredum Johannae Ormond filiae haeredis Willielmi Chaworth Militis ac unius Consanguinearum haeredum Roberti Laâ—home ... Caltoft Johannis Bret Thomae Aylesbury Thomae Keynes Militum ac Rad. Basset Johannis Engaines Baronum quae Elizabetha ob 28 Nov. anno 1505. Upon another plain Stone close by that Hic jacet Isabella quondam uxor Johannis Babington de Dethik Ar. ac Domini de Kinston quae obiit 18 Mar. Anno Dom. 1486. In the Chancell upon a plain Stone Hic jacet Jacobus Damport filius Domini Tho. Damport Militis qui obiit 15 die Aprilis Anno Dom. 1458. Upon a Stone near that for a Child Hic jacet Jacobus Eadmunson filius Edwardi Eadmunson qui Jacobus ob 27 Dec. 1519. Upon another plain Stone somewhat higher Cy gyst Johan file heire Tho. Basset Fitz S. John Basset de Br .... la feme Sir Raph Shirley Fitz heire Hugh de Shirley Upon a plain Stone in the body of the Church Hic jacet Thom. Fyndern Ar. Eliz. uxor ejus filia Rad. Sacheverell Ar. qui Tho. ob 24 Sept. anno dom ... Eliz. ob ... 1574. Thrumpton Doomsd. Turmodeston SO called from Turmod some old owner 't is like In it before the Conquest Leuvin and Elvod were rated at seven Bov. to the Tax for their Mannor The Land whereof was two Carucats There Roger de Busli whose Fee it was had one Carucat three Sochm two Villans two Bordars having one Carucat and an half this in the Confessours time was valued at 40s. in the Conquerours at 20s. Here was another Mannor of William Peverells fee which before the Conquest Stapleuvin owner also in Stapleford had rated to the Geld at three Bov. â…“ The Land one Car. There afterwards four Sochm. had one Car. and five Acres of Medow This kept the old value 5s. 4d. Here was another parcel Soc to Edwalton of the fee of Hugh de Greatmaisnill rated to the publick Tax at one Bov. and an half The Land was one Car. There were two Sochm. two Bordars with two Carucats or Plows and three Acres of Medow It lay in Sandiriuca or Sandiacre on the other side the Trent in Darbishire That of Buslies fee was held by the Family of Putrell who had their seat here and continued owners till the 5 Iac. that Tho. Poutrell and Iohn his Brother sons of Walter Poutrell conveyed it to Gervase Pigot Gent. Grandfather of Gerv. Pigot Esquire the present owner 1672. It was with
soul of the Earl of Winchester his Uncle and of Robert de Quinci son of him the said Saier and the said Roberts Brethren Nunc Amâ—nissimae ville Nottinghamiae Icomsum Posteris DD Rich Slatâ—r Arm et Comitat ejusdem vicecomes Ano. 1577 Simon de Musegros and Ascelin his Wife made Hugh de Rempeston their Atturney against Nic. de Aâ—bin and Maud his Wife Leodegar de Diva Raph de Estun and Albrea his Wife Agnes de Neuthorp Thomas son of Peter Hugh son of Oto and Robert Despenser concerning Customs and Services of his hold in Gatham Sutton Keworth c. in the County of Nott. 11 H. 3. Hugh de Hengston and Agatha de Ratinden his Wife about 9 E. 1. passed all their Mannor of Gotham to Roger de St. Andrea and Agnes his Wife and their heirs in exchange for the Mannor of Sipfeud with whose posterity two parts of this Town have ever since continued At the instance of William Fitz-William King Edward the first granted Roger de St. Andrew a Charter of Free-warren in Gotham in Nottinghamshire in Haddon in Northamptonshire and Hengeston in Cambridgeshire dated the fourth of August in the fifth year of his Reign In the 25 E. 1. Laurence de St. Mauro who held the other third part of Goteham was dead and his Son and heir Nicolas twenty eight years of age between whom and Roger de St. Andrew there was a Fine levyed 31 E. 1. concerning the Advowson of this Church viz. that the said Nicolas and his heirs should have one Turn and the said Roger and his two Thomas de St. Maur or Seymour who had upon his Seal two Chevrons and a file of five Labells and held a Capital Messuage in Goteham commonly called West-Hall and 50s. Rent of Assize c. was dead 32 E. 3. and Iohn Worthy found his next heir viz. son of Beatrix Worthy sister of the said Thomas Iohn de Worthe Knight by fine 50 E. 3. and afterwards 2 R. 2. by another fine granted to Iohn Samon of Nottingham the third part of the Mannor of Goteham and the Advowson of the third part of the Church of the said Mannor excepting 102s. 6d. Rent in that third part of the said Mannor which yet he granted together with the Homages and whole Services of Samson de Strelley Knight Iohn Fraunceys and Agnes his Wife and many others to have to the said Iohn Samon and his heirs Iohn Samon at the Assizes at Nott. 8 H. 4. recovered his Seizin of 32s. Rent Service in Goteham from Henry Nevill Knight Robert Nevill and William Draper Robert Nevill 9 H. 6. was found to have dyed seized of four ruined Messuages forty Acres of Land eleven Acres of Medow in Goteham four in Kinston and as many in Thrumpton and that Iohn Nevill was his heir By an Inquisition taken at Nott. Oct. 29.5 6 Ph. and Mar. it appears that Henry Sacheverell of Ratcliff upon Sore then dead had this Mannor or share of Goteham which since B. it seems was purchased in by ... St. Andrew and in the division was allotted to Barbara the youngest daughter and heir of Iohn St. Andrew Married to Sir Oliver St. Iohn Baronet who sold it to Gervase Pigot of Thrumpton Esquire possessed of the principal part of this Township by his Marriage of Mary the eldest daughter and co-heir of the said Iohn St. Andrew which he settled upon Mary his only daughter by that Wife whom he disposed to Robert Burdet Esq and she bore him an only daughter named Elizabeth the heir of that part but Mr. Pigot left this to his son and heir Gervase Pigot of Thrumpton Esquire the present owner Elizabeth the middle daughter and co-heir of the said Iohn St. Andrew was Married to Francis Thornhaugh Esquire eldest son of Sir Francis Thornhaugh of Frenton and by him hath issue but her purpart of St. Andrews inheritance is not here she is since become the Wife of William Skeffington Esquire The Free-holders in this Town are not very considerable yet there is one Spenser whose Ancestors have held something two Yard-land I think and been resident here since the time of Sir Saher de St. Andrew about the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the third The Church in the Kings Books is now 19l. 8s. 6d. ob Before the dissolution of Monasteries when Mr. St. Andrew and Mr. Salmon were Patrons the value was 24l. In the Church on a plain Stone Hic jacent corpora Johannis Santandra Ar. Aliciae uxoris ejus qui Johannes ob in festo St. Lucae 1510. dicta Alicia ob 14 Apr. 1509. Upon it a Chevron between three Waterbougets Upon another plain Stone Hic jacet Dominus Heugo Santandra qui quondam fuit Rector de Goteham ob 20 Apr. 1528. On another Hic jacent corpora Willielmi St. Andra Ar. Margaretae uxoris ejus qui Willielmus ob 3 Dec. 1565. dicta Margareta rather 1535. St. Andr. there impales with Arg. a Fesse sable and three Lozenges in chief sable Aston Upon a Tomb. Here lyeth the Body of George St. Andrew Esquire which departed this life 27 Aug. 1584. This George had to Wife Barbara Nevill by whom God sent him Children Gervis William George Iohn Francis Winifrid Iane Barbara A Monument of W. S Andrewes at Gotham South Wall in the Chancell Iohn S Andrew on the North Wall at Gotham Leke Doomesd Leche SO called from the passing of the Water or Leaking from the Saxon Leccian to water or moisten which is done by a small Brook in this place to both the Hamlets or Townships of Great or East Leak and Little or West Leak On the North side of this Lordship on a knoll called Court-hill near the bounds of Goteham about a flight-shot from Cuckow bush the Hundred Court hath been kept Here was in Leche Soc to Gatham as much as paid the Geld for two Bovats of Land and some belonging to Stanford of Robert Fitz-Williams Fee which was one Bovat ad Geld. The Land four Bovats There two Suchm had one Carucat In Leche before the Conquest Godric who also had one in Plumptre had a Mannor which was Taxed to the Dane Geld as two Bovats ¼ The Land was four Bovats There afterwards Ernulph the Man or Tenent of Roger de Busli whose Fee it was had two Carucats two Vill. with half a Car. and eight Acres of Medow In the time of King Edward the Confessour the value of this was 40s. in King Williams but 10s. The principal Mannor in Leche before the Norman Invasion Siuvard had and for it paid the Tax as two Carucats The Land of it was then for six Plows or six Carucats There Henry de Ferrariis had afterwards in Demesne four Car. sixteen Sochm. sixteen Vill. having seventeen Car. or Plows There was a Priest and a Church one Mill 2s. and fifty Acres of Medow small Wood two qu. long one broad This in the
of the said Prior. Reymund Cardinal of Sancta Maria nova 11 E. 2. was Parson of Leyk and so was Iohn D'avenant who died Bishop of Salisbury and had been Chaplain to the Earl of Huntington The Rectory was valued at 30l. when the Prior o◠Repyndon was Patron Now the Earl of Huntington is and the value in the Kings Books is 25l. 4s. 7d. In the Church Windows in Little-Leak were Leaks Arms sable six Annulets Or 3.2.1 now five or nine upon a Saltier engrailed there also Or upon a Fesse Gules three water Budgets Or all over a bend Azure Geoffr Bug. Arg. upon five Fusells in Fesse so many Scallops the Colours are worn out Gules three Bends Argent Or on a Fesse Gules three water Budgets Ar. Bingham or Bugg In the Church of West Lake There is now upon Mr. Maunsfeilds Monument Arg. on a Chevron between three Manches sable three Annulets Or which impales also one with Ermine and Gules of six Bars R. Maunsfeild and Ester Hussy two with Arg. on a Fesse Gules Cotised Wavy sable three Crescents Or. Fran◠Mansfeild and Norice Dod. three with Arg. on a Saltire Azure five Water Budgets Or. T.M. and Millecent Sacheverel 4. with on a Chief .... three Lyons Heads erased R. M. and Elizabeth Richardson The Inscription is thus Anno Aerae Christianae 1624. Annoque aetatis 75.3 idus Augusti Animam Deo creatori reddidit Richardus Mansfeild Gen. hujus Manerii Dominus Vxorem habuit Jocosam Thomae Paget de Barwel comitat Leicestriae Gen. filiam Ex qua liberos Richardum Franciscum Thomam Mariam Doroth. Kath. suscepit Quorum Thomas natu minimus ◠societate Templi Interioris J. C. Ex Millecent uxore sua Gulielmi Sacheverel de Barton Arm. filiâ filium unum haeredem Richardum qui Elizabetham Thomae Richardson Equitis Aurati haeredisque apparentis Baroniae Cramond Regno Scotiae filiam in uxorem duxit tresque filias Mariam Franciscam Millecent reliquit obiit 4. Maii Anno 1638. aet 50. In the Chancell on two Grave-stones lying together Hic jacet Ed. Bigland Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus hujus Ecclesiae Rector qui obiit Aug. 2. aetatis suae 75. Anno 1650. Here lyeth Mary Bendish his Wife who died March 9. in the 68. of her Age An. 1652. Costock In Doomesd Cotingstoche and Cortingstoche and since Curtlingstoc SO named from some Saxon owner Corting or Curtling and Stoche which as Stow signifies a seat or place In it were several Mannors whereof two Godric and Algar had before the Conquest and for them paid to the Geld as thirteen Bovats The Land of them was but thirteen Bovats and said to be in Cotingstoc and Rempeston There afterwards Roger de Busli had two Sochm. on two Bovats of this Land and three Vill. with one Plow or Car. One Car. of this Land was then waste there was thirty Acres of Medow this in King Edward the Confessours time was 40s. but then in King Williams but 12s. Fulco de Lisoriis and his Wife Albreda gave to St. Mary of Blyth and the Monks of that place founded by the said Roger de Busli one Carucat in Curtingestok for the soul of Goisfrid his Dapiferi Steward and of his Wife Richildis who held it of the said Fulco This Land he gave to buy Fish before Christmass the said Fulc likewise gave to Blith those two Bovats of Land in Cortingestok which he had retained all which was confirmed by Robert de Lisoriis his son and Albreda the said Roberts daughter his Grandchild and by her son Iohn the Constable of Chester by the name of all the Land they had in Curtingstok which Ascelimus Prior of Blith and the Covent gave to the Church of Geroldon in Fee reserving 8s. a year Rent for all Services to which Abby William de Bouis son of William de Bouis whose Family held a Knights Fee of the honour of Tikhill and also had their Seat here gave four Bovats and two Bovats in this Town and Robert de Cheverecourt of Wyvordby confirmed all of his Fee in Rempeston and Cortelyngestok Robert de Chevrecurt 2 H. 3. ought one Mark for the summoning Alexander de Cortlingstok to restore him the custody of the Land and heir of William de Bowes Iohn de Bowys and the Abbat of Geroudon for half a Knights Fee in Cortlingstock 22 E. 3. to the Aid for making the Kings Son a Knight paid 20s. whereof Iohn paid 15s. 6d. and the Abbat had a Writ to discharge him from the 4s. 6d. remaining This was before that time Williams son of Philip de Cortlingstock but they paid for another half of a Knights Fee which was sometime Thomas de Bowys and for that Iohn paid 13s. and the Abbat stop'd 7s. with his Writ and one Stephen de Weston and the said Abbat had a fourth part of a Knights Fee here which was sometime Iohns son of Iohn de Cortlingstok for this Stephen paid 7s. and the Abbat 3s. which he discharged with his Writ That which the Family of Cortlingstok held I take to be of Rad. de Burun in this place where Seric and two Brothers had a Mannor before the Norman change which was charged to the Geld as fourteen Bovats the Land then fourteen Bovats There afterward William the Man or Tenent of Raph de Burun had three Car. and one Sochm. on two Bovats of Land and nine Vill. and four Bord. having five Car. or Plowes There was thirty Acres of Medow This in the Confessours time was 40s. but in the Conquerours 30s. Andrew probably son of this William gave two Bovats of this Land to the Priory of Lenton which Robert son of this Andrew confirmed and gave his Churches of Cortingstoc and Rempeston to the said Priory with a great Curse upon Willielmus de Cortingstoche temp Willielmi Conq. Andr. de Cortingstoc Robertus de Cortingstoc Rogerus de Cordinstoke 12 H. 2. Willielmus de Cortingstoc Philippus de Cortingstok Willielmus de Cortingstock Ranulphus Hugo de Cortingstoc Johannes Johannes 24 E. 1. Willielmus 3 E. 3. his heirs if any of them should annull his gift which was confirmed by Roger de Burun his Lord and likewise by Roger the said Roberts own son who held two Knights Fees of the said Roger de Burun 12 H. 2. William Brieware who in the time of King Iohn had the Fees of Roger de Burun confirmed to the Abby of Geroudon the gifts of Philip son of William de Cortingstock and of Ranulph de Cortingstock and Hugh his son Philip de Cortingstoc in the beginning of the Reign of Henry the third is certified to hold two Knights Fees of Patricius de Chaurcis in Cordingstok and Rempeston of the old Feoffment William de Cortlingstok the son of Philip de Cortlingstok gave a Toft in this Town to the Prior and Covent of Lenton for two shillings of yearly Rent which
he and his Ancestors were wont to pay them for two Bovats of Land here together with the Advowsons of the Churches of Cortlingstok and Rempeston which they held of them Iohn the son of Iohn the son of Hugh de Cortlingstok 24 E. 1. recovered seizin of one Mess. and one Car. of Land here and two Mess. and one Virgat at Rempeston William son of Iohn son of Hugh de Cortingstoke released to William de Weston and Agnes his Wife Robert Parson of Staneford and to sundry others and to Iohn de Segrave and his heirs all his right in two Mess. two Carucats and one Virgat of Land and two Acres of Medow with the Appurtenances in Cortlyngstoke and Rempeston which the said Iohn de Segrave had of the gift and Feoffment of Sir Iohn de Segrave his Father and by the grant and confirmation of Stephen de Segrave his the said younger Iohns brother besides all his right in the Rents and Services which the said Iohn had in the Town of Cotegrave this bore date at Nott. the Wednesday next after the Feast of St. Martin 3 E. 3. There was a Fine levyed 22 E. 3. between Richard de Willoughby the elder Knight Quer. and Iohn son of Iohn de Segrave Def. of four Mess. two Tofts thirteen Bovats and ten Acres of Land ten Acres of Medow 20s. and 8d. Rent and the fourth part of one Knights Fee with the Appurtenances in Cortelyngstoke Rempeston and Cotegrave by that made the right of the said Richard together with the Homages and Services of Iohn de Rempeston and others Here was another parcell of this Town Soc to Clifton the great Mannor of William Peverells Fee which paid to the Tax of that time for one Bovat The Land was one Bov. There one Sochm. had one Plow or Car. and two Acres of Medow Here was also a Mannor which Fredghis had before his time which was charged to the Geld as two Bovats the Land being two Bovats There Goduvin under William Peverell had one Car. or Plow or Plowland two Vill. and three Acres of Medow This in the Confessours time was 10s. when the survey was taken in the Conquerours 5s. 4d. value William Peverell son of this William I suppose gave thirteen Bovats of Land here to Geroudon Abby or else câ—nfirmed thirteen Bovats which Sampson de Strelley gave in whose Family some parcels of Land here continued long The Prior of Durham 3 E. 3. claimed view of Frankpledge of all resident on his Fee here amongst other neighbouring Towns as Normanton Bonington Kinston Barton Remston and Goteham The Jury 16 R. 2. found it not to the Kings loss if he granted Raph de Crumbewell Knight and Richard de Outhorpe Chaplain licence to give two Mess. one Virg. and twelve Acres of Land two Acres and one Rode of Medow and 37s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Nottingham Rempston Corthlingstoke and Boney to the Prior of Kirkeby upon Wretheke There was an inquisition taken 29 Oct. 36 H. 8. after the death of William Waring Gent. who dyed 19 Febr. 33 H. 8. seized in Fee of one hundred Acres of Land eighty of Pasture and forty of Medow in Cortlyngstok late belonging to the Monastery of Garrowden Thomas Waring his son and heir was thereby found to be seventeen years old at the time of his Fathers death Sir George Parkins purchased Lands here of Arnald Waring Esquire afterwards Knight who had them together with Thorp Arnald in Leicestershire by descent from his Ancestors Robert Hall purchased also of Iohn Horton and Mary his Wife who had licence to Alienate four Mess. two Cotag. six Tofts six Gardens four Orchards three hundred Acres of Land c. 22 Sept. 9 Eliz. and had a recovery in Michaelmass Term at which time there were others for less parcels as Iohn Leek and William Bolton against William Leck and the same againâ—t Robert Leek who called c. â—ohn Bowes William Leek owner in Costok was Father of William Father of William Father of William Leek of Wimswould in the County of Leicester Esquire now living 1674. a Lawyer of great repute and worth The Church of Cortlyngestock viz. the Rectory when the Prior of Lenton was Patron was 12l. Now Mr. Gabr. Armstrong is in his place it is in the Kings Books but 7l. 18s. 4d. Rempeston or Rampeston THat which was of Roger de Buslies Fee here I perceive was held by the Family of Boues of Costock for there was a Fine levyed at Nott. 9 E. 1. between Roger Abbat of Geroudon Quer. by Fryer William de Hemington his Monk put in his place and William de Boues of Cortinstok upon this that the said William should hold to the said Abbat the Fine made in the Court of King Henry the third before the Justices at Westminster between Simon sometime Abbat of Geroudon predecessor of the said Abbat Quer. and the said William that he should acquit the said Abbat of the service which the Custos Warden of the Honour of Tykehull exacted of him concerning his Free-hold which he held in Rempeston of the said William viz. seven Virgats of Land with the Appurtenances for which he the said Warden distrained him to suit the Court of that Honour from three Weeks to three Weeks toward the Castle twice in the year to pay 2s. 6d. half penny farthing for a certain Palfrey 14d. for common Fine 2d. for the meat of a certain Watch-man and 1 cl ½ Aid to the Sheriff all which the said William as meane between him and that honour discharged him of for which the Abbat released all the damages he had sustained till that time In Rampeston William Pevrel had a Mannor which before Fredghis had and paid for it as six Bovats to the Geld the Land was six Bovats There five Vill. had one Car. and fifteen Acres of Medow In the time of King Edward the Confessour this was 10s. in King Williams 5s. 4d. value Rad. de Burun had also a Mannor here which before was Vlchetels who for it to the Dane-Geld paid as for 6. Bov. The Land of it was 6. Bov. it was then in K. Will. time waste and was valued at 2s. in the Confess it was 10s. There was ten Acres of Med. 'T is likely this was held by the Family of Rosell which had Lands here and at Cotgrave and Denbigh in Darbishire of the Fee of Raph de Burun Richard son and heir of Robert Rosel of Rempeston confirmed his own and his Ancestors gifts of Lands to Geroudon Hugh the son of Galfr. de Rempeston gave to the same Abby five Bovats in this Town and confirmed all it had of his Fee Iohn Crisp 17 E. 2. claimed Lands here as son and heir of Iohn his Father and Petronilla his Mother to whom the said Lands were given by Ranulph de Cortlingstok and to the heirs of their bodies but the Jury finding they had alienated
some of the Lands before the Statute de Donis Conditionalibus and some after he only recovered the latter and the Tenents whom he impleaded kept the former Here was a Family which had their name from this place and became of very great note in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the fourth Galfr de Rempeston Hugo de Rempeston Robertus de Rempeston .... Alicia fil Walteri de Snaynton ux prima Tho. de Rempeston 18 E. 1 -Cecilia Johannes de Rempeston 2 E. 2. 22 E. 3. Tho. de Remston miles Garterii temp H. 4 -Margareta-Godefr Foliambe marit 2. Thom. de Rempston miles ob 15 Oct. 37 H. 6 -Alicia fil haer Thom. Bekering Elizabetha-Joh Cheyney miles Isabel-Brian Stapleton miles Brian Stapleton miles-Jana fil Joh. dom Lovell Marga◠-Ricardus Bingham junior Robertus Amicia ux Walteri de Finchfeild 2 Rad. de Sutton-Alicia 19 E. 1 -1 Ph. le Clerk Thomas 1 Brian Stapleton mil. ob 2 Apr. 4 E. 6 -Eliz fil Hen. dom Scroop -Jana fil Tho. Basset Ric. Stapleton miles ... ... Brian Stapleton Ar. Willielmus Brian vir Aliciae fil Franc. Roo◠2 Georgius Stapleton de Rempston ob 6 Eliz. -Marg fil Will. Gasgill Hen. de Rempston ob 29 Eliz. Dec. 28. Fides ux Math. Babington s. p. Anthon. vir Aliciae Roos post Brian Georgius Gertrud ux Baldw. Aclond Willielmus Johannes Stapl. vendidit Joana ux Will. Perpont Robert de Rempeston who lived in the time of King Henry the third Married for his first Wife Alice the daughter of Walter de Snaynton who gave him two Mess. and five Bov. in Rempston in Frank-marriage but he had only a daughter by her called Alice His son Thomas de Rempston who succeeded him here was by another Wife The Prior and Covent of Lenton by their instrument dated 1267. granted that Robert de Rempston might have a Chantry in his Chappell of his Mannor of Rempston so as he did not admit the Parishioners to hear Divine Service in prejudice of the Mother Chuch and that his Chaplain should swear fealty to the Rector Iohn de Lymar of Stanton and Cecily his Wife 2 E. 2. levyed a Fine of five Mess. twenty three Bovats of Land 40s. Rent and the third part of a Mess. with the Appurtenances in Rempeston to Iohn son of Thomas de Rempeston Iohn son of Thomas held the fourth part of a Knights Fee in Rempston 22 E. 3. and then paid 10s. for it to the Aid to make the Kings son a Knight The next whom I could observe to succeed here was Sir Thomas de Remston possibly son of Iohn He was 1 H. 4. Constable of the Tower of London and Admiral towards the West parts 2 H. 4. His Constableship he had in the fourth year of that King Nov. 14. and in the seventh year also Iune 20. He was also Knight of the Garter His son Sir Thomas Rempston the younger had respite of Homage Nov. 19. 4 H. 6. and had to Wife Alice the daughter and heir of Thomas Bekering and of Isabel his Wife daughter and co-heir of Sir Iohn de Loudham and of Isabel his Wife daughter and heir of Sir Robert Breton of Walton in the County of Darby This younger Sir Thomus died 15 Oct. 37 H. 6. and left Elizabeth then wife of Iohn Cheney Esquire after Knight Isabel of Sir Brian Stapleton Knight and Margaret wife of Richard Bingham the younger his daughters and heirs He lies buried in the midst of the Chancell at Bingham whereof he was also Lord as in that place will be noted which Mannor as this of Rempston did it seems fell to the Family of Stapleton which made this the inheritance of a younger son viz. of George Stapilton of Remston second son of Sir Brian son of Isabel Rempston before named which George died Mar. 25. 6 Eliz. seized of this Mannor and divers Lands and 5l. Rent in Rempston Wodeborough Stanford Bradmere Costock Great and Little Léek and Newton in 〈◊〉 to him and the heirs Males of his body he had divers sons Henry Anthony George William whereof William only had issue Male viz. Iohn Stapleton who sold these Lands to ... Feld and he to Gabriel Armstrong and so this place became the seat of that Family with which some interest here still continueth Henry Stapleton of Rempston made his Will 8 Mar. 25 Eliz. and died there 28 Dec. 29 Eliz. leaving Faith his only daughter and heir to whom he gave all these Lands by his said Will She was wife of Matthew Babington and died 1 Iun. 31 Eliz. without issue at Cussington in the County of Leicester Anthony Stapleton married Alice the daughter of Francis Roos of Laxton named in Burton Iorce the Relict of his Cousin Brian Stapleton but I think he had no Child Gertrud the wife of Baldwin Acland the daughter of George the Brother of Henry Stapleton would have been his heir the said Henry had this Mannor of Rempston one Mess. four Virg. and an half in Little-Léek one Virg. in Great-Léek one Mess. two Virg. in Costock one Virg. in Bradmere two in Stanford one Mess. four Virg. and one Cotag. in Burton on the Wolds in Leicestershire one Mess. two Virg. in Waltham on the Wolds and one Mess. and Close in Wimeswold in that County all then esteemed parcel of the Mannor of Rempston and the Mannor of Woodborough and fourteen Virg. 36s. Rent and five Mess. c. belonging to it Richard Hebbe claimed against William Pegge and William Bowes 38 H. 6. one Mess. three Tofts four Virg. of Land and eight Acres of Medow in Rempston There yet remain some of that name who have Free-hold there The Rectory was valued at twenty Marks when the Prior of Lenton was Patron 't is now 13l. 2s. 6d. in the Kings Books and Gabriel Armstrong Patron In the Church Here lyeth Henry Stapleton Esquire Patron of this Parish Church of Rempston who gave ten pounds for ever to the use and help of the Husbandmen of the same Town he was the first son of George Stapletune Esquire He left behind him Elizabeth his Wife Patroness when they had lived vertuously together 26 years and Faith their only daughter He departed this world in the true Faith of Christ 28 Dec. 1586. Upon the Tomb Arg. A Lyon Ramp Sable impales with Arg. 3 Broad Arrow-heads Or Phaeons Sable upon a Chief Sable a Hound Argent Upon the Lyon is a Crescent for a difference and in the other Coat A Mullett Wishou or Wisoe PRobably an Hill of Plants or Custome Hill In this place before the Normans came Estan Elsi and Gladwin had three Mannors which were Assessed to the publick Geld for three Carucats The Land was three Car. There afterwards the Great Roger de Busli had a Man or Tenent called Roger who had three Car. in Demesne and fifteen Villanes five Sochm. on si◠Bovats of this Land and one
Iohn Armestrong married Felice the daughter of the said Hugh afterwards wife of Raph Bingham she was said to hold a Knights Fee in Wissawe which sometimes was Elias Maundevills The Family of Armstrong still inherit at Wishou Alice the wife of William Thrumwin senior who held a Virgat of Land in Canock Staff held jointly with her Husband twelve Bovats in Wishow and a Wind-mill c. 24 E. 1. of Thomas de Rempston by a penny a year and suit of Court at Tikhill Castle and at Wishow Court from three weeks to three weeks Nigellus de Lovetot gave one hundred and also twenty Acres of Land in Wishow Margaret his wife joyning at the latter parcell and 3s. Rent Nigellus his son gave 20s. Rent there and Elias de Amundevill the Nephew of Nigellus de Lovetot gave four Acres and an half of Medow to the Abby of Geroudon in Leicestershire The Church or Rectory of Wissall alias Wisshawe late belonging to the Priory of Wirksop and all Lands and Tenements belonging to it King Edward the sixth Ian. 2. in the sixth year of his Reign among other things granted to Thomas Reve and George Cotton The Vicarage was eight Marks value when the Prior was Patron now in the Kings Books it is 4l. 11s. 0d. ob and .... Stopford Esq Patron In the Church of Wishow Hic jacent Johannes Armstrong Gen. Johanna ux 3. ejusdem Johannis qui quidem Johannes obiit 4 die mensis Julii Anno Dom. 1485. praedicta Johanna ob in festo decollationis St. Johannis Baptistae Anno Dom. 1483. Upon the Tomb is Arg. two bars Azure the uppermost charged with two Cinquefoyles the other with one Or Teverey Hic jacet Thom. Armstrong Ar. fil Johannis Armstrong de Wysowe qui quidem Thom. ob 1 die Januarii Anno Dom. 1513. Hic jacet Philippa Armstrong ux Tho. Armstrong fil Ric. Villers Vpon a fair Tomb. Here lyeth the Bodies of Hugh Armstrong Esq and Mary his wife daughter of Henry Sacheverell of Ratcliffe upon Sore which Hugh died 22 Dec. 1572. and the said Mary dyed 20 Maii 1562. About the Tomb are his daughters Matches Turvile Or three Chev. varry impales with Armstrong three dext Arms Armed and the hands open Fitz-Herbert gules three Lyons Ramp Or with a Labell of three points and a Crescent impales with Armstrong Raynes Cheque gules and Or upon a Bend vert a Moors Head between two Annulets Or and a Canton Ermine with a Mullet Or in the middle impales with Armstrong In the window Arg. on a bend Azure three Flowers de Lis Arg. Poutrell VVilloughby Doomsd. VVilgeby SO called from Willowes Was of divers Fees That of Roger de Buslies Odincar had before the Change and paid to the Dane-Geld for his Mannor as six Bov. The Land was six Bovats There were two Sochm. or one Bov. of this Land and three Vill. fifteen Bord. having four Car. or Plowes and thirteen Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was 20s. when the survey was made in the Conquerours 10s. This William de Lovetot had in the time of Henry the first and then gave the Church to his Priory of Wirkesop as in Wisoe is noted Here of the Fee of Rogerius Pictavensis were two Mannors which Godric and Erwin had before and paid for them as six Bovats ½ ⅔ to the publick Tax The Land was twelve Bovats There was at the time of the Survey in Demesne one Carucat ½ and two Sochm. six Vill. two Bord. having two Carucats ½ There was nine Acres of Medow this was then 22s. value in the Confessours time it was 50s. Here was of the Land of the Tayns two Mannors which Sbern and Vlmer had and were assessed for them to the Dane-Geld as three Bovats The Land was three Bov. Elwin and Erwin held it of the King William it was then waste There were five Acres of Medow and five Bord. This in the Confessours daies was 10s. 4d. but in King Williams 2s. value Another small parcell of the Fee of Henry de Ferrariis belonging to Lech rated to the Geld as one Bov. ½ The Land was three Bovats Soc in Badeleye waste also there was six Acres of Medow And here was also of William Pevrels Fee two Bov. ½ of Clifton Soc. About 32 H. 2. Robert de Heritz Lord of Widmerpole confirmed the Grant of Richard son of Gervas of Lands in Willughby to the Knights Hospitallers of St. Iohns of Ierusalem which the Prior granted to Peter son of Raph and Athelicia paying 4s. per annum and the third part of all Goods for a Mortuary Reginald de Colewyke lived an hundred years but was dead 36 H. 3. he died seized of nineteen Bovats of Land in Willughby on the Wold for which he gave the King an Horse of 5s. 4d. price was to find Sac◠and Broch when the Army went into Wales Philip his son and heir was then above forty years old William de Colwick 16 E. 1. held the third part of a Carucat here William de Nodariis Lord also at Colwick 8 E. 1. levyed a Fine of the Advowson of this Church to Alan Prior of Wirkesop This Sir William de Nowers 20 E. 1. granted to his son William de Nodariis his Mess. in Wileby and all his Lands and Tenements Rents and Services Villains and their Sequels c. reserving a Rose yearly To have to the said William and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten remainder to the right heirs of Sir William It appears that Odo son of Pigot de Wylughby and Iohn son of Geoffrey de Willughby Cousin and heir of the said Odo gave Lands to the Prior and Covent of Sempringham the Tenents whereof should be quit of doing service at the Court of Wysowe Iohn son of Geoffrey de Willoughby 25 H. 3. gave an acquittance to Raph Bugge for all was due to him for Lands which the said Raph Bugge bought of him in Willoughby excepting six Marks He promised also to get the Deed of Sale confirmed to the said Raph by the chief Lords of the Fee Iohn de Eriz and Robert le Vavasor Hugh de Rutinton 43 H. 3. sold to Richard Bugge a Sack of Wool for security of the delivery whereof he gave him seizin of an Oxgang of Land in Rutinton Ralph Torkart 44 H. 3. confirmed to Richard son of Ralph Bugge one Selion of Land with the Appurtenances in Willughby which he had of the gift of Robert son of Iohn Torkart Roger de Somervill 42 H. 3. released half the Fishing in Trent with a Tenement in Engelby in Darbyshire Here divers persons conveyed Lands to him whereby he became a great man he was called Richard Bugge of Wiluby and his son Richard de Wyllebi son of Richard Bugge who also encreased his Patrimony exceedingly and was a Lawyer and very rich as by his Will made 31 E. 1. appeareth wherein he appointed his Body to be buried
in the Church of All-Saints in Willughby before the Altar of St. Nicolas Howbeit he died not then for if he did his son was called Sir Richard de Willughby Senior all the time of Edward the second till 18 E. 2. that he died leaving Richard de Willughby his son above thirty years of age But he must be noted particularly in Wollaton which he acquired of Sir Roger de Morteyn where I shall place the Descent that being the principal residence of this great Family In the Record of Nom. Villarum 9 E. 2. this Willughby answers for a whole Villa and Richard de Willughby and the Master of the Hospital of Sr. Iohn of Ierusalem are certified to be Lords of it Richard de Willoughby 1 E. 3. had a Charter of Free Warren for Willoughby Wollaton Cossale Radington in this County Riseley Aylewaston Engleby and Maperley in Darbishire Upon the return of an Ad quod Damnum 12 E. 3. it appears the Jury found it not to the Kings loss if he granted Richard de Willughby licence to give a Mess. and 10l. Rent in Wisoe and Willughby on the Wold to three Chaplains every day celebrating Divine Service in the Parish Church of this Willughby he gave ten Marks for his Licence 20 Feb. 13 E. 3. This Lordship became almost intire to this Family and continued with it till Sir Percivall Willoughby sold it Sir Thomas Hutchinson had the Demesnes which his son Charles inherits the Tenements are amongst Freeholders The Church 7 R. 2. was appropriated to the Priory of Wirksop King Edward the sixth Iuly 13. in the first of his Reign granted to the Master and Colledge of the Virgin Mary and All-Saints in Fotheringay in the County of Nothampton all the Rectory and Church of Willowbie late parcell of the Priory of Wirksop in this County And the Rectory and Church of Rushenden in that County late parcell of the Monastery of Lenton This Rectory with the Advowson of the Vicarage 6 E. 6. Ian. 11. after the dissolution of Fotheringay was amongst other things granted to Iohn and William Dodington It was Robert Earl of Kingstons The Vicarage was 8l. when the Prior of Wirksop was Patron Now in the Kings Books it is 6l. 18s. 6d. ob and the Lady Katherine Hutchinson Patroness In the Church are old Monuments of the Willughbyes which are represented in the two following Pages In the midst of the Burying place in the South I le at Willoughby Vnder a South Wall at Willoughby Vnder An Arch Wall in the Quire at Willoughby on the woulds In the North Alley in the Church at WILLOUGHBY Thorp a Village Buzzard Bochart IT was a Berne of Broughton which Earl Algar had before the Conquest and answered the Tax as ten Bovars The Land was sufficient for ten Oxen in the Confessours time it was valued at 40s. the Conquerour had it in his own hand and then it was a waste Berne there was twelve Acres of Medow valued at 2s. Here was another share of Roger de Busli's Fee belonging to Wisoe which Odincar Lord of Willeby had before rated to the Geld as seven Bovats There was six Acres of Medow then valued at 2s. Of the Tain-Land in Willebi viz. two Bovats ½ ad geldam was Soc to Earl Algars part of this Thorp in which were two Sochm. with three Carucats or Plowes and three Acres of Medow belonging to Gatham This part it seems Seâ—lo Blundus held and gave two parts of the Tythe of his Demesne here to the Priory of Lenton at the foundation thereof in the time of Henry the first as many other of William Peverels dependents did of theirs in othâ—r places Here was likewise a Mill shortly after given by Robert Bluet and confirmed by Warnerius de Insula to the said Priory for his own Souls health and his Brothers to wit Hugh the Prior and Radulph Thomas Dispenser 13 Ioh. with the daughter and heir of Hugh de Insula had three Knights Fees in Northauntescir of the honour of Pipirell of Nott. in Hibernby in Northaunt two in Lubestorp in Leicestershire three parts and in Torp in Nott. a fourth part This part afterwards came to the Normanvills Raph de Normanvill paid 12s. for a fourth and seventeenth part of a Knights Fee of the honour of Peverell in Thorpe in the time of H. 3. That of Roger de Buslies Fee was held by the Lovetots of Wirksop and Wisow Alice the daughter of Matilda de Lovetot held the fourth part of a Knights Fee of her Mother and she of Alice Countess of Ew The Kings part Albani Earl of Arundell had under whom Iohn Bochart held the third part of a Knights Fee about the beginning of Henry the third from whom it was called Thorpe Bossarte Hugh de Albini brother and heir of William de Albini late Earl of Arundell made Fine with the King 18 H. 3. for two thousand five hundred Marks to have Seizin and the Kings Term till he should come of Age of all the Lands and Castles c. which were the said Earls his brothers and of the Lands which came to him by inheritance from R. Earl of Chester and Lincoln his Uncle c. Whereupon the several Sheriffs then had the Kings Precept to give him Seizin accordingly and amongst the rest the Sheriff of Nott. and Derb. besides many other Fees in the County of Darby of this third part of a Knights Fee in Thorpe Bochard Robert de Derley 4. E. 1. is found to have held a Messuage and Garden in Derley in the County of Darby of Henry de Derley and others and the Mannor of Netherhaddon in the same County of the King in Capite and the Mannor of Wisowe in this County of Thomas de Lovetoft paying homage and 10l. per annum and the Mannor of Thorpe of Rand. Moryn paying Homage and 1d. a year for all his Services and that his son and heir Robert was then fifteen years old In the same year Oct. 26. the King assigned Cecily the wife of the said Robert de Derly one Mess. and 7l. 5s. of Land and Rent in Thorpe for her Dowry and the next year after viz. 5 E. 1. commanded Thomas de Normanvill his Steward concerning it again Rob. de Derley and Margaret his wife 33 E. 1. released all their right in the Advowson of the Church of Thorpe Bozard to Iohn de Segrave and his heirs and the year after viz. 34 E. 1. levyed a Fine of one Mess. one Bovat of Land and the said Advowson of Thorpe to the said Iohn de Segrave The said Robert de Derley and Margaret his wife 6 E. 2. levyed a Fine by which they settled six Mess. and eleven Bovats of Land with the Appurtenances in Thorp Bussard upon Iohn their son and Ioan daughter of Simon Pouger of Wylestrop and the heirs of the body of the said Iohn to which Fine
Nicholas de Widmerpole and Thomas his son set to their claim Iohn de Segrave Senior 19 E. 2. was found to have held one Mess. and one Bovat of Land in Thorp Bossard of the Lords of Barowe as parcell of the Mannor of Thorp Bossard which Robert de Derley then held of those Lords and that Iohn de Segrave son and heir of Stephen de Segrave son of that Iohn was his Cousin and heir and then above nine years old he held the Advowsons of the Churches of Thorpe and Bonington and divers Mannors in Darbishire Bretby and Roscelaston and Lands in Repindon and Tikenhal which the said Iohn and Christian his wife then living had of the gift of Edmund Earl of Arundell c. Elizabeth daughter and heir of the last Iohn de Segrave carried it to the Family of Mowbray Dukes of Norfolk from whom it descended to the Lord Barkeley who in Queen Elizabeths time sold it to Mr. Armstrong Henry Temple of Thorp in the Clotts by his Deed dated on the Feast of St. George 38 E. 3. granted to Raph Basset Knight and Hugh Annesly 20l. per annum during his own life out of his Lands and Tenements in Thorpe with a clause of difference Maud Temple Widow 51 E. 3. granted to Robert Armstrong and Margaret his wife the moyety of the Mannor of Thorpe to find her Meat Drink and Cloaths during her life Thomas Columbell and Margaret his wife gave one Mess. and six Virgats of Land here to Iohn Columbell and Thomas Warin Parson of this place 14 H. 4. and Iohn Armstrong son and heir of the said Margaret confirmed it for Thomas Columbells life Nicolas de Thorp 9 R. 2. was found by the Jury to have held the Moyety of the Mannor of Thorpe together with Robert Armstrong and Margaret his wife who held the other half in right of the said Margaret of the King in Capite by the Service of making suit to the Wapentak of Rishcliff from three weeks to three weeks and finding two Franke-pledges at the great Turn of Rishcliff and Thomas son and heir of the said Nicolas was then twelve years old The Family of Armstrong flourished here and by degrees became possessed of the whole Township and some neighbouring Mannors as is already noted The Kings Commissioners 9 H. 8. sitting at Nott. on Munday the Eve of the Nativity of the blessed Mary found that Gabriel Armstrong Gent. had been and then was Seised of eighty and of ten Acres of Arable Land apt for the Robertus Armstrong de Thorp in le Clots 11 R. 2 -Margareta fil Henrici del Temple vidua 15 R. 2 -Thom Columbell de Derley marit 2. Johannes Armstrong obiit 1421 -Felicia fil Hug. Willughby Clerici -Rad Bingham marit 2. Hugo Armstrong ob 17 E. 4 -Joana Johannes Armstrong ob 1485 -Joana fil Hug. fil Roberti Teverey de Stapleford ob 1483. Thom. Armstrong ob 5 H. 8 -Philippa fil Ricardi Villers -Joan fil .... Hampton Gabriel Armstrong ob 2 E. 6 -Doroth fil ... Thurland -Margeria fil Alex. Buxam Hugo Armstrong ob 15 Eliz. -Maria fil Hen. Sacheverell de Radcliff Gab. Armstrong-Margar fil Th. Knyveton de Mircaston Gilbertus Armstrong- .fil ... Rice Fortune Pacy 2. Gabriel Armstrong .... fil .... Min. Gabriel Armstrong aet 20. 1672. .... fil .... T. Wells Eliz. Marg. Rebecca Hugo Gervas de Scarrington Eliz. fil haer R. Shipman Hugo Cler. Dan. Helen ux Turvile Jana ux Fitz-Herbert Luc. ux Nic. Raynes Edm. ... ux More ... ux Elton Francisca Alex. Ricardus Johannes sowing of Grain in Thorpe in le Clotts and so seized did the fourteenth of March 6 H. 7. the said Acres inclose with Hedges and Ditches and so inclosed convert to pasture Inclosing the Lordship as it doth in all places where the soil is any thing good in this County for certain hath so ruined and depopulated the Town that in my time there was not a House left inhabited of this notable Lordship except some part of the Hall Mr. Armstrong's house but a Shepherd only kept Ale to sell in the Church which is still presentative and to it all the Tythes belong paying 20s. per annum the Pension to Lenton The Rectory of Thorpe was 10l. value and Mr. Barkeley Patron now in the Kings Books it is 12l. 9s. 4d. ob and Gabriel Armstrong is Patron Widmerpole Doomesd Wimarspol Wimears Poll or Spear or Wide mere poole IN Wymarspol of the Fee of Raph Fitz-Hubert lay to Boney as much as was assessed to the Dane-geld as one Bovat this continued with Boney But here was of the Tain-Land a Mannor which one William had before the Conquest and paid for it in the publick Tax as eleven Bovats The Land was two Car. Aldene had there fourteen Sochm. two Vill. two Servants with six Plows or Car. and twenty Acres of Medow In the time of King Edward the Confessour this was valued at 40s. of the Conquerour at 30s. There four Tains had Lands which paid the Geld as six Bovats The Land was one Car. Alden had there one Sochm. with three Oxen in Plow and six Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was 20s. then when the Survey was taken 6s. It seems there was almost continually suits between the Family of Crumbewell and that of Heriz and their posterity for this place for Raph de Crumwelle 1 R. 1. is certified by the Sheriff Raph Murdach to owe five Marks for hastening his right here against Robert de Heriz but the Record saith he yet had not right Raph de Crumbewell 5 H. 3. claimed against Ivo de Heriz three parts of a Knights Fee in Wydmerpol in the County of Nott. whereof Haldoen his Ancestor was seized in the time of King Henry the elder viz. the first from whom the right descended thus viz. from Haldoen to Hugh his son from him to Raph his son whose son and heir Raph was Father of the said Raph de Crumbewell then claiming The great suit in the time of Henry the sixth was between Raph Lord Crumbwell and Sir Henry Pierpont as in Gunnaston will be noted where the descent of this Family of Heriz shall also be inserted being Lords of that as well as of this place William de Heriz by the consent of his wife Aelina daughter and heir of Robert de Whatton and of Robert de Heriz his brother gave Arnald his man of Widmerpole with his whole Land viz. four Bovats and all customes and services thereto belonging and his Mill at Widmerpole and Wood out of his Woods at Huccanal to make and mend it for ever and half his Mill at Gonolveston and the like power in his Woods there and divers other things to God and the Church of Lenton upon the great Altar whereon this gift was offered by himself and his wife in the presence of very many Witnesses Robert de Heriz and William his Uncle Simon son of Richard and Herbert his
brother William Pietas Pitty and Roger his brother Robert the Sheriff and William his brother Robert Raph and William his son Henry the Clerk of the Sheriff and Henry of Huccanal and Henry Medicus Leech Roger de Burthon and Peter Palmer Reginald de Aslacton Walter de Whatton and Richard his son Ambrose and Iohn Plungun and Fulc servants of Sir Vlf de Wydmarpole and Gilbert the Parson and many others there named Robert de Heriz his brother confirmed the gifts and gave his whole Portion of Corn growing on his Land at Widmerpole with his Body to be there viz. at Lenton Christianly buried Ivo de Heriz 13 Joh. is certified to hold four Knights Fees of the honour of Peverell in Nott. and Derb. viz. in Oxcroft half a Fee in Gunnelveston half a Fee in Widmarepol one Fee in Tibbesell Oggedestone c. one Fee The last Iohn de Heriz by Fine 18 E. 2. settled this Mannor of Gunaldeston and the Darbishire Lands Winfeild and Tibghelf on himself for life then on Roger Beler for his life then to Roger the son of the said Roger Beler and Margaret the elder daughter of Richard de la Rivere Knight and the heirs of their Bodies then to Thomas Beler son of Roger and to Margaret the younger daughter of the said Richard de la Revere and the heirs of their Bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Iohn de Heriz This Mannor and that of Gunaldeston after they had passed through the Families of Beler and Swillington by the help of another Fine levyed 9 H. 5. or 1 H. 6. by Sir Iohn Gray of Ingleby in the County of Lincoln and Margaret his wife daughter and after the death of her brother Iohn heir of Sir Roger Swillington wherein the last remainder was to the right heirs of Sir Iohn Heriz and by a great suit in the time of Henry the sixth were amongst others upon attonement obtained by the Family of Perpoint descended of Sarah sister of Sir Iohn Heriz and the Right Honourable Henry Marquess of Dorchester is now Lord of this Mannor by inheritance from his Ancestors of Heriz There is an Ancient Family which had their Sirname from their residence here which are still owners of considerable Lands in this Lordship The first that I have noted of them out of their own Evidences is in the time of Henry the third where Iohn the son of Iohn de Leke conveyed three Bovats and one Messuage in Widmerpole to Nicolas the son of Henry de Tydesworth and in another Deed Walter son of Walter Salmon of Widmerpole and Alice his wife released all their claim in three Bovats and one Mess. viz. those two which Iohn de Valeye Father of Alice held of Iohn Plunchun and one Bovat of Iohn de Heriz to Nicolas son of Henry de Diddisworth William de la Valeye 12 E. 1. of Widmerpole passed four Henricus de Diddisworth Nicolas de Widmerpole Nicolas de Widmerpol -Matilda 12 E. 1 -Alicia 10 E. 2. Thom. de Widmerpol 15 E. 2 -Elizabetha fil haer Will. 10 E. 2. 31 E. 1. Robertus de Widmarpole-Alicia 16 E. 3. Nicolas de Widmerpole Johannes de Widmerpole Ar. -Fina 16 R. 2. Nicolas de Widmerpole-Elizabetha 22 H. 6. Johannes de Widmerpole senior 5 H. 7. Johannes de Wydmerpole Ar. 6 H. 8. Edwardus Widmerpole de Everton 6 Eliz. Dorothea fil ... Danby Com. Ebor. Will. Widmerpole 6 Eliz. Anna fil ..... Grimston de Need in Com. Ebor. Georgius Widmerpole de Wid. 1614. Jana fil Termine Russell de Torchaster Josephus Widmerpole sine prol -Anna fil Mat. Palmer mil. relict ... Daniel Nicol. Josephus Widmerpole Nicolas Georgius Thom. Hug. Robertus 10 E. 2. Willielmus de Sheffeildnepos Nigelli de Lovetot Rob. Will. de Shefeud Dom. de Wisou 15 E. 1 -Avicia 27 E. 1. Thom. de Widmerpol 15 E. 2 -Elizabetha fil haer Will. 10 E. 2. 31 E. 1. Tho. fil Adae Walkelin -Margeria Acres of Land there to Nicolas son of Nicolas de Widmerpole and Maud his wife Iohn son of Sir Iohn de Heriz Knight 31 E. 1. granted and released to Nicolas son of Nicolas de Widmerpole marriage relief c. for Lands which the said Nicolas held of William son of Robert de la Valeye then within age Thomas son of Nicolas de Widmerpole married Elizabeth daughter and heir of William de Sheffeld of Wisou as there is shown by whom he had issue Robert which made a great increase in the Patrimony of this Family there and elsewhere which yet continueth at this place The Rectory was 15l. and Mr. Perpoint Patron Now in the Kings Books it is 14l. 16s. 0. ob and the Marquess of Dorchester Patron Staunton on the VVolds Stony Town THere was a Mannor in Stauntune of the Fee of R. Earl Moriton which before the Conquest Stori a great man in these parts had and discharged it to the publick Tax for 3. ½ Bovaâ— The Land was one Car. There Alured the man or Tenant of the Earl had one Car. six Vill. three Bord. with two Car. or Pâ—owes there was twenty Acres of Medow This in the Confessours time was 40s. value in the Conquerours 20s. Another Mannor here of the 〈◊〉 Earls Fee Frane had before the Conquest and paid to the Geld for it as one Bov. â…“ the Land was half a Car. when the survey was made three Vill. had there one Car. or Plow In Stantune belonged to Plumptrée as much as paid the Dane-Geld for half a Bovat There one Vill. had five Oxen in Flow this was of the Fee of Roger de Busli Here was also some of William Peverells Fee of the Soc of Clifton which paid the Geld for two Bov. ¼ which with what was of that sort in Willebe Cauord and Normantune was two Car. of Land and there were upon it four Sochm. one Vill. one â—ord having three Car. There William Peverell had in Stantune one Car. or Plow and two Acres of Medow Peter Fitz or son of Osbert held the fifth part of a Knights Fee here in the time of Henry the third of the Honour of Peverell and about 21 E. 1. Cecilia daughter of Seman de Stokes held the eighth part of a Fee of the same Honour Nicolas son of Seman de Stoke could not say in a suit he brought but that three others not named held Lands in Staunton upon Seggeswold besides Thomas de Rempston and Cecilia his wife who were therefore dismissed Robert de la Sauce held here the eighth part of a Knights Fee of the Honour of Peverell all the time of Henry the third and is mentioned still 11 E. 1. There was a Fine levyed at York 30 E. 1. between Raph de Vylers Quer. and Iohn de Lymare and Cecilia his wife Deforc. of the Mannor of Staunton by Keworth whereby it was settled on the said Iohn and Cecily and the heirs which he should beget on her Body
remainder to the right heirs of Cecily from this man 't is like it had the name of Stanton Lymar There was another Fine 10 E. 2. between Nicolas de Wydmerpole and Alice his wife and Robert son of the said Nicolas Quer and Durand de Wydmerpol Deforc. of six Mess. and eight Virg. of Land with the Appurtenances in Widmerpole and Staunton by Wydmerpol thereby settled on the said Nicolas Alice and Robert for life remainder to Thomas son of Nicolas and the heirs of his body remainder to the right heirs of Nicolas Iohn son of Iohn de Staunton Lymar held at the day of his death the Mannor of Stanton Lymar of Thomas de Widmerpole by the service of the service of the eighth part of a Knights Fee Cecily and Margaret 3 E. 3. were found to be his dauâ—â—ters and heirs The Family of Sibthorp as in that place may be seen had interest here So that of Swillington as in Boney and so had that of Clifton as in that place may be observed which now remains intire owners of this whole Enclosed and depopulated Lordship The Rectory was 46s. 8d. and Mr. Stainton Patron Now in the Kings Books it is 2l. 13s. 4d. and Sir Ger. Clifton Patron as his Ancestor was in the time of Edward the third Keyworth Doomsd. Cauord PRobably Cai's Hall or Village Here Stori named in Stanton before the Normans came had a Mannor rated to the Tax as three Bov. â…“ The Land of it was sufficient for one Plow or one Car. There Alured the man or Tenant of R. Earl Moriton whose Fee it was had two Sochm. one Vill. one Bord. with one Car. ½ This in King Edwards time was 20s. in King Williams time 10s. Here was some of Roger de Busli's Fee Soc to Normanton rated to the Geld as two Bov. There two Vill. had half a Car. this belonged to Plumptre but of his Fee here were also three Mannors which before he came Harold Richard and Frane had rated to the publick Tax as six Bov. â— 3. The Land was two Car. There Roger had four Sochm. three Vill. two Bord. having three Car. There was sixteen Acres of Medow In King Edwards time this was 30s. in King Williams 17s. Of Raph Fitz-Huberts Fee In Caworde Frane had a Mannor before the Conquest rated to the Tax at five Bov. The Land one Car. ½ There afterwards Raph had one Car. ½ and three Acres of Medow In King Edwards time valued at 20s. in King Williams at 10s. This usually went with Boney or most of it That of Roger de Buslies Fee which went not with Plumptre seems to have been held by the Family of Malnoers or Malnuers Lords of Holme A Fine was levyed 24 H. 2. before the King at Northampton the Tuesday next after the Feast of St. Matthew between the Prior and Canons of Thurgarton and Leonius de Malnuers of the Land of Kaword for which the said Leonius gave them 7s. Rent in Medow viz. four Acres wanting a Rood in Estemore in the Mannor of Holme and all Wolrichemedwe Walter de Hulmo at the request and with the consent of Agnes his wife and Iohn his heir gave the Church of Kaeworth to God and the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton for the health of his own Soul and his Ancestors and for the soul of Swain de Hoiland his wives Father and the soul of Robert son of Levenad who gave the same Church to the said Priory Iohn son and heir of the said Walter confirmed the gift Iames de Keworth son of this Iohn enfeoffed Iohn Barry of Lands in Basingfeld as in that place may be observed and I suppose here also Henry Perpount and Annora his wife 12 E. 1. claimed against Maud Barry wife of Iohn two Mess. and five Virgats of Land in Kewrth and against Richard Barry her son five Mess. and six Virgats of Land and ten shillings Rent in the same Town and Basingfeild of which Iames de Kewrth Cousin of the said Annora whose heir she then was was seized Richard Barry pleaded the said Iames dyed not seized and the Jury found for him accordingly The Jury found 13 E. 1. that Iohn Barry quondam Husband of Maud had his Bull and Boar at Keiworth free to go and eat in the Corn Medows or any other place in the said Town where he would And that it was as the said Maud alledged in her answer by reason of the Tenements and Advowson of the Church in the said Town in which she was at that time indowed Therefore Thomas de Rempston who had taken and impounded 〈◊〉 Bull because he eat of his Corn was in mercy cast These Barryes were Lords of Torlaston where more concerning them is noted the heir of the last of them being married to ... Pendock William Pendocke and Iohn his son sold their interest here to diverse Freeholders and the Advowson of the Church to Sir George Parkins in our time This Mannor and Advowson whereof Thomas Barry dyed seized 18 H. 8. March 4. leaving Iohn his son and heir about twelve years old was held of Sir William Perpount of Holme except one Mess. and four Bovats of Land held of the heirs of Henry Ellershawe in socage by fealty and 6d. rent yearly There yet remains of this last name in the Town Hugh son of Hugh de Somervile of Keword gave to God and the Church of Lenton one Bovat of Land in Keword which Azor held to which Deed were Witnesses Mr. Richard his brother and Gervas his brother Robert Andegavensis c. Gervas son of Gervas de Clifton Stephen the Priest of Wilford and Elias his son Geoffrey Lutterell Gervase de Somervile acknowledged to owe to the Lord of Boney yearly the service of the fourth part of a Knights Fee for twelve Bovats or Oxgangs which he held of him in Kaworth and 8s. for ten Bovats more of another part Walter de Holme passed the Church of Kaword to Geoffrey de Somerville Philip Marc and Anne his wife purchased Lands of several people here which was of the Fee of Hugh de Bellomonte which I take to be of that which was Earl Moritons nine Bovats whereof the said Philip who was Sheriff of Nott. and Derb. the latter part of King Iohns Reign and seven or eight years of the beginning of Henry the thirds gave with his Body to Lenton where it lay honourably entombed as his said wifes confirmation imports And Sabina who had been the wife of Hugh Bellomont for 4s. and a quarter of Rye in her very great need released her Dower in three Bovats and an half of the nine to the said Priory and swore upon the holy Gospels a custom very common in those times and occasions that she would never go against her release nor any way else disturb the quiet possession of them Here then were other owners as Robert de Orleans and one Robert de Glamorgan Knight who
settled his Lands here and his Rent out of Bradmere upon his brother William Glamorgan for his Life in the year 1290. Mr. William de March the King of Englands Treasurer was a witness to his Deed. Richard de Lec 7 R. 1. paid one Mark to have seizing of four Bovats in Chaword which he forfeited for being in Rebellion with Earl Iohn a fault whereof many of this County were at that time guilty Sampson son of Alan de Leke 44 H. 3. for four Marks of Silver released to the Prior and Covent of Lenton four Bovats which he had recovered in the Kings Court so did Henry son and heir of Gervase de Wilford which his said Father recovered in the said K. Court before the Justices Itinerant at Nott. 43 H. 3. William son of Richard Sampson de Leyk 27 E. 1. remised to William de Schefeud and Avicia his wife Sir Iames de Sutton and Agnes his wife and to Alice Barry and their heirs the Homages fealty wards and relief of the Lands and Tenements which Raph Bugge had of the gift of Samson de Leyk his Grandfather in Keworth and granted that he the said William Samson would defend them against all men from the view of Frank-pledge There was a Fine levyed 4 E. 2. between Robert son of Robert son of Henry de Keworth and Alice daughter of Gervas le Frankeleyn of Keworth Quer. and Gervas le Frankleyne Deforc. of one Mess. five Bovats and an half of Land with the Appurtenances thereby settled on the said Robert and Alice and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Robert There was another Fine 19 E. 2. between Gerv. Frankeleyn of Keworth Quer. and Iohn Rosell of Cotegrave Deforc. of four Mess. and five Virgats of Land with the Appurtenances in Keworth and Wishowe by it settled on the said Gervase for life remainder to Richard son of Robert le Iorz of Lughburgh and Agnes his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to Agnes daughter of the said Gervas and the heirs of hers remainder to the right heirs of the said Gervas Two Tofts and three Bovats here in the Tenure of William Sewell were Nov. 24. 38 H. 8. granted by the King to Iohn Bellowe and Iohn Broxholme Esquire and their heirs which late belonged to the Monastery of Derley in Darbishire Queen Eliz. Feb. 27. in the eighteenth of her Reign granted to Anthony Rotsey and William Fisher one Mess. and seven Bovats with another Mess. and Croft and a Toft and half a Bovat in the occupation of Iohn Sewell c. lately belonging to the Monastery of Lenton in Keyworth The Rectory was 8l. and Mr. Barry Patron Now it is 7l. 5s. 0. in the Kings Books and Isham Parkins Esquire Patron Boney PRobably from Reeds This place in the time of King Edward the Confessour was the Freehold of one Levenot who had other considerable places in this County as Kirkeby in Ashfeild Annesley and some others in all which Raph son of or Fitz-Hubert is certified in the Book of Doomsday to be his Successor his Manner in Bonei was rated to the publick Taxation as two Carucats The Land was sufficient for six Plows or six Carucats There Raph had in Demesne two Carucats and eighteen Villains and seven Sochm. and two Bord. having seven Car. There was a Church and a Priest and one Mill 12d. and one hundred and sixty Acres of Medow and small Wood ten qu. long and one broad In the Confessours time it was 4l. value when the survey was made in the Conquerours 60s. Odo de Boneia held much Land hereabouts of the Fee of Raph Fitz-Hubert in the time of Henry the first for he then gave the Church of Barton and his part which was half the Church of Adinborow and two parts of the Tythe of his Demesne here and in Bradmere to the Church of Lenton at or near the foundation And not very long after one Edward and Aeliz his wife granted to the Church of the holy Trinity at Lenton whatsoever his Ancestor Odo gave to his Deed amongst others were Witnesses Raph Barre Ranulf de Insula Hugh de Boney and Raph his son Ernald and his sons There was a Precept to Ivo de Heriz 3 H. 3. to let Philip Marc have the custody and marriage of Raph son and heir of Anker de Fressunville and another to the Sheriff of Nott. 6 H. 3. to take into the Kings hand the Lands which Iulian the daughter of Hubert Fitz-Raph died seized of the marriage of her son and heir being granted by the King to Philip Marc. The seaâ— of this Barony was at Cruch now Criche in Darbishire Raph de Fressenville held of the Barony of Hubert Fitz-Raph five Knights Fees and a tenth part in Boney Barton Bradmere Scardeâ—live and Cruch with the Appurtenances The King being at Nott. Decemb. 1. 36 H. 3. granted to Raph de Frescheville free Warren in all the Demesne Lands of his Mannors of Boney in Notts Cruch Scardeclive Alwoldeston Chelardeston in Derbishire and Cusswortham in Yorkshire Raph de Frechevill confirmed to the Abby of Derley the gifts of his Ancestors viz. of William Fitz-Raph and Robert his Son of the Advowson of St. Michael in Darby and the Chappel of Alwoldeston of Hubert Fitz-Raph the Advowson of the Churches of Cruch and Scardecliff and Chappell of Palterton and some other things which he gave for the souls of Edelina and Sara his wives The said Hubert Fitz-Raph in the year 1175. confirmed to these Canons the Land of Pentriâ— and of Rippele and of Ulkerthorp and that Land of Chilwell which belonged to the said Mannor of Pentriz which Land his Father gave and Raph Fitz-Stephen afterwards granted and divers other things this Hubert gave them and so did Hubertus de Ria Radulphus fil Huberti temp Will. Conq. Willielmus fil Rad Robertus Sara-Hubert fil Rad 1175 -Edelina ux 1 Ankerus de Freâ—â—unvile -Juliana defunct 6 H. 3. Radulphus de Freskenvill 3 H. 3 -Willimina Ankerus de Frescheynville defunct 53 H. 3 -Amicia Radulphus de Freschenvill aet 22. amplius 15 E. 1 -Margareta sor haer Nic. Musard Domini de Staveley ob 7 E. 3. Ankerus de Frechevilie defunct 14 R. 2. Rad. de Frecheville Chr. mort 4 H. 5. Gervasius Idiora haer frat 4 H. 5. Petrus de Frecheville Armig. H. 6. ob 1503 -Matilda ob 1482. Johannes de Frecheville ob Feb. 5. 24 H. 7. .... fil haer ... de Nutthill Johan Frechevil aet 15. marit ante ob Patris -Elizabetha fil Joh. Leake de Sutton Dom. Petrus Frecheville aetat 16. an 20 H. 8. ob 5 P. M. -Elizab fil Ric. Tempest mil. Petrus Frechevil-Eliz fil Gerv. Clifton mil. ..... Dom. Petrus Frecheville .... fil Fleetwood Johannes Frecheville creatus dom .... Frecheville de Staveley per Car. â— Feb. 17. 1664. 16 Car. 2 -Sarah
thirty years of Age. There was a Fine levyed 4 E. 4. by Humfrey Bourchier Knight Lord Crumwell and Ioan his wife one of the heirs of Raph Crumwell Knight late Lord Crumwell and Sir Gervase Clifton Knight and Maud his wife another of the heirs of the said Lord Crumwell to Thomas Tirrell Knight Thomas Billing and Richard Illingworth of the Mannors of Boney and Stanford on Sore and seven Mess. four Tofts one Dove-coat twelve Bovats of Land fifty Acres of Medow and 30â— Rent in Staunton on the Wold Hickling Great and Little Léek Sutton Boninton and Bradmere and the Advowson of Stanton Church in this County and of the Mannor of Bredesâ—ale called the Netherhall and sixteen Mess. four hundred Acres of Medow two hundred and twenty of Pasture two of Wood and 26s. Rent in Breydeshall in the County of Darby Robert Dixson of Quadring in the County of Lincoln Husbandman Cousin and heir of Nicholas Dixson Clark released 8 E. 4. to Sir Richard Illingworth all his right in the Mannors of Boney and Stanford and the rest of the aforesaid Lands Richardus Illingworth miles 8 E. 4. Cap. Baâ—o 2 E. 4. Radulphus Illingworth-Agnes Ricardus Illingworth-Elizab fil Ric. Boughton Ar. Georgius Barloe-Joana Thom. Barley-Dorothea Meverell Humfredus Barlo-Elizabetha fil Aden Berisford de Fenny-Bently Com. Derb. -Ricardus Parkins Ar. marit secundus ob 1603. Ursula Georgius Parkins miles-Maria fil Ed. Isham de Walmercasil in Cantia Isham Parkins ob 1671. 2 Thom. Parkins vicecom 1672. Cressy Parkins 1 Theophilus ob ante patrem fine prole ... Ricardus Joh. Kniveton-Alicia Tho. Kniveton Aâ—tinct ... Dethick Maria. Johannes Dethick Anna ux Joh. Eaton Thom. Parkins de Mattisfelde in Com. Berks Willielmus Parkins Ricardus Parkins Humfredus Barlo-Elizabetha fil Aden Berisford de Fenny-Bently Com. Derb. -Ricardus Parkins Ar. marit secundus ob 1603. There was an Indenture dated Febr. 25. 19 E. 4. between Raph Illingworth Esquire on one part and Richard Boughton Esquire on the other That where William Chauntre Dean of the new work of Leicester and divers others have recovered the Mannor of Boney in Nott. and other Lands in Boney by a Writ of Right and where the same William and the rest were enfeoffed in divers Lands in Kirkeby in Ashfeild Kirkby Woodhouse and in Hardwick in the County of Nott. to them and their heirs by a Deed dated Ian. 20 in the year aforesaid and where they be also enfeoffed in the Mannor of Stanford in the County of Nott. and the Mannor of Bradsale in the County of Darby and of Lands in Stanford and Bradsale and in certain Lands in Apurknoll and Oneston in the County of Derby and Lands in Penington in the Parish of Leghe and in Leghkirk in the County of Lancaster The Entent of the said Recovery and Feoffment is thus That the Mannor of Bredsale and the Lands there and in Apurknoll and Oneston and Penington aforesaid be to the use of Rauff and Agnes his wife for their lives and after to the use of Richard son of the said Raph and the heirs of his body the other Mannors Land and Tenements in Hardwick to the use of Richard the son and Elizabeth daughter of the said Richard Boughton during their lives and to the heirs of the Body of the said Richard the son The Mannor place of Boney and certain Lands there to the value of 20l. to the use of the said Richard Illingworth and Elizabeth and the heirs of the body of the said Richard It seems her Father gave her 80l. Raph son and heir of Richard Illingworth Knight 17 E. 4. acknowledged himself to hold the Mannor of Boney by one Knights Fee and the Mannor of Shelford called Everingham Fee of the King in Capite for half a Fee It seems it went to the heirs Female of Illingworth for after the death of Iohn Eaton Gent. 't is said the Lands which he held by the Law of England by reason of issue between them were after their deaths to descend to Iohn Dethick Esquire son and heir of Iohn Dethick son and heir of Mary one of the sisters of the said Anne and to Thomas Barlo as son and heir of Ioan another of her sisters and to Thomas Kniveton as son of Alice another of the sisters of the said Anne which said Thomas was attaint for counterfeiting the money of England called Mary Groats the said Iohn Eaton died Dec. 10 3 Eliz. he held eight Mess. six Cottages six hundred Acres of Land two hundred of Medow three hundred of Pasture half a Wind-mill sixty Acres of Wood and Free Warren in Boney parcel of the Mannor of Boney Richard Parkins Gent. and Elizabeth his wife suffered a Recovery of the said eight Mess. c. 16 Eliz. and called Iohn Dethick Esquire The said Richard suffered another of one Mess. one Toft one Dovecote one Garden one hundred Acres of Land c. in Boney and Bradmere and called to warranty Iohn Smith 18 Eliz. Richard Parkins Esq an Apprentice of the Law of the Inner Temple and a Reverend man in his time for his learning and judgement purchased the intire Mannor of Boney and with his Posterity it still continueth William Harvey Clarencieulx 18 Aug. 1559 granted to Richard Parkins of Mattisfeâ—d Gent. and his posterity a Pine-Apple branch vert the Apple proper for a Crest which Richard was son and heir of Richard son and heir of William son and heir of Thomas Parkins Gent. of the said place in the County of Berks. Hugh Shirley Chr. 4 H. 4. died seized of 13s. 4d. Rent in Boney held of the King in capite Raph his son and heir was then twelve years of age Ancher son of William son of Froue of Boney or Bradmere gave three Roods of Medow in Boney to God and the Hospital of St. Anthony at Lenton in pure Alms. In the year 1288. the official of York gave definitive sentence That the two parts of the Great Tythes of Elias de Bradmere Raph de Frecheville Lord of Boney the Lady Maud Torkard Agnes de Staynton Richard son of Felice Maud Dolfin William Smith of Boney Amice Poyne of Bradmere and William son of Raph of the same within that Parish did belong to William Heceredibire Rector of Boney and not to the Prior and Covent of Lenton The Chapter of Southwell 17 E. 2. granted and appropriated the Church of Boney to make a Chauntry for the soul of William Arch-Bishop of York in the Chappel of our Lady Richard de Grey keeper of the Land and heir of Anker de Frecheville 5 E. 1. recovered by Assize the Advowson of the Church of Boney against the Chapter of Southwell The Vicarage of Boney was 8l. and the Prior of Ulvescroft Patron Now it is in the Kings Books 6l. 15s. 0d. and Isham Parkins Esquire Patron In the Church Windows Azure 2. Chevrons and a Bordure Or Musard Azure a Bend between 6 Escallops
died Aug. 5.29 Eliz. about five or six months before him for he died about the 20 of Ian. 30 Eliz. leaving his Grandson Gervase a year old his heir and the only hope of this Noble and Ancient Family whom his said son George a Consumptive person under age begot on Winifrid his wife daughter of Sir Anthony Thorold and of Anne his wife daughter and co-heir of Sir Iohn Constable of Kinalton the said Winifrid afterwards was married to Henry Kervile and had issue by him This Gervase was certainly more Gentle than his Grandfather being generally the most noted person of his time for courtesie he was very prosperous and beloved of all He Generously Hospitably and Charitably entertained all from the King to the poorest Begger He served eight times in Parliament he was Knight of the Shire in King Iames's time and in his present Majesties King Charles 2. He was Commissioner at Oxford and Newark for King Charles the first He was an extraordinary kind Landlord and good Master Husband to seven Wives the first was the beautiful Penelope daughter of Robert Earl of Warwick and Penelope his wife howbeit Ch. Blount Lord Mountâ—oy Earl of Devonshire paid her portion she was Mother of the wretched unfortunate Sir Gervase his â—athers greatest foyl she died Oct. 26. 1613. aged 23 years The second was Frances daughter of Francis Earl of Cumberland and Grisilâ—a his Countess she brought him 1. Margaret who was first married to Sir Iohn South 2. To .... Whitchcote And 3. to Sir Robert Carey 2. Frances first wife of Richard Tempest 2. Of Anthony Eyr 3. Anne married to Sir Francis Rodes 4. Sir Clifford And 5. Letice wife of Clifton Rodes This Lady died Nov. 22. 1627. aged 33. years The third was Mary daughter of Iohn Egioke of Egioke in Worcestershire and Anne his wife she was widow of Sir Francis Leek of Sutton in Darbishire and died Ian. 19. 1630. The fourth was Isabel daughter of .... Meek the relict of Iohn Hodges Alderman of London buried here at Clifton as were also the two first Ladies Iuly 10. 1637. The fifth was Anne daughter of Sir Francis South of Lincolneshire Knight buried here likewise Iune 1. 1639. The sixth was Iane daughter of Anthony Eyr of Rampton Esquire she was Mother of Robert Clifton who married ... daughter of Mr. Parkhurst of Woodford in Essex and of Iane Clifton now wife of Chr. Pack of Cotes in Leicestershire and of Charles lately dead a Batchelor She was buried at Clifton March 17. 1655. she died at London The seventh was Alice daughter of Henry Earl of Huntington she died after her husband in the same year 1666. at London and is buried in St. Giles Church as the third Lady also was CLIFTON HOUSE yâ— North Side He received from me the certain notice of his near approaching death as he was wont to do an invitation of good friends to his own Bowling green one of the most pleasant imaginable and thereupon immediately called for his old Chaplain Mr. Robert Thirleby to do the office of his Confessor as if it had been to attend him to that recreation he often used and loved and when he had done with him for his Children whom Patriarch like he particularly bless'd and admonished with the smartness and ingenuity of an excellent and well studyed Orator The day following he received visits from diverse friends sitting in the old Dining-Room near his Bed-Chamber who were not so sensible of his danger because he entertained them after his usual manner yet that night as I easily foretold him his sleepiness begun which could never be taken away by reason that both his Ureters were so petrified as things are by the dropping Well near Knavesburgh in Yorkshire that no Urine could descend into his Bladder as at the opening of his Body did manifestly appear as also that one of his Kidneys had of long time before been totally stopp'd with a wonderful great stone as is reported of the pious and learned D. Hammond whose hair was also Red like that of this worthy Sir Gervase who died Iune 28 166â— and was buried the second of August following with great solemnity Mr. Dugdale Norroy Mr. Ashmole Windsor and Mr. Ryley Lancaster Heralds the Quire of Southwell and many Mourners attending his Funeral Sir Clifford Clifton his son and heir in default of Sir Gervase was buried Iune 22. 1669. leaving by the present Lady Clifton his wife daughter of Sir Henage Finch and half sister of the Atturney General since Lord Keeper one son Sir William Clifton Baronet now about thirteen years old the heir of this Illustrious Family The Rectory of Clifton was 22l. and that of Wilford 16l. value Now Clifton is 21l. 7s. 6d. and Wilford 18l. 7s. 6d. in the Kings Books and the Patron as of old Sir Gervasâ— Clifton In the Church were these Inscriptions in the North I le Hic jacet Isabella filia Roberti Fraunceis uxor Gervasii Clifton militis filii Domini Johannis Clyfton militis quae obiit 13 Iâ—nii 1457. Hic jacet Domina Alicia Clifton filia Johannis Bothe Ar. Soror bonae memoriae Domini Willielmi Bothe Ehor. Archiepiscopi uxor Domini Roberti Clifton militis quae obiit 9 Sept. 1470. Orate pro anima Roberti Clyfton militis fundatoris trium Capellanorum Collegii in hac Ecclesia qui obiit nono die mensis Aprilis Anno Domini M. CCCC.LXXVIII Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Orate pro anima Gervasii Clifton militis filii haeredis Roberti Clifton militis fundatoris Collegii de Clifton finiti stabiliti per Dominum Gervasium qui obiit in domo fratrum praedicatorum apud London 12 Maii 1491. Cujus Corpus abinde per Agnetem filiam Roberti Constable de Flamburgh militis secundam uxorem ejusdem Gervasii alias ejus executores juxta voluntatem suam istuc honorificè decenter conductum fuit sâ—b hoc lapide marmoreo hic humatum Cujus animae propitietur Deus Pro cujus quidem Agnetis prosperitate dum vixerit pro cujus animâ cum ab hac luce migraverit speciales ordinantur memoriae orationes per Gardianum Capellanos Collegii praedicti juxta Compositionem Statuta inde ordinatae perpetuis futuris temporibus devote fienda There is a very good Tomb of Alabaster for this mans first wife with her Figure upon it and the Arms of Clifton and Nevil of Rolleston on the side and at the head of it another either for this man or his son without Inscription or Arms saving that upon his breast is a Lyon Ramp A Tombe at Clifton in the South Quire or Cross I le the South side The West side of the Tombe The North side of it A Tombe in the South Wall of Clifton Chancell In the South I le upon a great Tomb. Here lyeth the Bodies of Sir Gervis Clifton of Clifton in the County of Nott. Knight and Dame Mary his first wife daughter of Sir Iohn Nevell
and Hawisia his wife Deforcients of the moyety of the Mannor of Gameleston with the Appurtenances in Briggeford Basingfeild Normanton Tollerton and Kaworth and a recovery suffered 19 H. 7. of the said moyety with the moyety of the Advowson of Briggeford c. wherein the said Lawrence and Hawisia were called to warrant Walter Bec 4 E. 1. was certified to have had Assize of Bread and Ale in Bruggeford and afterwards William de Bec in Brigford and the Lady of Gameleston to have had Free Warren The Mannor of Adbolton was held by the Family of Strelley Walter de Stradleye held of the honour of Peverell in Stradley Adbolton Curtling Stoke c. 13 Ioh. And Robert son and heir of Robert de Strelley 16 E. 1. held a Knights Fee in Strelley Adbolton Cortingstoke c. of the honour of Peverell By a Fine 31 E. 1. between Sampson de Strelley and Philippa his wife Quer. and Henry de Whattone of Stoke Deforc. ten Mess. three Tofts one Mill sixteen Bovats and twenty five Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in Oxton Salterford and Adbolton and the Advowson of the Church of Adbolton were settled on the said Sampson and Philippa and the heirs of their two Bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Sampson by her he had Stephen and Iohn who had no issue and Robert who had two daughters and heirs Cecily wife of William Eland of Algarthorp where their Descent will be noted and Alice wife of Thomas Basily of Radcliff whose heir was married to Rosell of that place as there also may be seen In the time of H. 7. Elands part descended from Henry Eland to Mary the daughter of his son Thomas Eland And afterwards was Sir Nich. Byrons and after that .... Halls George Halls Father sold it to Robert Earl of Kingston Sampson de Strelley had a son named Richard by a former wife Progenitor of the Strelleys of Woodborough who it seems had some share here for the heirs of Richard Strelley accounted for 2s. 6d. for the eighth part of a Knights Fee here 3 H. 4. to the Aid for Marrying Blanch that Kings eldest daughter And Queen Elizabeth 18 Iune in the 41 year of her Reign granted among other things a Capital Mess. here with Lands here and in Bridgeford at the Bridge end parcell of the possessions of Robert Strelley of the yearly value of ivl. viis. ivd. reserving that Rent to Sir Henry Pierponte and his heirs who was Grandfather of the before named Henry Marquess of Dorchester The Church of Bryggford the Parish whereof extendeth into Gamelston Basingfeild and Adbolton was 14l. value when Mr. Thymbylby was Patron But is now 16l. 13s. 2d. in the Kings Books and the Marquess of Dorchester Patron The Rectory of Adbolton was 10l. and Mr. Rosell Patron And is now the Town being wholly enclosed 2l. 13s. 9d. in the Kings Books and the said Marquess Patron and is shrunk to a Vicarage but I have not seen how Edwalton Eadwalds Town OF Rogerius Pictavensis Fee here was a Mannor which Stepi had before he and the Normans came and paid for it to the general Taxation as six Bovats The Land was twelve Bovats There was in Demesne when Doomsday Book was made one Car. one Vill. sixteen Acres of Medow In the Confessours time it was 30s. value then 10s. In Edwolton in the Confessours time Gode had a Mannor rated to the Geld for six Bov. the Land whereof was two Car. ½ There in the Conquerours time Hugo Grentemaisnil had in Demesne two Car. six Sochm. eleven Vill. having one Car. ½ and twenty Acres of Medow then valued at 20◠in the King Edwards time before but at 10s. It lay to Stoctun Robert son of or Fitz-Ranulph who was High Sheriff of these Counties 12 H. 2. and so much a zealous Servant of the King that he is reported how truely I know not to be one of those who committed that foul Murder on Thomas Beckett the Arch-bishop of Canterbury for which besides two others he built the Abby of Beauchief in Darbyshire to which he gave this Church together with the Churches of Norton and Alfreton and Wymundeswold those Lordships continued long with his Posterity and this doth still Thomas de Chaworth one of the heirs of the Barony of Alferton 41 H. 3. had Free Warren granted in Marneham Chaworth Edwalton and Osberton in this County in Alferton and Norton in Darbyshire and the like in other places of his estate in Leicester and York-shires The Family of Latham of Lancashire was the other heir of which Robert de Latham is said to hold half a Knights Fee here of the Earl of Leicester who married Petronilla heir of Grentemaisnil of the old Feoffment which I suppose was but in the minority of Thomas Chaworth whose heir Male Patricius Viscount Chaworth of Armagh in the Kingdom of Ireland now enjoyes it by descent from Engelram Father of Ranulph Father of Robert first mentioned which Engelram was enfeoffed thereof by the said Hugo Grentemaisnil as I guess in the time of H. 1. Thomas de Chaworth 16 E. 1. was to pay 30s. per annum to the Prior of Merton according to a Fine levyed 53 H. 3. by Robert de Auferton his Uncle whose heir he was for Tenements in Edwolton which Robert I think should be Thomas rot pip 26 H. 3. Raph Basset of Drayton is found 25 E. 1. to hold the third part of a Knights Fee here of the Honour of Leicester But it seems that Thomas Chaworth 17 E. 3. held it of the Lord Basset The present Lord Chaworth is also an heir of the Lord Basset as in Wiverton or Marneham is more particularly shown where the Descent of that Noble Family is inserted This is now thought to be in the Parish of Ruddington and my Lord Chaworth bought some Lands here of the R. H. William Earl of Devonshire heir also of that Impropriation This small Lordship is all or most of it inclosed Rodintone Flawforth THE principal Mannor in 〈◊〉 Town in the Conquerours Survey is mentioned to be the Land of Earl Alan of Richmond which before the Norman invasion Leviet had rated to the Tax as twelve Bovats The Land was four Carucats There Earl Alan had in Demesne one Car. six Sochm. seven Vill. having three Car. or Plowes There was fifty five Acres of Medow valued then at 30s. but in the Confessours time at 60s. Another Mannor was of the Fee of Gislebert de Gand which before the Conquest Vlf had taxed at half a Car. The Land one Car. There was at the time of the Survey in Demesne one Car. four Sochm. five Vill. two Bord. having three Car. There was also thirty three Acres of Medow then valued at 8s. but in the Confessours time at 20s. Here was of Roger de Buslies Fee Soc to Plumptre rated to the Geld as ten Bov. ◠3. The Land two
Plumptre gave the said yearly Rent of ten Marks out of his Lands Medows and Pastures in the territory of Plumtre and the said Virgat of Land with the augmentation of three Acres of his Demesne in the same Town 〈◊〉 these two Bovats and half and seven Carucats in Rotington by which gift the said Thomas was seized in his Demesne as of Fee and Right in the time of Peace in the time of King Iohn Grandfather of the King then dead But Thomas the son of William pleaded that the said William only gave the said Thomas and Avicia his wife the premiss for their lives and afterwards to remain to the right heirs Maâ—â—s of the said William whereupon the said Paulinus was cast Ruddingtons Mannor came to Richard called Martell for he lived there in the time of E. 1. and Hugh Martell of Chilwell 3 E. 3. claimed view of Frankpledge and all things belonging to it of all his Tenents in Rudinton He afterwards viz. 16 E. 3. did or was about to found a Chantry in the Chappel of St. Andrew in the Church of St. Peter of Flawfore to which he gave or intended to give two Mess. and three Virgats in Rotindon and one Bovat and an half and half a Mess. in Clifton But it seems to have been perfected 37 H. 6. by William Babington Esquire son of Sir William Babington Knight and of Margery his wife whom I judge to have been the daughter and heir of Robert Martell for three Chaplains officiating two in this Chappel of St. Andrew in Flaforth Church and one in the Chappel within the Mannor of Chilwell who were to pray for the good state of King H. 6. Margaret his Queen Edward Prince of Wales c. of William Babington the founder and Elizabeth his wife and for the Souls of Sir William Babington Knight and Margery his wife c. and also for the souls of Mr. Robert Prebend sometime Bishop of Dunblane of Richard Martell Hugh Martell and Robert Martell and for the Souls of them to whom the said Mr. Robert and Sir William are held bound in the sight of God This was 〈◊〉 called Babingtons Chantry it had 21. 〈◊〉 yearly Rent out of twenty eight Bovats of Land and eighteen Acres and one Rood of Medow in Chilwell twelve Bovats of Land and Medow in Clifton and Glapton sixteen Bovats of Land and four Acres of Medow in Bramcote and forty Acres of Land and sixteen of Medow in Lenton for the Warden and the said three Chaplains and their Successours for ever which Lands were of the yearly value of 25l. At the Assizes at Nottingham 10 H. 4. the Prior of Newstede recovered a Mess. and one Bovat of Land in Rodinton which had been held of the Priory since the time of H. 3. by the service of 5s. and fealty because Iohn Hutt the late Tenent died without heirs The Rectory was appropriated to the Colledge of Durham in Oxford lately dissolved and was rated at the yearly value of 26l. 13s. 4d. There was also in the Town a house and certain Tythes of Corn and Hay appropriated to the Priory of Lenton rated at the yearly value of 3l. 15s. all which is now the inheritance of the Right Honourable the Earl of Devonshire The Vicarage was 8l. value when the Prior of Durham was Patron It is now 6l. 13s. 4d. in the Kings Books and the Countess of Devonshire Patroness There is a Church-like Chappel in the Town but the Parish Church stands in the Field and is called Flawforth Church betwixt the Towns of Edwalton Plumptre Keyworth Boney and Bradmere whereof some parts of the three last are belonging to the Parish It was parcel of the possessions of St. Iohn's of Ierusalem and the Tythes being thereunto appropriate are sold as divers Portions in the several Townships In that Church is a South Quire called Dumlaws Quire corrupted I suppose from Dunblane the Bishop whereof I guess built it in the middle of which upon one Stone are cut the Figures of a Man and a Woman which seem very ancient with this Inscription about the sides DIC IACET IN TVMVLO MATILDIS CVM GALEFRIDO ..... .... PON .... ARE BARTVN QI. TENVERE Galfr. de Malquinci and Matildis his wife held West-Burton in Bassettlaw Wapentack He died in the time of R. 1. as before is noted Upon another very hard Stone is a picture of a woman it seems with a strange old Cap and about the sides in great Brass Letters ... WOSRE PASSEG PAR ICI PRIEB PV ... L ...... ME MAR GERI NE DEV LE PACE MARCI AMEN If this be for Margery the wife of Hernius 't is very old I do not think it to be Margery the wife of Sir William Babington There is a Grave-stone for William Babington with his Arms at each corner by his head Ten roundels and a File of three Labels On another Grave-stone Hic jacet Sidonia Al soror Mari Babington quae obiit vi die Maii Anno Domini M. CCCC.XL.VIII Close by the Wall one cross-leg'd his Gown or Surcoat reaching below his knees In the Chancell a Priest and a Chalice by his head and about it Hic jacet Dominus Willielmus Jokin vicarius de Rodington qui obiit xxv die mensis Novembris Anno Domini Millesimo D.XV. cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen And upon one in the Church Orate pro anima Margaretae nuper uxor Henrici Vinir qui obiit apud Rodyngton xv Octob. Anno Domini M. CCCC.XXX.IX Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen And divers others without Inscriptions In an old Hall Window at Rodington Pa'y of 6. Arg. and Azure a bend Gules Annesley impaling Azure a Chevron between 3. Mullets Or. Plumptre and Normanton HEre were two Mannors in Plumptre in the time of King Edward before the Norman Invasion which Vlfac and Godric had rated to the publick Geld for twelve Bov. The Land was then esteemed sufficient for three Plows or three Carucats It afterwards was the Fee of Roger de Busli who had there in Demesne three Car. thirty three Vill. having five Car. There was a Church and twenty three Acres of Medow This then kept the old value 3l. having Soc in Rodintone In Normentune Vnfac had a Mannor Taxed at six Bov. before the Conquest the Land whereof was three Car. There Roger de Busli had also in Demesne two Car. six Vill. three Bord. four Sochm. with three Car. The value of this had been in the time of King Edward the Confessour 40s. but then was but 30s. Here was also a Berew Taxed at four Bov. and an half The Land half a Carucat There were two Vill. one Bord having half a Car. It lay in Plumptre to which more of the Soc also lay in Stantune and Cauord Plumptre hath been esteemed a kind of Wapentac or Hundred and belonging to Donington Eastie as the Earl of Chetters concerning which something is already noted in the beginning of this Rushcliff
Fitz-William Lord of Elmeley died at Hathilsey and was buried at Sprotbrugh 10 E. 4. Sir William Fitz-William Knight of Sprotbrugh Lord of Emley his son died 9 H. 7. buried there also as was his son Iohn who died before him 5 H. 7. William Fitz-William son of this Iohn died without issue and so this Mannor of Plumptre with the Appurtenances in Normanton Clipston Ruddington and Chaworth fell to his Aunt Dorothy daughter of Sir William Fitz-William and wife of Sir William Copley whose son Philip Copley Esquire was found his heir by an Inquisition taken at Newark 29 Oct. 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. of this Mannor and half the Mannor of Bafforth being then above thirty four years old Philip Copley Esquire by Mary daughter of Sir Brian Hastings Knight his wife had William Margaret Francis Alverey Iohn Thomas William Copley married Elizabeth daughter of Godfrey Bosvile sister and one of the heirs of Fr. Bosvile of Gumblethwait Esq and had issue Godfrey and Raph Copley both without issue Alverey Copley second son of Philip had by his wife .... the daughter of ... Gunby Esquire William Copley whose wife was Dorothy daughter of William Routh of Roumley Esquire by whom he had Sir Godfrey Copley created Baronet 17 Iun. 13 Car. 2. the present Lord of this Mannor and Sprotburgh in Yorkshire whose first wife was Eleâ—or the daughter of Sir Thomas Walmesly Knight and Mother of Godfrey his son and heir his second wife is Elizabeth daughter of William Stanhope Esquire There was a good Freehold in Normanton the inheritance of the Eldershawes This Hamlet is inclosed to the great loss of the Church of Plumtre to which it is Parish as is also Clipston The Rectory was 30l. value and William Fitz-William Patron Now 't is 19l. 19s. 7d. in the Kings Books and Sir Godfrey Copley Patron The present incumbent is Vere Harcourt D. D. Arch-deacon of Nott. In the East Window of the Chancell there is Lozengy Ar. and Gules Fitz-William impaling with Crumwell quartering Tateshale and with Chaworth viz. Ar. 2. Chevrons Or quartering Caltoft and with Gules a Bend between 6. Martletts Arg. and with another broken away Fitz-Williams is in the Church Windows likewise and Arg. a plain Crosse Gules In the middle of the Chancell on an Alabaster Hic jacet Dominus Thomas Wigfall quondam c. obiit 16 Iunii 1534. Cujus animae c. Iu. 15 E. 1. Paulinus the son of William de Plumptre then lately deceased claimed divers Lands and Tenements in Plumptre and Normanton which William Fitz-William gave to the said William de Plumptre his Cousin and to the heirs of his body who is therefore thought to be a branch of the Family but the several persons against whom he claimed pleaded that when he obtained the Writ they had nothing in the premises but at the Will of Thomas son of or Fitz-William de Plumptre whereupon Paulinus came not and so his pledges Richard Cursâ—n and Roger le Spicer were amerced William de Plumptre 3 E. 3. claimed Lands in Plumptre as son of Henry son of Paulinus de Plumptre who held them in the time of E. 1. and was sometimes called le Clere Bingham Hundred Binghamshou Wapentac SO called from the usual place of meeting viz. a certain Pit on the top of the Hill on the contrary side of the Fosse way near the most westerly corner of Bingham Lordship called Moot-house Pit where the Hundred Court now known by the name of Moot-house Court is or ought to be still kept or called though I think they usually remove to Crophill Butler as the nearest Town for shelter Clipston WHen Plumtre Wapentak was in use this Town of Clipston was esteemed as part of it but now it is and hath been long even from the Conquest of Binghamshou though it yet remains of the Parish of Plumtre It was also of Roger de Buslies Fee where before the Norman Invasion Vlviet had a Mannor rated to the publick Taxation or Dane-geld at three Carucats The Land three Carucats There Roger had in Demesne two Car. three Sochm. twelve Vill. one Bordar having six Car. or Flows There was twenty Acres of Medow In K. Edward the Confessours daies the value of this was 60s. In King Williams but 40s. There is in Doomsday Book mention of two Mannors in Waâ—eberge now utterly lost except it was some part of Kinolton whereof Godric named in Plumtre before the Conquest had one and paid for it to the Geld as twelve Bov. The Land was twelve Bov. It was waste and the Fee of Roger de Busli There was ten Acres of Medow In the Confessours time it was 20s. In the Conquerours but 5s. Another Fredgis had rated to the Dane-geld at thirteen Bov. â— 2. The Land whereof was sufficient for two Plows or two Car. There Rogerius Pictavensâ—s whose Fee it became had one Car. and two Sochm. and one Bord. having one Car. and ten Acres of Medow This was 10s. in the Confessours time and 12s. value in the Conquerours It seems not to be far off from Cotegrave Crophill Outhorpe Kinolton and this Clipston in which Rogâ—r de Busli gave the Tythe of one Plow-Land or Carucat to the Monastery of Blyth amongst many other things in his very foundation Charter thereof bearing date 1088. Iohn de Gatton is said to have held a Knights Fee here of the Earl of Lincolne of the old Feoffment Richard de Bingham 22 E. 1. had a Charter of Free Warren in Bingham Clipston and Kinalton There was a Fine 1 E. 2. between Richard de Byngham and Alice his wife Quer. and Mr. Alan de Neuson Deforc. of thâ— Mannors of Byngham and Clipston and of nine Mess. twenty eight Acres and eight Bov. of Land and an half and twelve Acres of Medow with the Appurtenances in Outhorp Kinalton Cotegrave Notingham and Rotington and the Advowson of the Church of Rotington thereby settled on the said Richard and Alice and the heirs Males which the said Richard should beget on the Body of the said Alice remainder to William son of Alice Bertram of Bingham and the heirs Males of his body remainder to Richard younger Brother of William and his remainder to Thomas brother of the said Richard the younger and the heirs Males of his remainder to the right heirs of the said Richard de Byngham It appears by another Fine 2 E. 2. between the said Richard de Byngham and Alice his wife Quer. and William Bertram of Bingham Deforc concerning twenty Bovats of Land with the Appurtenances in Outhorpe Cotegrave and Kynalton settled as before on the said Richard and Alice and so on William Richard and Thomas that he first had these sons by her and afterwards took her to wife for William is there said to be son of the said Alice In the Record called Nomina Villarum 9 E. 2. Basingfeild Gamelston Torlaston and Clipston answered for a whole Villa and the
Lords then were certified to be Ioan Luterell Iohn Barry and Alice de Byngham William de Bingham Chr. 18 E. 3. by Fine settled this Mannor and some other Lands with those in Kinalton on Richard de Bingham and Amora his wife then in the Custody or Guardianship of Robert de Meaux Sir Richard de Bingham Knight 40 E. 3. by another Fine settled these Lands on his Son William and Margaret his wife and the heirs of their Bodies reserving 100s. per annum Rent with remainder to the right heirs of himself the said Sir Richard This William married another wife called Isabell and died before his Father the said Sir Richard who died about 11 R. 2. Robert his Grandchild by this William being then found his heir and about four years old Which Robert I suppose lived not long for there was a Fine 1 H. 4. levyed between Sir Thomas de Rempston Chr. Complainant and Richard late King of England Chr. Deforc. of the Mannors of Bingham and Clipston on the Hill by Plumtre c. by which these Lands were settled on Sir Thomas Rempston and his heirs but Isabell the wife of William de Bingham had then her life in this Mannor which descended to the heirs of this Sir Thomas de Rempston with Bingham and his other Lands as in Bingham more particularly may be seen Sir Brian Stapleton and Elizabeth his wife suffered a recovery 2 H. 8. of his Mannor of Bingham and Lands here Lucy who had been wife of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent held in Dower after the death of her said husband 2 H. 6. of the inheritance of the Duchess of York the wife of Henry Bromflete Knight one of the Sisters and heirs of the said Earl her husband of Margaret Duchess of Clarence the second Sister of Edmund late Earl of Maâ—â—h son of Elianor a third Sister of Alice the wife of Richard Nevill Chr. deceased within age and in the Kings custody the fifth sisters Cousins and heirs of the said Earl amongst other things the fourth part of a Knights Fee in Clipston by Plumbtre which the Lady of Bingham lately held and another fourth part in Hickling which William Grey held In 7 H. 8. William Perpoynt Knight claimed against Hugh Taylour one Mess. one hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow forty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Clipston on the Hill in the Parish of Plumtre and the Advowson of the Chantry or free Chappell there called St. Iohn's Chappell This Lordship was purchased by Sir Henry Pierpont and descended to his son Robert Earl of Kingston and remains the Marquess of Dorchesters Upper or Over Broughton Doomsd. Broton IN Broton Algar the Earl of Leicester had a Mannor which paid the Tax for two Car. The Land of it was sufficient for seven Plows or seven Car. There after the Change King William had two Car. and twenty three Vill. and four Bord. having seven Car. and one Mill. 5s. and one hundred Acres of Medow In the Confessours time when a former survey was made this was 3l. value but when the Conquerours was returned 4l. Thorpe was a Berew belonging to this Mannor as in that place is noted which together with this Town went from the Crown to the Earl of Chester and so to Albini Earl of Arundel Brocton was the Land of Aluredus de Suleni a certain Norman and seised into the Kings hand but the King restored it to the Earl of Chester because that Knight held it of him and the Mother of the Earl held in Dower it was then a Knights Fee and in another place said to be held by Aluered de Sulleny of the Earl of Arundel of the old Feoffment The King 36 H. 3. pardoned Aluered de Sullyny who had to wife Sibyll the daughter and heir of Iohn de Braytoft 11l. which was the Arrearages of a 30. in Lincolnshire whereof Iohn de Braytoft had been one of the Collectors This Sibyll was wife of Roger de Cressi of Hodsak and last of all of Adam de St. Lo as in Clifton may be observed who held some Lands here in Dower of Iohn son of Aluredus de Soleni's inheritance when he passed it to Sir Gervas de Clifton about the beginning of the Reign of Edward the first with whose posterity it continued till the last Sir Gervase Clifton Knight and Baronet was perswaded to sell it which he oft repented himself of being so long in his Family and he not necessitated as he hath several times told me himself so that the Advowson of the Church is all that remains of it to his posterity It is commonly called Broughton Sulney from the Antient owners whose Seals were quarterly ...... it is also thereby distinguished from Nether Broughton in Leicestershire which is by it The Rectory was twenty Marks It is now 11l. 9s. 4d. ob in the Kings Books and Sir G. Clifton Patron Hickling Doomsd. Echeling and Hegeling A Small part of this Township was a Berue of Crophill and did and doth still with it belong to St. Mary of Sudwell being a piece of the two Prebends of Oxton Before the Conquest in Echeling three Carucats and an half for the Geld Tarchill and Goduin held for two Mannors The Land whereof was then returned to be sufficient for eight Plows or eight Car. This afterwards became the Fee of Ilbert de Lacy. Here was then in Demesne three Car. and four Sochm. Twenty three Vill. with one Bord. had six Car. oâ— Plows There was two hundred Acres of Medow This part in elder time was valued at 6l. but when the Conquerours survey was taken at 4l. Another part of this Town was Soc to Granby of the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt and was rated to the Geld for two Car. The Land was four Car. There eight Sochm. one Vill. ten Bord. had five Car. There was a Mill 16s. and eighty Acres of Medow Walter de Eyncurt Grandchild I suppose of this Walter restored to Elias or Eliseus as in that Deed de Fanecurt the whole Land which his Father Gerard de Fanecurt held of him viz. one Knights Fee in Hickeling and Kinalton and in Brunneby one Knights Fee and in Scaupewik four Quadrigats of Land and in Graneby one Quadrigat of Land for half a Knights Fee for the exchange of Land which he held in Timberland Sir Gerard de Fanecurt son of Elias was a very great Benefactor to the Priory of Thurgarton oâ— Rad. de Eyncurts Foundation for he not only confirmed what his Grandfather Sir Gerard had given out of his Estate in Lincolneshire but gave away his whole Mannor of Hickling as it was increased by an exchange he made with Oliver de Lovetot Lord of Corcolston of his Lands there for the said Olivers in Hickling which Eustachia de Fanecourt his wife in her widowhood also released after she had claimed them against the Prâ—or and Covent by a Writ of Entry viz. ten
Leek 2 Tho. Leek de Will. thorpe 2 Tho. Leek de Hasland vide Leke Thom. 36 H. 6. Joh. Walsh mar primus 4 H. 4 -Isabella cohaer ob 14 H. 6. s. p. -Humfridus Halloughton Johannes 10 E. 2. Rogerus de St. Andr. -Agnes Ric. Grey de Landford Ric. Grey mil. de Landford Philippas Grey ob 1 R. 2. Ric. Gray de Landford ob infra aet 6 R. 2. Alianora sor haer obiit infra aet s. p. 8 R. 2. Lucia haer Richardus s. p. Ric. de Grey Dom. de Codenhour -Lucia fil haer Johannis de Homaz 13 H. 3. Pip. Staff Esquire his daughters and heirs Emelina the wife of Iohn Grey abut 13 H. 6. died seized of the Mannor of Landford and three Mess. with the Appurtenances and three Virgats and other Lands and Rents and the Advowson of the Church in Hykeling Then her daughter Isabell had married one Humfrey Halloughton but shortly after about 14 H. 6. she left her sister Leek her heir There was a Fine 10 E. 2. between Margaret the daughter of Hugh de Eyton Quer. and Hugh de Eyton of Hickeling and Felice his wife Deforc. of twenty two Acres of Land two of Medow and an half and half a Mess. with the Appurtenances in Hickeling thereby settled on the said Margaret and the heirs of her body remainder to Iohn son of William le Gray of Sandiacre and the heirs of his remainder to the said Hugh and Felice and the heirs of Felice At the Assizes of Nottingham 29 E. 3. William de Rempston recovered seisin of one Mess. twenty Acres of Land and three of Medow in Hykeling and Iohn de Rempston was amerced Anthony Fitz-Hubert Sergeant at Law and diverse others claimed against Iohn Leek Esq in recoveries which he suffered 5 H. 8. the Mannors of Sutton in le dale Sandiacre and Kirkehalome with the Appurtenances and also one huâ—dred Mess. c. in Sutton Sandiacre Kyrkehalome Normanton by Hastond and Chesterfeild and the Advowson of the Church of Sutton in le dale in Derbishire the Mannors of Landford Collyngham Elston Hykling Gedling Huknall Torcard and Leek with the Appurtenances and also two hundred Mess. c. in Landford Collingham Elston Hykling Gedling Huknall Torcard Little Leyk Great-Leyk Saxendale Stoke by Newark Stoke Bardolfe Colwyke Wyverton Byngham Carleton Karcolston and Holme by Newark with the Advowsons of the Churches of Elston and Hykling in this County the Mannor of Harston in Leicestershire the Mannor of Crowenest with the Appurt in Worcestershire This Mannor after the Leeks was Stapletons This is certainly a mistake for though Rempstons Land here as elsewhere might descend to Stapleton and Cheynè of which latter the Lord Vaux became heir yet I find that Francis Leek of Sutton in le Dale Esquire 16 Feb. 34 H. 8. for the summ of 276l. sold the Mannor of Hickling with the Appurtenances and Advowson of the Church whereof he levyed a Fine in Easter Term that same year to Iohn Cunstable of Kinalton Esquire afterwards Knight and his heirs Which Sir Iohn Cunstable 1 Octob. 6 E. 6. sold the premises to Iohn Ingleby a younger son of William Ingleby late of Ripley in Yorkshire Esquire then deceased And Iohn Ingleby of Rudby Ebor. 7 Septem 42 Eliz. conveyed them to Iohn Ingleby his son Which Iohn or another of his name then dwelling at Hickling in the Vale by Indenture dated 2 Iuly 1 Iac. for 534l. sold to William Farborne of that Town Gent. the Mannor of Hickling with all the Appurtenances whatsoever in Hickling Kinalton Over Broughton Staunton Colson Bâ—sset and Withmerpool in this County except the Advowson of the Church and also excepting that Mess. and seven Oxgangs of Land c. which he had then sold to Thomas Beane the elder of Aâ—â—octon and William Beane his second son Which said Iohn Ingleby and William Farborne 2 Oct. 2 Iac. conveyed the said Mannor to Gervase Farborne son of the said William Iames Wilson Gent. and George Ward claimed in Michaelmas Term 9 and 10 Eliz. against Iohn Smyth alias Walton and Raph Smith the Mannor of Hyckling with the Appurtenances and diverse Lands there who called c. William Vaux Lord Harowdon Hickling is now in the hands of very many Freeholders King Edward the sixth by his Letters Patent dated 30 Iune in the sixth year of his Reign granted to Lyonell Duckett and Edward Whitchurch the Lands and Rents in Hickelinge belonging to the Monastery of Thurgarton excepting the Tythes belonging to that Monastery which August 16. 5 Eliz. were granted by the Queen to Sir Thomas Gresham Knight and his heirs The Mannor which was Leeks is now the inheritâ—nce of Richard Maunsfeild of Leek Esquire who had it after the death of Francis Maunsfeild his Uncle The Rectory of Hiclinge was 22l. when Mr. Leek was Paâ—ron In the Kings Books it is now 18l. 8s. 4d. and Sara Bardsey widow Patroness Kinalton Doomsd. Chinelton Kineldestowe and Newbold PArt of this Town in the Book of Doomsday is said to be of Walter de Ayncurts Fee and of the Soc of Graneby where his Seat was in this County it was rated to the Tax or Geld as seven Bovats The Land was two Carucats There was nine Sochm. four Bord. having three Car. or Plows and seven Oxen plowing or draught Oxen and twenty Acres of Medow Another part of Chinelton is there certified to be of the Land of the Taynes where one Azor before the Conquest was rated to the Dane-geld at one Bov. for his Mannor The Land whereof was three Bovats The son of Azor held it afterwards of the King and there had three Vill. with three Oxen plowing and three Acres of Medow In King Edward the Confessours time the value of this was 10s. in the Conquerours 2s. 8d. By what appears in Hickling it may well be concluded that the Family of Fancurt held Deyncourts Fee in this place but it is certain enough that Gerard de Fancourt held a Knights Feâ— of Oliver de Aynecurt in Hickling and Kinalton Adam de Sutton Prior of Thurgarton for 18s. of Silver yearly by the consent of the whole Covent granted and confirmed to Raph de Fanecurt all the Land which the said Raph held in the Town and Territory of Kinalton of Sir Gerard son of Sir Elias de Fanecurt Elias de Franencurth gave twelve Bovats in the Territory of Newbold to the Abby of Swinshead in Lincolnshire which King Henry the second confirmed as he did also in this same place of the gift of William de Vilers and Paganus his son two Carucats of Land and two Bovats and an half and Keteleswang and Holeboldeswang and seventeen Acres of Land at Cranemere and four Tofts with Crofts and the whole Brusâ—am Brouse which belonged to Neubold In Doomsday Book there is mention of Newbold in those daies a very considerable place but now 't is well-nigh lost
Robert Glover Somerset Herâ—ld a most industrious person and one of the best learned in this kind in his time sets down Raph Basset of Drayton husband of Margaret de Someri slain at the Battel of Evesham 50 H. 3. Raph his son the husband of Helewisa died 27 E. 1. Raph his son husband of Ioan the daughter of ... Beaucamp Earl of Warwick and brother of Matildis wife of William de Heriz and of Margaret her eldest sister wife of Ed. Stafford died 17 E. 3. Raph his son husband of Alice daughter of Nicholas Lord Audeley died before his Father and his son Raph the last Lord Basset of Drayton husband of Ioan sister and heir of Iohn Duke of Brittaine died 13 R. 2. being sixteen years old at the death of Ioan his Grandmother 27 E. 3. which will not agree with a Confirmation made by Raph son of Raph son of Raph Lord Basset of Draiton to the Priory of Canwell Printed in the Monasticon Vol. 1. p. 441. dated at Draiton May 7. 26 E. 3. because at that time there was no Raph living of age sufficient to make it according to Mr. Glover's draught And there may some scruples arise notwithstanding the inquisitions after the last Lord Bassets death concerning fix Generations not exceeding three above twenty three years as in Alice the wife of Sir William Chaworth one of his heirs whose Ancestor Matildis with her husband William de Heriz certainly lived in the former part of the Reign of H. 3. as in Wiverton will be manifest and yet seem to be contemporary with Ioan daughter of Thomas Earl of Warwick their Sister-in-law which could not well be if we consult Mr. Dugdales Warwickshire but we must not aver against a Record but indeavour to reconcile apparent improbabilities by the utmost possibilities Queen Elizabeth Mar. 27. in the forty third year of her Reign granted to Anthony Nevill and his heirs the Rectory of Colston Basset and diverse Lands in the Lordship belonging to the Priory of Land The Vicarage was eight Marks value when the Prior of Laund was Paâ—ron It is now 8l. 7s. 6d. in the Kings Books and the King Patron The Church stands in the fields now all inclosed and the Town thereby depopulated In it were Varry Arg. and Sab. Basset with a quarter Ermine of Drayton Azure a Crosse Argent impales with Paly of six Or and â—uses a Bordure Azure Besantè Aylesbury and Basset of Weldon Arg a Crosse Sable between four little Crosses of the second Cotgrave Godegrave OF the Fee of Rad. de Burun in Godegrave before the Conquest Oghe had a Mannor rated to the Geld at two Car. The Land whereof was three Car. There in Demesne were three Car. seven Sochm. four Vill. four Bord. having four Car. and an half There was half a Church Small Wood one qu. long one qu. broad In the Confessours time this was 40s. value in the Conquerours 60s. Another Mannor Turchill had rated to the Geld as one Car. The Land one Car. There Gozel the Man of Raph de Burun had half a Car. five Vill. one Bord. having two Car. There was thirty Acres of Medow Small Wood half a qu. long and ½ qu. broad This kept the former value 10s. In Godegrave Warnerus had six Bovats of the Land of that Mannor Of the Fee of Rogerius Pictavensis in Godegrave Vinric before the Conquest paid the Tax for three Car. for his Mannor The Land whereof was four Car. There afterwards Roger had one Car. in Demesne and six Sochm. ten Vill. one Bord. having five Car. There was thirty Acres of Medow Small Wood two qu. long one qu. broad In the Confessours time the value of this was 4l. in the Conquerours but 40s. In the year of our Lord 1144. 9 Steph. Hugo de Burun and Hugo Meschins his son and heir gave to God and the Monastery of Lenton the Church of Ossington and that of Orsely and half the Church of Cotesgrave which one Nicholas then held This was done solemnly in their Chapter-house before very many Witnesses his younger son Roger praising the act Three years after viz. 1147. 12 Steph. he gave whatsoever he had in the Town of Cotesgrave except the Knights which he kept in his own hand for the service of the King and for the service of his son and heir To this were Witnesses of his own men Robert son of Andrew of Cortingstok Robert de Rosello whose Family continued here Robert son of Serlo Albert the Knight he was his Steward and called of Kilburne Hugo de Busli he was his Chamberlain and several others This Hugo de Burun whose Seat was at Horstan Castle some ruins whereof yet remain in Horseley Park in Darbyshire by the consent of Hugh and Roger his sons gave to the Church of the holy Trinity at Lenton Turchetill his Man of Cotegrave with his Children and Lands and all things he held of him and all the Land Walter son of Iocelin held of him in the said Town and the Land of Swincliff and Greindale which were of his Demesne to which the forementioned persons were also Witnesses He also gave three Bovats of his Demesne here for three which the Canons had in Ossington and gave them Medow as much as belonged to three Bovats and six Acres of Medow in the Wald for which they gave him a War-horse prized to ten Marks of Silver Roger de Burun flourished in the time of H. 2. his wife Nicola the daughter of Roeland de Verdun was after his death married by the Earl of Chester to Anketin de Brikesard without the Kings consent and therefore was disseized of divers if not all her Lands for some of which she Fined about 2 Ioh. Roger de Burun recited all those parcells given to Lenton by his Father and many others two Bovats of the Land of Hugh Rosel thirteen Acres given for the Sâ—ul of Albrea his own Mother and twenty Acres above Cotegrave Wood c. to his Deed Gerv. de Clifton was a Witness There was a Fine levied 2 Ioh. wherein the Prior of Lenton released to Robert de Burun two Carucats of Land in Cotegrave for which he gave to that Priory three Bovats and half Geldehomor Henry son of Robert de Burun 4 H. 3. demitted and quit-claimed to Walter Malet and his heirs his whole right and claim in half the Land which was of the Fee of Burun in Cotegrave Alan Malet succeeded Walter 14 H. 3. Thomas Malet son and heir of Alan 5 E. 1. released all actions against the Prior and Covent of Lenton and their Bayliffs for the waste made in his Estate while it was in their custody the Witnesses were Henry de Tibetot Constable of Nott. Castle Walter de Stircley then Sheriff of Nott. and Derb. Richard de Iorz of Burton Gervas de Willeford c. After him was Henry Malet whose son Iames had two sisters and heirs Elena the wife of
Nicholas de Tydeswell and Isabell 30 E. 3. Warinus de Boyvile held the Land in Cotegrave for the Barony of Byron 4 E. 1. That other part of this Town which was of the Fee of Roger Pictavensis it seems was given to Swinsheved in Lincolneshire King H. 2. in the twelfth year of his Reign confirmed to the Monks of Swinsheved the whole Land of Robert de Gresley in Cotegrave and the moâ—ery of the Church and one Car. of Land in Cotegrave of the gift of Robert de Arcâ—is and whatever Robert de Gresley and Albert his son the Founders gave to the said Church of Swinsheved fourteen Acres which Robert Roseâ—â— gave â—nd the exchanges which Roger de Buruâ— and his men i. e. those who held of him made with the said Monks and likewise of the gift of William de Vilers and Paganus his son of two Car. and two Bov. and an half c. in Neubold and of Elias de Fanencourth of twelve Bovats in the same territory Robert Greâ—e gave one Bovat of his Fee in Cotegrave to the Church of Lenton to which Raph his Priest of Cotegrave was a Witness Maurice de Creâ—n 28 H. 2. gave account of two hundred Marks for having the wife who was Albert Gresle's with her reasonable Dower Wido de Creâ—â— 1 R. 1. ought 7l. 6s. 8d. for the very same Gilbert Basset and Alan and Thomas his brothers 2 R. 1. gave account of five hundred and fifty Marks for the custody of the son of Albert Gresle with his heir and Land Albert Gresâ—y had one son and three daughters and their Uncle Gilbert Basset with his Father Thomas Basset had the keeping of them about 33 H. 2 but out of diverse of their Lands money was received by Nigeâ— Fitz-Alexander and Robert de Burrun King Henry the eighth for the summ of 684l. 16s. 8â— in the 31 year of his Reign granted to Harold Rosel of Cottegrave the Mannor of Cotgrave 〈◊〉 belonging to the Monastery of Swyneshed and Cotgrave Grange Herteswell Grange and Broughton Grange c. all which except Herteswell Grange in Kinalton he had licence to pass to George Pierpont Esquire and Elizabeth his wife which still continue with their posterity the Right Honourable the Marquess of Dorchesâ—er Binghaâ—â—s Land here went with Clipston Kinalton c. to the Family of Rempston Harold Scrimshire purchased a Farm called Rempâ—â—on Hall in Codgrave of Brian Stapleton of Carleton by Snayth in Yorkshire and another of .... Roselâ— wherein his brother Thomas lived which was purchased together with Walter Whalleys and Richard Champions ..... Scrimshire Harold Scrimshire de Codgrave-Margareta fil ..... Heâ—son alias Hall Willielmus Scrimshire-Elizab fil Nic. 〈◊〉 de Estwell in Com. Leicest Johannes Scrimshire-Margar fil Mic. Wright de Bricksworth Will. Scrimshire de Cotgrave 〈◊〉 32. 1672. 〈…〉 Rob. Frank de Pâ—â—tefract Johannes Scrimshire aet 4. 1672. Eliz. -Clifton Rodes Joh. Mich. Sam. Willielmâ—â—-Kâ—â—h fil Geo. Underwood de Wittlesea 1 Willielâ—â—s 2 Hugo 3 Sam. Thoâ—as 〈…〉 Rectâ—r de Codgrave Thomas Whalley of Cotgrave held a Farm there under Richard Whalley of Kirkton by Screveton and was his Kinsman probably Thom. Whalley-Margareta fil .... 〈◊〉 Walterus Whalley-Cecilia fil .... Efcogâ—â—on de Broâ—ghton in Com. Staff Johannes Whalley-Maria fil Willielâ—â— Midleton de Waâ—â—esley Walterus Whalley-Maria fil Mich. Wright de Bricksworth Walterus Whalley aet 23. 1672. Michael Georgius â—rosell -Margaret Ursula-Franc 〈◊〉 ..... Champion is now chief Constable of the Hundred The King and Queen May 31. 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. granted to Thomas Wâ—â—â—e and Agnes his wife and the heirs of the body of Thomas the Mannor of Cotgrave with the Appurtenances late belonging to the Monastery of Lenton c. Thom. White de Com. Suff. vel Johannes Thom. White de Woodhead in Com. Rutland-Agnes Dom. Johannes White de Tuxford miles-Dorothea fil Dom. Johannis Harpur de Swarkeston mil. 3 Thom. White tandem haeres .... fil Dom. Ed. Hartup de Buckminster in Com. Leicest Johannes White de Cotgrave-Jana fil Dom. Thom. Williamson de Markham Bar. 2 Gervas s. p. 1 Rich. White s. p. Ricardus Cecil Thom. White de Woodhead in Com. Rutland-Agnes Willielmus Cecil Dom. Burleigh Mr. White now makes this the place of his residence and the Marquess of Dorchester keeps a Court here which was Shelfords and belonging to the Knights Hospitallers of St. Iohn of Ierusalem The Advowsons of both the Rectories 28 Iuly 36 H. 8. were granted to George Pierpoynt and his heirs The Medieties of this Church were each 16l. when the Abbat of Swinshed and Prior of Lenton were Patrons Now the first part is 10l. 7s. 1d. and the second 9l. 14s. 9d. ob in the Kings Books and the Marquess Patron of both In the Church in the low South-East Window there is Or on a Fesse Gules three Water Budgets Arg. Or Ermine Bug. or Bingh Azure a Lyon Ramp Or on his shoulder Martlett On a Stone in a Seat in the Chancell Arg. a Piller Gules between three Coughs sab or Gules quartering ... on a Fesse Gules between three Bells sable as many Cross Croslets Or. Sub atrato hoc marmore tutò recumbunt sepositae Johannis Scrimshire nuper de Cotgrave Com. Nott. Gen. exuviae quem juris simul aequi dudum Cultorem princeps patria habuerunt fidelem uxor liberi nec non alii ejus indigentes auxilio patronum ac patrem ubique solicitum Obiit 2. Decembris Anno Aetat 61. Sepultus 4. Decembris Anno Dom. 1669. Hic jac et alter Johannes Charissimus superioris filius Artium magister utriusque hujus medietat is curialis-Rector Qui divinae voluntatis studios us heu brevis instituto pius ac severus cum tam exemplis quam prâ—ceptis per turbidos hujus mundi fluctus rectam ad aeternae salutis portum viam exhibuisset è vivis discessit Festo die S. Johannis Baptistae Anno Aetat 28. Dom. 1669. Tollerton Torlaston Torlaveston Roclaveston THis Town in Doomsday Book is called Roclaveston in which it was certified to have been the Mannor of one Elsi before the Conquest who paid for it as two Car. to the Geld. The Land was four Car. There afterwards Roger de Busli had in Demesne one Car. ½ eleven Vill. one Bord. having three Car. eight Sochm. with three Car ½ and two Mills 3s. There was a Church and thirty Acres of Medow In the Confessours time it was 40s. then 60s. value Not far from hence a place called Warberge or Warbey must needs lie now utterly lost but the great survey of the Conquerour shows that in it Godric Lord of Plumtre had a Mannor before the Normans came rated to the Geld at twelve Bovats The Land twelve Bovats but it then was waste There was ten Acres of Medow In the Confessours time it was 20s. value then but 5s. this was then of Roger de Buslies Fee but another Mannor
in Warebeg was of Rogerius Pictavensis Fee which Fredgis had before rated at thirteen Bov. ½ to the Dane Tax The Land whereof was two Car. There Roger Pictavensis had one Car. two Sochm. one Bord. having one Car. and ten Acres of Medow this he had advanced to 12s. which was but 10s. in the time of Edward the Confessour Serlo de Torlavistune gave his moyety of the Church of Torlouton to the Church of Lenton at the request and by the consent of William de Olive then Parson of it in the time of King H. 2. To this gift his wife Adelina was a Witness and so was Beatrix the wife of Richard Barri who by the consent of the said Beatrix his wife and Raph his heir and the rest of his children confirmed his Church of Torlaviston to the said Priory of Lenton which Ranulf de Insula his Grandfather and Matildis Malebisse his Grandmother had given before Iohn Barry of Torlaston 17 E. 2. and 3 E. 3. claimed against Reginald de Aslacton twenty eight Bovats 1 â— of Land twenty eight Acres of Medow and ten Mess. except the sixth part of a Mess. in Torlaston as son and heir of Richard son of Iohn brother and heir of William son of Radulphus Barre 5 Steph. Richardus Barri-Beatrix Radulphus Barry temp R. 1. Radulphus Barry Richardus Barry Johannes Barry frat haer -Matilda relict 12 E. 1. Willielmus s. p. Richardus Barry 15 E. 1. Johannnes Barry de Torlaston 3 E. 3 -Amicia Rogerus Barry de Torlaston Chr. gross fin 50 E. 3. m. 9. Robertus Barry miles 50 E. 3.12 H. 4. ... Elizabetha superstes 8 H. 6. Edmundus Barry fil haer 8 H. 6.26 H. 6. Hug. Barry de Torlaston Ar. 22 E. 4. ob 21 H. 7. Nov. 17. Thom. Barry de Torlaston aet 12. ampl 22 H. 7. ob 18 H. 8. mar 4. Johannes Barry de Torlaston aet 12.18 H. 8. Will. Barry de Torlaston Matilda filia haeres-Richardus Pendock Willielmus Pendock de Torlaston-Elianora fil ..... Lovet Johannes Pendock obiit 1648 -Jana fil Richardi Parkins de Boney Rich. Pendock aet 19. 1614. obiit 1645 -Eliz fil Will. Gelsthorp de Whatton Philippus Pendock de Torlaston aet 57. 1675 -Jana fil Nic. Charlton de Chilwell ob 1675. Thom. Pendock aet 14. 1675. Elizab. Anna. Maria. Rich. -Joseph Barry Pendock aet 13. 1675. Joseph Sam. Gerv. Johan Barry Georg. Eliz. Joh. Barry's prole Radulphus 53 H. 3. Will. Pendock de Gotherton in Com. Glouc. -Margaret fil Ric. Heydon de Heydon Matilda filia haeres-Richardus Pendock Richard son of Raph son of Raph Barry who lived and had them in the time of King Richard the first William de Aslocton in the 50 E. 3. recovered his seizin by Assise and Jury of the Mannor of Torlaston called Asloctons Mannor against Robert Barry Chr. and Roger de Clifton Parson of Keworth and 40l. for damage upon which Sir Robert said the Jury had made a false Oath and a Jury of twenty four came to convince c. but no judgement at that time was given It seems Torlastons Mannor came to the Family of Aslocton Robert de Torlaston was a considerable man in the time of H. 3. but how it passed by sale or inheritance I have not yet found There was a Fine levied 4 E. 2. between Mr. Raph Barry of Torlaston Compl. and Thomas Barry of Torlaston Deforc. of seâ—â—nteen Mess. one Mill forty six Bovats of Land and fifty Acres of Medow in Torlaston and Basingfeild and the Advowson of the Church of Torlaston whereby they were settled on the said Raph for his life remainder to Iohn son of Richard Barry and the heirs of his body remainder to Thomas son of Iohn Barry and the heirs of his body remainder to Iohn Rosell of Cotgrave and his heirs By another Fine 3 E. 3. between Iohn de Barry of Torlaston and Amicia his wife Quer. and Raph Rosel Parson of Keworth Deforc. the same parcells were settled on the said Iohn and Amicia and the heirs of Iohn The nexâ— of this Famâ—ly was Roger Barry Chiveler in the time of E. 3. and Robert Barry Knight was here 12 H. 4. whose son and heir Edmund Barry 8 H. 6. and 26 H. 6. had on his Seal of Arms three Barres Crenellè Hugh Barry was of this place 22 E. 4. After the death of Hugh Barry which was Nâ—v 17.21 H. 7. there was an Inquisition taken at Newark viz. 16 Oct. 22 H. 7. whereby it appears that he was seized of the Mannors of Torlaston and Keyworth with the Advowsons of the Churches of Torlaston Bassingfeild which as I take it hath none and Keyworth with the Appurtenances and divers Lands and Tenements in Torlaston Keyworth Lambecote and Kneton and that he gave the Mannor of Keyworth with the Advowson of that Church to Thomas Barry and Brigit Agard and the heirs of the body of Thomas Thomas Barry son and heir of Hugh was then found to be above twelve years old as in Keworth is already noted There was another taken at Turford in the Clay 27 Aug. 19 H. 8. after the death of Thomas Barry Gent. who died the 4 Mar. 18 H. 8. seized of the Mannor of Keworth and the Advowson of the Church and of two Mess. nineteen Bovats of Land eight Bovats of Medow and two Bovats of pasture and 9s. and 4d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Keworth and also of the Mannor of Basingfeild and four Mess. seven Bovats of Land and three Bovats of Medow with the Appurtenances in Basingfeild and of 3s. 4d. Rent in Lamcote Ratcliff and Kneton and likewise of the Mannor of Torlaston and Advowson of the Church Iohn Barry his son and heir was then found to be above twelve years old Richard son of William Pendock of Gotherton in Gloucestershire married Maâ—d the daughter and heir of William Barry of Torlaston with whose posterity this Mannor continueth which is now enclosed since the late War by Philip Pendock the present owner Part of the Land which Mr. Pendock now hath was lately bought of .... Haâ—feild and there are some other Farms in the Town of Tollerton which were the inheritance of Robert Earl of Kingston and are now his sons the Right Honourable the Marquess of Dorchester one was Mr. Shipmans of Scarrington and by Mr. Thomas Shipman sold to Mr. Io. Parker of Nott. the Mercer Here lived of the Family of Boyvile Walter in the time of H. 3. E. 1. and E. 2. and Iohn in the time of E. 3. and likewise Walkelins Adam and Thomas about those times The Rectory was 16l. value when Mr. Barry was Patron Now in the Kings Books it is 15l. â—s. 4d. ob and Philip Pendoke Esquire Patron Basingfeild Basinfelt Gamelston THis Basingfeild was part of it of the Fee of Roger de Busli and Soc to Hulme as much as answered the Tax for ten Bovats and two thirds of
son of or Fitz William and of the heirs of Leonius de Malnoers Iuly 16. This Raph the year before viz. 10 H. 3. was Warden or Keeper of Nottingham Castle and Iames de Keworth was his Nephew from whom Annora at length the sole heir of this Family of Maunvers and Married to Henry Pierpont claimed Rents in Basingfeild as his Cousin and heir 12 E. 1. as likewise in Keyworth as in those places may be observed This Henry de Pierpont is said to be son of Henry Iohn le Pierpont of Kirkby in Ashfeild whose Lands there still remain with this honourable Family had a brother named Henry and another Roger c. I suppose them sons or Grandsons of Robert de Pierpont who held a Knights Fee of the Bishop of Lincolne 12 H. 2. Shortly after this it appears that Simon de Pierpont had summons to that Parliament which was called in Iune 22 E. 1. in order to that King's Expedition into Gascoine and that in September following he had command to attend him in person thither well fitted with Horse and Arms for that Service Certain it is that the posterity of Sir Henry Pierpont and Annora being for the most part principally resident at this place gave occasion for the calling it Holme Pierpont where at this time is the principal mansion of the Right Honourable Henry Marquess of Dorchester son and heir of Robert Earl of Kingston the great advancer of this Family who added the high Buildings to the House which else for the most part is as Sir Henry Pierpont the said Earls Father left it but the Stables Garden Bowling-Green and divers other Ornaments and Offices were done by the Marquess The Jury found 4 E. 1. that Margery who had been wife of Leoninus de Maunoers permitted her self to be married to Iohn son of Henry de Nottingham without the Kings licence as was believed being in the gift or disposal of the King The Jury 8 E. 1. found that the Towns of Basingfeild and Holme were bound to repair Polleford Bridge and the Township of Boughton a Bridge and Causey there and Holme the Bridge and Causey of Holme Roger de Wilford and Ioane his wife who held the Mannor of Bughton for her life passed it by Fine 29 E. 3. to Sir Edmund Perpount Chr. and his heirs paying 100s. of Silver yearly while she lived It is now utterly decayed but went commonly with Holme Galfr. de Neyvill and Henry de Perepunt were Justices of Assize 8 E. 1. and sate at Blithworth in this County concerning Forest matters King Edward the second by his Charter dated at Nott. Octob. 27. in the ninth year of his Reign granted to Robert Perepount Free Warren in his Demesne Lands of Holme juxta Nott. Holebek woodhouses Landford and Weston in this County and North Anestan and Treton in Yorkshire which Sir William Pierpount had confirmed amongst many other 6 H. 8. The same King Edward the second by his Letter dated at Woodstock 27 Iun. in the tenth year of his Reign wrote to Robert de Perpount Iohn Deincourt and Hugh de Hercy for two thousand Footmeen whereof two hundred Funditores Pioneers Spademen Miners or the like to be chosen in the Counties of Nott. and Derby and the said Robert and Hugh to lead or conduct them The same year Aug. 20. the King wrote to Robert de Perpont from York to come to him with Horse and Arms for the War of Scotland The South prospect of the House and Church 〈◊〉 HOLME PIEREPONT In the South I le at Holme Pierepont The same Term Robert de Perepount and Cecily his wife and George his son by another Fine settled twenty Mess. one Mill c. in Landford on Robert and Cicely for life then to George and his heirs males remainder to Raph his brother and his remainder to Edmund so to Roger then to Iohn and his heirs males the last remainder to Robert brother of Iohn and his heirs for ever Robert Perepont married Sara the sister of Sir Iohn Heriz by which match this Family a long time after increased their Patrimony by the addition of the Lordships of Gonaldeston and Widmerpole in this County which Sir Henry Pierpont 19 H. 6. claimed as son of Edmund son of Edmund son of Henry son of the said Sara sister of the said Sir Iohn Heriz King Edward the third in the thirty third year of his Reign took Sir Edmund de Pirpond into his protection and all his Men Lands Goods Rents and Possessions because he was then about to go beyond the Seas with Henry Duke of Lancaster at the Kings request Sir Edmund Perpoynt 43 E. 3. had a Seal of Arms circumscribed with his name whereon was three Roundels on each of which was a Lioncell Rampant within a Border engrayl'd King Edward the fourth for the good and laudable service which Henry Pierpoynt Esquire at his great costs and charges and with manifold bodily dangers against the Kings Rebells levying War against him before that time done and still continued viz. 5 E. 4. gave the said Henry and his heirs males the third part of the Mannor of Staley with the same proportion of the Advowson of the Church and the like of the Chantry there in the County of Derby which came to the Kings hands by the Attainder of Iohn Lord Clifford The Rectory of Holme was 12l. value It is now 15l. 17s. 6d. in the Kings Books and the Marquess of Dorchester Patron as his Ancestors the Pierponts have long been In the Church on a Brass fixed in Stone Amoris Gratitudinis ergo Erga Optimum virum Gervasium Pierrepont Armigerum Filium secundogenitum Georgii Pierrepont militis Fratrem Henrici Pierrepont militis Patruum Roberti Comitis de Kingston Vicecom Newarke Baronis Pierrepont de Holme Pierrepont There are very many Arms on the Tombs and in the Windows viz. Pierrepont with quarterings of Maunvers Heriz Monboucher Thwaits c. Stanley Earl of Darby with quarterings Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury with quarterings of Montegomery Earl of Shr. Talbot Strange Nevill Furnival Verdun Lovetot and many impalements as with Cavendish Banning Bray and others In the East window of the Chancell Arg. 6. Annulets Sable 2.2.2 Maunvers and Barry nebule Arg. Sab. Blount On the South side of the Church at Holme Pierepont On the North side of the Quire over the Vault this Monument Vpon which is Inscribed Here lyeth the Illustrious Princess Gartrud◠Countess of Kingston daughter to Henry Talbot Esq son to George late Earl of Shrowsbury She was Married to the most Noble and Excellent Lord Robert Earl of Kingston one of the Generals to King Charles the first in the late unhappy differences and in that service lost his life She had by him many Children most dead there are living Henry Marquess of Dorchester William and Gervas Pierrepont Esquires and one daughter the Lady Elizabeth Pierrepont She
by his wife Audina who over-lived him to whom 19 R. 2. Robert son of Thomas Rosel his Cousin and heir ratified her Estate for life in Radcliff Lambcote Adbolton Oxton Calverton Salterforth Hoveringham and Epurston Hugh de Hoveringham gave to Osebert son of Hubert de Radeclive the whole Land which Hubert his Father had in that Town of the gift of Robert Father of the said Hugh with the Pasture Robertus de Rosello Rich .... Hugo de Rosel Simon de Cotgrave Will. Rosel Reg. Lent 76. Johannes Rosel Johannes Johannes Johannes Rosel Tho. Rosel de Cotgrave .... fil haer Roberti Basily de Radcliff Robertus Rosel de Radcliff 19 R. 2. Johannes Rosel de Radcliffe Johannes Rosel-Margareta-Agnes 2 H. 7 Tho. Rosel 2 H. 7 -Agnes fil Johannis Bingham de Kercolston Johannes Rosel-Isabella fil Jo. Babington de Dethick Ar. Haroldus Rosel-Dorothea fil Tho. Cranmer Ar. Johannes Rosel-Barbara fil Hen. Sacheverell de Radcliff super Sore-Annora fil Georgii Pierpont militis Johannes Rosell-Maria fil una haered Tho. Cranmer de Aslacton Ar. Georgius Rosel-Marg fil Walteri Whalley de Cotgrave Gervasius Rosel-Elizab fil Franc. Hacker-Jana fil Rog. Ascough mil. Tho. Rosell de Radcliff Ar. aeâ— 46. 1672 -Eliz fil Joh. Wright de Ripley in Com. Derb. Gervasius aet 8. 1672. Elizabetha aet 5. Anna. Elizab. Kath. Maria Nic. Strelley-Eliz -Ricardus Dom. Byron Gervasius Amhon Henr. Georgius Edmundus-Joan Robertus Rad. Presbyter Thom. Willielmus ..... fil Edm. Pierpont mil Simon Rad. 4 Joh. Nich. Hugo Basily Willielmus Basily Tho. Basily 1 E. 1. Joh. Basily ob ante patrem -Margeria fil Joh. de Folvile militis 23 E. 1. Thom. Basily-Joana Tho. Basily-Alicia fil haer relict 41 E. 3. Willielmus Eland-Cecilia fil hae Robertus Basily-Audina s. p. Willielmus Callow marit 2. Tho. Rosel de Cotgrave .... fil haer Roberti Basily de Radcliff Will. Thom. 11 E. 2. Walterus de Strelley-Isilia-Willielmus de Mâ—iz 〈◊〉 1 Sampson de Strelley Dom. Walterus de Strelley-Cecilia fil cohaeâ— Rob. de Somervile Dom. Robertus de Strelley Dom. Rob. de Strelley fil haer Sampson-Ph Steph. s. p. Robertus Strelley Tho. Basily-Alicia fil haer relict 41 E. 3. Willielmus Eland-Cecilia fil hae of Hasâ—egange paying him and his heirs 3s. yearly for which concession the said Osebert gave the said Hugh 30s. of Silver The Witnesses were William de Leke Iohn and Robert his sons Mr. Stephen de Radeclive Robert de Raâ—peston Raph de Creissi Iohn de Bingham The Seal is very large with his Image on Horse-back and a fair circumscription of his name There are several other of his grants with the same Seal amongst Mr. Rosels Evidences one to Eustachius de Ludham Clark of one Toft with the Appurtenances in Radeclive and further for Common of Pasture in the same Town and also in Hestegaud and Nesse for sixty Sheep and their sequel of one year The Witnesses to this were Walter de Stanton William de St. Paul Iohn de Lec Raph de Creissi at that time Sergeant or else Servant of Leon. de Malnoers Roger de Saucusemar William Marescall Raph de Saxindale Robert de Sibthorp William de Manjoy William the Clark Walter de Hulme Iohn his son William Rosell Henry de Burun Osbert son of Hubert Hugh Basily c. By another the said Hugh de Hâ—veringham gave to God and St. Mary and the House of the Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist at Ierusalem and the Brethren there serving God one Bovat of Land in Radclive for his Soul and the Souls of his Wives and of his Ancestors and Successors and for the journey of his Pilgrimage which he promised to make to St. Andrew Frier Peter de Hacch'm Lieutenant of the Master and Prior of St. Iohns of Ierusalem in the year 1292. granted to Thomas Basily of Radecliffe and his heirs one Bovat of Land there paying 15s. per annum and two appearances every year at their Court of Schelford which is still kept at Cotgrave Mr. Stephen de Radclive had a son named Stephen and he one named Ancelline who was living 29 H. 3. One of the Stephens as the tradition is gave the Pasture to the Town he lies in the South wall of the Church under his image cut in Oke under an Arch. Robert de Ferrars Earl of Darby gave to his beloved Servant valetto Thomas son of William de Radeclive all the Lands and Tenements which William de Akeover held in the Town of Stretton in Staffordshire The Earls Seal Horse and Man and the Shield on the other side all Varry Robert son of Thomas de Radclive 29 E. 3. remised to Berengar Hascuil all his Lands in Radclive on his Seal within the circumscription of his name is a Chevron Varry probably in relation to the Earls before noted Berengarius Hascul of Anestan 37 E. 3. passed to Sir Edmund Perepount Knight and his heirs four Mess. with four Tofts in this Town which Agnes mother of the said Berengar held for her life of the Feoffment of Thomas de Radclive There were four Mess. and six Bov. of Land in Radcliff and Lamcote settled by Fine 10 H. 4. on Alexander Meringe and Agnes his wife for their liâ—es remainder to Thomas their son and the heirs of his body remainder to William another son and the heirs of his remainder to Iohn Burdet and the heirs of his body remainder to Elizabeth their daughter remainder to the right heirs of the said Agnes There was a recovery suffered in the beginning of the Reign of Henry the eighth wherein William Digby Iohn Wates William Colt and Edward Ballard claimed against Richard Page three Mess. one hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow eighty of Pasture in Radclive on Trent who called to warrant Robert Balard Queen Elizabeth Aprill 1. 44 Eliz. granted to Laurence Wright Gent. a Mannor in Radcliffe and three Mess. belonging to it late in the tenure of Edward Beamont and parcell of the possessions of Iohn Beamont Esq of the yearly value of 9l. 4s. 8d. The Rectory of Ratcliff upon Trent late belonging to the Monastery of Thurgarton and demised to Sir Iohn Zouch for 20l. per annum was by the said Queen Eliz. 3 Apr. 33 Eliz. granted to Michael Stanhope Esquire and his heirs at the extent of 17l. 3s. This last Mannor and the Rectory the Earl of Chesterfeild had and the Earl of Kingston had Lands here of good value now the Marquess of Dorchesters Here were some Lands in Ratcliff and Lamcote belonging to the preceptory of Newland parcel of St. Iohns of Ierusalem some to Newstede and some to the Monastery of Dale in Darbishire the rest save some few Freeholders viz. .... Pilkinton .... Butler .... .... is Mr. Rosells The Vicarage of Radcliffe on Trent was 8l. when the Prior of Thurgarton was Patron It is now in the Kings Books 4l. 12s. 6d. value and the Earl of Chesterfeild Patron In
for the Vicar is so small as it too often happens both in this Church of Southwell and many others of like sort that it is not to be mentioned without a good wish that the Law did not or might not suffer any alienation of profits from Churches great or small without a more effectual reservation of a competent share to that to which they did and do originally belong For the Layety to have good Leases may be good policy in some sort to preserve the Church but for so many places to be so extraordinarily ill supplied cannot consist with Religion or good Government whatever some modern Statesmen fancy The Lessees of the two Prebends of Oxton are at present Patricius Viscount Chaworth of Armagh and Sir William Child for Mr. Iohn Andrews his Son-in-laws Children The Freeholders are George White Ioseph Henson Thomas Haukinson Thomas Mabbott c. The Vicarage was ten Marks 'T is now 5l. 3s. 4d. in the Kings Books and the said Prebendaries Patrons as they ever were Crophill Butler SO called because it was long held by the Family of Butlers of Warington in the County of Lancaster In the Conquerours great survey it appears that Vluric had a Mannor here in the Saxon Government which defended it self against Foreign or Publick payments for two Car. and six Bov. The Land of it was six Car. And that it became after the change the Fee of Roger Pictavensis who had here three Car. eight Sâ—chm and seventeen Vill. having six Car. There was twenty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood â— leuc long four qu. broad In the Confessours time the value of it was 8l. in the Conquerours 5l. In Crophill were two Mannors which before the Conquest Vlviet and Godriâ— had rated to the Robertus Pincerna-Ivetta Richardus Pincerna Willielmus Pincerna Almericus Pincerna Pip. 18 H. 3. fil haer Willielmi Willielmus Pincerna de Werington 22 H. 3 -Dionysia Henricus le Botillet Willielmus le Botiller 13 E. 1. voc ad Parl. 25 E. 1. Willielmus Botiller mil. 6 E. 3 -Elizab 17 E. 3. Johannes Botiller mil. 17 E. 3. Willielmus Botiller Chr. Johannes Botiller 4 H. 5. Johannes Botiller Thom. Botiller Marg. fil Johannis Delves mil. de Dodington in Com. Cestr. Thom. Botiller temp H. 8. Cecilia fil Petri Leicester de Lyme in Com. Cestr. Tho. Botiller de Beausey juxta Warington Alianora fil Johannis Huddleston Edw. Botiller Margareta Elizab. Johannes Richardus s. p. Normanus 42 E. 3. Walterus de Staunton-Albreda de Vilers Walterus de Staunton 20 H. 3 -Agatha Walterus de Staunton-Alicia Robertus de Staunton de Crophill Robertus Pincerna Johannes Dane-geld at four Bov. The Land two Car. Of this Land Ilbert de Laci was seized but when Roger of Poytiers or Pictavensis received his Land he seized that Mannor over Ilbert The Wapentach bore testimony that Ilbert was seized when Doomsday Book was made it was in the Kings hand except the third part and the Tene or Tayn Teneum qui est Cap. Maner who was chief of the Mannor whom quem Ilbert held There was then in Demesne one Car. and four Sochm. having nine Oxen in Plow or nine Bov. in Car. and six Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was 16s. value in the Conquerours 10s. Here and in Wivreton was some of Walter de Ayncurts Fee Soc to Granby which was rated at four Bovats to the Geld. The Land being one Car. There were four Sochm. seven Bordars having two Carucats and thirteen Acres of Medow This Roger Pictavensis was third son of Roger de Montgomery first Earl of Shrowsbury after the Conquest And gave amongst many others the Churches of Cotegrave and Crophill to the Monastery of St. Martins at Sais in France which 't is like his Ancestors founded howbeit they were afterwards disposed otherwise The Sheriff 23 H. 2. gave account of 51s. 8d. of the firm of Crophull for the half year which had been the Lands of Richard the Butler Robert the Butler of Ranulf Gernons Earl of Chester was Father of Robert and I suppose of William le Botyller and Richard his brother who lived in the time of Henry the second and possibly of Iohn also who had interest at Outhorp 6 Iohn William the Botiller Pincerna 9 H. 3. gave account for four Marks concerning two Knights Fees in Crophill and Uvetorp and Keniton and Caverton Aumericus the Botiller son and heir of William the Butler 18 H. 3. gave account of 30l. of the Fine for his relief of six Knights Fees which the said William held of the King in Capite William Earl Ferrars 19 H. 3. gave 100l. for having the Custody of the Land and heirs of Aumerick le Buteler untill they should be of age together with their marriage William le Butiler seems to be of age 22 H. 3. for then he accounted to the Sheriff for six Marks William son of Almeric le Botiller confirmed to the Priory of Thurgarton for the health of his own soul and of Dionysia his wifes several gifts viz. two Bovats of Walter de Stauntons who married Albreia de Vilers who was daughter of Richard Butler and had a son and Grandson of his own name who succeeded him here which last Walter de Staunton had a son named Robert resident here also This William Butler likewise confirmed the gift of Sir Matthew de Vylers his Grandfather who by the consent of his heirs viz. Robert son of Helgod and Beatrix his own daughter and of his brothers Thomas and William de Vylers gave to the Canons and Brethren serving God and St. Peter at Fiscarton upon Trent one Carucat of Land in Crophill of his Demesne for which the Canons gave him their habit and made him a Brother who had been a Benefactor This Matthew and his Brothers William and Alan and Thomas de Vylers gave to God and the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton with Richard his brother all his Land of Lound and the service of Raph de Sanchr and his Church of Warington and the Church of Tytheby and Chappell of Crophill and Thomas his brother gave the Church of Outhorpe and the said Matthew granted the Lambskins of his house Walter de Staunton for the soul of Albreiâ— de Vylers his wife confirmed the said gifts of Sir Matthew and his Successors c. Walter de Staunton his son for the soul of Agatha his wife who I suppose was daughter of Godfr le Angevin confirmed also all the forementioned gifts There were other Benefactors here to the Priory of Thurgarton of less condition as William son of Robert de Leik and Idonia his wife who gave a Toft and one Bovat in Crophill and Petronilla and Alice daughters of William Gernet and several others William le Botiller of Werington 13 E. 1. had a Charter of Free Warren in Crophill There was a Fine levyed 8 E. 2. between Robert son of William de Kercolston
Volume of the Monasticon Anglic. pag. 607. and of others not Printed concerning the same and now proceed in this modern part to George Chaworth brother of Sir Iohn and second son of the said George and Katherin Babington who married Mary the daughter of Sir Henry Sacheverell of Morley in Darbishire Knight and had by her many Children as Iohn Chaworth of Crophill Butler George Henry c. Iohn's wife was Iane the daughter of David Vincent of Stoke Dabernon in Surry who also left him a plentiful Off-spring His eldest son Sir George Chaworth who married Mary the daughter of Thomas Knyveton of Myrcaston in Darbishire was created Viscount Chaworth of Armagh in Ireland 1627. 4 Mar. 3 Car. 1. and was father of Iohn Lord Chaworth who married .... the daughter of Edward Viscount Cambden by whom he had Patricius Lord Chaworth the present owner Ioceus de Spalding 13 E. 3. ought 33s. 4d. of the custody of two parts of eight Mess. sixty five Acres of Land twelve of Medow and 14s. 7d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Wyverton and Barneston which were Hugh de Garthorpes then in the Kings hand by reason of the minority of William his son and heir from the 12 E. 2. This was some of Sir Richard de Wiverton's I suppose About the year of our Lord 1257. many mentions are made in the Leiger Book of Thurgarton of the Church of Wiverton though it may possibly be interpreted of Langar Church or Tithebyes for â— never could see any thing else which could satisfie that there ever was a Church at Wiverton there was a very good Chappel in the House now ruinous with it and besides it there is no more Houses so that the Church and Town have a like fate the place of either not very discoverable the necessary consequence of inclosure of good Land in these parts Langar and Barneston AND St. Aubreys or St. Aethelburga's THese Towns went together before the Normans came as they have done ever since and do still In King William's time they were the Fee and a great part of the Demesne of William Peverell But before that time Godric had a Mannor in each Town and for that in Langare was rated to the publick payment of the Geld at two Car. four Cov. ½ The Land being sufficient for six Plows or so many Carucats There William Peverell had in Demesne three Bar. fiâ—teen Sochm. upon six Bov. of this Land nineteen Vill. six Bord. having eleven Car. two Mills 5s. and five Acres of Medow There 1. Francus homo one French man or Free-man had one Car. In King Edward the Confessours time the value of his was 100s but in King Williams was improved to 10l having Soc in Wivreton In Barnestune Godric and Azor had each man his Hall and each paid the Geld then in use for four Bov. s. The Land was four Car. There William Pevrell bad in Demesne three Car. seven Sochm on four Bov. of this Land seven Vill. six Bordars having four Car. ½ There was thirty six Acres of Medow In King Edward the Confessours time this was but 10s. in the time when the Conquerours Survey was taken it was 4l. valuâ— In each Town there was a considerable share Soc to Granby of the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt viz. in Langare as much as was rated to the Geld at four Bov. and an half The Land was two Car. There eight Sochm. one Bordar had two Car. and six plowing Oxen. There was half a Church and thirteen Acres of Medow In Bernestune that which was Soc to Granby paid the Dane-geld for half a Car. The Land was two Car. There five Sochm. one Bord. had two Car. two draught Oxen and eleven Acres of Medow William Pevrell at his first endowment of Lenton Priory which he founded in the time of King Henry the first gave two parts of all his Tythes which that house enjoyed here accordingly and the Church of Langar with all its Lands and Tythes and one Villan holding a Virgat of or Yard Land William Peverel his son who succeeded in this inheritance was it seems rather for King Stephen than King Henry the second who when he wrote himself but Duke of Normandy and Angeou gave to Ranulph Earl of Chester amongst many other vast possessions the whole Fee of William Peverel unless he could acquit and clear himself in the said Duke his Court of his wickedness and Treason But I do not find that the Earl of Chester enjoyed any thing here of that gift for the Sheriffs accounted in the Pipe Rolls for the Farm of Peverells Land being in the Kings hands several years in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the second until about the nineteenth that Robert Fitz-Randalf Lord of Auferton made his account wherein he mentions Langar and Clifton to be before that time 't is said 9 H. 2. given to one Gerbod de Escalt as Hornecastle in Lincolneshire also was Gerard de Rodes was the next owner of these Lands that I have seen who had them of the gift of King Iohnâ— but I think he only confirmed them for in the Pipe Roll of the first year of his Reign they are mentioned as if King Richard the first had so disposed them before Raph de Rodes succeeded this Gerard to whom the Prior and Covent of Lenton having remitted the custom of Tything his Corn here at Langar after it was brought into the Barn and out of their liberality agreed to take it in the field This said Raph did in the third year of the Reign of King Henry the third make his acknowledgement thereof and ingage himself That if they should have any loss by so doing they should enjoy their old Custom again of Tything at the Barn and this he did in a full Chapter before W. de Roderham Arch-deacon of Nott. to whose Jurisdiction and constraint if he should fail he submitted himself without Appeal by a sealed instrument as the custom then ordinarily was in such like cases The Prior and Covent likewise granted him and his Lady Berta to have a Chappel within their Court at Langar provided the Chaplain should be presented to the Pâ—â—son of Langar and swear not to hinder the Mother Church and to be liable to be suspended by the Parson if he did and that the Lord and Lady should come and hear Divine Service at the Church on all the Festivals except there was manifest cause of hinderance but to have no Bell in the said Chappel There was an ancient Church or Chappel in the â—ields of Langar called St. Athelburga's or St. Aubrey's which was upon Deyncurts Fee and was given to Thurgarton Priory as Graneby Church was to which Parish it properly belonged for this Raph de Rodes gave the Priory of Thurgarton 2s. a year to be taken of Richard son of Thurkel of Barneston or of whomsoever should hold these two Bovats or Oxgangs he then had to be
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Roger le Scrope Chr. when he died held this Mannor joyntly with Margaret his wife and 8 H. 4. left Richard le Scrope his son and heir or sooner On the Seals of Roger and Stephen le Scrope and Philip le Dispenser circumscribed with their names 9 R. 2. are yet visible on Rogers a Bend and likewise on the said Stephens with a large Mullett added to the top of the Bend on Philips is Barry of six a Canton Ermine with a file of three Labels two in the said Canton or rather quarter for 't is a large one and the other towards the Sinister part of the Escutcheon This Mannor descended as the Genealogy shows transcribed out of the Sicling of the great Gallery at Langar from Richard Lord Scrope to Emanuel the last Lord Scrope created Earl of Sunderland who married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn Earl of Rutland but having no issue by her he settled it and the rest of his Estate upon his natural issue which he had by Martha Ianes yet living of which his only son Iohn died unmarried the last of Iuly 1646. aged about twenty years but his three daughters which by that means divide the whole inheritance amongst them are yet living Oct. 2. 1672. Mary the eldest was first married to Henry Cary Lord Lepington eldest son and heir of the Earl of Monmouth but he leaving her a widow without children she is since become the wife of Charles Lord St. Iohn of Basing eldest son and heir of Iohn Marquess of Winchester and by him hath issue Elizabeth the second daughter is wife of Thomas Earl Rivers and Annabella the third of Iohn Howe second son of Sir Iohn Howe of Compton in Gloucestershire Baronet by whom she hath many children Her eldest son Sir Scrope Howe Knight hath lately married the Lady Anne daughter of Iohn Earl of Rutland and is heir apparent of this Mannor which in the division fell to the share of his Mother to whom our present Soveraign King Charles the second by his Letters registred in the Office of Arms bearing date the first day of Iune 1663. in the fifteenth year of his Reign in consideration of the good and acceptable service done and performed by Iohn Howe of Langar Esquire her husband and for a mark of his especial Grace and Royal favour granted and ordained that she the said Annabella should be had taken and esteemed as the daughter of an Earl of this Kingdom of England and that for and during her natural life she have hold use take and enjoy the Stile place degree precedency and priviledges thereof in as full and ample manner as if she had been the Legitimate daughter of Emannuel late Earl of Sunderland with a precept of obedience to all and every of His Majesties Subjects since when she is usually stiled the Right Honourable the Lady Annabella Howe Oliver de Eyncourt released to Raph de Rodes thirty one Bovats of Land and fifteen Tofts in Langar and Barneston which he had brought a Writ of right for in King Henry the thirds time for which the said Raph gave him 50s. of Land in Barneston which together with his other Lands there and some other in Braunceton in Lincolneshire the said Oliver gave to the Priory of Thurgarton to find two Chaplains to celebrate for him his Ancestors and Successors for ever Richard de Wiverton Knight gave also three Bovats in Barneston and Wiverton and two Acres of Medow in Berneston with his body to the said Priory of Thurgarton to find a Secular daily to celebrate Divine Service at the Altar of our Lady there for his Soul and his Wifes Thomas Artebrig 10 E. 3. had licence to give 63s. 6d. Rent out of Langar and Wiverton to make a Chantry in the Church of St. Andrew in Langar Queen Elizabeth 7 of Iune in the thirteenth year of her Reign granted to Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton the Lands late belonging to Thurgarton in the Fields of Langar and Barneston And to Iohn Dudley and Iohn Aiscough 29 Ianuary 17 Eliz. the Tythes in the Parish of Langar in the tenure of Sir Iohn Chaworth Knight at 12l. per annum late belonging to the Priory of Lenton These Tythes I suppose Mr. Howe purchased of the Lord Dunbar as he hath since done a Mess. and some Lands of Moses Foxcroft son of Iohn Rector of Goteham which were Henry Flowers of Langar and by Henry Walker a Captain for the King in the unhappy wars and Anne his wife sister and heir of Thomas Flower heir of the said Henry sold to the said Mr. Iohn Foxcroft so that now the whole Lordships of Langar and Barneston except the said Mrs. Walkers house and some little Medow which was her Ancestors the Flowers is become the possession of Mr. Howe who hath made a convenient Park of the Closes which he found nigh the house which is well stored with Deer much better than the Towns are with people where so considerable parts of the Fields are inclosed the too common fate of good Land in this County A Quare impedit 6 H. 6. was recovered by Guy Fayrfax and William Akworth Plaintiffs against Iohn Elingham Prior of Lenton and Thomas Smith Clark of the Advowson of the Church of Langar The Rectory of Langar which hath but the third part of the Tythes was 10l. and the Lord Scrope Patron 'T is now 10l. 7s. 11d. value in the Kings Books and Mr. Howe Patron In the South Cross-Ile is a fair Tomb for Thomas Lord Scrope and his Lady whereon lie their Effigies at full length at the feet whereof is the figure of their son Emanuel kneeling in much less proportion the Top or Canopy of the Tomb whereon are their Arms with quarterings is supported by tall Pillars of black Marble well polished In the windows on that side is Arg. a Saltier engrailed Gules Tiptoft And in some places Azure a Bend Or Scrope quartering the former In the North Ovire at Langar the feet against the East wall On the Lord Scroop's Tomb. On the North side in two Tables The Right Honourable and Noble Lord Thomas Lord Scroope Baroâ— of Bolton Masham and Upshall of the most Noble Order of the Garter Knight Lord Warden of the West Marshes Steward of Richmond and Richmondshire and Bow-bearer of all His Majesties Parks Forests and Chases within the same Lyeth here buried and died the 2 day of September Anno Dom. 1609. On the South side in two Tables The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Scroope c. married the Right Honorable Lady Philadelphia daughter to the Right Honourable Lord Henry Cariâ— Baron of Hunsdon Lord Chamberlain to our late Queen Elizabeth her Majesties Houshold who died the 3 of February 1627. and had issue only one Son Emanuel Scroope At the feet of the Tomb this Emanuel Scroope son and heir of the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Scroope and of the Right Honourable Philadelphia
places then to the Lady at Graneby or in her absence to the chief Servant or Bayly or in want of such to the Vicar or Chaplain of Graneby and so if it should happen that the Barony should descend to daughters c. There were five Mess. and five Bovats of Land in Granby and Sutton settled by Fine 18 E. 3. on William son of Richard de la Launde for life remainder to William his son and Isabell his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to Thomas brother of William son of William and the heirs of his body remainder to the right heirs of the said William son of Richard de la Launde The Rectory was appropriated to the Priory of Thurgarton and granted 18 Eliz. to Roger Manners Esquire and his heirs and is now the inheritance of the said Earl of Rutland Walter Grey Arch-bishop of York made the Vicarage here only to consist of the Altarage unless it should seem necessary to augment it which now it certainly doth It was tâ—n Marks when the Prior of Thurgarton was Patron And is now 6l. 3s. 6d. ob in the Kings Books and not more in the common reputed real value too little to sustain a married Priest Elton Doomsd. Ayleton IN Ayleton before the Normans began thâ—e change Morcar was Taxed for his Mannor to the Dane-geld at seven Bovats The Land was four Carucats There afterwards Raph the Man or Tenant of Roger de Busli whose Fee it was had four Car. three Sochm. eleven Vill. having six Oar. There was a Church and twelve Acres of Medow In King Williams time it kept the same value it had in King Edward the Confessours viz. 4l. In the year of our Lord 1088. 2 Willielmi Ruf. Roger de Busli and Muriel his wife amongst other things gave all Elleton and whatsoever belonged to it to God and the Church of St. Mary at Blyth and the Monks there serving God to which Monastery it belonged till the dissolution after which it was granted to ..... York who sold it to Sir Iohn Lion Citizen and Alderman of London who dyed the seventh of Septemb. 6 Eliz. Richard Lion son of Henry Lion brother of the said Alderman being then his heir and aged thirty two years In King Iames his time George Lion Esquire sold it to ... More and Alexander his eldest son deceased whose widow was married to Peregrine Mackworâ—â— left it to Gabriel More Esquire his son the present inheritor who is Nephew to Henry More D. D. fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge who was Nephew to Gabriel More D. D. heretofore Fellow of the same House and after Prebendary of Westminster I do not find exactly how the Sochmen which we now call Free-holders or the Villains now Husbandmen those that held Lands in bondage and were with their whole off-spring totally at their Lords dispose were increased in the time of two hundred years viz. from the time that the Survey of this Mannor was made by King William with the rest till one I find made in the year 1283. which shows that the Rents in money were not much increased amounting at that time in all but to 4l. 13s. 11d. ob and were paid by several small parcells customarily at ten or eleven Feasts or Seasons in the year unequally viz. St. Mich. St. Martin Ember in Advent Purification Ember after Ashwednesday quatuor temporum Cinerum Annunciation Easter Pentecost Trinity St. Botulf and Nativity of Mary But the Monastery had other waies to make the utmost profits this Lordship was any way able to yield then as well as the present owners do by the extremest rack Rents now paid which I shall set down that some comparison may be made of times this being near upon four hundred years from the former account as that was two hundred from Doomsday and this Lordship is as little altered in the use or husbandry of it as any that I know in the whole County for there is but 22l. 13s. 4d. of inclosure now belonging to it in all the Territory To proceed then with the middle Survey the Priory had besides the money two Hens and a Cock at Michaelmas and forty Hens and an half at Christmas and two Capons at Whitsunday and fourteenscore and three Eggs at Easter besides an uncertain proportion of paunage of Hogs or Swine feeding and likewise their Summage or Rent Corn which was forty quarters and two bushels which two bushels according to the continued phrase of this County make half a quarter or four London bushels which here are called four Strikes whereof two make a bushel This Corn was yearly paid by eighteen several Tenants whereof eight paid three quarters apiece and eight more half so much viz. each one quarter and two bushels and the other two Tenants each of them two quarters and one bushel And each Bovat of Land ought yearly at Blyth the carriage of six bushels of Corn. Another part of the profits was made out of the Services of the Tenants in ordering the Demesne and otherwise as by an Inquisition taken in the Chappel of Elleton the Thursday after the Feast of All Saints in the year of our Lord 1283. by Robert de Bâ—kyngham then Steward to the Priory concerning the Diets or daies labour of the Bond-men of Elleton appeareth which day William de Pavely and Gilbert praepositus the Reeve being sworn said upon their Oaths That every Bovat or Oxgang as we now call them of Land of the Bondmen of Elleton ought two daies work in every Week viz. in one Week Munday and Thursday and in another Munday and Saturday and so of the rest and he who hâ—ld two Bovats ought four daies work or diets viz. Munday Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and if any of those daies between Michaelmas and Lammas happened to be a Festival it was quit but from Lammas to Michaelmas another day was to be given for it in that Week And they further said that every Bovat ought to Plow halt an Acre through the year and for that plowing it was freed that week from one Diet or daies work And he or those who held the Bovat ought that same half Acre of Land trahare sarclare metere and cariare to Harrow or Clott Weed Reap and Carry and for every of those to be freed from half a daies work They said likewise that every Bovat ought trahare to Harrow one day in the time of Wheat and another in the time of Pease or Barley and every Bovat was to make carriage thrice in the year to Blith every time half a quarter of Corn. The carriage made in Winter was for three daies in Summer but for two daies work And they said that he that held one Bovat or Oxgang of Land was to find half a Cart in Winter to carry Wood out of the Forrest of Shirewode and he who held two Bovats a whole Caâ—t and then they should be freed from one Diet or daies
work Likewise every Bovat ought to carry half a Cart of Hay from Thorp and as much from the Gore of Garnemer Likewise they ought to Mow the common Medows and Stâ—ple of the Priory likewise every Bovat ought two Hens and a Cock at Christmas and ten Eggs at Easter likewise every Free-holder ought to find at the Bedripe three times in August if there should be need two workmen and the Free-men themselves these are evidently the Sochmen in Doomsday Book ought to keep all to their work in the Bedripe well and faithfully to the best of their skill and power These we now call Boone daies in Harvest This servile tenure is now quite abolished and hath been long wearing off for the Lords as they had all the Services and Wealth of their Villains if they had any so they were liable to mainâ—ain them and their sequel and therefore the willinger to Manumit and make them free upon easie terms Iohn Gaynesburgh Prior of Blyth and the Covent of the same 6 H. 6. were bound to William Porter of Elton whose Ancestors were here 1283. in the summ of 400l. that they nor their Successours should not seize trouble or disquiet the said William Porter nor his issue begotten or to be begotten by reason of any Service or Villenage Roger Arch-bishop of York who lived in the time of Henry the second granted the Priory of Blide to impropriate that is to take to their own uses the profits of their Churches of Weston and Elton when they should happen to be next vacant but it seems it did not succeed for Walter who was his Successour in the said Archbishoprick about the beginning of the Reign of Henry the third granted them a Pension of two Marks per annum out of the Church at Elton and likewise to have the Tythe of all the Corn growing on their Demesne Lands in the said Town The Rectory was 8l. value and the Prior of Blyth Patron 'T is now 8l. 5s. 0. in the Kings Books and Alexander More Junior Patron The Tythe is ordinarily valued at 70l. per annum and there is belonging to the Parsonage two Oxgangs 10l. per annum The utmost Rent of the whole Town besides is 288l. 15s. the Oxgangs or Bovats are now esteemed to be 55. ½ whereof the Marquess of Dorchester hath six most of the rest are Mr. Mores and Lett for 3l. 6s. 8d. an Oxgang besides 8s. apiece rent Corn and every three Oxgangs pay a Load of Coles at Grantham yearly worth 16s. and a Capon 12d. The Mannor or Hall Farm is nine Oxgangs and the Rent about 36l. Five other Farms of six Oxgangs apiece are each of them 24l. yearly There are three small Farms besides and nine Cottages all Mr. Mores and three Cottages William Bartrams which is all the present state of this Town so that it seems there is not much above half so many Farmers as in old time Ingrossing Farms was the depopulation first complained on as by the Statutes may be observed but that is nothing comparable to inclosing and converting Arable to Pasture Orston IN Oschinton King Edward the Confessour had a Mannor rated to the Geld for three Plow Land The Land was ten Carucats There the King William had three Car. and three Sochm on one Car. of this Land and nineteen Vill. eleven Bord. having fourteen Car. There was a Church and two Priests having one Car. and one Bov. and one hundred and eighty Acres of Medow This Mannor in the time of King Edward was 30l. in number ad numerum in King Williams but 20l. value having Soc or Berews in Scarrington Stantune Turvercuâ—i Screvington Coleston and Aslacton It continued in the Crown till King Richard the first granted it to William de Albeni Lord of Belvoyr to whom King Iohn granted and confirmed it also in the fourth year of his Reign together with Cs. in his Sokage of Wilverdston and Stoke in the County of Northampton William de Albini the third for the Soul of Agatha his wife but chiefly for the Soul of Margery his former wife gave to the Monks of Belvoyr out of every Acre of his whole Demesne in all his territoryes of Belver of Wulsthorp of Botelesford of Oskinton and Stokes one Sheaff of whatever kind of Grain as well Wheat as Rye Barley and Oats or Beans and Pease or any other Corn to which gift were Witnesses William de Albiney the fourth Odinellâ—n Robert and Nicholas his own sons William de Albini of Bevir 2 H. 3. gave account of the Scutages of the Fees of thirty three Knights and of the Fees of three Knights of the inheritance of his wife and of two Knights Fees in Oskinton of the gift of King Richard King Henry the third in the sixth year of his Reign commanded the Sheriff not to exact Album the white Rent of William Daubigny out of the Mannor of Oskinton because the King gave it him to hold by Knights Service By an Inquisition taken 26 H. 3. it appears that William de Albini held in the Town of Oskinton in Demesne thirty two Bovats of Land every one containing sixteen Acres of Arable Land and two Acres of Medow and every Oxgang or Bovat worth 12s. per annum There he had a Wind-mill of 20s. per annum but the easements of the houses could not sustain the houses There were sixty eight Bovats held of him in Orskinton in free Socage and twenty Bovats in Thurverton in like manner Here he had also view of Frank-pledge and Pleas and other cases happening in Reliefs and the like Roger Bozon held of him in Scherinton Screventon Coliston Dalinton Staunton and in Orskinton 10â— Land for the Service of half a Knights Fee William de Audeley held likewise of him in Scherinton 100s. Land for the fourth part of a Knights Fee Richard Hâ—â—et held of him 20s. Rent for the fortieth part of a Knights Fee and William de Huntindon 20s. Rent in Orskinton for the same proportion of the fortieth part of the Service of a Knights Fee Isabell the wife of Robert Lord Ros was found his daughter and heir in 36 H. 3. having been sometimes in the Kings custody I suppose while sâ—e was under age but she lived pretty long for she was alive Nov. 17. 27 E. 1. when that King confirmed to her by the name of Isabell de Ros Lady of Belver the gift she had made to her son Nicolas de Ros of this Mannor of Orston held of the King in Capite which Nicolas de Ros in the Record of Nomina Villarum 9 E. 2. was certified to be Lord of it but it shortly after reverted to the Lords of Belvoyr and with them continued till our memory Therâ—fore seeing that place overlooks and gives namâ— and honour to a chief part of our Country viz. the Vale of Belvoyr it cannot be very impertinent in this place to insert the Descent and give some short account
his son and heir Francis was followed in the Earldom of Rutland by his brother George who dying without issue left it to the Right Honourable Iohn the present Earl who was son of Sir George Maunors son of Sir Iohn Maunors second son of Thomas the first Earl of this Family which Sir Iohn married Dorothy the daughter and co-heir of Sir George Vernun of Haddon in the County of Darby from whom that Mannor and divers others are descended to this Earl who together with his Countess Frances the daughter of Edward Lord Mountague of Boughton hath rebuilt this Castle pulled down by Ordinance of Parliament in the Rebellion and made it a Monument of their Magnificence The posterity of Roger Bozon before named continued their possessions here till after that Family was broken into coheirs as in Screâ—eton may be noted and then it was sold and likewise became the inheritance of the said Earl of Kingston and with his Family continueth William Rufus gave this Church with what belonged to it in the time of Edward the Confessour to the Church of St. Mary of Lincoln and Robert the Bishop and all his successours in perpetual possession And the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Lincolne still have and of ancient time had the whole Rectory of Orston which was confirmed to them also by William de Albini the first owner of this Lordship of that name 〈◊〉 the Dean and the Chapter of the Church of Lincolne granted five Bovats of Land in the Territory of Horskinton temp Ioh. vel H. 3â— to Robert son of William de Derebi and his heirs paying 10s. a year as in those times was usual The Dean and Chapter 3 E. 3. claimed emendation of the Assize of Bread and Ale broken of their Tenents in Orston and Richard or rather Nicholas de Ros at the same time a Court-Leer in his Mannor of Orston Mr. Iohn Kerchevall holds the Tythes and five Bovats of Land in Lease of the Church of Lincolne as his Ancestors have done he hath two Bovats and ten Oxgangs and some inclosure Freehold Six Oxgangs and two Cottages were sold by his Father Iohn or his Grandfather Hugh to Mr. Welby of Hather There are very many small Freeholders William Malthy hath six Oxgangs Iohn Marshall five Iohn Cliff four ½ Iohn Challon four William Clark three formerly Mr. Kerchevalls Mr. Halford of Weston in Rutland owner of part of Aslacton two ½ Henry Norman two ½ William Wright two Robert Braunston three formerly Beanes c. The Vicarage was 12l. And is now 12l. 4s. 7d. in the Kings Books and the Dean and Chapter of Lincolne Patrons who have Augmented it since the Kings return it serves the Cures of Thorâ—ton and Scarington In Orston Church were Collected by Mr. St. La Kniâ—eton Gules two Cherâ—â—s Or. Azure six Flowers de Lis Or. Gules three Water bougets Arg. Lord Ros. Upon a plain Stone Here lyeth the Body of Iohn Kerchevall foâ— unto Heugh Kerchevall ob 9 Apr. 1597. STaunton lieth in Newark Hundred but a good share of it is a Berew or Hamlet of Orston and payeth all sorts of Duties with it in Bingham Hundred It belonged to the Priory of Haverholme in Lincolneshire but since the dissolution is become the inheritance of Staunton of Staunton and therefore I shall refer it to that place Thoroton Thurverton and Torverton THis Town was ever an Hamlet or Berew of the Soc of Orston the Book of Dooms-day shows that it was assessed or rated to the publick payments of those times as twelve Bovats The Land being before the Conquest esteemed four Carucats When the Survey in the time of King William was taken there was one Sochm sixâ—een Villains one Bord having seven Plows Carucats or Plowlands there was also then a Friest It is most reasonable to conjecture that the posterity of that Sokman or Freeholder as we now call him took their Sirname from this place howbeit the first that I have any good authority to fix any time to certainly was Roger de Thurverton a considerable owner and resident here in the time of King Henry the third who had a son called William de Thurverton living till towards the latter end of the Raign of King Edward the first and another called Roger. William together with his wife Matilda 32 E. 1. did make a demise of certain Lands in Newton to one Raph del Clay of Bingham for twelve years which the said Matilda and Margaret her sister held by right of inheritance which I conclude with very good probability was from Walter de Boyvill their Father who was resident at and owner of some Lands in Torlaston and of the Family of Wariâ—us de Boyvill of Cotgrave for I have only one other Deed which is without date but the Witnesses show it to be about the latter end of Henry the third concerning those demised Lands by which Alesia the daughter of William Bellard of Herdeby gave to Walter de Boyvill her Nephew and his heirs those and some other Lands in Newton and some in Carcolston and a Croft there called Tuâ— Croft reserving to herself 40s. a year for her life The Croft in Carcolston was afterwards called Boyvile-croft and I have a Close there which yet bears the name of Bellard or Bullard Leyes This William de Thurverton out-lived Galfr. his son as I suppose whose son Robert and Marjory his wife passed away some few Acres in Orston by a Deed without date though in the time of Edw. 2. This Robert had a brother called Hugh who in his latter time became a Clergy-man and was Parson of Kilvington whose son Iohn hath on his Seal to his Deed bearing date at Thurverton 1360. which yet remains amongst my own Eviâ—ences A Fesse between three Hunters Horns in imitation I guess of the Family of Otringham in Yorkshire with which there was some intercourse about those times but whether any marriage or no I cannot certainly say This Roberts son was Roger de Thurverton who in the beginning of King Edward the thirds time had to wife one Lecia and was Father of several sons Roger a Clergy-man and Iohn but William de Thurverton was his son and heir who married Agnes one of the daughters and co-heirs of Iohn Morin of Carcolston who was son and heir of Robert Morin of Kilvington and of Ioan his wife eldest daughter and at length co-heir of Oliver de Lovetot Lord of Carcolston by whom inheriring some Lands in Carcolston and Screveton they the said William and Agnes made the latter a dwelling for Richard de Thurverton their son and the 15 R. 2. passed to him their Lands at Kercolston reserving to themselves out of them five Marks per annum during their respective lives Agnes I find was living 1 H. 6. very old which gave further occasion for her posterity to continue their residence at Screveton and so to neglect and diminish their
Wilford hath pulled down and sold the frame of Wood to George or Iohn Gunthorpe of Hickling to set up there after the burning his old one Henry Billidge had also a Farm which Thomas his Grand-child son of William his eldest son sold to ... Wileman whose son is yet owner of it This Thomas Billidge was a servant in the Earl of Newcastles Family as his brother William was in Sir Iohn Harpurs which William was reputed stout man and was a Captain in the late Wars in which he died a little before which his said brother Thomas went to Goa in the East-Indies on the account of Sir William Cortin where he stayed about seven years and then came hither and got a matter of a thousand pounds or more for his Land and returned into those parts where he became rich and died in a few years leaving his friends and relations Legacies and the poor of this Town 100l. as it is said but Mr. Blake who married his sister and got most of his Estate hath not yet performed his Will in that particular Richard Kirke a Romanist had likewise at the inclosure which he resisted to the utmost a considerable share which he was forced to convey to his brother Thomas and died in Prison Thomas Kirke of Flintham eldest son of that Thomas retains some his youngest son William sold some to William Iacson of East-Bridgeford and the rest with the house to the said Doctor Brunsell The Rectory was appropriated to the Priory of Wirkesop in the year 1349. And the Prior compounded with the Dean and Chapter of Lincolne for what concerned the Tythes here of Orston Sok for 4l. per annum which in case of non-payment they were to distrain for at Gringley and Walkringham Iohn Bellowe and Robert Bigâ—tt had licence Decemb. 17.37 H. 8. to alienate the Rectory and Advowson of the Vicarage of Carcolston late belonging to the Priory of Wirkesop to Richard Whaâ—ley and his heirs The same persons had another grant 22 Nov. 38 H. 8. together with the Tythes of Corn and Hay within the Town and Fields oâ— Screveton then in the tenure of the said Richard Wâ—â—â—ley late belonging to the said Priory of Wirkâ—op which parcell of this Rectory in Screveton amounts to one third of two third parts of the whole Tyâ—hes there and remains to Peniston Whalley Esquire The Tythes at Coleston are his Grace the Duâ—e of Newcastles but being charged with 20l. per annum to the King and that 4l. due to the Church of Lincolne are for the most part of no great value besides The Vicarage was ten Marks when the Prior of Wirksop was Patron And is now 6l. 1s. 10d. value in the Kings Books and the Duke of Newcastle Patron In the Church were lately in an upper Window Barry of six Arg. and Gules a File of three Labels Azure Or on a Fesse Gules three Waterbongets Arg. Bingham And Arg. five â—usells in Fesse Gules New-march And Party per pale Arg. Gules and Sab. a Lion Ramp Arg. And Arg. upon a Bend sable between six Crosse Crosâ—ets Gules three Besants Whatton And Sab. a Chevron between two Martlets and Crosse Crosâ—et botony fâ—â—chè Arg. Gloucester I suppose Written on the Wall In piam memoriam Sanctissimi viri Gregorii Henson Exemplar sanctae qui vix imitabile vitae Qui verae speculum religionis erat 〈◊〉 Lethophagis Triadi Sex Mille Triuni Qui legavit agrum corpus hinc animam Hic jacet merito reparator scilicet aedis Mortuus vivus qui fuit est erit And upon another Wall Here lyeth the body of Gregory Henson Qui nunc emeritae permensus tempora vitae Adscriptus Divûm coelicolumque â—hero est ob .... Vpon the top of a Buttress in Free-stone is cut on the out-side A Fesse between three Hunters Horns quartering a Lyon Rampant And quarterly party per pale indented and a Flower de Lis Thoroton Lovetâ—t and Morin And under that Dec. 12. 1646. Regi Ecclesiae fidus Robertus Thoroton totius paterni cognominis pervetusti jaeâ— superstitis parens decus ab antiquis hujus villae dominis Lovetotis scilicet per Morinos haereditariè genus terram ducens juxta Robertum Thoroton patrem Anno 1604. Peste mortuuâ— Mariam Owtram matrem Dorotheam Oldney uxorem ejus hic infra sepultuâ— fuit Anno aetatis suae 77. Cujus octo liberi viz. 1. Robertus qui ex Anna Chambers conjuge providissima hic etiam Anno 1660. inhumata genuit Robertum Thoroton M. D. virum Annae Boun Mariam triennem filiolam Anno 1655. submersam hic conditam huc usque lugentis Elizabetham Richardum Gervasium Mariam Thomam 2. Alicia 3. Richardus 4. Johannes pater Johannis Roberti Rogeri Franciscae Henrici Mariae Thomae Willielmi Dorotheae Annae 5. Maria. 6. Thomas 7. Dorothea Et 8. Francesca adhuc supersunt 1664. Screveton And Kirketon BEsides that which was of the Soc of Orston which in the Confessours time was rated to the Dane-geld at one Carucat The Land then esteemed three Carucats where in the Conquerours time were three Sochm. two Vill. and one Bord. having one Carucat and an half and eight Acres of Medow There was a Mannor in Screvinton of the Fee of Odo Bishop of Bayon which Toti had before the Normans came and paid to the Geld for it as twelve Bovats The Land was three Car. then but afterwards Hugh the Nephew of Herbert the Man or Tenent of the Bishop had there five Sochm. and four Villains and one Bordar having three Carucats or Plows and six Oxen and twelve Acres of Medow This was 25s. value in the time of King Edward the Confessour and when the Book of Doomsday was made 32s. There was in Escrevintun of the Fee of Roger de Busle also a Mannor which before the Conquest was Odincars then also Lord of Flintham and Bridgeford which was rated to the payment of the publick Tax at five Bovats The Land of it was one Car. There when the great Survey was made by the Conquerour one Sochm. with one Bordar had one Car. This in the Confessours time was 5s. in the Conquerours 8s. value The Tythes of these three Fees have ever been and are yet distinct Those of Orston Soc are the third part and belong to the Church of Lincolne as part of the Rectory of Orston and are now held by me of the Dean and Chapter The third part of the two remaining parts belonged to the Priory of Wirksop with Coleston which was Roger de Buslies Fee and are now the inheritance of Peniston Whalley Esquire the rest remain to the Church And the custom of dividing the Tythes is at eighteen the Rector of Screveton hath eight I for the Church of Lincolne have six and Mr. Whalley four There was a final agreement made at Nott. in the Kings Court the third day after the feast of St. Gregory next after Henry King of England son
Family This Richard Whalley died the 23d. of November in the year 1583. aged 84. years having buried his said son Thomas the year before who less several sons and daughters Richard his eldest succeeded his Grandfather here and was a person of great parts and action he was Knight of the Shire and one of the most splendid Sheriffs of this County but being much incumbred and engaged in Suits the latter part of his time was not prosperous He had also three Wives his first was Anne daughter of George Horsey of Digswell his second by whom he only left issue was Frances daughter of Sir Henry Crumwell of Finchingbrook by Huntington and his third was Iane daughter of .... Stirap afterwards married to Edward Coleby He had two brothers Doctors in Divinity Walter of Pembroke Hall and Thomas of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge and Iohn Whalley another brother died a Batchelor at Screton his sister Elianor was married to Thomas Draper of Flintham whose son Richard Draper married Mary the widow of Thomas Whalley his eldest son and by that means succeeded him here at Screveton during the minority of Peniston Whalley his Grandchild the present owner who married Margaret the daughter and heir of George Ireland Esquire eldest son of Sir Thomas Ireland of Beausey near Warington the ancient Seat of the Butlers in Lancashire and by her hath two daughters and heirs Elizabeth and Margaret Edward Whally the Major General and Henry the Advocate were sons of this last Richard and advanced in the War by Oliver Crumwell their Kinsman Elizabeth the sister of Peniston Whalley is wife of William Ayloff Esquire of Baâ—ingbourne but hath no Children The Church of Screveton was 8l. and the Abbat of Welbeck and Mr. Bozome Patrons 'T is now 6l. 19s. 2d. in the Kings Books and Peniston Whally Esquire Patron A Prospect of A Tombe on the South wall of the Chancell at Screaton In Screveton Chancell The Inscriptions of the Tomb. Behold his Wives were nomber three Two of them died in right good Fame The third this Tomb Erected she For him who well deserv'd the same Both for his life and Godly end Which all that knoes must needs commend And they that knows not yet may see A worthy Whallaye loe was he Made Anno Domini 1584. Since time brings all things to an end Let us our selves applye And learn by this our faithfull frend That here in Tombe doth lye To fear the Lord and eke beholde The fairest is but dust and Mold For as we are so once was he And as he ys so must we be In the Chancell is a fair Alabaster Tomb for Richard Whalley whereon lies his Statue in Armour and above against the Wall kneel his three Wives L. W. V. W. B. W. under which and at the end over his head are divers foolish English Rhymes in Golden Letters embossed and along the side is Here lyeth Richard Whallay Esquire who lived all the age of 84 years and ended this life the 23 of November 1583. At the end in the out-side of the Tomb kneels in Armour T. W. and over his head is Arg. three Whales heads sable with some quarterings but not proper and underneath on the side Whalley impales with Arg. a Bend between two Lyons heads erased Gules On the top of the East Window in the Chancell Arg. A Chevron and a Mullet pierced in the duxter point Sable Rempston Gules three Waterbougetts Arg. this is oft Lord Ros. Azure Billettè and a Fesse Dancè Or Deyncourt Azure two Chevrons Or Chaworth Below was Arg. on a Saltier Sable nine Annulets Or within a Bordure of the second likewise engrailed and charged with Croslets patè of the first Leek And before one in Armour on his knees an Helme with a Crest a Sheaf of Feathers upon the Wreath or Torce Leek In the South I le a plain flat Tomb without Inscription in the East Window by it was on the lower part Party per Fesse Gules and Sable a Lion Rampant Arg. Mr. Kniveton saith crowned Or it may be supposed Bellers then Leeks as before And in the next Pane Argent a large Taâ— or Crosse Ragulè Gules supposed Stocton And under Orate pro animabus Willielmi de Leek Amice de Leek uxoris ejus On the top of this Window is Arg. a Chief Gules with a Bendlet Azure Crumwell Ros. again and Gules a Saltier Arg. Nevill and Deincourt again And Arg. five fusills in Fesse Gules within a Bordure Sable charged with Crosse Crosselets of the first This is upon a Stone over the Church door in the Porch and upon a little stump of a Stone cross on a little hill in the High-way before Mr. Whalleyes Gate In the North Ile Windows is Arg. and likewise Erm. three Birdbolts Gules Bozom And Quarterly Gules and Or A Mullet Arg. in the first Oxford England and that again with file of three Labels Azure In the South Ile Windows Arg. five Fusils in Fesse Gules Newmarch And Gules five Fusills in Fesse Or Newmarch And Gules three Water bougetts Arg. Ros as before And Azure two Birdbolts in Saltier Gules between four Cinquefoils Or. In the South I le of Screveton Church this Sub hoc lapide conduntur Illustrium virurum Thomae Johannis Whalley Charae Reliquiae Quas exuit ille Sexto Non. Maii Anno Do. 1637. Quas exuit hic quarto Iduum Mensis Ju. anno do 1638. Vterque coelebs Laetas rediturae Animae Christique Nuptias expectat Tantum est Ampliora si quaeras est ubi consulas In Screveton Church Here lieth Thomas Ireland Gen. descended from the Ancient Family of the Irlands of Hut in Lancashire who died October 1669. aged 76. Or he or none strict life did superarrogate For loyalty old age with Celibate Hoc piâ—tatis ergo sculpi feci Margaretta Whalley Eodem Stirpe Irlandorum progenita Jan. 16. 1670. det Deus nobis Lucem aeternam Amen The Inscriptions under the Altar Hic deposuerunt Thomas Maria Whalley filiolam Martham Charum pignus Scientes cui crediderunt natam denatum anno Dom. 1624. Hac sunt Incunabula in quibus Thomas Maria conjux filium Tho. Whalley sopitum posuerunt Natum renatum denatam anno Dom. 1628. Et denuo nasciturum Flintham ELvuin had a Mannor in Flintham which paid the Geld in the time of King Edward the Confessour as fourteen Bovats and one third part The Land whereof was five Carucats There King William had two Car in Demesne five Sochm. four Vill. five Bord. having three Car. There a Church and a Priest had half a Car. and there was sixty Acres of Medow Small Wood three qu. and an half long one qu. broad In the Confessours time the value was 60s. in the Conquerours 40s. It seems to have had Soc in Cheneviton Besides this of the Kings Roger de Busâ—i had a Mannor in Flintham which Odinâ—ar had before the Conquest and was rated for it to the Tax or Geld as
Fee was held by Hugo de Hoveringham and the Family of Cousell as Hoveringham was Raph de Gousell held half a Knights Fee in Flintham Hugo de Hoveringham passed two Bovats to Elias de 〈◊〉 and Iohn de Ayâ—ecourt was pledge for the Covenants Walter son of Mr. Stephen de Radelive and brother of Thomas Parson of Flintham gave to Thurgarton Priory two Bovats and one quarter which he had of the gift of Raph de Barkewâ—rd together with Gilbert son of Roger son of Colstan of Flintham with all his who held that Land The gift was confirmed by Robert de Ayncâ—rt and Hawisia his wife Robert Auerenge of Flintham released to the Prior of Thurgarton all the actions he might have against him in his Medow of Flintham by reason of the Fishing of Hesilford Roger son of Iordan de Flintham gave to the Abby of Ruchford a certain part of his Land in Flintham lying between the Land which Robert son of William de Flintham gave and the Land of Richard son of William de Flintham The Witnesses were Raph son of Robert de Goâ—usle Robert Morin and Iohn his son Robert son of William de Goâ—usle Gaufr de Gorram and others Raph de Gousel's son Walter was witness to Robert son of William de Flinthams Deed and so were Richard and Henry de Aâ—â—renches and William Morin and others And the said Raph de Gousell confirmed the gift of Roger son of Iordan de Flintham of the Seat of his Mill. The Jury 8 E. 3. found it not to the Kings loss if he granted leave to Alice the widow of William Alexander of Flintham and Iohn Fader Chaplain to give five Mess. sixty Acres of Land eighteen of Medow in Flintham and Kneveton held of Iohn le Hose by the Service of 20s. per annum and Suit to his Court from three weeks to three weeks to a certain Chaplain celebrating in the Church of St. Augustine of Flintham for ever At the Assizes at Nottingham 1 H. 4. Richard Arch-bishop of York recovered his seisin of Hesilford Ferry and Hugh Husye of Flintham was amerced The Church of Flintham was appropriated to the Abby of Wellebek by Thomas Arch-bishop of York about the year 1389. It now belongs to Trinity Colledge in Cambridge to which it was granted together with the Demesne and Mannor of Hoveringham and Flintham which belonged to Thurgarton Priory by King Henry the eight by his Letters Patents dated 24 Decemb. 38 H. 8. That Colledge as I take it purchased of Arthur Hall the moyety of the Mannors of Hoveringham and Flintham with the Appurtenances whereof there was a recovery 5 H. 8. wherein Humfrey Wingfeild Esquire Francis Hall and others claimed them against Anthony Wingfeild Esquire The Family of Cooper of Thurgarton have usually been grand Tenants to the Colledge But Mr. Iohn Hacker before named is Tenant of the Rectory Flintham Grange and the Dovecoâ—e on the west part of it and all other the Appurtenances late belonging to the Monastery of Welbeck Nov. 22. 38 H. 8. was granted to Iohn 〈◊〉 and Robert Biget named in Coleston with that Rectory c. And with Mr. Whalleys part of Carâ—â—lsten became the Possession of William Earl of Newcastle whose Trustee Sir Iohn Harper of Swarkeston conveyed the Reversion of it after his decease to Iohn Story of Kneveton and his heirs The Vicarage of Flintham was 8l. when the Abbat of Welbeck was Paâ—â—on 'T is now 6l. 3s. 4d. in the Kings Books and Trinity Colledge Patrons In the Church South I le upon an old low Stone Tomb an Effigies of a Knight and on his Shield a Lion passant Gardant upon a Fesse with a small Cressent before him In a South Window Arg. a Fesse between six Martletts Sable and in several other places On the Wall was painted Arg. on a Fesse Sable a Lion passant gard of the first Hussey In the Windows were Arg. upon a Fesse Gules three Waterbougers Arg. perhaps Bingham Arg. a Chief Gules a Bend over Azure Crumwell Arg. three Bends Gules Byron Hic jacet Radulphus Prudhom fil Richardi Prudhom quick 5 Sept. Anno 1470. Hic jacet Agnera Prudhom filiae ejusdem Richardi quae ob 28 Maii 1471. upon the same Tomb. In the South Cross I le at Flintham Hawkesworth Hochesword PArt of this small Town was Soc to Aslactune of Walter de Ayncurâ—s Fee which answered the publick Tax for one Bov. The Land two Bovats Soc. There two Sochm. and one Bord. had two Bov. three Car. and two Acres of Medow Another part was Soc to Watone of the Fee of Gislebert de Gand and answered the Geld for thirteen Bovats The Land three Car. There two Sochm. one Bord. had four Car. ½ and twenty Acres of Medow Walter son of William de Aslacton which Family held the Fee of Deyncourt confirmed to God and the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton five Bovats and an half with Tofts and all Appurtenances which the Canons had of his Fee in Hokesworth and Aslacton In his Deed of Confirmation is mentioned seven daies of Entertainment they were to give him every year in their house at Thurgarton which his son Walter in his Confirmation released These Bovats were given in several parcells by William de Rupe William Sturmin Hereward son of Peter de Hokesword and Iohn his son and confirmed and added to by William le Champion son of William le Champion of Hokesworth The Family of Newmarch held the Fee of Gislebert de Gand at Whatton and here There was a Fine levyed at Darby and an Agreement made there the tenth of King Iohn which was that Adam de Novomercato should present three times successively to the Church of Hokesword after which the Advowson should intirely remain to Henry Prior of Thurgarton and Richard Prior of St. Katherines by Lincolne and their Successours and Churches William de Hokesword was present and released for himself and his heirs both at Darby and at Lincolne These Churches had difference but at length agreed to divide such Pensions as they should get settled out of it and so present by turns But it is also to be considered that a good part of this Township if not the chief hath ever belonged to Sibthorpe as will partly appear by Gocelinus de Sancto Paulo which Family were the principal Lords of Sibthorp his giving this his Church of Hokesword in pure Alms to the Priory of Thurgarton betwixt which and Henry de Sibthorp in the year 1277. for I hear nothing then of the Prior of St. Katherins there was an agreement made and a Fine levyd the same year 6 E. 1. that the Priory and the said Henry and his heirs should present by turns And it appears that Simon de Sibthorp had the Mannor of Hawkesworth and kept his Courts when Thomas de Sibthorpe Parson of Bekingham was Founding his Colledge at Sibthorpe to which he gave
four Mess. and ten Acres of Land here which ought Service from three weeks to three weeks to this Court. It continued to the posterity of this Simon which may be more particularly noted in Sibthorp though I do not exactly find how long There was a Recovery suffered 4 E. 4. of the Mannor of Stanton on the Wolds which also did belong to this Family of Sibthorp and this Mannor of Hoxworth which William Leybourn the younger claimed against Sir William Chaworth Thomas Nevill Esquire and Iohn his son and heir Iohn Metheley and Iohn Staynton There was another 14 H. 8. wherein Amon Sutton Robert Sutton Vincent Grantham and Nicholas Sutton claimed against Thomas Blesby and Katherin his wife one of the daughters and heirs of Richard Dysney then dead the moyety of five Mess. two Tofts one Windmill one hundred Acres of Land sixty Acres of Medow and one hundred Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Hawkesworth and Denthorp and the moyety of the Advowson of the Church of Hawkesworth Here was William Wymbish and Iohn his son after him and William his Grandchild lived in the time of Edward the third and here were likewise some Descents of Grants Robert le Graunt paid the Priory of Thurgarton for a Toft Croft and three Bovats of Land 30s. a year when all their Revenue here amounted but to 55s. 0d. ob in the year 1328. Raph de Handelby before 17 E. 1. made a Chartel to Mr. Robert called de Belver Rector of the Church of Moston and his heirs of one Mess. four Bov. ½ of Land in Houkesworth Raph son of Peter and his three Partners are said to hold of Gilbert de Gaunt a Knights Fee in Hokesworth and Adam de Novo Mercaâ—o paid for three Fees of that Honour in the time of Henry the third in Whatton Aslacton and Hokesworth Queen Elizabeth 14 Iuly in the third year of her Reign granted to Richard Whalley Esq and his heirs the Demesnes and Mannors of Whatton Hawkesworth and Tawton and the Advowson of the Rectory and Church of Hawkesworth late parcell of the Possessions of Sir Maurice Dennys Knight with all the Mess. Lands and Tenements to them belonging Mr. Whalleys interest here went to the Duke of Newcastle and is now become the Possession of Mr. Robert Butler What belonged to the Colledge of Rotheram here Mr. Whalley had also as in Sibthorp will be noted There was a good share was Mr. Grices a London Taylor which is now sold to Mr. Iohn Hacker of Flintham One Thomas Barret hath a Freehold the rest are not considerable In the ninth of King Iohn William de S. Paulo claimed against the Prior of Thurgarton the Advowson of the Church of Hawkesworth The Prior showed the Charter of Confirmation of Roger late Arch-bishop of York that they should have it to their own uses but the Canons of the Hospital of St. Katherin Lincolne pleaded that they had the Charter of Alexander Father of William of the same Church The Rectory of Hawkesworth was 10l. when the Prior of Thurgarton and Mr. Mydleson were Patrons 'T is now 8l. 13s. 9d. in the Kings Books and Mr. Robert Butler Patron Over the entrance into the Porch in a Stone is Engraven Gauterus uxor ejus Cecelina fecerunt facere Ecclesiam istam in honorem Domini nostri Iesu Beatae Mariae virginis omnium Sanctorùm Dei simul In the Windows is Gules on a Bend Arg. 3. Crosse Crosletts Azure Gules a Lion Rampant Arg. over all a Bend Azure charged with three Escallops Or Mydleton of Fulbek Com. Linc. Sibthorp Arg. on a Saltier engrailed Sable five Annulets Or Leek Arg. three Birdbolts Gules Bozom In the Chancell about the year 1659. was buried Robert Rockhold the most ingenious Rector of this place aged about 60 years A Batchelor and a great example of Piety Charity and Eloquence Aslacton TOri before the Conquest whose Lands were afterwards Walter de Ayncurts had a Mannor in Aslactune which was rated to the Tax for one Car. The Land was three Car. There Walchelin the Man or Tenant of Walter de Aincurt had two Car. and one Sochm. on one Bovat of this Land six or seven Vill. two Bord. with one Car. ½ and twenty four Acres of Medow This kept the old value 30s. having Soc in Hochesword Another Mannor with Soc and Sac had Leving which discharged it self to the Dane-geld for one Bovat The Land was half a Car. After the Conquest Vluric held it of Ilbert de Lacy whose Fee it became and there had two Oxen plowing two Sochm. one Bord. having half a Car. and eight Acres of Medow This kept the value also which it had in the Confessours time viz. 5s. 4d. Another Mannor here was of the Tainland which Levric had before the Normans came and discharged it likewise to the publick Geld for one Bov. The Land was four Bov. Vluric held it afterwards of King William and there had two Oxen in Plow and two Sochm. one Bord. with half a Car. there was likewise eight Acres of Medow and it kept the old value 5s. 4d. In Aslacton was some ancient Demesne of the Soc of Orston the Kings Mannor as much as was rated to the Geld at one Bov. There was one Villain In Haslacheton was there likewise of the Soc of Whatton of the Fee of Gislebert de Gand which used to be rated to the Geld for half a Car. The Land was one Car. and an half There nine Sochm. had four Plows or Carucats This part it seems had the preheminence to carry the Tythes or else the nearness of that Church made the rest of the Lords less careful to get one of their own and so the whole Township hath been ever esteemed in Whatton Parish and the Church interest except that little of Orston went with that Rectory in the time of Henry the second to the Abby of Wellebek to which Henry Crok son and heir of Walter Crok of Aslacton gave the Homage and Service of Mr. Raph son of Mr. Richard for two Oxgangs of Land in Aslacton and of divers others and also divers other Lands Another part was held by the Family which took their name from Button near Nottingham in the Wapenâ—ac or Hundred of Thurgarton called Burton Iorz and is still distinct from the rest and now in the tenure of Mr. M. Hawford of Eedy Weston in Rutland as I take it But the most considerable part of this Township viz. both Deyncourts and that of the Fee of Gaunt which 32 E. 1. Iohn de Newmarch is said to hold here and in Hawkeworth were very anciently the Aslactons who held of the Newmarches of Whatton and they of the other Newmarches and they of Gaunt and after of Bellâ—monte Reginaldus de Aslacton probably descended from Vluric or Walchelin was a Witness as was also Roger de Burton to the Lady Adelina de Whattons Deed who by the consent
Sir Richard de Whatton lies buried in this Church under a well cut Stone Tomb whereon is his Pourtraiture with his Shield having his Arms imbossed upon it which the Windows also show to be Argent on a Bend Sable between six Crosse Crosletts Gules three Besants his name was on the side where yet some Gilding is visible Robertus de Watune temp Willielmi 1. Dom. Willielmus de Watuna Robertus de Watton-Beatrix Reg. Lent 51. Aelina fil haer -Willielmus de Heriz s. p. Walterus de Wathon Richardus Willielmus de Whatton Richardus de Whatton miles -Agnes Robertus de Whatton-Roger 3 E. 2. Johan Johannes de Whatton 41 E. 3. 9 H. 4 -Margeria Rich. Roger. de Whatton dict de Skerington -Joana fil Oliveri de Loverot -Robertus marit 1. Rich. de Whatton-Agnes fil Joh. le Palmer 8 E. 3. Johannes de Whatton Alicia 4 R. 2 -Robertus de Whatton vel Skipwith 10 H. 4. Will. Bagot miles-Margar sor haer Roberti Morin-Henr Richardus Henricus de Whatton 3 E. 3 -Marg fil Hug. Saunssaile Ada. Benedict Robertus What appears concerning his brother Rogers posterity is notâ—d also in Scarrington There was a Fine levied 9 H. 4. between Iohn son and heir of Robert de Whatton and Margery his wife Quer. and Iohn de Knyveton and Agnes his wife Dâ—forc of five Mess. 160 Acres of Land 30 of Medow and 20s. Rent in Whatton whereby they were settled on Iohn and Margery and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of Iohn de Whatton Richard son of Henry de Whatton 3 E. 3. settled by Fine a Mess. and four Bovats of Land and 16 Acres of Medow in Whatton on Henry his son and Margaret the daughter of Hugh Saunsfail and the heirs of their bodies remainder to Adam and his remainder to Benedict and two other of his sons How these Lands passed I have found no further light certainly to determine Thomas Savile Gent. and Iohn Hanston in a Recovery 10 Eliz. claimed against Edmund Stevenson Gent. and Iohn Blodworth 4 Mess. 4 Cottages 4 Tofts 1 Dovecote 6 Gardens 400 Acres of Land 100 of Medow and 200 of Pasture with the Appurt in Whatton and Bingham and called Iohn Blythe Esq The next year Brian Stapleton suffered a Recovery of 4 Mess. 3 Cotag. c. 200 Acres of Land c. in Bingham and called to warrant the said Iohn Blythe Esquire Mr. Whalleys Mannor of Whatton which was Sir Maurice Dennys his mentioned in Hawkesworth I suppose was sold to some of the Gelsthorps whereof William Gelsthorp hath now eight Oxgangs and three Cottages and Francis Cook five which were heretofore purchased of Mr. William Gelsthorp of London Eight Oxgangs more were bought of ... Gelsthorp of Fishlake in Yorkshire whereof four are Iohn Iallands and four the heirs of Francis Haines and were lately Peter Gelsthorps son of Iames. Queen Elizabeth 7 Iun. in the twelfth year of her Reign granted Licence to Thomas Cranmer Esquire to alienate the Rectories and Churches with the right of Patronage of the Vicarages of the said Churches of Whatton and Aflacton to Nicholas Rosell and Robert Brookesby and the heirs of Nicholas Sir Iohn Molyneux sold twelve Oxgangs accounted Parsonage Land whereof Robert Clark hath 9 and 2 others and the said Francis Cooke 3. He likewise sold 12 Oxg. of other Land 6 to Henry Cooke father of Thomas father of the said Francis and of Tho. Cooke his elder brother Chief Constable of this Hundred the present owners my Kinsmen by their mother the daughter of Edward Oldney of Hawton Six Oxgangs more were sold to Thomas Sawell whereof three remain to his Grandchild Richard son of Henry The Tythes were purchased by Thomas Shipman of Scarrington whose Grandson Thomas Shipman is the present owner and hath half an Oxgang of Land also The Vicarage of Whatton was ten Marks when the Abbat of Wellebek was Patron 'T is now 5l. 6s. 8d. in the Kings Books and Thomas Shipman Esquire Patron In the Church in the North I le near Sir Richard Whattons Tomb whereon was his name on the side is another plain one whereon is Hic jacet Thomas Cranmer Armiger qui obiit 27 Maii 1501. cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Upon it ... A Chevron between three Cranes ... Cranmer And Arg. on five Fusells in fesse Gules each an Escallop Or Aslacton Which is also in the Windows and so is Arg. five fusells in Fesse Gules Newmarch And Arg. on a Bend sable between six Crosse. Crosletts Gules three Bezants Whatton And Gules A Lion Ramp with a Bordure engrailed Arg. And Sable A Chevron between ten Crosse Crosletts Arg. In the middle of the East end of the South I le lyeth one well cut in Alabaster in Maile and rich Armour upon his Helmet the Head and part of the body of a Gryphin compassed with a Coronet on the Border by his left Cheek is Adoramus te Christe and on the right Ih'e .... A ... Newmarch at the Head below is five fusells in Fesse and on his Breast and at the feet that impaâ—ing a Chief and three Crosse Crosletts Botony Fitchè on the sides are eighteen several Shields of Arms embossed ... A Chevron and file of three Labells ... a Lion Ramp ... Quarterly 2 and 3 fretty a Bend ... two Chevrons ... A Lion Ramp with double Queve ... A Lion Ramp amongst Cinquefoils ... a Fesse with a file of three Labells ... three Pickaxes ... six Roundels 3.2.1 these are on the South side On the North side is Barry of six three Roundels in Chief Quarterly per fesse indented Party per fesse in the upper part two Mullets of six points pierced A Chief and three Crosse Crosletts Botony Fitchè ... a Fesse between three Cinquefoiles Ermine A Chief indented .... three Bends two others are broken away There was in a Window Gules A Lion Ramp Arg. crowned Or the Crest an Eagles Head betwixt the wings sable coming out of a Crown Arg. Galfr. Arch-bishop of York appropriated this Church of Whatton to the Abby of St. Iames at Welbeck saving alwaies a competency for the Vicar that should Minister viz. the third part Bingham AFter the Conquest this became wholly the Fee of Roger de Busli before which Tosti had a Mannor here rated to the Geld for three Car. two Bov. ½ The Land was then five Car. There Roger had in Demesne four Car. twenty six Vill. five Bord. fourteen Sochm. having twelve Car. ½ Pasture wood one leu long and eight qu. broad In King Edward the Confessours and in King Williams time this was 10l. value having in Nivueton as much as paid the Tax for three Bov. Here were also before the Conquest two Mannors which Hoge and Helga had and were rated for them as five Bov. â…” There one Sochm. eight Vill. one Bord. had one Car. and twenty four Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was
after whose decease it was to come to William Arundell and Agnes his wife for their lives if they over-lived her but after all those lives to the said late King and his heirs This Sir Thomas by Margaret his wife had Sir Thomas Rempston who married Alice the daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Beckering by Isabell his wife one of the two sisters and coheirs of the younger Sir Iohn Loudham Knight and lies bured in the middle of the Chancell at Bingham under a fair Alabaster Tomb whereon lay the Effigies of himself and his wife but is now almost defaced he died about 37 H. 6. and left three daughters and heirs Elizabeth the wife of Iohn Cheyney Esquire Isabel the wife of Sir Brian Stapleton Knight and Margaret the wife of Richard Bingham the younger Esquire which last pair I think left no issue This Mannor fell to the Family of Stapleton with Rempston as in that place may also be noted with several other Lands and was by Brian Stapleton Esquire sold to Sir Thomas Stanhope Grandfather of Philip the first Earl of Chesterfeild whose Grandson and heir Philip the second Earl now enjoyes it The Book of the Forest of Shirwood shoâ—s that Haywâ—â—d a pâ—â—ce of the Forest between Oâ—eten and Blidworth was Raph Bâ—gges of Nottingham and descended to Sir Richard de 〈◊〉 and belongs to the Town of Bingham and still it remains to the said Earl accordingly who hath disposed it to old Mr. William Stanhope his great Uncle There were very many Recoveries and Executions of the Fine forementioned in the 1 E. 2. concerning this Mannor and the rest of Bingham Lands in the time of Edward the fourth whereof Sir Brian Stapletâ—n and Elizabeth his wife 2 H. 8. suffered one also and 17 H. 8. was an Execution of the said Fine of 1 E. 2. between the first Sir Richard de Bingham and Alice his wife c. Adam Bugge 8 E. â— for eighteen Marks of Silver acknowledged one Toft and one Bovat of Land in Bingham to be the right of Hugh son of Silvester de Bingham There was a Fine levied 11 E. 2. whereby William the son of Eâ—stacâ—iâ—â— de Bingham settled two Mess. and thirty Acres of Land on himself and Agnes his wife and the heirs of their bodies for want of which one half to his son Robert and the other to his son William and the respective heirs of their bodies remainder to the said William son of Eâ—stacâ—iâ—â— The Guild-Hall of St. Mary in Bingham and the Lands belonging to it there were granted 18 May 7 E. 6. to 〈…〉 and George 〈◊〉 Gent. of which there were several grants to others in the time of Queen Elizabeth as there was 22 Iâ—n 17 Eliz. to Iohn Sâ—nkey and Percyâ—all 〈◊〉 amongst other things of the Close in Bingham wherein stood the Chappell of St. Iames and of St. Hellens Close c. There was a portion allotted for a Vicarage at Bingham about the 26 E. 1. which within two or three years after was consolidated with the Rectory with which it continues The Rectory of Bingham was 44l. and Mr. Stapleton Patron 'T is now 44l. 7s. 11d. in the Kings Books and the Earl of Chesterfeild Patron Several of the Rectors have been removed to Bishopricks 〈◊〉 Haâ—â—â—r Wren successively In the middle of the Chancell on Sir Tâ—â—mas Rempstâ—ns Tomb was Arg. A Cheâ—â—on with a Mâ—ller or Cinquefâ—â—l in the dexter poyâ—â— sâ—cle Rempston impaling Cheâ— Arg. and Gales a Bend sable Bekering which was also in the Windows but in some made Lazengy In the Church a Stone Tomb and one of Alabaster now under a Seâ—â— Mr. Richard Porters I think the only considerable Freeholder in the Lordship whereon lie the Statues cross-leg'd of some of the Binghams with their Shields whereon is imbossed three 〈◊〉 a Fesse Newton Newentone BEsides that part which was of the Soc of Bingham which was discharged in publick payments for three Bov. if the two Mannors of Hoge and Helga were not here also of Roger de Buslies Fee The most considerable part of this Township was of the Fee of Goisfrid de Halselin and of the Soc of Shelford and was rated to the Geld at nine Bov. The Land being esteemed three Car. before the Conquest There afterwards were nine Sochm. four Bord. having four Car. and four Acres of Medow The posterities of these nine Sochmen continued their shares in several hands The Chapter of Southwell held eleven Bovats of Land in Newton of the Fee of Robert de Everingham to whom some of Alselins Fees descended as in Laxton may be noted in pure Alms and one in Saxendale all which Robert de Lexington the great Judge in the former part of the Reign of Henry the third and sometimes one of the Canons there bought and gave when he founded his Chantrys as in Southwell may be seen Ales the daughter of William Bellard of Herdeby gave certain Lands here and in Bingham and Carâ—olâ—â—on to her Nephew Walter de Bâ—yvil and his heirs reserving 40s. per annum Rent for her life which were inherited in the time of Edward the first by Maud the wife of William son of Roger de Thurverton and Margaret her sister as in Thoroton is already noted The Family of Basily of Radclive had divers Lands here and in Shelford which Thomas Basely in the year of our Lord 1317. gave to Sir Iohn de Loudham Knight and Alice his wife and the heirs of the said Sir Iohn in exchange for all the Lands which the said Sir Iohn de Loudham had in Lambecote and Cotegrave which Lands in Newton descended to the posterity of the said Sir Iohn as in Loudham may be observed A Fine was levied 14 E. 3. between Iohn de Sibethorp and Alice his daughter Quer. and William de Brinkelee Deforc. of one Mess. and six Bovats of Land with the Appurtenances in Newton by East-Bridgeford whereby they were settled on Iohn and Alice and the heirs of the body of Alice with remainder to Robert de Sibethorp and the heirs of his body remainder to William de Sibethorp and the heirs of his remainder to Cecily daughter of Robert de Sibethorpe and hers remainder to Iohn son of William de Bingham and his remainder to Richard brother of Iohn son of William de Bingham and his remainder to the right heirs of Iohn de Sibethorp Henry Young 8 E. 3. by Fine likewise settled two Mess. three Bov. of Land five Acres of Medow c. in this Town on his sons Henry William Robert Roger and Alice his daughter successively after the same manner Iohn Burton 9 H. 5. offered himself against Iohn Saâ—yard concerning a Pleâ— of one Mess. thirty Acres of Land and three of Medow with the Appurtenances in Neuton What was belonging to Bingham or Shelford or Stoke Bardâ—â—f came to the Family of Staâ—â—â—pe as in those places may be noted and the Earl of
is noted already To this House at Bridgeford did Dr. Gilbert Sheldon then Warden of All Souls Colledge in Oxford now Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury retire with old Mrs. Okeover shortly after the Parliaments Commissioners had put him out of his place in that University and continued here three or four years well pleased with the River and Fields and honoured by the neighbourhood to all which he was ever very extraordinarily kind and from my self amongst the rest deserves a better acknowledgement The Church of Briggeford was one of those accounted as part of the Chappelry of Blith in the Charter of King Iohn made in the second year of his Reign to Walter Arch-bishop of Roan and his successours and the Canons of that Church where King Henry the second his Father and his brother King Henry the younger were buried This he did at the request of Queen Elianor his Mother which King Richard the first his brother had done before and himself also when he was Earl Morton The Inquisition taken at Blith 16 E. 3. before Nicholas de Langeford the Kings Eschaetor finds that the Arch-bishop and Canons of Roan had the Church of Briggeford in their hands as annexed to the Chappelry of Blith till King Edward the first granted it by the name of the free Chappel of Tikhill to one Mr. Iohn Clarell who was thereupon inducted into the Church of Briggeford as appropriate and annexed to the said Chappelry and so held it all his life After whose death the same King Edward the first gave the said Chappelry to Mr. Boniface de Saluciis his Kinsman who was accordingly inducted into this Church as belonging to the said Chappelry and possessed it quietly twenty four years but after the death of King Edward the first in the time of King Edward the second William de Grenefeild then Arch-bishop of York began to seek all occasions he could to trouble the said Boniface and procured one Thomas de N. to be presented to the Church of Briggeford by Roger Brabazon then the Kings Justice telling him it was of his Patronage in right of Beatrix his wife which Thomas was admitted and continued Parson and Sir Iohn de Caltoft and Sir Thomas de Multon Knights afterwards claimed the Advowson which hath ever since been used by their successours alternately Multons passing through the Deyncourts to William Bishop of Winchester and so to Magdalen Colledge in Oxford and Caltofts descending to the Family of Chaworth as before is shown remains with the heir Male of that House though the Land be the inheritance of the said Simon Scroop from an heir general Patricius Viscount Chaworth of Armagh who had this Turne from Sir Richard Chaworth Vicar general of the Arch-bishop of Cant his great Uncle now lately viz. Nov. 12. 1672. deceased presented Mr. Henry Smith the present incumbent Next beyond the Parsonage from the Church is a small place heretofore called Sir Iohn Markhams Mannor given by one Mr. Iacson Parson of this Church to his Kinsman Michael Iacson who married Frances the daughter of ... Poole of Syresâ—on and by her left four sons William his eldest Roger Parson of Langeford in Darbishire George a Citizen of London and Iohn of Burton Iorz William had one only Child called also William a modest man but of great worth who died Parson of Screveton Feb. 27. 1661. leaving but few equals for Prudence Piety and Learning in this Country He married Dorothy my Fathers sister by whom he left a son of his own name William now one of the Coroners of this County to succeed him in this small Freehold together with a Lease from the said Colledge and some Lands in Carcolston and three other sons Michael Roger and Iohn and a daughter named Elizabeth now married to her Cousin Richard White in London The Rectory of East-Bridgeford was 24l. 'T is now 19l. 8s. 6d. ob in the Kings Books and the Lord Viscount Chaworth and the Colledge of St. Mary Magdalen in Oxford Patrons by turns In the South I le at East Bridgford the Feet to the East end of the Ile On the North side of the Church at East Bridgford the feet to the East Wall In the East Window of the Chancell are some painted in their Coat Armours one Azure a Fesse Or between three Bezants Mr. Kniveton calls them Libards heads quartering with Arg. on a Bend Gules three pair of wings of the first which he also calls three Chevrons to this the Crest is A mans head Gules with a wreath about the Temples Arg. Another is Azure two Chevrons Or Chaworth Another is Deyncourt with a file of three Labells Arg. charged with six Billets Gules In the South window encompassed with Iohannes Allestre Prior de Thurgarton twice Sable three Keyes Arg. the Arms of Thurg. Priory In the Church North I le a Stone Tomb with one in Maile cross-leg'd upon which was Arg. an Orle of Cinquesoyles about a small Escutcheon Sable Caltoft In the Window the same wherewith impales Ar. two Chevrons Or Chaworth and Caltoft and the same for Chaworth as it is ever here quarters with Gules a Fesse Dancè between ten Billets Or Brett and both impale Caltoft in an upper Window Chaworth quartering Caltoft In the South I le an Alabaster Tomb North and South one in Maile his Belt between two Cotises Dancè on the sides Barry of six Or and Gules a Canton or quarter Ermine Gousell Azure a Fesse Dancè and Billettè Or Deyncourt Three Roses amongst Crosse Crosletts Darcy At the feet Gules a Bend Or between two Cotises Dancè Arg. impales with Arg. an Escutcheon Sable and both of them encompassed with an Orle of Cinque or six foiles like a bordure In the window over it is one with a shaven or bald Crown his upper Garment is Arg. powdered with six Foiles Sable and by him Gules A Bend Or between two Cotises Dancè Arg. this I suppose to be for Sir Thomas Hethe There is an old Alabaster Tomb flat in the North Wall of the Church and on it Hic jacet Johannes Babington ...... ob ...... 1409. And over it on a Stone engraven Ten Roundels and a File of three Labels In the Window was Arg. ten Torteauxes and a File of five Labels Az. impaling with Arg. a Lyon Ramp Gules bordered about with Roundells Or. Kneveton Cheneviton HEre was Soc to the Kings Mannor of Flintham as much as answered the Tax for three Bov. The Land was four Bovats There one Sochm. had half a Car. and an Acre of Medow Before the Conquest Elsi had a Mannor here which paid the publick Geld as one Car. The Land was twelve Bovats There Earl Alan of Richmond whose Fee it became afterwards had one Car. three Sochm. five Vill. having two Car. There was a Priest and half a Church and one Mill 10s. and five Acres of Medow This in the Confessours time was 20s. value in the Conquerours when he made his Survey 40s. Earl Alan
it to Sir Francis Molyneux Baronet who hath repaired and new built the Seat and makes it his Habitation There was a good share bought of Edward Mower and some of Thomas Beane which Mr. Pochin of Leicestershire sold to old Mr. Francis Hacker and his son the Colonel hath sold it to Elizabeth the relict of Francis Thornehagh the Colonel now wife of William Skeffington Esquire whose it is at this present My Brother-in-law Mr. Iohn Story hath a considerable share and resides in this Town where his Grandfather William purchased some of Mr. Molyneux which his Father Iohn encreased and added to it some which he bought of Richard Alvey of Colston and Henry his son There is Robert Holmes hath a small Freehold also and I think no more The Vicarage was 6l. when the Abbat of Newboe was Patron 'T is now 4l. 9s. 4d. ob in the Kings Books and Sir Francis Molyneux Patron Staunton Part with Orston OF the Land of Edward the Confessour the ancient Demesne of the Crown it was discharged to the publick payments for seven Bovats and three Acres The Land was then three Car. There after the Conquest King William had ten Sochm. three Bord. to three Car. and sixty Acres of Medow Alexander Bishop of Lincolne in the year of our Lord 1139. Founded a Priory in the I le of Hafreholm and gave satisfaction to Raph Halselin and Robert de Calz Lords of Shelford for their part of that place to which Priory of Haverholme in the County of Lincolne did this part of Staunton which lies in Newark Hundred but is ever charged with Orston in Bingham Hundred belong There was an Agreement 23 H. 3. made in the Church of St. Mary Magdalen of Newarke on St. Laurence day before Sir Hugh Picot Sir Ranulf Morin Sir Galfr. de Stoke Sir Robert Vavasor Sir Henry Thuke Knights Warner de Eugaine Alan de Cranewelle Fulc de Houtoft and others between the Prior and Covent of Haverholm on the one part and Galfr. son of William de Staunton on the other part concerning each parties having their Bull free every where in the Fields and Medows of Staunton so as he was not put in the Plow or any other work during his going there and that each part might dispose of the Heads of their Lands called then Chevez now Hades as they pleased The Priory got the Fishing in Smite and Devene and view of Frank-pledge and a Court Baron too and had many Suiters in Thoroton and other adjacent Towns Sir Thomas Tresham Knight and George Tresham Gent. 5 E. 6. passed this Mannor to Thomas Gravesend and Bartholomew Garewey of London Gent. who Feb. 20. 6 E. 6. conveyed it to Ierome Brand who married Brigit the daughter of Anthony Staunton Esquire and by her had Robert Brand who sold it about the 28 Eliz. to his Cousin William Staunton Esquire and Elizabeth his wife for 1200l. whom it made intire Lord of the whole Town which inabled his posterity the better to inclose and sell as they have done some part to William Carâ—wright but some of it yet remains to Harvey Staunton Esq the present owner great Grandchild and heir of the said William Staunton The Tythes of this part belong with the rest of the Rectory of Orston to the Church of Lincolne and the Dean and Chapter find a Curat to officiate in a Chappel which stands in the Church-yard of Staunton whither the inhabitants which hold this Land resort as being of Orston Parish Harvey Staunton Esquire is Lessee to the Dean and Chapter also Newark Hundred Newarke Wapentak LAy to Newark before the Conquest and was then the famous Countess Godeva's and since the Bishop's of Lincolne till it was taken into the Crown where it remains as in the Town of Newarke may be observed Staunton THat part of Stantune which is in Newarke Wapentac before the Norman Invasion was the Freehold of Tori who paid the publick Tax of the Dane-geld for it as ten Bov. The Land being then three Car. There at the time when the Conquerour made his Survey it being then become the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt as all or most of Tories Lands in this County were in Demesne were three Car. and four Sochm. on one Bovat and an half of this Land and eleven Villains two Bord. having two Car. There was a Priest and a Church one Mill 5s. 4d. sixty Acres of Medow in the time of Edward the Confessour the value was 4l. then 100s. It had Soc in Alureton Flodberge and Dallintune and was then held by Malger whose posterity having their chief residence here had their name from this place and do continue in the Male Line possessed of it to this day Nov. 30. 1672. Oliver Dayncourt gave to William de Albeni the younger the Fee of two Knights which Galfr. de Staunton held and which Raph Dayencurt his Grandfather gave to the said Williams father himself adding half a Knights Fee in Gunwortheby for which the said William de Albeni was but to do the Service of one Knight as the rest of the said Olivers own men did The Stauntons were ever esteemed to hold of the Lords of Belvoyr by Castle Guard where Staunton Tower is yet to be found sufficiently guarded by the strength of its own liquor with which the bottom of it is usually replenished Galfr. de Stanton gave Lands in Kelum to the Monastery of Rufford which King Stephen confirmed viz. five Bovats by the consent of Beatrix his wife and Malger his son and confirmed likewise forty Acres there which those Monks had of the gift of Malger de Rolleston Beatrissa de Muscamp after the death of her Husband the said Galfr. de Stantun for three Marks and a Cow which she received of the said Monks in the presence and by the consent of her then Lord and Husband Eudo de Aubeni confirmed to them the said five Bovats though they were part of her Dower And William son of Malger de Stanton also confirmed his Grandfather the said Galfr. de Stanton's gift This William made free Hugh Travers son of Simon de Auvrington and all his Progeny because he took a Cross for him and went for him to Hierusalem so he did also Iohn the son of Simon de Auvrington and gave them to God and the Church of St. Mary of Staunton to be in the protection of the Rector of Staunton The Witnesses were Raph de Orlingberga Robert de Stokes William de Houkesworth Ranulf Morin Walter de Hou Richard de Staunton the Parson William Parson of Kilvington Roger Parson of Elveston Raph de St. Paul and divers others Athelina this Sir William de Stauntons wife is said to be the second of the three daughters and co-heirs of Iohn de Musters Lord of Basingham in Lincolneshire by which means part of that Lordship came to this Family of Staunton There was an Agreement in the year 1257. between Sir Galfr. de
his second wife left many Thomas de Staunton Esquire his eldest about 4 H. 4. had to wife Margaret the daughter of Thomas Mapurley and afterwards two others 2 H. 6. Elizabeth and 10 H. 6. Ioane Thomas de Staunton his son by Elizabeth his wife daughter of .... Sleford as 't is said left many sons on whom the Estate was entailed he had a sister called Margaret who 36 H. 6. was second wife of Iohn Barret of Horbling in Lincolnshire His first son William Staunton Esq married Katherin Deisney but had no issue for he left this Mannor 4 Mar. 14 H. 7. to George his brother who had a daughter married to .... Brookesby but after him this Mannor went to William his brother who was both Lord and Parson of this place and left it to his brother Thomas Staunton Iohn being dead before These had a sister named Alice married to Iohn Thorold of Marston in Lincolneshire This last Thomas by his wife Anne daughter of Thâ—mas Pourment or Paramour who had cut on the Brass of her Tomb a Chevron between three Roses had a son called Anthony who married Sith daughter of Robert Nevill of Ragnell Esquire and by her had very many children Elizabeth first wife of Roger North then of Hugh Thornhil and after of Arthur Walpole Ellen wife of William Wild of Nettleworth Brigitt of Ierome Brand before named Katherin of Richard Marshall Anne of William Snow Sith unmarried his sons were Anthony Richard Iohn William but his eldest was Robert Staunton Esquire a very pious good man he married Brigitt one of the two daughters and coheirs of Gabriel Barwick Esquire Lord of Bulcote in this County by whom he left William Staunton Esquire a very good man too but he sold his share in Bulcote to his Cousin Gabriel Odingsells for 1500l. to purchase his Cousin Brands here for 1200l. which were those belonging to the Priory of Haverholm already mentioned after which he sold other Lands as in their places may be observed His wife was Elizabeth the daughter of Dan. Deisney of Norton Deisney in Lincolneshire Esquire with whom he had 300l. portion She after his death married .... Aston and ... Bussy He left his son Anthony Staunton under age who was Ward to the Earl of Rutland and the Tradition is that Sir Matthew Palmer of Southwell won him at Bowls of Robert Dallington servant to Earl Roger who gave him to that Gentleman 1604. and when he the said Sir Matthew had him he married him to his sister Frances who had to her second Husband Robert Waring of Wilford to whom she bare a son called also Robert Waring and two daughters the elder Frances was the first wife of Matthew Morgan of Aberhavesp in the County of Montegomery the second Elizabeth died unmarried but first to her husband the said Anthony Staunton she brought a son called William who married Anne Niece to her said second husband being daughter of Edmund Waring of Leycroft in the County of Stafford Esquire his elder brother This William Staunton went with the King to Edge-hill Fight and afterwards was a Colonel for him in the Garrison of Newark which impaired his Estate as the Parliament Souldiers did his house here in which they sometimes quartered He sold some of this Lordship to William Cartwright the Lawyer before named as after his death his Trustees did another part to Dr. Iames Margetson now Lord Primate of Ireland He left many children his eldest son Malger died a Batchelor and left his brother Harvy Staunton Esquire the present inheriter of this Mannor who married Anne the daughter and heir of George Cam of Tuxford by whom he hath daughters and may have sons to continue this most ancient Family in the Male Line his sister Mary is wife of William Sacheverell of Barton Esquire his sister Anne of Peter Broughton of Lowdham younger brother of Sir Brian Broughton his sister Katherine of Mr. Holbrooke Parson of Edgemond in Shropshire brother of William the present Parson of Staunton his sister Elizabeth is yet unmarried and his brother Raph Staunton a Scholar in Trinity Colledge in Cambridge the rest of the Colonels Children are dead The Rectory of Staynton was 18l. 'T is now 16l. 13s. 11d. ob in the Kings Books and Harvy Staunton Esquire Patron as his Ancestors have been There is a certain kind of Rhyming Bard-like Pedegree of this Family made by one Robert Cade who did the like for the Family of Skeffington and 't is like for some others in this he hath Transcribed the Epitaphs out of this Church and therefore it cannot be much a-miss to insert it for an Example of such like work which hath been much esteemed by some Families To the Reader GOod Reader thou which hereon lookes Abandon mynde so haultye It may be proved that ys averde Though thou think it be faultye Forget the Basenesse of thy byrthe Do not the best condem The Stauntons may compare with thee And thou canst not with them Therefore better I do conclude To rest and not to ryse Leest that thou rise and fall againe By meanes of Enterprise Then Petigrewe go shew thy self Truth lurkes not in the darke And you that Supervysores are Attentyve be and marke Under this is Stauntons two Chevrons with a Fox for the Crest And Dysneys three Flowers de Lis upon a Fesse and a Lyon passant gardant for the Crest The Stauntons Petygrewe O Champion cheefe and warlike wight Of Stauntons stocke the pryme The and thy sequele I must blase And Petigrewe define Though Haroldes they in noble sorte Thy Arms not pende in vaine Yet somethinge warâ—s that here is writte As Books and Toumbes shew plaine The first Sir Manger Staunton Knight Before Wylliam came in Who this Realme into one Monarche Did conquer it and winne At which same time this Mauger Knight Thrughe feats of Arms and Sheeld In Marcyall prowes so valeant was That then he wanne the Feelde In Belveor Castle was his houlde That Stauntones Tour is highte The strongest Forte in all that front And hiest to all mens fighte Unto which Forte with force and Flagge The Stauntons stocke must sticke For to defende against the Foe Which at the same could kicke His lodgeinge large in that Turritte At all times for his ease He may command both night and day And no man to displease And therefore Stauntons Mannor nowe Whiche in Staunton doth stande Of Belveor Castle is now helde By tenure of the Lande This Staunton Knight gott sure to wife One Emme of worthy fame Also a son that Knighted was Which Mauger had to name Whiche last Syr Mauger tooke to wife Beautrix both sage and wise As valeant as his father was In every Enterprise Whiche Lady Beautrix daughter was To him that then was Lord Of Belveor Castle in the Vale As Tombes and Armes accorde Whiche two Sir Knights cross-legged lieth In Male and Armoure fine Theire superscriptions worne away Theire deathes are without time Yet
Sir Geoffrey de Staunton Knight but before that this Robert Morin and Ioane his wife had passed away most of their interest here as by Fine they did 15 E. 3. seven Mess. one Mill sixteen Bovats of Land forty Acres of Medow and 6s. 8â— Rent in Kilvington and Alverton to Sir William de Bingham Knight and his heirs reserving both their own lives in them only And the said Robert had in the time of Edward the second passed several of his Villains to Robert le Vou of Steinwath who 18 E. 2. manumitted Isabell the daughter of Raph son of Richard of Kilvington and her two daughters Maud and Margery and several others as the said Robert Morin had granted him power to do Sir William de Bingham 18 E. 3. by Fine settled these Lands together with some in Clipston on Richard de Bingham his son and Annora his wife then in the custody of Robert de Meaux their Guardian and the heirs of their bodies with remainder to the right heirs of the said Richard Ioane the widow of Robert Morin then held these for her life Iohn Loudham the elder Knight and Edmund de Bingham Parson of Plumtre 48 E. 3. confirmed to Simon de Leek Knight and Iohn Payn Citizen of London all the Lands in Kilvington Alverton and Flawburgh which they had the year before viz. 47 E. 3. of the gift of Richard de Bingham Knight who had power to redeem them in six years for 226l. 13s. 8d. to be paid to the said Citizen Iohn de Leek Chr. and Isabell his wife 6 H. 4. by Fine settled the Mannor of Kilvington four Mess. sixty four Acres of Land sixteen of Medow and 20s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Kilvington Staunton Flawburgh Dalington and Newarke on Simon de Leeke and Ioane who had been the wife of Sir Thomas Malâ—ry Knight and the heirs of their bodies but if the said Simon and Ioane should fail of issue to remain to them the said Iohn and Isabell and the heirs of Iohn This Ioane was the daughter and heir of Sir Iohn Talbot of Swannington in Leicestershire and bore to the said Simon Leeke Lord of Cotham as in that place may be seen four daughters and heirs whereof Mary was second wife of Sir Giles D'anbeney and bore him a daughter called Iane who carried her inheritance to Sir Robert Markham of Cotham her husband with whose posterity these Lands continued till the year of our Lord 1574. that a threefold exchange was made between Robert Markham of Cotham Esquire who passed his Lands in Kilvington Alverton Flawburgh Dalington and Staunton to Robert Staunton of Staunton Esquire who passed his in Basingham Quarington and Sleford to Anthony Thorold of Marston Esquire who passed his in Cleypoole to the said Robert Markham But Robert Staunton had the hardest bargain for he gave not only 6l. per annum more Rent of Land to his Cousin Thorold but also 40l. in money to his Cousin Markham to whom he was also to give 100l. more if his son William Staunton when he came to the age of nineteen should refuse to take to his wife Frances the daughter of the said Robert Markham though he was not obliged to give her any portion This was after two or three years talking of at length agreed and effected by the mediation of Thomas Markham of Ollarton Esquire Robert Wood of Lamley Esquire chosen for the said Robert Markham the said Anthony Thorold and William Sutton of Averham chosen for Robert Staunton at Cotham 18 Sept. 1574. as before is said This made intire the Lordships of Staunton Kilvington Alverton and Flawburgh saving part of this Town which Francis Brookesby inherited from George Staunton mentioned in Staunton and the Priory Lands in Staunton then Ierome Brands but afterwards purchased by William Staunton of Robert Brand as before is also shown This Mannor and Advowson of the Church since the death of the last William Staunton the Colonel is sold to William Cartwright before named in Staunton and remains the inheritance of William Cartwright his son and heir Raph de St. Paul Lord of Sibthorpe noted also in that place whose daughter and heir Dionisia was married to Alexander Bozon of Kirketon in Holland whose son was called Raph de Kirketon and gave this Advowson with his sister as in Staunton is shown if this latter Raph be not also sometimes called Raph de St. Paul or some other of that name passed by Fine 10 Ioh. one Bovat here to Hugh son of Roger. The Rectory of Kilvington was 10l. and Mr. Staynton Patron Now it is 6l. 12s. 1d. in the Kings Books and the Church of Southwell Patron Mr. Colston is a Freeholder in Kilvington I think that which was Brookesbies heretofore and not long since Mr. Iosuah Wrights Alverton Alvrington IN Alvreton Flodberg and Dallington there was of the Sok of Stauntune of the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt as much as paid the Geld for six Bovats The Land two Car. There twelve Sochm. had three Car. and one hundred Acres of Medow this Malger held as in Staunton may be observed Another part here was Soc to Sibthorp of Ilbert de Lacies Fee and another to Kilvington of Hugh Fitz-Baldric's Fee which Auger held and afterwards the Family of Morin as in Kilvington is noted Iohn the son of Robert Morin of Cartolston 17 E. 3. passed a Mess. here to Iohn son of William Morin of Kilvington and to Alice his wife Simon de Leek named before in Kilvington 1 H. 6. made a Letter of Atturney to take seisin of Agnes who had been the wife of William son of Roger de Thurverton in one moyety of a Toft and three Bovats of Land seven Acres of Medow c. in Alverton which descended to the said Agnes by right of inheritance after the death of Iohn Morin of Kercolston her Father and in the Reversion of the other moyety after the death of Raph de Bingham of Kercolston who then held it by the Law of England after the death of Elizabeth late his wife all which the said Simon had of the gift and grant of the said Agnes according to the force and effect of a certain Instrument or Chartel thereof by her made to him This went with Kilvington to the Family of Staunton as there is shown and William Staunton son of Robert who made the exchange falling into the hands of Henry Hewyt Citizen and Cloathworker of London for whom he proved too weak gave him possession of Alverton and an enclosed part of Kilvington 10 Dec. 1590. 33 Eliz. with whose Family viz. Sir Thomas Hewyt son of William it still continues William Wright elder brother of Iosuah the Grazier had a Freehold and built an house there now the inheritance of Iohn Dickinson of Claypole in Lincolnshire Flawborough And Dalington Flodberge BEsides that which in Doomsday Book is mentioned to be of Walter de Ayencurts Fee and of the
Medow and forty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Bramcote Shelton Flaburgh and Dalington They suffered another 7 H. 8. wherein Sir William Mering Knight Rowland Digby Esquire Everard Digby Esquire Nicholas Strelley of Linby Esquire Nicholas Strelley of Strelley Esquire and Iohn Digby Gent. claimed against them the Mannors of Watnowe Chaworth and Shelton and the Advowson of Shelton Church Robert Markham Esquire suffered a Recovery to Francis Leek Esquire and Thomas Markham Esquire of the Mannor of Shelton with the Appurtenances and two Mess. one Cottag two Tofts one Dovecote three Gardens two hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow sixty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Shelton Dallington and Flawborowe and called to warrant George Purefey Esquire 10 Eliz. Sir Robert Markham the destroyer of that Family sold it to Sir Thomas Bennet an Alderman of London whose issue enjoyes it at this day intire and inclosed The Rectory of Shelton was 8l. and Mr. Markham and Mr. Bingham Patrons 'T is now 6l. 15s. 2d. ob in the Kings Books and Simon Bennet Esquire Patron Sibthorpe Sibetorpe THis is no great Lordship for content of ground only the soil may be thought tolerably good because the Book of Doomsday gives us notice that in those daies here were four or five several Mannors whereof Earl Alan of Richmond had some viz. two which were Vnspaec's before the Conquest who paid the Geld for them as two Bov. ½ The Land being then one Car. Fredgis held this of Earl Alan and there had one Car four Sochm. on one Bovat and two Bordars having one Car. There was a Priest and a Church to which belonged the fourth part of the Land There was ten Acres of Medow The value of this in the Confessours time was 20s. then 12s. Another Mannor in Sybetorpe this Earl had which before was Osberts who was rated for it to the Dane-geld at one Bov. and three Acres The Land half a Car. There was a Priest two Bord. four Acres of Medow This had been 10s. but then was 4s. value Of William Peverells Fee here were two Mannors which before the Normans came Leuvine and Turvert had and were rated for them to the Geld at four Bov. The Land of them was thirteen Bovats There Robert the Man or Tenant of William Pevrel had one Plow or Car. and five Villains with one Plow or Car. and one Mill 20d. and seven Acres of Medow This was in the Confessours time 40s. value then but 24s. Here was another Mannor which before the Conquest Pileuvin had for which he paid the Tax as two Bov. ½ The Land of it was one Car. Afterwards when this great Survey was made by the Conquerour Ilbert de Lacy had it Arnegrime held it of him There was one Car. in Demesne and three Sochm. on half a Bovat of Land and sixteen Bordars having three Plows or Carucats and the third part of a Mill 10d. and ten Acres of Medow The fourth part of this Land belonged to the Church of the same Mannor There was a Priest This kept the old value 30s. Earl Alans part here as most of the Richmond Fee in these parts was held immediately of the Family of Musters of Treswell in this County where Robert de Musters their Ancestor had his residence and was called the Man of Earl Alan in Doomsday Book Iohn de Musters of Tireswell Chr. 22 E. 3. claimed 3s. Rent here whereof his Ancestor Iohn de Musters was seised in the time of King Richard the first the right of which descended to Robert his son and heir and from the said Robert to Iohn his son and heir who dying without issue it was inherited by William his said sons brother who in like manner left it to Robert his brother from whom it came to his son and heir the said Iohn de Musters who then claimed it Iohn de Musters of Tireswell Chivaler by Fine 22 E. 3. passed to Thomas de Sibethorp Parson of Bekyngham 3s. Rent in Sibethorpe together with the Homages and Services of Robert son of William del Grene of Sibthorp Robert Adam William Elys Henry Elys Robert de Stridelington Parson of Skeldingthorpe Isabell who was the wife of Robert de Stridelington Robert son of Robert de Stridelington and Isabell his wife Iohn Alisaundre of Sibethorp Simon de Sibethorp and Iohn his younger son William son of Simon de Sibethorp and Cecily his wife Constance daughter of Roger de Botelesford of Sibthorp Alice daughter of Constance de Botelesford Sarra who had been wife of Walter de Essewellethorp of Sibethorpe Henry son of Walter de Essewellethorpe of Sibethorp Hughde St. Paul Geoffrey Bythelane of Sibethorpe Iohn son of Geoffrey by the Lane William son of Iohn Iohn de Cougham William de Middelton and Elias de Middelton and their heirs for all the Tenements they held of the said Sir Iohn de Musters in Sibthorpe Robert son of William del Grene of Sibthorpe 20 E. 3. claimed an Acre of Medow and 16d. farthing Rent in Sibthorpe as heir to Goscelinus de St. Paul son of Roger de Sibthorpe Rogerus de Sibthorp Goscelinus de St. Paul R. 1. Thomas Rogerus Alicia fil haer Willielmus Robertus del Grene de Sibethorp 20 E. 3. Tericius de Sibethorp temp R. 1. Petrus Robertus Henricus Nicole fil haer -Will de Middelton Elias de Middleton 23 E. 3. Willielmus de Middleton 23 E. 3. which Gocelinus had it in the time of Richard the first and left it to his son and heir Thomas who had a son called Roger who left it to his daughter and heir Alice the mother of William father of the said Robert del Grene who passed it and other things to the said Thomas de Sibthorp so did Elias de Middleton and William his son 23 E. 3. which Elias claimed two Mess. three Tofts three Bov. ½ of Land ten Acres of Medow and 20s. Rent in Sibthorpe and Syreston from Tiricius de Sibethorp his Ancestor in the time of Richard the first who left his right to Peter his son and heir who did the like to his son Robert who had Henry father of Nicola wife of William and mother of the said Elias de Middleton The rest who held any of this Fee or most of them before named conveyed their several interests to this Thomas de Sibthorp Parson of Bekingham Lacies Fee it seems came to Sir Stephen Waleys of whom it was held in the time of Edward the third The most ancient Lord of this Mannor that I have met with was Raph de Sancto Paulo who had a daughter and heir called Dionysia married Radulphus de Sancto Paulo Dionysia fil haer -Alexander Bozon de Kirketon in Hoyland miles temp R. 1. 1 Radulphus s. p. -Alicia relict 2 Hugo Simon de Kirketon in Holand miles Johannes de Kirketon s. p. Margareta ux Johannis fil Rad. Chaumpeneys de Quaplade Alicia ux Fulc
Leeke son of the said Iohn and the heirs of his body for want of which to the heirs of the body of the said Iohn and in default of such to the right heirs of the said Alice There was another Fine 36 H. 6. between Thomas Leeke of Landford Quer. and Hugh Golhall of Wodeburgh and Alice his wife Deforc of the Mannor of Elston called Elstons Mannor with the Appurtenances and the rest of the particulars as before which were then settled on the said Hugh and Alice during their lives and after on Ioane Golhall daughter of the said Hugh during her life then to revert to the said Thomas Leeke and his heirs for ever There was a Recovery 32 H. 8. wherein Thomas Rooper and William Wright Clark claimed against Francis Leeke Esquire the Mannor of Elston with the Appurtenances and three Mess. two Cottag one Dovecote one hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow forty of Pasture 8s. Rent and the Rent of 1l. of Cummin-seed two pair of Gloves and a Steel Needle in Elston Thorpe and Stoke by Newarke There was a Recovery 38 H. 6. wherein Iohn Metheley the younger claimed against Iohn Compton five Mess. two Cottages one hundred and twenty Acres of Land forty of Medow and 24s. 8d. Rent in Elston Flintham and Sireston Johannes Metheley Johannes Metheley de Elston Joana soror Edm. Percy Decan Sacelli relict Hansard Christoph. Metheley-Anna fil Tho. Lister de Wakefeild Barthol Metheley de Elston -Joanna fil .... Bingham de Carcolston Elizabetha fil haer -Johannes Lascells fil tertius Georgii Lascells de Stourton Gateford Georgius Lascells de Elston -Anna fil Gervasii Wirrall de Leversall in Com. Ebor. Johannes-Lascells ... fil ... Coppinger Georgius Lascells ........ fil Franc. Leek de Balderton haer -Anna fil Hercy Pate relict Rob. Waring Barthol ... fil Deisney Ropers Mannor which before was Leekes and Metheleys Lands the Capital Mess. whereof heretofore was called Carues place Mannor are now the Inheritance of George Lascells Esquire The Rectory of Elston was ten Marks and some Prebendary Patron 'T is now 9l. 8s. 9d. in the Kings Books and William Wightman Esq of Stoke Patron Cotham Doomsd. Cotes HEre before the Norman Invsiaon were divers Mannors one was the Freehold of Leuric who paid for it to the Dane-geld as three Bovats The Land then twelve Bovats This afterwards was the Fee of Odo Bishop of Baion's whose Man or Tenant Wacelinus had here one Car. five Vill. and one Bord. having half a Car. and twenty Acres of Medow This in the Confessours time was 40s. value in the Conquerours 30s. Here was likewise of Walter de Ayncurts Fee the principal part of the Township in which before the Conquest were two Mannors which Suen and Tori had who paid the publick Tax for them as nine Bovats The Land being then certified to be six Car. There afterward Walter had in Demesne one Car. ten Vill. eight Bord. having three Car. There was a Priest and a Church and six Acres of Medow This was in the Confessours time 100s. in the Conquerours 6l. value when Doomsday Book was made Walter de Ayencurt gave his Tythes here and at very many other places to the Monastery of St. Maries at Yorke which had a Pension of 24s. per annum in the year 1344. as in the Visitation of William Zouch Arch-bishop of York appeareth But Raph Dâ—yncourt when he Founded Thurgarton gave this Church called there Cotes as in Granby is said And in the year 1352. the Abbat and Covent of St. Maries at Yorke agreed to let the Prior and Covent of Thurgarton have their portions of Tythes in the Arch-deaconry of Nott. viz. two parts of the Tythes of the Demesne Lands in Graneby and Hikling and the like in Cotum for ten Marks of Silver yearly for ever In the eleventh year of King Iohns Reign there was an Assise to try if Robert Rusell and others had unjustly disseised Henry de Mar. and Petronilla his wife of their Common of Pasture and Turbary and Marish in Cotes and Beninton which belonged to their Freehold in Cotes The Jury found that Robert Russell and Richard the Parson had carried away Turf which the men of the said Richard had wrought in the Common of the said Henry and so had disseised him the rest had leave from the Earl of Chesters Baylys and that it was alwaies lawful for the said Earl and the said Henry to give leave to others to cut Turf In the twelfth year of King Iohn Petronilla the daughter of Guido de Croun gave to Paganus son of William de Mara and his heirs her whole Land of Cotun reserving two pound of Pepper yearly Rent She married to her first husband William de Longechamp and by him had Henry de Longechampe who had a daughter called Alice who was married to Roger Pedwardyn But the said Petronilla the daughter and heir of Guido de Croun had another husband called Oliver de Vaux by whom she had a son called Iohn de Vaux There was an Assise at Derby 53 H. 3. before Iohn le Breton to try if Stephen Father of William de Cotone was seised of one Toft and two Acres of Land in Cotone which Adam de Hâ—tot held who called to warrant before Iohn le Bretone Alane le Breton who came and summoned to warranty Stephen the son of Stephen de Haya Walter de Hayea paid 40d. for the eighth part of a Fee in Coton The Jury 8 E. 1. found that Roger de Vallibus held in Cotum sixteen Bovats of the Fee of Dovor which I take to be that of Odo Bishop of Bayon of Stephen de la Hay which the said Stephen was wont to hold of the King in Capite by the service of finding a man of Arms Armigerum forty daies at his own charge in the time of War There was an agreement made between Roger de Vallibus and Robert de Cumpton 8 E. 1. also concerning right of Common in which the said Robert granted that the proper Goods of the said Roger might Common in the Territory of Houton except the several after the Corn was carried away excepting Swine and Bidentibus Sheep so that neither his Freeholders Servants Villains nor Cottagers did Common And another bargain was then also made touching the entring of their Cattel into both their Territories as well Houton as Cotum and for the manner of replevying It was adjudged 10 E. 1. that Roger de Vallibus and Clementia his wife should recover their seisin of certain Customs and Services which divers Men and Tenants of Cotum ought to do for their Land there Roger de Vallibus 15 E. 1. was found to have greater right to hold sixteen Bovats except seven Acres and one Rod in Cotum than the King and that this Mannor was held of the Castle of Dovor as before but then the Rent was raised to 40s. per annum
Priory of Thurgarton 24 Nov. 38 H. 8. were granted to Iohn Bellowe and Iohn Broxholme Esquire together with the Tythe Barn of Cotteham with the Appurtenances then in the tenure of Iohn Markham The Vicarage of Cottome was 8l. when the Prior of Thurgarton was Patron 'T is now 7l. 18s. 1d. ob in the Kings Books and I suppose the Duke of Newcastle Patron who alloweth towards 20l. a year to one to officiate sometimes but none have been presented of late In the Chancel by the North Wall is a good Tomb of .... Markham In the Windows is Cheque Arg. and Gules a Bend sable Bekering And Arg. a Lion Ramp queve furchè sable Cressy Stoke by Newark Stoches and Efloches THis Stoches was very much parcelled in old time and so continues some of it which was rated to the Dane-geld at one Bovat and an half was of the Soc of Newark and of the Bishop of Lincolnes Fee which some Sochmen held Another part of this Town of Stoches was the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt where before the Conquest Tori had a Mannor which was discharged to the publick Tax for six Bovats The Land then was certified to be two Car. There was afterwards in Demesne one Car. three Vill. five Bord. having half a Car. and sixty Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was 6l. sclo or 60s. in the Conquerours 40. Osbert held it And it had Soc in Holton Another part was of Ilbert de Lacies Fee which Turchill had before and discharged his Mannor to the Geld for five Bovats though the Land was then known to be two Car. Manfrid held it of Ilbert and there had half a Car. and three Sochm. five Bordars having one Car. and two Oxen plowing and sixty four Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was 20s. in the Conquerours 15s. value Another Mannor in Stoches before the Normans came had Sbernecroc which he paid for as two Bovats and an half to the Geld. The Land was one Car. This afterwards became the Fee of Berengarius de Todeni which Raph his Man held and there had one Car. two Vill. three Bord. plowing with two Oxen. There was forty Acres of Medow This in the time of King Edward before the Conquest was 12s. when King William made his Survey 10s. value Here was a Family which took their name from this place of which I find several but cannot give an exact account of them The County of Nott. 11 May in the sixth year of King Iohn was committed to Peter de Stokes as long as the King should please Robert son of Stephen the Knight of Stokes by the consent of Margaret his wife and Stephen his son and heir gave to God and the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton two Selions or Leyes by Templecroft without the Town of Stoke towards Newark to make a Toft and one Bovat of Land and all his Medow in Withenes and a Path for Foot-men and Horse-men to Fiskerton Ferry over the Cheveciis Heads of his great Furlong by the Trent and the like which Stephen son of this Sir Robert de Stokes Knight confirmed Here were many Benefactors to the Priory of whom that Covent got small parcells of Land Hugh Blanchard the Chaplain of Stoke gave part of a Toft four Selions of Arable Land a Rood of Medow and the like which he had of Iohn de Roldeston of Stoke chief Lord of the Fee whose wife Maud the daughter of Robert de Harston in her widowhood confirmed it so did William the son of the said Iohn de Roldeston Robert Payn of Neuwerks gave a Toft and Croft in Stoke and some small Rents and half an Oxgange of Arable c. which Hugh Cundi held of him in Villanage together with the said Hugh his whole off-spring and all his Chattels Thomas de Bekering Knight son of Thomaâ— released all his right and title in half a Bovat of Land which should descend to him by inheritance after the death of Thomas de Bekering his great Grandfather to the said Prior and Covent And Roger de Stokes confirmed to them all the Lands and Tenements they had of his Fee in Stoke by Newark which confirmation seems to bear daâ—e 15 E. 2. Iohn the Prior and the Covent of Thurgarton passed to Sir Iohn de Munteney and the Lady Constantia his wife a Toft and Croft containing three Roods lying next the Messuage of the said Sir Iohn on the East in Stoke to them and the heirs of their bodies paying 2s. a year for the security of which the said Sir Iohn made a Bovat which Robert Moxly held of him in Stoke in Villanage to be liable to their distress Robert de Stokes paid two Marks for one Knights Fee here which I take to be of Deyncourts part The Bishop of Lincolne infeoffed the Ancestor of Dive Lord of Kingerby in Lincolneshire who had his Court kept at Balderton and was succeeded by Bussy of Hogham as in Balderton more particularly Galfr. de Stokes was found 51 H. 3. to have held something in Darbishire of Richard de Sandiacre and likewise of the Fee of Kinnerby in Stoke twenty Bovats in Newark four Bovats and in Balderton eight Bovats of the same Fee of the Fee of Bekering in Stoke ten Bovats four in Sireston and sixteen in Screveton there noted Iohn son of Paulinus de Stoke was found Cousin and heir of this Geoffrey And Matilda sister of Iohn de Stokes 21 E. 1. was found his heir An Assize 16 E. 1. came to be recognized before the Justices at Nott. if Robert de Stokes the Uncle of Robert de Omesby and of Robert de Ayleston was feised of one Mess. one Wind-mill one hundred and fifty one Acres of Land thirty five of Medow nine of Pasture 6l. 9d. Rent in Stokes by Farndon which Henry de Gauy and Isabell his wife then held and called to warrant Stephen de Stokes who was summoned in Northamptonshire and came and voided the warranty because the Jury found that Isabell had not done him Homage which she pleaded she did at Siberton In the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Stoke answered for a whole Villa and Henry de S. Licio and Isabell de Gauy are certified to be Lords of it The year before 8 E. 2. Henry de S. Licio had an Ad quod Damnum that he might give ten Acres and an half to the Master of the Hospital of S. Leonard at Stoke and his Successours which shews he held of Iohn de Bussy and he of the Bishop of Lincolne This Hospital is very ancient for Raph de Aincurt in the time of Henry the first when he Founded the Priory of Thurgarton excepted 10s. per annum of his gift to the infirm of Stokes but who Founded it I have not yet discovered It had Lands in Newark and very many other Towns within that Soc given by several Benefactors The Jury 12 E. 3. found it not to
the Kings loss if he granted Henry son of Laurence de Stoke licence to give a Mess. in Stoke to the said Hospital nor 21 E. 3. for Iohn le Veynour of Stoke nor Robert Moge to give a few Acres in Stoke nor for William son of William son of Stephen de Stoke and Simon de Sibthorp to give 10s. Rent in Stoke nor for Gilbert son of Lene of Holme by Newark to give a Mess. three Acres of Land and five Acres of Medow in Holme aforesaid to the said Hospital I have met with very many such small Contributers Thomas Ogle Clark 16 R. 2. and Alice Porter a Mess. and half an Acre in Stoke held of Iohn del Car in right of Alice his wife who held of the Lord Deyncourt Iohn Cony another Mess. held of the same persons and the like By a Fine at York 27 E. 1. between William de Westwode and Maud his wife and Henry son of the said Maud on the one part and Elias de Bekingham on the other six Mess. one hundred Acres and five Bovats of Land thirty Acres of Medow five of Pasture 45s. 9d. Rent and Rent of a pound of Pepper and a pair of Gilt Spurs in Stokes Sireston Eyleston Newark and Balderâ—on were settled on the said William Maud and Henry 'T is like Maud was the sister of Iohn de Stoke before named There was another Fine levied at York 16 E. 2. between Roger de Stokes and Petronilla his wife Quer. and Robert de Helpeston Parson of Houton Deforc. whereby the Mannor of Stoke was settled on the said Roger and Petronilla for life afterwards on Peter son of Nicholas de Wydemerpole and Alice his wife and the heirs of Peter on the body of the said Alice remainder on Reginald brother of Peter and the heirs of his body remainder on Maud sister of Reginald and hers remainder to Nicolas de Wydemerpole and Alice his wife and the heirs of the said Nicholas these last are mentioned in Shelton Peter de Wydmerpole and Alice his wife by Fine 17 E. 3. passed to Henry Gauy and Ioane his wife two Bovats in this Stoke I find Galfr. de Butiler about 8 E. 1. granted for himself and his heirs that Richard Ingeram and his heirs should have Commons for two Cows in the one hundred Acre Moore of Stoke By a Fine at York 7 E. 3. Sir Iohn de Mounteney Knight settled thirteen Mess. one Mill nineteen Bovats and an half and twenty three Acres and a Rood and half of Land fifty two Acres and an half of Medow thirteen Acres of Pasture and 40s. and 3s. Rent in Stoke Thorpe and Eyleston and the Advowson of the Church of Eyleston on himself for life then to Iohn his son and the heirs Males of his body remainder to Robert brother of Iohn and his remainder to Arnald brother of Robert and his remainder to the right heirs of Sir Iohn himself Johannes de Mounteney miles-Constantia Johannes de Mounteney Constantia fil haer -Johannes Bosvile de Chete Ebor. miles 3 Johannes Bosvile .... fil Percivalli Amyas C. Ebor. Johannes Bosvill .... fil .... Radcliff de Ordsall Com. Lanc. Willielmus Boswell de Chete 1 Elizabetha fil cohaer -Joh Nevill mil. ex familia de Leversege Henricus Nevill Georgius Nevill de Chete 1581. 2 Rob. Nevill de Ragnell-Alicia fil cohaer Georgius Nevill-Barbara sor cohaer Joh. Hercy mil. Johannes Nevill-Gertruda fil Richardus Whalley Hercy Nevill de Grove-Brigitta fil Hen. Savill 2 Thom. s. p. 1 Achilles s. p. Robertus s. p. A Fine was levied of the Mannor of Stoke called the Overhall 13 R. 2. between Elias de Mydylton Raph de Staunton Iohn Bozon Vicar of the Church of Stoke Hugh Bozon Parson of the Church of Haukesworth William de Leeke and Walter de Topclif Quer. and Thomas de Staunton Chr. and Alâ—â—e his wife Deforc. whereby it was conveyed to the said Hugh and his heirs Thomas Bozome brother of Sir Richard had his residence here William Leek of Léek died seised of six Acres of Land and two of Medow in Stoke about 37 H. 6. held of Richard Willughby and Anne his wife as in the right of Anne She was one of the co-heirs of Simon Leek of Cotham Iohn Leek was then found to be son and heir of the said Will. I. Bosvyle of Stoke descended by an heir female from Sir Iohn de Mountenay held a Mannor in Stoke called Nether-hall of Bussy and some Lands of Richard Willughby William Bosvyle's daughter of Chete in Yorkshire called Elizabeth one of the co-heirs married Sir Iohn Nevill and the other called Alice brought this Mannor to Robert Nevill of Ragnell her husband and by Iohn Nevill son of George it was sold to ...... Wightman whose posterity still enjoyes it The Mannor of Stoke called Overhall is the inheritance of the Honourable Arthur Stanhope younger son of Philip first Earl of Chesterfeild Queen Elizabeth 30 March in the eighteenth year of her Reign granted to Iohn Mershe Esquire and Francis Greneham Gent. amongst other things the whole House and Site of the Hospital of St. Leonard of Stoke by Newark and all Houses Buildings c. except two Houses or Cottages in Stoke called Bedehouses where two poor people dwelt Mr. Robert Butler hath some interest in this as I take it and Mr. Philip Lacock of Woodborough had considerable Lands here and in Elston which remain to his son Charles Francis Viscount Lovell the heir of the Lord Deyncourt was Attaint because it appeared he was with Iohn Earl of Lincolne at this Stoke 20 day of Iune 2 H. 7. where a great Battel was then fought The Tythes of Stoke with some in Elston and Sireston and Codington belong to the Chancellor of the Church of Lincolne who is Patron of the Vicarage of Stoke which was 7l. and is now 8l. in the Kings Books The Vicar serves at all the forenamed places which find him work In the Church Windows of Stoke were Arg. a Chevron Gules betwixt three Whales Heads or such like set foreright not erected Sable Quarterly per Fesse indented Arg. and Gules Gules a Lion Rampant Or. Paly of six Arg. and Azure upon a Bend Or three Iewes Harpes or such like Sable this is oft Arg. three Fusells in fesse Gules Quarterly Arg. Gules fretty Or a Bend of the second Markham quartering Leek Arg. two Barrulets and a Palet Gules impale with Gules a Crosse of four Hearts Arg. Arg. a Crosse Croslett Botony Sable Arg. three Bird Bolts Sable Arg. three Pincers Sable Arg. upon a Bend Azure three Crosse Croslets Arg. Arg. upon a Fesse Sable a Lion passant Arg. Hose Quarterly Gules and Ermine upon the first and fourth a Goats Head Erased Arg. the Horns Or Moreton Arg. five Fusells in Fesse Gules three Martlets in Chief Sable The same again with A File of three Labells Azure Gules three Waterbougets Arg. Lord Ros. Ermine
a Crosse engrailed Gules The Lady Alice Stauntons Tomb is mentioned in Staunton Thorpe by Newark IN Torpe the Fee of Rad. de Limesi before the Conquest Vlvric had a Mannor then rated to the Dane-geld at six Bov. and an half The Land four Car. There afterwards Manfrid the Man or Tenant of Raph de Limesi had one Car. and nine Villains and five Bordars having three Car. and seventy two Acres of Medow the value is omitted In King Iohns time Malger de Torpe was summoned to warrant to the Prior of Haverholme the Advowson of the Church of Thorp who came and confirmed the grant of it made by Walter de Torp his Father to the said Prior and his successors who then produced the Chartel or Deed of the said Walter And it appears 22 E. 3. that Priory enjoyed this Church accordingly In the Record of Nomina Villarum 9 E. 2. Thorpe and Cotum answered for a whole Villa and Richard de Thorpe and Iohn de Mounteney were certified to be Lords There was a Fine levied at Nott. 3 E. 3. between William de Thorpe Knight and Margaret his wife Quer. and Hugh de Goushull Parson of Radcliffe Deforc. of the Mannor of Thorpe with the Appurtenances five Bovats of Land five Acres of Medow seven Marks 2s. 1 ob 1 q. Rent and Rent of 4 Hens and 6 Geese in Stoke Eyleston Newark and Northgate by Newark whereby the premises were settled on the said Sir William and Margaret and the heirs of the body of Sir William remainder to Herbert his brother and the heirs Males of his body remainder to the right heirs of Sir William de Thorpe Sir Edmund Molineux who was Serjeant at Law and made Justice of the Bench during the Kings pleasure 22 Octob. 4 E. 6. was son of Sir Thomas Molineux of Hawton by his second wife the daughte of ... Cotton of Cheshire and had this Mannor and bought the Lands which were the Knights Hospitallers of St. Iohns of Hierusalem in this place belonging to the Preceptory of Eagle in the County of Lincolne formerly the Knights Templars of one ...... Thorpe who together with .... Lister had them from the Crown 35 H. 8. and was succeeded here by his son Iohn Molineux of Thorpe and he by his son Edmund who left a son called Sir Iohn Molineux who sold this place to Iohn Halsey and others The Township is inclosed and the Capitall Messuage and Grounds near the Town are now the inheritance of Robert Butler Esquire whose Father Robert Butler re-edified the ruined Church There was a Recovery suffered 6 Eliz. wherein Robert Flecher and Iohn Fawconer claimed against Iohn Molineux Esquire three Acres and one Rood of Medow and one hundred Acres of Moore in Thorpe and Stoke by Newark and Common of Pasture for all Mannor of Cattel in four hundred Acres of Land in Thorpe and Stoke and Robert Markham Esquire George Nevill Esquire and Iohn Arnald Gentleman were called to warranty Divers of the Closes are the inheritance of Sir Francis Leek Knight and Baronet whose Father William Leek was son of Sir Francis Leek by his second wife the daughter of ...... Edgioke after married to Sir Gervas Clifton which said Williams second wife .... the daughter of .... Orme of Elston still keeps them in Joynture She was since married to .... Druell who is also dead The Rectory of Thorpe was 10l. value when the Prior of Brodholme perhaps mistaken for Haverholme was Patron 'T is now 8l. in the Kings Books and the King himself Patron In the Church was an ancient Tomb whereon lay one in Armour and Mail cross-leg'd and on his Shield Azure a Fesse Arg. betwixt three Lions Rampant Or which is oft also in the Window Thorpe and the Inscription is Hic jacet Dom. Willielmus de Thorpe miles Domina Margareta uxor sua ... Here was Staffords and Bouns Earl of Northampton And Or a Lion Ramp Az. a Bend Gobony Arg. and Gules Barry of six Arg. and Az. Grey of Codnar Gules a Fesse Barry betwixt three Libards Heads Or. Quarterly Arg. and Sab. a Bend Gules Arg. three Martlets sab Quarterly per Fesse indented Ermine and Arg. Barry of six Or and Az. a Canton Ermine Or thrâ—e Chevrons Gules Gules a Saltier Arg. Nevile Azure on a Bend Arg. Cotised betwixt six Lioncels Ramp Or three Mullets Sab. Boun. Hawton Doomsd. Holton HEre was Soc to Newark as much as was rated to the Tax for two Bov. ½ of the Bishop of Lincolnes Fee and here was of Walter de Ayncurts Fee Soc to Stoches in Holton which paid the publick Geld for two Bovats The Land was one Car. There six Sochm. had two Car. and twenty Acres of Medow But the most considerable part of this Township was the Fee of Raph de Limesi wherein Tored had a Mannor which in the Confessours time paid the Dane-geld for four Bov. and an half The Land being then certified to be sufficient for two Plows or two Carucats There Raph de Limesi had two Car. and four Sochm. on two Bovats and an half of this Land and five Vill. five Bord. having three Car. There was a Priest and two Churches one Mill 5s. 4d. Here were likewise four Mannors in the Confessours time which Bugo Raynald Torvet and Bugo had and then discharged them to the publick payment or Geld for six Bov. ½ The Land was then returned to be two Car. ½ Soc also there which paid the Geld as five Bovats The Land two Car. Soc. In these Lands were eighteen Sochm. two Vill. ten Bord. having six Car. These five Mannors Alured held of Raph. In the Confessours time the value was 100s. when Doomsday Book was made 4l. 10s. Richard de Houton was the first Successour of Alured that I have found and he I suppose lived in the time of King Henry the second William son of Roger de Honton gave to Walter des Mores son of Rob. des Mores that Toft and two Bovats c. in Houton the Witnesses were Robert de Basingham Richard his brother William son of Richard de Houton William son of Roger de Stokes Walter del Howe Henry son of Thomas de Roldeston Walter son of Alured de Collingham Raph son of Robert de Collingham Robert de Stokes William son of Harvey Adam son of Albert Henry de Carleton Malger de Thorp Walter son of Henry and others Sir Roger de Howton son of William de Houton Knight gave with his body seven Bovats in Houton to the Priory of Thurgarton for the sustentation of a Caâ—on to celebrate Mass daily in that Church where he intended to be buried for the health of his Soul and of Agnes his wife and all his Ancestors and Successours Walter Arch-bishop of Yorke confirmed the Church of Houton to that Priory which it had of the gift of the said Roger son of William and afterwards granted the Prior and Covent two Besants yearly
also to Richard Newdigate Serjeant at Law By his second wife Sir Iohn had Colonel Roger Molyneux The Lands in Hawton belonging to the Priory of Thurgarton were granted 4 Eliz. to Iames Hardwick and his heirs and so came to the Earl of Devonshire The Lordship is depopulated very much since the War and a great part of it inclosed since then too which never fails to produce that effect The Rectory of Hawton was 20l. value and Mr. Molyneux Patron 'T is now 17l. 13s. 4d. in the Kings Books In the Church there was upon a Marble Stone cut in Brass Of your Charitie pray for the Soules of Degory Adys Knight of the Sepulcre and Marchaunt of the Stapull of Calys and Dame Anne his wife daughter of Thomas Powtrell Esquire the which Degory deceased 27 Febr. 1521. Upon it is Arg. a Bull sable Horned Or amongst long Reeds Or the tops sable and by it Or a plain Crosse between four Croslets Gules the first impales with Arg. a Fesse between three Cinquefoils Gules Poutrell In the Brass of another Stone Of your Charitie pray for the Soules of William Molyneux and Marget his wife their Childrens Soules and all Christian Soules which William departed this present life the last day of Octob. 1541. There is Molyneux Arms with a Crescent In the Chancel on a piece of Brass upon a little plain Stone was Of your Charity pray for the Soules of Robert Molineux Esquire and Dorothy his wife which Robert deceased 13 Apr. 1539. Upon a little Stone for a Child Johannes filius quintus Thomae Halgh de Wigtoft generos In the Windows Molyneux impales with Markham Arg. a Lion Ramp sab Gules a Bend Cotised betwixt six Martlets Or. Cheque Arg. and Gules a file of three Labels Az. On the North side of the Chancell at Hawton Iuxta Newarke Molineux impales with Az. a Spread Eagle Arg. Cotton Arg. 3 Bars sab Bussy Or upon a Fesse Gules three Waterbougets Arg. Bingham Lozengy Arg. and Gules Fitz-Williams Arg. an five Fusellâ— in Fesse Gules five Scallops Or Aslacton Az. a Bend between six Martlets Arg. Lutterell Leeke Gules upon a Bend Arg. three Crosse Croslets Azure Sab. six Annulets Or 3.2.1 Arg. three Chevronells and a bordure engrailed Sable Arg. upon Bend Az. three Waterbougets Or Booth Arg. a Chief Varry Or and Gules a Bend Sable Fitz-Herbert impaling with Molineux of Northbury By the Wall side in the Chancel an old cross-leg'd Monument with a Shield not ordinary Farneton Doomsd. Farendune THe Book of Doomsday certifies that Baldertune and Farendune were Berewes of the great Sok of Newarke and are there involved in that which was the Fee of the Bishop of Lincolne I have met with nothing memorable in old time worth inserting saving that the Wapentak and Town of Newark presented Mr. William le Tanner of Newark 8 E. 1. that he held certain Medow in Farnedon at the will of the Bishop of Lincolne for which he was bound to repair Morkerbrigg and that he came and acknowledged it to be his duty But this I think only now amounts to the leading of certain Loads of Gravell There is a Mannor here parcel of Richmund Fee which in the time of Henry the seventh was the possession of William Nevill in the time of Henry the eight of Thomas Sutton and afterwards of Sir Iohn Molyneux of Thorpe great Grandchild to Sir Edmund Molineux the Judge The Vicarage of Faringdon was 8l. Now it is 6l. 13s. 4d. in the Kings Books and the Patron the Prebendary of Balderton in the Church of Lincolne who hath both the Churches served by the same Vicar Balderton BEsides the Berew here was in this Town of Balderton which was not reckoned together with Newark in the Conquerours great Survey Soc of the Mannor as much as was rated to the Dane-geld at six Bovats and an half The Land three Carucats There twenty six Sochm. three Bord. had nine Car. Robert de Kayneto Bishop of Lincolne Founded the Priory of St. Katherins in the Suburbs of that City to which he gave amongst other things three Bovats of Land in Baldertune with the dwelling Houses which King Henry the second confirmed in whose Reign viz. 21 H. 2. it appears William de Dive had interest here for his Land of Balderton then ought two Marks for defect Here was a Mannor in Balderton to which several Lands in Barneby Codington Farnedon Stoke Elston and Sireston and other places did belong whereof Iohn de Dyve of Kingerby in Lincolneshire son of Sir William de Dive and Ermetrida de Amundevill the heir of that Family by whom that place and many other descended to him died seised about 21 E. 1. held of the Bishop of Lincolne leaving Ioan then the wife of Raph de Trehampton formerly of William Deisney and Elizabeth wife of Sir Iohn D'aubeney his sisters and heirs which Elizabeth the year following viz. 22 E. 1. left Sir Hugh de Bussey Knight her son by Sir Lambert de Bussey her former husband her heir then aged about thirty years Sir Hugh de Bussey left the Mannor of Balderton and many other Lands about 34 E. 1. to his son and heir Iohn de Bussey then being twenty four years of age To this worthy Family whose principal Seat was at Hougham in Lincolneshire did this Mannor remain till the heir Female of it carried it to Meeres and that in Queen Elizabeths time Francis Meeres the heir and issue of that match sold it to Gyles Foster whose heir sold it to Iames Leeke Gent. whose son and heir Francis Leek succeeded and left only a daughter who was married to George Lascells of Elston The Rectories of Balderton and Farneton were anciently appropriated to the Church of Lincolne and do make one good Prebend there called Balderton Prebend Jordanus Bussy temp Conq Lambertus Bussy temp W. 1. ob 1082. Jordanus Bussy Lambertus Bussy Hugo Bussy ob 20 Joh. de Hougham-Mabilia fil Hen. de Braybrook Lambertus Bussie-Lucia fil Gilb. de Beningworth Hugo Bussie ob 7 E. 1. Nov. 1. Lambertus Bussie-Elizabetha cohaer ob 22 E. 1 -Johannes de Albiniaco marit 2. Hugo Bussie mil. aet 25.22 E. 1 -Elizabetha Johannes Bussie miles de Hougham ob 4 Septemb. 1349 -Elizabetha vel Joanna Johannes Bussie miles ob in vita patris-Agnes fil ... Com. Suffolk Willielmus Bussie miles-Isabella fil Johannis Paynell de Botheby Johannes Busâ—ye miles decapitat apud Bristow 1 H. 4 -Matilda fil haer Philippi Nevile mil. Dom. de Scotton Johannes Bussie miles-Catharina fil haer Johannis Cumberworth de Hundon C. Linc. Johannes Bussie miles ob 20 Febr. 13 H. 7 -Elizabetha fil Laurent Barkeley mil. Hugo Bussie de Hougham ob in vita patris -Joana fil Johannis Wichecote Milo Bussie de Hougham mil. -Margareta fil Hen. Foljambe Johan Bussie-Agnes fil Tho. Dom. Burgh Agnes Bussie-Edm Brudenell mil. sine prole Joana-Thom Meeres Francisc. Meeres -Elizab fil Tho.
Cony de Kirton Anthonius Meeres-Catharina fil Jac. Crewes Edmundus de Hather -Alicia Culpeper Edw. Bussie de Hather -Jana sor coh Joh. Hercie de Grove mil. Johannes Bussie de Hather ... fil ... Pole de Radburne mil. Rhod. Ed. Bussie miles -Christoph Carolus Francisc. feodar Com. Nott. Edward Willielm Johannes Rogerus de Amundevilla .... fil Gerardi Sylvan Jolanus de Amundevil-Beatrix fil ... Paganel Walter s. p. r. Willielm s. p. â— Elias de Amundevil 3 -Emma Bâ—lemer Joâ—lan de Amundevil-Ermetruda neptis C Aâ—merle Petrus de Amundevil-Joana de Acclum Ermetruda de Amundevilla fil haer -Willielmus de Dive mil. Lambertus Bussie-Elizabetha cohaer ob 22 E. 1 -Johannes de Albiniaco marit 2. Johannes de Dive s. p. Willielmus de Isney -Joana-Rad de Trehampton Radulph Alan Jordan Johannes Robertus Barneby in the Willows HEre was belonging to Newark of the Bishop of Lincolnes Fee as much as answered the Tax or Dane-geld for two Bovats ½ But the chief part of this Town was the Fee of Odo Bishop of Bayeux which Mannor was Vlurics before the Conquest and was charged to the Dane-geld the Tax then usually paid at or according to seven Bovats The Land of it being then for three Plows or three Carucats There afterwards Losuardus the Man or Tenant of the said Bishop of Baion had one Car. and 4 Sochm. upon two Bov. of this Land and nine Vill. and six Bord. having four Car. and an half There was a Priest and a Church in which lay half a Bovat of this Land and one Mill 5s. 4d. and thirty Acres of Medow and a small Wood. All this kept the value it had in the time of Edward the Confessour viz. 40s. Much of this Bishops Land in this County became afterwards parcel of Richmond Fee In 10 E. 1. Sir Hugh de Babington and Sir Henry de Perepont held a Knights Fee of that Honour in Rolleston Cotington Barneby and Colingham and paid 10s. per annum to the Ward of the Castle of Richmond Iohn de Dyve 15 E. 1. or before granted to Andrew de Nevill for that one time the presentation to the Church of this Barneby on Wythem saving his right otherwise Andrew de Nevill granted this presentation for one turn to Roger de Brinkill who granted that Andrew and his heirs should present ever after In a great Assise 18 E. 1. the Jury found that Andrew de Nevill named in Rolleston had more right to hold the Advowson of the Church of Barneby near Newarke than William de Wyvill In the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Winthorpe and Barneby answered for one Villa and the Bishop of Lincolne Iohn de Nevill and Alexander de Percy were then certified to be Lords The fourth part of the Mannor of Barneby on Wythem was by Fine 10 E. 2. settled on Alexand. de Percy and Iulian his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to Iohn son of the said Alexander and the heirs of his remainder to the heirs of the said Alexander It is called Barneby in the Willowes for distinction from Barneby in the More Here was a Mannor anciently Houghes from whom it came to Aâ—deley whose daughters and heirs were married to Edmund and Robert Thorold sons of William Thorold of Marston in Lincolneshire and brothers of Sir Anthony Thorold Knight This was Roberts part and his son Anthony sold it to .... Brownlow It is parcelled out and part thereof is the inheritance of ... Kellet and a great part of Mr. Robert Butler The Mannor of Barnâ—by about 12 H. 7. was exchanged betwixt .... Strangewayes and .... Suthiâ—l The Earl of Westmerland who had Richmond Fees this way had Lands here 6 E. 4. The Rectory is appropriate to Southwell Here are some Grounds on the North part of this Lordship called the Mannor of Flaufore which heretofore was the Knights Templars and after the Hospitallers of St. Iohns of Hierusalem which Thomas le Archer the Prior and the Brethren of that house granted to Thomas de Sibthorp Parson of Bekingham who gave it to a Chantry which he Founded there and had it confirmed to him with Free Warren in it and all the Appurtenances both in Lincolneshire and Nottinghamshire by King Edward the second 20 Nov. in the nineteenth year of his Reign It is now the Inheritance of William Cartwright Esquire The Vicarage of Barneby was ten Marks It is now 5l. 9s. 9l. ob in the Kings Books and the Chapter or Church of Southwell Patrons Coddington Cotinton THat part of this Township which was reckoned with Newark and more especially Soc to it paid the Geld as two Car. but the Bishop of Lincolne had two Mannors here besides one whereof Vluric had before the Normans came and paid the Tax or Geld as one Bov. The Land was two Bovats There afterwards the Bishop had half a Car. and one Acre of Medow This in the time of King Edward the Confessour was 40s. value when King Williams Survey was made 20s. Another Bugo had and was charged for it to the publick Tax at two Bovats and an half The Land whereof in the Confessours time was certified to be half a Car. but was waste Botild held it and it was 2s. value there was two Acres of Medow Here were two other Mannors likewise of the Fee of Odo Bishop of Bayon one of which Vluric had before the Conquest and was Taxed at three Bov. and an half for it The Land being then found to be twelve Bovats There Losuardus the Man or Tenant of the Bishop had two Vill. and four Bord. with one Car. and three Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was 20s. in the Conquerours 10s. value Another Mannor Leuric had before the Norman Invasion rated at five Bov. to the Dane-geld The Land two Car. There Oulchell under the Bishop had half a Car. and four Sochm. on four Bovats of this Land and three Bord. with half a Car. and five Acres of Medow Robert Peysun by the consent of William his brother gave one Bovat in the Fields of Codington of his Demesne between his own Lands next the Sun to God and St. Peter of Thurgarton and the Canons there serving God and four Selions to make a Toft nigh the Cross without the Town of Codington on the West This was confirmed by William son of Walter son of Paganus de Newarke and Sara wife of the said William to whom it was re-conveyed by Elias the Prior to be held of that House by him and his heirs for 4s. per annum In the year 1328. Sir Robert Perpoint held it accordingly of that Monastery By a Fine at Nott. 8 E. 1. Robert Aâ—tebek and Odierna his wife and Mariot and Alice her sisters daughters of William Henning passed one Toft seven Acres and an half of Land and three Acres of Medow with the Appurtenances in Codyngton to Henry de Percpunt and his heirs By an
liberty he should use himself if he would have made one and would that all his heirs should know that he gave it for a sin which he did agâ—inst them and that they should remit it and grant him and his heirs to be paâ—takers of all the good which they should do William Clement Prior of Hellesham was a Witness to his Deed. Alice the daughter of Elias de Amundevill in the Sheriff of Lincolnshire's account 2 Ioh. ought twenty Marks for having recognizance whether Elias her Father gave her the Town of Wintertorp to marry her so that she was seized of it in her Fathers life time and after his death till Ioslenus her brother disseised her while she was in his custody This Iolanus son of Elias de Amundevill confirmed the Hospital of Ellesham he married Ermetrida Niece to the Earl of Aumerle and his son Peter de Amundevil left a daughter and heir called Ermetrida married to William de Dive whose son Iohn Dive mentioned in Balderton left his Estate to his two sisters and heirs there named which were married to the two excellent Families Bussy and Deisney some of which are yet in being though much lessened in Estate This last mentioned Wintertorp may perhaps be in Lincolneshire for this Wynethorp is said to be an Eschaet and that it was of 12l. yearly value and that the Bishop of Lincoln Lord of Newark held it of the gift of King Iohn with which place it hath usually gone Howbeit certain it is that the Prior of Ellesham was Patron here of this Rectory in whose time it was valued at 10l. 'T is now 7l. 11s. 0d. ob in the Kings Books and his Majesty Patron 'T is now reported to be annexed to Newark in the new Charter Feb. 8. 1672. Landford AT this place before the coming of the Normans Leuric had a Mannor which usually answered to the Publick Tax at two Car. three Bov. 1 â— The Land of it being for eight Plows or eight Car. Afterwards it became the Fee of Goisfride de Wirce whose Man or Tenant Ranulf is certified to have had two Car. ½ and sixteen Sochm. seventeen Villains four Bord. having seven Car. There was a Priest and a Church two Mills 12s. one Piscary one hundred Acres of Medow In King Edward the Confessours time this was 4l. value in the Conquerours 4l. 10s. Mr. Dugdale in his Book of Warwickshire shows that Wirce his Lands were by King Henry the first granted to Nigel de Albany Progenitor of the Family of Mowbray who 't is likely did enfeoff Robert de Ayvill mentioned in Egmanton of this Mannor For Iohn de Auvill gave 40s. in the seventh year of King Iohn for having a certain Precipe that William de Mumbray should restore unto him Landford with the Appurtenances to wit a Knights Fee which Robert de Auvill Father of the said Iohn gave in marriage to Roger de Caily with Iane his sister then dead who had a son who died without any heir at all so that for want of heir the Fee ought to return to the said Iohn son and heir of the said Robert The next I find here was Richard de Grey of Codnor paying his Mark for half a Knights Fee in the former part of the Reign of Henry the third William de Grey of Sandiacre in Darbishire 53 H. 3. had Free Warren here who I suppose was enfeoffed of this Mannor by the said Richard whom I guess to be his brother William died about this year and his son Richard was his heir who married Lucia the daughter and heir of Robert de Harestaâ— Lord of Sutton in the Dale in Darbishire and Harestan in Leicestershire and Hickling in this County as in that place may be seen where it also appears that this Lordship with the rest became the inheritance of Iohn Leek said to be younger brother of Simon Leek of Cotham in right of his wife Alice Grandchild of Edward Hillary and Alice Grey by Iohn Grey their son and heir This Iohn Leek and Alice his wife who after the death of her sister Isabel without issue about 14 H. 6. became sole heir had a son called William Leek who by Catharin his wife the daughter of Sir Thomas Chaworth Knight had a younger son called Thomas Leek of Hasland whose daughter Elizabeth the wife of Iohn Hardwyk Esquire was mother of Elizabeth the wife of Sir William Cavendish afterwards Countess of Shrowsbury the great instrument of placing the two Illustrious Houses of Newcastle and Devonshire in these parts but his eldest son was Iohn Leeke of Sutton who by his wife Elizabeth the daughter of Sir Iohn Savage had two sons Iohn and Thomas and three daughters Catharin wife to Sir Godfr Foljambe Miriel to Sir Thomas Waterton and Elizabeth to Iohn Frechevile He was buried in Sutton Chancel 24 March 1504. and by his Will committed the said Thomas his son who was called Leek of Williamthorpe to Thomas Savage Lord Arch-bishop of York to be ordered concerning his marriage and gave to Thomas Leek of Hasland his brother before named and noted more particularly in Leke Lands in Carleton juxta Gedling this same Iohn Leek had Lands in the Counties of Nott. Derb. Linc. Leicest and Worcester he gave four hundred Marks towards the building of Sutton Church making of his Tomb and paying his debts and was succeeded by Sir Iohn Leeke his son and heir who 10 Decemb. 14 H. 8. 1522. being about to go in the Army into Scotland under the most Noble Captain the Kings Lieutenant General and Steward of England the Earl of Showsbury made his Will and either died or was slain for it was proved 10 Oct. 1523. whereby it appears that he had three natural daughters Susan Elizabeth and Dorothy begotten on the body of Anne Mainwaring who was with Child when he made his Will His wife was Iane the daughter of Henry Foljambe Esquire by whom he had Anne and Katherin the wife of Francis Mering and two sons Francis who married Elizabeth and Iohn who married Margaret the daughters of Sir William Paston of Norfolk the Lands mentioned in his Will are at Sutton in le Dale Sandiacre Hickling Normanton Chesterfeild Huknall Torcard Little Léek Great Léek Notingham Stoke by Newark Lanforth Colewick Carcolston and Wiverton His son Sir Francis Leeke in the beginning of the Reign of Queen Eliz. obtained the other part of this Lordship whereof Robert de Perpount was Lord in 9 E. 2. to whose Family it continued with Holme Perpont where it is also mentioned till that time but he shortly after sold the whole to George then Earl of Shrowsbury It hath since been purchased by Iohn More Dr. of Physick and by him left to Sir Edw. More his Nephew Baronet of Nova Scotia who leaving four daughters and no son Iohn More of Kirtlington another of the Doctors Nephews succeeded and left Iohn More his son and heir the present owner
of the present Lord Lexington and a son called Alexander Mering of Collingham besides his son and heir Will. Mering father of William Mering Father of Thomas Mering of Newark as I guess to whom King Richard the third by his Letters Patents dated the fourth of March in the second year of his Reign granted the Mannors of Raunardwyke Ikylford and Piryton in the County of Hartford and Lands in Arkesey in the County of Bedford which were Sir Roger Towcotes Knight then a Rebell to have to him and the heirs Males of his body and likewise Father of Sir William Mering who was thrice married one of his Wives I suppose to be Agnes heir of Henry Gloucester of Carcolston by whom he had Iohn Mering who married Katherin one of the eight sisters and co-heirs of Sir Iohn Hercy of Grove and by her had Francis Thomas and Iohn besides Sir William Mering who had to wife Margaret the daughter of Thomas Cave of Stanford and by her three sons Thomas William and Ambrose and many daughters but of them I can say no more saving that this Lordship was sold to George Earl of Shrowsbury and is now the possession of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle Now some begin to esteem it out of this Wapentac but in Nomina Villarum there was no doubt of it for there 't is joyn'd with Gretton as in that place is noted Colingham North and South BEfore the Normans invaded this Country St Peter of Burgh had a Mannor in Colingeham rated to the publick payment of that time at four Car. and half a Bovat The Land whereof was then certified to be fourteen Car. There when King William made his great Survey in Demesne were two Car. and thirty seven Sochm. on two Car. and three Bovats of this Land and eight Villains and twenty Bordars having fourteen Car. There was a Priest and two Churches and two Mills 20s. and two hundred Acres of Medow small Wood two qu. long and 1 qu. broad This continued the former value 9l. Here was some part also which went with Shelton of Raph de Limesies Fee and some part was accounted of Richmond Fee but the main of both the Towns continued to the Abbat of Peterborow who had Free Warren granted here 35 H. 3. Yet the Bishop of Lincolne 14 E. 1. complained of him that he had set up Gallows at Collingham and there hanged a Thief to the derogation of the liberty of his Wapentach of Newark which the Bishop held of the grant of the Kings Predecessours to which the Abbat answered That the Kings Father in the thirty seventh year of his Reign granted to him and his Successours Infangthef and Utfangthef in all his Hundreds and Demesnes and so he avowed his Gallows and complained against the Bishop That he took two Horses and six Cows at Newark and drove them to his Parc or Pound and there detained them The Bishop pleaded that he held the Wapentac of the gift of the King within which are the two Towns of Collingham which the said Abbat held and for which he ought to make suit at the said Wapentac by three men of each Town from three weeks to three weeks and because the suit was with-drawn he took the Horses and Kine at last they agreed the Abbat being constrained to pull down his Gallows and submit The Bishop of Lincoln 10 E. 3. impleaded divers men of North and South Colingham for that when his Bayly had taken divers Cattel of several condemned and out-law'd persons of the said Towns same whereof were hanged as the Goods of Felon◠and Fugitives belonging to him in right of his Wapentac of Newark and impounded them the said men broke the Pound and took the Cattel and had them away for which they answer They are not culpable but the Agreement before mentioned 14 E. 1. between Oliver Bishop of Lincolne and the Abbat will end the strife The Grand Assise 53 H. 3. at Darby between Rob. de Collingham and Iohn de Hyrst Compl. and Walter son of Galfr. and Walter de Markham concerning Common of Pasture which the two Walters exacted in the Lands of the said Robert and Iohn in Collingham was respited till the Octaves of St. Michael at Leicester because Nicholas de Eyvill Robert de Markham Robert de Burstall Richard de Weston Benedict de Rolleston Richard de Grey Raph Barry Philip de Colewick Bryan de Herdeby Simon de Gringeley Walter de Touk Thomas de Bella aquâ Galfr. de Staunton Robert de Stokes Iohn de Vilers Roger de Alneto Knights chosen came not and were therefore amerced Here was a Mannor in North Colingham which the Leeks of Landforth held of the Abbat of Peterburgh These Towns still belong to that Church and the Honourable Anchetill Grey son of Henry Earl of Stanford is the Grand Lessee he married Anne the eldest of the three daughters and co-heirs of Sir Henry Willoughby of Risley in Darbishire the relict of Sir Thomas Aston and mother of Sir Willoughby Aston The Rectory of South Collingham was 20l. when the Abbat of Peterburgh was Patron 'T is now 14l. 1s. 10d. in the Kings Books and the Bishop of Peterburgh Patron The Vicarage of North Collingham was 8l. when the said Abbat was Patron 'T is now in the Kings Books 8l. 19s. 2d. and the Dean and Chapter of Peterborow Patrons The holy Abbess St. Ebba and her Nuns who defaced themselves lest they should be deflowred by the Heathen Danes are reported to have had their residence at Collingham but I having seen nothing certain of it must leave her to Coldingham in Scotland a Cell of Durrham where there is more certain notice of her Dernethorpe Dordenthorpe MOst of this Hamlet seems to be involved in Collingham yet the Book of Dooms-day shows part of it to be of the Soc of Houton of the Fee of Raph de Limesi which was rated to the Geld or Tax at one Bov. The Land was two Bov. There five Sochm. and six Bord. had two Car. or Plows There was a Church and a Priest with one Car. and fourscore Acres of Medow William son of Roger de Houton released to Adam son of Richard de Harthill and his heirs all manner of demand concerning Customs and Services for the Land which the said Adam held of him in the Town of Dornethorp Adam de Hertehill gave to Roger son of Roger Deyncurt with Alice his daughter in Frank-marriage all his Land in Derlesthorpe or Dornethorpe with all Homages Reliefs and Services Sir Richard de Hortehill confirmed to his sister his Fathers gift of all his Land in Dornethorpe and Collingham reserving to himself and his heirs the Service of the twelfth part of a Knights Fee Alice after the death of her husband Roger Deyncurt gave all her interest to the Priory of Thurgarton to which Roger de Brettevile and Amabilia his wife named in Houton also released their claim in
eleven Tofts and four Bovats in Dornethorpe and Colingham in the year of our Lord 1263. and levied a Fine at Lincolne 47 H. 3. five weeks after Easter the same year for which the said Roger and Amabil were to be taken into the benefits and Prayers which should from that time be done or made in that Church for ever Adam de Harthill had two Bovats here by Fine 16 H. 3. from Nicolaus de Breydeston and Alice his wife before Stephen de Segrave Adam de Novomercato William de Eboraco William Basset Mr. Robert de Shardeslogh Mr. Roger de Cantelupe and William de Insula the Kings Justices Itinerant at Notingham the day after Trinity Sunday The Prior of Thurgarton and the Abbat of Peterborow agreed that all the Tenants of that Prior and Covent in Dornethorp ought and were accustomed each to Plow three daies in the year viz. in Winter Seed time in Lent Seed time and in the time of Fallowing Warecti Each Plow was to have every day four Loaves and four Herrings They were likewise to Reap two daies and an half in Autumn and to have their wonted meat of the Abbat once in the day and the second day likewise if he would have them all the day otherwise after nine of the Clock they were to go away without meat the third day they were not to Reap but till nine of the Clock without meat Besides they were to put into the Abbats Fold all the Sheep which they had in their possession or custody in the Winter except their own or their childrens which lived with them in the house manu pasti and if any were sold or removed from them they were to procure as many others in their places for the Abbats Fold Besides they were to attend the Courts at Colingham and the like Grey of Landford had a Mess. and twelve Acres of Land here and as much in Landford said to be held by petty Serjeancy of the King in Capite by paying 11s. 8d. per annum The Mannor of Darnethorpe late belonging to the Monastery of Thurgarton together with the Lands and Tenements and appurtenances thereto belonging there and in South Colingham 4 Iuly 36 H. 8. were granted to Iohn Bellowe and Iohn Broxholme and their heirs The Church I believe hath been long gone Scarle Doomsd. Scorveley And Besthorpe THis was of the Sok of Newark and was rated to the publick Geld in the time of King William at two Carucats and an half In the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Scarle and Besthorp answered for one Villa and the Bishop of Lincolne was certified to be Lord. There was a Recovery 1 H. 8. wherein William Pocklington and Elizabeth his wife claimed against Robert de Lawethorpe of Yorkshire Gent. one Croâ—â— fourteen Acres of Medow eighty Acres of Land and twenty of Pasture in South-Scarle The Vicarage of Scarle was 10l. and a Prebendary there I suppose of Lincolne Patron 'T is now 5l. 2s. 6d. in the Kings Books and the King Patron Gretton Girton Doomsd. Greton THis was also the Bishop of Lincolnes of the Soc of Newark and paid the Tax for one Car. and an half The Knights Templars got some interest here and the Jury 8 E. 1. found that the Master had straitened the passage of the water of Trent with his Weres at Gretton Howe so that Boats and other Vessels could not pass as they were wont which was a great Nusance for which he was amerced and the Sheriff had a Precept to inlarge is as it formerly had been at the costs of the said Master of the Templars by view of the Jury In Nomina Villar 9 E. 2. Gretton and Mering answered for one Villa and the Bishop of Lincoln and the heirs of Iohn de Mering were then the Lords Wiggesley THis place also is reckoned with several others of the Soc of Newark and was rated to the Dane-geld or publick Tax of those times at seven Bovats King Henry the second confirmed the gift which Robert the second of that name Bishop of Lincolne made to the Priory of St. Katherins of five Bovats in Wiggesle Hugh son of Lambert de Bussy 41 H. 3. had Free Warren granted in Wigisille And Iohn Dyve had likewise 5 Iun. 5 E. 1. Free Warren in Balderton and Wiggesley which Iohn de Bussy claimed at Nott. in the Quo Warranto 3 E. 3. The Prior of St. Katherins without Lincolne at the same time claimed to have the liberty to hold all his Tenements in Newarke Codington and Wygesle well and peaceably and in the 5 E. 3. he had Free Warren granted in the two latter Thornehawe and Wygesleye 9 E. 2. answered for one Villa the Lords then were said to be Richard Peres Iames Peres and Iohn de Ely But it appears that 11 H. 7. Edmund Bussy Esquire suffered a Recovery of the Mannor of Wygesley one Mess. three hundred Acres of Land fifty of Medow one hundred of Pasture and sixty of Wood with the Appurtenances in Wygesley Spaldford North Clifton and South Clifton and called c. Iohn Smalley and the same Edmund and Alice his wife 16 H. 7. suffered another of the same parcellâ— Bussies Mannor held of Newarke Castis and is now become the inheritance of Sir Rich. Earl St. Katherins share was granted 36 H. 8. to Iohn Bellowe and Edward Bales and their heirs Cliftons North and South IN these Towns were four Mannors of the Bishop of Lincolne's Fee and one of Roger de Buslies One Mannor Vlviet had before the Conquest and was rated to the Dane-tax for it at six Bov. and an half The Land being then certified to be three Carucats There afterwards had Bishop Remigius three Sochm. on three Bovats of this Land and one Bordar with one Car. there was thirty one Acres of Medow Pasture Wood half a leuc long and three qu. broad In the Confessours time this was 20s. value in the Conquerours 10s. Raph held it Another Mannor before the Normans came Frane had which was rated to the Geld at three Bov. and an half The Land of it was twelve Bov. There Bishop Remigius had one Car. six Vill. and two Bord. having one Car. and an half there was fourteen Acres of Medow This was 40s. in the Confessours time when the Conquerour made the Survey but 20s. value Siuvale held it Another Mannor in Clifton Vlviet had before the change which he paid the Dane-geld for as one Bov. and an half It was waste Raph held it There was the fourth part of a Church and eight Acres of Medow In the Saxon times the value was 10s. then in the Norman beginnings but 5s. Another Mannor Agemund had and in the Confessours time paid the Geld for it as two Bov. and an half The Land was then found to be one Car. The same Agemund held it under the Bishop and had two Bov. of Land three Car. and
two Villains likewise two Bov. three Car. if it be not mistaken for three Acres I cannot certainly understand this repetition of three Car. and eight Acres of Medow In King Edward the Confessours time the value was 10s. in the time of Doomsday Book 6s. Another Mannor there was in Clifton but of Roger de Buslies Fee which before was Ougrim's and paid the Tax for six Bovats The Land whereof was three Car. There Roger the Man of Roger de Busli had one Car. one Sochm. on one Bov. of this Land and seven Villains with three Plows or Car. and the fourth part of a Church and thirty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two qu. long and half so much broad In the Confessours time this was 40s. value in the Conquerours when the Survey was taken 30s. This of the Fee of Roger de Buslie in the time of King Henry the first was William de Lovetots as was all that which this Roger the Man or Tenant of Roger is said to hold in this County by which William was the Ancestor of William Picot then enfeoffed of two parts of a Knights Fee and Richard de Cliftons Ancestor of one part as the Red Book in the Exchequer in the Certificat of Nigellus de Luvetot to King Henry the second of his Knights Fees in Huntendoâ—ser and of the honour of Roger de Buisli in this County doth manifest which is noted in Wisowe as is also in the Fine in the 11 E. 3. whereby Iohn de Lovetot conveyed to Richard de Willughby and Ioane his wife four Knights Fees and 10l. Rent with the Appurtenances in Wisowe Kercolston Eyleston Flyntham and this North Clifton together with the Services of divers persons who held them and amongst the rest of Iohn son of Iohn de Pigot of Dodington in Lincolneshire but not far distant I suppose the Suttons of Averham had their first interest here by the marriage of a daughter or heir geeral of Pigot Iohn de Willughby son of Robert de Willughby late Lord of Eresby and Katherin his wife 4 H. 5. granted and to Farm let to Henry de Sutton Esquire Hugh Huse Chr. William Compton Esquire and others Lands and Tenements in Averham together with the Mannors of Kertlington Cliftun Hardeby and Kelum There were two Fines levied in the Octaves of Sr. Iohn Baptist 22 H. 6. in the same words except the names of the persons One was between Sir Thomas Chaworth Knight Quer. and Richard Sutton Esquire and Katherin his wife Deforc. of the Rent of a pound of Pepper with the Appurtenances in Hardeby and of the Mannor of Kertlington called Pigots Mannor or Pigot Hall with the Appurtenances except seven Mess. one Toft two hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow ten of Pasture and twenty of Wood with the Appurtenances in the same Town of Hardeby and North Clifton in the same Mannor The said Richard and Katherin acknowledged the premises to be the right of the said Thomas Chaworth to whom they further granted together with the said Rent the Homages and Services of Iohn Pigot Knight and his heirs for the Tenements which he held of them in the said Town of Hardeby c. The other Fine was between the same Sir Thomas Chaworth and Thomas Curson Esquire and Margaret his wife There was also a Fine levied 21 H. 6. between Iohn Arch-bishop of Yorke Raph Crumwell Knight William Babington Knight William Babington Esquire Iohn Cokfeild Esquire c. and Thomas Howson Quer. and William Skypwith of Haburgh Esquire and Ioane his wife Deforc. of the Mannor of South Clifton with the Appurtenances thereby recognized to be the right of Thomas c. There was a Recovery suffered by George Chaworth Esquire 15 Eliz. wherein Edward Earl of Rutland Lord Ross William Paston Thomas Stanhope Bartholomew Armin and Henry Chaworth Esquire claimed against him the Mannors of South Marneham North Marneham Cropwell Butler South Clifton and Annesley c. In another 17 Eliz. the same Earl and others claimed against Nicholas Buller and Iohn Gelsthorpe the same Mannors with Burton Iorce and Bridgeford on the Hill who called to warranty George Chaworth Esquire Hugh Willughby of Risley 22 H. 7. suffered also a Recovery of three Mess. six Bovats of Land and 40s. Rent in South Clifton and 6s. Rent in Trowell Augustine Earle 15 Eliz. claimed against George Willughby Gent. and Iohn Willughby his son and heir the Mannor of South Clifton with the Appurtenances and eight Mess. four Cottages eight Tofts one Dovecoat eight Gardens three hundred Acres of Land sixty of Medow seventy of Pasture twenty of Wood one hundred of Moore and 4l. Rent with the Appurtenances in South Clifton North Clifton and Spaldforth William Brun of Clifton held one Bov. in Clifton of Constancia de Lysures about 50 H. 3. he committed Theft for which he was hanged William Cause held Lands in South Clifton of Richard de Howell by the Service of the eighth part of a Knights Fee Thomas Cause 20 E. 2. was found his son and heir and to be then twenty five years of age and upwards and that he had Lands at Laceby in Lincolneshire By an Inquisition taken at Nott. 18 Sept. 32 H. 8. it appears that William Dymock of Eyton in Leicestershire Gent. died seized of Lands in South Clifton and Spaldforth 10 Iun. 1 H. 8. whose sister Margaret married to ... Alyn had Iohn Alyn whose sister Elena was his heir and wife of William Gregory who had a son called Thomas Gregory the Cousin and heir of William Dymock and was forty years old at the time of the taking the Inquisition Laurence Sturtivant 21 H. 8. claimed against William Abys two Mess. thirty Acres of Land six of Medow ten of Pasture in Hareby and North Clifton Here were some Lands belonging to Torkesey Priory in the County of Lincolne as in Saundby will be noted 35 H. 8. granted to Philip Habbye but 14 May 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. Raph Parker Gent. and Henry Parker his son and heir had licence to Alienate the Demesnes and Scite of that Priory and all and singular the Mess. houses c. in the Counties of Lincolne Nott. and York belonging to it and all Mess. Lands and Tenements in the Parishes of Saunby Clyfton Rampton Cotham Retford and Sturton in this County to Iohn Fenys Esquire and his heirs The Vicarage of Clyfton was 10l. and the Prebendary there I suppose of Lincolne Patron The Vicarage of North Clifton is now 7l. 6s. 0â— ob in the Kings Books and the Prebendary Patron Spaldford THe greatest part of this Town was of the Soc of Newark which before and in the time of King William was rated to the publick Tax at three Car. and an half which together with the parcels in Scorveley Greton Torneshay Wiggesley Herdrebye and Cotum together paid the Geld for six Car. and an half and half a Bovat though the parcels summ'd
together amount to more The Land of all was twenty one Car. three Bov. There were seventy one Sochm. seven Bord. having twenty one Car. and an half There was two hundred and eighty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood five qu. long four broad This was the Bishops of Lincoln's But here was some Soc to Clifton of Roger de Buslies Fee which paid the Geld for four Bov. The Land one Car. There two Sochm. had half a Car. and twelve Acres of Medow in Clifton which Town and Spaldford 9 E. 2. answered for one Villa and the Bishop of Lincolne and Iohn de Bussy were then Lords of them It appears that about 36 E. 3. Sir Richard Willughby had interest here And the Certificat of the Lands of the Templars taken in the time of King Edward the second shows they had something here as also in Codington Thorpe by Newark Stoke Sireston Elston Gretton Newark Colingham Sibthorpe Flaufore Barneby Landeford and many Towns in Lincolneshire thereabouts At the Assises at Nott. 10 H. 4. Thomas Chaworth and two others recovered their seisin of one Mess. one Toft twenty seven Acres of Land and nine Acres of Medow in Spaldeford and Wyggesley and Raph Whytle and two others were amerced A Farm Mess. and one Bov. of Land with the Appurtenances in the Tenure of Nicholas Borell in Spalford late belonging to the Preceptory of Willoughton in the County of Lint and parcel of the possessions of the Hospital of St. Iohns of Hierusalem 25 August 37 H. 8. were granted to Charles Sutton Esquire Richard Welby Esquire and Thomas Yorke Gent. and their heirs Spaldford is within the Parish of Clifton Thorney Thorneshagh IN Torneshay of the Soc of Newark there was a parcel charged to the Dane-tax at one Car. and was reckoned together with those Towns before named in Spaldford of the Bishop of Lincolne's Fee Yet Walter de Clifford and Agnes his wife by Fine in the third year of King Iohn conveyed the Advowson of the Church of Turnehage to Thora Prioress of Brodholme and her Nuns there for which they received the said Walter and Agnes into all the benefits of that House Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincolne 10 E. 1. had Free Warren here in Thornehagh Fulc le Strange and Alianora his wife held the third part of this Mannor and he after her death by the Courtesie of England Iohn le Straunge 17 E. 2. was found by the Jury their son and heir and to be then above eighteen years of age he had Lands in Huntingtonshire and Shropshire In 27 E 3. I find Sir Thomas Bret Knight called of Thornehagh and after and sometimes written Byrt and sometimes Bert. It is said 10 R. 2. that Giles D'aubeney Chr. then dead long before his death enfeoffed Henry Molyns William D'aubeney and Iohn Haywood Chaplain of Lands here as parcel of the Mannor of South Ingleby in the County of Lincolne and it appears 12 R. 2. that Gyles Daubeney Chr. died seised of one hundred Acres of Wood one hundred Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Thornehagh by Brodholme as parcel of the Mannor of South Ingleby in Lincolneshire of the grant of Mary the wife of Raph D'aubeney his Father paying her for the whole Mannor fifty Marks per annum during her life which Mannor was held of the Lord Ros as of his Castle of Bever by the Service of 32s. yearly Rent George Nevill Esquire 9 Eliz. suffered a Recovery of the Mannor of Thorney with the Appurtenances and sixteen Mess. twelve Cottages eight Tofts one Dovecoat twenty Gardens four hundred Acres of Land one hundred of Medow three hundred of Pasture three hundred of Wood forty of Marsh one thousand of Moore sixty of Turbary one thousand of Furz and Heath and 7s. Rent and 1l. of Pepper with the Appurtenances in Thorney Wiggesley South Clifton North Clifton and Spaldford and called c. Sir William Mering Knight This Mannor was purchased by George Nevill of Grove Esquire being the inheritance of the Merings and by him settled upon two of his younger sons Gervas Nevile and Dionyse Nevile whose heirs the Neviles hold it at this day Georgius Nevill-Barbara soâ—oâ— una cohaereduâ— Johannis Hercy mil. Georg. Nevill-Gervas s. p. Georg. Nevill de Thorney ... fil .... Terwhyt 2 Georg. Nevill de Thorney -Alicia fil Georgii Stow relict Will. Rothwell Georg. Nevill de Thorney aet 39. 1676 -Maria fil Tho. Boswell de Edlington in Com. Ebor. ux 1 -Elizab fil Jeremi Halâ—head ux 2. Georgius Nevill aet 13. 1676. Elizabetha gemella cum Georgio aet 13. Maria aet 12. Anna 10. Jana 8. Brigit 6. Edwardus Nevill aet 1. 1676. 1 Gervas N. de Hadington in Com. Linc. mil. -Kath fil R. Hutton Justic. Anthon. s. p. Dionysius ... fil .... Gernon Gervasius Nevill de Thorney-Elizab fil Nic. Rayner Joh. Nevill aet 55. 1676. vendidit terâ— in Thorney Georgio Nevill de Thorney -Rebecca fil Rad. Clark Dionys. Nevill de Eastwood in Rotheram Ebor. aet 25. 1676. Joh. Nevill de Grove-Gertrud fil Ric. Whalley The Rectory of Thorney and right of Patronage of the Vicarage late belonging to the Priory of Brodholme 1 May 35 H. 8. was granted to Edward Fynes Lord Clynton and Saye and Rob. Tirwhit Esquire and their heirs who 3 May had licence to alienate it to William Mounson Esquire and his heirs who 20 Novemb 37 H. 8. had likewise licence to alienate the said Rectory and Advowson and forty Acres of Land twenty of Medow and forty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Thorney Wiggesley and Brodholme to Roger Frape and his heirs Here was a Mess. and some Lands lying in Thorney in the occupation of Edward Lee also belonging to the Monastery of Brodholme 20 Aug. 36 H. 8. granted to Robert Brookesby and Iohn Lyon and their heirs The Vicarage of Thorney was eight Marks when the Prioress of Brodholme had the Patronage 'T is now 4l. 7s. 6d. in the Kings Books and Iohn Disney Esquire Patron Hareby Herdeby Herdrebye IN Herdrebye there was some Soc to Newark which paid the Dane-geld for one Bov but besides that the Bishop of Lincolne had a Mannor which before the Conquest was Godwins and paid the Tax for six Bov. The Land whereof was two Car. There was when Doomsday Book was made five Vill. had two Car. and twelve Acres of Medow Pasture Wood half a leuc long and half a leuc broad This before in the Confessours time had been 40s. but then was fallen to 20s. value The Baylisss of the Bishop of Lincolne for Newark about 53 H. 3. distreined Bryan de Herdeby by nine Oxen worth 4l. to pay 5l. to the Abbess of Grace dieu The Jury 9 E. 1. were to determine whether forty Perches in length and eight in breadth with the Appurtenances in Herdeby were Frank Almaigne belonging to the Church of Clifton of which William de Langwath was
of Newark his Tenement in Milnegate he paying 6d. to the Bishop of Lincolne and 10d. to the Prior of Thurgarton to whom the said Symon afterwards wholly released it There were some other small parcells belonging to that Monastery as there were to divers others viz. St. Katherins Kirkestede and Neubo in Lincolnshire Croxton and Burton Lazars in Leicestershire Mountgrace in Yorkshire Shelford Brodholme and St. Leonards Hospital in this County and some others Besides here were a great company of Chantryes in the Church of Newark which is now one of the fairest Parish Churches I ever saw but I cannot think the present Fabrick older than Henry the sixth if so old Yet I suppose it better than all the ten mentioned in Doomsday Book which I guess were not all in the Town though in the Soc. Who built it or Founded all the Chantryes I cannot yet discover Here was one at the Altar of All Saints two at the Altar of the Holy Trinity one of St. Nicholas one of Corpus Christi one of Mary Magdalen another called William Saucemers another William Newarks Besides here were divers parcels of Land and several Houses given to the maintenance of Priests that were in the nature of Chantries Here was also a certain great House of Friers of the Order of St. Augustine which was granted from the Crown 35 H. 8. to Richard Andrewes and Nicholas Temple and their heirs Sir Iohn Markham had it and since it was Sir Francis Leekes dwelling House and also the Lord Deyncourts his sons but his son the present Earl of Sâ—arsdale sold it lately to Mr. Matthew Ienison the present owner Next it Southwards stands another great House called the Chantry in which dwelt William Leck half brother of the said Lord Deyncourt and Father of the present Sir Francis Leek Knight and Baronet who made it also his principal residence Next that is the Free-School which together with a Song-Schoole scituate on the North-west point of the Church-yard for an Organist and six Queristers was Founded by Thomas Magnus Arch-deacon of the East Rideing of Yorkshire and Warden of the Colledge of Sibthorpe in this County which after the dissolution he had for life it being granted to him and Richard Whalley Esquire and the heirs of Richard 37 H. 8. as in that place is shown By an old Tradition in the Town Printed by Dr. Thomas Fuller in his Englands Worthyes he is said to have been found in the Church Porch of Newarke and having neither Father nor Mother was by the people called Thomas Amang us but it appear to be otherwise in his Deed of Settlement wherein he mentions Iohn Magnus his Father and Alice his wife his Mother and Ioane Elizabeth and Katherine his sisters His Arms possibly but of his own time are still in several places of the School and other-where Bendy of six pieces Vert and Gules on a Fesse Or a Lion Passant between two Cinquefoiles of the second with his Motto under AS GOD WILL. The Lordship of Everton in this County was the pricipal part of the indowment for the said Schools with which he chiefly trusted the Vâ—car of Newarke and Brethren of Trinity Guild then the most considerable Governours of the Town of Newarke but shortly after viz. 1 Ianuar. 3 E. 6. it was made a Corporation of one Alderman and twelve Assistants and 2 C. 1. upon renewing the Charter the Alderman Commenced Major and the twelve Assistants Aldermen and so it continues with what additions our present Soveraign King Charles the second hath made in the new Charter as chusing two Burgesses to serve in Parliament inlarging the compass of their Jurisdiction by annexing several Towns and the like The whole Mannor Sok and Wapentak continued to the Bishops of Lincolne till the time of Edward the sixth that Rands alias Holbech then Bishop of Lincolne surrendred it to the Crown in which it still remains It was usually divided into the Borough of Newark and Northgate at the further end whereof from the Town stood a fair House belonging to the Hospital of St. Leonard of Stoke commonly called the Spittie which Sir Robert Constable had by Lease the interest whereof his son Henry Constable had and from him it came to William Cecill Esquire late Earl of Exeter who built a goodly House there which after his decease was by Act of Parliament 17 C. 1. exchanged from the Hospital for Lands of better value and estated upon his widow Elizabeth the Countess Dowager of Exeter and her heirs Shortly after the Wars happened and Newarke became one of the most considerable Garrisons the King had in which the Loyalty and courage of the Townsmen were ever remarkable and sufficiently manifested in all the three Sieges at the first whereof Sir Iohn Henderson the prudent Governour caused all Northgate and that fore-mentioned House the Spittle to be burned yet the Case of it made a receptacle for the Enemy at the second Siege where Prince Rupert took a goodly train of Artillery which I saw together with their Foot Arms when he so fortunately relieved the Town then under the Government of Sir Richard now Lord Byron but before the third there was not one Stone left unthrown down and in or near the place a strong Fortification raised in Sir Richard Willis his time as I remember and called the Kings Sconce which by his Majesties Special Command then in the Scots Quarters on the North side the River Trent was about the sixth of May 1646. with the Town and Castle and the rest of the Fortresses concluded by the Commissioners of the Right Honourable Iohn Lord Bellasis the last Governour to be Surrendred the Saturday following though 't is said that Mr. Smith the valiant Major upon his Lordships communicating to him the Kings Order urged the said Governour with Tears to Trust God and Sally rather than think of yielding the Town which indeed at that time suffered more by the Plague within than the Enemy without The Vicarage of Newark was 18l. when the Prior of St. Katherins was Patron 'T is now 21l. 5s. 2d. in the Kings Books and his Majesty Patron Upon the upper part of the North Porch on a Shield there is a Crosse Croslet Botoné The great Window of the Cross South I le sâ—ems to have been given by William Philpot wherein the Arms of Deyncourt are often placed In the contrary I le is Arg. a Chief Gules and Bendlet Azure Crumwell quartering with Cheque Or and Gules a Chief Ermine Tateshal Gules three Sheaves within a Bordure engrailed Or Arch-bishop of Cant. Arg. a Chevron with a Cinquefoil sable in the first quarter Rempston Azure two Chevrons Or Chaworth quartering Arg. an Orle of Cinquefoiles about a Scutcheon sable Caltoft Azure five Fusills in Fesse Or each charged with an Escallop Gules Plumpton quartering Sable A Bend between six Scallops Or Folejambe Arg. three Birdbolts Gules Bozome Arg. on a Saltier engrailed Sable
minister Amicis à sacro foedere sanctissimus cultor Coeli jam municeps In eloquio casti sermonis joci In consuetudine Generosi-honesti Flores fructus Et rerum veritate verborum varittate Facundus omnibus facundus-mellifluus Artisex Sic lucidissimis elegantiarum gemmis ornatum Et divino Entheatum pectus fervore Plusquam Humana sapuit Mirantesque omnes attonuit audientium Choros Foelicitatem quam vivendo dedit abstulit abeundo Sic utilis terris sic dulcis coelo Nusquam non integer ΠΑÎΑΛΗΘΗΣ Charissimi Soceri memoriae piè consulens triste hoc sui obsequii ministerium posuit L. Jenison Aetatis Quinquagesimo quinto obiit 2 Decemb. Anno Restituto Mundo 1655. In the South I le on a Brass Plate Here lieth the body of Iane Bethell only daughter of William Bethell and Elizabeth his wife of the Reddinge Grange in the County of York Gent. she died the 30 of Octob. 1610. being of the age of sixteen years when she died On another Hic jacet Robertus Eurion Tanner Katherina Agnes Johanna uxores ejus qui quidem Robertus obiit ultimo die Novemb. Anno Dom. 1539. Quorum c. Johannis Martinii Quod reliquum est claudi potuit Hic jacet Qui Laboribus Patriae Amicis Oppidique Hujus Senatui foeliciter datis Post sexaginta tres Annos Confectos occubuit Hunc Grati nepotes jactabunt olim Et meritis impar praemium intulisse Dolebunt frustra Here lieth the body of George Sanduich Barber Servant to the Right Honourable Earl of Rutland who deceased the 18th of April 1613. Here lyes Mrs. Alice Cam wife of Mr. Henry Cam of this Town daughter of Mr. Robert Baxter of South-Clifton buried August 28. 1671. Henry Cam buried March 6. 1671. There are many more Arms obscurely painted and cut in the Church as on the Roof Arg. a Fesse Dancè between three Waterbudgets sable Arg. a Crosse Ragulè couped sable Gules a Cup Arg. and sometimes Or c. Broxtow Hundred Broxtow Doomsd. Broculstou Wapentac THere was in the time of King Edward the first great complaining concerning the Farms of Hundreds so that Juries returned their Verdicts which were of ancient Farm and which not and how much every Farmer gave for his Bayliwike at which time the Jury found and said That in the time of Philip Mark and Eustace de Loudham Sheriffs of Nott. and of other Sheriffs in ancient time viz. King Iohn the Bayliffs of Brokelstowe gave for having the Bayliwike half a Mark viz. Moris de Notehall and other Bayliffs of that time and in the time of Sir Robert le Vavasour which was 20 or 30 H. 3. the Bayliffs viz. Iohn Warlett and other Bayliffs of that time gave xxs. And afterwards in the time of Simon de Hedon Sheriff the Bayliffs gave for having the Bayliwike four Marks viz. 43 H. 3. and in the time of Hugh Babyngton and Walter de Stircheley viz. 4 vel 5 E. 1. being Sheriffs the Bayliffs viz. Stephen de Darleton and Tho. de Lee and Galfr. de Herdeby for having their Bayliwicks gave six Marks to the great damage of the Country and yet lost much And in the time of Gervas de Clifton then the Sheriff viz. between 7 and 18 E. 1. Aunsell de Gameleston and William de Tytheby gave for having the said Bayliwick nine Marks with Courtesies to the great damage of the Country and this they did to get a living and only to make the Bargain sold their Lands The Jury likewise said that Brockelstowe was an intire Wapentac yet the greatest part was of the Honour of Peverell and Hugh de Stapleford held that Honour of Peverell by the Charter of King Henry son of King Iohn for term of his life and the Farm of the Honour of Peverell was raised in the same manner as the Farm of the Wapentac to the great damage of the Countrey Attenborough THis place lies in the corner where the River of Yrewis or Erwas which parts the Counties of Nottingham and Derby falls into Trent and is rather to be called a Church than a Village having but few Houses and no Fields The Church serves for Chillewelle and Toueton and part of Bramcote Half of it was in the Conquerours time with Cillewelle of the Fee of Raph Fitz-Hubart and shortly after at or near the Foundation of the Priory of Lenton given to that Monastery by Odo de Boney and afterwards confirmed by his Successour Edward and Aeliz his wife as in Boney and Barton is shown The other half with Touton was of Pevrells Fee and came to the Lords of Codenour in Darbishire Betwixt Henry Lord Grey and the Prior and Covent of Lenton there was a case depending in the Kings Court which could not be there determined according to their minds in forty years concerning the right of Patronage of the moyety of the Church of Adinboro At length Richard Lord Grey son and heir of the said Henry and the Prior totally submitted the Controversie to W. Arch-bishop of Yorke who to make peace and avoid effusion of blood ordained that the Prior and his Successours should have Tythes to the value of forty shillings yearly in the name of a simple Benefice in that moyety of the Chappel of Bremcote whereof Mr. Robert de Stanford was then Reâ—â—or and who also gave his consent and that the right of Patronage of the other Mediety should remain to the said Richard Lord Grey and his heirs This Ordinance bears date in Ianuary 1246. The Rector was to have the other Mark which remained of the then full value of those Tythes and the Prior was to pay a pound of Frankincense at Adinboro Feast every year This was afterwards confirmed by William Arch-bishop of York as it seemeth Iohn de Grey of Codnoure Chr. by Fine 13 E. 3. passed one Acre of Land in Toueton and the Advowson of the Church of Adyngburgh which Thomas de Vaus then held for his life by vertue of a Fine levied at York the day after All Souls 11 E. 3. to the Prior and Covent of Felley and their Successours to which Monastery it was appropriated by William Arch-bishop of York about the year 1343. The Church and Rectory with the Advowson of the Vicarage late belonging to the Priory of Felley King Edward the sixth granted May 4 in the seventh year of his Reign to Sir Iames Folejambe Knight for the Rent of 18l. per annum It was by .... Folejambe given to a charitable use for Chesterfeild School as I take it to which it remains The Vicarage of Adynbrughe was ten Marks when the Prior of Felley was Patron 'T is now 4l. 6s. 8d. in the Kings Books and Sir Francis Folejambe Patron In the Church were the Arms of Babington impaling with quarterly Ermine and Chequey Or and Gules And Nevile viz. Gules a Saltier Ermine impaling with Babington And Leake impaling Babington and Arg. two Bars Azure Upon a plain
de Wilford Gerv. Gervas Handley de Wilford-Kather fil ..... Wharton Rectoris de Wilford Gervas Handley de Wilford aet 31. 1673. Rob. Hen. Hunt Sir William Segar Garter 21 Iune 1614. granted Arg. a fesse Gules betwen three Goats passant sab garnished Or c. Henry Handley had a Mannor here whereof he having buried his only son Percivall Handly made some settlement for pious or charitable uses but his kinsman Robert Harding Barrester at Law keeps it in his possession though Gervas Handly of Wilford did make some attempt to obtain it before he died by suit at Law Beeston Bestone IN Bestune before the Conquest were three Mannors which Alfeg Alwin and Vlchel held who were rated for them to the Tax then paid at three Carucats The land was then certified to be four Carucats There afterwards William Pevrel had in demesne two Car. 17 Vill. 1 Sochm. having nine Car. There also was meadow 24 acres The value in the Confessours time and then likewise was 30s. when the Conquerours survey was taken This Mannor after it was escheated was granted from the Crown to a branch of the family of Bellocampo Miles and Richard paid two Marks for one Knights fee in the beginning of the Raign of H. 3. and Iohn de Beauchamp 40s. another time In the year 1241. Richard de Beauchamp gave two Bovats in Beston which Iordan son of Yvo held together with the said Iordan and all his sequel to the Priory of Lenton Sarra Wawton the wife of Adam de Hockewold joyned with the said Adam in confirming the gift of her Uncle the said Richard who it seems was son of Richard de Bellocamp who had another son of that name and one called Hugh who all died without issue and left their sisters heirs viz. Isabell mother of Robert de Souleby Matilda mother of Iohn de Croxton and Philippa mother of Sarra the wife of Adam de Hockewold who in the right of Sarra his said Wife together with the Prior of Wimundley Robert Daft and William de Ley held this town 21 E. 1. Robert de Whatton is reckoned with the rest instead of the said Adam and his wife by Richard Martel Bayliff of the Honour of Peverell who gave into the Exchequer an account of the Knights Fees 7 Novemb. that year and there Rafe Bellocamp is mentioned to have held it in former time In the Nom. vill 9 E. 2. Roger de Bellocampo is returned Lord of it And after him his son Roger 22 E. 3. as appears by the Inquisition taken the Saturday after the feast of St. Laur. at Nott. before Iohn de Vaus Iohn de Mustiers and Iohn del Kerr Collectors for the aid of 40s. for every Knights Fee to make the Kings son a Knight William de Beston Parson of Cotegrave held divers lands here of Roger de Bellocamp whom I take to be son of Roger son of Ralph son of Roger de Bellocamp of whom the forementioned persons held William de Beston otherwise called William de Beckeford Parson of Cotegrave founded a Chauntry in the Church of Beston for his own Soul and the souls of Iohn his father and Felice his mother and of Alice de Langeton and of his brothers and sisters to which he first presented Iohn son of Iohn de Beston to whom and to his Successors he gave one Mess. and two Bovats in Beston which Matilda Rotour then lately held And one Mess. in the same Town which was Hugh Maistersons together with the reversion of two Bovats of land with the appurnances lying to the said Mess. which Margaret Hereward held for term of her life Likewise one Mess. and one Bovat which were Iohn de Stretleyes of Nottingham and the reversion of a place of Medow called Doddesholm under Lenton and 12d. yearly rent He likewise gave to the said Iohn two Mess. and thirty four Acres of Arable land in Lenton which he had of Iohn de Tumby of Nottingham c. which was confirmed by Iohn Arch-bishop of Yorke by his Instrument bearing date at his Mannor nigh Westminster May 19. 1356. and in the fourth year of his translation Gaâ—fr Poutrell son of Robert P. 3 E. 3. claimed lands here which Henry Putrel of Thurmeton his great Grandfather settled on his Grandfather Henry Putrell and Wilimina his wife in the time of E. 1. Richard de Willughby had some interest here also 27 E. 3. The Mannor of Beeston late belonging to the Priory of Wymondley in the County of Hartford 12 Apr. 29 H. 8. was granted amongst other things to Iames Needham Gent. paying 69s. 4d. yearly rent He sold it to William Bolles from whom coming again to the Crown Queen Elizabeth passed it in the fourty second year of her Raign amongst others to Ben. Harris and Robert Morgan gent. at the extent of 9l. Beauchamps Mannor seems to go by inheritance from Delves to Sheffeild as in Chillwell the Lord Sheffeild hath sold it to divers free-holders of whom I take Mr. Charleton of Chillwell to be chief The Priory of Lenton got the Rectory appropriated and the Church to be made as a Chappel only and Lenton to be the mother Church by the help of the Popes Alexander the third and Lucius 3. whose Letters they produced against the Parishioners and poor Vicar before Iohn de la Laund and William de Hundon Rectors of Arnale and Barneburgh Commissaries especially deputed to determine the cause concerning the repair of the Chancel by the Parish and the payment of 22s. yearly by the Vicar to that Covent in the year 1330. The Vicarage of Beiston was eight Marks when the Prior of Lenton was Patron 'T is now 4l. 15s. 0. in the Kings books and the Earle of Devonshire Patron Stapleford IN Stapleford before the Norman invasion were four Mannors which Vlcicilt Staplewin Godwin and Gladwin had and were rated for them to the Danegeld the tax of that time at two Car. and six Bov. The land of them being then returned to be sufficient for three Plows or three Car. r There afterwards William Pevrel of whom Robeâ—t I suppose de Heriz held it had in demesne three Car. six Vill. and two Servants with six Car. or Plows There was then a Priest and a Church and 58 Acres of Medow In the Confessours time the value was 60s. in the Conquerours 40s. Gaufr de Heriz held it at the foundation of Lenton Priory in the time of King Henry the first by William Pevrel who gave two parts of the tythe of his demesne here to that Monastery as in the rest of his Lands King Stephen confirmed that which Gaufr de Heriz by the consent of his mother gave to that Church The Sheriff 25 H. 2. gave account of lxxixs. and viiid. of Stapleford the Land of Robert de Heriz Galfr. de Heriz Lord of Stapleford had descending of him Robert who died without issue and Agnes who died without
sable with a chief Gules charged with a Lion of England for Creveceur all which impale Azure a Chevron Ermine between three Libards heads Or Ashby of Quenby On a Grave-stone Hic jacet Robertus Tevery conjugio junctus Katherinae Chaworth quae cum tres liberos ei edidisset Johannem Georgium Dorotheam circa festum Pentecosti Anno salutis 1553. Ã marito morte correpto deseritur superstatque eum usque ad annum salutis 1571. Quo tempore faâ—is concessit terrasque relinquit Trowell Doomsd. Torwall THE principal Mannor in this Town before the Norman Invasion was Verebrands who paid the Dane-geld for it as one Carucat and an half The Land was then found to be twelve Bovats Afterwards it became the Fee of William Ostiarius mentioned in Bramcote who had here one Car. six Villains with four Car. Here was a Priest and half a Church and six Acres of Medow This was valued in the Confessours time at 100s. but in the Conquerours when Doomsday Book was made at 20s. Here were of the Land of the Taynes three Mannors more each of them answering the Tax for half a Carucat one of them was Vlchels the Land whereof was four Bovats and waste after the Conquest Alden had it there was Medow two Acres This Mannor had been 10s. but in the time of the Survey 14 W. 1. was but 5s. 4d. value Another Mannor Aluric had the Land whereof was also four Bovats who still continued and held it of King William the Conquerour and had there three Vill. with two Car. and two Acres of Medow This kept still the old value of 9s. The other Mannor Vluric had The Land of which was half a Car. when the Conquerour made his Survey Eruvin had one Bord. one Vill with one Car. and two Acres of Medow in the Confessours time this was valued at 10s. then at 5s. 4d. There lay one Bov. of Land Soc which was waste It seemeth that William Ostiarius his interest came to Mortimer of whom held Philip de Kyme and under him the family of Trowell named in Stanford on Sore Richard de Trowell paid for a Knights fee here in the former part of the raign of H. 3. William son of Richard de Trowell gave to God and the Church of St. Mary in Stanley Park called Dale Abby and the Canons of the Order of the Praemonstratenses there serving God all the lands and the rents of them which Richard his father held in Trouwelle with the homages and services of the Tenants and with the woods of Estlound and Broxhale and with the right of the Patronage of the moyety of the Church which was known to belong unto him Richard de Trowell gave them 3s. rent which he was wont to receive of William de Stanley for two Bovats which he held of him in Trowall And he likewise gave them towards their Pytance the homage and service of Hugh son of Thomas de Corsale with the yearly rent of 7s. which he was wont to receive of him for land which he held of him in Corsale which he bought of Stephen Grenehod William son of Raph de Trowelle gave them the homage and whole service of Hugh Balok of Trowell and his heirs and the rent of 11s. yearly which the said Hugh paid for four Bovats of Land in Trowelle for which Sir Robert de Esseburne gave him seven Marks in a gross-summ and by the consent of the Abbot and Covent the 11s. rent was atturned to the Sacrist of Stanly Parc to buy wine for celebrating the Eucharist in that Church for ever The other Mannors of the Tayns William Pevrel got and so they were escheated to that Crown and were held by the Nuns of Sempringham the family of Brunnesley and the family of Strelley Robert son of Walter de Stretleg for the health of his Soul and of all his Ancestors and Successors but especially for the Soul of William de Dyve gave to the said Monastery of Dale or Stanly Parc three Bovats of Land with the appurtenances in Trowelle one which Thomas Son of Galfr. le Ryver held in villenage with him the said Thomas and all his Cattel and his whole sequell and two more which Letice the widow of Robert son of Henry held in like manner with all her cattel and her whole sequell from the time of making that writing to be begotten And likewise all the Medow which Robert le Vavasor had of the gift of Walter de Halum in Kirk Halum Parc for the sustentation of one Canon dayly celebrating Mass in the said house of the Parc for the Soul of the said William de Dyva in Sutton upon Sore and for the souls of all the faithful departed Strelleys Mannor descended to the family of Poutrell by Margaret one of the daughters and co-heirs of Iohn Screlley and in the year 1612. was Iohn Poutrells Esquire There was a fine 20 H. 3. between Robert de Brunnesley Quer. and William de Stanley Imped concerning two Bovats of Land in Trowell with the appurtenances the right of the said Robert de Brunesley paying yearly a pair of white gloves and doing a foreign service Robert Broun of Brunnesley and Ioane his wife who was daughter and heir of Iohn son of Robert son of Galfr. son of Roger son of Gilbert de Brunnesley who held it in the time of H. 3. levyed a fine 8 H. 6. of the Mannor of Trowell one Mill thirty acres of Land in Brunnesley and Trowell and the moyety of the Advowson of the Church of Trowell to Iohn Cockfeild Esquire Iohn Curson Esquire Thomas Makworth Esquire Iohn son of Henry Bothe Esquire and Robert Oelage of Brunnesley This Brounes posterity probably were called Brunnesleys after their mother as hath been very usual for this Mannor descended to Francis Brunsley as appears byâ—an office taken at Nottingham 15 March 39 Eliz. after his death whose son Gervase Brunsley Esquire sold it to Iohn Hacker Gentleman with whose posterity it continues The rents of Assize of the Free-holders viz. 14s. 11s. per annum three Mess. one Bovat and Trowell Mill with the waters and fishing belonging to it c. formerly belonging to the Monastery of Dale amongst other things 21 Iuly 10 Eliz. were granted to Percivall Bowes and Iohn Moysier Gent. and the moyety or purpart of the Mannor of Trowell demised before to William Cox for 6l. per annum together with the right of Patronage of the Rectory of Trowell sometimes belonging to the Priory of Sempringham 9 Iuly 16 Eliz. were grant-to Drugo Drurie Esquire and Richard Downing These Monastery Lands Sir Percivall Willoughby of Wollaton had The Rectories of each moyety of Trowell were x. Marks a piece when the Prior of Sempringham and Mr. Cockfeild for Brunnesleys were Patrons They are now 4l. 14s. 6d. a piece in the Kings Books and Sir Francis Willoughby and William Hacker Gent. Patrons The Arms of Brunnesley viz. Quarterly per
process or Plaints He likewise granted them daily two Cart-loads of dead Wood and Heath in Bescowod and also Royal Liberties and Customs viz. Sach Soch Tol Them and Infangenthef and quittance from Scyre and Hundreth from Wapentach and Treding or Frankpledge from Army and every Custom and secular exaction except Murder and Dane-geld King Stephen being at Notingham at the very earnest intreaty of William Peverell the younger together with Oddona his wife and Henry his son confirmed what William Peverell his Father or William himself or any other Benefactors had done to this Priory of which besides those already named Robert Earl of Medlent who gave the Churches of Wiggeston and Withingston in Leicestershire Hugo de Burun who by the consent of his sons Hugh and Roger gave the Church of Horseley in Darbishire and Cotegrave in this County with a Virgat or more Land there with some in Almton given in exchange for the Church of Ossington formerly given to this Priory by the said Hugh de Burun and after to the Knights Templars and Odo de Boney who gave two parts of the Tythe of his Demesne and the Churches of Barton and Adinborow were the chief The succeeding Kings were not wanting in their respective confirmations but added more and augmented the priviledges of this place so that at the dissolution it was valued at 329l. 15s. 10d. ob King Henry the eighth Mar. 23. 36 H. 8. in consideration of the good true faithful and acceptable service of his beloved and faithful servant Francis Leek Knight to him before those times many waies performed granted him many Lands and Tythes in Darbyshire belonging to several Monasteries and amongst the rest some Lands and Tythes in Home Duston Whitwell and Ledworâ— in the Peak late belonging to the Monastery of Lenton and then in the Kings hands by reason of the Attainder of Nicholas Heathe last Prior of that Monastery lately Attaint and Convict of High Treason The Mannor of Lenton amongst other things was by Letters Patents bearing date 9 Sept. 4 C. 1. granted in Fee Farm to Edward Dichfeild Salter Iohn Highlord Skinner Humfrey Clarke Dyer and Francis Mosse Scrivener Citizens of London who by the appointment of divers Aldermen and Commoners of the City of London constituted Commissioners and Authorized by divers Acts of the Common Council of Major Aldermen and Commoners of the said City to sell and dispose of the Mannors Lordships Lands and Tenements to them by the said King granted did by their Indenâ—ure bearing date the sixth day of November in the sixth year of the said King Charles the first for the summ of 2500l. paid to Robert Bateman then Chamberlain of London sell to William Gregory of Nott. Gent and his heirs the said Mannor of Lenton with the Fair and all Royalties and Priviledges Rents and Services thereto belonging reserving the Fee Farm Rent of 94l. 5s. to the said King his heirs and successours who by his Letters Patents dated Decemb. 16. in the thirteenth year of his Reign amongst other things did grant the said Fee Farm Rent of 94s. 5s. per annum to the Right Noble Iames Stuart Duke of Richmond and Lenox who by his Indenture bearing date Febr. 20. Anno Dom. 1650. for the summ of 1460l. sold the same to Iohn Gregory son and heir of the said William and to George Gregory his son and heir the present owner who obtained the present King Charles the second his Letters Patents bearing date 9 Novemb. in the fifteenth year of his Reign for another Fair to be kept at Lenton every year on the Wednesday next after Pentecost and six several daies following but the Demesne of the Abby of Lenton was granted to William Hicks Esquire now Sir William Hicks 20 Iun. 2 Iac. And Mr. William Nix Alderman of Nott. had Lands there which are now Mr. Thomas Charletons who married his daughter Tabitha There was only one square Steeple left of the Monastery which not long since fell down and the Stones of it were imployed to make a Causey through the Town The Vicarage of Lenton was 12l. when the Prior was Patron 'T is now 9l. 2s. 6d. in the Kings Books and the King Patron Radford Redeford IN Redeford in the time of King Edward the Confessour Alvric had a Mannor which paid the Dane-geld for three Car. The Land of it being then returned to be three Carucats There William Peverel whose Fee it afterwards became in Demesne had two Car. eleven Vill. four Bord having four Car. There were four Mills 3l. and thirty Acres of Medow and three Acres of small Wood and half a Piscary or Fishing This retained the old value 3l. Of this same Land Vlvod held one Bovat in Tayn-Land This Town William Peverel gave to the Monastery which he Founded at Lenton as before is shown with which it was ever mixed and so continues Robert son of Philip of Radeford granted and confirmed to God and the Church of the holy Trinity at Lenton four Bovats of the Villanage of Radeford quit of all Service belonging to him and twenty four Acres of his Demesne with the Appurtenances which his Father gave and granted to that Church to which he also gave all the Land in Aldiswrd which was of his Fee with a Medow called Bradmedow Walter Arch-bishop of York 12 Kalend. of March in the eighth year of his Pontificate being then at Lenton admitted Mr. Raph the Clark presented by the Prior and Covent of Lenton to be perpetual Vicar of the Church of Radeford which Vicarage he made to consist of the whole Altarage of that Church and four Bovats belonging to that said Altarage with the Tythes coming of those four Bovats and likewise the Tythe of two Mills and all that Toft which lies between the Toft of that Church and the Water which is called Lene but the Vicar was to sustain the burdens of the Bishop and Arch-deacon viz. Synodals and Procurations c. Thomas Eâ—inham Prior of Lenton and that Covent 9 H. 5. demised to Hugh Willoughby Richard Nicholas and Thomas his sons their Land which lay within the Precinct of Radford between the inclosure called Stokkinge on the South part and the Field of Broxtow on the North and abutted on the inclosure of Iohn de Brokstow on the West and on the East head on the High-way which leads from Brokestow to Radford during all and any of their lives paying 2s. per annum by equal portions at the Feasts of the Invention of the Cross and St. Martin in Winter but every day the Rent should happen to be unpaid after the set time it was to be doubled and the Priory was to have free passage over it with Carriages all the time as the said Hugh and his sons had The Reversion of the Herbage and Paunage of Aspley Wood in Radford parcel of the Mannor of Lenton demised to Edward Southworth Gent. for twenty one years was granted 6 Eliz. to Richard
Pype of London Leather-seller and Francis Bowyer of London Grocer together with the Site of Wallingwells Priory and many other things August the fifth Aspley-Wood Hall was the dwelling place of Thomas Blyth named in Mapurley in the time of Queen Elizabeth The Vicarage of Radford was 5l. when the Prior of Lenton was Patron 'T is now 3l. 9s. 4d. in the Kings Books and his Majesty Patron Sutton Passeys OF the Taynland were two Mannors in Suton which before the Conquest Aluric and Brun held rated for them to the Dane-geld at twelve Bovats and Vlsi then Lord of Olaveston now Wollaton in which the Soc lay had one Car. and an half for the Geld. The Land was three Car. There was also in Sudtune Soc to Olaveston of the Fee of William Peverel which paid the Tax for twelve Bov. The Land three Car. but was waste in the time of King William the Conquerour as some other Lands of that Soc at that time were Robert son of Raph and all his heirs gave to God and the Church of the holy Trinity at Lenton two Bovats of Land here One of them was that which Erchin held with a Toft divided into three parts the other was half a Bovat which Matthew held but he filled it up and made a whole one of it out of his Demesne This Alms he offered before God and his Saints upon the Altar of the holy Trinity at Lenton for the health of the Soul of his most dear wife Adelina that her memory might be made every year The Witnesses were Richard Abbat of Lecester Robert Avenell Roger son of Adelina Peter de Sandiacre Iofrid Bochart Gubert de Nottingham Herbert son of Gladwin Raph son of Lewin Hugh de Sutton Helric de Sutton Grunquetel Anselinus de Radclive Everard de Lenton and Gervase his son and many others Robert de Passeys gave to God and the work of the Church of the holy Trinity at Lenton for the health of his Soul and of Alice his wife and William his Father and Edelina his former wife fifteen Acres of his Demesne in Sutton William de Passeys son of Robert de Passeys confirmed the fifteen Acres of the gift of his Father and gave four Acres himself In the year 1278. Robert son of William Gyon of Bramcote gave to the Prior and Covent of Lenton 4s. yearly Rent which Hugh de Stapleford Clerk was bound to pay him for four Bovats in Sutton with Homage Ward Relief and all the Appurtenances to this were Witnesses Sir Robert de Stratley Sir Galfr. de Dethec Sir Raph de Arnale Knights Iohn de Cortlingstok Henry de Watenâ—ou Iohn Passeys William Torcard and others William Mailard paid two Marks for a Knights Fee in Sutton in the former part of the Reign of Henry the third But it appears in several other places that the Family of Passeys held it by Serjeancy of finding a Horse and Sack in the Army in Wales In one place it is Recorded that Robert Passeys held two Carucats and an half and that there were two Bovats here of the Soc of Arnale which used to pay 5s. and that Hugh de Nevill held them in his own hand Alice daughter of Robert Passeys had four Bovats of this Serjeancy in Sutton and paid the King a Mark per annum Alan Passeys son of Robert had one Bovat for 4s. the Prior of Lenton sixteen Acres for 3s. William Passeys afterwards came and warranted that Land to the Prior and held the rest of the Serjeancy then valued at 100s. Iohn Passeys of Sutton 7 E. 2. left his son Iohn his heir twenty two years old he held a Mess. and six Bovats of William Mortein at Wollaton besides some Land in Sutton In the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Sutton Passeys answered for a whole Villa and Iohn Passeys was then returned Lord of it The Jury 19 E. 2. found it not to the Kings loss if he granted licence to Iohn Watnowe to enfeoffe Iohn le Colyer of Nottingham in fourteen Acres in Sutton Passeys having 40s. Land and Rent in Notingham besides In 16 E. 3. the Jury likewise returned no loss to the King if Iohn de Colier of Not. gave a Mess. a Toft and five Bovats of Land in Sutton Passeys to a certain Chaplain to celebrate in the Church of St. Mary at Sutton Passeys which Mannor was then become the possession of Richard de Willoughby Lord also of Wollaton with which Family it continued and is now and long hath been totally decayed and only known by the name of Wollaton Parke and other the Demesnes of that Mannor howbeit the Parishioners of Radford say it is in that Parish and within their Perambulation Wollaton Olaveston IN Olaveston through corruption of speech now called Wollaton there was of William Peverells Fee a Mannor which before the Conquest Vlsi had who paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a Carucat and an half The Land was then for twelve Oxen or twelve Bovats There afterwards Warner the Man of William Peverell had one Car. seven Sochm. four Vill. having four Car. small Wood one leuc long one qu. broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 100s. but when the great Survey was made towards the latter end of the Conquerours Reign but at 60s. The Soc extended into Cotteshale Bruncote and Sudtune The Family of Mortein were the next successours to Warner in this place of which Robert de Mortein lived in King Henry the firsts time at the Foundation of Lenton Priory and Adam de Moretonio 22 H. 2. gave account of xxx Marks of the Amercements of the Forest. Eustachius de Moretoin gave Henry son of William Hamelyn of Wollaton his Villain with all his sequel and Cattel to the Priory of Lenton Eustace Robertus de Moretein Adam de Moretein Eustachius de Moretein pip 9 R. 1.7 Joh. Eustachius de Moretein Willielmus de Mortayn Rogerus Rogerus de Mortein-Isabella una haered neptis M. Will. de Luda Episcop Eliens Willielmus de Mortein Isabella ux 1 -Richardus de Willughby mil. Justic. de Banco-Joâ—na 11 E. 3 -Elizab Ricard de Willubi mil. s. p. soror Joh. dom Grey Hugo Cleric ob 1 Sept. 7 H. 4 -Joana de Riseley Hugo de Willubi ob 10 Sept. 3 H. 5 -Joana fil Joh. Dabridge-court mil. Hugâ— Willoughby de Riseley ob 12 Sept. 1491 -Isabella fil Gerv. Clifton ob 3 May 1462. Johan ob infra aet 1 H. 6. Felicia-Joh Armstrong Thom. s. p. Alicia monialis Rog. s. p. Sibylla ux Bertram Momboucher Bertram Momboucher Bertram consangu haer Hug. Willughby Cler. 7 H. 4. Marger ux Joh. Malory Robertus Malory Williel Malory cons. haer Hug. 7 H. 4. Adam Radulphus Bugge de Notingham Richardus Bugge de Wiluby Ric. de Willughby mil. ob 18 E. 2. Isabella ux 1 -Richardus de Willughby mil. Justic. de Banco-Joâ—na 11
'T is now 14l. 2s. 6d. in the Kings Books and the Patronage continueth to the Willoughbies On the South Wall in the Chancell at Wollaton In the Chancell on a flat Marble whereon is cut in Brass the Effigies of a Man in Armor and a Woman In the North Wall of the Chancell at Wollaton Hic jacet Ricardus Willoughby Armiger qui obiit VII die Octobris Anno Domini nostri JHV CHRISTI M. CCCC.LXXI Anna uxor ejus quae obiit XXIII die mensis Julij Anno ejusdem Domini M. CCCC.LXVII Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen On it are the Arms of Willoughby and Leek single and the same impaled also In the Church on a Tomb the Statue of one lying with two Wives on each side In an Arch betweene the South Ile the Chancell at Wollaton Hic jacet Henricus Willoughby miles pro corpore Regis Baronettus mistaken for Bannerettus quondam Dominus de Wollaton qui obiit XX. die mensis Maii Anno Domini M. CCCCC.XXVIII Cujus animae propitietur Deus At the East end of the North I le on a Monument in the Wall At the East end of the North I le at Wollaton Henricus Willoughby Armiger Anna uxor ejus Henrici Grey Ducis Sâ—ffolciae soror hic foeliciter in Domino obdormiunt Ille obiit in Bello contra Rebelles in Norfolcia 1548. Illa occubuit Anno salutis nostrae 1546. Tres liberos susceperunt Thomam qui obiit sine prole superstite Franciscum Willoughby Equitem Auratum Margaretam nuptam Matheo Arundell militi Optimis parentibus Franciscus filius mâ—rosus amoris ergo hoc Monumentum posuit On it are many Quarterings On another Monument on the North Wall At the vper end of the North I le in the North Wall 〈◊〉 at Wollaton Hic jacet Henricus Willoughbeus Armiger filius quartus Percivalli Willoughbei militis Dominae Brigittae uxoris ejus Iurisconsultus unus Assessorum è Templo interiore Londinensi instructissimus studiis devotissimus nec non edocumentis Religionis integritatis qui obiit decimo octavo Septembris Anno aetatis suae quadragesimo octavo Annoque Domini Millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo primo The Arms on it Azure fretty Or Willoughby of Eresby impaling Or on two Bars Gules three Waterbougetts Arg. Willoughby of Wollaton On an Alabaster Tomb under an Arch in the middle of the Church Hic jacet Nobilis Domina Domina Matildis quondam uxor Domini Johannis Dabrishecourte militis quae obiit xxi die mensis Maii Anno Domini M. CCCC quinto Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen The Arms on it are 1. A Saltire engrailed impaling a Fesse and five Billetts in Chief if it should not be a File of five Labells 2. Erm. a Chevron 3. Erm. three Bars Humette Dabrichcourt And 4. on two Bars three Waterbougets Willoughby In the Chancel on a flat Marble in Brass Hic jacet Robertus Willoughby Armiger Dominus de Wollaton filius haeres Hugonis Willoughby militis Dominae Margaretae uxoris ejus ........... filia Johannis Griffyth quae obiit die .... mensis ..... M. CCCC ...... norumanimabus propitietur Deus On this are many quarterings Cossale Doomsd. Cotteshale THis Cotteshale was a Beru of Olaveston which was assessed or rated at six Bovats to the Geld or Tax The Land was for six Oxen or six Bovats There was in Demesne one Car. two Vill. and one Acre of Medow a pasture Wood one qu. long and two broad Soc. This was William Peverells Fee but here was another part of this Township in the Conquerours time of Raph Fitz-Huberts Fee which before was the Freehold of Leuenot Lord of Annesley who answered to the Tax here for six Bovats and the Land was then sufficient for so many Oxen i. e. six Bovats There was at the time of making the great Survey three Car. or Plows with three Villains or Husbandmen and five Acres of Medow formerly this had been valued at 16s. but then was 10s. The first part was with Wollaston the possession of the Family of Mortein the latter seems to have been enjoyed chiefly by a Family who had their Sirname from the place of which was Sir William de Cossale Cler Baron of the Exchequer who was a great Benefactor to Newstede Priory and did by Fine at York Trin. and Mich. 8 E. 3. seâ—tle upon it twelve Mess. one Mill eight Bovats and sixty Acres of Land twenty of Medow eghty of waste and 20s. yearly Rent with the Appurtenances in Cossale Notingham and Bâ—llâ—ell to find three Chaplains two in the Church of St. Katherin of Cossale and the third in the said Priory of Newstede to celebrate Divine Service for the Souls of the said William his Ancestors and Successours Reginald son of Idonia de Cotsale gave to the Priory of Thurgarton all his Lands in Cotsale viz. half a Bovat and a quarter of a Bovat with two Tofts one at the end of the Town towards the East and the other next the Toft of Roger the Gerefe praepositi the said Priory paying to Sir Reginald de Annesley and his heirs 10s. per annum Adam de Cossale held in the Town of Cossale one Mess. five Cottages one Water-Mill two Carucats of Arable Land twenty three Acres of Medow ten Acres of Pasture 20s. Rent which were settled 7 E. 2. by Fine on William son of the said Adam de Cossale and Iohan his wife and the heirs of their two bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said William Robert was their eldest son who married Katherin the daughter of Iohn Bozon of whom there was no issue Iohn their younger son married the daughter of William Michell and had issue Of William son of Adam de Cossale and Iohan his wife Sir William de Cossale before named obtained the Land and Soil where the two Granges or Barns below the Mannor of Cossale belonging to the Priory of Newstede were built in exchange for one Land or Selion in Cossale between the Thorpes he purchased likewise of their Fee Lands in Cossale and Broksale for the Services whereof the said Robert and Iohn their sons made a Release reserving only 3s. 10d. Rent yearly which Rent together with all his Lands and Tenements in Cossale Robert de Cossale son of the said Iohn sold to Sir Richard de Willoughby the elder who settled the Town of Cossale a great part whereof he had by the daughter of Sir Roger de Mortein on Sir Richard de Willoughby the younger as in Wollaston is said This Sir William de Cossale the Baron purchased some Lands of Sir Roger Mortein and some of other Freeholders all which he gave to Newstede as already is shown The Jury found 23 E 3. that Warin son of Thomas le Latimer of Braybrooke and Katherin his wife then alive were joyntly enfeoffed and held the Mannor of Cossale of William Zouch Arch-bishop of Yorke by the Service of six pence
while in possession of this Lordship which said Nicholas Strelley lives now in Nottingham upon some ingenious Manufactures in Glass which he spins and orders very commendably The Coals the chief profits of Strelley are not so plentiful now as formerly William de Strelley son of Galfr. de Strelley by a Fine 14 E. 2. settled one Mess. ten Bov. and an half and one Rood of Land with the Appurtenances in Strelley Cossale and Bilburgh on Sir Robert Strelley Knight for life and afterwards on William son of Sir Robert for life remainder to Sir Robert and his heirs The Rectory of Stirley was 8l. 'T is now 6l. 4s. 9d. ob in the Kings Books and the last Patron that I have seen was Nicholas Strelley Esquire as his Ancestors the Strelleys had ever been in all my observations Bilborough Bilburch THere was one Bovat of this Township Soc to Ernehale the Kings own Land but here were two Mannors which Aylric and Vlsi Swen had before the Conquest which were accounted to the Dane-geld for seven Bovats The Land being for so many Oxen. There Ambrose the Man or Tenant of William Peverell whose Fee it was had one Car. two Sochm. three Vill. four Servants with one Plow or Carucat There were eight Acres of Medow and small Wood. In the Confessours time this was 30s. value in the Conquerours 20s. Herbert de Bilburc gave to the Priory of Lenton one Mark yearly out of a Mill which is between Blaccliff and Radford This Herbert gave in Gunnovelston and Molinton also Symon son of Simon son of William gave a Mark of Silver yearly of his Mill in Bilboro called Bobursmilne to Lenton for the Soul of Walter de Kime his brother Petronilla who was wife of Stephen de Faukonberg came and quit-claimed to Walter de Ryebof and Isabell his wife all the Land which was Simons son of Simon in Nott. and Derbishires for her self and heirs for ever these persons are named in Cuckeney There was a Fine at Notingham 4 Ioh. whereby William de Gatton passed his right and Title in three Bovats of Land in Bileburgh to Walter de Riboef and Isabell his wife Robert Fitz-Aman in King Iohns time claimed as his right against Simon de Kime whom Walter de Ribof and Isabell his wife called to warrant half a Knights Fee in Bilenburch whereof Ivicia his Grandmother was seised in the time of King Henry the first and from her the right descended to Robert her son and from him to Raph his brother Father of the said Robert Fitz-Aman Simon pleaded that the said Ivicia had an elder sister called Emme who had a certain son called Robert who had a son called Ivo de Heriz then alive who had as much right and without him he would not answer Robert acknowledged that Emme was the elder sister but when the Inheritance was divided to Emme were assigned Gunnolveston and Keilmerse as her purpart whereof her heirs were yet seised and that to Ivicia were assigned Molinton and Bloubroc to which the said half Knights Fee belonged for her purpart Simon de Kime produced the Charter of King Henry the second wherein was contained that he granted and confirmed to Simon son of William which Simon was Grandfather of the said Simon de Kime all the Tenements which he held of him in Capite to wit Bileburch Robert had the better at that time Philip de Kyme was found 11 E. 1. to have had a Knights Fee in Bilburgh Robert de Strelley held in Bilborough in the right of Elizabeth his wife half a Knights Fee of Walter Rybof of the Eschaet of Peverell Richard Rybof is also mentioned to pay for half a Knights Fee here But Robert le Vavasor was the constant owner in the time of Henry the third in whose Reign he was many years High Sheriff of these Counties of Nott. and Derb. viz. the 20 and 22 and 23 and the 30 till the 39. This Mannor hath gone along with Strelley as it still doth some part of it being in Strelley Park The Rectory of Bilburgh was 10l. 'T is now 6l. 2s. 6d. in the Kings Books and the last Patron that I have found is George Strelley as his Ancestors used to be formerly Broxtow Broculstowe 'T Is like this place in ancient time was made use of for the people of the Hundred to meet in because it gives name to the Wapentak Here was of the Soc of Ernehale Ancient Demesne as much as was rated to the Dane-geld at one Bovat but in the time of the Conquerours Survey it was waste and of William Peverells Fee here were five Acres which lay to Nuthale but here was also a Mannor in Broculstowe of the Fee of Robert Fitz-William which before the Conquest was Godrics and answered the Tax for three Bovats the Land of it being so much here the said Robert had one Car. and one Vill. Small Wood one q. long and one broad In the Confessours time it was 16s. in the Conquerours but 8s. value Gilbert son of Eustachius de Broculstowe gave to the holy Trinity of Lenton and the Monks there serving God one Toft in Broculstowe on the East part of the Church Galfr. de Broculvestowe held the Bovat of the Soc of Arnale for 12d. yearly He held there also two Bovats of H. de Nevill and other Lands In the 9 E. 2. Broxstowe answered for half a Villa and Iohn de Broxstowe was Lord of it By an Inquisition taken at Nott. the Saturday after the Feast of St. Michael 7 H. 6. before Thomas Mapurley and his fellow Commissioners it appears that the Jury of which Iohn Broxstowe was one found that in the Parish of Broxtowe there were not then ten Inhabitants who were House-keepers or Housholders Henry Lord Grey of Codnour about 22 H. 6. died seised of this Mannor then said to be held of the Soke of Arnale The Mannor of Brokestow with the Appurtenances two Mess. one Vill. sixty two Acres of Land and thirty two of Medow in Baseford and Allesworth were settled by a Fine 14 E. 4. on Thomas Parker and Ioane his wife and the heirs of their Bodies remainder to the heirs of Ioane In 7 H. 8. Henry Willughby Knight Iohn Markham Knight Richard Egerton Clark and Thomas Thurland Esquire claimed against Anthony Fitz-Herbert Serjeant at Law and William Whithalgh the Mannor of Broxstowe with the Appurtenances as also four Mess. ten Tofts one Mill two hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow two hundred of Pasture and forty of Wood with the Appurtenances in Brokstow Bilborough Basford and Alsworth who called to warrant George Parker Gentleman Another Recovery was suffered 7 E. 6. wherein Walter Whaley Esquire claimed against Hugh Willoughbie Knight and Ioane his wife the Mannors of Brocstow and Basford with the Appurtenances and fourteen Mess. two Mills c. with a great number of Acres and 30s. Rent in Billeborough and Basford and
principal Farm was by him repurchased in his life time which now with Copleyes Mannor remains the Inheritance of the Earl of Clare Cokfeilds came to Taylboys and the next descent to Iohn Ayscough son and heir of Sir Will. Ayscongh the Judge in whose Family it continued till Sir Rog. Ayscough sold it amongst Freeholders Another Mannor in Baseford was called Algarthorpe and afterwards Eland-Hall from the possessors of it of that name Eustachâ—us de Moreton Lord of Wollaston confirmed the Alms which Robert de Moreton his Grandfather and Adam his Father gave to God and the Church of the holy Trinity at Lenton and the Cluniac Monks there serving God viz. 16s. per annum out of that which Gerard de Algarthorp held of him and his Ancestors viz. 10s. at Pentecost or within the Octaves and 6s. within the Octaves of St. Martin This was also confirmed by Adam son of Adam de Moretuin brother of the said Eustachius Robert Daft paid 10s. in the time of Henry the third for the fourth part of a Knights Fee which he held in Algarthorp In 28 E. 1. by a Fine levied at York Adam le Paumer and Isabell his wife passed the Mannor of Algarthorp to Iohn le Paumer the younger and his heirs William de Eland the Kings Servant valettus who lately had the custody of the Castle of Nott. and the Bayliwick of the Honour of Peverell in the Counties of Nott. and Derb. for life had the said Bayliwick 26 Septemb. 10 E. 3. granted to him and his heirs paying fourteen Marks yearly William son and heir of William de Eland 41 E. 3. acknowledged himself to hold the Bayliwick of the honour of Peverell in the Counties of Nott. and Derby of the King by the Service of paying 14s. yearly William Eland married Cecily the co-heir of Robert son of Sampson de Strelley as in Radcliff may be noted Stephen de Strelley 28 E. 3. passed Lands and Rents in Radclive and Lamcote to William Eland and Cecily his wife and William their son This Family had their chief residence at this Algerthorp which gave it the name of Eland-Hall William Eland Esquire possibly the Grandchiâ—d of the first about 8 H. 6. left his son William his heir above nine years old William Eland died the 27 Decemb. 17 H. 6. and left his son and heir William aged twenty weeks and four daies 3 Iun. when the Inquisition was taken in the tuition of Margaret his widow mother of the Infant By an Inquisition taken at Nott. 31 Octob. 9 H. 7. it appears that Henry Eland who it seems was brother and heir of Thomas Eland and forty years old 5 E. 4. when his said brother left the Bayliwick of Peverell in both these Counties to descend to him died 8 Sept. 9 H. 7. seized of this Mannor there said to be held of Sir Henry Willoughby as of his Mannor of Wollaton some small parcels in Radcliff and Lamcote and diverse other places as Adbolton Calverton Bagthorp Brigford at Brig end and an Essart called Eland Close and that Mary Eland daughter of Thomas Eland son of the said Henry was his Cousin and heir then aged one year and one month She married Roland Revell and after his death the 8 Novemb. 23 H. 8. conveyed this Mannor and all her Lands Rents and Services in Algarthorp Basford Adbolton Oxton Radcliff Calverton Lamcote Eland and elsewhere in the County of Nott. together with the Bayliwick of the honour of Peverell in the Counties of Nott. and Derb. to Randall Revell because he had holpen her in the great Suits she had with Nicholas Styrley Esquire concerning her said inheritance and for that Hugh Revell his son was her Cousin and next heir viz. son of Ioan sister of Thomas Eland her Father It was afterwards sold to Thomas Hutchinson of Outhorp who gave it to Iohn-Hutchinson his second son whose Grandchild Iohn Hutchinson was Lord of it It is now sold to ...... In Basford Town 1612. were owners William Lord Cavendish Sir Iohn Hollys Sir Iohn Byron Sir Percivall Willoughby Knights Godfrey Copley Esquire George Strelley Esquire Mary Hutchinson widow George Hutchinson Gent. Geoffrey Brock Gent. Iohn Speed Clerc Francis Byfeild Gent. Iohn Kyme of Nott. Gent. c. The Rectory of Basford 8 Ian. 4 Eliz. in the occupation of Roger Woâ—d late parcel of the possessions of the Priory of Catesby in the County of Northhamton was granted to Iames Hardwicke and his heirs This Church of St. Leodegarius of Baseford with the Lands Tenements and Appurtenances there was given by the before named Robert son of Philip to the Prioress and Nuns of Catesby of which place he seems to have been a principal Founder his son William was likewise a Benefactor The Rectory it should be Vicarage of Baseford was ten Marks when the Prioress of Cateswyke or Catesby had the Patronage The Vicarage is now in the Kings Books 8l. 17s. 6d. and in his Majesties Patronage In the South Window of the Chancel Arg. a Chevron between three Pâ—ts with Ears and three feet a piece Gules within a Bordure sable Besanty Mounboucher impaling Sable a Bend between six Escallops Or Folejambe Azure a plain Crosse countercompony Arg. and Gules Cokfeild impaling Folejambe and Folejambe impaling Arg. a Bend Azure Crusuly Arg. it should be Or Lowdham On the Church North I le East Window Paly of six Arg. and Azure a Bend Gules Annesley Paly of six Arg. and Azure Strelley Arg. a Chief Gules and Bendlet Azure Crumwell Arg. a Lion Rampant Queve Furchè sable Cressy Arg. a Bend Azure Crusuly Or Lowdham Arg. on a Saltier engrailed sable nine Annulets Or Leek Annesley with a Mullet on the top of the Bend. Strelley with a Cinquefoyle Gules in the middle Strelley of Woodborough Maperley THE Wood of Basford which was Iohn de Cokefeuds and Robert de Orrebyes 15 E. 1. was found wholly wasted and had been so of old Iohn son of Robert de Orreby and Iohn Cokfeld had taken 2s. 6d. a year for five and twenty years last past and appropriated the Wood to themselves without warrant and therefore were amerced Hugh de Nottingham Clark 25 E. 1. had Lands in Nottingham called Cornerwong confirmed to him and his heirs by Bounds c. In 31 E. 3. it was found that Iohn Montgomery then dead made one Essart of old besides the Kings Wood of Nottingham that was called Cornerwong and it contained thirty Acres of ground and was sown since the last regard The heirs of Alice Palmer held one Essart of old called Basfordwong containing twenty Acres William Eland was then Tenant viz. some while after 31 E. 3. about which time that Essart was thought to be made Adam Palmer made one Essart of old of five Acres and one Rood of the Kings Demesne at Algerthorp of this William Eland was also Tenant In the time of Richard the second Thomas Mapurley was a
account of 10l. of the Farm of Arnall by the hands of Iohn de Verdun The Jury 41 E. 3. found it not to the Kings loss if he granted licence to Humfrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Essex and Northampton to give the Mannor of Arnale which he held of the King in Capite by Knights Service and the Service of 10l. yearly Rent paid into the Exchequer to Sir Nicholas Tamworth Knight Thomas Duke of Gloucester who married Alianor one of the daughters and heirs of the said Humfrey de Bohun and Ioane his wife left this Mannor 21 R. 2. to his son Humfrey The Jury 35 E. 3. found that Richard Pensax of Skegby left his son William his heir who amongst other Lands held one Mess. in Arnale and two Virgaâ—s of Land of the Earl of Northhampton The Mannor of Arnehale possibly Arnales 11 â— 2. by Fine was settled on Raph de Crophill and Maâ—d his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of Raph. The Jury 14 H. 6. found that the Mannors of Arnald and of Tiercewell were by Fine 5 H. 5. settled on Iohn Merbury Esquire and Agnes his wife and the heirs of their bodies c. and that the Mannor of Arnald was held of Margaret who had been the wife of Sir Thomas Rempston Knight as of her Mannor of Arnald and that Walter Devereux Esquire was Cousin and heir of the said Agnes viz. son of Walter son of the said Agnes The Jury 16 H. 6. found the same saving that Elizabeth wife of Walter Devereux was daughter and next heir of Iohn Merbury A Fine was levied at Westm. the day after the Ascension 8 H. 4. between Sir Roger Leech Knight William Babington Iohn Folejambe and Peter de la Pole Quer. and William Bourghchier Knight and Anne his wife Deforc. of the Mannor of Arnall with the Appurtenances whereby it was settled on the said Iohn Folejambe and his heirs Sibylla Beauchamp when she died about 7 H. 5. held two parts of the Mannor of Arnall the remainder was to Sir Roger Leech and others Sir Nicholas de Strelley Knight 9 H. 6. died seised of two Bovats of Land and twelve Acres of Medow in Strelley which in his life time he held of Margaret the wife of Sir Thomas Rempston as of her Mannor of Arnale Margaret the wife of Sir Thomas Rempston Knight Nicholas Wymbish and others 19 H. 6. had pardon for having acquired of Sir William Plumpton Knight Cousin and heir of Iohn Folejambe the Mannor of Arnall without the Kings licence She died 32 H· 6. solely seised of the Mannor of Arnall Sir Thomas Rempston being then her son and heir The 20 H. 6. the Castle and Mannor of Wressyll in Yorkeshire the Mannors of Burwell Ledenham and Washingburgh in Lincolneshire and the Mannor of Bullwell and also the Fee Farm Rent of 10l. per annum in Arnall in this County were granted to Raph Crumwell Knight and his heirs By an Inquisition taken at Nottingham the Thursday after Palm-Sunday 23 H. 7. before Sir William Perpoint Sir Edward Stanhope Knights Raph Agard c. concerning intrusions or hauntings in the Kings Forest or Chases c. it appears that Sir William Hastings Knight was seised in the Mannors of Lamley Arnald and an Annual Rent of 10l. called Everingham Fee in Gedling and died the 24 Iun. 1 E. 5. whose widow Katherin Hastings held them till 20 Apr. 12 H. 7. and from that till the taking the said Inquisition William de Hastings one of his younger sons had the Mannor of Arnall and Everingham Fee and Richard de Hastings another the Mannor of Lamley All Mess. Lands and Tenements in Arnall parcell of the possessions of William Hastings Esquire 24 March 2 and 3 Ph. and Mar. were granted to Iohn Parratt Knight and his heirs The Mannor of Arnall came to the Family of Hastings and 4 E. 4. to George Duke of Clarence and after it was Iohn Beaumonts who in the time of Edward the sixth conveyed the same to the Crown with other Lands in satisfaction of a great debt due for the arrears of his Office as Receiver general of the Court of Wards it anciently consisted of a small Demesne and the main part of it were Copy-holders of Inheritance they in King Iames's time purchased the Mannor for the preservation of their Customs and Commons the Township being within the Forest of Shirewood and Mr. William Stanhope half brother to Philip first Earl of Chesterfeild hath the Demesnes Another Mannor was Sir Thomas Rempstons and came after to the Lord Ferrers of Chartley and was late the inheritance of Samuel Cludd Gent. The Rectory of Arnall 24 Aug. 41 Eliz. was granted to Iohn Flint and William Ienkinson and their heirs at the extent of six pounds per annum The Vicarage of Arnell was 8l. when the Dean of Leicestre was Patron 'T is now 7l. 18s. 1d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Devonshire Patron Eastwood Eastwayt And Estewic IN Estwic before the Conquest Vlfechetel had a Mannor which answered for four Bovats to the Dane-geld or Tax This was afterwards William Peverells but was then waste In the Confessours time it was 5s. value Henry de Grey Lord of Codnour and of Estweit for the Souls of Sir Henry de Grey and the Lady Ysolda his wife and of his own Father and Mother and other his and their Ancestors and all the faithful departed released to the Priory of Lenton all claim and right of Common of Pasture in a place called Fulwood either beloning to his Castle of Codnour or his Town of Estwait or his Villains there To his Deed were Witnesses Sir Richard de Grey Sir Henry de Perpount Sir Gervas de Clifton Sir Galfr. de Stapleford Knights and others In the year 1286. Ranulf Paskayl of Estwait for himself his heirs Freeholders and Villains released to the said Priory all the like claim and right of Common in the said Wood called Fulwood to his Deed were Witnesses Robert de Kymmerley William de Belew Robert de Watenhowe Iohn Passeys Robert Francis and others William Pascayl of Estwait did the like and so did William son of Godefrey de Estwait and Thomas son of William de le Rode of the same and divers others by which means the Priory had that Fulwood intire to themselves and inclosed it whereupon 18 E. 1. Adam Parson of the Church of Esthwayt impleaded the Prior of Lenton and others because they disseised him of Common of Pasture in about one hundred and fifty Acres of Pasture in Fulwode the said Prior pleaded that Fulwode was neither Burgh Town Village nor Hamlet which the Parson could not gainsay and so was cast Adam de Markham the same time had another Assise or Tryal being the same Parson of the Church of Esthwait for the same and then the Prior pleaded it was in
Newthorp which the Jury found to be so and that the said Parson ought not to Common there A Fine was levied at York 10 E. 3. between Ranulf Pascail of Estweyt Quer. and Iohn Arnald Deforc. of the third part of the Mannor of Estweyt which was thereby settled on the said Ranulph for life remainder on Ranulf his son and Ioane the daughter of Roger de Vston and the heirs of their bodies remainder on William brother of the said Ranulph the son of Ranulph and the heirs of his body remainder to Ioane the sister of William and the heirs of hers then to Isabell and then to Agnes her sisters in like manner remainder to the right heirs of the said Ranulph Pascail Pascails part became the Tevereys of Stapleford Hugh Teverey son and heir of Robert Teverey Esquire and husband of Elizabeth daughter of Hugh Willoughby of Riseley 7 Mar. 8 H. 8. died seised of 10s. yearly Rent here which 24 H. 7. was passed to Thomas Bapthorp Chr. son and heir apparent of Raph Bapthorp and others for the use of the said Hugh and his said wife Elizabeth by the name of the Mannor of Estwayt but the Jury at that Inquisition taken at Stapulford 25 Oct. 9 H. 8. after the death of the said Hugh who left his son Robert Teverey his heir and then above twenty one years old found that the said 10s. Rent was held of Sir Henry Willoughby as of the Mannor of Estwayt However some Lands here came by inheritance from the Tevereys to William Palmes Esquire with Stapleford and Eyton in Darbyshire and other Lands which he got an Act of Parliament to enable him to sell and hath sold this accordingly to Hen. Harrison 1668. The Lord Greyes part descended it seems to the Family of Zouch as in Toueton may be seen Sir Iohn Zouch 19 Iun. 28 Eliz. died seised of it leaving Iohn Zouch Esquire his son and heir five Months above twenty one years of age and more as the Inquisition taken at Darby that year 19 Sept. after his death shows Howbeit I find that this Mannor after the death of the last Lord Grey was bought of the King by Sir Henry Willoughby who sold it to Sir Iohn Port and so it afterwards came to the Family of Stanhope by the marriage of Margaret one of his daughters and co-heirs to Sir Thomas Stanhope and as I think was sold by Arthur Stanhope Esquire one of the sons of Philip first Earl of Chesterfeild not long since viz. 1657. to Huntington Plumptre Esquire Doctor of Physick whose son and heir Henry is now Lord of it Thomas Aleyn and Emme his wife 21 E. 4. levied a Fine of twenty Acres of Pasture in Estwayt called Gressebréeches to Gervas Clifton Esquire and 22 E. 4. of thirty Acres of Land there The Rectory of Estwait was 6l. when H. Lord Grey of Codnor was Patron 'T is now in the Kings Books 4l. 13s. 1d. ob and Arthur Stanhope Esquire Patron But now viz. 1674. Henry Plumptre Esquire is Patron Newthorpe PArt of this Village was of R. Earl Moritons Fee in the time of the Conquerour which before was Aelayns or Aluins who had one Bov. for the Geld. The Land was two Bov. There was Pasture Wood eight qu. long half .... broad This was 2s. value in the Confessours time in the Conquerours but 12d. But the better part of this Township was William Peverells Fee wherein before he had it was a Mannor or two which Grunchel had one whereof was rated to the Geld at 5â— Bovats The Land being half a Car. In the Conquerours time this was waste and but 2s. In the Confessours it had been 5s. Another was taxed at five Bov. to the Geld. And the Land of it was also half a Car. and had a Bâ—rew in Chinemerley where were two Bov. waste William Peverell gave what he had here to his Priory of Lenton as in that place may be seen and Robert son of Iohn de Newthorp gave to it something in Folewoode Earl Moritons Fee it seems came very anciently to the honour of Leicesâ—er and was held of the Lords of Goteham Sir Iohn de St. Andrew 28 E. 3. gave 8s. Rent issuing out of a Mess. and Virgat of Land in Neuthorp to find a Light in the Conventual Church of Lenton as he should order it Iohn of Gaunt confirmed to Robert de Teversalt Vicar of Greseley who had it for and conveyed it to the Priory of Beauvale one Mess. seven Tofts two Bovats and sixty Acres of Land and 12s. 7d. yearly Rent with the Appurtenances which he held of Iulian the relict of Sir Iohn de St. Andrew Chr. and Iohn Samon in Newthorpe by the Service of 2s. per annum and they of the Honour of Leicester Robert de St. Andrew of Goteham granted licence to the said Vicar of Greseley to give it to the Priory of Beauvale and so did Iohn Samon of Nottingham for a third part according to the division mentioned in Goteham This Land was most of it held by William Ferrour of Neuthorp who passed it to the Vicar also and his son Iohn Ferrour confirmed it being all the Land Rents and Services which the said William had in Neuthorp except the Mess. he dwelt in which was not passed at that time William de Hickeling Rector of Thornore referred a Controversie between him and the Prior of Beauvale concerning a certain Rent of 6s. 6d. issuing out of a Mess. and two Bovats of Land and one Cottage of his inheritance in Neuthorp which was held by William Ward of Kymerley husband of his sister Maud to Sir Nicholas Strelley William Babington Thomas Hunte and William Wollaton to Arbitrate who determined the Rent to be due to the Priory seeing the Land was held of Robert de Kemerley as of his Mannor of Kemerley whose right the Priory then had Beatâ—ix sometime wife of Robert de Watton gave to the Priory of Lenton two Bovats in Neuthorp reserving 2s. a year Rent by the consent of William de Heriz her Son-in-law and her daughter his wife Robert son of Robert de Kynmerley and Roger Prior of Lenton agreed that there should be a division made between the Woods of the said Priory and the Wood of the said Robert in Neuthorp Robert le Vavaâ—ur of Chyppeley was to fence the Priors Wood which lay next a certain Holme in Newthorp which Roger the Prior of Lenton gave him and his heirs from any loss or damage it should sustain or have from his Millers or people coming to his Mill or else suffer the Prior to shut it up close The Prior of Lenton enfeoffed Hugh son of Peter de Halum in one Bovat in Newthorp for the summ of four Marks and an half which William and Raph his sons returned to the Monastery again Iohn son of Thomas Leech medicus of Neuthorp 22 E. 1. released all Actions and demands to William Prior of Lenton who
Ioane by the name of Ioane de Kym whereby she released the said Tenements and the Castle of Greseley in the County of Nott. but she denied it to be her Deed and recovered the Mannor of Ilkeston as she did at the Assizes at Nottingham the same year 30 E. 3. the Castle of Greseley thirteen Mess. three Carucats of Land twenty Acres of Medow two hundred of Pasture one thousand of Wood and 10l. Rent and William de Cantelupe and the rest were amerced In Trinity Term 13 R. 2. William la Zouch of Bramfeild son and heir of William la Zouch of Haringworth Knight then dead held the Mannor of Elkeston of the Lord of Bello-monte then within age and in the Kings custody as of the honour of Folkingham and the same Term William la Zouch of Harringworth Knight held the Castle of Greyselegh and a certain parcel of Land in Kymerle c. By an Inquisition taken in Yorkshire 26 Feb. 14 R. 2. it appears that William de Cantelup Chivaler then dead held the Mannor of Ravensthorpe with the members viz. Thrilly and Boltby and divers Lands in Azerlawe and Braythwat and that Iohn son and heir of Iohn de Hastings late Earl of Pembroke son of Iohn son of Laurence son of Iohn son of Iohn son of Ioane daughter and one of the heirs of Will. de Cantelupe brother of Nic. de Cantelupe Father of Will Father of Nic. Father of Will Father of Will. de Cantelupe who died within age without heir of his body and Will. la Zouche Chr. son of Eudo son of William son of Millecente daughter and another of the heirs of William de Cantelupe brother of Nicolas Father of William Father of Nicolas Father of William Father of the said William de Cantelupe who died without heirs of his body were at that time found the next heirs of the said William de Cantelupe c. William la Zouche about 19 R. 2. died seised of this Castle and Mannor and the Advowson of the Priory of Beauvale and William le Zouch his son was found his heir William le Zouch Chr. who long before his death settled the Castle of Gresseley on William Lord Roos of Hamlak Chr. and others about 3 H. 5. left William his son and heir From the Lord Zouch this Lordship came to the Crown and was by King Henry the seventh granted to Sir Iohn Savage Knight mentioned in Granby Sir Iohn Manners Grandfather of the present Earl of Rutland who is now Lord of it Iune 16. 1673. purchased it of Sir Iohn Savage and Sir Thomas Savage Lord Savage Father of Iohn Earl of Rivers and Grandfather of the present Earl Thomas The Vicarage of Gresâ—ey was 8l. when the Prior of Beauvale was Patron 'T is now 8l. 5s. 0. in the Kings Books and Arthur Capell Esquire Patron Bevall Beauvale NIcolas de Cantelupe Lord of Ilkeston in Darbishire mentioned in Greseley having obtained licence of King Edward the third dated 22 Septemb. in the sixteenth year of his Reign Founded a Monastery in his Park of Greyseley for a Prior and twelve Monks of the Order of the Carthusians to which he gave ten pounds per annum of Land and Rent in the Towns of Gryseley and Selleston together with the Park of Gryseley and the Advowsons of the Churches of both the said Towns which he got appropriated And this he devoutly did for the glory of Almighty God and the increase of Religion and the Divine Worship and for the good or healthful state of the said King Edward the third and of William la Zouch the Lord Arch-bishop of York his most dear Lord and Cousin and of the Lord Henry de Lancastre Earl of Darby and of himself and Ioane his wife and William his son and heir while they should live and for the Souls of the said King and of all the rest when they should die and for the Soul of Tiphania his former wife and of his Father and Mother and all his Progenitors and heirs wherefore he by his special Deed gave to God and the blessed Trinity Father and Son and Holy Ghost and the Prior and Monks of the Carthusian Order in the Monastery called the fair Vale Bellavallis which he had builded for them in his said Park of Gryseley and their Successors there serving God according to the Custom Order and Rule of the Mother Church of the Carthusians the said Monastery and Park of Gryseley adjoyning and three hundred Acres of Land ten Mess. twelve Bovats with the Appurtenances in Gryseley which Richard le Carter Iohn Pygot Robert Neubell Iohn le Carter Thomas Dey Roger Pygot Hugh son of Agnes Iohn le Maisterman Henry le Cartre Richard Sareson Roger Dey Thomas de Fulwode and Hugh de Pynkeston his Natives or Villains held of him in the said Town in Villanage together with the said Villains their Chattels Sequels and Sects and also 3s. Rent of Iohn Whitteberwe in the Town of Selleston and 4s. 4d. of like yearly Rent of Iohn Arnold in the same Town As also thirteen Messuages and seventeen Bovats and an half with their Appurtenances in the said Town of Selleston which Robert le Coke Iohn above the Kirke Nicholas le Schipherd William le Tayllour William son of Richard le Wright Thomas le Mough Nicola who had been wife of Richard le Wright Iohn son of Richard le Wright Robert son of William Coke and Thomas Cabald his Natives held in that Town in Villanage together with those Natives and all that were born of them and their Suits and Services here also called Sects and Sequells and likewise the said Advowsons of the Churches of the said Towns of Gryseley and Selleston with all their rights and Appurtenances He also granted that the said Prior and Monks and their successours should have Common of Pasture for all manner of Catâ—le whatsoever wheresoever they couched or from whencesoever they came through his whole Dominion or Lordship and Demesnes of Gresly and Selleston in all places and times where his other Freeholders had and that they should have Stone for all the work of the Church and their Houses and Marle to Marle their Lands in all the said places except his Park of Kirkestall To this Deed were Witnesses his said Cousin the Arch-bishop of York Richard Bishop of Durham Thomas of Linc. Roger of Coventre and Lichfeild Henry de Lancastre Earl of Darby William Earl of Northampton and William Earl of Hundyngton Iohn de Grey William Dencourt William de Grey of Sandiacre Knights William his own son and heir and Nicholas son of that William Robert Barnak William Facumbrige and others this was dated at Gryseley 9 Decemb. 1343. 17 E. 3. as was also another of his partly to this purpose but something shorter which had other Witnesses viz. Sir Richard de Wyleby Robert de Streuley William de Grey Iohn de Annesley Knights Hugh Martell Iohn Aâ—tecarre William Dauvers and
the Priory of Lenton and thereof made his Chartel in his lawful power or in his sickness whereof he died They had Suits most of King Iohn's time about it but it seems the Priory did not prevail because it continued and I think yet doth to the Lords of Nutthall St. Patric's part was conveyed to Robert de Cokfeld to hold for the fourth part of a Knighâ—â— Fee who had the rest of the Town St. Patric's Inheritance and Blood is conceived to go to the Family of Aufreton for Robert de Cokfeld is certified to have held the fourth part of a Knights Fee in Nuthall of the Honour of Alfreton His Predecessour Adam de Kocfeld gave to the Priory of Lenton 8â— yearly Rent to be paid by the Miller out of his Mill of Nuthale and if it should fall or be removed or any thing else happen that it could not be had he promised to make it good out of some other Land in the County Adam de Cokefeld-Lucia Adam de Cokefeld 7 Joh. -Agatha Robertus de Cokefeld miles 17 H. 3. Johannes de Cokfeld 10 E. 1. Johannes de Cokfeild ... Margeria ux 2.13 E. 2. Johannes de Cokefeld miles 24 E. 3. Robertus de Cokfeld miles 33 E. 3. Johannes de Cokfeld sine prole-Marg sor Tho. Foljambe-Rad Munboucher mar 2. Joh. Taylboys-Agnes Johannes Taylboys-Kath fil Will. Gipthorp mil. Margareta Taylboys fil haer -Johannes Ayscough-Elianor fil haer Ric. Tunstall ux 2. Willielmus Ayscough miles-Maria fil Roberti Hilliard ux 1. Willielmus Ayscough miles-Elizab fil Tho. Writtesley Com. Staff Franciscus Ayscough miles-Eliz fil haer Will. Hansert ux 1 -Elizab fil Roberti Dighton relict ... Dalison Justic. Edwardus Ayscough mil. Rogerus Ayscough de Nuthall mil. -Doroth fil Will. Fitz-Williams de Malberthorp C. Linc. Edwardus Ayscough de Hempsell ... fil ... Roberts Jacobus Ayscough s. p. Willielmus s. p. Johannes s. p. Jana ux 2 -Gervas Rosell 1 Elizabetha Rosell 2 Katherina Rosell 3 Maria Rosell Johannes Thomas Thurslan Adam fil haer Robertus de Cokfeld 10 E. 1. Willielmus Ayscough Justic. de Com. Banc. Margareta Taylboys fil haer -Johannes Ayscough-Elianor fil haer Ric. Tunstall ux 2. Agatha de Cokefeld Lady of Nuthale gave her Mill of Nuthale scituate on the Rivulet between the Town and Houdeshill to the Priory of Lâ—nton out of which those Monks were wont to receive 8s. yearly Rent and together with the said Mill the Suit of all Nuthale except her own House so that the Men of Nuthale should alway grinde according to their due and ancient custom She likewise granted that if any of the men of Nuthale except those who were Free when she conferred that Charter should be intercepted grinding at another Mill when he might grinde at that it should be lawful for the Miâ—â—er or any person else deputed by the said Monks to Arrest him and the Sack with the â—orn was to be the Monks but the Man so intercepted for his forfeit was to be in the mercy of her and her heirs Adam de Cokefeld 7 Ioh. had half a Knights Fee here he was I suppose son of another Adam and Lucia his wife who were Benefactors to St. Maries by Northampton and their Grandson Robert de Cokefeld likewise Robert de Cokefeld gave the Mannors of Nuthall and Basford to Iohn de Cokefeld a younger son which 10 E. 1. Robert son of Adam de Cokefeld claimed as heir of his Grandfather Robert but Iohn produced a Fine levied 46 H. 3. between himself and the said Robert the Grandfather whereby the said Robert was made but Tenant for life which cast the Plaintiff in that Suit On the Seal of Iohn son of Sir Iohn Cokefeld Knight appendant to his Deed bearing date 13 E. 2. within the Circumscription of his name is A plain Crosse Counter-Compony This Mannor by Fine 12 E. 2. was settled on Iohn de Cokefeld and Margery his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to Iohn his elder son and the heirs of his body remainder to Thomas another son and the heirs of his remainder to the right heirs of the said Iohn de Cokefeld the Father Upon the back Reginald son of Iohn de Cokefeld put to his claim Sir Iohn de Cokefeld Knight 24 E. 3. had two sons Robert and Iohn Robert 33 E. 3. was a Knight who had issue Iohn Cokefeld Esquire and Agnes Iohn married Margaret and died without issue Agnes was married to Iohn Taylboys Esquire whose eldest son Iohn Taylboys had a daughter and heir called Margaret married to Iohn Ayscogh Esquire son of William Ayscogh the Judge A Fine was levied 22 H. 6. between Iohn Cokfeld Esquire and Margaret his wife Quer. and Richard Bingham and William Foljamb Deforc of the Mannors of Nuthall and Baceford with the Appurtenances and of ten Mess. one Toft twenty Bovats and forty Acres of Land and twenty Acres of Medow with the Appurtenances in Nuthall Baceford Radford and Lenton and the Advowson of the Church of Nuthall whereby they were settled on Iohn and Margaret and the heirs Males of their bodies remainder to the heirs of the body of Iohn remainder to Iohn Ayscogh and Margaret his wife daughter and heir of Iohn Taylboys the younger Esquire and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the heirs of the body of Margaret the wife of Iohn Ayscogh remainder to the right heirs of Sir Robert Cokfeild Knight By an Inquisition taken 14 Iun. 4 E. 4. after the death of Margaret the wife of Iohn Cokefeild it appears that after his death she married Raph Moâ—â—boucher and that Thomas Folejamb Esquire was Cousin and heir of the said Margaret viz. son of Thomas her brother and then aged above forty years Sir Roger Ayscough younger son of Sir Francis viz. by the second venter sold this Mannor to Iames Ayscough or Asgill a Merchant of London who by his last Will appointed it to be sold and by reason of the Tenure the third part became the Inheritance of Edward Ayscough Esquire a younger brother or son to Sir Edward Ayscough the chief of the Family by purchase from the heirs of Iames Ayscough The other two parts of the Mannor are now the Inheritance of Richard Slater Esquire the present owner The Rectory of Nuthyll was ten Marks when Mr. Ascoghe was Patron 'T is now 3l. 14s. 9d. ob in the Kings Books and Richard Slayter Esquire Patron On a Tomb whereon are the Figures at length of the Man and his Wife and five Children at the foot in half proportion is inscribed Here lyes Edward Boun Gent. and Isabel his wife daughter and heir of Edmund Hunt Gent. which Edward died the 12 of Decemb. Anno 1558. and the said Isabel the 13 of Iuly Anno 1562. On whose Soules God have mercy Amen In the South Window near the Pulpit Paly of six Arg. and Az. Strelley In the West end of the North
I le Gules a Bend between six Crosses Fitchy Arg. In the East end of the North I le Chequey Or and Azure a Fesse Ermine On the top of the same I le in a Window over the Pew ..... A Lion Rampant Sable Crowned Or. In the same Window Azure three Cinquefoiles between five Crosse-Croslets Arg. Darcy In the middle Window .... Upon a Bend Vert three Martlets Or. Bulwell IN Bulwell Godric had-before the Conquest two Car. of Land for a Mannor The Land was two Car. There was one Car. one Vill. one Bord. and two Acres of Medow In the Confessours time it was valued at 12s. when William Peverell had it but at 5s. This came to the Crown with the rest of William Peverells Lands Stephen Cut held Bolewell in the time of King Henry the second and delivered it with a certain daughter to one Reymund de Burgarvill in custody so that he should find the said Stephen all necessaries when Reymund died the King seised it into his own hand Philip Mark the Sheriff said he held Bulewell and the Advowson of the Church by demise from King Iohn And it is also said Henry Medicus Leech held the Church which was of the Kings gift but the Jury found not by whom the said Henry had it but then Philip Mark had the Township by demise from King Iohn valued at 100s. the said Philip Mark had the Mannor of Melburne committed to him and the Farm of Bullwell to sustain him as long as c. he had this Mannor 14 H. 3. for life The Men of Bulewell had the Mannor of Bulewell to Farm during the Kings pleasure about 7 H. 3. They had likwise the Advowson of the Church They had Common of Pasture in the Wood of Beskwood 12 H. 3. to the great Street In Bulewell is one Carucat and an half which was wont to defend it self in the time of William Peverell by a Horse with an Halter King Iohn gave it to Roger Rascall but the Jury knew not by what Service he held it The King had the whole Town of Bulewell with ten Bovats in Hemdeshill and received yearly for both 7l. About 10 E. 1. Iohn le Charer and Richard Morell held Bolewell whereof part was within the Bounds of the Forest and part without as it was wont The Forest Book mentions Snapefeild wherein the Cattel of Bullwell and Hempshill were wont to Pasture in which some old Essarts were made to belong to the Town of Bullwell It is got to be a kind of a Corporation having the Perquisites of their own Courts and the appointment of their own Stewards and still pay their 7l. per annum and keep themselves Copy-holders to preserve their Customs and Commons in the Forest as is thought Bullwell Wood Or Bullwell Park THE Wood of Bulwell Ground or Bulwell Ryse in the Forest of Shirewood was an ancient Demesne Wood and waste of King Henry the third and Edward the first and parcell of the Forest. And Richard Oysell the Commissioner of King Edward the first in the twenty sixth year of his Reign demised eighty Acres of the said Wood on the West side to Philip Willoughby Clark his Heirs and Assigns to inclose with Ditch and Hedge according to the Assise of the Forest and so inclosed to hold for ever paying yearly to the Exchequer 26s. 8d. Forty Acres more of this Wood the said Sir Richard de Oysell demised to Thomas de Rydewalle and his heirs paying 13s. 4d. per annum and the rest of it only in Herbage to the Township of Bulwell paying 5s. per annum This as the rest of the seven Demesne Woods and five Hayes is said to be without the Bounds of any Town or Parish and to pay no Tythes Philip de Willughby aliened the eighty Acres to William de Cossale who gave them to the Priory of Newstede as in Cossale is said who likwise had the forty Acres also till Iohn son of Iohn son of that Thomas de Ridewale brought his Suit before the Barons of the Exchequer in Hillary Term 27 E. 3. upon which the Prior disclaimed them and the Town of Bulwell was found to have Pastured in them Sir William Trussebutts Lieutenant of Sir Raph de Nevill Keeper or Warden of the Forest and Richard Pensax and Iohn del Morhaghe Verderers and all the regarders of the Forest and the whole Town of Bullwell and many strangers on either part 29 E. 3. came to Bullwell-Ryse and measured out the eighty Acres for the Priory and at another day the forty Acres for the said Iohn de Ridewale after twenty one foot to the Perch the Forest foot being eighteen inches long which foot used in the time of Richard Oysell for Renting the wastes of the Forest was marked and graven in the Chancel Wall at Edenestowe and in the Church of St. Mary at Nottingham and at Newstede Bullwell-Wood with Newsted Priory 28 May 32 H. 8. was granted to Sir Iohn Byron Knight it is now imparked and in it is the Mâ—nsion House of the Honourable William Byron Esquire only son of Richard Lord Byron The Rectory of Bulwell was 5l. and the King Patron 'T is now in the Kings Books 5l. 6s. 3d. and Elizabeth Rosell Widow Patroness it should have been Iane I suppose Brinsley or Brunnesley BEfore the Conquest Brun had in Brunnesley a Mannor which paid to the Geld or Tax for four Bov. The Land was half a Car. There Ailric after the Normans came held under William Peverell whose Fee it was one Car. and one Vill. having one Car. and two Acres of Medow Pasture Wood six qu. long three and an half broad In the Confessours time it was valued at 6s. 8d. in the Conquerours at 4s. This was held by a Family who had their name from the place very anciently the first which I can certainly fix any time to was Roger de Brunnesley who was dead 12 H. 3. and left his son Gilbert de Brunnesley then in the custody of Ran. Brito which Gilbert held this Mannor and part of Trowell 26 H. 3. as in that place is noted Some Lands he held of the Serjeancy of Peverell by finding an Horse of 5s. price with Sack and Broch and Halter of an half penny for forty daies at his own cost in the Army for Wales he died about 7 E. 1. and left Roger de Brunnesley his son and heir thirty years old who about 5 E. 3. left his son and heir Galfâ— de Brunesley above fifty years of age who held by the same Tenure as did also Robert son and heir of Galfr. de Brunesley who made Fine to the King of 50s. 21 E. 3. whose son and heir Iohn de Brynesley did the like 16 R. 2. Robert Broune and Ioane his wife daughter and heir of Iohn son of Robert de Bronesley and Elizabeth late his wife 4 H. 6. made Fine as before
for this Mannor of Brunnesley Howbeit in the Records I find that 1 H. 4. Robert son of Robert son of Iohn de Brunesley was out-lawed Rogerus de Brunnesley defunct 12 H. 3. Gilbertus de Brunnesley ob 7 E. 1. Rogerus de Brunnesley aet 30. 7 E. 1. ob 5 E. 3. Galfr. de Brinsley aet 50. ad mortem patris Robertus de Brynnesley Johannes de Bronesley-Elizabeth Willielmus de Brunesley 3 H. 5. Johannes Brinsley .... fil Galfr. Holmes de Henour Com. Derb. Johannes Brendesley .... fil ..... Kirby Robertus Brinsley de Brinsley-Elizab fil Radulphi Poole de Wakebridge Com. Derb. Franciscus Brinsley 1569 -Kath fil Joh. Stephen Salop. s. p. ux 1 -Beatrix fil Georg. Nevill de Grove Gervasius Brinsley de Brinsley -Maria fil Edw. Onley de Catesby in Com. Northampt. Jana-Richardus Lewys de Selston Johannes Lewes de Leadston in Com. Ebor. mil. Bar. -Sara fil haer Tho. Foot Alderm London mil. Bar. 1 Elizab. aet 19. 1673 -Theophilus Com. Huntington 2 Maria-Rob Dom. Deincurt fil haer Nic. Com. de Scarsdal Maria-Dom Steph. Butler Johannes de Blyth Spittle -Constanc fil ..... Farndon Joana 4 H. 6 -Robertus Broun in this County and that Iohn Brynnesley held when he died about 3 H. 5. the Mannors of Brynnesley and Trowell c. and that William Brynnesly was then found his son and heir and Iohn de Brynesley about 13 E. 4. left Iohn Brynnesley his son heir of these Mannors then aged twenty five years And this Mannor certainly enough continued to the Brinnesleys Brounes posterity possibly being so called after their Mother as Poutrells of Thrumpton were for Gervas Brinnesley Esquire who sold it was son of Francis and Beatrix his second wife daughter of George Nevill of Ragnell or Grove which Francis was son of Robert Brendesley and Elizabeth his wife daughter of Rauf Pole of Wakebrige which Roberts Father was Iohn son of Iohn Brendesley of Brendesley as it appears in the Visitation of Robert Glover Somerset Herald who visited for William Flower Norroy in this County in the year 1569. at which time the said Gervas Brinsley is said to be but two years old That Norroy granted to the Brinsleys to bear for their Arms Party per pale Or and sable a Chevron between three Escallops Counter-changed but the ancient Coat yet remaining in the Church of Trowell is Or and sable quartered with a Chevron it self also quarterly between three Escallops Counter-changed This Gervase sold the Tenements to Gilbert Millington Esquire since better known by the Chair of the Committee for plundered Ministers and the Kings death The Demesne and Capital Mess. to Patric Cocke and others It is parcel of Greyseley Parish Some of the Grand Serjeancy was Grettons and descended to Iohn Middleton of Wannesley Wandesley LEuric before the coming in of the Normans had a Mannor in Wandeslei which paid to the Geld or Tax of those times as five Bov. of Land The Land of it was then found to be sufficient for one Plow or one Carucat Afterwards it became the Fee of Raph Fitz-Hubert who had there half a Car. and three Vill. and two Bord. There was a Priest and half a Church and four Acres of Medow feeding or pasture Wood four qu. long and four broad In King Edward the Confessours time the value of it was 8s. in the Conquerours when the Book of Doomsday was made 10s. Ranulf de Wannesle is certified to hold a Knights Fee of Hubert Fitz-Raph in the time of Henry the second of the old feoffment that is whereof his Ancestor was enfeoffed before the death of King H. 1. In the Pipe Rolls of 22 H. 2. William de Wandeslega gave account of two Marks of the Amercements of the Forest and Ranulf de Wandeslega of three Marks Raph de Wandesleia gave to God and the Church of St. Mary of Felley and the Canons there serving God the whole Land which Richard son of Walter held with all its Easements and Appurtenances and the said Richard with his Sect with all liberties belonging to the Town of Wandesleia Witness Philip Marc the Sheriff of Nottss Adam de Seyn Martyn Stephen the Dean of Gresley Adam Parson of Selston Galfr. de Insula Herbert his brother Richard his son Walter de Estweyt Raph le Poer Saphri le Frop c. Nicolas de Wandeslei confirmed to the same Church the Land which Richard Naht held in Thorp viz. that which Raph de Wandesley his brother gave The Witnesses were Sir Walter de Estwayt Iwan Briton Raph de Poer Reginald de Annesley Roger de Watenowe Henry de Estweyte Peter de Russale Iohn de Perepount Thomas the Clark of Annesley Galfr. del Held and many others Henry son of Paschal de Estweyt 4 H. 3. had a pardon for the death of Ranulf son of Ranulf de Wandesle Nicholas de Wandesley his heirs and successours and their Tenants or Men were to make reasonable Hedges and Fences about their Winter-seed in their Assarts and about the Assarts which were made in his Fee before Easter day 15 H. 3. which Walter the Prior of Felley obtained by an Assize against him the said Nicholas and Peter de Russale and Alexander son of Hubeâ—â— and Iordan de Bothweyt and Iuge de Berhis and William Bausaw and William son of Swane and Richard son of Swane and Raph Tâ—stard and Adam son of Walter of Selston and Godfr de Westwood and Ranulph de Westwood in which there is mention of a way which was considered by the view of Walter de Estwayt at that time High Sheriff and by the view of twelve Knights which were in the Assize Walter the Prior of Felley and the Covent of the same agreed with Alexander de Wandesley concerning a certain Assize of Novell disseism of Common of Pasture of a certain Assart of the said Alexander in Wandesley in a place which was called Drihirst in which they released all their right and claim in forty Acres of it measured by the Perch of twenty four feet which was assarted and inclosed at the Purification of St. Mary 24 H. 3. Ranulph de Wandesley son of Alexander de Wandesley gave to the Priory of Felley for the sustentation of one Canon of their number daily celebrating Divine Service in his Chappel of Wandesley beneath his Mannor the Rent of sixty shillings yearly to be received of certain of his Freeholders and their Lands and Tenants in Selston Westwode Thorp and out of his Mills Thomas the Prior and the Covent of Felley bound themselves and their successours to Sir Ranulph de Wandesley Knight and his heirs and Assigns possessing the Mannor of Wandesley by any Title whatever to find one religious Canon of their House in the Chappel beneath his Mannor of Wandesley for the said yearly Rent of sixty shillings which he gave them Their Instrument wherein is contained all the several Articles of their agreement
Souls of all his Ancestors and Successours gave to God and the Church of the blessed Mary in Stanley Park and the Canons of the order of the Premonstratenses there serving God seven Bovats of Land in the Territories of Paynesthorp and Seleston to wit those which Iohn de Molinton and Iuge his Mother held and four Bovats in the same Territories which Eda the wife of Henry the Clark held and ten Acres of Land measured by the Percâ— of four and twenty foot in the Territory of Wandesleg which Hugh de Fraunceys held with Tofts Crofts Homages Services Wards Reliefs and Eschaets and he likewise confirmed to that Monastery for the same reasons fourteen Bovats of Land in Little Halum in Darbyshire which the said Canons gave him in exchange for ten Bovats in Seliston he likewise gave them for the Soul of his wife Agnes a Toft lying near the Toft of Grimhel with one Bovat of Land in Seleston and Wandesley and another Bovat in Seleston called Standelfcroft and 11s. yearly Rent which Nicholas de Wandesley paid him and 3s. 6d. which Robert de Brunesley ought him yearly and Rents of diverse others for Tenements which they held of him in Seleston and Wandesleg The fourteen Bovats in Halum it seems Hugo de Muscamp gave to Wido de Ver in Franke-marriage with Margaret his daughter as the said Wido did to Adam son of Robert son of Ernisius with Gundreda his daughter but she had another husband called Nicolas de Chauencurt who for her Soul and the Soul of Wido de Ver her Father and of Robert de Muscamp her Uncle and of Robert de Chauencurt his own Father and of Erneburga his Mother gave them to that Abby to which Simon son of Walter de Ver also confirmed and granted the same By a Fine 34 E. 1. between William de Cressy and Iohan his wife Petents and William de Gratton and Isabel his wife Tenants of two Mess. two Carucats thirty and seven Bovats of Land twenty Acres of Medow six Cottages two Water-Mills eight Acres of Wood 46s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Selleston William and Isabel acknowledged the moyety of the said Tenements to be the right of the said Iohane and rendred them up in the Court to the said William and Ioane and remised and released from themselves and the heirs of Isabell to them and the heirs of Ioane for which the said William and Ioane remised to William and Isabell and the heirs of Isabell all their claim in the Capital Messuage and the moyety of all the Premises King Richard the second seeing his Grandfather King Edward the third had granted licence for the Prior and Covent of Beauvale to purchase 10l. per annum and also 20l. per annum of Lands c. gave leave to Robert Vicar of Gryseley to give to that Priory three Mess. twelve Tofts two Carucats three Bovats and fourscore and three Acres of Land and 4l. 12s. and 7d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Selston Wandesley Brynnesley Neuthorp Watnow Chaworth Brokebresting and Hukenale Torkard which were not held of the King in full satisfaction of the said 30l. Land and Rents One Mess. and two Carucats of these were Hugh Cresseyes of Selston and held of the Mannor of Wandesley for which the said Vicar had also the special licence of William de Gratton and Raph de Cressy then resident at and Lords of Wandesley These went with Beauvale as in that place may be discovered and some part of the rest with Wandesley as I sâ—â—pose A Mess. and one Bovat called Bothweth in Selston belonging to the Priory of Felley 15 Iuly 35 H. 8. were granted to Richard Andrewes and Nicolas Temple amongst many other things who had licence the same year to alienate them to Rog. Greenehalgh of Teversall his heirs At Selston sometimes lived Mr. Iay. And since that House hath been purchased by Mr. Timothy Pusey who made it his place of residence he left only three daughter his heirs one whereof Sarah the eldest was married to Gervas Clifton eldest son of Sir Gervas but she died without issue another was wife of ... Brooks of Norton in Cheshire and the other which succeeded in this place was first married to William Willoughby Esquire descended from the Family of Normanton on Sore where the Genealogy is therefore placed and afterwards to Sir Iohn Cooke of Melbourne by whom she had no issue but by her former husband she left Sir William Willoughby Baronet and Mary the wife of Beaumonte Dixie Esquire who is now become the Inheritrix of this place by reason that the said Sir William Willoughby her brother left no heirs of his body lawfully begotten He was very rich and had the Lordship of Wortley in Yorkshire by the settlement which his great Grandmother the Countess of Devonshire made of it but it returned also to the heirs general of the Wortleyes He had two natural sons by the wife and widow of .... Revell a Black-Smith one called Richard Revell the other Hugh Willoughby who is now dead 1675. for both which he made good provision in his Will which his said sister and her husband have with great expence and loss vainly hitherto endeavoured to destroy it being strongly supported by the diligence and interest of Mr. Francis Willoughby of Wollaton to whose son he gave the Lordship of Muscam he died at Selston Feb. 10. 1670. and had a solemn Funeral in the beginning of May as I remember next ensuing The Vicarage of Seleston was ten Marks when the Prior of Beauvale was Patron In the Kings Books it is now 5l. value and Sir William Willoughby remains the last Patron In the East Window of the South I le are these three Coats Or a Fesse Dancettè Sable Vavasor Arg. a Lion Rampant Queve Furche sable Cressy Arg. a Chevron between three Martlets erected Sable In the Chancell East Window Gules on a Bend Arg. Three Roses of the first and under it Willielmus Iay Armig. sibi haered ..... riam Anno .... By the North Wall of the Chancel is a fair Tomb whereon are the Arms of Willoughby with quarterings And Here lyeth William Willoughby Esquire sonne and heir of Sir Rotheram Willoughby of Muscombe in the County of Nott. Knight and of Dame Anne his wife one of the daughters of Sir Richard Wortley Knight and Elizabeth his wife now Countess of Devon He married Elizabeth one of the daughters of Timothy Pusey Esquire who made this Monument in memory of her husband and by her he had four Children He was aged twenty one years and three quarters and died the xii day of Novemb. 1630. Annesley IN Aneslei Leuenot in the time of the Saxon Government had a Mannor which paid to the publick Geld or Tax for one Carucat of Land The Land of it being then found to be twelve Bovats There after the Normans came Raph Fitz-Hubert whose Fee it was had one Car. and nineteen Villains and one Bord. having
Iohn the son of Thomas Metham held by reason of Sibyll his wife as of the inheritance of the said Sibyll and joyntly with her of the King in Capite the moyety of the Town of Lindeby by the Rent of a Skin of Gray Furr and one Mess. and two Carucats of Land in Willey mentioned in Beauvale by the Service of 10l. to the Exchequer Thomas son and heir of the said Iohn Metham being then twelve years old The King granted the moyety of the Town of Lindeby to one Laurence de Seyntmychell and by him entred Sir William de Hameldon and enfeoffed his son and Sibyll de Metham who in her widow-hood enfeoffed William de la Pole who gave it to the King in exchange for another Mannor viz. Mitton in Yorkshire King Edward the third gave it to Sir Tho. de Bourne Anno 1342. and he sold it again to William de la Pole and enfeoffed Edmund his son in the year 1345. About 6 H. 6. Thomas Hunt died seized of this moyety and left it to descend to his daughter and heir Ioan the wife of Iohn Hikelinge Esquire she being then above thirty years of age By an Inquisition taken at Nott. the Thursday after Palm-Sunday 23 H. 7. before Sir William Perpoint Knight Edward Stanhope Knight and Raph Agard I find that Iohn Strelley of Lindeby died seized of it 4 March 2 H. 7. leaving his son and heir Nicolas Strelley above twelve years old Elizabeth his Mother relict of the said Iohn the next year after was married to Iames Savage Esquire From Strelley it went to Staveley by the marriage of a daughter There was a Recovery 20 Eliz. of the Mannor of Lindeby wherein William Savyle Esquire and Martin Earle Gent. claimed against Iohn Savyle Gent. who called to warranty Thomas Staveley Esquire 'T is said Mr. Savile and Sir Iohn Byron made an exchange between this and Oxton Iohn second son of Sir Nicolas de Strelley married Ioane the daughter and heir of Iohn Hunt which I suppose should be Hikling of Lyndeby and by her had Iohn Strelley of Lindeby who by Elizab. the daughter of Will. Mering Esquire had Sir Nicolas Strelley Knight who married Elizabeth daughter and one of the heirs of Sir Brian Fitz-Randolph Knight but died without issue he had four sisters Anne the wife of Richard Bingham of Watnow Isabell the wife of .... Stavelly Elizabeth of ... Cade and Iane Strelley died unmarried The Kings moyety was commonly in the hands of great men and usually went with Maunsfeild as in that place will appear Thomas le Hayer or de le Haye and Iohn le Colyer took sixty eight Acres of the Kings Soil in Lindeby Haye of Richard de Oysell whose sons and heirs Hugh le Colyer and Robert de le Hay sold them to Sir Iohn de Crombewell who gave them to Newstede Priory before or about the beginning of Edward the third upon which 25s. 4d. was reserved yearly to the Crown and by the Exchequer men was exacted twice over till the Prior got a Supersedeas dated at Aukeland 12 Oct. 10 E. 3. That Priory had also one hundred and eighty Acres of waste in Lindeby Hay granted by King Edward the first May 20. in 22 E. 1. for 4l. per annum and in the 26 E. 1. were also arrented of Richard de Oysell the Kings Approver and measured by the Perch of twenty four foot according to the Assise of the Forest. The same Priory 4 E. 3. had one hundred and twenty Acres and diverse other parcels the Rents whereof they got by degrees discharged and Released That which belonged to Newstede King Henry the eighth passed with that Monastery to Sir Iohn Byron whose posterity still enjoyeth it being all or most of it now the Inheritance of the Honourable William Byron Esquire son and heir of Richard Lord Byron The Church viz. the Advowson of the Rectory was granted 6 Aug. 2 E. 6. to Robert Strelley and Frideswide his wife The Rectory of Lindeby was 8l. when the Prior of Lenton was Patron 'T is now in the Kings Books 4l. 9s. 9d. ob value and William Byron Esquire Patron In the South Quire of Lynby Church is a Tomb of ... Strelley On the South side is 1. Strelley impaling Mering 2. A Bend and File of three Labels impaling quarterly a chief Cheque and a Saltier And three Lozenges in Fesse and a Spread Eagle and a Saltier engrailed 3. A Bend quartering a Saltier engrailed on an Inescutcheon a File of three Labels 4. Strelley with a Roundell as was the first also impaling a Chief indented quartering a Bend and a File of three Labels On the North side of it Strelley with a Roundell impaling a Dragon erected and Strelley viz. Paly of six In a little North Window Az. a Fesse Dancy and Billettè Or Deincourt In a West Window in the Steeple Strelley viz. Paly of six Ar. and Az. with the Roundell And over the Porch in Stone Strelley without the Roundell In the North Quire Wall In this little Chappell under the two Grave-stones with Crosses lyeth George Chaworth Esquire and Mary his wife the daughter of Sir Henry Sacheverell Knight late Farmers of this Mannor place and Demesnes of Lynby between whom was issue three sons and three daughter which George died 22 Aug. 1557. and Mary his said wife died 15 Jun. 1562. On whose Souls God hath mercy Papplewick And Newstede BEsides what lay to Lindeby the Conqueror◠great Survey mentions in Pappleuvic some of the Land of the Taynes which Alvric and Alfa and Elric had and paid to the Dane-geld for two Car. three Bov. but they were then waste There was Pasture Wood one leu long and half one broad In the Confessours time it was valued at 20s. William Peverell gave what he had here to the Monastery of Lenton at the first Foundation King Henry the second gave to Lenton Priory fourscore Acres of Effarts of Curtenhale in Northantescr and the Mill of Blaccliff in exchange for the Land of Papilwich which he gave to the Canons of Newstede in Schirwode which he there Founded King Henry the second gave the Town of Papulwick with the Church of the same and the Mill which the Canons of Newstede made with the Medow of Beskewod along the water with all the Appurtenances to God and St. Mary together with the New Stede or Place which he Founded in Shirewod for Canons Regular of the Order of St. Austine to whom he gave also long and large wastes lying about the said Monastery within the Forest which wastes in ancient Charters are called Kygell and Ravenshede and are described by their bounds and the particulars within them He granted the Monks also view of Frank-pledge and many other priviledges and freedoms and a Park of ten Acres according to the measure of the foot of the Forest by the Site of the said Monastery to be inclosed as they should
please out of the view of the Verderers Regarders Foresters and other Officers of the Forest and a Field of Arable Land called Abby Field lying between the Town of Papilwyke and the said Monastery to hold inclosed with Hedge and Ditch according to the Assise of the Forest upon the head of which the Canons made a Grange nigh the Town of Papilwyke and ever kept that Field several and in their own Tillage and out of the Covert of the Forest as their proper Demesne The said King Henry son of the Empress gave them also at the first Foundation Cs. Land in Shepewyke and Walkringham to which belonged something in Misterton and Walcreth and confirmed what Robert de Cauz and Iohn Cooke gave in Notingham King Iohn and the following Kings confirmed and inlarged their Territories and Priviledges and they had several other good Benefactors as in diverse places of this County will be noted amongst whom Robert Lord Lexington was one of the most considerable The value of this Monastery in the first fruits Office is 167l. 16s. 11d. ob King Henry the eighth by his Letters Patents dated May 28. 32 H. 8. granted this House with the Mannor of Papilwick and Rectory of the same and all the Closes by their several names about the Priory and Commons in Raucushede and Kygell in the Forest and all in Newstede Paplewyk and Lindby c. to Sir Iohn Byron Knight and his heirs This Priory was surrendred 1 Iuly 1539. 31 H. 8. viz. the year before It hath been almost ever since and still is the principal Seat of that Noble Family of which therefore it cannot be improper to give some brief account in this place The first was Raph de Burun whom the Book of Doomsday Sect. xi made in the latter part of the Reign of King William the Conquerour shows to have had in Derbyscr the Mannors of Westune Horselei Denebi Halum and Herdebi in the Park of Horseley there was a Castle some of the ruines whereof are yet visible called Horestan Castle which was the chief mansion of his next Successours in this County the same Record Snodenghamscire Sect. xv mentions him to be Lord of the Mannor of Oscington to which part of Almenton belonged of one in Calun now Kelum one in Hochenale one in Cortingestoche one in Rampeston one in Lambecote and two in Codegrave in which place it appears his next Successour and as I suppose his son was Hugh de Burun Father of Hugh called Meschines and Roger Hugh became a Monk at Lenton and Roger enjoyed the Barony of which he gave an account to King Henry the second concerning his Knights Fees as in the Red Book in the Exchequer is manifest This Roger married Nicola the daughter of Roelend de Verdun who was by the Earl of Chester about 1 Ioh. after his death married to Anketin de Brikesard as in Cotgrave is likewise said but I find not what Children he left Robert de Burun somewhere 2 Ioh. stiled Lord of Horestan Castle who was Father of Henry and Peter there also named I suppose was his son and so doth Samuel Roper Esquire in the great Pedegree of this Family now in the Possession of the Right Honourable Richard Lord Byron done with great diligence and cost upon a very large Roll of Velum with Transcripts of Evidences wherein he sets down this Robert de Biron to marry Cecilia the daughter and heir of .... de Clayton in the County of Lancaster by whom he had Sir Richard the Father of Sir Iames Byron of Cadeney in Lincolneshire who married Alice the Relict of Iohn Comyn of Ulseby daughter of William Lord Ros of Hamlak and Sir Robert Byron Lord of Clayton in right of his Mother who by Maud his wife had William and Sir Iohn de Biron who about 24 E. 1. was Governour Custos of Yorke and had been some five or six years before of Dover he married Ioane the daughter of Baldwin Thies Knight Teutonici the widow of Sir Robert Holland Knight by whom he had Sir Iohn de Biron Knight Lord of Clayton who married Alice the Cousin and heir of Rob. Banastre of Hyndeley in the said County of Lancaster who was after his death about 12 E. 3. married again to Sir Iohn de Strykland Knight by her he had Sir Richard de Byron of Cadenay Knight Lord of Clayton whose first wife was Agnes .... his second Elizabeth who after his death 21 E. 3. was married to Iohn son of Thomas Colepeper his son and heir was Sir Iames Biron Knight who by Elizabeth his Radulphus de Burun temp W. Conq. Hugo de Burun-Albrea Rogerius de Burun 12 H. 2. Bar. de Horestan Castro -Nicola fil Roelant de Verdun postea nupta Anketino de Brikesard Robertus de Burun 2 Joh. Dom. de Horestan Cast. -Cecilia fil haer .... de Clayton C. Lanc. Robertus de Biron-Matildis Johan de Biron mil. custos Civ Ebor. 24 E. 1 -Joana fil Baldwini Teutonici vel Thies mil. relict Rob. Holand Johannes de Biron mil. -Alicia consang haer Rob. C. Lanc. relict 12 E. 3. Banastre de Hindley-Johannes de Strykland mil. mar 2. Richardus de Byron de Cadeney mil. Dom. de Clayton ob 21 E. 3 -Agnes ux 1 -Elizab ux 2 -Joh fil Tho. Colepeper mar 2. Jacobus de Byron mil. 16 E. 3 -Eliz fil Will-Bernak mil. Richardus Byron mil. ob 21 R. 2. .... Joana fil Will. de Colwick haer Tho. frat Johannes le Byron de Clayton miles-Margeria 20 H. 6. Nicolaus Byron de Clayton miles-Alicia fil Johannis Boteler de Beausey C. Lanc. Nicolaus Byron de Colwick mil. -Joana fil Joh. Bussy-Gerv de Clifton mar 2. Johan Byron mil. ob 1488. s. p. Johannes Byron mil. -Isabella fil .... Lemington-Eliz fil Will. Constantin relict Rogeri Halgh Johannes Byron de Newsted mil. -Alicia fil -Nic Strelley de Strelley Johannes Byron miles-Margareta fil Willielmi Fitz-Williams Johannes Byron gemellus mil. -Anna fil Ric. Molineux de Sefton O. Lanc. Bar. 1 Joh. Byron mil. Balnei creat in Bar. de Ratch dale per Car. 1.19 C. 1. s. p. ob in Gallia 1652 -Cecil fil T. West Bar. de la Ware 5 Tho. mil. -Kather fil H. Brome Thom. ob s. p. Johannes 6 Rob. mil. -Lucia soror Cecil 2 Nicol. 4 Will. 7 Gilb. 8 Phil. Ric. Dom. Byron fil tertius -Eliz fil Geo. Rosel relict Nich. Strelley ux prim Will. Byron-Elizab fil Johannis Vicecom Chaworth Willielmus Byron aet 4. 1673. 2 Kath. 1 Eliz. 3 Maria. 4 Ann. Kath. An. ux Thom. Lucas mil. Nic. Bar. gemellus cum Joh. -Sophia fil unica Dom. Lamberti Charles de Numigen in Holland Gubern de Breda Ernest. Byron Bar. aet 38. 1673 -Isabel fil Will. Stanley Edward aet 12. 1673. Johannes mil. s. p. Johannes Clericus Williem 3 E. 2. Richardus mil. Jacobus de Cadeney in Com. Linc. mil. -Alicia relict Joh. Comyn de Ulseby fil Willielmi de Ros
in Kirkeby in Ashfeild and Iohn Thorkard was amerced Sir Henry Pierpoint Knight 27 H. 6. released to Richard Illingworth and his heirs all his right in a Medow called Akbrigge near Hardwick in the Parish of Kirkeby in Ashefeild and in all the Lands and Tenements in the Fields and Gardens of Hardewick aforesaid Elena his Lady 31 H. 6. after his death did the same Henry Pierpoint Esquire 39 H. 6. son and heir of Henry Pierpoint Esquire son and heir of Henry Pierpoint Knight did likewise In 20 E. 4. the Custody of two hundred Acres of waste in the Forest of Shirewood the Lands and Tenements of Richard Illingworth Knight mentioned in Bony called Hardwick Closes and Akebrigge and a Water-Mill called Sutton Mill in the said Forest between Maunsfeild and Hardwick aforesaid were committed to Raph Illingworth and others for ten years Iohn Strelley of Lindby died seised of three Mess. twelve Bovats of Land twenty Acres of Medow and as many of Pasture in Kirkeby in Ashefeild 2 H. 7. Iohn Langton of Kirkeby about 9 H. 6. held when he died one Mess. called Langton Place and six Closes with the Appurtenances of Elizabeth and Margery daughters and heirs of Philip Darcy by the Service of the hundredth part of a Knights Fee Richard Langton was then his son and heir There is an ancient House and Demesnes within Kirkeby called Langton Hall alias Westwood it was granted out by Iohn Lord Stotevile in Henry the seconds time I suppose it should be Henry the thirds and so it first was written to Richard son of Hugh de Ruddington and his heirs by particular Metes and Bounds and shortly after this Ruddington granted the said Lands to Geoffrey de Langton reciting the former grant from the Lord Stotevile to him and that he was in seisin thereof 34 H. 2. 34 H. 3. rather In Langtons Family it continued till Henry the eighths time that Cuthbert Langton dying without issue Male it fell to Fitz-Randolph by the marriage of Langtons daughtâ—â— and heir in whose name it continued till of late Cuthbert Langton 6 H. 8. of Midleton in the County of Warwick Gent. enfeoffed Iohn Markham Iohn Zouch Knights Iohn Willowby Iohn Fitz-Randolph Edward Willowby Nicolas Strelley Esquire Iohn Savidge c. in his Mannor of Langton Hall in Westwood Lands in Huknall Torkard Durty Huknall Maunsfeild Woodhouse Kirkeby in Ashfeild and Watnow Chaworth in the County of Nott. and Birchwood in the County of Darby And there were Covenants of marriage between Christopher Fitz-Randolph on the one part and the said Cuthbert Langton on the other for Christopher Cousin of the said Christopher and Ioane one of the daughters and heirs apparent of the said Cuthbert Christopher Fitz-Randolph de Langton Hall-Joana fil haer Cuthberti Langton Thom. Fitz-Randolph-Kath fil Godfr Folejambe mil. Johannes Jacobus Fitz-Randolph-Kath fil Walteri Mantlemil de Com. Northampton 1 Philalethes at 22. 1614. s. p. 2 Thom. s. p. 3 Ferdinand s. p. Isabell. Edward Christoph. Some Lands in this Kirkeby belonging to Felley 25 Mar. 36 H. 8. were granted to William Berners and his heirs In the year 1612. Sir Charles Cavendish Sir Henry Pierpoint Knights Iames Fitz-Randolph Gent. and Iohn Newton Senior Thomas Newton Christopher Newton c. were owners William Newton son of Christopher or Laurence died this year 1673. without issue and left his brother Iohn his heir The Rectory of Kirkeby was 20l. when the Lord Conyers was Patron 'T is now 18l. 1s. 8d. value in the Kings Books and the Duke of Newcastle Patron and Clement Ellis the worthy Incumbent In the Chancel is England and France quartered And Azure three Cinquefoiles and Crusuly Arg. Darcy impaling Azure three Bars gemelles and a Chief Or Meinill And the Monument of William Coke of Trusley in Darbyshire and his two Wives the first the daughter of ... Aâ—sop in le dale the second the relict of Mr. Gilbert of Lockhagh In an high North Window in the Church Sable a Fesse between three Mullets Arg. quartering Paly of six Arg. and Or. And Arg. a Fesse Or between three Escallops Sable And Arg. two Bendletts engrailed Sable over them a Fesse Gules There is in the same Window the last Quartering the Fesse and Escallops and another in the third place broken away and in the fourth place the first of the former mentioned Coats viz. Sable a Fesse between three Mullets Arg. In a low Window in a Square Barry of four Arg. and Azure Sutton in Ashfeild AND Hucknall Huthwayt THis Sutune with Hochenale Houthweit and Skegeby were Berues of the Sok of Maunsfeild which was King Edward the Confessours Land and afterwards King William the Conquerours Gerard son of Walter de Sutton gave to God and the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton two Bovats of Land with his Mother when she took the habit of Religion and the Church of the same Town his brother Robert being converted to Religion or dead Ranulph the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire confirmed it for the Soul of his Lord King Henry 2. Iordan de Snitterton Darbish had some yearly Rents by the Assignation of William de Ferrariis sometime Earl of Darby whereof there was an arrear which Robert de Marcham and Sarra his wife 42 H. 3. by Fine released to Robert son of Harvey viz. 40s. and so did Gerard de Sutton as in right of Alice sometimes his wife which Sarrah and Alice were daughters and heirs of the said Iordan Iordan son of Gerard de Sutton added some small parcels also to the Monastery of Thurgarton Sulton in Ashfield and Hucknall were a whole Villa and not Gildable being of the ancient Demesne of the Crown except the fourth part which Iordan of the same held of the King with the Advowson of the Church The Jury 16 E. 1. found that Iordan de Sutton held in Darbishire something in Snitterton of his own in Matloc Iboll Peuerwich of the Inheritance of Amicia his wife in this Sutton he held one Mess. and twelve Bovats of Land and two Bovats in Hothweit for which he paid 14s. per annum to the King and did Homage and Service and Suit to Maunsfeild Court from three weeks to three weeks and Suit in the Kings Army in Wales for forty daies with one Man Horse Haubergeon Cap of Iron Lance and Sword he held likewise ten Acres where the Mill used to be set in Sutton Sâ—hawe he had 24s. Rent in Sutton on Sore and Bonington and 60s. 6d. of the heirs of Sir Hugh de Capella 〈◊〉 Kirketon and Sereveton as in those places is said Iohn his son and heir was then above seventeen years of age About 33 E. 1. Iohn de Sutton died seised of this Mannor and the third part of Suitterton leaving Iohn his son and heir sixteen years old and more Iohn de Sutton 16 E. 2. had licence to alienate two parts of the Mannor of Sutton upon Ashefeild to Iohn his
and Anne the younger then aged twenty one and wife of Gervase Nevill were the heirs of their Grandfather the said Roger Grenehalgh Esquire From this Elizabeth it is descended to Sir Francis Molyneux Baronet as in Hawton is shown who made it his principal Residence till of late that he left it to his son Iohn who married Lucie the daughter of Alexander Rigby and widow of Robert Hesketh of Lancashire by whom he hath three sons Francis Iohn and Thomas and diverse daughters now dwelling at this place Sir Francis having made Knéeton a fit habitation for himself where he continued my Neighbour It appears in 21 E. 1. that to the Prior of Felleys interest here Roger Brid added one Mess. and one Bovat and Richard Bryde one Bovat and Thomas de Clay c. of Tiversold as before may be better observed Roger Grenehalghe 7 Iun. 28 H. 8. had licence to alienate one Mess. in Whitbarrow in this Parish and several Closes therein and Bothweth Grange in Selston â—ate belonging to the Priory of Felley to George Grenehall Gent. hiâ— son and his heirs Males William Bolles Esquire 2 E. 6. had licence to alienate Stanley Grange in the Parish of Tevershall sometimes belonging to the Monastery of Beauchieff in Darbyshire to Roger Greenehalghe and his heirs who 2 Ian. 4 Eliz. had licence to alienate both Stanley Grange then in the holding of Richard Sherbrooke and the other Mess. and Lands and Closâ—s which belonged to Felley and had been lately held by Thomas Spencer or Thomas Greenhalgh to Francis Molyneux Esquire and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of the body of the said Eâ—izabeth lawfully begotten Robert de Willughby and Iohn de Harecourt Lords of Plesley in Darbyshire 10 E. 2. who held also one Carucat of Land in the Sok of Maunsfeild held the Advowson of the Church of Tevyrsall of which with the Mannor of Plesley there was a Recovery suffered 9 H. 7. by Humfrey Peshale Esquire and Margaret his wife who called to warrant William Asteley Esquire whose Ancestor I suppose married the heir of ... Harcourt The Rectory of Tevershold was 7l. when Mr. Hastley and Mr. Leeke were Patrons 'T is now 9l. 19s. 9d. ob in the Kings Books and Sir Francis Molyneux Patron In Teversalt Church South I le East Window is Paly of six· Arg. and Azure on a Bend Gules three Scallops Or. Underneath are two raised Alabaster plain Tombs both close together and on the more Southerly Tomb is Orate pro animabus Rogeri Greenehalghe Armigeri Annae uxoris suae unius filiarum Thomae Babington de Dethick quae quidem Anna obiit xix die Junii Anno Domini 1538. Quâ—rum animabus propitietur Deus Amen And on the other Orate pro anima Rogeri Grenehalghe Armigeri Domini quondam istius villae qui quidem Rogerus obiit vicesimo tertio die mensis Januarii Anno Domini 1562. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Memor esto quoniam mors non tardat quid superbis terra cinis On the top is also his Pourtraiture scored and filled with Lead and on the side three Hunters Horns stringed upon a Bend engrailed quartering Barry all which impales Babington Over the entrance into the Mansion House in the Stone-work is Barry which it seems at the building he used for his Paternal Coat impaling Babington Maunsfeild And Woodhouse And Nettleworth IN Maunesfeld King Edward the Confessour had a Mannor which paid to the Dane-geld for three Carucats and six Bovats The Land was then nine Carucats or Plow-lands King William the Conquerour had there two Car. or Plows in Demesne and five Sochmans on three Bovats of this Land and thirty five Villains twenty Bordars with nineteen Car. and an half one Mill one Piscary 21s. twenty four Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two leu long and two broad there were then two Churches and two Priests Schegeby and Sutun were Berues or Hamlets of this great Mannor the Sok whereof extended into Warsop Clune Carberton Clumber Buteby Turesby Thorp Scoteby Rounton Edenestowe Grymeston Echering Mapelbek Besthorp Carentune Schitinton Carenton Raneby Bodmescill It had likewise Soc in Wardebec Wapentak afterwards called Oswardebec Sok and Mannor being a great share of the further or Northerly part of Bersetlowe Wapentach these other already named being some in Broxtow and some in Thurgarton and Lée Hundreds as in their proper places may be seen William Rufus gave to the Church of S. Mary of Linc. and Rob. the Bishop of that Church for the Soul of his Father and of his Mother and his own the Church of Oschinton now Orston and the Church of Chestrefelt and the Church of Eseburn now Ashbourne in Darbyshire and the Church of Maunesfeld and the Chappels which are in the Berewies which lie to the said four Mannors with Lands and Tythes and all things which belonged to the said Churches in the time of King Edward this gift was made the day after that on which his Arch-bishop Anselme was made his Leige man Henry de Hastings held the whole Town of Maunsfeild with the Sok viz. Wudehus Sutton and Nettlewurd and received yearly of the Farm 32l. 3s. 10d. The King 6 E. 2. granted the Mannor of Maunsfeld with the Soke and Farm of Lindeby and Carleton Mill in this County the Mannor of Geytington in Northantss and Harewell in Barkshire to Iohn Comyn after the death of Iohn Comyn Earl of Boghan Iohn de Hastings 12 E. 2. prayed the King concerning the Mannors of Maunsfeld Oswoldbek and Leirton in this County which King Henry the third that Kings Grandfather gave to Henry de Hastings his great Grandfather and Ada his wife in the twenty second year of his Reign Oswardebek continued to that Noble Family of Hastings as in that place may be seen But Queen Isabell 3 E. 3. claimed the Mannor of Maunesfeld with the Soke belonging to it and therein view of Frank-pledge and emendation of the Assize of Bread and Ale broken Pillory Tumbrell Gallows Wrek Weyf and a Market every Thursday throughout the year At the same time Mr. Anthony de Bek Dean of Lincolne pleaded that he was Parson Persona personata in the Church of Maunesfeld as in right of his Deanery and that he had diverse Tenants belonging to his said Parsonage and that he and all his Predecessours Deans of Lincolne used to have Assise of Bread and Ale Richard de la Vache Knight 35 E. 3. is called Lord of Maunsfeld but it seems he held it but for life he had Rent of Assise here of the Freeholders 17l. 13s. 4d. and two Water-Mills worth 8l. per annum in the Town and one in Maunsfeld Woodhouse and another in Sutton members of this Mannor and 18d. Rent out of Carberton Water-Mill and the Perquisits of Maunsfeld Court then valued at x. Marks and he had likewise eight Marks six shillings and 8d. yearly Rent in Lindeby of the Tenants at Will
The King 2 R. 2. March 12. committed the Custody of the Mannor of Maunsfeld to Iohn the son of Iohn de Burle Knight The Jury 11 H. 6. found that Alianor who had been wife of Nicolas Dagworth Chr. when she died held the Mannor of Maunsfeld and Lindeby and that Iohn Inglefeild Esquire was then her son and heir King Henry the sixth in the thirty first year of his Reign granted the Mannors of Maunsfeld and Lindeby to Edmund Earl of Richmond his brother and Iasper Earl of Pembroke and likewise the Mannor Demesne and Town of Clipston in Shirewood Henry Earl of Richmond was son and heir of the said Edmund By Act of Parliament 6 H. 8. the Mannors of Clipston Lindeby Maunsfeld Maunsfeld Woodhouse and Sutton in Ashfeild amongst very many others in other Counties were settled on Thomas Duke of Norfolk for his great Victory over the King of Scotland at Floddenfeild but were then exchanged by the King for some others and this is now the Inheritance and makes part of the Titles of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle The Men of Maunesfeild 1 Ioh. gave the King fifteen Marks for having Common of Pasture in the Park of Clipeston as they were wont to have it before the Park was inclosed King Henry the third 11 H. 3. granted the Men of Mansfeld that they and their heirs should have a Market at his Mannor of Maunsfeld and commanded the Sheriff accordingly It seems they gave the King five Marks for his Charter to have a Market there on Mundayes It appears 14 H. 3. that the Men of Maunsfeld are to have Housebote and Haybote in the Forest of Shirewood And in 1 and 2 E 3. that the Tenants were to have Common of Pasture in a place called Woodhouse Wood. King Richard the second in the first of his Reign granted a Fair every year on the Feast of St. Peter In a Forest Book of Parchment written 1520. or 1533. wherein are the Customaries of the Mannors of Arnall Mauncefeld Edwynstowe and Southwell in this County and of Horeston and Bollesour in Darbishire and to which is annexed that of Warsop in Paper the Customary of Mauncefeld begins thus Be it bad in mynd that the Towne of Maunsfeld Wodâ—ouse was burned the Saturdaye nexte afore the Fest of Exaltation of the holy Crosse the yere of our Lord M.CCC.IIII And the Kirk Stepull with the Belles of the same for the Stepull wes afore of Tymber werke And part of the Kyrk wes burned Afterwards there followeth several Heads of the Customs of the Mannor as That the Tenaunts be fre of blode and lefully may marye them after ther willes aswell men as women That the Eyres as sone as they bene borne byn of full age That Lands are departabil betwex sonnes or doughters if ther be no sonne and the like William de Steynesby held some small parcells of Lands in Mansfeld and Mansfeld Woodhouse for 3s. 1d. per annum and had two sons found his heirs and of full age according to the Custom of the Mannor Iocelin nineteen years old and Nicolas fourteen The Jury 12 R. 2. found that Godfrey Foljambe Chr. son of Godfrey son of Godfrey Foljambe Knight held when he died one Mess. and half a Carucâ—â— of Land in Mansfeld Woodhouse ancient Demesne of the Mannor of Maunsfeld by diverse Services viz. 13s. 4d. per annum Rent and Suit to the Court from three weeks to three weeks of being the Kings Forester there Frank-pledge Constable of the Peace as oft as his course shall happen or he be chosen by the neighbours c. Alice his daughter being his heir Sir Robert Plumpton Knight was her husband and about 11 H. 6. died seized of one Bovat in Mansfeld Woodhouse called Wolfhunt Land and one Essart in the same Town at Wadgate near Woodhouse Mill held by the Service of winding an Horn and driving or frighting the Wolves in the Forest of Shirewood William Plumpton was his son and heir by the said Alice This amongst other Lands is now the Inheritance of Sir Iohn Digby Knight who hath his residence here Rowland Dand Esquire hath also an House and good interest here Sir William Willoughby Baronet had a House which Sir Thomas Blackwell built which is now Mr. William Pinkeneys who hath made a Park towards Shirbrook and Warsop this year 1673. Mr. William Clarkson of Kirkton hath also an House here and Richard Neale and diverse oâ—hers William Chappell D. D. the Reverend Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland was born here his brother Iohn Chappell was also a Learned mâ—n Richard Sterne now my Lord Arch-bishop of York was born at Maunsfeild There were in the Church of Maunsfeild before the time of Edward the sixth ten Chantries whose Lands Queen Mary gave in Fee to Christopher Granger Clark the Vicar and William Wilde and Iohn Chambers the Church-Wardens of the Parish Church of Maunsfeild by the name of the Governours of the Lands and possessions of the Parish Church of Maunsfeild 24 Febr. 4 and 5 Ph. and Mar. to sustain one Chaplain or Priest The Vicarage of Maunsfeild was 8l. 'T is now 7l. 7s. 6d. value in the Kings Books and the Dean of Lincolne continueth Patron In the year 1339. Iohn the Prior of Felley and the Covent of the same obtaining the Church of Annesley for their proper uses at the request of Robert Stuffyn of Neuwerk who had acquired and bestowed on them the Advowson of the Church of Adyngburgh besides many other Munificences ingaged for themselves and their successours to find a secular Chaplain and to pay him and his successours six Marks of silver yearly to pray for the said Robert and Alice his wife whilst they should live and for the Souls of Richard Stuffyn their Fathers Mothers and Ancestors and for the Soul of Iohn son of Hugh de Portesmouth of London and after the death of the said Robert and Alice for their Souls and all the faithful at the Altar of the blessed Mary in the Church or Chappel of Mammesfelld Wodhous which said Robert Stuffyn during his life in every vacancy was to present a fit Chaplain to the Arch-bishop of York the See being full or else to the Dean and Chapter of York and after his decease his sons Richard Robert William and Iames which of them should survive him according to their seniorities for their respective lives within fifteen daies of the avoidance afterwards the Prior of Felley or if he slipt the fifteen daies the Vicar of Maunsfeild and if he did the Arch-bishop or Dean and Chapter of York In Mansfeild Church South I le East Window Arg. a Lion Ramp sable amongst Cinquefoiles Gules Pierrepont quartering Arg. six Annulets sable 2.2.2 Maunvers And Azure three Hedgehogs Or 2.1 Heriz with a Fox for the Crest and two more for supporters Sable a Buck couchant Arg. impaling Arg. a Falcon rising Sable This is again in another South
at Blithewurth where Wood was not which were Essarted in the time of King H. 2. his Father I suppose this Lordship ever remained intirely as it yet doth to the Arch-bishops of York The Jury found at the Inquisition taken at this place the Wednesday before the Feast of St. Iohn before the Port Latin 8 E. 1. mentioned in Arnall before Galfr. de Neyvill and Henry de Perepunt Justices of Assise by the Kings Writ open or Patent that William the Arch-bishop of York then held pleas of Trespass made upon the Vert in the Wood of Blithworth and received the Amercements in his Court of Suwelle as all his Predecessours had done from W. de Gray sometime Arch-bishop of that See but by what warrant they did it was not found The Chapter of Southwell 3 E. 3. claimed Assize of Bread and Ale of their Tenants here amongst the rest The two Prebendaries of Oxton divide the Tythes here The Vicarage of Blythworth was eight Marks 'T is now 3l. 17s. 6d. value in the Kings Books and the two Prebendaries of Oxton continue Patrons Thurgarton and Lythe Hundred Thurgarton a Lee Wapentac WAs in the Conquerours time two Torgerton and Lyda which I suppose now only make the two Divisions the first contains the Townships from Nottingham down the River Trent as far as Averham and the other all below In the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. the King is Lord of the Wapentach of Thorgarton and Lythe and so still continueth as I think The first Township we are to note in it now which was not in it then being truely a part of Nottingham is Sneynton Snotinton Notinton THis Township is adjoyning to and part of St. Maries Parish in Notingham and in Doomsday Book is called Notintone and in other ancient Records Snotinton and Snodinton as Notingham was Snodengaham and Snotingeham and was also the Kings Land in the Conquerours time which answered the Geld for one Car. The Land of it was two Car. There eleven Vill. had four Car. and twelve Acres of Medow it was then valued at 3l. King Iohn in the sixth year of his Reign granted to William Briwerre the Mannors of Cestrefeld in Derebisyre with Bruminton and Witinton and the Sok and the whole Wapentac of Scarvedale and many priviledges and likewise his Mannor of Snodinton in Notingehamsyre to be held in Fee Farm for 8l. per annum in number to the Exchequer and likewise the Mannor of Arminster in Devonshire and the Fishing of Kingswere in Somersetshire and the Service of Peter de Sandiacre which he ought for the Land which he had in exchange for the Land of Horseleg the Fee Farm Rent of all which was 112l. yearly paid into the Exchequer King Iohn 27 Iuly 15 Ioh. granted to William Briwer the Custody of the Land and heir of Baldwin Wake with the marriage of Isabell the daughter of the said William formerly wife of the said Baldwin In the same year the said King granted to Richard son of William Briewerre Cestrefeld c. and Snotinton c. and took homage of the said Richard for these Lands which the said William his Father held Ioan Wake who was the wife of Hugh Wake had the custody of the Land and heir of Hugh Wake to wit Cesterfeld with the Wapentac belonging except 16l. Land which William de Percy held in the name of one of the heirs of William de Bruer and the said Ioan with other heirs of William de Bruer as well out of the Mannor of Cesterfeld as out of other Lands in very many Counties held by the Service of three Knights Fees as in Cesterfeld Sneynton Axminster Kingswere in the County of Somerset and this was of the feoffment of King Iohn Henry de Perpunt and Annora his wife in the former part of the Reign of Edward the first were attached to answer Henry Fitz or son of Robert William de Blackwell Richard del Hull William Arnold Walter le Chapeleyn William de Lyndeby Raph and Iohn his brother Richard le Fâ—nere and Theobald his brother Roger Bere Robert Fraunceys and very many others the Men or Tenants of the said Henry and Annora his wife of the Mannor of Sneynton which is ancient Demesne of the Kings Crown why they contrary to the Kings Precept exacted other Services and Customs of the said Men than they were wont to perform when the said Mannor was in the hands of King Iohn viz. whereas they were wont to hold a Bovat of Land for 4s. per annum and Suit of Court from three weeks to three weeks for all Services the said Henry and Annora exact for the said Bovat of Land 13s. per annum And whereas they were wont to plead by a Writ of right close and to have their Essoines according to the Custom of the Mannor the said Henry and Annora would not suffer them to plead nor have Essoines and whereas they were wont to be amerced by their equals or Peers Pares and that according to the quantity of the fault they amerced them out of the Court according to their own will and whereas they were wont to have a common Parâ— or Pound in the same Town they did not suffer them to have one And also the said Henry and Annora Taxed the said Men or Tenants one hundred Marks where they were not wont to be Taxed and for the said one hundrd Marks took their Cattel in Sneynton and drove them out of the Liberty of Sneynton to Holme The said Henry and Annora by their Atturney pleaded That the said Men were not upon the Kings ancient Demesne but were their Villains The Court gave day that the Book of Doomsday might be searched wherein Notinton was found to be the Kings Land but in Easter Term 15 E. 1. they got a Jury to find that Sneynton was never called Notinton but alwaies Sneynton and that Notinton was a part of Notingham on that side towards Arnchall which surely is the most evidently false of any thing that ever pretended to be called a Verdict as may be sufficiently discovered by what is here set down but it served to get the Tenants amerced and finally to submit to what had been some while before it seems attempting against them for I find that in 4 E. 1. Iohn de Sutton â—ayliff of Henry de Albiniaco contemned or refused to admit of the Kings Writs which the Kings Sokemen of Sneynton brought to him that year Henry de Perepont and Annora his wife 17 E. 1. offered themselves against Robert de Tibetoft and Eva his wife that they should warrant to them the third part of the Mannor of Sneinton which Hugh le Dispenser and Isabell his wife claimed in Dower This Eva was daughter of Patricius de Cadurcis vulgo Chaworth There was an Inquisition taken at Nottingham the last day of March save one 13 H. 6. before Raph. Crumwell Knight Thomas Chaworth Knight Hugh Willughby
named in Willughby on the Wolds held the fourth part of a Knights Fee of that Honour in Est-Colwyk The Jury 10 E. 3. found that Iohn de Nowers held one Mess. and one Carucat of Land with the Appurtenances in Nether-Colwick of the Lady Grace de Nowers Lady of Stoke Goldington by the Service of the fourth part of a Knights Fee and that Iohn his son and heir was then of full age A Fine was levyed at York 12 E. 3. between Iohn de Nowers of Nether Collewyk Quer. and Iohn the elder son of William Moigne of Carleton Deforc. of thirteen Mess. nine Bovats and one hundred and sixty Acres of Land sixty Acres of Medow one Acre of Wood and 15d. Rent with the Appurtenancs in Nether-Colwyk Carleton and Beston which were thereby settled on the said Iohn de Nowers for life and after his decease on William son of Robert de Iorce and Margery daughter of the said Iohn de Nowers and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Iohn de Nowers This came after to the Family of Slorey whose Arms were three Crosseletts patè upon a Fesse which I have seen upon some of their Seals There was a Recovery suffered 4 H. 8. wherein Thomas Vrswick and Thomas Broun claimed against Robert Slory the Mannor of Colwyke with the Appurtenances and six Mess. ten Cottages six hundred Acres of Land five hundred of Medow as many of Pasture four hundred of Wood sixty of Marsh forty of Heath and 10l. Rent in Colwyke Nowers Over Colwyke and Nether Colwyke Slory was a man of great possessions and his daughters and heirs married to Hussy and Wood but Mr. Woods Ancestor to whom this Colwyk was allotted sold it to the Ancestor of Sir Iohn Byron who having the whole sold it to Sir Iames Stonehouse being of a very great yearly value but never got much above half the money by reason of the breaking out of the War wherein it was stop'd by the Rebells but since the return of the King Richard the present Lord Byron hath accepted of some small part and confirmed the Title of Sir Iohn Musters the present owner Some part of Nether Colwick is in Geedling Parish which was that of the Fee of Alselin The Rectory of Colwyke was heretofore 10l. value and Mr. Byron Patron 'T is now 6l. 2s. 1d. and Sir Iohn Musters Patron In a North Window of this Church was painted a Man in his Coat of Arms holding his Shield whereon also was depicted Gules three or four Fusils in Fesse Arg. and two Cinquefoyles or Mullets in Chief Or. He was of the Family of D' Aubeni in Brant Broughton Church in Lincolneshire there are divers of their Arms and Byrons too Stoke Bardolf And Carlton c. IN Stoches and Ghelling Tochi who was also Lord of Shelford and Lexington and many other places in this County before the Norman Invasion was rated to the Geld at three Carucats and two Bovats and two parts of a Bovat for his Mannor The Land whereof was then accounted four Carucats There Goisfrid de Alselin who succeeded the said Tochi in all those places after the Conquest had in Demesne two Car. fifteen Villains six Servants twenty one Bordars having eight Car. or Plows There was then also a Priest and a Church and a Piscary or Fishing and two Mills 20s. thirty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood three qu. long and three qu. broad This was valued in Edward the Confessours time at 110s. and when Dooms-day Book was made at 6l. This Mannor had Soc in Carentune Ghelling and Colwicc as much as paid the Geld Tax for fifteen Bov. The Land four Car. There thirty Sochm. had ten Car. ½ and twenty Acres of Medow small Wood three qu. long one broad The Barony of this Goisfrid de Alselin or Hanselin was very considerable in these Counties of Nott. and Derb. and also in Lincolneshire howbeit it seems it was very early divided viz. before the fifth year of King Stephen as in Shelford doth partly appear Raph Hanselin had twenty five Knights Fees and Robert de Cauz or Caltz fifteen as the Red Book in the Exchequer manifesteth Of the Posterity of Cauz notice may be taken in Lexington which was the head of his Barony though they enjoyed a share here also which descended from Cauz to Birkin and so to Everingham and so to Constable and was sold by .... Fletcher to Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury and was lately the Inheritance of the Earl of Kingston by the name of Everingham Fee and remains yet to his son the Marquess of Dorchester as I take it Raph Hanselin had a son of his own name who had a daughter and heir called Rosa married to Thomas Bardul who 18 H. 2. gave account of 25l. of the Scutage of the Knights of the Fee of Raph Hanselin his son and heir was Dodo or Doun Bardulf 11 Ioh. Beatrix the daughter of William de Warreuna gave account of three thousand five hundred Marks for having the Lands and Tenements which were her Fathers and which ought to descend to her by Inheritance and for having her reasonable Dower which concerned her out of the Tenements which were Doun Bardulfs her late husband and that she should not be distrained to marry her self and that the debts which her Father ought the King might be raised out of the Chattels which were common to her said Father and Milisent his wife the day that he died Hubert de Burgo 2 H. 3. would have it inrolled that William the son of Doun Bard. granted him the Mannor of Portesâ—ad with the Advowsons of the Churches and other things belonging to the said Mannor Hubert de Burgo 3 H. 3. was Guardian of the heir of the said Doun Bardolf who it seems was William Bardolf who died about 4. E. 1. seized of the moyety of Shelford held of the King by half a Barony He had a Mess. at Stoke which is a member of Shelford and one Carucat in Demesne and the Free-holders of Stoke and the members viz. Shelford Gedeling and Karleton and some in Notingham paid yearly 49s. 4d. and Suit of Court here was a Batell or Bote which carried men over Trent which yielded a Mark yearly William Bardolf was then found his heir who about 18 E. 1. left Hugh Bardolf his heir who 32 E. 1. left his son Thomas aged twenty two years his heir and Thomas Bardolf 3 E. 3. left his son Iohn but seventeen years old There are some Genealogies of this Family which make Thomas the son of Hugh to die without issue and his brother William Bardolf to be Father of this Thomas but this agrees well with the time and age of the Parties and I have not seen sufficient authority to make the other certain The King 11 E. 3. granted to Iohn Bardolf and Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir of Roger Damory the Mannor of Ilketheshall and
heir called also Rese Here were divers 13 R. 2. who held of William Bardolf of Wirmegey Iohn de Loudham a sixteenth part of a Knights Fee in Neuton and Shelford Iohn Lord Grey of Codnar as much in Birton Iorce William de Russeby Hugh de Annesâ—â—y Roger de Duffeild and Thomas de Whatton half a Fee in Carleton Gedling Colwyk and Stoke Iohn Burton and his Parceners a sixth part in Newton Iohn de Babington a sixteenth part of a Knights Fee in Neuton The Prior of Shelford and his Parceners a twelfâ—h part in Shelford Roger de Stanbridge a sixteenth part there William de Wymondeswold a thirteenth part in Gedling and Stoke William Clark and William de Kirketon a twentieth part in Carleton and Gedling Iohn de Birton Chr. and Hugh de Annesley a twentieth part in Carleton This William Bardolf in his life time had the Advowson of the Priory of Shelford which was then valued at twenty Marks per annum and the moyety of the Advowson of the Church of Gedeling at ten Marks The Jury 15 R. 2. returned it not to the Kings loss to grant Iohn de Landfort Vicar of the moyety of the Church of Gedling and Iohn Ward of Shelford licence to give three Mess. twenty two Acres of Land eight Acres and an half of Medow and 26s. 8d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Shelford and Stoke Bardolf to the Prior and Covent of Shelford Henry Plesyngton Knight and Isabel his wife 27 H. 6. claimed against Alice Leek one Mess. two Carucats of Land thirty Acres of Medow and 43s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Gedling and Stoke Bardolf Edmund Molyneux Esquire 30 H. 8. suffered a Recovery of three Mess. two Cottag one hundred Acres of Land three hundred of Medow three hundred of Pasture c. and 4l. Rent c. in Stoke Bardolf Shelford Gedling Burton Iorce and Newton and called to warrant George Gryffyth Knight Gedling Ghelling BEsides what hath been mentioned before in Stoke Bardolf and Carleton of Goisfrid de Alselins Fee in the Conquerours great Survey there is mention of another Mannor in Ghellinge which before his coming was one Dunstanes and answered to the Tax for nine Bovats and an half and a third part of a Bovat The Land two Car. There afterwards Roger de Busâ—i whose Fee it was had two Car. and nine Vill. one Bord. having two Car. and ten Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two qu. long one qu. broad In the Confessours time this was 32s. value then 40s. Richard de Normanvile and Henry de Walleye held half a Knights Fee of Alice Countess of Augi in Carleton Gedling Stoke and Weston The Mannors of Gedling and Weston were both by Fine and Recovery 16 E. 4. passed to Robert Roos of Laxton Esquire by Thomas Normanvile Knight and Elizabeth his wife with warranty in the Fine against Thomas Abbat of Kirkestall and his successours Thomas Bek held in Gedling 15 E. 1. the sixth part of a Knights Fee of Robert de Everingham then dead whose son and heir Adam de Everingham was but seven years old at that time By a Fine at York 2 E. 3. Roger Boteler of Stok and Amicia his wife passed twenty Acres of Land in Gedling to Roger Duket and Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies in default whereof the heirs of Roger Duket were to have ten Acres lying in Podhâ—â—h and the heirs of Margaret the other ten lying it a place called Blesedale Alexander de Lee son and heir of Alexander de Lee son and heir of Alexander de Lee and Maud the daughter of Gilbert de Brunneslegh which last named Alexander was also son and heir of Alexander de Lee and Sarra his wife 3 E. 3. claimed an Acre of Land in Gedling against William son of Gilbert de Gedling Iohn de Cave of Nott. 10 E. 3. held in Carleton by Gedling seven Mess. and seven Bovats of Land of Hugh Bardolf and his Ancestors Roger de Pilley held then in Gedling one Mess. and one Bovat of Adam de Everingham of Laxton Richard Ingram held of him a Mess. and four Bovats in Gedling and so did Thomas de Whatton of Stoke Bardolf hold one Mess. and six Bovats of the said Adam The King Feb. 5. 31 H. 8. granted to Michael Stanhope Esquire and Anne his wife amongst other things the Mannor of Shelford with its members and Appurtenances late belonging to the Monastery of Shelford and likewise all the Woods called the Priors Park and Eshawe containing one hundred and forty Acres in Gedling And the Rectories of the Parish Churches of Shelford Saxendale Gedling Burton Ioys and North Muskam Also all Mannors Mess. Lands Tenements c. in Shelford Saxendale Neuton Brigford Gunthorp Loudham Cathorp Horingham Bulcote Gedling Carleton Stoke Lamcote Flintham Long Colingham Caunton the Town of Nott. Newark Burton Ioys and North Muskam to the said Monastery belonging The Parson of the Church of Gedling 12 E. 2. had one hundred and ninety foot long and twenty foot in breadth of Land granted to enlarge the Church-yard of that Church The Rectory of the Mediety of Gedling was twenty Marks and the King Patron The Vicarage of the other Mediety was twelve Marks and the Prior of Shelford Patron the Rectory is now 14l. 6s. 0d. ob and the Vicarage 6l. 16s. 8d. value in the Kings Books and Philip Earl of Chesterfeild Patron of both In the North I le East Window Azure three Cinquefoyles Or Bardolf quartering Azure a Lion Ramp and flowers de Lis Or Beaumont There is also Arg. on a Fesse double Cotised Gules three Flowers de Lis of the Field Normanvile quartering Azure a Chevron between three Birds Arg. In the East Window of the South I le Azure three Cinquefoyls Or Bardolf In the Parsonage Chamber Window Lord Crumwell with Tateshal quartering Everingham Lambley LAmbley in the Book of Doomsday is said to be of the Tayn-land where Vlchet had a Mannor before the Conquest which paid the Tax for two Car. and as many Bovats The Land was three Car. Alden held it of King William the first and there had one Plow or Plow-land or Carucat twenty Villains three Bordars having four Plows or Carucats three Sochm. with one Plow or Car. on half a Car. of Land here were two Mills 20s. and twenty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long four qu. broad In the Confessours time and in the Conquerours this kept the value of 60s. This Aldene was Lord also of Crumwell of which place the ancient owners of this Mannor took their name the first of which whom I have seen any thing of was Raph de Crumwelle son of Hugh de Crumwelle who about 12 H. 2. held a Knights Fee of the Bishop of Lincolne of the old Feoffment Raph de Crumwell 22 H. 2. gave account of ten Marks of the Amercements of the Forest. The Inquisition taken before
Ph. Mark Sheriff of this County from about 12 Ioh. to 8 H. 3. shows that Raph de Crumwell held the Town of Lamley in Fee Farm for 10l. per annum of the honour of Tikehull Raph de Crumbwell 5 H. 3. was son of Raph son of Raph son of Hugh son of Aldene they were all Raphs down-ward to the last who was Raph Lord Crumwell of Tateshall who was constituted Lord Treasurer 11 H. 6. They were sometimes called of Lamley Hubert Fitz-Raph confirmed to Raph son of Raph de Lamly for his Homage and Service all the Land which the Uncle of Raph Thomas son of Alueric held of the said Hubert in Scartheclive in Derbish The fourth Raph I suppose married Mazera the daughter of Philip Marmion by whom he had a daughter and heir to her Mother called Ioane married to Alexander de Frevile but it seems by another wife he had Raph de Crumwell who married Margaret one of the co-heirs and Parceners of the Inheritance of Nichola who had been the wife of Roger de Somery as in the Pipe Roll of 16 E. 1. appeareth concerning the account of the Mannor of Olney which Isabell Countess of Arundell held in Dower This Raph died about 27 E. 1. and left Raph his son and heir seven years old who 14 E. 3. 12 Nov. was called Raph de Crumbewell the elder and was then Founding a Chantry in the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity at Lamley to which he gave one Mess. and 100s. yearly Rent in Lamley having one hundred Marks Land and Rent in Lamley and Crumbewell remaining over and above Raph the younger I take to be Raph de Crumbewell who married Avicia the daughter of Roger Beler by whom he had Raph Crumwelle of Tatteshale in right of his wife who was Matildis daughter and heir of Iohn son of William Bernak and Alice his wife daughter and heir of Ioane wife of Robert de Dryby and daughter of Robert de Tateshale by whom he had Raph the Father of the Lord Treasurer Crumwell before named and divers other Children as in the Descent in Crumbwell may be perceived Raph Lord Crumwell who married Margaret co-heir of the Lord Deincourt had no issue so that his sister Matildis whom he married to Sir Richard Stanhope about 12 H. 4. became his heir she was his second wife and by him had a son called Henry Stanhope who died without issue 31 H. 6. and two daughters Ioane wife to Humfrey Bourghchier who was therefore styled Lord Crumwell but had no issue that I have found and Maud first married to Robert Lord Willughby of Eresby secondly to Thomas Nevile and thirdly to Sir Gervas Clifton the said Maud their mother died 33 H. 6. Gervas Clifton Knight and Maud his wife late wife of Robert de Willughby 5 E. 4. granted to Anthony Wydevile Lord of Scales and of Newsells the Mannors of Candlesby Halem Lamley Snowdon Boston Bleseby Gippesmere Gourton Dranfeild Baseford Quynton Rasyn Lucton Belcheford and Tuxford with the Rent of Deyncourt there in the Counties of Linc. Nott. Derb. and Warw. also the Mannor of Tumby except the great Wood called Tumby Woods or Tumby Chase in the said County of Linc. which late were Raph Lord Crumwells together with the Advowsons of the Churches Chapells and Chantrys thereto belonging By an Inquisition taken 20 Ianuary 19 H. 6. concerning the Mannor of Hetherset in Norfolk it appears That this Lady Willughby Maud died 30 Aug. 13 H. 7. and that Sir William Knyvet at the time of the said Inquisition aged sixty years who was son of Iohn son of Elizabeth daughter of Constantine Clifton son of Iohn and Elizabeth daughter of Raph Crumwell Knight great Grandfather of the said Lady Willughby and William Fitz-William Esquire then aged thirteen years and above who was son of Iohn son of William son of William son of Iohn son of Iohn son of Maud another daughter of the said Raph Crumwell were found Cousins and heirs of the said Maud Lady Willughby This Mannor as in Arnall is said was Sir William Hastings who died 1 E. 5. and his wife Katherin had the profits till 20 Apr. 12 H. 7. and then Richard de Hastings his younger son A Recovery was suffered 21 H. 7. of the Mannors of Lamley and Bleyseby and the Advowson of the Church of Lamley c. which Thomas Iakes Richard Reynold of London Goldsmith Iohn Wotton and Iohn Parker claimed against Richard Hastings Esquire Michael Purfrey Esquire and Nicolas Beamont 5 Eliz. claimed against Henry Earl of Huntington the Mannor of Lamley c. Francis Willughby Esquire 17 Eliz. claimed against Elizabeth Beamont widow the Mannors of Lamley and Bleyseby c. who called to warrant Henry Earl of Huntington This Mannor of Lamley fell amongst the co-heirs of Sir Francis Willughby of Wollaton whereof Dorothy was married to Henry Hastings second son of George Earl of Huntington and another of them to Mountague Wood whose daughter Mary Wilzey Wright married and enjoyes part most of it being divided now amongst several Freeholders Two Sheaves of the Demesne Tythes seemed to belong to the Chappelry of Blyth wâ—ich King Iohn granted to Walter Arch-bishop of Roan but the Inquisition taken at Blyth 16 E. 3. returned that Roger de Heselarton whom Raph de Crumwell presented to be Parson of the Church of Lamley took all the Tythes and paid a Mark yearly to the Church of Loudham in the name of the Chappelry of Blyth but whether for those Tythes or no they knew not The Rectory of Lamley was 12l. when M. Hastings was Patron 'T is now 10l. 16s. 3d. value in the Kings Books and Iohn Wood Esquire Patron for a sixth turne according to the division made by the husbands of the six co-heirs of the Mannor Woods Waste and Advowson whereof this belonged to and was sold by Henry Hastings and Sir George his son another is in George Willoughby of Cossale Esquire two viz. the Lord Spensers and his own are in Edward Grandson of Edward Willoughby of Booreplace in Kent another viz. Mr. Pargiters in Iohn Marter of Normanton upon Sore Clerk and the other in Wilsey Wright viz. Mr. Mountague Woods of Lamley Burton Jorz Bertune THe Conquerours great Survey shows thaâ— there was in Bertune and Ludham some Land that was Sok to Gulnethorpe of the Fee of Roger de Busli viz. twelve Bov. ad Geld. The Land one Car. There four Sochm. two Vill. had one Car. There were four Acres of Medow but besides this there is mention of a Mannor in Bertune which was Sweynes before the Conquest who paid for one Carucat and a fourth part to the Tax for it The Land was two Car. There Goisfrid de Alselin whose Fee it afterwards was had one Sochm. of five Acres of Land and five Villains one Bordar one Servant one Maid together having three Car. There was a Church and a Priest sixteen Acres of Medow
them his life and his wife Cecilia after him unjustly occupied them till Iohn Clyde the last Predecessour of the said William brought a Writ of Vâ—rum against her concerning the said Tenements to be pleaded before the Justices of the Kings Bench during which time she passed them to Richard de Hegham and Idonia his wife her daughter but they perceiving by the continuance of the Process that their Estate in them would not be good 19 E. 3. restored them effectually to the Church without any fraud Richard Prior of Thurgarton and the Covent granted and confirmed to William de Belloprato one Toft in Birton with two Acres of Land which Ailward held sometime before so that he nor his heirs should dispose of them no way without their consent and for which he was to pay 4s. yearly That Covent in the year 1328. received of Robert de Iorz for a certain place in his Mannor in which his Dovecote was scituate and for a place of Medow 4s. yearly and as much of William de Holdernesse for a Toft and another place of Medow In the second year of Queen Mary Raph Leigh and Raph Barlow claimed against Thomas Knyveton Esquire the Mannor of Burton Iorce c. and called to warrant Marc Menell Gent. William Babthorp Knight Christopher Twysilton Esquire Iohn Langton and Humfrey Shellow 9 Eliz. claimed against Richard Stapleton Knight and Brian Stapleton Esquire his son and heir and Elizabeth wife of the said Brian the Mannor of Burton Iorce with the Appurtenances and fifteen Mess. ten Cottages twenty Tofts one Dovecote twenty Gardens five hundred Acres of Land one hundred of Medow one hundred of Pasture forty of Wood and one hundred of Furz and Heath with the Appurtenances in Burton Iorce Gedlinge Stoke Bardolf Snainton and Colwicke This helped to transfer it to the Family of Stanhope with which it continueth Yet in the time of Henry the eighth Iohn Walker of Eperston Gent. Petitioned the King and Council for assistance against Sir Bryan Stapleton of Burton Knight then too powerful in this County as his Ancestors also were for his recovering the possession of the Mannor of Burton whereof William Iorce died seized and then ought to descend and come to the said Iohn Walker as Cousin and next heir unto the said William Iorce that is to say son of Iohn son of Henry son of Elynor daughter of William son of Iohn Father of Robert Father of the said William Iorce The Vicarage of Burton was eight Marks when the Prior of Shelford was Patron 'T is now 4l. 19s. 2d. value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Chesterfeild Patron In the North side of the Church is a plain Stone Tomb whereon lyeth the Image of an Armed Knight on whose Shield is embossed a Bend and on it three Waterbougetts and on one Shield on the South side of the Tomb is A Lion Rampant Crowned and upon another Shield the same with that on his Arm. In the East Window of the Chancel is represented a woman praying viz. on her knees with her hands held upwards her upper Coat is Paly of six Or and Gules on a Bend sable three Waterbougetts Arg. In the same Window is Azure a Bend between six Escallops Arg. with a Mullett on the Bend Frecheville In the same also Azure a Fesse Arg. betw In another South Window Paly of six Or and Gules on a Bend sable three Waterbudgetts Arg. Jorz I suppose In the North side of the Chancel on a plain flat Alabaster Tomb underbuilt with ordinary Stone Here lyeth Ser Brian Stapiltun Knyght and Barinet wyche dypartyd the second daye of Aprell in the fourt yere Kyng Edward the syxt The sayd Ser Brian had to his ferst wyf Dame Elsabethe Stapiltun doughtar to the Lord Hare Skroup of Bolton in Rychemondshyer and by her he had Rechard hes eldest son And the sam Ser Brian had to his second wyf Dame Jane Stapiltun doughtar of Thomas Baset Esquere of North Lofnam in Rotlandshyar and by her he had Brian hes second son At every corner is Arg. a Lion Rampant sable Stapleton On another Tomb like this on the South side of the Chancel Here lyeth the Body of Alis Rouse doughtere of Francis Roos of Laxston in the County of Notingham Esquier first wiffe to Brian Stapiltun Esq younger sonn of Sir Brian Stapiltun Knyght after wiffe to Anthony Stapilton of Remson Esq last wiffe to Thomas Leeke of Hasland in the County of Darby Esq The said Alis was buryed the 3d. day of January in the yeare of our Lord MVC.D. AVE perhaps 1595. is intended Upon a kind of a Tablet Psalm 116.15 and Ps. 112.6 In perpetuam virtutis memoriam Aliciae nuper charissimae conjugis Georgii Lacock Generosi quae coelo migravit 25 Augusti A. Dom. 1617. aetatis suae quinquagesimo Sancta Deo Conjux sponso castissima prolis Cauta gubernatrix Dulcis amica suis. Hospita larga tamen frugalior Hospita tecto Non fugiens alio non aliena suo Pauperibus nutrix agilis matercula servis Pacificans lites foemina pauca loquens Consultrix juveni prudens submissa minori Inter majores grata venusta pari Cuncta ferens aequo vitâ modò pace peractâ Pacificè moritur mortua pace viget Bulcote IN Bulecote Suencilt had a Mannor before the Normans became possessed of it which answered the Dane-geld as two Car. and two Bov. and there was Soc of this Mannor which answered to the Geld for fifteen Bov. and an half The Land then being esteemed five Car. and an half There when it was become the Fee of Walter de Aincurt was in Demesne one Car. eight Sochm. eleven Vill. twelve Bord. and two Servants with three Car. or Plows There was seventy six Acres of Medow Pasture Wood by places one leâ— long eight qu. broad in the Confessours time and then the value was 4l. In the former part of the Reign of Henry the third Adam de S. Maria paid two Marks for a Knights Fee which afterward Reginald de Annesley Sibyl de S. Maria and Adam de Ridewale are certified to have held of Oliver Deincourt in Bulcote Adam de S. Maria was son of Paganus de S. Maria and was Lord of Roumarsh in Yorkshire and Bulecotes and Knyveton in this County He gave one Acre and three Rodes of Medow in the Medows of Bulecotes to the Abby of Welbek for the Souls of Alice his wife and Barth his son to change their bodies from Lay Sepulture which they had being interdicted to Ecclesiastical Burial to his latter wife he had Albrâ—da the daughter of Iordan de Chevercourt who before was the wife of Robert de St. Quintin and made Fine to King Iohn 27 Novemb. in the fifteenth year of his Reign of three Palfreys that she might marry this Adam de S. Maria. He had three daughters to whom his Inheritance descended his eldest was called Lucia who was the wife
Roberti de Kirketon mil. ob 1345. Johannes de Loudham miles-Isabella fil haer Rob. Breton de Walton in Com. Derb. Johannes de Loudham mil. s. p. Tho. de Bekering-Isabella sor haer Alicia fil haer -Tho de Rempston miles Elizabetha-Johannes Cheyney miles Tho. Cheyney miles aet 26. an 16 E. 4 -Anna fil Joh. Parr mil. Eliz. Fitz patris Thomae -Hugh ux etiam Nich. Dom. Vaux Elizabetha ob 3 4 Ph. Mar. -Thom Dom. Vaux Willielmus Dom. Vaux de Harrowdon Brian Stapleton mil. -Isabella Richardus Bingham junior-Margareta Tho. Folejamb-Margareta sor cohaer Joana ux Galfr. de Staunton This Sir Iohn de Loudham married Isabell the daughter and heir of Sir Robert Breton of Walton in Darbyshire and died seised about 11 R. 2. of the Mannor of Walton and the Mannors of Brimington and Whitington and Rodyche in that County leaving Iohn de Loudham his son and heir who was also a Knight and about 14 R. 2. died seized of the Mannor of Walton c. leaving Isabell and Margaret his sisters and heirs He had a wife called Margaret who before had been wife of Sir Iohn Zouch Knight Elizabeth and Margaret the Wives of William and Iohn Chaworth 29 H. 6. were found her Cousins and heirs they were of the Family of Bowytt of Repinghale as in Wiverton may be observed Isabell the sister and co-heir of Sir Iohn Loudham was married to Thomas Bekering and Margaret to Thomas Folejambe Isabell left a daughter called Alice the wife of Sir Thomas Rempston the younger who had the moyety of this Mannor and that of Billesthorpe called Loudhams Mannor and about 37 H. 6. left three daughters and heirs as in Bingham is said Elizabeth the wife of Iohn Cheyney Esquire Isabell of Sir Brian Stapleton and Margaret of Richard Bingham the younger This it seems was allotted to Cheyney and descended to the Lord Vaux who sold it and Billesthorp too to Peter Roos as I suppose .... Roos sold both to Thomas Broughton Esquire of Staffordshire This is now the Inheritance and Residence of Peter Broughton younger brother of Sir Brian Broughton who is now Lord of Bildsthorp and several other Mannors in this County Gilbert the Clark of Ludham gave to his son Iohn a Toft and Croft which he held of William de Passi for 6d. per annum and five Acres of Assart of Emme de Bellafago by finding a Lamp burning before the Altar of the blessed Mary at Loudham every day at the celebration of Mass. Iohn son of Gilbert de Ludham gave them to Richard de Ludham and Agatha his wife reserving 3s. per annum which he gave to Thurgarton Priory The King 6 E. 6. Iun. 10. granted to Francis Earl of Shrowsbury all the Rectories of East Markham Little Markham Lowdham Walesby Wheteley and Hareworth with all oblations in Hasseley Marteyne Limpole and Plumtréefeild late belonging to the Monastery of St. Oswald of Nosâ—ell in Yorkeshire and parcell of the Prebend of Tikehull Westminster This Rectory is now held by the Lord Marquess of Dorchester The Vicarage of Lowdham was 8l. when the Abbaâ— of Westminster was Patron 'T is now 4l. 18s. 4. value in the Kings Books and the Lord Marquess of Dorchester Patron In Lowdham Church South I le East Window Gules Crusuly with a Fesse Or. Chequy Or and Azure a Fesse Gules Clifford Bendy of six pieces Arg. and Gules with a File of five Labels Azure Montefort Azure three Waterbougets Or Roos Gules a Bend betwixt six Martlets Or Mounteney this is twice Or three Chevronels Gules Clare England with a File of five Labells and on each three Flowers de Lis. England Or a plain crosse Gules Barry of six Arg. and Azure Lord Grey of Codnor These two last are in the South-West Window And Barry Ermine and Gules of six pieces Kirketon Gules Crusuly with a Chevron Or Kyme In the North Wall of the Chancell on an old low Stone Tomb lyeth the Effigies of an Armed Knight Cross-leg'd with his Shield on his Arm whereon is Embossed a Bend Crusuly The Inscription on the side is SIR ION Dà LOUDhAm tITICI c. In an high North Window in the Body of the Church is Chequey Arg. and Gules a Bend sable Bekering impaling Arg. a Chevron sable with a Mullet pierced in the dexter point of the same colour Rempston this is transposed and so is the next which should be Rempston impaling Bekering but is on the upper part Arg. a Bend Azure Crusuly Or Lowdham and on the lower half Bekering impaling Rempston all the length of the Shield against the other two Woodborough Vdeburgh IN Udeburg the Book of Doomsday shows that St Mary of Sudwell had Sok to Northwell seven Bov. ad Geldam The Land two Car. There was half a Car. in Demesne and two Vill. and two Bordars had one Car. this belonged to Sudwell Here one Clark had under the Arch-bishop of York whose Fee it was one Bov. ad Geldam This concerned the Prebend of Woodborough in that Church to which it still belongs Here were also several Mannors of the Land of the Tayns one whereof before the Conquest Vlchel had which paid to the Geld for three Bov. The Land one Car. There Aldene Ancestor of the Family of Crumwell named in Lamley after the Conquest had three Villains having half a Car. This kept the old value of 5s. 4d. Another Mannor Vlchel likewise had which paid for three Bov. to the Tax or Geld. The Land whereof was two Car. he held it also after the Conquest of the King and there had one Car. and three Vill. one Bord. with one Car. and ½ and one Mill 20s. and one Virgar of Medow Pasture Wood two leu long five qu. broad In the Confessours time this was 20s. in the Conquerours 30s. Alvric in the Confessours time had another Mannor for which he was rated to the Geld at five Bov. The Land two Car. which seems to be managed when the Conquerours Survey was made with three Vill. one Bord. There was also a Mill 20s. There was in Epreston and Udeburgh of Roger de Buslies Fee and a greater share of Raph de Limesies as in Epreston will be noted where the Family of Samson the most ancient Tenants thereof chiefly resided Some of these Tayn-lands it seems came to be Peverells of which Honour Henry son rather brother and heir of Raph de Wodeburge and the rest of his Parceners 21 E. 1. were certified to hold half a Knights Fee here for which one only Suit was made to the Court by the said Henry Iohn the son of Robert de Cantelupe and Maud wife of the said Iohn granted all the Lands in Wodeburge which should happen to them after the death of Sir Raph de Wodeburge Father of the said Maud to Henry de Wodeburge and the heirs of his body remainder to the right heirs of Sir Raeph Witnesses to this were
Hawton is said this I suppose was of the Fee of Limosin most of which was held by the Family of Sampson Raph de Limesi gave to the Monastery of Hertford a Cell of St. Albans the Tythes of Hugh Samson of Aperston and of Torpe The House of Mr. Wood is in Eperston Parish and the Robertus del Wood de Enfeild in Com. Hertf. -Elizab fil cohaer Willielmi Slory Robertus Wood de Colwike-Margareta fil Edw. Mountague mil. Justic. Johannes Wood de Woodborow-Kath fil Will. Huson Johannes Wood aet 16. 1614. .... Chaworth Montague Wood de Woodborough aet 1673 -Brigitta fil Rich. Carell 1 Johannes Wood 2 Mountagu 3 Richard Kath. Eliz. Brigitta Phil. Edw. Georg. Gervas Edw. Thom. Mountague Simon Gerard. Tythes of that Land belonged to Hertford and were granted 29 H. 8. Feb. 9. to Anthony Denny Esquire and Ioane Champernowne as were all Mess. Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever in Lowdham Woodborough and Eperston late belonging to the Priory of St. Mary by Hertford Anthony Denny and Iohane his wife 37 H. 8. had pardon for alienating all these Tythes great and small in Eperston Woodborow and Loudham to Henry Strelley Esquire The Free-holders in Woodborow in the year 1612. were Christopher Strelley Iohn Wood of Lamley Iohn Crofts of Oxton William Owldney Iohn Clark Senior Thomas Wyer Henry Alvie Nicolas Lees c. In the year 1597. Febr. 27. Iames Chadock or Chadwick son of Iohn Chadwick or Chadock was baptized The Vicarage of Woodborough was eight Marks and the Prebendary Patron It seems now to belong to those of Oxton but being worth little or nothing a fair Church is unsupplied Upon the top of the out-side of the Chancel in the Stone and in the Windows are the Arms of Strelley Paly of six Arg. and Az. and that with a great Cinquefoyle Gules for Strelley of Woodborough Arg. a Chief Gules and a Bendlet Azure Crumwell In the Church in a North Window Gules on a Bend Arg. three Crosletts Flory sable Reresby In the South side of the Chancel Quarterly sab and Arg. Gules a Crosse Florè Arg. Paly of six Arg. and Azure a Canton or quarter Gules In the North of the Chancel Gules a Fesse countercompony Or and Azure between six Crossecrosletts Arg. Gules a Lion Ramp Varry a File of three Labells Or Everingham Gules a Bend between six Martlets Or Monteney Painted on the Church Wall Wood impaling Montague Eperston Epreston IN Epreston and Udeburgh Vlvric and Elsi had into their Hall or Mannor before the Norman Invasion six Car. of Land rated to the Geld at three Car. four Bov. There afterwards Raph de Limesin whose Fee it was had in Demesne three Car. and fourteen Sochm. on six Bovats and a Ferding or fourth part of a Bovat of this Land and twelve Vill. one Bord. having six Car. There was a Church and a Priest and four Mills 77s. and three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two leâ— long nine qu. broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was 5l. value in King Williams when Dooms-day Book was made 7l. In Epreston and Udeburgh Vlviet had a Mannor before the Conquest Taxed to the Danegeld at ½ a Car. The Land of it being twelve Bov. There afterwards Roger de Busli whose Fee it became had one Car. and two Sochm. on two Bov. of this Land and three Vill. having one Car. and ½ There was a Mill 5s. 4d. and three Acres of Medow In the Confessours time this was valued at five in the Conquerours at one Mark of Silver It appears that some of Roger de Buslies Fee in this place was held in the time of Henry the third by Thurstan le Dispenser and Iohn de Orreby being the third part of a Knights Fee of the Countess of Ewe or Augi then Lady of Tikhill But the greatest part of this Town was the Fee of Raph de Limosin who was Founder of the Priory of Hertford or else a very near successour of his of that Name who gave the Tythes of Hugh Sampson who held of him here in Apurston and Thorp in Newark Wapentac of the said Raphs Fee also to that Monastery as in Woodborough is already noted This Raph had to wife Hadwisia by whom he had Alan de Limesi the Father of Gerard who by Amicia his wife had Iohn de Limesi who married Alice the daughter of Robert de Harecurt and begat on her Hugh de Limesi but he dying without issue as his Uncles Gerard and Alan did this Barony was divided between Hugh de Odingselles a Fleming who married Basilia one of the daughters of the said Gerard de Limesi Grandfather of the last Hugh de Limesi and David de Lindesei a Scot who married Alianora another of the daughters of the said Gerard. Gerard de Odingsells son of Basilia and the said Hugh de Odingselles had a Knights Fee here in Eperston which William Sampson held of him in the time of H. 3. Hugh de Odingeselles son of Gerard 16 E. 1. impleaded Walter le Ken and fifteen others for throwing down his Ditch Bank at Eperston who pleaded That they had Common in the Lands inclosed and upon the same occasion 17 E. 1. for throwing in four hundred Perches of his Ditch about his Wood in Eperston Iohn de Heriz and Iohn le Provost pleaded that there Radulphus de Limesi fundator Prioratus de Hertford-Hadewisa Alanus de Limesi Gerardus de Limesi-Amicia Johannes de Limesi -Alicia fil Rob. Harcurt Hugo de Limesi s. p. Alanus s. p. Gerardus s. p. Hugo de Odingselles-Basilia Hugo de Odingsells s. p. Gerardus de Odingsells mil. 23 H. 3. Hugo de Odingsells 16 E. 1. Johannes de Odingsells 12 E. 2. mil. mortuus 10 E. 3 -Lucia-Emma 12 E. 2. Edmundus de Odingesells 12 E. 2. Johannes de Odingsells mil. ob 27 E. 3 -Amicia fil Rog. Corbet Johannes de Odingsels ob 4 R. 2. miles-Alicia fil Johannis S. John mil. Johannes de Odingsels miles ob 5 H. 4 -Maria fil ..... Bernak Edwardus de Odingsels miles ob 5 E. 4 -Marg fil Joh. Cokain-Alicia soror Henr. Sharpe Gerard. de Odingsells fil haer -Marg fil Henr. Sharp soror Aliciae Henricus Odingsells-Alicia fil Marg. Butler de Cobernes in Essex Richardus Odingsells-Alicia fil ..... Browne Johannes Odingsells-Anna fil cohaer Gabriel Barwick Gabriel Odingsells-Kath fil Joh. Markham Johannes Odingsells-Eliz fil Willielmi Sutton de Averham Johannes Odingsells s. p. Emanuel de Eperston 1673. ... fil Ric. Hacker relict .... Buckley Elizab. fil haer -Johannes Leek ob 1673. John Odingsels Leek aet 2. 1674. Gabriel Johannes Odingsels ... fil Buckley Paul Ed. s. p. Henricus de Colle-Joana fil Hen. Sutton mil Will. de Solihull Maxstoke Allanor ux David Lindesei was Common of Pasture belonging to their Freeholds in Gâ—naldeston The Mannor of Eperston 12 E. 2. by a Fine was settled on Iohn de
Odingseles and Emme his wife for their lives afterwards on Edmund son of the said Iohn and the heirs of his body remainder to the right heirs of Iohn This Iohn was succeeded by three of the same name the first of which died 27 E. 3. his wife was Amicia the daughter of Roger Corbet the second died the 3 or 4 R. 2. and the third 5 H. 4. who was Father of Sir Edward de Odingsels whose son and heir Gerard de Odingsells 11 E. 4. held the Mannor of Long-Ichinton in Warwickshire and the moyety of the Mannor of Epurston It seems this Sir Edward to his latter wife and his son Gerard married two sisters the daughters of Henry Sharpe from which latter marriage that branch of this Family still remaining here are descended But the Posterity of Hugh Sampson before named held the far greatest share for Thomas Sampson in the former part of Henry the third is certified to have paid seven Marks for three Knights Fees and an half in Eperston and Woodborough of the Fee of Limesi and at another time William Sampson is said to hold in Eperston and Woodeborough for one Knights Fee of the Barony of Odingsells of the old Feoffment viz. whereof his Ancestor was enfeoffed before the death of King Henry the first in whose time the first Hugh Sampson lived the second Hugh whose Father I suppose was William gave account of ten Marks 22 H. 2. of the Amercements of the Forest. William Sampson gave to God and the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton and the Brethren there serving God all his Land of Cressewell wholly whatsoever was contained between his Wood and the Wood of the Canons by the consent of Hugh his son and heir and his other sons This gift he made for the love of God and St. Iames the Apostle in honour of whom the said Canons then founded an Altar in their Church at Thurgarton for the performance of a Vow which he had formerly made for the Souls of his Father and Mother his own and all his The Witnesses were Hugh his heir Walter de Wodeburgh Mr. Anselm the Canon Matthew the Clark Peter the Provost Stephen the Esquire Hugh Sampson and William his son were Witnesses to Robert de Krioll's gift to that Monastery William Sampson Knight son of Sir William Sampson of Eperston gave and confirmed to the said Canons of Thurgarton a place of Land of his Wood of Eperston containing two Acres by the Perch of twenty foot lying on the West side of the Croft of the said Canons which is called Cressewell William Sampson 24 E. 1. had Free Warren at Epereston Iohn Sampson son of Sir William Sampson Knight 5 E. 2. remised to Paganus de Tybetot and Agnes his wife and the Heirs and Assigns of the said Paganus all his right and claim in the Mannor of Eperston c. except the Lands and Tenements which Simon de Cruce held in Wodeburgh the Advowson of the Church he also remised with the rest The Witnesses were Sir Rob. de Clifford Sir Ed. de Eynecurt Sir Bawdewyn de Maners Sir William de Bereford Sir Thomas de Monteney Sir William de Eynecurt Sir George de Thorp in the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross at London 5 E. 2. On his Seal this Iohn Sampson hath a Fesse and one Mullett of six points in the dexter corner of the Scutcheon within the Circumscription of his Name as William Sampson his Father had a Crosse Moline only Ever since this Mannor hath gone with Langar as it yet doth The Mannor of the other Fee Robert Arre it seems gave Sir Robert de Iorce and Isolda his wife and the heirs of their bodies whose son Robert Iorz of Birton as there also is already noted by Fine 18 E. 2. settled Lands in Bulcote Ester-Léek and Eperston and Lands and Rents in Birton Iorz Stoke Bardolf and Gedling on himself and Isabell his wife and the heirs Males of his body with remainder to his daughters Margaret Isolda and Alianora and the heirs of their bodies respectively remainder to the right heirs of Robert Nicolas de Worteley and Isabell de Iorce his wife by their Deed dated at Ebreston the Sunday after the Feast of St. Cedde the Bishop and Confessour 17 E. 3. passed their Mannor of Ebreston with all their Natives and all Lands Tenements and other Appurtenances there to Iohn de Chetewinde Knight and Iohn the son of Robert de Iorce Knight and Maud wife of the said Iohn son of Robert and the heirs of the bodies of the said Iohn and Maud The Witnesses were Sir Thomas le Wasteneyes Sir Hardulph le Wasteneys and Sir Thomas de Longevyllers Knights Raph de Burton Iohn de Burstall Richard Ingram William de Iorce and others By a Fine 18 E. 3. and afterward 19 E. 3. between Iohn de Chetewind Chr. and Iohn Iorce and Maud his wife Quer. and Nicolas de Worteley and Isabell his wife Deforc. the Mannor of Epriston was settled for the use of Iohn Iorz and Maud his wife and the heirs of their bodies Iohn Dunham William Bliton and Humfry Low 4 Aug. 6 H. 7. conveyed their Mannor of Ebreston with the Appurtenances to Robert Hawburgh and Matilda his wife for their lives and after the death of the longer liver of them to Iohn Walker and Margaret Gardner and the heirs between them lawfully begotten remainder to the right heirs of Robert But this Mannor descended to Iohn Walker the present owner according to the Scheme placed in Burton Iorce which was drawn out of his Evidences Apr. 28. 1675. In 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. Sir Iohn Chaworth of Werton Knight and Harold Rosell of Radcliff upon Trent Esquire and Iohn Rosell his son and heir agreed to divide Rosell Wood in Epurston Parish or Stephen Hage which was in Common between them Sir Iohn having one half by purchase and Harold the other by descent from his Ancestors Sir Iohn to inclose that next Epurston and Harold to have that next Halton Closes being indifferently divided by Henry Bykerstaff and Iohn Saunsom Yeomen Sampsons Woods in the Forest are now called Saunsom Woods The present Lord Chaworth sold his Rosell Wood to Iohn Dunkling who hath built a pretty little Brick-house there and makes it his Residence In 1612. Iohn Walker Gent. was a Freeholder or owner here and his posterity still continue to dwell here as Ed. Hopkinson and Ed. Wetherall were also at that time The Rectory of Eperston was 14l. and the Lord Scroope Patron 'T is now 13l. 1s. 8d. value in the Kings Books and Iohn Scroope Esquire the last Patron In Eperston Chancell East Window Quarterly Gules and Or a Mullett Arg. in the first Vere Azure three Hedgehogs Arg. Heriz Arg. a Crosse Moline sable Sampson Azure a Saltier between four Martlets Arg. Azure a Bend Or Scroop In the South East Window Arg. a Bend Azure Crusuly Or
Lowdham In the South West Window Paly of six Arg. and Gules on a Chief Azure a Fesse Dancè Or Hathersege North East Window Barry of six Arg. and Az. Grey of Codnor In the Church South I le East Window Arg. a Fesse and a Mullet in the dexter point Gules Odingsells In the Steeple Window Paly of six Arg. and Az. Strelley In the South West Window of the South I le of the Church Arg. a Saltier engrailed Gules Tibtot Calverton And Salterford IN the Conquerours Survey in Calverton was there certified to be a Berew of the Mannor of Blidworth of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Fee and it answered the Dane-geld for six Bovats The Land being twelve Bovats There seven Vill. and two Bord. had two Car. There was a Church and a Priest and two Acres of Medow Pasture Wood eight qu. long three broad This made up the ancient value of the Mannor 40s. as in Blidworth is noted Here was also a Mannor which before the Conquest Vlvric had which paid the Geld for three Bovats The Land was for one Plow or one Car. This afterwards was the Fee of Rogerius Pictavensiis and here then were two Vill. and one Virgat of Medow In the Confessours time it had been valued to 20s. but then was 5s. 4d. In Caivreton of the Tayn-land Alvric had one Car. which paid the Dane-geld for three Bovats There two Sochm. four Vill had two Car. In former time this was valued at 16s. then at 10s. and the same Alvric continued to hold it In Salterford a Berew of Granby of the Fee of Osbern Fitz-Richard if this be not mistaken for some parcel of or about Colston Basset was as much as was rated to the Tax or Dane-geld at six Bovats and in the Conquerours time was waste as it is still there being scarce any memorial of it left but a place called Salterford Damm in the Forest near the beginning of the River Doverbek between Calverton and Oxton there was Pasture Wood one leue long four qu. broad The Prior of Land which Priory was Founded by the Bassetts was certified to hold the Town or Village of Salterford in pure Alms and so were the Chapter of Suwell and the Prioress of Brewode to hold three parts of the Town of Kalverton of the Honour of Peverell it seems William Peverel got the Tayn-land here as he did that at Woodborough That of the Fee of Roger Pictavensis was afterwards accounted of the Honour of Lancaster of which Honour William le Butiler held in Calverton and Crophill one Fee Likewise Iohn de Vylers who held of it one Knights Fee in Neubolt and Outhorp held the fourth part or one here at Calverton The Jury found that Paganus de Vilers who was first infeoffed gave to Alan his son five Carucats of Land in Knights Service The same Paganus gave to the Hospital of Hierusalem one Car. in Bekaneshon in Alms. The same Pagan gave to William de Vilers his son the Land of Newbold to hold by Knights Sâ—rvice which William the son of Paganus the younger then held by that Service The same Pagan gave to Thomas de Vilers the moyety of Uvethorp and the Land of Hole and the Land of Calverton in Knights or Military Service whereof Robert de Vilers held Hole and the moyety of Calverton except one Carucat which William de Vilers held The same Robert de Vilers held also the Land of Calverton by the same Service c. Raph de Vilers gave and confirmed to Robert his brother one Bovat of Land in Calverton which Bernard held reserving only one pound of Cummin or three half-pence at Easter this he gave to the Priory of St. Cuthbert at Radford by Wirkesop William de Vilers confirmed it and so did Robert son of Robert de Vilers and Iohn son of William de Vilers The fourth part of the Knights Fee of Iohn de Vilers Lord of Outhorpe was the Inheritance of Sir Thomas Hutchinson Knight the moyety whereof did descend to him from his Ancestors the other moyety he bought which was the Inheritance of ... Barton of Holme near Newark the chief of which Family Sir Thomas Barton Knight besides that Holme had great possessions in Lancashire By a Fine 5 E. 2. between Sampson de Stretley and Philippa his wife Querents and William son of Walter de Ludham Deforc. forty Acres of Land forty of Wood and 11s. Rent in Saltreford and Calverton were settled on the said Sampson and Philippa and the heirs which the said Sampson should beget on the body of the said Philippa remainder to the right heirs of Sampson Godefrey Folejamb 45 E. 3. who prosecuted against Sampson de Strelley Chr. for taking the heir and Lands of William de Strelley of Woodburgh whom he affirmed to hold of him Lands and Tenements in Calverton viz. six Carucats of Land and ten Marks Rent by Homage Fealty and Scutage c. surceasing his prosecution was Amerced The Free-holders of Calverton 1612. were Christopher Strelley Iohn Scurtivant Robert Cooper Iohn Lees Thomas Leeson Ed. Benet Iohn Barber Iohn Labrey Humfr. You le Euseby Marshall of Arnall Iohn Chaworth of Southwell Esquire Iohn Cressewell Colonel Iohn Hutchinson son and heir of Sir Thomas Hutchinson had that which he called the Mannor of Salterford in the Forest. At Calverton was born William Lee Master of Arts in Cambridge and heir to a pretty freehold here who seeing a woman knit invented a Loom to knit in which he or his brother Iames performed and exercised before Queen Elizabeth and leaving it to .... Aston his Apprentice went beyond the Seas and was thereby esteemed the author of that ingenious Engine wherewith they now weave Silk and other Stockings c. This .... Aston added something to his Masters invention he was sometimes a Miller at Thoroton nigh which place he was born The Vicarage of Calverton was eight Marks 't is now 4l. value in the Kings books The Prebendaries of Oxton should be Patrons or the Chapter of Southwell but this like Woodborough is a great and populous Village with an empty Church for the most part Oxton Oston ELvod paid for his Mannor in Oston before the Normans came to the Dane-tax then in use after the rate of six Bovats The Land of it being two Car. There afterwards Thomas Arch-bishop of York had one Car. in demesne and one Sochm. one Vill. one Bordar having two Car. Of this Land the King had one Bovat viz. lying to Arnall the rest lay in Blidworth In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 40s. when the book of Doomsday was made at 20s. In Ostune of Roger de Buslies fee were two Mannors which Thurstan and Odincale had before he came and answered the Geld for one Car. The Land being then accounted two Car. and an half There Roger had two Car. five Villains six Bordars having two Car. There was one Mill. 5s. 4d. In the Confessours time
Ioane and the heirs of Ioane to Iohn de Stanhop and Eliz. his wife and the heirs of Eliz. This Eliz. was the Sister and heir of Iohn and Daughter of Thomas de Culy her Huâ—band was certainly Iohn the eldest Son of Elizabeth the Daughter and heir of Stephen Malonel of Rampton as in that place will appear but had not issue Iohn de Stanhop of Rampton and Elizabeth his wife by a Fine 3 R. 2. passed the Mannors of Oxton and Rampton in this County three Acres of medow in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire the Mannor of Bresigcotes in Darbyshire of Radcliff Cuylly in Leycestershire and of Ansly in Warwickshire to Raph Aderley and his heirs William Digby of Ketelbye in the County of Leicester 5 E. 6. for 176l. conveyed to Thomas Sherebroke of Oxton all his Mess. Lands Tenements c. in Oxton The Granges of Yversage and Lovell or Loveley belonging to the Monastery of Wellebek 24 Apr. 34 H. 8. were granted to Sir William Newenham and Benedict his wife and their heirs William Newenham Gent. dyed 2 Iuly 3 Eliz leaving Isabell and Benedict his Sisters and heirs In 4 Eliz. Benedict was seventeen years old and married to Lancelot Mounteforth Isabell nineteen and afterwards married to Edward Samon Which Edward Samon or one of his name about 41 Eliz. slew Thomas Leek of Leek Esquire whose reputed Son Thomas Leeke for 880l. sold and by his Deed bearing date 30 Iuly 9 Iac. conveyed his moyety of the three Granges Farms Mess. c. viz. Saint Margarets in the Greaves Oxton Grange alias Eversedge Grange or Darton Grange and Lovely Grange to Rob. Shirbrook Gent. son of the before named Thomas who was son of Robert second son of Robert Shirebrook of Tibshelf in Darbishire This Robert Shirbrook of Oxton had to Wife Mary Daughter of Iohn Savile of Oxton by whom he had Thomas his only Son and heir who together with his said Father 29 Iuly 12 Car. 1. purchased a Farm in Oxton for 167l. of Iohn Cam of Eykering and Mat. and Iames his Sons This Thomas Shirbrook married Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Iopson of Cudworth in Yorkshire Esquire by whom he had many Children and died 1653. There are as I take it six Sons and six Daughters Robert the present owner is yet a Childless Widower Thomas married Sara his Cousin German the Daughter of Thomas Iopson of Cudworth Henry William Richard Iohn Mary Elizabeth Anne Margaret Rebekah Katherine They suppose and I have seen good probable authority for it that they are descended from one Iohn Lowes alias Shirebrooke who was Son of Nicolas de Lawes and Radegund his Wife Daughter of William Musters and Alice his wife who was Sister of Amicia wife of Isidor de Reresby and second Daughter and Co-heir of Iohn Deincourt and Amabilia his Wife after-born Daughter and Co-heir of Serlo de Plesley and Sister of Sarah Wife of Sir Robert de Willoughby mentioned in Felley The above named Iohn Savile had to Wife Margaret the Daughter of Thomas Tempest by whom he had many Daughters William his eldest Son by his first Wife the Daughter of ... Odingsells of Eperston was Father of Iohn Father of the present William and Iohn Thomas Savile another Son of the first Iohn married Elizabeth daughter and Co-heir of ... Samon of Darton Grange which still remains to their posterity Thomas Barret of Thoroton whose Grandmother was Anne daughter of the said Iohn Savâ—le hath Lands in Oxton descended to his Ancestor from .... Claxton who I guess had them by inheritance from .... Cade who I suppose might have them by inheritance from Iohn Strelley of Lindeby named in that place who died 2 H. 7. seised of five Mess. 200. Acres of Land fifty of Medow 100. of Pasture and 100. of Wood in Oxton and of one Close essarted in Calverton c. Anne Sister of my Grandfather Robert Thoroton was married to Thomas Walker Son of Robert Custans alias Walker of this Town who by her had a Son called Robert Walker an Apothecary in London who died young yet increased his Brother Williams patrimony here and disposed considerable summs of Money very charitably amongst his kindred and others his Nephews Thomas Robert and William Sons of his Brother William continue owners of the Land Roger Iackson is also an owner here The Vicarage of Oxton was 8l. 't is now 6l. value in the Kings Books and the Prebendaries patrons Gunnolston Gunnovelston And the Spittle or Hospital of Brodquske IN Gunnolvestone and Miletune before the Conquest Vlsi had a Mannor which paid the Tax for two Car. and two Bov. and two thirds The Land was for three Plows or three Car. There afterwards William Peverel whose Fee it was had in demesne one Car. and two Sochm. on three Bov. of this Land seven Vill. two Bordars two Censors having three Car. two Mills 40s. ten Acres of Medow pasture wood five qu. long three qu. broad In the Confessours time this was valued at 4l. when the Conquerours survey was made at 60s. Of the Tayn-Land likewise Soc to Wymarspole which Aldene progenitor of the family of Crumwell held Eruvin the Priest with four Sochm. had five Bovats for the Geld The Land twelve Bovats Here was Soc in Ernehale there four Sochm. had one Car. and five Acres of Medow and sixteen Acres of small Wood. Raph de Limesâ— Lord of Eperston had in Gunnulvestune five Bov. and one third for the Geld. Erbert a Knight of William Peverels in the time of H. 1. at the foundation of Lenton Priory gave to it as other of William Peverells great men or Tenants did two parts of the Tythes of his demesne here He was shortly after in the time of H. 1. also succeeded by two who were Sisters and co-heirs I suppose his daughters viz. Emma who had her part of the inheritance in Gunnolveston and Keilmerse and Ivicia who had hers in Molinton in Northamptonshire probably Mileton before named in Doomsday and Bilebourgh as in that place is noted Emma it seems was wife of Ivo son of Robert de Heriz who gave the same proportion of Tythes at the foundation of Lenton out of his demesnes in Hesburne and Oâ—â—â—cropht in Darbishire as others of Peverels great Tenants did and when that Robert gave to it his Mill at Wystandon this Ivo his son gave to the same Priory 10s. per annum In the fifth year of King Stephen this Ivo de Heriz gave account of several summs of Money of the old Farm of the Counties of Nott. and Dereb whereof therefore 't is like he was Sheriff before that time and likewise of five great or led Horses that he might hold the Land of Welgehi in Fee-Farm of two whereof he did acquit himself to the King at Winchester before Miles Earl of Gloucester and of the other three in Normandy The eldest son of this Ivo and Emme appears to
Feast of St. Nicolas the Bishop before William Babington Knight Thomas Greyseley Knight Thomas Fulthorpe William Ascogh Iohn Curson Esq and Robert Cokfeld Esquire the Kings Justices assigned to take that Assise where Sir Henry Pierpount pleaded that he was Cousin and heir of the said Sir Iohn Heriz viz. son of Edmund son of Edmund son of Henry son of Sara the sister of the said Sir Iohn de Heriz and that the said Roger son of Roger Beler and Margaret his wife the elder daughter of the said Sir Richard de la Rivere had a daughter called Margaret married to Sir Robert de Swillington Knight by whom he had Sir Roger Swyllington Knight who had a daughter married to Iohn Graa of South Ingleby in the County of Lincolne who together with his said wife Margaret also by name intailed this Mannor and Wydmerpole and the Advowsons of the Churches by a Fine 1 H. 6. upon themselves and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the heirs of the body of the said Margaret remainder to Edmund Perpoynt Knight and after his death to Henry Perpoynt Knight and the heirs of his body remainder to the right heirs of Henry Perpoynt Knight Margaret died without heir of her body afterwards Edmund Perpoynt died afterwards the said Iohn Graa after whose death the said Henry Perpoynt Knight entred and had issue Henry Perpoynt Esquire who had issue Henry Perpoynt Knight then heir of this Mannor and Advowson and of the Mannor of Wydmerpole c. Elizabeth wife of Robert Sampson of the County of Suffolk about 8 H. 6. was found heir of Margaret wife of Iohn Gray Knight as in Boney is set down Yet they prevailed not here for I find that Sir William Pierpont son of Francis brother of the last Sir Henry 5 H. 8. suffered a Recovery of the Mannors of Tybshelf and Assheover and many oâ—her Lands in Darbyshire and of the Mannors of Sneynton Wydmerpole Gonaston and Bromwoodhouse with the Advowsons of the Churches of Gonaston and Wydmerpole and the Chapel of Bradbuske in the Parish of Gonaston in this County about which time he sold this Mannor to ...... Monox an Alderman of London whose posterity viz. Sir Humfrey Monox or his son still enjoy it There was a Chantry or Hospital Founded there by ..... Heriz called the Chantry or Hospital of Brodbusk in Gonaston which through many Patents of Concealments continueth an Hospital at this day and is called Gonaston Spittle The Rectory of Gonalston was 10l. value and Mr. Monox Patron which shows that older rate of Church livings was in the former part of the Reign of King Henry the eighth 'T is now 7l. 19s. 2d. in the Kings Books and Sir Humfr. Monox Patron On the North side of the Church at Gunnalston In Gonaldston Church three ancient Stone Tombs low on the ground two of Knights cross-leg'd upon one of their Shields three Hedge-hogs were imbossed the third is a Woman In the Chancel Quarterly Or and Azure Arg. a Chevron Azure a File of five Labells Gules Swillington Arg. on a Bend Azure three crossecrosletts Or. Azure three Hedgehogs Or 2.1 Heriz Arg. on a Chevron Azure three Besants a croslet Moline below Or. In the North Window of the Church Gules three Waterbougetts Az. Roos of Hamlake In the East Window of the North I le of the Church Party per pale Gules and Sable a Lion Ramp Arg. Belers Azure three Hedgehogs Or Heriz Arg. a Chevron Azure a File of three Labels Ermine Swillington In a North Window Paly of six Az. and Arg. a File of six Labels Gules In small Borders there is Heriz and Azure a Fesse Dancy and Crusuly Or. And in another the last Coat with Or a Lion Ramp sable interchangeably round the whole Pane. On the Wall Painted Arg. on a Chevron sable between three Oken-leaves proper three Plates and on a Chief Gule a Bird between two Anchors of the first quartering c. The Crest a Stock-dove with an Oke-branch in her Beak Monox Thurgarton Turgaston And Horspole THis place with Horspole and what belonged to it in Tideby in the Confesours time was valued at 3l. but when the great Survey was made in the Conquerours at 4l. being then the Fee of Walter de Aincurt who had in Turgaston and Horsepole in Demesne two Car. and ten Sochm. on nine Bov. of this Land which before the Conquest was Swains whose Mannor here paid the Tax for three Plow-land or Car. and three Bovats The Land being then found to be six Car. or for six Plows Raph de Ayncurt for the safety or health of his Soul and of his sons and daughters and for the Soul of his Father and of his Mother and for the Soul of Basilia his woman or wife and of all his Parents and Ancestors Founded an House of Religion at Thurgarton and in or at the Foundation of that House gave and granted to the Canons there regularly serving God and St. Peter by the Counsel and intreaty of Thurstin Arch-bishop of York of pious memory in pure Almes all Thurgarton and Fiskerton and the Park by Thurgarton and all the Churches of his whole Land to wit of Graneby c. as in that place is already set down which Alms of his he prayed all the sons of the Holy Church to maintain and defend and to his heirs if they preserved and sustained it with all its liberties he left Gods favour and his fatherly blessing for ever but if any did not he should incur Gods anger and his curse except he repented King Henry the second commanded the Sheriff of Nottss and the Men of the Soc of Dunham that the Canons of Thurgarton should well and peaceably hold their Mills upon Trent He likewise confirmed to them what Raph de Ayincurt had given and all the forementioned Churches viz. Graneby Elmeton Cotes Swafeild Haneword Scaupewick Kirkeby Braunceton Tymberland Blankeney and of the gift of William Fitz or son of Ranulf the Church of Blackwell of the gift of Matthew de Vilers the Church of Warinton in Lancashire the Church of Titheby the Chapel of Crophill and one Carucat of Land in the same Town of his Demesne of the gift of Gerard son of Walter de Sutton the Church of Sutton in Ashfeild and two Bovats of Land in the same Town of the gift of William Carpintar the Mill of Clive of the gift of Henry Hoseè one Bovat of Land in Egrum of Robert de Cauz the Mill of Doverbeck of William de Bella aqua 2s. out of the Mill of Kirlington of William Sampson the Land called Cressewelle of Robert de Hoveringham the Church of Hoveringham of Raph de Bellofago the Mill of Doverbéek which is called Snelling Milne with the Land and Medow lying to it of William de Bereville one Bovat of Land in Kirkeby of Hugh de Hoveringham seven Bovats of Land in Titheby which Emme his Grandmother and Robert his Father gave of Walter Willan of
of William of Car Coleston with Ales his daughter 6s. 6d. rent in the Town of Gouerton to be perceived of Iohn son of Hugh de Gouerton and his heirs the summ of 4â— and of Iohn son of Albert 2s. 6d. which the said William and Ales after him gave to the Priory of Thurgarton and the said Sir Robert de Burstall confirmed And also gave one Bovat of Arable with Medow in the Fields and Medows of Gouerton and Bleseby and all his Medow in Smething and a Toft in Bleseby and another Bovat in the said Fields and Medows and confirmed several Lands given to maintain the Fabrick of the Church of Thurgarton as for example one Wong with the head-land upon Brecum lying between land of the Chaplain of Bleseby on the West and the Land of Henry son of Robert de Gipesmere on the East which Thomas son of Alan de Gouerton sold to William de Blitheworth for five Marks who gave it for the Soul of Robert de Oxon Canon of Southwell all or most of which Iohn son of the said Sir Robert de Burstall also confirmed There were many other parcels in this territory given to the said Fabrick Dru son of Iohn son of Richard de Gipesmere gave five Selions which his father had given before Iohn son of Hugh de Gouerton gave an Acre of Medow in Smething and Richard called the Cementar son of Hugh de Gourton three Selions and an Head-land and the like which Iohn son of Robert de Burstal confirmed also to the said Fabrick lying all in the fields of Gouerton and Bleseby By a fine 13 E. 2. Robert de Burstall of Birton passed the Mannor of Bleseby to Iohn de Crumbewell and by another Fine 14 E. 2. it was settled on Richard de Crumbewell and the heirs of his body for want whereof it was to revert to the said Iohn de Crumbewell and his heirs Alice who had been the wife of Robert de Cressover then held the said Mannor for term of her life In the time of E. 3. it was Raph de Crumwells as in Baseford may be noted Maud the Cousin and heir of Raph Lord Crumbewell widow of Robert Lord Willoughby levied a Fine 21 E. 4. of the Mannor of Bleseby with the Appurtenances and of two Mess. four Tofts one hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow sixty of Pasture and 29s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Bleseby Gourton and Gippesmere to William Hastings Knight William Chauntry Dean of the Colledge of the Newwork at Leycester William Moton Esquire William Grimmesby Esquire Robert Morne Clark and Thomas Kebeell whereby the premises were settled on her the said Maud for life and then to revert to the said William William William c. and the heirs of William Chauntry This came from the Family of Hastings as in Lambley may be discerned to Will. Willoughby of Wollaton and is now the inheritance of the Marquess of Dorchester purchased I suppose by his rather Robert Earl of Kingston There was a Fine levyed 20 E. 3. between Iohn son of Thomas de Sireston and Margaret his wife Quer. by William de Batheley Keeper or Guardian of the said Margaret and Thomas de Sireston and Amicia his wife mentioned in Streston Deforcients of two Mess. one Bovat and five Acres of Land fifteen Acres of Medow and 7d. Rent in Bleseby Gourton and Gipsmer whereby they were settled on the said Iohn and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies remainder to Thomas and Amicia and the heirs of Thomas Galfr. de Staunton at the Assizes at Nott. 31. E. 3. recovered his seisin of 2. Mess. 12. Bovats of Land fourty eight Acres of Medow eight of Pasture and 26s. 8d. Rent in Bleseby Gouerton and Gippesmere and Thomas Alweys was amerced The Jury 32 E. 3. found that William de Staunton had an estate in two Mess. 240. Acres of Land and 48. of Medow and 40s. Rent in Gouerton Bleseby and Gibsmere for the life of Iohn Alewys according to a writing dated at Gouerton 27 E. 3. which Lands were held of the Arch-bishop of Yorke by the service of 16â— per annum and three appearances yearly at his Court of Southwell I find no mention of Noetown and therefore suppose it only some houses which are parcel of some of these Hamlets In the year of our Lord 1612. Bleasby with Gibsmere and Gourton had these for owners viz. The Lady Arbella twenty nine Oxgangs William Cooper Esquire five Oxgangs and an half Michael Grundy of Thurgarton twenty six Oxgangs William More five Oxgangs and an half William Ferryman of Goreton four Oxgangs Richard Wightman Gent. a Wind-mill the Bayliff of East Retford seven Oxgangs and Iohn North of Lowdham two Crofts Mr. Iohn Grundy is now resident at Bleseby The Vicarage of Bleisby was seven Marks 'T is now 4l. value in the Kings Books and the Chapter of Southwell hath the Patronage Halloughton or Hawton THis makes a Prebend in Southwell as in that place is shown it was called the Lay Prebend having nothing spiritual but the Tythes of its own Lands Iohn Forest Gent. son and heir of Richard Forest brother of Roger Forest Esquire who died 10 May 1 Mariae seised of the Mannor of Fleton in Huntingtonshire and the Mannor of Halloughton or Haughton in this County was under age at the death of his said Uncle he had both Land and Tythes Sir Charles Owseley or Wolseley had it in Lease lately and I think still hath The Prebend of Halton was 10l. 'T is now 8l. 17s. 6d. value in the Kings Books Southwell Suell And Sudwell THis place with the Hamlets and Members of it which make up that which is now called the Soke before the Conquest was a distinct Hundred lying between the two Hundreds of Torgarton and Lyde with which it is now joyned and was sometimes called Southwell Hundred as out of Doomsday Book in Farnesfeld is manifest and sometimes as I suppose Cherlington Hundred corrupted at length into Chadlington Hundred for so it is called in the Patent 5 E. 6. which gave licence to Iohn Earl of Warwick to alienate it and this most ancient and Noble Mannor to Iohn Beaumont then Master of the Rolls and his heirs The Church is said by Sir Edward Cooke to be founded or built by Paulinus the first Arch-bishop of York who Baptized King Edwin on Easter day in the year of our Lord 627. which may likely enough be true but certain it is that in the year 958. King Eadwy granted to his beloved Bishop Oscytel who was also Arch-bishop of York part of his Land at Sudwellan twenty Farms for an Heritage with all their Appurtenances yet King Edgar brother and successour of Eadwy in the Certificate into the Court of Augmentation is said to be the ancient Founder However the Conquerours great Survey reciting the Land of the Arch-bishop of York in Snottinghamseire in Torgarton Wapentac shows that
in Sudwelle with its Berues then numbred twelve were twenty two Car. and an half for the Tax or Geld. The Land twenty four Car. There Arch-bishop Thomas had ten Car. in Demesne ten Sochm. seventy five Villains twenty three Bordars having thirty seven Car. There were two Mills 40s. and a Fishgarth Piscina or Pool and a Passage 6s. Of this same Land held six Knights four Car. and an half Three Clarks had one Car. and an half according to my Copies or four Car. and an half as Mr. Dugdales of that were two Bovats in Prebend Two English-men had three Carucats and five Bovats The Knights had seven Car. in Demesne thirty five Vill. twenty eight or twenty three Bordars having twenty one Car. and one Mill of 8◠or as Mr. Dugdale's Copy 3s. The Clarks had one Car. and an half in Demesne seven Vill. five Bord. having three Car. The English-men had four or three Car. in Demesne twenty Vill. six Bord. having six Car. and an half To Sudwelle belonged one hundred and fourscore and eight Acres of Medow Pasture Wood eight leuc long two quarentens and an half broad the half is wanting in the Monasticon Angl. vol. 3. part 2. page 10. Arable Land five leuc long three broad In the time of King Edward the Confessour it was valued at 40l. and when the Book of Doomsday was made at 40l. and 15◠St. Mary of Sudwelle had a Mannor in Croppehille which had a Berue in Hegelinge which the Canons then had and another Mannor in Nortwelle but how many Prebendaries there were at this time or whether they held their Prebends distinct or in Common is not easie positively to determine yet seeing that in Woodborough it is recorded that a Clark whom I take for the Prebendary of that place held under the Arch-bishop Lands which answered the Dane-geld for one Bovat 't is most probable that every one enjoyed his own apart Now because in the White-Book of Southwell still remaining with the Chapter there is nothing of the Foundation of the Prebends of Woodborough Normanton the three of Norwell the two of Oxton that of North Muskam that of South Muskam nor of the Sacrista called Sakerson and Segiston and now Sexton it may reasonably be guessed these or the most of them were in being then or near that time viz. the latter end of the Reign of King William the first Most of the rest as by that Book appeareth were not long after for King Henry the first son of the said King William gave to Thurstan Arch-bishop of York the Church of Dunham that he might make it a Prebend in the Church of Southwell and likewise confirmed the gift which that Arch-bishop made of the Churches of his Mannors of North Leverton and Bekingham to make another Prebend in that Church King Henry the second confirmed to his Clark Roger the brother of Martin de Capella the Prebend which Roger Arch-bishop of York had made of the Land of Halton which William the Steward of the aforesaid Thurstan held in the time of the said King Henry the first and afterwards gave to the Church of Southwell Roger Arch-bishop of York certified King Henry the second that his Predecessours did enfeoffe more Knights than they ought to the King not for the necessity of the Service which they did owe but because they were willing to provide for their Kinsmen and Servants Pavia the daughter of Nigellus de Ramtun by the consent of Robert Malovell her son not long after gave the Church of Ramton with the Appurtenances to make another Prebend in this Church of Southwell And Iohn Arch-bishop of York in the year of our Lord 1289. made another of the Church of Eton. And in the year 1291. William Rotherfeild Prebendary of Bekingham resigning for that purpose the said Arch-bishop at his request and by the consent of the Chapters of York and Southwell did ordain the Church of North Leverton before a part of the Prebend of Bekingham to be a distinct one of it self and the Prebendary to have his Stall in the Quire on the North side next that of the Sacrist and his place in the Chapter-house duely assigned by the Chapter and to have and pay his Vicar Choral as the other Canons used and the said William Rotherfeild to enjoy Bekingham so divided during his time which made the number of the Prebends Sixteen as they now are which have been and are thus valued viz.   l. 3. d. Norwell Overhall or prima pars was 42l. is now 48 1 3 Norwell Palacehall or secunda pars was 30l. is now 27 19 7 Norwell tertia pars was 6l. is now 5 2 0 ob Normanton Prebend was 20l. is now 22 6 0 ob Halton or Halloughton was 10l. is now 8 -17 -6 Dunham before the Survey taken by H. 8. was 45 marks is now 23 11 3 Rampton then also was 24 mar is now 15 17 11 Woodborough is wanting in my Copy of the old but is now  9 17 11 Eton before the Survey of H. 8. was 10l. is now -2 11 3 South Muskham then also was 20 mar is now 13 4 7 Oxton prima pars was 40 mar is now 22 19 7 Oxton altera pars was then also 40 mar is now 24 10 0 Beckingham was 20l. is now 16 15 10 North Muskham was 34l. is now -32 5 0 Sacrista was in elder time 30◠is now -1 3 4 North Leverton was 5l. is now 4 17 11 in the Kings Books and the Arch-bishop of York is Patron of all Very great and many priviledges were anciently granted to this Church by several Kings Archbishops and Chapters of York which Pope Alexander the third in the twelfth year of his Pontificate viz. 1171. refers to in his Bull wherein he confirmed to the Canons of the Church of St. Mary of Southwell amongst many others their ancient Liberties and Customs to wit the same which the Church of York had of old and were known to have then and that the Churches of the Prebends and also those belonging to the Chapter should be free from Episcopal Jurisdiction and that they might institute fit Vicars in them without any contradiction as the said Arch-bishops and Chapters of York ever suffered them and their Predecessours to do who likewise granted to them as was of long custom observed and also by the said Pope approved that both the Clergy and Laity of the County of Nottingham should at the Feast of Pentecost come to their Church with solemn procession and that every year according to the old and rational usage of that Church a Synod should there be celebrated and that thither the Chrisma should be brought by the Deans of the County from the Church of York to be thence distributed through the other Churches c. There is yet and from the beginning of this Church I suppose even hath been at Whit sunday a certain small Pension paid from
... fil haer Tho. -Em fil haer Fr. Leeming Rob. Mat. Franc. Cleric Marg. -Laur Sturtivant Tho. Will. 3 Robertus Leek In Halam 1612. the owners were William Leek senior Gent. and William Leek junior Gent. William Cowper junior William Astlyn Thomas Leek Gent. Thomas Maye but not long since Mr. William Loscoe had interest here and at Farnesfeild Iohn the son of Tho. Chamberleyn of Polington by Fine 20 E. 3. and afterwards 21 E. 3. passed to Thomas de Metheley of Thornehill and his heirs the Mannor of Eddinglée by Southwell with the Appurtenances except 49s. and 3d. Rent and the Rent of a pair of Gloves in the same Mannor which Simon Iorce of Lughteburgh and Margaret his wife held for term of life together with the Reversion after their decease and the Homages and all the Services of Richard de Willughby Iohn de Loudham Knights Iohn de Bella aqua Thomas de Nevill Knights and divers others and their heirs for Lands which they held of the said Iohn in the said Mannor In Edingley 1612. William Cartwright Gent. was owner of one Mess. one Cottage one Water-mill one Garden twenty two Acres of Medow and sixteen Acres of Pasture Then in Osmundthorpe was Lawrence Leek Gent. owner In Greaveslane William Beeston Gent. Stephen Tayler and Richard Bennet In Farnesfeild Edward Coppinger of Hexgrave Park Gent. Charles Butterworth Gent. Nicholas Farrington Iohn Watson junior William Leak Iohn Cooper Richard Gunthorpe were owners The Book of Doomsday shows that in Franesfeld the King had one Bovat of Land for the Geld near Snotingham Soc to his Mannor of Grymston and that Walter de Aincurt had Soc to his Mannor of Horingham in Farnesfeild two Bovats for the Geld whereof one was in the Soc of Sudwell and the other of the Kings Soc yet belonged to the Hundred of Sudwell There was one Car. in Demesne In the time of King Edward the Confessour this was valued at 5s. in the Reign of the Conquerour when the Survey was taken at 18s. There was in Osmutthorp Soc to Nortwell which belonged to St. Mary of Sudwell as much as was rated to the Dane-geld at four Bovats The Land two Car. There four Sochm. had two Car. eight Acres of Medow Pasture Wood four qu. long three broad Though there be mention of seven Sochmen in Opeton and Colingham in the Book of Dooms-day which belonged to the Mannor in Rolleston of the Fee of Odo Bishop of Baion yet Vpton is certainly involved amongst the twelve Berues of Southwell of which it is an Hamlet wherein I have not found any great possessions of note The Jury 12 E. 3. said that Will. Melton Archbishop of York when he died held three parts of two Mess. two Bov. and six Acres of Land in Vpton by Southwell of Peter del Wyche and the heirs of Iohn de Wimbishe by the Service of 10s. 6d. ob per annum and that William son of Henry de Melton Cousin of the said William the Arch-bishop was his next heir There was in Vpton a Capital Mess. and a good Demesne of Freehold Land which was heretofore the Inheritance of the Pakenhams from whom it came to Oglethorp It is now Iohn Truemans who hath built a pretty little House there The residue consisteth of small Freeholds but most Copy-holds of the Mannor of Southwell The owners 1612. are said to be Iohn Trewman of Stok Bardolf Owen Oglethorp Thomas Pryde George Pryde The Rectory is appropriate to the Chapter of Southwell and was lately in Lease to Mr. Burnell of Winkeburne after whose death the Chapter augmented the small Vicarage 20l. per an as I have heard about the year 1667. or 1668. There are Vicarages of the Chapters Patronage in this Soc viz. Southwell which was 10l. is now 7l. 13s. 4d. Farnesfeild which was eight Marks is now 4l. Edingle which was ten Marks is now 4l. Vpton which was eight Marks is now 4l. 11s. 5d. value in the Kings Books Kertlington Doomsd. Cherlington I Suppose this the ancient meeting place of Southwell Hundred mentioned in that place and that it is corrupted into Chadlington Hundred because of the very long disuse of this place However the Conquerours Survey shows that in Cherlington Vlf a Saxon whom Gisâ—ebert de Gand succeeded in the chief part of his Estate in this County had three Bov. ½ for the Geld. The Land two Car. But the Soc belonged to Southwell the Mannor of the Archbishop There Gislebert had one Car. four Vill. having two Car. one Mill 16s. In the Confessours time the value of this was 40s. in the Conquerours when the Survey was taken 30s. The Red Book in the Exchequer shows that William de Bella aqua held a Knights Fee of the Arch-bishop of York and half one of Walter de Ayncurt One of that name married a daughter of Iohn Lord Deincourt named in Granby and Sutton In 22 H. 2. William de Beleu gave account of twenty Marks of the Amercements of the Forest. Hugh Bardulf 10 R. 1. gave account of an hundred Marks for having the Custody of the Land and heirs of William de Bella aqua and to have their marriages William had a son called Rod. de Bella agua temp Regis Steph. Willielmus-Beatrix de Bella aqua lib. Alb. 176. de Southwell Willielmus de Bella aqua Willielmus de Bellewe tertius ... fil Johannis Dom. Deincourt Thom. de Bella aqua-Alicia Thom. de Bella aqua Johannes de Bella aqua miles 18 E 3 -Isabella Lucia fil haer -Johannes de Burgh senior Thom. de Burgh Johan de Burgh-Katherina 5 R. 2. Margareta fil haer-Johannes le Zouch mil. mar 1-Johannes Lowdham mil. sine prole Elizabetha fil haer -Nic Bowyt de Ripingale miles Elizab. consang haer de Corp. Joh. de Bella aqua Isab. ob 20 Mar. 17 H. 7 -Will Chaworth mil. mar 1 -Joh Dunham Ar. mar 2. Thom. Chaworth sine prole Joana haer frat -Johannes Ormund Joh. Dunham mil. fil haer aet 28. 18 H. 7-Jana fil Tho. Thurland de Gamelston milit ux 1 -Bennet fil Godâ— Foljamb ux 2. Johannes Dunham obiit juvenis Kath. ux Rad. Okeover Hen. Leigh de Rushall Ar. Fran. ux Joh. Hazelwood Anna ux Georgii Meverell Maria ux Tho. Grantham de Com. Linc. Johannes Chaworth-Margareta Tho. Chaworth s. p. ob 25 Dec. 2 H. 7. Tho. Burgh de Colthorp Ebor. Claus. 33 H. 6. m. 21. Thom. Burgh 33 H. 6. Joana-Guido Roucliff â—rian Roucliff Bar. Scaccar Johannnes fil haer 1297. Adam miles Robertus-Dionysia Hugo Radulphus William and â—e one Thomas de Bella aqua whose wife was Alice Iohn de Bella aqua son and heir of Sir Thomas de Bella aqua granted that he his heirs or Assigns whosoever should hold his Mannor of Kirtelington should be obliged to pay every year to the Church of St. Mary and St. Iames at Wellebek and
the Canons there serving God six shillings of Silver for a Toft and Bovat of Land which he held of them which were sometimes Raph the Priest's of Dukmanton His Deed bore date at Kirtelington the Thursday next after the Ascension 1297. where were present as witnesses Sir Thomas de Furnival W. de Cressy W. de Goushull R. de Furraus Knights S. de Bella aqua his brother or Cousin German H. de Fauconberg After Sir Iohn was Thomas de Bella aqua possibly his brother the last of the Lords of this Mannor of this name was Iohn de Bella aqua whom for want of better light I must suppose son of Thomas Sir Iohn Annesley Knight and Robert Annesley Parson of the Church of Holme were seized of the Mannor of Bolton upon Derne in Yorkshire and the 18 E. 3. gave it to Iohn de Bella aqua and Isabell his wife and the heirs of their bodies on whom this Mannor was also settled by Fine 20 E. 3. and 11 H. 4. was an execution of it and several times after They had a daughter Lucia their heir married to Iohn Burgh who left Thomas and he Iohn upon whose seal is a fesse Dancè and on Katherin his wives impaled with that a fesse dancy between six escallops 5 R. 2. whose daughter and heir Margaret was wife of Sir Iohn Zouch Knight son of William Lord Zouch of Totnes and after of Sir Iohn Lowdham Knight by whom she had no issue but by her first husband left a daughter and heir Elizabeth married to Nicolas Bowett o◠Ripinghall who left two daughters Elizabeth wife of Sir William Chaworth and Margaret of his brother Iohn Chaworth whom the said Margaret wife of Sir Iohn Lowdham and formerly of Sir Iohn Zouch about 29 H. 6. left her heirs but each of them having a son Thomas Chaworth who both of them dyed without issue the said Elizabeth wife of Sir Wil Chaworth had a son by her second husband Iohn the son of Robert Dunham called Sir Iohn Dunham Knight who became inheritor of this Lordship after her death which was 20 Mar. 17 H. 7. he the said Sir Iohn Dunham being at the time of the taking the Inquisition viz. 18 H. 7. about 28. years of age He died 9 Sept. 30 H. 8. and by his first wife Iane daughter of Thomas Thurland of Gameleston had a son who died young and four daughters who became his heirs his second wife was Benett the daughter of Sir Godfr Folejambe The principal Mannor here was allotted to Fr. the wife of Iohn Hasilwood Esquire whose Grand-child sold it to Iohn More Doctor of Physick I find that Iohn Dunham Esquire 3 H. 8. suffered a recovery of the Mannors of Kirtlington and Rughagh and great quantities of Land in Kirtlington Rughagh Hockerton Halam Edingley Osmundthorpe Normanton Middlethorp Cawnton Harlesey Kyrsall Darleton Drayton Dunham Ragenhull and Wymton and called to warrant Iohn Dunham Knight Another small Mannor here which Sir Iohn Dunham bought in was alloted to Katherine another of the four daughters of Sir Iohn Dunham first married to Raph Okeover of Okeover Esquire and after to Henry Leigh of Rushall Esquire and was by Edward her son and heir afterwards Sir Edward Leigh sold to Sir Edward Stanhope Knight the Surveyer who also purchased the Park of Kirtlington called Belleu Parke so that this small Mannor together with the Park was sold by Sir Edward Stanhope of Grimston his son to the right Honourable the Earl of Kingston who sold the Mannor to the said Doctor More but left the Park to his son and heir the Right Honourable the Marquess of Dorchester and now all Kirtlington except the said Park is the inheritance of Iohn More son and heir of Iohn More brother of Sir Edw. More a Scotch Baronet Nephew and heir to the Doctor which Sir Edw. having only daughters 4. I think the said Iohn his brother succeeded by the settlement of his Uncle the said Doctor and hath made a very fair Park into which he hath taken part of Hockerton Lordship whereof he was also Proprietor which he left well stored with Deer to his said son Iohn who had married ....... Constable sister to the Earl of Dunbarr Raph son of Simon by the assent of Agnes his wife quit-claimed from him and his heirs Paulin son of Roger son of Cuthing of Kirtlington with all his Sect to St. Peter of Thurgarton and the Canons there serving God for which the said Canons gave him fifteen shillings of Silver There was a Mannor in this Town held by the family of Pigot Sir Hugh Pigot had a daughter and heir it seems called Isabell married to the first Sir Robert Sutton of Averham with whose posterity it continued long but he had a wife named Alice as in that place may be noted There were two Fines levied 22 H. 6. one between Thomas Chaworth Knight Quer. and Thomas Curson Esquire and Margaret his wife Deforcients and the other between the said Sir Thomas Chaworth Knight Querent and Richard Sutton Esquire and Katherin his wife Deforcients of the Rent of a pound of Pepper in Hardeby and of the Mannor of Kirtelington called Pigot Hall with the Appurtenances except seven Mess. one Toft two hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow ten of Pasture and twenty of Wood with the Appurtenances in the same Town of Hardeby and North-clifton in the same Mannor They granted besides the said Rent and Mannor to the said Sir Thomas Chaworth and his heirs the Homages and Services which Sir Iohn Pigot Knight and his heirs ought them for all the Tenements which he held of them in Herdeby William Sallowe died seized of Lands here about 12 H. 4. which seem to have been the inheritance of some younger branch of the Family of Bella aqua Thomas Flaxley 11 H. 4. had some concern in the conveying these Lands as appears by an Inquisition Ad quod Damnum George Sallowe succeeded in them who is called of Staunton by Sandiacre and had one Thomasia to wife he died 5 H. 5. leaving his daughter and heir Agnes the Mannor of Allesworth and this in Kirtelington Halom Osmundthorpe Normanton Eddingly and Hockerton Agnes Marmion about 3 E. 4. left this Mannor and Allesworth and the Mannor of Lamcote by Radcliff to Agnes the wife of Thomas Pilkington then above twenty six years of age In Kirtlington about the year 1612. the owners were Maryon Hasselwood Esquire Sir Edward Stanhope Knight Richard Eyre Widow Longman Laurence Leak of Osmundthorpe William Leek of Normanton Gentleman George Cartwright of the same Gentleman c. The Vicarage of Kirtlington is 6l. 13s. 4d. in the Kings books Rolleston THe Book of Doomsday shows that in the beginning of the Norman Government Rolleston contained three Mannors each belonging to a several Lord. One was then of Thomas the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Fee where Aluric had for his Mannor four
son Robert the present Lord Lexington under age at this day viz. Mar. 27. 1674. continueth owner of the whole Township inclosed by his father about 18. years since saving that which Mr. Wimondswold of Southwell hath which may possibly be that of the Churches Fee By a Fine at York 2 E. 3. between Thomas de Radeclive and Alice his wife Quer. and William de Radeclive Chappelan Deforc. one Mess. fifty Acres of Land ten of Medow 2s. and 6l. Rent with the Appurtenances in Roldeston were settled on the said Thomas and Alice for life remainder to Adam son of Iohn Biyonden and to Ioane his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Thomas Sir William Babington Knight about 33 H. 6. was seized of the Mannor of Rolleston called Babington Mannor and of the Mannor of Lenton called Elme Mannor and that of Bramcote called Karr Mannor and one in Oxton called Yke or rather Ieke Mannor as in that place may be guessed William Babington Esquire was then found his son and heir Sir William Pierpount Knight 23 H. 7. suffered a recovery wherein Richard Emson Knight Brian Stapleton Knight Thomas Emson Esquire George Stapleton Esquire Edward Bulstrode Esquire Henry Pyerpont Esquire Richard Drewell Esquire and Roger Pyerpont Esquire claimed the Mannors of Rolleston Barton in le Beanes and Kirkeby in Ashefeld with the Appurtenances and twenty two Mess. twelve Tofts eight hundred and ten Acres of Land two hundred and ten of Medow two hundred and fifty of Pasture one hundred and ten of wood and 4l. 3s. 4l. Rent in Rolston Barton in le Beanes Kyrkeby in Ashefeld Newark Rolleston Codington Balderton and Skoke Mr ...... Pierpont hath the Rectory and some Cottages I suppose in Lease from the Church of Southwell The Vicarage of Rolston was 8l. 't is now 10l. 1s. 3d. value in the Kings books and the Chapter of Southwell continueth in the Patronage Starthorpe IN Staretorpe before the Normans came one Swayn Lord also of Aygrum and several other Towns in which he was succeeded by Gislebert de Tyson had for his Mannor nine Bov. ad Geldam The Land two Car. There the said Gislebert had afterwards one Car. and twelve Vill. four Bord. having four Car. and an half and one Mill 5s. and six Acres of Medow This in the Conquerours time kept the value it had in the Confessours viz. 60◠Adam de Tysun and William his son both benefactors to Rufford whose gifts were confirmed by King Stephen were the next that succeeded in this inheritance that I have yet discovered Hubert Hosatus or Hosè Rector of the Church of Egrum gave to that Monastery of Rufford for the souls of Henry Hosatus his father and of Avicia his mother whom I suppose sister of William Tysun called the Uncle of Henry Hosè brother of the said Hubert who will be again named in Averham in the year of our Lord 1218. three Acres of Medow in the territory of Startorp in the Medow called Eyngemer on the West part stretching from the South into the North from the Land of Startorpe which his said brother Henry Hosatus gave to him the said Hubert and his heirs The witnesses were Mr. Hugh son of Swayn then Chappellan of Egrum Matthew the Parson of Kelum Henry de Tuc Peter son of Maurice de Kelum Adam de Kellesholt Hervey de Muscam Mr. Philip de Brambelle Robert de Sandeburne Nicolas de Monteburg Raph Tysun Sir Henry Hosee in times past was Lord of Averham and the same Henry gave that Mannor to Robert de Laxton and the same Henry gave to Hubert Hosee his brother the whole Town of Sterthorp doing the foreign service except seven Bovats of Land which the same Henry Hosee had given before to Mauger de Stanton and Gauter Hosee Of Mauger de Stanton came Galfr. of whom came William de Stanton which William gave to the Ancestors of Sir Gerard de Hedon with his daughter two Bovats of Land parcel of the said seven Bovats with two Bovats Hugh Damysell held The said William de Stanton gave to the Ancestors of Sir Galfr. de Stoke two Bov. of the said seven which Iohn Clark held and the same William de Stanton gave with Margaret his sister to Roger de Thourleby three Bovats of Land parcel of the said seven which three Iohn le Ward Hugh de Stanton and Robert in the Willughes held and it is to be noted that by the said Hubert Hosee or his heirs the whole residue of the Town of Sterthorp in Demesne and Service came to the possession of the Abbat and Covent of Durford of whom afterwards the said Robert de Lexington acquired all those things with the Services of the Freemen and Villains and thereof enfeoffed the Prior and Covent of Newstede to whom he also gave Routhorne and Scardeliff with the Appurtenances in Darbyshire They esteemed the seven Bovats of the Fee of Stanton to be the third part of the Town of Sterthorp and therefore would have those Free-holders to pay the third part of the burden in Scutages and the like charges In the time of Edward the third Hugh de Stanton held one Bovat William de Kelum one Iohn de Maunsfeld one Hugh Damysell two Robert in le Willoghes and his heirs one Iohn le Ward one The Jury 9 E. 2. which were Robert de Lamley Robert de Rolleston Henr. de Rolleston Iohn de Halum Walter de Walour William Basage Richard de Iorz Robert de Burstall Richard de Basage William Kyriell Henry Gernonne and Iohn in le Wro found that the Prior of Newstede held two parts of half a Knights Fee in Sterthorpe of the Fee of Moubray to which Family it seems it was very anciently transferred and that Iohn de Maunsfeld Robert in le Wellues and William son of Richard de Kelum and the Parceners held the third part of the said half Fee and that Walter de Gousill and Raph de Crophill Collectors of the Scurage for the Kings Armies in Scotland in the twenty eighth thirty first and thirty fourth years of King Edward the first received for the said two parts only of the Prior and of William de Stanton and Iohn de Maunsfeld for the third as their Acquittances 9 E. 2. also show The possessions of the Priory of Newsted at the dissolution Rented at 22l. 19s. 1d. ob were by King Henry the eighth granted to the Master and Fellows of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge from whom the Family of Faunt of Foston in Leicestershire still have them in Lease The Abbat of Rufford had a Grange here granted to the Earl of Shrowsbury with Rufford 29 H. 8. Aram. Averham Aygrum Egrom SWayn mentioned in Starthorp for his Mannor here in Aygrum paid to the Common Tax or Geld as three Carucats The Land whereof was then known to be six Car. Gislebert Tyson whose Fee it became after the Norman Invasion had
three sons more Nicolas Edmund Iohn and three daughters Iane Elizabeth Olive Sir William married Susan daughter of Thomas Cony of Basingthorpe in Lincolneshire on whom he begot Robert Sutton Esquire and three sons and four daughters more Richard Henry Gervas Alice Susan Elizabeth Mary Robert to his first wife had Elizabeth daughter of Sir George Manners of Haddon in Darbyshire sister to Iohn now Earl of Rutland his second was Anne daughter of Sir Guy Palmes and widow of Sir Thomas Browne of Walcott in Northamptonshire Baronet by whom she had two daughters Elizabeth and Anne widow of .... Lord Pawlett since married to ... Stroud his third was Mary daughter of Sir Anthony S. Leger Warden of the Kings Mint by whom only he left issue Robert Bridgett and Anne born after his death which was Oct. 13. 1668. his Lady died at Paris Sept. 1669. from whence she was brought and laid by him at Averham Sept. 25. 1669. He very much increased his Patrimony ever kept a plentiful sober House and was much out of purse for King Charles the first who created him Lord Lexington of Averham 21 C. 1. Richard Sutton his brother married .... Stanhope half sister of Philip first Earl of Chesterfeild and had a son Robert Sutton who was Captain of a Troop of Horse which he carried into Portugall he died without issue Male. Henry Sulton next brother of the Lord Lexington married Mabel daughter of Henry Faunt and hath several sons Robert William Gervas Robert married Katherine Shirbourne and hath issue Robert and Richard The Rectory of Averham was 16l. But is now 20l. in the Kings Books and the Lord Lexington is Patron as his Ancestors the Suttons have been In the Church upon a small Monumental Stone ......... obiit vi Kal. Octobr. Ao. Dom. mo. ccco. viio. Upon a fair Tomb M. S. Illustrissimo D o Gulielmo Sutton de Averham Equiti Aurato Generis nobilitate virtutum dotibus ornatissimo Qui post annos xxvii cum conjuge amantissim◠peractos octo filiorum totidemque filiarum pater factus Deo dilectus patriae charissimus suis desideratissimus citâ nec improvisà morte obiit in Christo Anno Dom. MDCXI aetatis suae LII D. Susanna conjux Moestissima Officii peitatis ergo P. Siste morae nec te pigeat nisi nosse recuses Quo juvet exemplo vivere quove mori Vive Deo patrie vicinis conjugi amicis Charus quoque ortus sanguine vive memor Et quocunque vocet fati Deus impiger ito Alea ceu vitae jacta suprema foret His titulis surgit lapis hic sic vixit obitque Suttonus quali carmine dignus Eques Sir William Suttons Corps here Toombed sleepes Whose happy Soul in better mansion keepes Thrice nine yeares liv'd he with his Lady faire A lovely noble and like virtuous payre Their generous of-spring Parents joy of heart Eight of each sex of each an equall part Usher'd to Heaven their Father and the other Remain'd behind him to attend their Mother On the out-side of the Steeple there is cut in Stone Sir Thomas Suttons Arms which was Arg. a Canton Sable and his Ladies viz. 3. Piles a Canton Varry which was Bassets of Fledborough nigh which was T. S. and two Tuns Kelham Kelum Doomsd. Calune And Parke Lathes THis place the Book of Doomsday shows to have been of several Seigniories the most considerable was of the Fee of Roger de Busli where in Lyde Wapentac before the Conquest Turchill and Godric are said to have had in Calun ten Bov. ⅓ ad Geld. for two Mannors The Land whereof was three Car. There afterwards Turold the man or Tenant of Roger had one Car. and seven Sochm. on five Bov. of this Land and three Vill. and three Bordars having two Car. ½ There were twenty two Acres of Medow small wood sixteen qu. long and seventy four Virg. broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 60s. in King Williams at 28s. Another great parcel of this Township was of the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt and Soc to Rolleston which answered the Geld or Tax for nine Bovats and one third of a Bov. The Land being two Car. and an half There eighteen Sochm. and three Bord. had seven Car. and an half and sixteen Acres of Medow small wood nine qu. long fifty Virg. or rods broad Another part was of the Fee of Raph de Buron where Osmund before the Norman invasion paid to the Geld as two Bov. ⅓ for his Mannor There William the Man or Tenant of Raph had one Car. and two Bordars with two Oxen plowing and nine Acres of Medow small wood eight qu. long twelve Virg. broad In the Confessours time this was 4s. in the Conquerours 15s. value Another parcel in Calum was of the Fee of Gislebert Tysun which before the Conquest was Alurics who had two Bov. ad Geld. for his Mannor The Land whereof was six Bovats There were two Sochm. one Bord. with half a Car. and six Acres of Medow small wood eight qu. long fourteen Virg. broad In the Confessours time 16s. value at the time of the Conquerours survey 3s. Another parcel was of the Land of the Taynes which Vlchell before the Conquest had his Mannor being then rated to the Geld at one Bov. and two thirds of a Bovat The Land six Bovats There Aldene progenitor of the family of Crumwelle afterwards had two Vill. two Bord. with one Car. and six Acres of Medow small wood eight quarters long and eight Virgats broad In the Confessours time 20s. value in the Conquerours 10s. That of Roger de Buslies Fee Lord of the Honour of Tikhill was held by Gilbert de Chelum whose gift to the Priory of Rufford King Stephen confirmed and William de Tulc or Tuk who for five Marks sold his in the presence and by the consent of Raph Silvain his Lord who also confirmed to the brethren of Rufford all that Land of the Fee of Tikhill which Gilbert de Kelum and William de Tulc held of him in the territory of Kelum from the west side of Buggewonge and that also tilled and untilled unto the bounds of Wyncheburne c. VVilliam del Tulc son of VVilliam del Tulc confirmed the fore-mentioned Land which his father gave in which the Sheep-house or Lathe Bercaria of the Monks was scituate which I take to be the original of Parkelathes a Grange or Hamlet in this Lordship belonging to that Monastery which was made up by the Gifts of many several persons VVilliam Tuke son of VVilliam Tuke of Kelum gave twenty four Acres of his Demesne measured by the Perch of sixteen foot lying between the Wong which Malger de Rolleston gave the said Monks and five Bovats which Malger de Staunton bestowed on them which twenty four Acres stretch from the west into the east viz. from Souhtwell way which is the bound between the fields of Wynkeburne and Kelum unto the wood
Robert Curson Esquire Gyles Heron Esquire Iohn Fysher Gent. and Robert Andrew Gent. claimed against Iohn Kelham Esquire the Mannor of Kelham with the Appurtenances and ten Mess. ten Tofts twenty Gardens four hundred Acres of Land c. in Kelham Deyncourts Fee here was held by the Families of Staunton and Rolleston as in those places may be perceived and Tysuns went with Averham from whose ancient Lords viz. the Lexingtons it descended by inheritance to the present Lord Lexington as in that place is shown Walter de Amundevilla testified that Gilbert de Kelum by the consent of Alase his wife gave in pure Alms to God and the Monks of Ruchford twenty Acres in the territory of Kelum nigh the Parc of Hugh de Muscam Amongst the witnesses were R. the Priest of Wymundetorpe Malger de Houcton and Hawisia his wife W. de Amundevill I suppose him the said Walter Lord of Winthorpe as in that place is said Wil. son of Thomas de Monteburgh of Egram released and quit-claimed to that Monastery all his right of Common of Pasture in the Essarts made in the territory of Egram on both sides the Redegate untill the Justices came to Nottingham in 20 H. 3. and likewise in Kelumshrubs where the wood stood Thomas de Roldeston son of Malger I guess confirmed the gift of his father in the Shrubs and other places of the territory of Kelum and promised the Monks that he would make them a Chartell or Deed sealed with his own seal when he should be made a Knight that which he then made being sealed with the Seal of the Chapter of Southwell as very many in those times were upon the like account Benedict de Rolleston son of Thomas de Rolleston confirmed to the Monks of Rufford three Bovats of Land in Kelum which they had of the gift of Elias de Wytthechirche and Ydonea his wife Ant of the said Benedict and the homage and service of the heirs of Walter Ormal which they had of the gift of Alan son of Hugh de Rodmarthwayt and all the Lands which they had of his Fee in the year 1254. whosoever gave them reserving to himself and his heirs 5â— yearly Rent and the foreign service at two times in the year viz. the feast of the Holy Cross after Easter and St. Martin in Winter Richard son of Iames de Sutton 3 E. 3. recovered against Edmund de Cressy Simon son and heir of Henry Touc of Kelum who held of the said Richard by Knights service seven Bovats of Land and half a Mess. in Kelum and by doing suit at the Court of the said Richard at Averham from three weeks to three weeks Richard de Willughby 27 E. 3. had free warren in Béeston Sutton Passeys Kelome and North Carleton At the Assizes at Nottingham 31 E. 3. Roger de Bakewell recovered his seisin of two Mess. two Bov. of Land and twenty Acres of Land and fifteen of Medow in Kelum and Thomas son of Eustachius de Kelum was amerced In a recovery 6 H. 8. Robert Lawrence Clark George Barton and Martin Cape claimed against Lucia Robertson Widow two Mess. two Tofts three Cottages one Barn one Dovecote three Gardens one hundred Acres of Land sixteen of Medow twenty of Pasture 6s. Rent and the Rent of 1l. of Cumin in Newark Kellom and Codington who called to warrant Henry Robertson son and heir of Thomas Robertson A great part of the Town and Fields of Kelham were of long time the inheritance of Robertson an ancient Gentleman of that Town all which by the death of Iohn Robertson the last heir Male of that house did descend to his sisters and co-heirs and their heirs who have all since sold their inheritances to the said Mr. Sutton late Lord Lexington The Abby of Roughford had diverse Farms there which together with Parkelathes and the said Abby were 6 Oct. 29 H. 8. granted to George Earl of Shrowsbury from whom by descent and mean Conveyance it came to Sir William Sayvile Baronet who sold his interest here to Mr. Sutton the said Lord Lexington who became Lord and owner of the whole township and territories of Kelham and in effect of the whole Island of excellent ground between the two currents of Trent that by Newark and that by Aram and Kelham where he hath since the wars built an house which he made his Mansion Aram House being ruined but there is still a fair Park well stored in that Lordship The Rectory of Kellome was xx Marks when the Abbat of Welbeck was Patron 't is now 19l. 8s. 4d. value in the Kings books and the Lord Lexington Patron Hockerton Ocretone And Hocretone THere was a small parcel in Ocretone Sok to Nortwell which belonged to St. Mary of Sudwell of the Fee of the Arch-bishop of York which at the time of the Conquerours Survey answered the Geld for one Bovaâ— There was then one Villain one Bordar and two Acres of Medow In Hocretune before the Conquest Vlsi and Turchill paid to the Tax or Geld for one Plow-land or Car. for their Mannors the Land whereof was two Car. and an half There afterwards Roger de Busli had in Demesne two Car. eleven Villains three Bord. having four Car. There was Medow of twenty six Acres There was a Church Pasture Wood one leu long four qu. and four Virg. broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was 4l. value then in the Conquerours 3l. Another Mannor in this Town before the Normans came Tori had which paid for three Bov. to the Geld. The Land was one Car. There afterwards Walter de Aincurt who succeeded Tori in all or most places had one Car. five Vill. five Bord. having half a Car. and sixteen Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long one qu. ½ broad In the Confessours time valued at 20s. in the Conquerours at 15s. A. Alan Earl of Britan gave to Richard son of Bostarne a certain Wood Broccellam called Rahag in Fee to him and his heirs to increase a Knights Fee which he had there beyond Trent Rocelin son of Richard for the remedy of his own Soul and his Wifes and Childrens and for the Souls of his Father and Mother Brothers and Sisters gave the Wood called Rahaghe to the Monks of Ruâ—ford in pure Alms. Conan Duke of Britan and Earl of Richmond confirmed to God and the Church of St. Mary at Ruford the gift which Roscelin son of Richard and Raph his brother gave to the said Church to wit the Wood called Rahage To his Deed dated at Wassingburc were Witnesses Robert de Gant Roger de Mumbrey Hamon Botereux Peter Botereux Baldwin de Gant William de Vesci Gaufr de Gant Raph son of Richard Wygan son of Rad. Ioslenus son of Roselinus de Roldeston confirmed to the said Monks all the Land of his Fee called Rahage tilled and untilled as his Father had given it Raph son of Richard in the presence of
whose brother Edmund Hunt was Father of Thomas Hunt of Robertus Boun ... fil haer Ric. Tibtost Richardus Boun de Baukewell Com. Derb. 22 H. 6. Christoph. Boun de Bakewell 5 E. 4 -Emma fil .... Page de Castleton 2. R. 3. Thurstanus Boun de Hulme juxta Baukwell 16 H. 7 -Joana fil .... Brodhurst Will. Boun de Hulme-Joanna fil Will. Goodwin Edwardus Isabel. fil Rad. Marshall de South Carleton Dorothea fil Will. Clerkson Ar. -Ed Hunt Bound-Isabella cohaer Johannes Boun-Barbara fil Joh. Leck de Edelmton -Maria fil Joh. Neubold Gilbertus Boun serv. ad legem -Maria fil Ed. Forset de Billesby Com. Linc. s. p. -Millecent fil Joh. Waring Ar. Johannes Boun Ar. ob -Maria fil ..... s. p. Slatier S.T.P. Gilbertus Boun. -Eliz fil Hen. Bedell Maria ux Car. Shelley An. ux R. Thoroton Authoris Barbar ux Joh. Story Anna-Nic Crouch Franc. ux Chr. Strelley s. p. Anna ux Joh. Arnall Georg. Katherina cohaer -Rob alvy Anna cohaer -Hen Gonaston .... Hunt Johannes Hunt mercator 1 E. 4. Ed. Hunt merc -Stap Thom. Hunt de Normanton juxta Southwell Normanton by Southwell who married Isabell the daughter of Raph Marshall and of Katherin his wife daughter of Thomas Nevill of Rolleston by whom he had Edmund Hunt who upon his marriage with Dorothy the daughter of William Clarkeson of Kirketon Esquire 10 H. 8. intailed this Mannor to the heirs of their two bodies for want of issue Male it descended to his three daughters and heirs Isabell the wife of Edward Boun Katherin of Robert Alvey and Anne of Henry Gonaston whose daughter Anne was married to Thomas Mason from whom Ed. Mason the present Rector of Hokerton is descended but the said Henry 3 E. 6. sold his part to the said Edward and Robert his Parceners Robert Alvey had a daughter named Anne wife of Robert Goodhall of Hollewell in Lincolneshire by this venter and a son called Henry Alvey Doctor of Divinity and Fellow of and Benefactor to St. Iohn's Colledge in Cambridge and President of Trinity Colledge in Dublin but his eldest son by this match I guess was Edward Alvey Father of ... the wife of ... Bell Ancestors of that name in Linne which Edward about 18 or 20 Eliz. sold his part also so that all Hunts Land became the inheritance and possession of the said Iohn Boun Esq from whom it descended to Gilbert Boune Esq his son afterwards Serjeant at Law my wifes Father who sold his interest here to Iohn More 〈◊〉 of Physick whose Nephew Iohn More Lord also of Kirtlington together with that left the possession of this whole Township to Iohn More his son and heir the Doctor also having purchased a Farm in this place held of the Prebend of North Muskham which is supposed to be that belonging to Southwell of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Fee as 't is like he did Rohagh c. belonging to Rufford and with it granted to the Earl of Shrowsbury The Rectory of Hockerton was xl. when Mr. Wiat and Mr. H. Alford were Patrons 'T is now 9l. 9s. 4d. value in the Kings Books and Thomas Brereton Esquire Patron Winkeburne Wincheburne IN Wincheburne before the coming of the Normans Swayne had for his Mannor twelve Bov. for the Geld. The Land three Car. Gislebert de Tysun whose Fee it became afterwards had in Demesne two Car. and fifteen Sochm. on four Bov. of Land and seven Vill. five Bord. having seven Car. There was a Church and sixteen Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long and half a leu broad In King Edward the Confessours time the value was 100s. when the Book of Doomsday was made 60s. Five Taynes held two Bovats of this Land one of them was Senior who belonged not to Swain Adam Tyson gave the Town of Winkeburne to the Knights Hospitallers of St. Iohns of Hierusalem to whom Henry Hosatus gave the Churches of Wynkeburne and Egrom in this County which King Iohn confirmed as it seems Roger Moubray had done to which Family Tysuns Fee was transferred The Prior of St. Iohn's of Ierusalem 8 E. 1. claimed Free Warren in his Demesne Lands in Ossington and Winkeburne and Emendation of the Assize of Bread and Ale in the Towns of Malington and Winkeburne by the Charters of King H. 3. King Edward the sixth 19 Iuly 2 E. 6. granted to William Burnell and Constance his wife all that his whole Mannor Rectory and Church of Wynkeburne with its Rights Members and Appurtenances late belonging to the Hospital of St. Iohn's of Hierusalem in England as parcel of the late Preceptory of Newland in the County of York and the Advowson and right of Patronage of the Vicarage of the Church of Wynkeburne and all Hereditaments whatsoever in the Towns Fields and Hamlets in Wynkeburne and Malebeck to the said Mannor and Rectory belonging and the Wood called Mausey Wood containing fourscore and eight Acres and another Wood called Estspring containing forty six Acres and another containing twenty six called the Coppe belonging to the said Hospital and Preceptory and the Rectory and Church of Malebeck with the Advowson of the Church belonging to the said Hospital and Preceptory paying for Winkeburne lxxixs. viid. and holding the Rectory of Malebecke in Socage of the Mannor of Southwell by Fealty only Walter Iones Clark and Henry Needham Gent. and William Burnell junior Oct. 30. 12 Eliz. had pardon of alienation for acquiring of William Burnell Esquire all the Mannors Lands Tenements Tythes and Hereditaments of the said William Burnell in Wynkeburne to the use of the said William the younger and his heirs Males This continueth still with the Family Maplebeck Malebec THe great Survey made in the time of King Willliam the first showes that part of Maplebeck was of the Soc of Maunsfeld the Kings own Land viz. as much as paid the Tax for two Bov. the Land four Bov. There three Sochm. had one Car. But the greater part of Mapleberge was Soc to Chenesale and Cheversale now Knéesall and Kersall which answered the Geld for fourteen Bov. The Land being four Car. There had Gislebert de Gand whose Fee it was then become one Car. and nine Sochm. on ten Bov. ½ of this Land and five Bordars having four Car. and thirty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long and three qu. broad This was held anciently by the Burdons Iohn Burdon was a Witness to the Charter of Anneissa the daughter of William the Constable of Chester wife of Eustace Fitz-Iohn and great Grandmother of Roger the Constable of Chester Iohn Burdon probably son of the former by the Concession and Confirmation of Iohn his heir gave to the Monks of Ruchford for the health or safety of his Soul his wifes and Childrens and for his Lord Roger the Constable and for the Souls of his Lords Iohn the Constable and Richard his father and for the souls of his own father and mother and all
to Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln for his Service two Cantreds in Wales viz. of Roos and Roweignok He had by Margaret daughter of William Longespey Edmund de Lacy junior who died young and Iohn who was slain by a fall from a Tower in Pontefract Castle before he was marriageble and Alise his daughter and heir who at nine years old was betrothed to Thomas of Lancaster King Edwards Nephew son of Edmund Earl of Lancaster his brother which Thomas Earl of Lancaster her husband was beheaded in the year 1321. and she after married her old Love Ebulo le Strange but had no issue her Father the said Henry Earl of Linc. died 3 E. 2. 1310. aged sixty years having settled a great part of his Estate 22. E. 1. for want of heirs of his said daughter Alesia on the heirs of the said Thomas Earl of Lancaster her husband and thus ended this Noble Line Henry Earl of Lincolne died seiâ—ed of this Mannor of Knesale and the Wapentak of Allerton and other Lands of the Fee of Gaunt and Tikhill The heirs of Iohn Burdon held of him a Knights Fee in Maplebeck Kirketon and Bucketon Iohn de Kiâ—nesaâ—e in Kirnesale a 〈◊〉 part Raph de Welwike Iohn de Calneton Robert Coly and Richard Freman a fourth part in Kenesale Margery Foliot a Fee in Grimston with its members Richard de Sutton a Fee in Alerton William Fitz-William three parts of a Fee in Weston Sternethorp Sutton and in â—ieworth in Cotum by Dunham Marneham Batheley Muscham Karleton â—keggeby another Fee in Mareton Hareworth and Lympole half a Fee in Plumtre by â—areworth a sixth part of a Knights Fee in Sâ—yrap and Vlcotes a fourth part in Costerthorp and Hardwick another Fee in Claverburgh and Hayton the fourth and eighth part of a Fee in Clumbre a sixth part in Allerton a third in Drayton a fourth and an eighth part c. Iohn de Felton 3 E. 3. claimed to have view of Frank-pledge and Weyf and Free Warren in his Mannor of Knesale Thomas Earl of Norforlk and Suffolk and Marescal 6 E. 3. passed to the King and his heirs the Mannor of Knesall with many others in several Counties The Jury 34 E. 3. found that William de Bohun Earl of Northhampton held when he died the Mannor of Knesale by the Charter of King Edward the third and that Humfrey de Bohun was his son and heir The Jury 1 H. 4. found that Alianor wife of Thomas late Duke of Gloucester one of the daughters and heirs of Humfrey de Bohun late Earl of Hereford died feised of this Mannor of Knesale Anne wife of Edmund Earl Stafford Willielmus Boun Com. Northampton Humfr. de Bohun Com. Hereford-Essex Northampton Alianor-Tho de Woodstock Dux Glocestr Anna-Edmundus Com. Stafford Humfr. Dux Buckingham Humfr. Stafford Henricus Dux Buckingham Edmund Dux Buckingham attinct 13 H. 3. Joana at 15. 1 H. 4. Isabella aet 13. 1. H. 4. Ioane then aged fifteen years and Isabell thirteen were her three daughters and heirs In 4 H. 4. they found that Edmund Earl of Stafford when he died held the Mannor of Knesale of the inheritance of Anne his wife and that Humfrey his son and heir was then one year old she the said Anne afterwards 7 H. 4. was wife of Iohn William le Bourghchier Chr. Humfr. Duke of Buckingham about 38 H. 6. died seized of the Mannors of Radcliffe on Sore Knesale and Colston Basset leaving Henry son of Humfrey son of the said Duke his heir The Mannor of Knesall late Edmund Duke of Buckinghams 13 H. 8. was granted to Iohn Hussey Knight and the heirs males of his body Iohn Lord Hussey was attaint in Parliament 31 H. 8. and in 3 or 5 E. 6. this Mannor and many others were granted to Edward Fynes Lord Clinton and Say Lord Admiral of England and his heirs Robert Earl of Kingston had it and with his posterity it continueth There was a Chantry founded at the Altar of St. Nicolas in Knesall by one Iohn Chapman of the City of York Publique Notary who held Lands while he lived in Knéesall Ampton and Allerton which were granted by Queen Eliz. 18 Eliz. To Iohn Mershe Esquire and Francis Greneham Gent. there was a recovery 17 and 18 Eliz. wherein Iohn Meringe Gent. and Iohn Burton claimed against William Meringe Knight two Mess. one hundred Acres of Land five hundred Acres of Pasture in Knesall who called to warrant Thomas Meringe Esquire son and heir of the said William In the year 1612. the owners of Kneesall were reckoned to be Samuel Hartop Gilbert Rosse Gent. Robert Clark and William Walhead The Vicarage of Knesall was ten Marks when the Vicars Choral of Southwell were Patrons 't is now ten Pounds value in the Kings Books and the Church of Southwell retains the Patronage Kernesall Kersal Cheuersale THis was a Member as it were of Knesale yet there was a Grange or Hermitage in Kersale which Hugo de Burun a great benefactor and afterwards Monk of Lenton held who gave Land in Almeton to that Monastery but I suspect this Hermitage of Kersale might be in Lancashire Richard son of Robert de Croxton confirmed to the Canons of Stanley Parke otherwise called Dale-Abby the whole gift which his brother Iohn made to them of all his Land in Mickleverge in the territory of Kirnesale which the Abbat and Covent released to Avicia sometime wife of Sir Iohn de Kirnesale and her heirs Robert Walensiâ— son of Rob. Walensis of Kirneshal gave four Acres of Arable Land in an essart of Kirneshal to the Monastery of Rufford with his body paying the Lord of the Fee 6 d. per annum which it seems was one Thomas de Ywardeby Clark who wrote to Sir William de Sutton and Sir Robert his brother Knights Iohn Burdon Iohn de Kirmshale Rob. Maleshover Richard Freman and Henry son of Silvester de Kirmshale stiling them Noble and discreet men that he had released to the Monks of Rufford all his interest in the said Land which Robert Walensit gave of his Fee and likewise the 6â— per annum Rent due to him and his heirs and diligently intreated them that they would bear testimony to that Deed of release sealed with the same seal with which his Letters to them were sealed because they knew certainly that he had not a seal in which his proper name was contained Silvester de Kirneshale son of Henry de Laxton gave to the said Monastery of Rufford one Acre of Arable Land in Kirneshale of his Wong which lay on the North part of the way which leads from Kirneshale to the wood called Bergelhage the witnesses were Robert de Laxton Mr. Peter and Mr. Stephen his brothers Raph son of Henry de Laxton his own brother William son of Iohn de Kalnatheton Robert Broune Esquire Thomas Smith Richard Bevercotes Gent. and others 17 H. 8. claimed against Robert Kellome
condition that the Monks should give to the said Mary every day one Conventual Loaf and one Loaf puerorum of the Boys or Children and one Loaf famulorum of the servants or houshold Bread and for drink three quarters of Oats and one of Barley two quarters of Oats at Michaelmas and one quarter of Oats and one quarter of Barley at Easter as long as she should live Besides they granted her a Toft which they had of Stephen de Besthorpe and the Toft of Henry Plesence c. This Stephen was son of Richard de Besthorpe and Placentia his wife and had elder brothers which were abroad so that the Land which they held of the Fee of Hugh Fitz-Raph was not secure without pledges His mother Placentia married one Henry who was thereby as I take it called Henry Plesence and so his posterity had that sirname There were divers other like benefactors and small observable passages Hugh de Caunton had Hugh and he Robert de Caunton By two Fines 11 H. 6. and 13 H. 6. the Mannor of Béesthorp was conveyed to Richard Byngham The first was between Richard Byngham Iohn de Leck of Halum and Iohn de Leek Chaplain Quer. and Robert Stonham Esquire and Mary his wife Peter de la Pole and Henry Heth Deforc. The other between the same Plaintiffs and Iohn Tyrell Knight and Katherin his wife Def. who warranted against the Abbat of Westminster and his successors Most of the Monastery of Ruffords Lands here passed to the Earl of Shrowsbury at the dissolution by the name of the Mannor or Grange of Besthorpe at which place is now the dwelling of Mr. Thomas Bristowe something improved by the taking down of Maplebeck House which was near it though he had built here a little before he formerly resided at Elston where he is likewise an owner Erleshaw or most of it is Mr. Thomas Mathers sons who lived and died at Bingham All that Messuage or Farm called Deane hall belonging to the Preceptory of Neuland in Yorkshire of the yearly value of lxs. was 16 Aug. 38 H. 8. granted with Shireokes near Worksop and other things to Robert Thornehill and Hugh Thornehill Gent. and their heirs paying yearly for Deane hall vis. William Cornewall 9 Eliz. claimed against Anthony Ellys 13l. 6s. 8d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Beysthorpe South Muskham and South Carleton The Priory of Newstede at the dissolution had Lands in this Lordship of Caunton Rented at 2l. 6s. 8d. and 10s. Rents of Assize There was a Capital Mess. and another Mess. and Cottage in the several tenures of Iohn Wilhouse and Iohn Lee belonging to a Chantry in Caunton granted 29 Apr. 6 Eliz. among many others things to William Poole and Ed. Downinge and their heirs So there was a Barn called Kirkelath which was sometimes the Guild-house and belonged to the Guild called St. Iohn's Guild and Trinity Guild in Caunton 30 Mar. 18 Eliz. granted with very many other things to Iohn Mershe Esquire and Francis Greneham Gent. The owners of Cawnton cum Membris in 1612. were Sir Iohn Thorold Knight Sir Iohn Stanhop Knight Henry Broome Gent. Anthony Rookesby of Deane-Hall Gent. Thomas Bristowe Henry Mather of Erleshall Richard Taylor William Wolhouse Thomas Shipman Iohn Greaves Rowland Sudbury Richard Cooke Iohn Iohnson Richard Shipman Richard Greaves Raph Waddington George Procter Iohn Bristowe of Elston William Waring Gent. Iohn Bristowe of Malebecke and the Bishop of Chichester The Vicarage of Caunton was 6l. 't is now 4l. 2s. Id. value in the Kings books and the Chapter of Southwell hath the patronage as formerly it had Knapthorp Chenapetorpe HEre was some in this Township also Soc to Laxington viz. one Bov. ad Geld. waste the Land two Bov. but the principal Mannor was of the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt which before the Conquest Tori had and answered the publick Tax or Geld for it as three Bov. ½ The Land being then returned sufficient for one Plow or one Car. There Walter had in Demesne one Car. five Vill. three Bord. having one Car. ½ and two Acres of Medow Pasture Wood eight qu. long two broad This kept the old value 20s. Here was another parcel in Chenapecorpe of the Tayn-land which Alden progenitor of the family of Crumwell held of King William which paid the Tax for 2. Bov. The Land whereof was 6. Bov. He had here 1. and 4. Car. Bord. having 1. Bov. in the Car. and 4. Acres of Medow Pasture Wood 2. qu. long and 1. broad This also kept the old value which it had in the time of Edward the Confessour viz. 10s. 8d. This Mannor of Deincurts Fee continued to a branch of that noble Family whereof diverse had the name of Roger. The first I can fix any certain time to was Roger de Ayncurt 22 H. 2. who then gave account of x. Marks of the Amercements of the Forest. The next was Robert whose son Roger is certified to have held of Oliver Deincurt in Knapthorpe of the old Feoffment and Annora Deyncurt who in the former part of the Reign of H. 3. paid for half a Knights Fee here I Nigellus Oliverus 9 R. 1. .... fil sen. cohaer Rad. fil Ertaldi Nigellus de Langford Nicol. de Langeford Nigellus de Langeford-Cecilia fil cohaer Mathaei de Haversege Nigellus de Langford Oliverus de Langford miles Johannes de Langford miles Nicol. de Longeford mil. 4 E. 3 -Alicia sor Ed. Butler Nicol. de Langford miles-Alicia fil cohaer Nicol. de Langford miles-Margareta fil cohaer Nicol de Langford miles-Joana fil ..... Warenne Radulphus de Longeforde miles-Margareta fil ... Melton Radulphus Longeford miles-Isabella fil Tho. Ferrers mil. de Tamworth Nicol. Langford mil. s.p. Rad. Langford mil. Nicol. Langford mil. -Margeria fil Ed. Traftord mil. -Thom Gerard. mar 2 -Joh Port mat 3 Rad. Longford mil. -Dorothea fil Anth. Fitz-Herbert mil. Cap. Just. Nicol. Longford Ar. 1569 -Elizab fil Rad. Okeover ux 1 -Martha fil Roberti Southwell mil. ux 2 -Marg fil Tho. Markham de Allerton ux 3. Henr. Rad. Aluredus Rector de Longford Walterus de Ayncurt temp Conq. -Matildis Rad. de Ayncuria fundator prioratus de Thurgarton-Basilia Walterus de Ayencurt Baro 14 H. 2. Rogerus de Ayencurt Robertus Rogerus Deincurt Rogerus Dayncourt-Joana fil Will. Thorp Johannes Dayncourt Rogerus Deincourt-Matild 18 E. 2. Nicol. de Langford miles-Alicia fil cohaer Joana-Johannes Nevill cohaer mil. Willielmus Normannus de Sulney Aluredus de Soleni mil. Willielmus de Sulney mil. Aluredus de Soleni-mil Edm. Apelby-Agnes mil. Nicol. de Langford miles-Margareta fil cohaer Alicia cohaer -Tho Stafford-Joh Mulshoe mar 2. Johan s. p. Hermetrida ux Rob Lathbury mil. Johannes suppose his wife his son was also Roger who by his wife Ioane the daughter of William de Thorpe had Iohn Deyncourt Knight who 4 E. 2. had free-warren granted in Morton Haseland Gildford in Darbyshire and in Knapthorpe
of Ingmanthorp Knight by his Indenture 16 E. 2. granted to Galfr. le Scrop and Ivetta his wife during their lives the Mannor of South Muskham and of Karleton and afterwards 17 E. 2. released which Isabell wife of William de Ros also did and so did Robert de Ros of Ingmanthorp Knight to Henry le Scrop Knight 25 E. 3. King Edward the third settled by Act of Parliament on Galfr. le Scrop and his heirs two hundred Marks per annum to maintain the state of a Bannerer which the said Galfr. took by the Kings Precept He was a great Judge in the Reigns of Edward the second and Edward the third he died about 14 E. 3. seised of this Mannor and left Henry le Scrop his son and heir who was Lord Scrop of Masham who had a sister Ivetta married to Iohn son of Iohn Hotham of Bondeby son of Peter brother of the great Iohn Hotham Bishop of Ely and two sisters more Constance wife of Galfr. and Beatrix wife of Andrew Lutterell and a brother Galfr. Scrop Galfridus le Scrop Chr. ob 14 E. 3 -Ivetta Henricus le Scrop Chr. Stephen le Scrope Chr. de Masham-Margeria 1 Henricus s. p. 2 Galfr. le Scrope Chr. s. p. 3 Steph. s. p. 4 Johannes le Scrop de Masham-Eliz fil Tho. Chaworth Thom. le Scrope Thom. le Scrope Elizabetha-Henricus le Scrope 12 H. 7. Jana-Henr Fitz-Hugh Andr. Lutterel-Beatrix Galfr. Lutterell-Constanc Galfr. Ivetra ux Joh. Hotham Henry le Scrop about 16 R. 2. left this Mannor to Stephen le Scrope his son and heir who about 7 H. 4. left it to his son Henry who died without issue as did Galfr. and Stephen his brothers so that it came to his brother Iohn Lord Scrope of Masham the fourth son of the said Stephen which Iohn married Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Chaworth named in East Bridgeford whom he left a widow Thomas being then his son and heir who was Father of Thomas Father of Elizabeth wife of Henry le Scrope 12 H. 7. as in Bridgeford is noted Iohn Savage Clark and William Holgyll Clark 24 H. 8. claimed against Humfr. Coton Gent. and William Strelley the Mannors of South Muskham and Carleton c. and called to warrant Iames Strangwayes Knight Iohn Marshall 34 H. 8. claimed against William Poulet Knight Lord St. Iohn two parts of the Mannor of South Muskham divided into five Iohn Marshall 4 and 5 Ph. and Mar. claimed against Christopher Wyvell Esquire the fifth part and a moyety of a fifth part of this Mannor Hen. Marshall Esquire 2 Eliz. claimed against Dorothy Esshe the fifth part of the fifth part of the Mannor of South Muskam c. with the Appurtenances in South Carleton and Holme Nicolas Strelley was owner of the fourth part of the Mannor of South Muskam 25 H. 8. It came after to the possession of Raph Marshall a Merchant of the Staple at Lincolne in whose Family it continued till Raph Marshall in our times sold it and all other the Lands that belonged to the Family being a fair Inheritance to Iohn Rotheram a six Clark of the Chancery and it was lately the Inheritance of Sir William Willoughby Baronet descended from Iohn Rotherams sister as in Normanton on Sore or Selston may partly be seen which Sir William having no legitimate issue for names sake gave the Lands he inherited here to Mr. Francis Willoughbies son of Wollaton and his they now are South Carleton heretofore the Seat of the Marshalls he bought of Willoughby Pond and as I think gave it with other purchased Lands to his natural issue which were Richard Revell alias Willoughby and Hugh Willoughby who died 1675. Gernon or Garnon had a good Freehold here where the Family hath continued above four hundred years not very great or eminent and so hath that of Scrimshire Richard Skrymsher Thomas Skrymsher Henry Sutton Esquire William Skrymsher Clark and Robert Hewes 17 H. 8. claimed against Reginald Fawcett two Mess. four Tofts one hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow and twenty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in South Muskam and Carleton William Skrymsher Esquire died the 20 Ian. 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. Maud the wife of Henry Marshall named before was his daughter and heir he had Lands in South Muskam North Muskam and Carleton The Rectory is appropriated to the Church of Southwell and makes a Prebend called South Muskam Prebend which Henry de Sewell Clark augmented in the time of Henry the third by the donation or gift of three Tofts in the Town of Suell to Mr. William de Marcham Canon of that Church and to his successours Canons of the Prebend of Suth Muschamp c. The Witnesses to the Chapters Certificate of his Deed were Mr. William de Marcham Sir Robert de Lexington Richard de Sutton Canon of Suell Mr. Peter de Lexington Sir Henry de More William the Sacrist Thomas de Barra Chapiains Iohn de Augir Robert de Barra Iohn de Suwell Clark and others The owners or Freeholders of South Muskham and South Carleton in 1612. are said to be William Willoughby Knight Raph Barton Esquire Thomas Powdrell Esquire the heirs of Thomas Greaves Henry Garnon Henry Saxton Francis Wortley three Mess. three Cottages three pounds and seventy seven Acres of Land Mr. William son of William Wolhouse sold his Lands at North Muskham very lately to Mr. William Welby and hath since purchased Firbeck Com. Ebor. of Sir Francis Fane The Vicarage of South Muskham was eight Marks but now is 4l. value in the Kings Books the Prebendary continueth Patron In the East Window of the Chancel Sable a Chevron between three Roses Arg. There is the Arms of the See of Canterbury impaling Arg. three Bores Heads erased and erected Sable Booth I doubt mistaken for the Arms of York as they are with Arch-bishop Lee's again in the same Window and in the Hall Window of Newstede the See of Canterbury impales Savage who was Arch-bishop of York also but not of Canterbury that I know of France and England quarterly Az. a Bend Or Scroop And the same again with a Label of three poynts Arg. Lees is a Cross engrayled quartering a Fesse and Billettè Or. North Muscham Holme And Batheley THat part of Nord Muscham which was of the Soc of Suwell paid the Tax or Geld for one Car. ½ It was a very great Township but the Hamlets Holme and Batheley which were involved with it are not named in Dooms-day Book which shows that St. Peter de Burgo had a share here which paid for ten Bovats The Land four Car. There was then in Demesne one Car. and two Sochm. on two Bov. and an half of Land five Vill. and three Bord. having one Car. and an half and two Mills 20s. and one waste wastam and half a Piscary and thirty Acres of Medow In the Confessours time the value was 60s. then 40s. but
Shrowsbury Iohn Gelston had Lands here which Edmund Claxton of Balderron got and left to his three daughters mentioned in Thoroton some whereof came to Scrimshire The owners of North Muskam Batheley and Holme in 1612. are thus set down The Bishop of Chichester and Church of Lincolne Sir Iohn Stanhope Knight Raph Barton Esquire Fowlk Cartwright Esquire Iulian Cardinal Widow The Town of Newark Francis Leak Knight Anthony Brackenbury Iohn Lilly Roger Skrimshawe Adam Wheatcroft William Levesye Raph Iohnson Barnabas Lillye William Merryweather Stephen Howes Raph Barton William Iohnson senior Iohn Bradley William Skrimshawe Ieffrey Fisher Richard Wittengton Edward Trevis Widow Mortone William Wolhouse Nicolas Iohnson Peter Iohnson and Richard Farneworth The Vicarage of North Muskham was ten Marks is now 5l. 6s. 8d. value in the Kings Books whereof the Prebendary continueth Patron still But there is another Vicarage which was 8l. when the Prior of Shelford was Patron 't is now 4l. 19s. 7d. value in the Kings Books and his Majesties Patron In the East Window of the North I le of North Muskam Church Arg. two Bendletts engrayled Sable Ratcliff Quartering Gules a Crosse engrayled Arg. Lee. And Arg. a Mullet Sable Ashton The fourth as the first Azure on a Fesse between three Bucks heads Cabossed Or a Mullet Sable impaling the former Quarterings with the second and third cotes repeated in the bottom to make up six Azure three Bucks heads Cabossed Or without the Fesse Quartering the six In a North Window of the same I le Arg. a Mullet Sable Ashton And Gules a Crosse engrayled Arg. Lee. Gules a Lion of Engl. in chief the rest broken Arg. three Bores Heads Couped two and one Gules Az. on a Fesse between three Bucks Heads Cabossed Or a Mullet Sable supposed to be Gernons In the East Window of the South I le The same impaling Arg. on a Saltier engrailed Sable nine annulets Or Leeke In a South Window Or on a Fesse Gules three Waterbougets Ermine Bingham impaling Gules a Saltier Ermine Nevill of Rolleston In a high South Window Azure six Eagles Heads Erased three and three Or impaling Arg. three Bores passant Sab. two and one Norwell And VVoodhous And Middlethorpe N Nortwell St. Mary of Sudwell had twelve Bov. ad Geldam for a Mannor The Land was for six Plows or six Carucats There were two Car. in Demesne and twenty two Vill. three Bordars having seven Car. There was a Church and a Priest and one Mill 12d. one Piscary 73. Acres of Medow Pasture Wood 2. Leuc. long 2. broad or 1. rather broad In the Confessors time 6l. value in the Conquerours 100 s It had Soc in Osmunthorp Wilgebi Calneston Ocretune Vdeburgh There are three Prebends belonging to the Church of Southwell as in that place is said which have their denomination and a good part of their provision from this place viz. Norwell Overhall Norwell Palace Hall or Palyshall and Norwell tertia pars or other Prebend The first is the chief and the best in that Church Iohn Clarell Prebendary 41 H. 3. had free-warren Mercat and Fair in Northwell Iohn de Thoresby Canon of Southwell Prebendary of the Prebend of Northwell 3 E. 3. claimed free-warren in all his Demesne Lands at Northwell and a weekly Market every Thursday and a yearly Fair for three days the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of the Holy Trinity and emendation for breaking the Assize of Bread and Ale Wil. de Melton 3 E. 2. Prebendary of Southwell after viz. 17 E. 2. Arch-bishop of York had free-warren in Northwell Woodhouse c. which 3 E. 3. Robert de Woodhouse claimed as in Southwell is said Nicolas Brett and Ioane his wife whose dower it was 49 E. 3. by Fine passed to Nicolas Dymok the third part of a Mess. five Tofts two hundred Acres of Land and six of Medow with the Appurtenances in Northwell and Northwell Woodhouse and the Advowson of a certain Chantry of two Chaplains in the Church of Northwell By another Fine 4 H. 4. Iohn son and heir of William Dymok conveyed to Nicolas Conyngston one Mess. five Tofts two hundred Acres c. as before and by another 14 H. 4. between Nicolas Conyngston and William Babington Quer. and Thomas Dymok Chr. and William Dymok and Cecily his wife and Iohn Lysours and Ioane his wife Deforc. the said parcels were settled on the said Nicolas Conyngston and his heirs William de Northwell Clark settled by Fine 12 E. 3. on Henry son of Richard Graving of Northwell and on Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of the bodies of the said Henry and Elizabeth 7. Mess. 2. Bov. one hundred and thirty seven Acres of Land twenty four of Medow with the Appurtenances in North Clifton and South Clifton Northwell Woodhouse Ossington Holme North Muskham Sutton and Kellum Iohn Cromwell son and heir of William Cromwell late of Northwell 1 E. 4. remised his right in a certain Mess. called Parkers Place and in a Toft and five Acres of Land and in a Toft and Croft and seven Acres of Land theretofore called Kendalls Lands and in eight Acres and an half of Land in the Town and fields of Northwell to Mr. Iohn Porter Prebendary of the Prebend of Northwell called Palyshall and his successors William Clifton 1 H. 7. Prebendary of the Prebend of Paleshall in Northwell offered himself the fourth day against Elizabeth Banaster Widow Iames Banaster Clark William Banastre and Iohn Banastre concerning a Plea of one Mess. three Tofts one hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow forty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Wodehouse near Norwell A Capital Mess. and good Demesne called Norwell Woodhouse was the inheritance of Sir Thomas Williamson Baronet Mr. Laurence Scurtivant is Tenant to the Prebendary of Palacehall and Mr. Ed. Lee son of Gervas to Overhall Middlethorp Mr. Hacker of Flintham had interest in The two Vicarages of Northwell were eight Marks a piece now Overhall is 4l. 12s. 6d. and the other 4l. 12s. 11d. in the Kings Books and the Prebendaries Patrons viz. altera pars or tertia pars as I think and not Palacehall In the East Window of the North I le and in other Windows of Norwell Church are Azure Semy de Lis Or and England And England with a File of three Labels Az. and England quartering Az. Semy de Lis Or. In the other North Window Chequer Or and Azure And in the East Window of the South I le Arg. a spread Eagle Sable In the Chancel England and that with a File as before and France and England quarterly and Az. on a Fesse Cotised Or three Libards Heads Gules Lee of Norwell These Arms within a Border Gobonè Erm. and Sab. Octob. 6. 1564. 6 Eliz. were granted by Sir Gilbert Dethick alias Garter to Elizabeth Lee daughter of Iohn Lee of Stanford Lincolsh wife to Sir Iohn Lyon Knight Alderman of London and her posterity for
3. offered himself against Mr. Iohn Clarel Prebend of Norwell in a Plea by what right the said Iohn exacted Common in the Land of the said Gwichard in Kerleton seeing that he had none in his neither did the said Iohn do any service whereby he ought to have Common Thomas de Lanum about 30 E. 1. left his son Roger then above sixty years old his heir of what he held here of Guichard de Charun viz. one Toft twenty seven Acres of Land six of Medow and 7s. Rent Iohn de Crumbwell 2 E. 3. had Mercat and Fair in North Carleton Richard de Willughby in 27 E. 3. had priviledge of free-warren in Béeston Sutton Passe is Kelum and North Carleton though it might be suspected by a recovery which Richard Bingham and Margaret his wife suffered 31 H. 6. amongst many others concerning Lands belonging to the family of Willughby that in North Carleton there was only one Mess. ten Acres of Land two Acres and one Rode of Medow with the Appurtenances but it seems these were not all but some particular parcel wherein Margaret had interest for by a Fine 26 E. 3. William son of Iohn de Blyton of Ledenham and Ioane his wife passed to Edmund de Willughby and his heirs one Mess. and the moyety of a Mess. and 80. Acres of Land 24. of Medow 6s. 6d. Rent and the passage over Trent with the Appurtenances in Carleton by Crumwell which moyety and parcels or the other moyety in the same words by another Fine before that viz. 25 E. 3. Sir Iohn Burdon of Mapilbek Chr. and Elizabeth his wife conveyed to Iohn de Askam Clark and Iohn de Anlep Clark and his heirs Queen Elizabeth 28 Eliz. granted amongst other things to Thomas Iones and Edward Batherick and their heirs one Mess. and eighty Acres of Land twenty of Medow thirty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Carleton upon Trent and Sutton late in the tenure of Iohn Sturtevant given to sing Mass in the Church of Southwell The several parts of this Township most comconly followed as I suppose the several Towns to which they belonged as Willughby Crumwell c. Peniston Whalley Esquire named in Willughby sold most of his share here to William Summers whose widow married as I remember to Iohn Douglasse of Newark George Fox and William Sturtivant and Charles Yarborough were also owners here 1612. Crumwell BEsides that part of Crumuuelle which was Soc to Aygrum of the Fee of Gislebert Tysun which was two Bov. ad Geldam the Land four Bov. where two Sochm. had one Car. there was a Mannor of the Tayn-land which Alden whose posterity took their name from this place held of the King paying to the Geld or Tax for it as two Carucats and six Bovats The Land of it was four Carucats Alden had then there one Plow or Car. and five Sochm. on one Carucat of this Land and eight Villains two Bord. having four Car. ½ There was a Church and a Mill 12d. and one Piscary or Fishing Medow six qu. long and three Broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 60s. when the Conquerours Survey was made at 40s. The Bishop of Lincolne it seems became supreme Lord of it because Raph de Crumbewell is certified to hold half a Knights Fee of him here of the old feoffment that is whereof his Ancestor was enfeoffed before the death of King Henry the first in whose time Alden or Haldoen who is most likely to be the Thayn in King Williams time or his son of that name was living as in Lambley and Widmerpole may be gathered This Noble Family continued Lords of this place in the Male Line till the death of the last Raph Lord Crumwell who it seems was Lord Treasurer of England 11 H. 6. and Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold 30 H. 6. By an Inquisition taken 20 Iun. 13 H. 7. after the death of the Lady Willoughby who died the last day save one of Aug. then last past being Niece and Heir of the last and great Lord Crumwell William Knivet Knight then aged fifty six years and William Fitz-Williams Esq aged seven years were found her Cousins and heirs of the Mannor of Crumwell with the Appurtenances in Carleton and the Advowson of the Church of Crumwell and Lands in Baseford as in Lamley is partly shown By another Inquisition taken at Newarke 6 Decemb. 8 H. 8. it appears that Sir William Knyvett of Norfolk died 25 Novemb. 7 H. 8. seized of the moyety of this Mannor and Advowson with the Appurtenances in Carleton by Crumwell and the moyety of the third part of the Mannor of Baseford and that Edmund Knyvet aged seven years and more at the taking the said Inquisition was found his Cousin and Heir viz. son of Thomas son of Edmund son of the said Sir William Knyvet The moyety of this Mannor together with the moyeties of Plumptre and Basforth 17 H. 8. were in feoffment to Robert Strey Chaplain William Shurbourne and Henry Rockeden 28 and 29 H. 8. claimed against William Hollys the younger Gent. the moyety of the Mannor of Crumwell with the Appurtenances and the moyety of forty Mess. three Mills four hundred Acres of Land two hundred of Medow three hundred of Pasture one hundred of Wood two hundred of Furz and Heath and 10l. Rent in Crumwellys also the moyety of the Advowson of the Church who called to warrant Edmund Knyvet Esquire This moyety is descended to the Earl of Clare who hath now also the greatest part of the other moyety which was Sir Thomas Williamsons Banonet excepting that which Mr. Robert Hoyes Tanner of Newark bought of the said Sir Thomas and still keepeth The Rectory of Crumwell was twenty Marks when Mr. Fitz-William was Patron 'T is now 13l. 2s. 3d. in the Kings Books and the Earl of Clare Patron Aldene sive Haldoenus de Crumwelle temp Conq. Hugo de Crumbwell Radulphus de Crumwell temp H. 2. Radulphus de Crumbwell Radulphus de Crumwell 5 H. 3. Radulphus de Crumwell ....... Mazera fil un cohaer Ph. Marmion Radulphus de Crumwell ob 27 E 1 -Margar un particip haer Nicolae ux Rog. de Someri Radulphus de Crumwell aet 7.27 E. 1. Radulphus de Crumwell jun. 14 E. 3. mil. 24 E. 3 -Amicia fil Rogeri Beler Radulphus de Crumwell de Tateshale miles 46 E. 3 -Matildis fil haer Joh. fil Will. Bernak Aliciae fil haer Joannae ux Rob. de Dryby fil Rob. de Tateshale Radulphus Crumwell-Elizab Radulphus Dom. Crumwell de Tateshall -Marg sor cohaer Will. fil Joh. Dom. Deincurt frat Rad. fil haer Will. sen. Matild 12 H. 4. ob 33. H. 6 -Ric Stanhop mil. Henr. Stanhop ob 31 H. 6. s. p. Humfr. Bourchier-Joana Matild Dom. Willughby de Eresby ob 30 Aug. 13 H. 7. nx 2. Tho. Nevill 1. Rob. Willughby 3. Gerv. Clifton -Elizabeth
parcelled and were admitted accordingly It seems that Bertram de Mounboucher son of this Bertram and Ioane married Isabell the daughter of Sir Richard Willoughby of Wollaton to his first wife and afterwards Christian the sister of Sir Iohn de Woderington and died leaving his son Bertram who was by his first wife his heir 12 R. 2. and also a daughter called Isabell first married to Henry Heton Chr. and afterwards to Robert de Herbotell Esquire by whom she had Robert Herbotell who died 22 H. 6. and was Father of Bertram Herbotell who 2 E. 4. left his son Robert nine years old heir of this Mannor by descent from the said Isabell his great Grandmother who 5 H. 6. died seised of two parts of this Mannor called South Hall together with the Reversion of the third part which fell to her after the deaths of three Bertram Mounbouchers viz. her brother who died 1 H. 4. his son her Nephew 2 H. 5. and the last Bertram son and heir of her said Nephew who died without issue 4 H. 6. George Harbotell 20 H. 8. left his two sisters heirs of the Mannor of Dalton Travers in Northumberland and of this also viz. Alianor who was married to Thomas Percy and Mary late the wife of Edward Firton There was a Recovery 30 H. 8. wherein Raph Byrkheved and Christopher Harbotell claimed against Alianor Percy widow the moyety of the Mannor of Sutton c. and another 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. wherein Robert Thomson and Richard Kynge claimed against Iohn Smyth the Mannor of Sutâ—on upon Trent c. and 6l. Rent with the Appurtenances in Sutton upon Trent Strarnethorpe and Wested who called Edward Fytton Knight Iohn Meringe of Sutton married Dorothy the daughter and co-heir of Iohn Smith and by her had William Meringe of Sutton Father of Iohn Father of William fourteen years old 1674. she was after married to Nath. Lodge Gloucesters Mannor continued in that name and Family long Henry Gloucester 20 H. 7. suffered a Recovery to Edward Stanhope Knight of the Mannors of Sutton upon Trent and Carcolston with the Appurtenances and fourteen Mess. two hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow one hundred of Pasture and 26s. 8l. Rent in Sutton and Carcolston These were shortly after Sir William Merings as in Carcolston is said This was Mr. Richard Hackers of Flintham his son Iohn sold it not long since to Hugh Shepherd who hath built a pretty little House and lives there The Jury 2 E. 1. found that Robert de Sutton held a Mannor in Sutton of Wiscard de Charron and his heirs he held likewise Warsop and Eykering c. he was son of William Sutton son of Roland whom I suppose to be a younger son of Harvey de Sutton before named and marrying the sister of Robert de Lexington advanced his posterity thereby aâ— in Warsop and other places of this Book may be noted This Robert de Sutton left his son and heir Richard de Sutton then viz. 2 E. 1. eight years old Who afterwards had a son called Iohn who married one of the co-heirs of Iohn de Somery Lord Dudley and his posterity becoming Lords Dudley this Mannor and Warsop as in that place will appear shortly came to be the inheritance of the Lords Ros of Hamlak The Jury 26 E. 3. found that William Lord Roos of Hamelak when he dyed held Orston and the Mannor of Warsop joyntly with Margaret his wife and the Mannor of Sutton upon Trent of Philip Queen of England as of the Honour of Richmond and that Thomas de Roos was his brother and heir Thomas de Roos of Hamelak Chr. 7 R. 2. held it when he died joyntly with Beatrice his wife as he did Screveton parcel of Orston and also Warsop Iohn de Roos Knight was then found their son and heir who about 17 R. 2. left it to his brother William and so it descended as in Orston may be seen to Roger Earl of Rutland who sold it to Fulc Cartwright Esquire Lord also of Ossington where William Cartwright Esquire his son resides who hath an house here also The owners of this Sutton 1612. are said to be Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury who I suppose had the Rectory and what belonged to Wirksop which his Grace the Duke of Newcastle sold to ... Clark Fulk Cartwright Esquire Mrs. Lodge Thomas Lee Gent. Edward Sudbury Senior Thomas Truswell Senior William Truswell Thomas Childers Barth Cade c. The Vicarage of Sutton was ten Marks when the Prior of Wirksop was Patron 't is now in the Kings Books 5l. 6s. 8d. value and the Duke of Newcastle Patron Gresthorp And Normanton THese both were of the Fee of Roger de Busli after the Conquest before which they were in many hands In Gresthorp Dunning and Gran. for their two Mannors answered the Tax for six Bov. and an half and a fourth part of a Bovat The Land was two Car. There afterwards in King Williams time Roger the Man or Tenant of the said Roger de Busli had two Car. and four Sochm. twelve Vill. one Bord. having five Car. There were three Mills 20s. and twelve Acres of Medow and four Acres of Pasture Wood. This part retained the old value 3l. having Soc in Sudton In Normentune before the Conquest five Taynes Iustan Durand Elward Elmar and Alsi had every one his hall and every one was chargeable to the Dane-geld for one Bov. and the fifth part of a Bov. The Land was twelve Bov. There afterwards Roger the Man of Roger de Busli had nine Sochm. four Bord. having three Car. and twelve Acres of Medow In the Confessours time the value was 10s. in the Conquerours 6s. Here was also a parcel Soc to Scacheby half a Bov. ad Geldam There two Vill. and two Bord. had one Car. Another part was Soc to Fladburg of the Bishop of Lincolnes Fee which was six Bov. ad Geldam The Land twelve Bov. There eleven Sochm. had three Car. and six Acres of Medow Here was also a parcel Soc to Dunham the Kings Land which was one Bov. ½ to the Geld. One moyety of this Land belonged to Bodmeschell and the other to Dunham it was then waste Pasture Wood three qu. long two broad These townships as most or all of that Rogers did came to William de Lovetot who gave amongst the rest this Church of Normanton to the Priory which he founded at Radeford by Wirksop in the time of H. 1. as in that place will be shown Matildis de Lovetoft his great Grand-child who was sometime wife of Gerard de Furnivall gave the Mannor of Gresthorp with the Appurtenances and Whistan in Yorkshire except the Advowson of that Church to Alda who had been wife of William de Furnivall her son in lieu of her dower in the Mannors of Grengeley Whystan and Gresthorp during her life but it seems that before 52 H. 3. Thomas de
Furnivall had disseised the said Alda of her free-hold in the said Whystan and in Handesworth Thomas de Furnivall the elder 19 E. 2. held the Mannor of Gresthorp William Farnell Lord of half Bochumsell if not mistaken for Furnivall held in Normanton and Gristhorpe the fourth part of a Knights Fee of Matilda de Lovetot and she of the Countess of Ewe and she of the King of the old Feoffment The Jury 6 E. 3. found that Thomas de Furnivall senior when he died held the Mannor of Wirkesop and this of Gresthorpe of Philip Queen of England as of the honour of Tikhill and that Thomas de Furnivalle son of the said Thomas de Furnivalle the elder was then his heir Michael de la Pole 28 E. 3. had free-warren in Gresthorpe Michael de la Pole 7 R. 2. settled the Mannor of Greysthorpe with Rents of Assize and seven Bovats of Land in North Clifton on Michael de la Pole his son and Katherin his wife The Jury 7 H. 5. found that Katherine who had been wife of Michael de la Pole Earl of Suffolk when she died held the Mannor of Gresthorpe with the Appurtenances in Gresthorp Sutton Normanton and North Clifton and that Katherine Elizabeth and Isabell daughters of Michael de la Pole son of the said Earl and the said Katherine were her Cousins and heirs The Jury 28 H. 6. found that William late Duke of Suffolk when he died held joyntly with Alice his wife then living the Mannor of Gresthorp and Normanton c. and that Iohn Duke of Suffolk was his heir This Mannor was lately Scymour Daniel's and his son William Daniel as I think sold it to Edward Phynney There was a Chapel in Gristhorp founded in the Honour of St. Iames become ruinous and converted into a Cottage and Barne which Queen Elizabeth among other things 2 Apr. 16 Eliz. granted to Alexander Rigby and Percival Gunston Gent. and their heirs and the next year 22 Iun. 17 Eliz. to Iohn Sonkey and Percivall Gunston certain parcels of Land and Medow in Gristhorpe called Priest Land containing sixteen Acres and one little Croft called Priests Yard given for the sustentation of a Priest in the said free Chapel of Saint Iames in Gresthorpe The owners of these Towns 1612. are said to be Thomas Deane Nicolas Taylor Symon Gyles Thomas Walker Richard Gray Richard Weighton William Shepherd Richard Cossen Gregory Sudbury Iohn Ryley The Vicarage of Normanton was eight Marks when the Prior of Wirksop was Patron 't is now 4l. 5◠0d. in the Kings Books and An. Darlin or Daniel Patron VVeston WEstune was also of the Fee of Roger de Busli in which before the Conquest Elmer Elwin Osbern Grim Edric Stenulph had each man his hall and each one Bov. of Land They paid the Tax amongst them for six Bov. and an half The Land was for four Plows or four Car. There after the Conquest Fulc Robert and Turold the men of Roger de Busli had four Car. and an half and one Sochm. fourteen Vill. three or four Bord. having three Car. ½ There was a Church one Mill thirty Acres of Medow Pasture wood half a Leu. long and as much broad In the Confessours time this was valued at 70s. when Doomsday Book was made in the Conquerours time at 50◠There was Soc in Odesthorp and Redford The next successour of that Robert who also held Grove of Roger de Busli whom I have noted was Gerbert de Archis Lord also of Grove the head of his Barony in the time of King H. 2. Gilbert de Archis son of Gerbert 28 H. 2. paid L. Marks fine for the Land of his father Gilbert de Arches gave the Church of Weston to the Monastery of Blith which Roger de Busli founded and Gilbert de Arches his son confirmed his fathers gift There was an agreement between the Monks and Gilbert de Arches that they should present to the Arch-bishop the next vacancy Humfr. de Tikhill the Clark of Ostrefeild if he should be living or some other fit Clerk at the request of the said Gilbert to be Parson of Weston which they did it seems and after him R. de Caneton and upon their presentation of Raph de Wadwrd Walter Arch-bishop of York gave him institution reserving an annual pension of five Marks to the said Monastery to increase Hospitality by his Instrument dated at Scroby 4 Id. Iune in the thirty fourth year of his Pontificat Robert de Hersin son and heir of Theofania daughter of Gilbert de Arches released to Theobald the Prior and to the Covent of Blith all his right in the Advowson of this Church of Weston for which they received him and his heirs in to all the benefits and Orisons which should from thenceforth be made or done in that Church of Blith for ever Mr. Robert de Hersin and Walter de Bakepuz by their instrument dated on St. Simon and Iude's day 1255. at Blith certified the Dean and Chapter of York of their release Walter de Bakepuz and Elizabeth his wife also released to Theobald the said Prior. Malvesinus de Hercy father of the first named Robert and William Ruffus paid four Marks for two Fees in Grove Ordeshale and Weston in which places Hugh de Hercy Knight 3 E. 3. claimed free-warren as son of Hugh son of Hugh de Hercy brother and heir of the said Robert to whom King H. 3. 10 Decemb. in the thirty ninth year of his reign granted it Hugh de Hercy and Alice his wife by a Fine 15 E. 3. settled the Mannor of Weston and five Marks and 12d. Rent in Cusseworth on Iohn de Hercy and Ioane his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Hugh Eustachius Morteyn son and heir of Robert Mortein 2 E. 2. had three parts of a Knights Fee in Grove and four parts in Weston then in the Kings hands This Robert de Morteyn was son of Eustachius and Eincina daughter and heir of William Ruffus who married Isabell the other daughter and heir of Gilbert de Arches and gave Weston Mill to the Abby of Welbek The interest of the family of Morteyn was sold to that of Hercy in this place which descended as in Grove may be seen to Sir Iohn Hercy the last male of that noble race who limited it to Sir William Meringe his sisters son and he sold it to Peter Roos of Laxton whose unthrifty son Gilbert Roos sold it to Sir Iohn Whyte I take it to be Sir Brian Broughtons at this present Iun. 26. 1674. Roger de Weston whom I suppose a successour of Fulc first named released also to God St. Mary of Blith and St. Katherine and the Monks there serving God his claim also in the Church of Weston and so did Sir Richard de Weston who was to be received into the good Deeds and Orisons of that
Church and his heirs also Robert de Perpoynt was Lord here 9 E. 2. and had free-warren granted that year with whose posterity then and now seated at Holme according to the descent in that place inserted it moved and remains That which Turold the man of Roger de Busli had who had also Hodsak it should seem by a Fine levied in the Kings Court at Clarendon the Munday after mid-lent 5 Ioh. between Cecily daughter of Gervas de Clifton who had been the wife of Roger de Creissi and William de Creissi concerning her reasonable dower in Hoddishac Gedling Kelum Weston Rampton and Marcham that this Weston was inherited by those Lords the successours of that Turold The family of Normanvile held this which occasioned the distinction of Weston Normanvile and Weston Hercy which yet remains in the Town divided by the Brook Sir Thomas Normanvile 16 E. 4. passed this with Gedling as in that place is noted to Robert Roos of Laxton from which family it came to Sir Brian Broughton as above is said Richard de Colingham by a Fine levyed before William Herle and his fellow Justices Itinerant at Nottingham 3 E. 3. estated two Mess. one Toft one hundred thirty two Acres of Land and twenty of Medow with the Appurtenances in Weston and Normanton upon Trent on Hugh de Normanton for his life and after on Iohn son of the said Hugh These Lands were held of William Basset as of his Mannor of Fledburgh Since the dissolution if not before the Patronage of Weston Church is come to the family of Clifton The Rectory was 16l. 't is now 19l. 2s. 11d. value in the Kings books and Mr. Clyfton formerly and lately Sir Gervas Clifton Patron Marnehams THese are two Hamlets but were both the Fee of Roger de Busli Before he came with King William In Marneham were two Mannors the free-hold of Aluric and Dane who paid the Geld or Tax of that time for six Bov. ½ and ¼ The Land was two Car. There Fulc the man of Roger before named had one Car. and there were one Sochm. having twelve Acres of Land and ten Vill. four Bord. having four Car. and an half There was Medow forty Acres In the Confessours time this was 40s. in the Conquerours 20s. value In the other Marneham in the Saxon government Vlsi had for his Mannor which paid the Dane-geld for two Caruc Land for four Plows or four Car. There in the Norman times Roger de Busli had in Demesne four Car. and two Sochm. on forty Acres of Land and twenty Villains having seven Car. one Mill 4s. one Fishing and 24. Acres of Medow small Wood half a leu long and so much broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was 4l. in King Williams 3l. value Raph son of William de Walichvill sent in his Certificate to King Henry the second amongst the rest of the Barons which shows that he did hold in the life of King Henry the first by the service of one Knights Fee and that Robert de Chaurcijs held at that time that which he did before by the same service with the daughter of the said William excepting two Carucats of Land whereof the King made his Plea Robert de Chaurces 14 H. 2. gave account of one Mark for one Fee of the aid for Maud the Kings daughter William de Kawres son of Robert de Kawres for his Souls health and the Soul of Agnes his wife by the consent of his heirs gave to God St. Mary and St. Cuthbert of Radeford and the brethren and their servants and their carriages free-passage in his Ferry Boat of Marnham without custome or demand which Robert son of William de Kawirs confirmed to the said Canons and which the Prior of Wirkesop claimed in Eyre 3 E. 3. and had accordingly King Iohn 5 Ioh. and 6 Ioh. Feb. 26. gave or confirmed to Robert de Chaurcis and his heirs the Mannor of Marneham and Wadworth for the service of one Knights Fee which were the inheritance of the said Robert and of William his Father William de Chawurcis 14 H. 3. acknowledged that he then ought to Alice Countess of Augi or Ewe fifty five Marks of the Fine made between them The King 28 H. 3. confirmed the gift and grant which Alice Countess of Ewe or Augi made to Robert de Lexington of the custody of the whole Land which was William de Chaurces in Marneham with the Appurtenances it should seem this William was then dead having married one of the sisters and co-heirs of Thomas son of Robert Baron of Alfecton by whom he left a son Thomas de Chaurcis in minority 26 H. 3. Robert de Lathum had to wife Ioane whom other Authors call Amicia the other co-heir and gave a great Fine for having the custody or wardship of Thomas de Chaurcis Nephew and one of the heirs of Thomas son of Robert de Alferton until he should come to be of age saving to the King all Wards Escaets Marriages and Advowsons of Churches and the Marriages of other the heirs of the said Thomas if he should chance to dye before he came of age Thomas de Chaworth 34 H. 3. had a suit against the Bishop of Lincolne for taking Toll of passengers to his passage at Marneham Thomas de Chaworth 41 H. 3. had Mercat and Fair granted at Marneham Chaworth and free-warren which he had also at Alfreton and Norton Osberton and Edwalton as there is noted as here ought also the mistake Monastic Angl. vol. 2. p. 607. which supposeth this Marneham to have been the Land of Robert Fitz-Ranulph Baron of Alfreton and founder of Beauchief Priory in Darbyshire and from William his son who was father of Robert father of Alice the wife of William de Cadurcis son of William de Cadurcis to have first by inheritance come to this noble family which by what I have here set down appears to be manifestly otherwise The first Robert de Chaurces held a Knights Fee of William de Albeni in Leicestershire his Grand-child the second Robert whom I supposed father of William who married the great co-heir though it seems by Mr. Glovers Book he was his brother kept not so true to the Crown but that there is a note of his returning to his fidelity and the Kings trust in the first year of King H. ◠Thomas son of William de Chaworth was a great benefactor to Beauchief and gave several parcels of Land in Alfreton and Norton and Grenehull an Hamlet of that Sok and Wodesetes and little Norton and other places in that County of Derby Thomas de Chaworth son of William de Chaworth confirmed the gifts of Thomas de Chaworth his Grandfather and other his Ancestors in Alfreton Norton Wymundwold Leicestershire and Marneham all which were confirmed by the King 9 E. 2. The Jury 20 E. 1. found that Thomas de Chaworth had new erected his
old Weres Gurgites at Marneham to the damage of the Town of Nottingham one Mark because the Boats could not pass as they were wont Thomas de Chaworth settled the Mannor of Marneham by a Fine 12 E. 2. on Thomas de Chaworth his son and the heirs of his body which he should beget on Ioane his wife reserving his own life in it and excepting a passage over Trent in the same Mannor with a remainder to the right heirs of himself and by another Fine likewise 3 E. 3. at Nottingham this Mannor and Osberton wherein he gave his said son the remainder in Fee This younger Thomas died before his father and had a second wife named Margaret after his death 47 E. 3. married to William de Spaigne of Boston by whom he this said younger Thomas had William de Chaworth who was eighteen years old at the death of his Grand father the said elder Sir Thomas which was about 42 E. 3. being a very old man This William de Chaworth married Alice the daughter and heir of Sir Iohn de Caltoft Lord of East Bridgeford as in Wiverton is said where there is also an account of this excellent family with which this Mannor viz. both the Hamlets of Kirke Marneham and Ferry Marneham or North and South Great and Little Marneham continued till Elizabeth the daughter and heir of Sir George Chaworth was married to Sir Anthony Copes son of William with which family it still continues Sir Thomas Chaworth had a Mercat every Thursday and a yearly fair of two days viz. the Eve and day of the decollation of Saint Iohn Baptist granted 22 Mar. 24 H. 6. at Marneham Chaworth with licence to impark two hundred Acres of Land and Wood of his Demesne at Wiverton and free-warren there Iohn de Lessington about 41 H. 3. and after him his brother and heir Henry de Lessington Bishop of Lincolne 42 H. 3 died seized of the fourth part of a Knights Fee in Marneham held of Richard de Weston for a pound of Pepper yearly Richard de Marcham and William de Sutton were found the heirs of the said Bishop Robert de Markham son of Richard 17 E. 1. left a Capital Mess. seven Bovats of Land in bondage c. in this Marneham held by the service of the eighth part of a Knights Fee and one pound of Pepper of Richard de Weston to his three daughters and heirs Cecilia wife of Iohn de Bray then aged thirty years Bertha wife of William Lungevillers and Agnes of William de Sanctacruce with Tuxford and the rest of his share of the Lord Lexingtons Lands This parcel I suppose came to the family of Willughby of Wollaton afterwards Richard Byngham and Margaret his wife the Widow of Hugh Willoughby 31 H. 6. suffered a recovery of eight Mess. eight Bovats of Land eight Acres of Medow and four of Pasture with the Appurtenances in North Marneham South Marneham Skegby and Sutton upon Trent as they did at that time of divers other Lands belonging to that family Iohn the Constable of Chester is said to have given this Church to the Templers The Rectory and disposition of the Vicarage of Marneham late belonging to the Preceptory of Egle in Lincolneshire parcel of the possessions of the Priory of Saint Iohns of Hierusalem was granted 20 Iune 36 H. 8. to Thomas Babington and Iohn Hide and all Lands Medows c. to the Rectory belonging then in the tenure of Andrew Norwell Esquire Queen Elizabeth granted it 5 Aug. 33 Eliz. Anthony Babington of Kinston being Attaint to Peter Wilcox and William Wyn Gent. together with the reversions of that Mannor and a Mess. in Aldesworth and some other Lands of the said Anthony The owners of Marneham in 1612. are said to be Sir William Cope Knight Adam Nicholson Iohn Harrison and Iohn Hanson The Vicarage of Marneham was 10l. when the Bayliff of Egle was Patron 't is now 8l. 9s. 2d. value in the Kings Books and Sir Anthony Cope Patron Fledborough Fladburge THis Mannor was Godeva's the famous Countess of Earl Leuric of Mercia and by them given with Newark as in that place is shown in the time of Edward the Confessour to the Church of Stow in Lincolneshire The Book of Doomsday shows that Godeva the Countess for her Mannor in Flodburg answered the Dane-geld or publick Tax for one Car. and three Bovats The Land then being certified to be sufficient for four Plows or four Car. There after the Conquest Nigellus the Man or Tenent of the Bishop of Lincolne whose Fee it then was had two Car. and an half and sixteen Vill. five Sochm. on one Bov. of Land having five Car. There were five Plows or Car. There was then a Priest and a Church and one Mill 12d. Pasture wood one leu long and half one broad In the Confessours time it was 8l. when the survey was made in the Conquerours but 5l. value It had Soc in Normentune and in Estoches and in Doomsday Book is accounted in Berndeslaw Wapentak Nigellus de Fleburg held of the Bishop of Lincoln three Knights Fees Nigellus de Flaburg 22 H. 2. gave account of x. Marks of the Amercements of the forest Nigellus de Lysurs held of the Bishop of Lincolne in Normanton Fletburgh Stokum and Darnethorp three Knights Fees of the old Feoffment Iohn de Leysures 19 E. 1. impleaded Peter de Warkerley Bayliff of the Bishop of Lincolne and many others for taking many of his goods at Fledburgh who pleaded that as Bayliff of the said Bishop he seized the said Mannor into the Bishops hands as chief Lord after the death of Nigellus de Lysures who was his Tenent for that Alice the wife of the said Nigellus was thought to be with child Iohn de Liseus 14 E. 3. had view of Frank-pledge granted in Fledburgh and 15 E. 3. Free Warren there and in Woodcotes and 16 E. 3. 18 Iun. all manner of liberties of a Leer Infaengethef and Outfangenthef c. He Founded a Chantry 17 E. 3. in the Church of Fledburg to which he gave one Mess. three Bov. of Land and afterwards King Edward the third being then in the parts of Normandy in the twentieth year of his Reign he obtained licence dated 6 Nov. to appropriate the Church of Fledburgh to certain Chaplains for that purpose Iohn de Lyseux Lord of Fledburgh 34 E. 3. had to wife Isabella by whom he had a son called Iames de Lyseus who 38 E. 3. had to wife Maud as in Brodholme is shown who it seems had no issue Male because this Mannor and other Lands then settled came to the Bassets there mentioned to be of Normanton William Basset the elder 6 R. 2. is stiled Lord of Fledburgh on whose Seals are Three Pales and a Canton Varry His wife Margaret 11 H. 4. was a widow Richard Stanhope Knight 10 H. 6.
granted to William Basset Esquire son and heir of Thomas Richardus Basset de Normanton Willielmus Basset senior 6 R. 2 -Marg relict 11 H. 4. Thom. Basâ—et Willielmus Basset defunct-20 H. 6 -Katherina sor Ric. Stanhope .... Tunstall mar 2. Thom. Basset aet 34.17 E. 4 -Margeria fil Will. Mering Richardus Basset miles-Elizab fil Joh. Dunham Ar. Johannes Basâ—et ob 20 Maii 36 H. 8 -Agnes fil Tho. Dom. Burgh 21 H. 8. Edwardus Basset ob 22 Eliz. .... Eliz. fil Georgii Lassels ux 2. Johannes Basset-Anna fil Fran. Rodes Clinton Henr. Edw. Willielmus Basset de Muskham Katii .... Basset Richardus Basset 38 E. 3. Basset a certain yearly Rent of 12l. to be perceived out of the Mannor of Fledburgh and his Lands in Starnethorpe Normanton Woodcotes Est Drayton Dunham and Stokhum which lately were the said Tho. Bassets Will. Basset son of Thomas Basset of Fledburgh 10 H 6. released to Sir Richard Stanhope Knight and his heirs all his right in his Mannor of Fledburgh and Advowson of that Church and all his Lands Tenements Rents c. in Fledburgh Starnethorpe Normanton Woodcotes Est Drayton Dunham and Stokhum in this County Bernangle Sutton and Wilmincote in Warwickshire Katherin the relict of William Basset of Fledburgh demised Newhall a member of Sutton in Warwickshire 10 H. 6. for twenty one years Katherin Tunstall the sister of Richard Stanhope who had interest here and was dead 17 E. 4. I suppose was that relict of William Basset the younger and Thomas Basset who by the Inquisition is found to be then thirty four years old viz. 17 E. 4. I take to be son of William the younger This Thomas married Margery the daughter of William Mering and Elizabeth his wife daughter of Thomas Nevile of Rolleston by whom he had Sir Richard Basset his eldest son and William Basset of Muskham who had two daughters Katherin the wife of Guy Fairfax and after of Ed. Bussy which Guy had by her Thomas Fairfax who married the daughter of Ed. Thurland Esquire the other daughter of the said William Basset was married to Thomas Poutrell and brought him Frances the wife of Iohn Dethick Besides these two sons the said Thomas Basset had Edward a Clergy-man and several daughters one married to William Beaumont of Cole Orton and Katherin to Thomas Sutton of Averham Richard Basset Knight had to wife Elizabeth daughter of Iohn Dunham and by her had Iohn Basset who married Agnes daughter of Thomas Lord Burgh and died 20 of May 36 H. 8. leaving Edward his son and heir above twelve years old He held the Mannors of Adlingflet in Yorkshire Saxelby in Lincolnshire Fledburgh and Normanton and Lands in Fledburgh Normanton Woodcotes Stokam Sterthorp Est Drayton South Clifton and North Clifton and Lands viz. fourteen Acres in Ragnell and Darleton and the Mannor of Skegby and Normanton Mess. Lands and Tenements in Welley and Grimston Edward died 22 Eliz. and left Iohn Clinton Henry Edward and daughters Iohn married Anne the daughter of Francis Rodes and after he had sold all the rest sold Fledborough to the Feoffees of the then Earl of Shrowsbury in the beginning of King Iames his Reign since when this goodly Mannor came to the possession of Robert Earl of Kingston and now remains to the Right Honourable Henry Marquess of Dorchester his son and heir The owners of Fledbrough Kinshah Woodcotes and Normanton 1612. are said to be Iohn Basset Esquire William Reason of Askham Gent. Augustin Earle Esquire Rutland Mollineux of West Markham George Stowe Edward Mercer Hersy Lassells Gent. The Rectory of Fledburgh was 10l. and Mr. Basset Patron 'T is now 9l. 7s. 6d. value in the Kings Books â—â—d the Marquess of Dorchester Patron Skegby Scacheby And Woodcotes And Strathaw HEre in Scacheby before the Normans were Masters Alwold and Vlchel for their Mannors had Land sufficient for two Plows and an half or two Car. ½ And paid in the Assessment for the Dane-geld for one Car. There afterwards two Men or Tenants of Roger de Buslies whose Fee it was had in Demesne three Car. seven Vill. two Bord having three Car. There was sixteen Acres of Medow Pasture Wood half a leu long three qu. broad In Edward the Confessours time it was 48s. in William the Conquerours 40s. value There was Soc in Sudtone and Normentune Iohn or Robert de Avill and Iohn de Nuvelors held of the Countess of Ewe one Knights Fee of the old Feoffment they held also one Fee of Thomas Fitz-William and of the Countess of the new in Skegby because they took it with the marriage of the sisters of the said Thomas Iohn de Lessington about 41 H. 3. held sixty Acres of Land in Strathaw of Matilda de Lovetot and sixty in Skeghawe of Iohn de Eyvill This part descended with Tuxford as in that place may be seen through Marcham Lungevillers and Mallovell to Sir Richard Stanhope In 9 E. 2. the two Marnhams Fledburgh and Skegeby answered for a whole Villa the Lords then being Thomas de Chedworthe Iohn de Deivile Iohn de Lisours The Wapentach of Thurgerton and Lythe at that time returned a great many considerable Townships together to answer for a Villa of which this is the least the other Hundreds did not so There are within this Parish and Township two small Hamlets Skegby and Woodcotes both heretofore Bassets Inheritance and part of Fledborough Woodcotes became the Inheritance of Rutland Molyneux a younger Grandchild of Sir Edmund Molyneux the Judge And Skegby is now the Inheritance of Ed. Mâ—llish Esquire by the gift of William Reason his Uncle Bassetlaw Hundred Bassetlawe Wapentak Bernedeslawe Bersetlaw c. Doomsd. Iul. 1. 1674. THis Wapentac is as great as three of the former and contains therefore three Divisions South Clay North Clay and Hatfeild though not long since made so Oswardebec Soc was in Dooms-day Book called a Wapentak as hereafter will be noted containing all or most of the North Clay Division of this In that Record besides the names above it is called Bernedsetlawe and in Nomina Villarum 9 E. 2. Bersetelowe the King being then Lord of it Robert de Perepont Richard de Willughby and Richard de Whatton 12 E. 2. were assigned Justices to enquire of the transgressions made by Iohn de Lanum one of the Kings Bayliffs of the Wapentach of Berteselowe SOUTH-CLAY Division Bildesthorp THis place in the great Survey returned in the time of King William the first is mentioned only as Soc to Rugford which before that Kings time was the Free-hold of Vlf as many other good Lordships were which by the said King William were made the Fee of Gislebert de Gand as this also was which paid the Geld or Tax for two Car. The Land being found sufficient to imploy six Plows or six Car. There were thirteen Sochm. six Bordars having six Car. and four Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one
leu long and one qu. broad There was Soc in Wirchenfeild as much as paid for one Car. to the Geld. A Berue then waste and now unknown Galfr. Tregoz held the whole Town of Bildesthorpe in Demesne of the Soc of Maunsfeld of the gift of Robert de Greule with his daughter in Frank-marriage and did no Service there for it nor any where else Sir Iohn de Lowdham about 12 E. 2. died seized of six Mess. twelve Bovats of Land four Acres of Wood in Bildisthorp which he held joyntly as he did many other Lands with Alice his wife of Sir Henry de Beaumont by the Service of the sixteenth part of a Knights Fee leaving his son Iohn de Lowdham his heir with which Family this Land which afterwards viz. 29 H. 6. had the reputation of a Mannor descended as in Lowdham may be seen In a Recovery 17 H. 7. George Fitz-Hugh Dean of Lincolne and others claimed against Thomas Cheyne Knight the Mannors of Lowdham Laxton Bylsthorp Carcolston and Hikeling with the Appurtenances in those Towns and twenty Mess. five hundred Acres c. There was a Quare Impedit 16 H. 8. between Godfr Folejambe Knight Quer. and Anne Cheyne widow and Thomas Huddleston concerning the Advowson of the Church of Billesthorp The Folejambes might possibly keep some interest here from Thomas Folejambe who married Margaret the sister and co-heir of Sir Iohn Loudham by whom they had Walton in Darbyshire Elizabeth Vaux widow 20 Novemb. 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. died seized of the fore-recovered Lands William Vaux Lord Harrowdon her son and heir being then of full age The Lord Vaux sold all these Lands which were Cheyneys and this is now the Inheritance of Sir Brian Broughton Knight and Baronet elder brother of Peter Broughton of Lowdham Gilbert Roos of Laxton had it in 1612. or then abouts The Rectory of Byllesthorp was 13l. when the Lady Chenie was Patroness 'T is now 5l. 1s. 8d. value in the Kings Books and Sir Brian Broughton Patron William Chappell Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland spent some time here with Gilbert Benet Rector of this Church during the Rebellion and in it lies buried Eykering Doomsd. Echering THere was of the Soc of Maunsfeild the Kings ancient Demesne in Echering two Car. which paid the Geld for two Bov. ½ Pasture Wood six qu. long four broad And some little Soc to Laxton of Goisfrid de Alselins Fee which paid the Danegeld but for half a bovat and was waste Besides these parcels here were two Mannors of the Fee of Gislebert de Gand whereof before the Conquest Ingulf had one which paid the publick Tax for six Bov. The Land of it being two Car. There afterwards William the Man or Tenant of Gislebert had one Car. three Sochm. on three Bov. of this Land and two Vill. three Bord. having two Car. There was a Church and three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood six qu. long four broad In the Confessours time this was 20s. value when the Conquerour made his Survey 16◠The other Mannor Echebrand had which also defended it self for six Bovats to the Geld. The Land likewise two Car. This Mannor Echebrand held of Gislebert still and had there one Car. and six Sochm. on four Bov. of Land and two Vill. two Bord. having two Car. ½ There was three Acres of Medow and Pasture Wood six qu. long and four broad and value both before and after the Conquest like the former viz. 20s. before and 16s. after King William the Conquerour was Uncle to this Gislebrict de Gaunt who was succeeded by his son Walter de Gaunt Father of Gilbert the Earl of Lincolne and of Robert Earl Gilberts daughter and heir Alice the Countess was married to Simon de St. Liz who had no issue Gilbert de Gaunt gave to God and St. Mary of Rufford and the Monks there serving God in increase of his first Donation his whole Demesne in Eikering Earl Simon gave to that Monastery the right of Patronage of the Mediety of the Church of Eikryng Alice the Countess daughter of Earl Gilbert de Gant for the safety of her Soul and Earl Simons her Lord confirmed to God St. Mary and the Monks of Rufford the whole right of Advowson and Patronage of half the Church of Eykryng which belonged to her Fee as free and quiet as ever Walter de Gant her Grandfather and Gilbert de Gant her Father had it Robert de Gant certified that Earl Gilbert his brother in his own Court disrationavit cleared his Demesne of Eikring of Purpresture and in the same Court gave it all to the Abby of Rufford William de Aubani granted to Gilebert and William sons of Wulsi ten Acres of Land in the Fields of Heicring to be held of him and his heirs by them and theirs by the yearly Service of 12d. Mahuld de Sanliz and William her son were Witnesses his own wife and son as I suppose Gilbert de Scheigebi gave to the Monks of Rufford ten Acres which his Father held of William de Albani for which he only took of them a Mare and her progeny and they were to receive him into their Fraternity to sepulture when he made his end if it could be done regularly Wiliam de Aubeni confirmed this and what they held of his Fee for which he was to be concerned in all the Benefits of the House and when he died to have service performed for him as for one of their own Monks Aeliz de Cundey and Roger her son gave to God and the Church of St. Mary at Rufford two Mansuras dwellings containing two Acres viz. that which was Arnewies and that which was Turchil Prats in Eicring the same also gave Hugh Bardulf and Hugh his heir Wulsi son of Wlf de Eycring gave three Acres to the Monks of Rufford which he held of them which were of the Demesne of Walter de Gaunt and Earl Gilbert de Gaunt his son belonging to that part of the Demesne of Rufford which the Monks held who for the love of God and brotherly Charity were to keep Godwin son of the said Wulsi till he should be of age in their House and there if he would be made a Convert he should be received in the Order of Converts but if he would not they should keep the Land Gaufr de Eycring for the health of his Soul and his wifes and for the health or safety and honour of Walter his brother whom the Monks of Rufford took into their Congregation gave them a certain parcel of Land between the bounds of Eycring and of Cratele called Elfe Lands of Eicring to his Deed whereto he affixed the Seal of his Lord Gilbert de Gaunt Earl of Lincolne his own son Henry de Eycring was a Witness Roger de Meinill by the Consent of Agnes his wife who was the daughter of Hosbert de Capella gave one Acre and one Rode of Land Robert
de Bella aqua and Dionysia his wife gave two Tofts and Ranulf son of Ranulf Heleweis who held them with his Chattels and whole Sequell saving to them and their heirs their other Servants William de Bella aqua son of William de Bella aqua released 2s. yearly which he was wont to receive of the said Monks for two Tofts in Eycring and so did Thomas son of William de Bella aqua Sibylla the daughter of Richard le Angevin confirmed all the Land which her Cousin William le Angevin whose heir she was gave to the Monastery of Rufford with his body viz. the Homage and Service of Alan de Wilgebi 3s. of Silver yearly and one Bovat which Roger de Lunde held and the said Roger with his Sequel and one Toft which Matildis de Camera held with the said Matildis and hers reserving to her self and her heirs a pound of Cummin seed at Candlemas and 12d. which ought to be paid to Sir Richard Folìot and his heirs for that Bovat which Roger de Lunde held to her Deed were Witnesses Thomas de Bella aqua Robert le Vavasor William le Botither c. Robert Scarlett and Beatrix his wife in the presence of their Lord Roger de Hayra and of their Lady Matildis de Hereford his wife and in their hands before the Alinâ—ot of Aicring by Wood and Wand lignum baculum rendred and quit-claimed to the Monks of Rufford those two Bovats of Land in Aicring which sometime had been Ougrims the Forester of Walter de Gant for which the Monks gave him a She-Goat and his wife a Cow and granted them the Toft for 4d. per annum during both their lives to their Deed they also put to the Seal of their said Lord Roger de Hayra Cog de Karlaton was a Witness Raph de Hereford son of William de Hereford confirmed to the Monks of Rufford all the Land which they had of his Fee viz. nine Bovats which were Angots and afterward Osbert de Capella's and his son Iohns and all the Land called Brakynsâ—ort and the Land called Iohns Wood and a Bovat and an half which was Herbert Scakells and two Bovats which they had of the gift of William Andegavensis with the Toft adjoyning which were sometimes Reginalds the son of Wyot of Cratle and a Toft which was sometimes Hermers and Wyots Wood which they had of the gift of Bete le Turner daughter of Robert son of Wyot and the Land which they had of the gift of Roger de la Haye and of William Scakell or of any other of his Men of Eycring Sir Robert de Lexington and Sir Henry his brother were Witnesses Raph de Hereford in the presence of the Court of Earl Simon recognized and rendred to the said Monks the Alms of Earl Gilbert in the hand of Abbat Elias whereof Controversie had been between them Robert son of Raph de Hereford was to hold some of those Lands during his life by another agreement between him and the Abbat William son of Richard Foliot demised to Walter de Winkeburne 10l. Land in Ekeringe for term of his life which Walter afterwards thereof infeoffed Hugh de Birne and his heirs and afterwards the said William enfeoffed thereof Walter de Stirkeley and Alice his wife and their heirs who 10 E. 1. recovered their seisin accordingly the Jury finding as before is said that Walter de Winkeburne had but Estate for life Henry de Eykring held a whole Knights Fee here And the Abbat of Rufford the fourth part of one William de Sutton held the twentieth part of a Fee of Gilbert de Gaunt in Eykring There was an agreement made in the year 1242. the day before the Ides of May between Gaufr the Abbat of Rufford and the Covent on the one part and William de Sutton and Matilda his wife on the other upon a Controversie concerning the common Wood of Eykring viz. the Abbat and Covent granted to the said William de Sutton and Matilda and their heirs all that Essart which the said William had made on the West part of the Wood called the Common Wood and abutted on the Essart towards the South which Raph de Hereforth gave to Rodland de Sutton Father of the said William saving to the said Monks Common of Pasture after the Corn and Hay should be carryed away to whom the said William and his wife granted another portion of Land with the Wood therein growing upon the like terms But the whole Wood between the said Lands with the Land in which it stood even to the bounds of Winkeburne was to be equally Common to the Monastery and the said William and Maud and their heirs and each party was to have their proper Forester and nothing to be taken without the consent and view of the other party who was to have Tree for Tree c. Robert de Sutton son of William 2 E. 1. left his son Richard eight years old his heir of this Mannor Warsop and in Tuxford c. as in Sutton is said Richard de Sutton 34 E. 1. had Free Warren granted at Ekering The Jury 16 E. 2. found that Iohn de Somery held the Mannors of Warsop and Ekering except the Advowson of the Churches of the said Towns for term of life of Iohn de Sutton son of Richard and that Margaret then aged thirty years wife of the said Iohn de Sutton and Ioane aged twenty nine the wife of Thomas Bottetourt were sisters and heirs of the said Iohn de Somery Lord Dudley who had Lands in the several Counties of Warwick Stafford Berks Surry Southampton Worcester Buckingham Rutland and Huntington Iohn son of William de Ros of Hamlak 3 E. 3. claimed Free Warren in all his Demesne Lands at Eykring which 12 E. 3. he left with Warsop to William de Roos his brother and heir This Mannor descended with Orston Warsop and Sutton upon Trent to Roger Earl of Rutland who sold it and so it was the possession of Robert Earl of Kingston and continues the inheritance of the Right Honourable the Marquess of Dorchester his son That which the Monastery had came with Rufford from the Earl of Shrowsbury by descent to the present Lord Hallifax In the year 1612. here seemed to be many Free-holders viz. Iohn Bristowe of Malebeck Francis Bristowe of Morton Iohn Greaves of Béestrop George Bilby Richard Tomson George Reasby Richard Foster William Iohnson Iohn Wright Thomas Tomson Randolph Camme William Bunbie Richard Brimscall Roland Birkett William Wager Raph Frith Thomas Cooper The Rectory of Eykering was twenty Marks when the Lord Ros was Patron 'T is now 9l. 16s. 0d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Lord Viscount Hallifax Patron Welley Grymston Doomsd. Creilege Cratela WElhay is not found in Doomsday Book which shows that in Creilege before the Conquest Rolf had a Mannor which defended it self for two Car. ½ to the Dane-geld
temp Will. 1. Robertus de Calz temp H. 1. Walterus de Calz 5 Steph. -Anneis Rob. de Cauz 12 H. 2. ... sor Will. Basset fil Ric. Basset aet 50. 33 H. 2. Rad. fil Steph. Camerar H. 2 -Matildis de Cauz-Adam fil Petri de Birkin Johannes de Birkin-Joanna Tho. de Birkin 11 H. 3 -Joana-Hen de Longcamp 15 H. 3. Rob. de Everingham 15 H. 3 -Isabel sor haer Tho. Adam de Everingham ob 9 E. 1. Robertus de Everingham obiit 15 E. 1. Robertus Adam de Everingham Chr. sen. ob 15 E. 3. .... Margareta ux 2. Adae-Johannes de Eyvill mar 1 Adam de Everingham Chr. ob 8 Febr. 11 R. 2 -Joana fil haer Joh. de Eyvill Willielmus de Everingham ob vivente patre 43 E. 3 -Alicia fil Joh. Grey de Codnor Robertus de Everingham fine prole Katherina aet 23.11 R. 2 -Joh fil Tho. Etton mil. 1 Milo Etton miles Isabella 13 H. 6 -Joh Roos Robertus Roos Elizab. fil Willielmi Middleton mil. Willielmus Roos-Elianor fil Christoph. Wainsford mil. Humfr. Roos ob 17 Jul. 13 H. 8 -Anna fil Ric. Restwold-Margareta Linne ux 2. de Southwyk Com. Northampt. s. p. Willielmus Roos-Maria Eliot Barnard Roos de Egmanton Will. Roos de Egmanton-Sara fil cohaer Joh Samon de Tuxford Sara Roos un haer W. Roos de Egmanton -Edm Lacock S. Theol. Baccalaur Roos Lacock ob in puerit Eliz. fil coh Ed. Lacock ux J. Dickinson de Clayp in Lincoln Debor. fil coh Ed. Lacock Sarae ux ejus -J Ouseley Rectore de Panfeld in Essex Johannes Ouseley Edmundus Maria. Franciscus Roos de Laxton aet 15. 13 H. 8 -Elizab fil Tho. Scrimshire Petrus Roos ... fil Jac. Harvey mil. -Brigit un haer Rob. Roos de mar 2. Ingmanthorp ux 2. Anna ux Griff Markham mil. Gilbert Roos Orrell-Pet Killegrew mil. mar 2. ... ux ... Thomas de Com. Essex Pet. Roos deKnesale -Franc fil ...... Marshall Gilb. Roos de Knesale ob 1661 -Eliz fil August Hinde de Laxton-More-house Gilbert Roos aet 14. 1670. Pet. aet 11. 1670. Maria. Franc. Troth Tho. Roos ....... fil Main waring-An Pickston ux 2. Ed. Petrus Franc. Roos -Eliz fil Pet. Orell de Southcave Ebor. Joh. Roos de Laxtō -Jan fil Tho. East de Carberton Fr. Roos aet 22. 1670. Joh. 15. Tho. 13. Pet. 8. Eliz. 18. Mar. 16. Sara 12. Jana 6. an aet Franc. Petrus Valent. Johan Roos -Eliz Roos de Weston Will. Roos de Laxton -Anna-Grisilda relict ..... Cooper ux 2. Joh. Roos aet 8. 1666. .... ux Fairfax de Gilling .... ux Broughton .... ux Stapleton .... ux Scrimshire de Norbury .... ux Maxfeild .... ux Whitmore Eliz. 11 H. 6 -Joh Northwood Margareta-Rob Moresby Anna-Robertus Rowcliff 2 Ivo 3 Willielmus 4 Alexander Will. Elys mil. -Joana-Joh de Waterton mar 2. Agnes fil Joh. Lungvillers-Reginaldus de Everingham Chr. ob 22 R. 2. Joana Edm. de Everingham ob 22 R. 2. in custodia Regis s. p. aet 15. Rob. Georg. Edm. Alex. Nicol. Petrus Rogerus Willielmus Robertus Aeliz Essulf Petrus Rad. fil Steph. Camerar H. 2 -Matildis de Cauz-Adam fil Petri de Birkin Thom. Rogerus Rob. de Aivile Robertus de Eivile Robertus Johannes de Eyvill 9 Joh. Joh. de Eyvill Robertus de Dayville Johannes de Eyville Adam de Everingham Chr. ob 8 Febr. 11 R. 2 -Joana fil haer Joh. de Eyvill and Robert his son amongst the rest were Witnesses He likewise gave and confirmed to them half a Bovat in Fareburne His son Iohn for the health of his own Soul and of Ioane his wife and for the safety of their bodies gave and confirmed to the said Monks thirteen Acres of Medow in Smethall which his said Father gave and two Oakes every year against Christmas in his wood of Byrkin and one Buck in his Park in the Feast of Saint Iohn before Port Latin and half the Mill of Stainburg with the suit belonging to the moyety of the Mill. Peter and Roger and William his brothers were witnesses amongst the rest to his Deed. The Land of Matilda de Calz viz. Lessinton with the Appurtenances was in the Custody of Richard de Lessinton who 7 Ioh. gave account of 7l. 17s. 6d. of the Rent of Assize of Lessinton of the term of Saint Michael the year before and of 43l. 0s. 4d. of the Rent of Assize that year and of 30l. 18s. 10d. of Corn of that Mannor sold and of 40l. of Bacuns sold and of 25. Marks of the Scutage of 12. Fees and an half and for 8. Oxen bought 100s. by the Kings writ Richard de Lessinton and Robert his son for him 9 Ioh. accounted for 16l. Rent of Assize for half a year of Lessington the Land of Matilda de Cauz Richard de Lessington 9 Ioh. ought two hundred Marks for having the Kings favour and seisin of his Lands whereof he was disseised by occasion of the custody of the Kings Forest 30l. and 15s. being computed to him which Brian de Insula took of the Chattels of the said Richard sold. In 13 Ioh. this was called the Barony of Lexington whereof Brian de Insula for the Scutage that year gave account the other was not yet in being and Robert afterwards Lord Lexington son of Richard before-named had his name from his Ancestors residence and holding Lands here of this family of Cauz but the most of his Land he purchased in other places as in this Book may easily be noted To this Barony of Cauz belonged the custody of the Forests in the Counties of Nott. and Derb. which Matildis de Cauz had by inheritance and Iohn Earl Morton afterwards King confirmed to her and her husband Raph Fitz-Stephen and her heirs as in the Forest book is noted and in that place may be recited more particularly It appears that in the beginning of the raign of H. 3. for a small Fine the said Matildis had seisin of her Lands her self and in 4 H. 3. that Matilda de Cauz ought fourscore Marks for having seisin of the custody of the Forests of Nott. and Derb. which belonged to her by right of inheritance The Sheriff 14 May 8 H. 3. was commanded to take into the Kings hands all the Lands which were hers the said Matildis Cauz who had been the wife of Raph Fitz-Stephen and was then dead Iohn de Birkin 8 H. 3. the heir of Matildis de Cauz having made Fine to the King of three hundred Marks for his relief of the Lands which were hers and for having the custody of the Forests of Notss and Derb. which concerned him as his inheritance did his homage 25 May to the King who certified Robert de Lexinton c. Thomas de Birkin son and heir of Iohn de Birkine 11 H. 3. made Fine of two hundred Marks for having seisin of the Lands which were the said Iohns with the Bayliwik of the Forest
1612. are said to be the Lord Vaux Gilbert Roosse Esquire Francis Rosse Gent. Augustine Hynde Thomas Chappell Thomas Beedam Iohn Shipton Iohn Samon Richard Smith Robert Grene Rowland Taylor Edward Snowe Thomas Taylor The Vicarage of Laxton was 10l. when the Colledge of Rotheram had the Patronage 't is now 11l. value in the Kings books and William Peirpoint Esquire Patron In Laxton Church three old low cross legg'd Stone Tombs Upon an Alabaster grave Stone beyond an old Tomb is A Shield with 7. Mascles voyded 3.3.1 and ... 1398. cujus animae c. On a Blew grave Stone in Brass is cut Hic jacet Dominus Rogerus Marcaunt quondam Rector hujus ecclesiae qui obijt 17. die Decemb. An. Dom. 1438. On a kind of a Pew there is engraved a Shield with five weeping eyes on it and Robert Trafford Vic. de Laxton hoc fieri fecit Anno Domini 1532. All the Lions of Everingham whereof there are divers both cut and painted seem to be Chequey Arg. and Az. and not Varrey as the opinion generally is they ought to be There is one upon the Breast of the mans effigies on an Alabaster Tomb on the South side the Quire and one imbost on a Shield of one cross legg'd in a Stone Tomb between two Wives on the North side the Quire but the Image of that Wife on the South side is cut in Wood. In the South West Window of the Church Gules a Lion Rampant Arg. with a File of three Labels it should have been Varry or Cheq for Everingham but the Colours are decayed as they are in Az. on a Bend. Arg. between 2. Cotises and 6. Lioncels Ramp Or 3. Mullets Sab. Boun Earl of Northampton Arg. a Crosse Sarcelè Or formerly perhaps Gules Arg. a Chevron Gules Barry of six Arg. and Az. Grey of Codnor Sable a Bend between 6. crossecrosletts Arg. Longvillers Below on a flat Stone ... 3. Waterbougets Ros. And Barry of 6. Grey And on the Wood-work of the Roof of the Body of the Church 3. Waterbougets Ros. In the East Window of the Choire Or a Manch Gules with a File of 3. Labels Arg. Hastings of Pembrok which also impales with Gules a Lion Ramp Cheq Arg. and Az. or else Varry Everingham Everingham impaled with Or a Fesse Gules six Flowers de liz 2.2.2 Counterchanged D' aivile In the upper Windows of the Church 1490. Orate ... Johannis ... Agnetis .... On the out-side of the Church on the top near the Battlement cut in the Stone ....... impaling a fretty and there also A Bend between 6 crossecroslets Lungvillers On the East end of the North I le that again A Chequey with a Bendlett Bekering On the sides of the Chancel East Window A Lion Ramp Cheq for Everingham and that impaling 2. Flowers de Lis above two upon a Fesse and 2. below it Deivile Kirketon And VVilloughby KIrketon is not very clearly found in Dooms-day Book except a place there named Schidrington be for it and that is there said to be of diverse Fees one parcel Soc to Grimston the Kings Land which answered the publick taxation for two Bov. So there was in Wilgebi and Walesby two Bov. ad Geldam The Land one Car. There four Sochm. had one Car. Wood four Perches long and four broad Another parcel of Schidrington was Soc to Laxington of Goisfrid de Alselins Fee and rated to the Geld at two Bov. The Land was four Bov. There five Sochm. had one Car. In Wilgebi there was a Garden or Yard Ortus belonging to Laxington There was also a Mannor in Wilgebi which Tochi the Lord of Lexintune had before the Conquest rated to the Dane-geld at one Bov. and an half The Land for four Oxen was waste There was half a Mill and twelve Acres of Medow which afterwards became likewise the Fee of Goisfrid de Alselin Another parcel in Schidrinton and Walesby was Soc to Tuxferne of Roger de Buslies Fee and that paid the Geld for two Bov. The Land being for six Oxen There five Sochm. and one Bord had two Car. Another was of the Fee of Gislebert de Gand where Ragenale in Schidrinton had two Bov. for the Tax in his Mannor The Land whereof was half a Car. Ther four Vill. had two Car. Pasture wood one qu. long one broad This in the Confessours time was 20s. in the Conquerours 10s. value Iordan Fitz-Alan Lord of Tuxford was Sheriff of these Counties in the fourth year of King Stephen Halan Fitz-Iordan gave to Galfr. de le Phremunt the Land of Wallesby and of Circheton in Fee for half a mark of Silver yearly William son of Gaufr de le Fremunt the younger sold to Hugh Bardulf for five Marks of Silver all his inheritance in Notinghamsir viz. all the Land which his brother Gaufr had in Kirketon and Walesby and in Bestorpe and in Birchewude The witnesses were Hugh de Bobi Henry de Wicheton Henry de Norhanton then the Kings Justices William de Perci then Sheriff of Yorkshire whereby I suppose it was 5 Ioh. Galfr. de le Fremunt held two Knights Fees in the time of H. 2. of the old feoffment of the Barony of Robert de Cauz and one of the new Matilda de Chauz being in her own free power without husband confirmed to Hugh Bardulf all the Land which Gulfr de le Fremunt held of her Ancestors in Kirketon Walesby Wilgheby Bestorp and Birchewude viz. that which William son and heir of the said Galfr. gave the said Hugh in those said Towns to be held of her and her heirs by the service of half a Knights Fee for which the said Hugh gave her an hundred shillings Esterling Hugh Fitz-Raph for the safety of his Soul and of Agnes his wife and Hugh his son gave to God St. Mary the Church and Monks of Rufford his whole Demesne in Kyrketon with all the Appurt which he had of the Fee of William le Fremunt in exchange for all that Land which the said Monks sometime had in the territory of Muscham on the East part of his Park of Muscham and all the residue which he had of the said Fee in Kirketon Wilgebi Walesby Bestorp and in all other places wheresoever as well in Men as in Homages Wards and Reliefs Issues and Customes and Eschaets and in all other things which by reason of the said Land could fall or happen except the Advowson of the Church to be held of him and his heirs for 30s. per an which Rent he afterwards also released of which they paid but 20s. yearly during the life of the Lady Margaret de Furnes who held the moyety of that Land in dower To the Venerable or worshipful and most beloved Lady in Christ Oliva de Mungeban her devoted Knight Hugh Fitz-Raph sent notice that for his profit he had delivered to the Monks of Rufford the Lands which he had of her Fee in Walesby and Kirketon and
earnestly begg'd that she would be pleased to accept of them as Atturneys to do the customes and services which he ought and was wont The Lady Oliva of Tuxford daughter of Alan Fitz-Iordan in her Widowhood confirmed to the Monks of Rufford all the Land which Hugh Fitz-Raph gave them in Kirketon and Walesby belonging to her Fee of Tuxford viz. 7. Bovats with the Appurt they paying the half Mark of Silver which the said Hugh did for all services except the forreign and suit to her Court at Tuxford which was to be done by Reginald son of Robert Carpentar of Walesby and his heirs for which they gave her two Marks of Silver Robert de Lexinton for the health of the Soul of his Lady Oliva de Montebegonis and of his own his Fathers Mothers and ancestors released to Simon the Abbat and Monks of Rufford the half Mark yearly which they were wont to pay him for the seven Bovats of the Fee of Tuxford which they had of the gift of Hugh Fitz-Raph but reserved suit to his Court at Tuxford Alan son of William Lancelene of Kirkton granted and confirmed to Richard son of Robert de Laxinton his whole Wood of Kirketon with the Land in which it stood reserving Argenteum a Silver Penny within the twelve days of Christmas yearly Robert de Laxton for the health of his Soul and for the Souls of Richard his father and Matilda his mother gave and confirmed to the Monastery of Rufford the gift which the said Richard his father gave to them viz. one Bovat in Walesby which William the Clark held and two Tofts with a Croft and Medow adjoyning in Kirketon and twenty Acres of Arable with Medow c. and the Wood which the said Richard de Laxton had of Alan Lancelene He likewise granted them the Wood which his father had of the Fee of Alice de Bosco sometimes wife of Iohn Burdun and a Toft in Welhagh which Gumbert held of his father He likewise granted about two Acres of Medow to the Fabrick of the Church at Rufford Mr. Peter Mr. Stephen and Sir Henry his brothers were Witnesses and Mr. William de Marcham Adam de Everingham son and heir of Robert de Everingham Knight released all forreign and other services to the said Monks for Lands which they held of his Fee in Kyrketon Wylughby Walesby Besthorp and one Acre in Almeton Thomas de Maresey about 26 E. 1. left his son Thomas his heir of some Lands here Iohn Burdun about 4 E. 2. held in Maplebek Kirketon and Bucketon one Knights Fee of the Fee of Gaunt The Monastery of Rufford got many several small parcels which made the Monks interest here to be the most considerable yet the Advowson of the Church remained with the heirs of Hugh Fitz-Raph and William de Douseby was Parson here upon the presentation of Nicolas de Cantelup about 16 E. 3. notwithstanding this had been esteemed a member of the Chapelry of Blyth and given by King Iohn to Walter Arch-bishop of Roan amongst many others as Bridgeford Gonaldeston c. Iohn le Vavasor was Rector of the Church of Kyrketon and acquired many parcels of Land of Robert son of Robert Fraunceys of Kyrketon which Sir Robert de Streley and Elizabeth his wife and Robert de Streley Knight their son confirmed to Robert and Iohn sons of the said Sir Iohn Vavasor which the said Iohn his son passed to Robert son of Robert Lancelene 6 E. 2. Iohn Burdon of Bucton son of Sir Iohn Burdon Knight Henry de Sutton of Wyleby and others being Witnesses Hugh Fitz-Raph gave the Homage and Service of Iohn Burdon for the Lands which he held of him in Kirkton Willughby Walesby and Besthorp Roger Burdun confirmed the homage and service of Iohel de Kirketon which Robert de Scelford gave to the said Monks Robert son of Galfr. de Kirketon passed a Toft and one Bovat in Kirketon to Robert son of Nicolas the Baker of Tuxford which Richard son of Toke sometimes held of the said Galfr. his father in Vilenage who gave it to Albreda his wife and the said Robert his son after her decease and Robert the Baker gave it to the Abby of Rufford In the year 1369. there was an agreement between the Prior and Covent of Newstède and the Abbat of Rufford that the Prior should have 13s. 4d. a year for releasing the Common he challenged in Kirketon Park by reason of his Parsonage of Tuxford There was a Fine 37 H. 3. between Galfr. the Abbat and Osbert Sylvan concerning 4s. which he was to pay the Abbat yearly for a Mess. and two Bovats in Wilheby for which upon failer he might distreyn at Thorp in Yorkshire All the Mannor and Grange Land and Tenements of Rufford were granted with the Monastery at the dissolution to the Earl of Shrowsbury as in that place will be noted The Family of William Clarkson Esquire hath had a fair Capital Mess. and goodly Demesne in Kirketon and Willoughby for many descents The first I have noted was Iohn Clerkson husband of Margaret by whom he had William Clerkson Esquire who married Isabell daughter of George Nevill of Ragnal Esquire who bore him Dorothy the wife of Edmund Hunt of Normanton Esquire and Barbara married to Cuthbert Bevercotes Esquire and Leonard and Iohn but the eldest was Michael Clerkson Esquire who had to wife Saunch the daughter of Iohn Poutrell Esquire and by her Iohn Clerkson who married Elizabeth daughter of Sir George Rodney who bore him several sons Michael married Dorothy daughter of William Harâ—up and by her had William Clarkson Esquire who married Elizabeth daughter of Robert Williamson of Great Markham and by her had Iohn Clarkson who married Sarah daughter of Sir Raph Knight Knight The owners of Kirton 1612. were Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury two Oxgangs Michael Clarkson two Oxgangs The Bayliff and Burgesses of East Retford one Oxgang William Ingham one Oxgang Henry Wright one Oxgang Iohn Eastwood half an Oxgang Robert Ingham two Cottages and almost half an Oxgang Iohn Lucas one Cottage and two Acres of Land The Rectory of Kirkton was 10l. when Mr. Turwhait was Patron 'T is now 7l. 14s. 9d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Clare Patron Egmanton Agemanton IN Agemanton before the Normans became Lords were two Mannors which Tarchetell and Vlmar had which were charged in the Geld or Assesment of those times as four Bovats and an half and a third part The Land being then found to be three Car. There afterwards Roger de Busli had three Car. and thirteen Vill. and nine Bord. having eight Car. there were two Mills 30s. The value in the Confessours and Conquerours time was 4l. having Soc in Hedune Vptone Gamelstune and in Misne In the time of King Henry the first there were two brethren of the Kings Family or Court stout men whereof one was Earl of Clare the
other of Arundell and the third brother of them was Nigellus de Albanei then a young man of good disposition and great hope carrying the Kings Bow who when he was made Knight for his honesty was enfeoffed by King Henry the first first of all of Egmanton in the Forest of Sherwode with the Parks and Appurtenances which Town after a little time Nigellus gave to his special friend Robert de Aivile which the King hearing inquired of the said Nigellus if it was so who answered it was and that now the King had two honest Knights where before he had but one This Nigellus by his Mother was a Mowbray and had the Estate of Robert de Molbray whom William Rufus took at Bamburgh and beheaded at Winsore and seised his Counties or Earldoms of Northumberland and Nottingham and Marshall and other Lands and Possessions and disinherited his Progeny so that the Posterity of this Nigellus de Albany who married Gundreda the daughter of Hugh de Gurnay in Normandy and had in that Country sixscore enfeoffed Knights and as many in England had the Sirname of Mowbray Roger Molbray his son being the first who by Alice de Gant had Nigellus de Molbray who married Mabilia daughter of Edmund Earl of Clare and got on her four sons William de Molbray Robert Philip and Roger c. Of this Family did that of D'aivile hold this Mannor It is noted that of the Posterity of this Robert de Aivile from the time of St. William Archbishop of York viz. 18 Steph. there had been two Roberts and two Iohns de Eyvill who had the Advowson of the Church of Egmanton by inheritance until the time of King Henry the third that Iohn de Eyvill gave it to the Priory of Newstede in Shirewood to which it was appropriated by Pope Iohn the 22d. and by the licence of King E. 2. It seems that Iohn de Eyvill Robert de Vypont Iohn de Vescy William Marmion Adam de Newmarch Baldwin Wac Robert de Wilgheby Robert de Wolrington Richard de Sees were Rebells with Simon de Montefort Earl of Leicester and hindred Robert de Nevil the Sheriff of Yorkshire from executing his Office from Michaelmas 48 H. 3. until the Battel of Lewes when William de Bozale was made Sheriff of that County by the said Simon de Montefort Iohn de Eyvill 7 E. 1. by the judgement of the Court was to hold to him and his heirs the Mannor of Egmanton against Clementia de Lungevillers to whom he had given the Mannor of Barneburgh in Yorkeshire for her life in exchange Iohn de Eyvill had Free Warren granted here 9 Iun. 9 E. 1. who had a son of the same name his heir who married Margaret who was latter wife after his decease of Adam de Everingham Lord of Laxton who claimed divers liberties here in her right 3 E. 3. and married his son Adam de Everingham to Ioane de Eyvill her daughter and heir of this Mannor which by a Fine 17 E. 2. between Iohn de Eyvill and Margaret his wife and Ioane their daughter Querents and Hugh de Scalton Deforc was settled on the said Iohn and Margaret and Ioane and the heirs of Margaret excepting one Mill two hundred and two Acres of Land twenty three of Medow sixty of Wood 100s. and 20d. Rent in the same Mannor to which Fine several persons put to their claims as Thomas de Burton of Egmanton and Heldreda his wife and Iohn their son theirs William son of Lawrence de Weston Thomas Deyvill of Egmanton Robert Fourmery Iohn Fourmery Thomas del Celer William del Celer and Thomas Trompour theirs There having sometimes before been Suits about Common of Pasture in the East Park Adam de Everingham Lord of Egmanton sold to Henry Deyvill a certain place of Wood beneath his Park of Egmanton called the East Park to cut down the Wood thereof according as it was assigned by certain bounds in which Park Sir Thomas de Lungvillers the Prior of Newstede Thomas Deyvill Henry Deyvill his son Robert Formery and all the Commonalty of the said Town had Common for all manner of Cattel who all 15 E. 3. agreed that Sir Adam should inclose it with an Hedge for three years in which time they would only Common with their Horses after Michaelmas but after the term of three years the Fence to be thrown down and they to Common in it as before This Mannor 24 E. 3. by a Fine between William de la Pole the elder and Iohn de Chesterfeild Plaintiffs and Adam de Everingham of Laxton Chr. and Iohan his wife Deforc. was settled on the said Adam and his heirs with warranty from Ioane and her heirs It descended to the heirs of them both as in Laxton may be observed and afterwards was .... Northwoods Sir Richard Stanhop of Rampton descended of Lungvillers had the moyety of the Mannor of Egmanton which about 14 H. 6. descended to his heir Iohn son of his son Richard Stanhop as in Rampton may be noted Sir Iohn Basing Knight about 24 H. 6. was seised of certain Lands here Alice wife of Thomas Macworth Esquire was his sister and heir The great Mannor was the Inheritance and perhaps is of .... Popham by the marriage of the daughter and heir of Sir Sebastian Harvey late Alderman of London The Park now called Egmanton Hall was purchased and built by Nicolas Poutrell Serjeant at Law and by him given to Thomas Markham of Allerton his Cousin by their mothers whose heirs sold it to Francis Williamson Esquire once Sheriff of this County whose Nephew Francis Williamson Clark of the Assizes had it by his Uncles gift but since it was the Honourable Francis Pierponts and if Alisamond his widow be dead who had it in Joynture is Robert Pierreponts of Nott. his son's The owners of Egmanton Town in 1612. are said to be Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury .... Makworth Gent. Hardolph Wastneyes Esquire Henry Wright Francis Thornchill Iohn Sudbury William Ireland Iohn Gascoigne Robert Pople Richard Lawe Iohn Bale Iohn Gilbert Thomas Sudbury Mrs Cardinall widow Edward Mason Gent. There was 13 E. 1. a pleading for a Mess. in Egmanton which the Parson claimed as free Almain and Henry Burdon as lay Fee but it was not then determined for defect of Jurors Iohn Bellowe and Iohn Bellowe Iuly 6. 37 H. 8. had licence to Alienate the Rectory and Church of Egmanton with the Appurtenances sometimes belonging to the Priory of Newstede in Shirwood to Robert Thornehill Esquire and his heirs The Vicarage of Egmanton was 5l. when the Prior of Newstede was Patron 'T is now 4l. 6s. 0d. ob value in the Kings Books and Sir Brian Broughton is Patron Tuxford Tuxfarne IN Tuxfarne before the Normans dispossessed the Saxons were two Mannors which Fluin and Vlmar had which were rated to the publick payments of those times at twelve Bovats The Land being then found sufficient
his Uncles Raph Lord Crumwell found himself concerned in the Inheritance as son of Raph son of the first Raph whose heirs had the last remainder in the said Intayl and did his homage 21 H. 6. William Deyncourt Chr. 18 E. 3. had ten Marks yearly Rent in Tokesford passed to him by Fine from Iohn son of William de Roos of Ingmanthorp and from Ioane his wife Robert son of Robert Deyncourt Knight 2 H. 4. held ten Marks Rent issuing out of two parts of the Mannor of Tukesford This Rent came to be afterwards the Lord Crumwells also as in Lamley may be perceived Iohane who had been wife of William Lassells about 6 H. 5. dyed seized of the 3d. part of the 3d. part of the Mannor of Tuxford Will. Lassells was her son and heir It appears 15 E. 4. that Ioane Lassells when she died held of the endowment of Iohn Lassells her late husband of the Inheritance of Robert Lassells of Soureby Esquire deceased twelve Mess. in Tuxford c. There was a Recovery 19 H. 8. in which Nicolas Metcalf Clark the Master and the Fellows and Scholars of St. Iohn's Colledge in Cambridge claimed against Roger Lassellys Esquire the third part of the third part of the Mannor of Tuxford with the Appurtenances in Tuxford Little Markham Drayton and Cleyborowe and fourteen Mess. six Tofts one Mill four hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow one hundred of Pasture six of Wood and 10s. Rent in the said places St. Iohn's Colledge in Cambridge had a Mannor there by the grant of Richard Bishop of Winchester about 20 H. 8. Iohn de Sutton of Houton about 13 H. 4. had interest in the Mannor of Little Markham Tuxford Milton and Bevercotes so had Iohn de Tuxford 14 H. 4. in Little Markham Mannor c. The Jury 31 H. 6. found that Katherin wife of Iohn de Tuxford was seized of the sixth part of the Mannor of Little Markham with the Appurtenances which Mannor extends it self in Tuxford West Markham Bevercote and Milneton Iohn Caxton and Alice wife of Beleyard de Barde were Cousins and heirs of the said Katherin viz. the said Iohn was son of Elizabeth daughter of the said Katherine and the said Alice daughter of Margaret daughter of the said Katherin By an Inquisition taken 9 Novemb. 24 H. 8. it appears that Iohn Caxton of Tukysford lived 19 E. 4. and had a son named Richard Caxton who married Isabella the daughter of Thomas Vavasour of Deneby and left Agnes the wife of Iohn Sutton his daughter and heir forty years old 23 H. 8. he had Lands in Tukysford Little Markham Milneton and Bevercotes Barbara after the death of Alice her sister was sole daughter and heir of .... Sutton and married to Francis Harrington Esquire who by her had four daughters heirs to their mother Anne wife of William Arnall Gent. .... of Sir William Bodenden .... of Henry Balgge Esquire and .... the eldest of Thomas Pell That part of Tuxford which descended with Rampton to the Family of Stanhope was by Saunchia daughter and heir of Richard Stanhope and Iohn Babington her husband sold about the latter end of the Reign of Henry the Eighth to Iohn or Thomas White Esquire whose Grandchild Sir Iohn White purchased in most of the rest and his Grandchild Iohn White Esquire of Cotgrave is now Lord there The Rectory was appropriated to the Priory of Newstede and 37 H. 8. granted to Trinity Colledge in Cambridge The old Rent was 21l. 14s. 4d. it is now in Lease to the Honourable Richard Lord Byron At this Town Mr. George Cam dwelt who acquired a good Estate in Lands and Leases hereabouts whose only daughter and heir Anne is now wife of Harvey Staunton of Staunton Esq The Freeholders in 1612. are said to be Gilbert Roosse Esquire Iohn White Esquire Henry Foster Gent. Iames Thornehill William Thomas Iohn Watmongs Dyons Vston Francis Smith Thomas Mason of Egmanton Gent. Mrs. Freman c. The Vicarage of Tuxford was x. Marks when the Prior of Newstede was Patron it is now 4l. 14s. 7d. value in the Kings Books and the Patronage belongs to Trinity Colledge in Cambridge In the East Window of the Chancel is Orate pro anima Thomae Gunthorpe Prioris de Novo loco in Schirewood qui cancellam istam aedificavit Anno Dom. 1495. In the South Windows were the Arms of Newstede Priory and quarterly France and England and his own and on the Seats viz. Gules on a Bend Azure between two Lions heads crased Arg. three Besants A Bordure Gobony Arg. and Az. and under written Arme Thomae Gunthorp Prioris de Novo loco in Schirewood these are something different from those at Stapleford for there the Lions heads are thought to be Wolfs heads and the Bezants Libards heads And here was also Arme Johannis Lungvillers Patroni istius Ecclesiae viz. Sab. a Bend between six Crossecroslets Arg. which are upon the Shield of an old Effigies on an ancient Tomb towards the North side of the Chancel And on the out-side on the top of the Church where there is also A Crosse Moline pierced square and three Lioncels Rampant 2.1 In the South I le within is Quarterly Or and Gules on a Bend Sab. three Escallops Arg. And Sab. a Crosse Sarcele or Flory Or impaling ... broken and the former also impaling on a Chief Arg. three Mullets pierced Sab. the rest broken In an upper Window of the body of the Church are four or five impaled in one Shield The first is Quarterly Or and Sab. with something in Bend Arg. The next A Fesse between six Crosse-croslets which take up half The next Arg. a Chevron Sab. The next Cheque Arg. and Gules and the next some Bend broken away In an upper North Window Gules a Crosse Formy or Pate Arg. quartering Or a Crosse ingrayled Sab. impales Arg. a Chief Gules with a Bendlet Azure Crumwell Upon a Surcoat of Iohn Stanhop Azure a Crosse Moline Or in the next Window Upon a flat Stone in the North I le at the East end Obitus Ricardi Stanhope fil haer Ricardi Stanhope de Rampton Militis qui obiit secundo die mensis Martii Anno Regni Regis Henrici sexst decimo Cujus animae c. Upon it is drawn his Picture with the Arms of Lungvillers only By the East Wall a fair Tomb with two Statues lying on it but basely broken and on the top of it Gules a Chevron Varry between three Lioncells Ramp Or the Crest an Eagles or Falcons head and wings Azure out of a Coronet Or. The Inscription this Hic jacet Johannes White miles filius haeres Thomae White Armig. servi quondam Philippi Mariae Regis Reginae Anglie Agnetis Cecill sororis Willielmi Cecill Baronis de Burghleigh summi Anglie Thesaurarii qui quidem Johannes obiit infestum nativitatis Domini Anno 1625. Dorothea uxor charissima praedicti
St. Iohns the Master and Fellows of Trinity Colledges in Cambridge The Vicarage of West Markham was 8l. when the Abbat of Westminster was Patron 'T is now 7l. 12s. 1d. value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Clare Patron East Markham OR Great Markham THere was in Marcham of the Kings Land Soc to Dunham which answered for three Car. and an half to the Geld. The Land ten Car. There twenty five Sochm. and fifteen Vill. had ten Car. There was a Church and a Priest forty Acres of Medow and some small Wood. Another Mannor in Marcham Frane before the Conquest had which answered the Tax for three Bov. The Land being two Car. There afterward Turold the Man or Tenent of Roger de Busli whose Fee it was made had one Car. and one Vill. with two Oxen in Plow This then kept the former value it had in the time of Edward the Confessour viz. 20â— Two other Mannors in Marcham Godwin and Vlchel had before the Conq. which were publickly Taxed at seven Bov. and an half The Land three Car. and an half There afterwards Vlchel and four Sochm. and two Bord. had one Car. and an half This also kept the old value 16s. and was of Roger de Buslies Fee The Family of Cressy of Hodsac were successours of Turold as in Weston is noted and had likewise the most considerable interest here where a branch of that name also continued I find Anno Domini 1272. William de Cressy of Marcham and that 6 E. 3. Roger de Cressi held half a Knights Fee there William de Cressy of Markham 38 E. 3. had on his Seal within the Circumscription of his name 3. Crescents on a Bend. Sir William and Sir Iohn Cressy of Hoddishac had a Lion Rampant with a forked Tayle Avicia daughter of Ranulf the Sheriff wife of Iordan de Chevercourt by the spontaneous assent of Letice her eldest daughter and Ranulf de Novoforo or de Novomercato her said daughters husband and their heirs and of Mabel her second daughter and her heirs and likewise of Albreda her third daughter and Robert de St. Quintin her husband and their heirs gave to the Church of St. Mary at Blith and the Monks there William son of Gaufr de Marcham and his heirs and one Bovat of Land yielding 6s. yearly which he held of her which she assigned for the refection of the Monks in the day of her Anniversary that by their intercession her Soul in Heaven might have refection with celestial meat and drink c. Ranulf de Novoforo and Letice his wife confirmed the gift Fulc son of Roger de Est Marcham gave to the same Monastery a Toft and Croft and six Selions of Land in Est Marcham Richard de Marcham granted the said Monks 20s. per annum for the moyety of the Mill at Murihild Bridge which the said Prior and Monks granted to him and his heirs which payment he took his oath he would perform whether Thomas Fitz-William would warrant to them the suit to it or no and his heirs were to do the like and never to implead the said Monks concerning the said suit to that Mill. Nigellus de Marcheham the Man or Tenent of William de Lyneham of the Mannor of Marcham 9 E. 1. offered himself the fourth day against the said William de Lyneham concerning a Plea Why seeing the King lately commanded the said William that he should not exact of the said Nigellus other customes and services than ought and were wont to be done in the times past in which this Mannor was in the hands of the Kings of England he yet ceased not to distreyn the said Nigellus to perform the said undue services in contempt of the King and to the manifest damage of the said Nigellus c. Robert son of Iohn de East Marcham and Isabell his wife or sister acquired one Bovat of Land there of Robert son of Iohn de Saundeby 17 E. 2. and Anabella daughter of Iohn de Saundeby perquired thirteen Acres ½ of Robert de Saundeby in the same Town Iames son and heir of Richard Bosevill of East Markham 15 R. 2. released to Iohn de Markham the Judge and his heirs all his right in all the Tenements c. which were Adam de Lynhams in the Town and Fields of East Markham and which were Henry Cressys there The King 29 Ian. 15 R. 2. took the homage of Robert Cressy of East Markham who married Isabell daughter and heir of Constantia who had been wife of William Paunton deceased Richard Topcliffe Esquire 1 Eliz. suffered a recovery of the Mannor of East Markham and Robert Williamson Gent. 14 Eliz. another of the same with the Appurtenances in East Markham West Markham and Sutton on Lound who called Richard Topcliffe Johannes Williamson de Walkringham Egidius Williamson-Kath fil Rob. Thornehill mil. Rob. Williamson-Eliz fil .... Rither-Anna fil .... Stokeham ux 2. Rob. Williamson de Great Markham -Fayth fil .... Aiscough Thom. Williamsâ—n Baronettus Eliz. fil Ed. Hussey de Hunnington Bar. ... fil .... Halys superst 1674. ux 2. Thom. Williamson Bar. .... fil cohaer ..... Fenwick Robertus Jana-Johannes White Eliz. -Willielmus Clarkson Barnabas de Loundhall Franciscus Joh. Williamson de Gainsburgh -Jana fil Chr. Dobson ux 2. Ric. Williamson mil. Mr. supplie Libellor Ric. Williamson-Marg fil Rob. Thornhill sor Kath. Robert Williamson in the time of Queen Elizabeth paid for Lands in Great Markham late Richard Topcliffs and sometimes William Cressyes 6s. 8d. being then held by the service of a whole Knights Fee and Robert Markham Esquire then also paid for Lands there sometime ... Cressyes held by half that service 3s. 4d. Robert Markham sold his to ... Hewyt and Robert Williamson was Grand-faâ—her of Sir Thomas Williamson Baronet father of Sir Thomas the present owner The owners in 1612. are said to be William Hewet of London Knight Robert Williamson Esquire Widow Bowyer Originall Bellamy of Langford Grange in Yorkshire Gent. William Turnell Henry Wright of Egmanton Brian Birket of London Iames Bellamy William Rayner Thomas Iackson Robert Dunston Richard Dunston Alexander Rayner Thomas Bellialde Iames Dunstone Robert Grene Richard Gunthorp of Kirsall William Cooke c. These Churches of East and West Marcham seem to have been annexed amongst many others as in Lowdham and other places may be observed to the Kings Chapel of Tikhill King Philip and Queen Mar. 10 Nov. 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. granted to the Abbat and Covent of St. Peter at Westminster amongst other things the Advowsons Donations and Rights of Patronage of the Chapels of East Markham Drayton Bevercotes and Houghton in this County late belonging to the Cathedral Church of St. Peter at Westminster The Vicarage of East Markham was twenty Marks value when the Abbat of Westminster was Patron The Rectory is now said to be 11l. 18s. 6d. ob in the Kings Books and the Earl
for advancing his fortune though he lost his head as in Shelford is said Sir Edward Stanhope's Lady was after his death married to Sir Richard Page Richard Stanhope Esquire eldest son of Sir Edward married Anne one of the four daughters and co-heirs of Iohn Strelley Esquire afterwards married to Sir Iohn Markham by her the said Richard had one only daughter and heir Saunchia wife of Iohn son of Anthony Babington which Iohn was Father of Original Babington who had to wife .... the daughter of .... Galley and by her had Iohn Babington of Rampton who married Elizabeth daughter of ... Bussy of Hather who brought him Iohn Babington whose wife was .... the daughter of Hercy Nevyll of Grove Esquire afterwards married to Anthony Eyr whose son Sir Gervas Eyr married Elizabeth one of her daughters and co-heirs by Iohn Babington Barbara the other was wife of Iohn Boswell of Edlington near Tikhill in Yorkshire of whom Sir Gervas Eyre purchased the other moyety of this Mannor the Lady Eyr after Sir Gervas was dead married William More D. D. by whom she had no child to Sir Gervas she bore Anthony Eyr and Mary wife of Sir Iohn Newton of Hather Baronet Anthony first married Lucia daughter of Sir Iohn Digby of Maunsfeild Woodhouse and since he was chosen to serve in Parliament as Knight for this County .... the daughter of Sir Iohn Packington Baronet In 1612. the owners of Rampton Town are said to be the heirs of Iohn Babington Esquire the heirs of George Smith the heirs of Francis Kitchen Iohn Hutton Prebendary Francis Busshy Esquire Robert Sampson a Plowland and an half Iohn Browne as much Richard Legat a Plowland William Barneby Edward Procter the like Iohn Legat Roger Fenton half a Plowland Thomas Cotton as much William Leggat six Acres Anthony Fenton a Cottage c. The Vicarage of Rampton was 8l. 'T is now 10l. value in the Kings Books and the Prebendary continueth Patron Stokeham Doomsd. Estoches IN Estoches in Berndeslaw Wapentak as it were Soc to Flodburg Godeva the Countess paid the Tax or Danegeld in the time of King Edward the Confessour for six Bovats of Land and a third and a fifteenth part of a Bovat The Land being then returned sufficient for twelve Oxen or twelve Bovats There after the Conquest Nigellus the Man or Tenant of the Bishop of Lincolne whose Fee it was which Nigel had also Fledburgh had five Sochm. and four Bord. having three Car. and six Acres of Medow and small Wood. In the Confessours time this was 20s. value in the Conquerours 10s. This place seems to have descended with Fledborough to the Families of Lysures and Bassett as in that place may be seen The Mannor of Stokeham about the eleventh year of Queen Elizabeth was the Inheritance of William Swift Ancestor to Sir Robert Swift and was afterwards Sir Robert Amstrudders who married the daughter of the said Sir Robert Swift The owners of Stoakham Town in 1612. are said to be Sir Robert Swift Knight Originall Browne Originall Byeron Iohn Bellamye Edward Clarke Anne Boyle Headon Hedune And Vpton SOme in Hedune was joyned with Grove of the Soc of Dunham the Kings Mannor and there was Soc to Grove in Hedune particularly of the Fee of Roger de Busli which paid the publick Imposition for one Bovat And besides that there was in Hedune of Roger de Buslies Fee a Mannor where before the Conquest Godric and other six Thaynes had each Man his Hall amongst them were eight Bovats and one third of a Bovat for the Geld. The Land was five Car. and an half There after the Conquest William the Man of Roger had two Car. fourteen Sochm. nine Vill. six Bord. having sixteen Car. there was twenty six Acres of Medow Pasture Wood five qu. long four broad In King Edward the Confessours time and then the value was 2l. having Soc in Vptune as much as paid the Geld for half a Bovat The Land two Bov. There were then three Sochm. and two Bord. with one Car. and two Acres of Medow In Vptune also Soc to Dunham there was one Bov. of Land for the Geld. The Land ... There four Sochm. and two Bord. had one Car. and an half and three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two qu. long one broad Egmanton had Soc in Markham and belonging to that was there in Vptune as much as answered the Geld for two Bovats of Land and an half The Land two Car. There nine Sochm. and two Bord. had four Car. and six Acres of Medow This had Soc in Mercham and in Hedune there was Soc to Mercham one Bov. for the Geld. The Land two Bov. and two Acres of Medow There one Sochm. had two Bovats William the Man or Tenant of Roger de Busli held of his Fee in Outhorpe where a Family who had their name from their residence at this place had some interest as is there noted Hugh de Hedon son of Fulc gave to the Monastery of Blith a measure of Wheat then called Acrased and Acrasset of Blith i. e. Seed for an Acre to be paid yearly on the Feast of St. Katherin the Virgin and Martyr Hugh son of Hugh de Hedun confirmed it and added 12d. yearly Rent to be paid at the same time Simon de Hedun confirmed the gift of Hugh his Grandfather of a quarter of Wheat yearly at the Feast of St. Katherin and the 12d. yearly Rent which Hugh his Father gave Hugh de Heddun 14 H. 2. gave account of 10l. of the relief of his Land in the honour of Tikhill and 6 R. 1. being one of those Knights Fined for being with Earl Iohn he then gave 10l. for having seisin of his Land viz. one Knights Fee in Heddon He paid four Marks 8 R. 1. for two Knights Fees which he held of the honour of Tikhill Hugh de Heddon 7 Ioh. gave account of ten Marks in the sixth Scutage of the honor of Tykehull Simon de Heddon 43 H. 3. was Sheriff of this County and his son and heir Gerard de Hedon after him 51 H 3. and 53 H. 3. Roger de Essex and Simon de Heddon 54 H. 3. were Executors of Brian de Insula Gerard de Hedon had a Charter of Free Warren in his Mannor of Hedon granted by King Henry the third The Jury 24 E. 1. found that Iohn de Hedon had this Mannor and Advowson of the Church seven Acres of Medow in Rampton and Rents in Vpton 8s. c. and that Simon son of Simon de Hedon was his next heir and fifty years of age In the Pipe Roll for Yorkshire 29 E. 1. Simon is said to be son and heir of Iohn de Hedon and 14 E. 2. brother and heir There was a Fine levied at Yorke the day after St. Iohn Baptist 31 E. 1. between Laurence de Chauworth and Agnes his wife Pl. and Nicolas de Hedon Deforc. concerning the Mannor
the Service of half a Knights Fee The owners of Headon cum Vpton in 1612. are said to be Robert Swift Knight Hardolph Wastneyes Esquire Thomas Nicholson 20s. William Hawksmore Henry Swifte Alexander Bellamy a Cottage William Colt Cott. William Nicholson Cott. There was a Cottage in Vpton by Hedon belonging to the Free Chapel in Vpton 18 Eliz. granted among other things to Iohn Mershe Esq and Francis Greneham Gent. 30 March and their heirs The Rectory of Hedon was 20l. and Mr. Wastnes Patron The Vicarage of the same Town was ten Marks and the Rector Patron The Rectory is now 15l. 12s. 6d. value in the Kings Books and Sir Hardolfe Wasteneys Patron as he is also of the Vicarage which is now 4l. 3s. 4d. in the Kings Books Gamston Gameleston upon Idle IN Gameleston was some of Roger de Buslies Fee which was Soc to Agemanton of which one Garden and one Sochm. belonged to Marcham and one Garden ortum to Etton But the greatest part was of the Fee of Rogerius Pictavensis two Mannors whereof before the Conquest were the free-hold of Gamel and Swain and answered the Taxation for one Car. The Land being then eight Car. There Roger had in Demesne two Car. and seven Sochm. on two Bov. of this Land and three Vill. one Bord. having three Car. and an half There two Mills yielded 40s. twenty or twenty eight Acres of Medow twenty Acres of small Wood. This kept the value it had in the time of King Edward the Confessour viz. 4l. Another Mannor Chetelberne had before the Conquest which paid for one Bov. to the Geld. The Land one Car. That Mannor Chetelberne had of Roger Pictavensis and there had one Car. two Bord. and three Acres of Pasture Wood. In King Edward the Confessours time this was 20s. 8d. in the Conquerours but 10s. value The owners of this place had their name it seems from Matersey or Maresey in this County where they founded a Monastery of Gilbertines to which they gave this Church and were likewise Lords of Heton by Lancaster Rogerus de Maresey Ranulf de Maresey 1 Joh. 7 R. 1. Isabella relict 12 Joh. Rogerus de Maresey 9 H. 3. 18 H. 3. Ranulf de Maresey Thom. de Marsey ob 26 E. 1. Thom. de Mersay Phil. de Chauncy-Isabella Gerard de Chauncy ob 15 E. 2. Isabella de Chauncy ... aet 1. an 15 E. 2 -Georgius Monboucher Nicol. Monboucher infra aet 24 E. 3 -Margareta 39 E. 3. 1 Bertram Monboucher s. p. 2 Georg. s. p. 3 Rad. -Margareta sor Tho. Foljamb relict Jo. Cokfeld Jo. Burgh-Isab Matild ux Joh. Kevermond Hugh Bardulf 7 R. 1. gave account of Cxviiis. viâ— of the issue of Gameleston which was Ranulf son of Rogers for the whole year Ranulph de Maresi 1 Ioh. gave account of fifty Marks for having his Land which was in the Kings hand after the death of his Father Isabell who had been wife of Ran. de Mâ—resey 12 Ioh. gave account of thirty eight Marks and one Palfrey that she should not be constrained c. Eustace de Mortein 8 Ioh. held two Knights Fees in Gameleston with the heir of Ranulf de Marisco for the Custody or Wardship of whom he gave 100l. that year Roger son of Ranulf de Mareseâ—y paid four Marks in the Scutage of Montgomeri 9 H. 3. for two Knights Fees in Gameleston and in after times Ranulf son of Roger paid for two Fees in Gamelston The Jury 26 E. 1. found that Thomas de Maresey held in the town of Gamelston one Mess. nine score Acres of Arable Land c. when he died and divers Lands in Hatfeild Houghton Kirkton West Retford Misen Meresey Kirkeby Walesby Wilheby of the Honour of Lancaster and that Thomas de Maresey was his son and heir he had also a Capital Mess. and five Bovats of land in Everton held of the Arch-bishop of Yorke Isabell was daughter of Sir Thomas de Marsey and wife of Sir Philip de Chauncy who confirmed the gifts of her ancestors in this and other places to the Priory of Marsay or Mattersey in this County in the Monasticon mistaken and said to be in Lincolneshire The Jury 15 E. 2. found that Gerard de Chauncy held the Mannor of Houghton and two parts of the Mannor of Gamelston of the Earl of Lancaster and that he overlived Isabell de Chauncy his mother whose heir he was of these Lands and that he left Isabell de Chauncy his daughter and heir one year old the Fryday after the Feast of the Annuntiation then last past he had the Mannors of Willughton Swynhope c. in Lincolnshire George Monbocher Lord of Gameleston left his son and heir Nicholas under age who in 24 E. 3. was in the Custody of Thomas Cok Knight by the gift of the Earl of Lancaster Nicolas Mounboucher Chr. about 8 R. 2. dyed seized of this Mannor and that of Hoghton upon Idle which with the Mannor of Bylynggay in Lincolneshire and many other Hereditaments in this County 39 E. 3. were settled on him and Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Nicolas on whose seal within the Circumscription of his name is A Chevron between 3. Pitcheri with 3. Feet Within a Border charged with roundells The Deed was dated at Hoghton the Thursday after the Feast of St. George the Martyr 39 E. 3. These Mannors of which he died seized extended themselves in the Towns of Houghton Gamilston Flintham Willughby Walesby Elkeslee Kyrton Grimston Welhagh Almton Drayton Barneby Everton Mysyn Clareburgh West Retford and Morton in this County and Maresey and Thorpe as the book of Fees of Henry Earl of Lancaster in the Dutchy office shows This Sir Nicolas Monbocher had issue Bertram George aged fifteen years 8 R. 2. Raph Isabell and Matilda Bertram dyed before his Father without issue and so did George after his fathers death and Raph entred as his brother and heir and married Margaret the relict of Iohn Folejambe the sister of Thomas Cokefeild but had no issue Isabell had for her husband Iohn Burgh Esquire and Matildis Iohn Kevermond who 5 H. 5. levied a Fine of these Mannors to Thomas Folejambe the elder Esquire Robert Thornhagh William Foljambe and William Webster Chaplain Margaret Cokefeild held for her life the Mannors of Houghton upon Idle and Gameleston of the honour of Lancaster by the Rent of 40s. for Ward of the Castle of Lancaster the reversion in 4 E. 4. belonged to Thomas Thurland William Gull William Babington and their heirs Thomas Thurland about 13 E. 4. left these Mannors and West Drayton to William Gull Clark and others his Cousin and heir Thomas Thurland was then twenty one years old This Mannor was sold by .... Thurland the late unthrift of that Family to Thomas Markham Esquire eldest son of Sir Iohn Markham of Cotham by his
latter wife the relict of Richard Stanhope and one of the sisters and co-heirs of Iohn Strelley of Strelley Esquire it is now with Houghton the inheritance of the Right Honorable the Earl of Clare who hath also Thurland House in Nottingham where lived Thomas Thurland the great Merchant of the Staple and thereby the raiser of that Family This Church was accounted as part of the Chapelry of Blith but it appears 16 E. 3. that the Prior of Madersay was Patron of whom Richard de Willoughby obtained it and presented Rog. de Willughby who was Parson of Gameleston at that time The owners of Gamston 1612. are said to be Sir Iohn Hollys Knight Sir Robert Swifte Knight Robert Meunell Esquire of Staffordshire Robert Brett The Rectory of Gamylston was twenty Marks when the Prior of Mathersay was Patron 'T is now 11l. 16s. 5d. ob value in the Kings Books and the King Patron In Gamulston Church in a Window Orate pro bono statu Magistri Thomae Thurland Ar. Isabellae uxoris ejus pro anima Elizabethae uxoris ejus Upon a fair Tomb in the Chancel Hic jacet Thomas Thurland Ar. Dom. de Gamstone qui ob in die S. Gervasii Protasi Anno Christi 1497. Upon which Tomb in divers places was Ermine upon a Chief Gules 3 T. Arg. and upon that in the middle a Mullet In a Window Richard Thurland and Alice his wife There Thurland impales Willughby of Wollaton and Gules a Saltier Ermine Nevill of Rolleston There is Arg. a Chevron between three Pitchers or Fleshpots Gules within a Bordure sable Bezanty that is also upon the Shield of a Stone Statue on a Tomb Monboucher In the North Window of the Chancel Arg. a Crosse Chequey Or and Gules Cokfeild impales Sable a Bend between six Scallops Or Foljambe On the Surcoat of a Man there Ermine on a Fesse Azure three Eglets displayed Or. On the Surcoat of a Woman Vert a Chevron Gules between 3 Garbes Arg. In the North Window of the Church Or three Bendlets Azure with quarterings impaling Gules on a Fesse Dancette Arg. between six Lioncells Rampant Or three Martlets sable with quarterings Arg. a Mullett sable impaling vert a Chevron Or between three Befants Thurlands Chief is indented and upon it a file of three Labells instead of the three Taus Adelocum vel Agelocum Antonini Eton. Eyton Attune Idleton IN Attune which Roger de Busli became possessed of after the Conquest were before that change ten Mannors ten Taynes had each man his Hall they then between or amongst themselves paid to the Dane-geld the Publick Tax of that time for six Bovats one half and one sixth part of a Bovat The Land being then known to be four Carucats There Fulco the Man of Roger had one Car. and fourteen Vill. nine Bord. having seven Car. and two Mills 20s. and sixty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood five qu. long and three broad In King Edward the Confessours time the value was 6l. in the Conquerours when Doomsday Book was made but 3l. Here was some also in this Town of the Arch-bishop of Yorks Fee Soc to Sudton and Lound and Scrooby and Madrissey c. which paid the Geld for two Car. Robert de Wolrington and Iohn de Eyton held the whole Town of Eyton of Alice Countess of Augi for two Knights Fees Iohn de Heton paid for a third part Ramietta wife of Thomas de Wurlington 7 R. 1. gave account of 40s. for having 20s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Hardeshull and in Redford and in Etton whereof he was disseised for being with Earl Iohn Thomas de Wlverton and Ramietta his wife 10 R. 1. gave account of twenty Marks for having one Knights Fee with the Appurtenances in Etton three Bovats and one third of a Bovat less Thomas de Wulrinton 4 Ioh. gave account of one Mark that the Assize which was summoned between him and Ramietta his wife and Alice the daughter of Alexander might be taken before Hugh Bardulf and his fellows There was a Fine levyed at Doncaster the Tuesday after the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen 4 Ioh. between Robert son of Richard Petent and Thomas de Wilfrinton and Rametta his wife Tenants of three Bovats and the third part of a Bovat of Land and the third part of two Mills and the third part of the Advowson of the Church with the Appurtenances in Etton which the said Robert remised to Thomas and Rametta and their heirs for which they granted him and his heirs one Bovat in Ordeshall and six Perches of Medow in Eton which lye in the East part of Ydele by Eton Spring and 12d. Rent in Bevercotes and the Service of Roger de Bevercotes and six Tofts and an half in Retford and Common of Pasture in Eton for the Demesne Cattel of the said Robert and Paunage for his Demesne Swine in the Woods of Eton and Estovers there to build his Houses and to burn in his House for his own use by the view of the said Thomas or his Forester Robert de Ripariis son of Robert de Ordeshal 13 H. 3. claimed against Robert de Wlrincton son and heir of Thomas de Wlrincton and Rametta the third part of the Mannor of Eton. Thomas de Wlverthon and Rametta his wife gave to the Canons of Radeford the Church of Eton with all the Appurtenances Robert son of Thomas de Wlvrington confirmed the gift Robert son of Herbert de Wolrington released all his right in the Advowson of the Church of Eton near Ordesale to the said Canons of Wirkesop by his Deed dated at London 21 Octob. 1286. to which were Witnesses Elias de Sutton then the Kings Justice Robert de Swillington Canon of Lincolne Gerard de Heidon Robert de Morteyn Roger de Beltoft Knights c. Robert son of Herbert de Wolrington remised to the Prior and Covent of Wyrksop all his claim in the Advowson of the Church of Eton by Ordesale and also by another Deed of the same date viz. 1 Octob. rather 21 Octob. as before 1286. to Iohn Arch-bishop of York who it seems carried it for in the year 1289. he made it a Prebend in the Church of Southwell as in that place may be observed and so it still continues though 15 E. 1. the Prior had judgement to hold the Advowson by reason of the default of the said Robert de Wolrington who put himself on the grand Assize Robert Violett of Ordeshale and Elizabeth his wife held certain Lands in Ordeshale of Robert de Wolrington by doing Suit to his Court at Eton from three weeks to three weeks in 20 E. 1. By a Fine 7 E. 2. between Robert de Wolrington and Margery his wife Quer. and Henry son of Roger de Bradburne Deforc. the Mannor of Eton by Hedon was settled on the said Robert and Margery and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Robert
The Jury 19 E. 2. found that Robert de Wolrington of Eaton held two parts of the Mannor of Eton and the Reversion of the third part which Agatha his mother held in Dower of the Honour of Tikhill by the service of two parts of two Knights Fees and 13s. 4d. to the Castle of Tikhill for Ward fee and that he had four daughters by his said wife Margery his heirs of this Mannor Elizabeth the first eleven years old and above Alianor nine Isabell eight and Alice seven and upwards But Robert de Wolrington was his son and heir of his other Lands in Eton and Stretton c. In 21 E. 3. it was not found to the Kings loss if he granted Iohn de Wystowe Chaplain licence to give two parts of a Mess. in Eton by Retford to the Mansion of Mr. Gilbert de Welton Prebendary of the Prebend of Eton in the Church of St. Mary of Southwell and the third part of a Mess. and one Acre and an half of Land and half an Acre of Medow in the same Town to Henry de Swinstede Vicar of the Church of Eton and there remained over and above to the said Iohn one Mess. and thirteen Acres of Land in Eton. The Jury 37 E. 3. found that Iohn Ward outlawed for Felony held in Eton the fourth part of a Mess. four Acres of Land and half an Acre of Medow of Mr. Iohn de Welton Robert Breretwisel and Henry de Bolyngbroke by the service of 1d. q for Ward fee and that they held of Queen Philip as of the Honour of Tikhill In the time of Henry the sixth the Tenants of Iohn Leverwick held a third part Iohn Cutt a third part and Thomas Wortley another third part Shortly after this time it became the inheritance of Sir Iohn Savage who enfeoffed Sir Thomas Chaworth and others of two parts and Sir William Babington and Thomas Nevill of the third to the use of Hugh Hercy Humfr. Hercy Esquire 8 H. 8. claimed against Iohn Daniel of Eton three Mess. eighty Acres of Land twelve of Medow twelve of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Eton. In the disposing of Hercyes Lands this Town was allotted to George Markham who was the Nephew of Sir Iohn Hercy It was after by that Markham conveyed unto and became the Inheritance of Thomas Markham of Allerton It was lately the Inheritance of Nicolas Stringer whose father purchased it of Mr. Pilkington to whom it was Mortgaged by the feoffees of Mr. Markham and now continueth the possession of Francis Stringer Esquire Johannes Stringer 2 Ricardus Stringer-Maria fil Joh. Poutrell de Westhalum Robertus Stringer de Eaton alias Idleton ... fil .... Hales Eborac Nicol. Stringer de Eaton 1614 -Maria fil Valentin Hartop de Com. Leic. Nicol. Stringer ... fil Fran. South mil. Franciscus Stringer ... fil Joh. Newton Bar. Anna-Tho Jobson Eliz. -Joh Copley Joh. Stringer fil haer Robert Watson 8 Eliz. claimed against Edward Rosse two Mess. two Tofts two Gardens thirty Acres of Land and one Acre of Wood with the Appurtenances in Eton by East Retford who called to warrant Edward Blakenall The owners of Eaton Town in 1612. are said to be Nicolas Stringer Gent. Edward Pilkington de Stanton in Com. Derb. Esquire ... Hublat Gent. Iohn Blaknall The Vicarage of Etton was 4l. 13s. 4d. or seven Marks and so it still continueth in the Kings Books and the Prebendary Patron Grove Grave SOme part in Grave as before is noted in Hedune was ancient Demesne of the Soc of Dunham but the principal part was of the fee of Rog. de Busli viz. that which before his coming was the Freehold of Alwin and Osmund and paid for four Bovats and an half to the Common Taxation of those times The Land then being known to be three Car. There afterwards Robert the Man of Roger had one Car. and an half and â—â—x Vill. three Bord. one Sochm. having two Car. and an half There was a Priest and a Church and eight Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long and half so much broad It kept the value of 40s. having Soc in Ordesale and Ranby The next successour of Robert which I have yet found was Gerbert de Archis who 22 H. 2. gave account of ten Marks of the Forest Amercements whose son Gilbert de Arches 28 H. 2. gave account of fifty Marks for the Fine of his Fathers Land he had a son called also Gilbert de Arches as in Weston may be observed Malvesin de Herci and Theophania his wife and William Ruffus and Isabella his wife 11 Ioh. gave account of fifty Marks and two Palfreys for having two Knights Fees with the Appurtenances which were Gâ—lbert de Arches father of the said wives who were his heirs Malvesin de Hersey 5 H. 3. was Constable of Tykhill He in 17 H. 3. had a Release for two Knights Fees which he ought to the Castle of Tykehull Gilbert de Arches who gave his whole Land of Gledethorp to God and the Church of St. Iames at Wellebek and the Canons of that place was Lord of Grove near Retford and had the Barony of Grove intire he begat two daughters Theophania and Isabella and so was the Barony divided between the said two daughters There came one who had the Sirname of Hercy and married Theophania the first begotten of whom was then viz. about the latter end of Edward the second Sir Hugh de Hercy A certain Knight called William Rufus married the second daughter Isabella and begot of her a certain daughter Eyncina by name who was married to one of the Sirname of Mortayn who begot on her two sons William and Robert de Morteyn The said Eyncina after the death of her husband gave to Robert her son the Mannor of Grove because William his brother was heir and Robert had not whereof he might live Of William the elder the Inheritance descended to Sir Roger de Morteyn who then was as son and heir from Robert the second son the Inheritance of Grove descended to Stacy de Morteyn who then was as son and heir The Jury 27 E. 1. found that Robert de Morteyn held in Grove c. doing homage and fealty to Hugh de Hercy and paying to Tykhill Os. yearly for Ward Fee c. and left Eustachius de Morteyn his son and heir above thirty years old Grave and Hedon made an intire Villa 9 E. 2. and Hugh de Hercy Eustachius de Morteyn and Laurence de Cheworthe were then Lords Hugh de Hercy the younger 16 E. 2. had pardon for acquiring the Mannor of Grove held in Capite of the King of the Honour of Tykhull The King 10 E. 2. wrote from Woodstok 27 of Iune to Robert de Perpount Iohn Deincourt and Hugh de Hercy for two thousand footmen of which two hundred Miners to be chosen out of Nott. and Dabyshires and to be led to Newcastle
upon Tyne by the said Robert and Hugh Gerbertus de Archis Baro de Grove Gilbertus de Arches 28 H. 2. Gilbertus de Arches Theophania-Malvesinus de Hercy Robertus de Hercy fil haer 39 H. 3. ob s. p. Hugo de Hercy Hugo de Hercy Hugo de Hercy mil. 3 E. 3. 40 E. 3 -Alicia Johannes de Hercy miles 15 E. 3 -Joana 15 E. 3. Robertus de Hercy fil haer 33 E. 3. Tho. de Hercy-Elizab 40 E. 3. Willielmus Hercy ..... relict Will. de Saundeby Tho. Hercy miles-Kath fil Tho. Comberford mil. -Joh Constable mar 2. Hugo Hercy miles-Elizab fil cohaer Simonis Leeke Hugo Hercy-Margeria fil Ric. Bingham Justic. Humfr. Hercy-Joana fil Joh. Stanhope Humfr. Hercy-Eliz fil Johannis Digby de Ketelby mil. Joh. Hercy mil. ob 12 Eliz. s. p. -Eliz fil haer Joh. Stanley mil. s. p. 5 Georg. -Nevill.-Barbar Johannes Nevill-Gertruda fil Ric. Whalley Ar. Hercy Nevill-Brigitta fil Henr. Savile de Lupset Gilbert Nevill-Marg fil Tho. Bland de Kipax Park mil. .... relict Marmad Dorrell ux 2. Edward Nevill-Maria fil .... Scott de Camberwell Edward Nevill mil. 1674 -fil ..... Holt relict ..... Kiderminster Anna-Johannes Millington .... Anthonius 1 Johan Mering -Kath 2 Nicol. Denman -Ann 3 Henr. Hatfeild -Alic.-Robert Markham 4 Ed. Bussy -Jan 6 Johan Little bury -Ursul Franc. Mackworth -7 Elen. Fran. Hotham mil. -8 Mari. Marmaduc Constable 2 Baldwin de Hercy 1219. Willielmus Ruffus-Isabella Eustachius de Morteyn-Eyncina 2 Robertus de Morteyn Eustachius de Morteyn fil haer aet 30. ampl 27 E. 1. 1 Will. de Mortein fil haer Rog. de Morteyn Eustachius de Morteyn by a Fine levied at York 2 E. 3. passed the Mannor of Grove to Mr. Henry de Clyf who by another 5 E. 3. settled it on Hugh de Hercy and Alice his wife and the heirs of Hugh Hugh de Hercy Knight 3 E. 3. claimed to have in his Mannor of Grove Park Infangenthef Gallows and Free Warren in his Demesne Lands of Grove Ordeshale and Wâ—ston as son of Hugh son of Hugh brother of Robert de Hercy as in Weston is noted By a Fine 15 E. 3. between Thomas de Everingham Parson of Berkin and Richard de Ampcotes Parson of Scalleby Plaintiffs and Hugh de Hercy Deforc. the Mannor of Grove and one Carucat in Ravenesfeild and the Advowsons of the Churches of West Retford Ordesale and Grove were settled viz. two parts on the said Hugh for life remainder to Iohn his son and the heirs which his said son should beget on Ioane his wife remainder to the right heirs of Hugh The third part with the Advowson of West Retford on the said Iohn de Hercy his son and Ioane his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Hugh Iohn Hercy Knight son and heir of Hugh Hercy Knight 33 E. 3. sold the marriage of Robert his first begotten son and if he failed of Thomas his second son to Richard Stanhop Burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne By a Fine 40 E. 3. between Hugh de Hercy Chr. and Alice his wife and Robert de Musters Parson of the Church of Kyrtelington Quer. and Richard Parson of the Mediety of the Church of Tyreswell and Iohn Parson of the other moyety of the Church Deforc. the Mannors of Grove and Weston in the Clay with the Appurtenances and the Advowsons of the Churches of the said Mannor of Grove Ordesale and West Retford were settled on the said Hugh Alice and Robert for life remainder to Thomas son of Iohn de Hercy Knight and to Elizabeth his wife and the heirs Males of their bodies c. remainder to the right heirs of Hugh Who succeeded this Thomas I have not certainly found but not very long after his time William Hercy perhaps his son or Nephew who married .... the relict of William de Saundeby sold some of his Inheritance and left a son called Sir Thomas Hercy who married Katherine the daughter of Sir Thomas Comberford afterwards wife of Iohn Constable and mother of Marmaduk Constable this Sir Thomas had Sir Hugh Hercy who had to wife Elizabeth one of the daughters and co-heirs of Simon Leek of Cotham Esq by whom he had Hugh Hercy Esq husband of Margery daughter of Sir Richard Bingham the Judge and father of Humfr. Hercy Esq who begot on his wife Ioane the daughter of Iohn Stanhope Humf. Hercy Esq who married Eliz. daughter of Sir Iohn Digby of Ketelby and by her had Sir Iohn Hercy the husband of Elizabeth daughter and heir of Sir Iohn Stanley or Sir Iames but having no issue this Sir Iohn Hercy disposed his great Patrimony amongst his eight sisters to Barbara the wife of George Nevill he gave this Mannor of Grove though she was the fifth daughter of his Father Katherine his eldest sister was wife of Iohn Meringe Anne the second of Nicolas Denman Alice the third of Henry Hatfeild and afterwards of Robert Markham Serjeant at Arms Iane the fourth of Edmund Bussy of Hather in Lincolneshire Vrsula the sixth of Iohn Littlebury of Higmore in the same County Ellen the seventh of Francis Macworth of Empingham in Rutland and Mary the eighth of Sir Francis Hotham of Scorburgh in Yorkshire George Nevill was son of Robert named in Ragnell and by the said Barbara Hercy had Iohn Nevill his son and heir husband of Gertrud one of the daughters of Richard Whalley of Welbeck or Screveton Esquire who brought him Hercy Nevill who by Brigitt the daughter of Henry Savile of Lupset in Yorkshire his wife was father of Gilbert Nevill whose wife was Margaret the daughter of Sir Thomas Bland of Kipax Park in Yorkshire by whom he had Edward and Anthony a Major for the King in the late Rebellion and several daughters he afterwards married ..... the widow of Sir Marmaduc Dorrell who before that had been wife of .... Clapham and was after some years married to Colonel .... Sandys Edward Nevill was husband of Mary the daughter of .... Sâ—â—it of Camberwell in Surrey and by her left issue Sir Edward Nevill now of Grove Knight who married .... the sister of Sir Robert Holt of Warwickshire the relict of .... Kiderminster who had him in tuition after his fathers death Anne Nevill elder sister of Sir Edward is wife of Iohn Millington Barrester at Law .... the younger is .... The Rectory of Grove was 10l. when Mr. Hersey was Patron 'T is now 11l. 14s. 2d. value in the Kings Books and Edward Nevile Esquire now Knight Patron Truswell Tireswelle IN Tireswelle and a place now unknown called in the Book of Doomsday Cledreton before the Normans invaded this Kingdom Godric and Vlmar had each a Mannor besides that which belonged to the Kings Soc of Mansfeild in Cledreton which answered the Geld for twelve Bovats the Land being four Car. There twenty two Sochm. and eleven Vill. had nine Car. These Sochmen paid 20s. to the
Monasterijs gave to the Priory of Thurgarton that Bovat of Land in Leyrton which was Vlfkells viz. that which Adam and Ernis held Roger de Capella confirmed it of whom the said Adam and Ernis held it and so did Henry de Capella This was in the year 1328. divided and Henry de Wentelane and Emme Arnwy then paid each of them 2s. 2d. for each of them paid half a Bovat to the said Monastery in Leverton The Jury 24 E. 1. found that Robert de Hayton when he died held Lands here viz. one Mess. three Bovats five Acres c. of Iohn de Hastings in Socage for 18s. 7d. Rent and that Thomas and Robert his sons were his heirs as in Hayton will also be noted The Jury 8 E. 3. found that Thomas Latymer Bouchard held when he died joyntly with Lora his wife 30l. and 12d. Rent for term of life whereof in South Leverton 11l. 9s. 4d. ob q. in Cotom 22s. 2d. ob in Stretton Fenton Littelburgh Clareburgh Wellum Morehouses Wheatlye Wyston North Woodhouse c. certain Rents of the free-holders and Oswardbek Court then held of the King by reason of the minority of Lawrence son and heir of Iohn de Hastings In 22 E. 3. Lawrence de Hastings late Earl of Pembrok was found to have held the said Rent of the free-holders and a certain Wong in South Leverton containing an Acre and an half and halfe Rood and other very small parcels in some of the other Towns Laurence Moigne and Elizabeth his wife who 10 H. 6. had the Mannor of Hayton and Marshall Hall had also something in South Leverton Iohn Wimbish and Ioane his wife 3 H. 8. suffered a recovery of twenty Mess. one Dovecote one thousand Acres of Land three hundred of Medow one hundred of Pasture one hundred of Moor and 46s. Rent with the Appurtenances in South Leverton North Leverton Cotom East Retford West Retford Wellum Moregate Clareburgh Norwell and Heydon which Simon Stalworth Clark Iohn Byron Esquire Richard Basset Esquire Edward Bussy Esquire Gyles Husey Esquire and others claimed against them In 14 H. 8. the same persons with Hamond Sutton Gent. and others claimed against the said Iohn Wymbyshe and Iohan his wife the moyety of the said twenty Mess. one Dovecote one thousand Acres c. in the said places Humfr. Bentley Gent. 36 H. 8. claimed against Thomas Wymbyshe Esquire twenty Mess. c. in the said places William Oglethorp and Iohn Mason 11 Eliz claimed against William Bette and Isabell his wife two Mess. two Tofts one Dovecote two Gardens eighty Acres of Land thirty of Medow twenty of Pasture six of Wood forty of Marsh and 2s. 1d. Rent with the Appurtenances in South Leverton and Cotham who called Robert Harryson Gent. Ed. Pickering Gent. and William Caryer 17 Eliz. claimed against Hugh Monnock Robert Caworth and Alexander Sampson three Mess. three Tofts three Gardens one hundred Acres of land thirty of Medow thirty of Pasture and four of Wood with the Appurtenances in South Leverton and Cotham by Cotes who called Iohn Bussy Esquire There was a fair house and Demesnes with divers Tenements and Farms heretofore of long time the inheritance of Nevile of South Leverton sold in our times by the Neviles now of Mattersey unto the Right Honourable the Earl of Kingston with whose posterity it continueth In 1612. the owners of South Leverton Town are said to be William Keyworth Thomas Sampson Edward Barker Henry Sampson William Sampson Alexander Carrier Hugh Husband Robert Porter Edward Carrier Cott. Thomas Tong c. The Vicarage of South Leverton was eight Marks and the Chapter of Lincoln had the Patronage 'T is now 6l. 13s. 4. value in the Kings Books and the Dean of Lincolne Patron as he is of Maunsfeld with which 't is like this Church passed to that of Lincolne by the gift of King William 2. Rufus noted in Maunsfeild Little Greeneley Greenlege THe greatest part of this Hamlet was of the Soc to Dunham the Kings Land to which there belonged in Greeneleigâ— as much as answered the ordinary Tax of that time viz. before the Conq. for two Bovats and the sixth part of a Bovat The Land being then also two Car. There five Sochm. and one Bord. had two Car. and Pasture Wood four qu. long and four broad Another less parcel in Greeneleig was of the Arch-bishop of Yorks Fee and Soc to Sudton and Lund and Scroby c. being as much as paid to the Geld for one Bov. and ¼ Mr. Alan de Bolleshoure brother and heir of Henry Norreis gave to his Nephew Henry Norreis and his heirs all his Land which he had in the Clay viz. in Greenley and in Stretton in Wyston in Fenton in Leieton paying yearly to him and his heirs a pair of Gilt Spurrs at Whitsontide for all services And he gave him likewise the moyeâ—y of the Mills of Redford with the Suits works Fishings and all Customs paying to him and his heirs yearly four Marks of Silver and he would acquit the said Henry and his heirs against the King concerning 20s. and a pair of Guilded Spurrs and other 20s. against the Lords of Wheteley The King 30 E. 1. granted Alexander le Norreys upon his Fine leave to give to Richard de Fenton during his life with remainder to the said Alexander and his heirs one Mess. eighty Acres of Land and ten Acres and four of Medow with the Appurtenances in Greeneley which were held of the King in Capite The Jury 9 E. 2. found that Alexander le Norreys held of the King in Capite or Chief by the service of a pair of Gilt Spurrs in Greenely Retford and Wiston one Mess. sixty six Acres of Land c. and in Claworth of Robert de Hardreshull one Mess. thirty Acres of Land c. by the service of 24s. per annum and that Iohn le Norreys son of the said Alexander was his next heir Robert Blackwall Clark one of the Masters of the Kings Chancery Robert Lytton Knight Iohn Morton Esquire William Bolling Gent. and Roger Bryde Clark 15 H. 7. claimed against Iohn Bolore son and heir of William Bolore one Mess. eighty Acres of Land eleven of Medow forty of Pasture and 12s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Gryngley East Radford and Wellom Iohn Hercy Esquire 1 Febr. 35 H. 8. had licence to alienate one Mess. fourscore Acres of Land twelve of Medow forty of Pasture and 12s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Grinley East Retford and Wellome to Iohn Clark and his heirs Lion Sherbroke 8 Eliz. claimed against Brian Clark one Mess. one Toft one Garden one Orchard 100. Acres of Land 100. of Medow 100. of Pasture one hundred of Wood and one hundred of Furz and Heath with the Appurtenances in little Grynley by Grove East Retford and Wellom There were fifteen Oxgangs of Land of the Soc of Oswaldbek in this place
Roger had in Demesne four Car. four Sochm. twenty five Vill. having twelve Car. ½ and five Acres of Medow small Wood one leu long one qu. broad This continued the ancient value 8l. Martin de Watelega 5 Steph. gave account of 46â— 8d. of the Pleas of G. de Clinton William son of Robert de Waytele gave to the Monks of Blyth 7s. â—d. Rent which he was wont to receive of certain Tenents for Lands in Waytele which he sometimes passed to Ela de Warenna for seven Marks of Silver But it seems Raph Taisun of which name one had pardon 5 Steph. by the Kings Writ for 9s. 9d. in the Sheriffs account was owner of Wetele which Eschaered to the Crown and sometimes Brian de Insula had it in Ward and then it was valued at 26l. 13d. King Iohn let Nicholas de Lettris hold it and then it was valued at 30l. The King 4 H. 3. commanded the Sheriff of Notss to give Roger de Monte Begonis possession of the Land of Oswaldebec and the Mannor of Wateleg which was Iohn Malherb his brother's both which King Iohn had granted to the said Roger the first in Fee the other for life only but the Sheriff was then to keep Claworth in the Kings hand still Hubert de Burgo 13 H. 3. had the Mannor of Watle which he held of the Countess of Ewe or Augi as Raph Teisun was also said to do Iohn de Burgo 44 H. 3. had free warren in Wacley Iohn de Burgo the elder son of Hubert Earl of Kent 2 E. 1 granted the Mannor of Wheteley with very many other in several Counties to the King in Fee who then granted the said Iohn for life the Tower of London and Castle of Colchester and hundred of Tendring 18 Decemb at St. Martins in London Mr. Philip Boulton 6 E. 1. remised to the King and his heirs ten Marks Rent of the gift and grant of Iohn de Burgo son of Hubert de Burgo sometime Earl of Kent issuing out of Tenements in Misterton Stretton Misne and Bolum belonging to the Mannor of the said Iohn viz. of Whetelaye In Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Whetley and the fourth part of Bole answered for an intire Villa whereof the King was Lord. Gaufr de Mauquinci gave to God and the Canons of Felley 12d. yearly in that Bovat of Land which Roger son of Swan held of him in Whetley for his own soul and Maud his wifes The Witnesses were the Prior and Covent of Wirkesop Wil. son of Rich. de Rudington Galfr. de Paveli Ioel the Chaplain of Wirkesop Thomas the Dean Math. the Clark c. Laurence de Pavelli about 11 E. 2. held 40s. Land and Rent in Whetley of the Arch-bishop of York by the service of suit to his Court from three weeks to three weeks Michael de la Pole Earl of Suffolk held before his forfeit the Mannor of Normanton and Weston and Lands in South Whetley There was a Fine 2 H. 6. between Matthew Horneby Esquire Quer. and Iohn Spenser of Winterton and Isolda his wife daugther and heir of Robert Knight of Stokwyth Deforc. of three Mess. thirty Acres of Land and the moyety of one Acre of Medow with the Appurtenances in South Bek Whetelay whereby the premises were made the right of Matthew quit from the heirs of Isolda The Rectory was part of the Chapelry of Tykhill and disposed with that as in Lowdham and other places may be noted The owners in South Wheatley Town 1612. are said to be Charles Markham Gent. and Thomas Markham Gent. in North Wheatley Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury Thomas Osborne Thomas Bingham Iohn Iames Thomas Cartwright and Henry Bromehead The Rectory of South Wheatley was xl. and is now 6l. 14s. 2d. value in the Kings books the Patronage still belonging to the Chapter of Southwell The Vicarage of North Wheatley was ten Marks when the Abbat of Westminster was Patron 'T is now 3l. 18s. 11d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Marquess of Dorchester Patron Claworth Clavord IN Clavord of the Kings Soc of Maunsfeld in his Wapentac of Wardebec or Oswaldbec was one Car. and six Bov. for the Geld. The Land three Car. Twelve Sochm. one Vill. eighteen Bord. had ten Car. Medow two quarent long one qu. and an half broad The value in the Conquerours time was 26s. 4d. at which time there was of Roger de Buslies Fee which before the Conquest Grumchell had who paid for his Mannor to the Geld as two Bov. The Land four Bov. There Fulco the Man of Roger had three Sochm. three Bord. with three Car ½ Medow two quarent and an half long and eighteen Perches broad Pasture Wood three qu. and ten Perches long and as much broad The value of this in King Edward the Confessours time was 4s. then in King Williams 5s. In the record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Clauworth and Wyston answered for a whole Villa The King Thomas de Latymar and Robert de Hardeshull are there certified to be Lords This Robert and his ancestors had their name as in Mr. Dugdale's Book of Warwickshire may be seen from a place called Hartshill in that County where it seems they had their principal or most usual residence The â—â—rst notice that I can take of any of them in relation to this County is 2 H. 2. when Ranulf Fitz-Engelram the Sheriff accounted for Lands granted to Robert son of Hugh in Claword C. and xiis. and the like I Ioh. to William son of Hugh viz. C. and xiis. in Clawrd William de Hardredesfeild 10 Nov. 6 H. 3. made Fine for having the Town of Claworth which concerned him as his inheritance Robert de Hardreshull 10 H. 3. made Fine for his relief and had the Land which William his father held of the King in Capite in Claworth Will. de Hardredeshull 31 H. 3. paid a Mewed Spar-hauk into the Exchequer for certain Lands which he held in Claworth of the King Berta de Herdreshill held the whole Town of Claworth except six Bovats of Land which were held in Dower William son of Robert held one hundred and 12s. Land in Claworth paying yearly a Mewed Sparhawk it was then in the Kings hand and William de Hardreshill made Fine of one hundred Marks for it but then had not found Pledges which it seems he did ere long for the Sheriff of Warwick and Leycestershires 8 H. 3. put into his account that Wil. de Hardredeshill ought twenty Marks for his relief for having Claworde in Notess by the pledge of the Earl of Chester and Falkes de Breant His Fathers name was Robert and so was his sons Robert de Hardreshull 10 H. 3. made Fine and had seisin c. as before is noted Nicolas de Hekham Dean of Lincolne in 9 E. 1. recovered the presentation to three parts of the Church of Claworth
against Robert de Hardreshull who in 51 H. 3. recognized it to be the right of the said Dean another said that Robert de Austrit ancestor of the said Robert recognized in the time of King Henry Henry son of Nicolas Daubeney of Claworth claimed Lands in Claworth 3 E. 3. as parâ—ible amongst heirs Males against his brother William son of the said Nicolas The Jury 11. R. 2. found it not to the Kings loss if he granted licence to Nicolas Daubeney Parson of the Church of Claworth to gives one Mess. one hundred and twenty Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in Claworth to a Chaplain of a certain Chantry by him to be founded in that Church which Mess. and Lands were held of Robert de Herdsill of Claworth by the service of 11s. per annum and two appearances at the Kings turn of Bersedelaw which Robert held them over of the heirs of Iohn de Hardesill Chr. by the service of a Sore Sperhawk and they of the King in Capite By a Fine levyed at Westminster 9 E. 2. in the Octaves of the holy Trinity Iohn de Sandale passed the Mannor of Claworth Wodehouses with the Appurtenances to Iohn de Heydon who by another the morrow after St. Iohn Baptist settled it on Margery de Willughby for her life and after on Thomas son of the said Margery and the heirs of his body remainder to Iohn brother of Thomas and the heirs of his remainder to Katherin sister of Iohn and the heirs of her body remainder to the right heirs of the said Margery Thomas de Bernardeston and his heirs had free-warren granted 26 Ian. 21 E. 3. in all his Demesne lands in Whetelaw in Yorkshire Great Cotes in Lincolneshire Clauworth and Wodehous in this County Kedyton in Suffolk and Essex and Bernardeston in Suffolk Thomas le Latimar of Werdon 3 H. 2. had free-warren in Claworth Heyton and Wyston By an Inquisition taken at Nottingham 24 Sept. 6 E. 6. it appeareth that Thomas Wawyn alias Leche Esquire died 18 Apr. then last past seised of the Mannor of Claworth and Lands in Wyeston and Bole and in Saunby and Fishing in Everton his wifes name was Barbara his son Charles Wawyn alias Leche was then viz. at the taking the Inquisition aged thirteen years four Months and eleven days William Mason and Nicolas Fenton 16 Eliz. claimed against Charles Wawen Gent. Iohn Lyllyman and Brian Whitwell one Toft sixty Acres ½ of Land twenty six of Medow thirty of Pasture and 140. of More with the Appurtenances in Claworth and Wyeston who called Robert Lawe Senior Gent and Thomas Lawe son and heir of the said Robert and Robert Lawe junior son of the said Robert William Hastings Esquire Anthony Fitz-Herbert Sergeant at Law Iohn Porte Esquire Iohn Talbot Doctor of Divinity and Iohn Bothe Chaplain 14 H. 8. claimed against Iohn Norres and Richard Norres four Mess. one hundred and 32. Acres of Land 36. Acres of Medow and fifty of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Claworth the Ancestors of Norreys are some of them mentioned in Little Gréeneley and thereabouts Iohn Burgon also suffered several recoveries 20 H. 8. and afterwards of one Mess. and divers parcels of twenty or thirty Acres of Land c. Mr. Wawen is still a considerable owner there and the Dean of Lincolne Patron Robert Tipheved who about 27 E. 1. was hanged for Felony held in Claworth the fourth part of a Mess. and of one Bovat of Land which the King had in his hand a year and a day The Prior of Matersey had a Grange and good Lands there part whereof was granted to Sir Anthony Nevill 4 Novemb. 31 H. 8. with the site of the Monastery of Mattersey the residue have been passed sithence Sir Anthony Nevill 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. Apr. 8. had licence to alienate certain Mess. Lands and Tenements in the Towns Fields and Parishes of Stirton Clayworth and Wieston to the use of Iulian Portington one of the daughters of Iohn Portington for term of her life and after her decease to the use of Alexander Nevill son of the said Sir Anthony who settled Lands also in Mattersey to the use of himself for life and after to the said Iulian for her life and then to the said Alexander Thomas Markham the younger son of Sir Iohn Markham by the heir of Strelley had Lands there which he conveyed to Sir Griffin his eldest son not very long since dead but upon his Attainder they were passed to Sir Iohn Harington 30 Iune 2 Iac. and since sold to others in which Patent of Sir Griffins estate were granted the Mannors of Gamulston and Claworth and four Mills two Corn-mills and two Walk-mills and other Mess. Lands and Tenements in Claworth Weyston and Saunby and 100l. Rent issuing out of the Mannors of Laxton Weston Sutton and Knesall and other Lands in Laxton Weston Sutton and Knesall and the Rectory of Laxton and the Mannor of Egmanton and the Mannors of Laxton Laxton Morehouse and Knesall and the Park of Knesall The owners of Claworthe Town in 1612. are said to be Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury Thomas Wawyn Esquire Nicolas Stringer Gent. Peter Dickenson senior Robert Hydes Iohn Ward senior Raph Calton senior Thomas Woodcock Richard Lillyman Edward Whitwell Nicholas Bett William Venson one Mess. one Toft one Garden one Orchard fifteen Acres of Land Anthony Bingham Richard Iackson William Bett William Donnel Iohn Elton Iohn Fox The Rectory of Claworth was 24l. 'T is now 26l. 10s. 10d. value in the Kings Books and the Dean of Lincolne continueth Patron Wigston VViston IN Wiseton of the Kings Soc of Oswardebek belonging to Maunsfeild also was one Car. for the Geld. The Land two Car. Seven Sochm. seven Vill. four Bord. had six Car. Medow two qu. long two broad Pasture Wood fourteen quar long four broad The value in King Williams time was 10s. In Wiston were four Bovats of Land and an half which anciently were wont to yield 10s. which the King the Great Grand-father of King Iohn gave to one William le Harper paying 15d. per annum and his heirs continued to hold it The Jury in 3 E. 3. found that Iohn de Bekering held of the King in Capite fifteen Acres of Land in Wiston by the service of 1d. ob per an and that he likewise held there one Mess. forty five Acres of Land of Sir Thomas le Latymer of the Sok of Oswardebek by the service of Suit of that Court from three weeks to three weeks and 7s. 6d. Rent and that Iohn de Bekering son of the said Iohn was his heir and twenty two years of age viz. of the said fifteen Acres held of the King but as to the forty five Acres held of Sir Thomas le Latymer they were partible between the said Iohn son of Iohn and Thomas Robert Leonard and William brothers of the said Iohn the younger and co-heirs of
the said Iohn de Bekering Ioane who had been wife of Iohn de Bekering 9 E. 3. holding Lands which were the said Iohns gave the King 6d. for a pair of Gilt Spurrs for fifteen Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in Wyston which Iohn de Bekering father of the said Iohn late her husband held of the King in Capite Iohn son and heir of Alexander le Norreys 16 E. 2. had ten Acres and 2s. Rent in Wyston c. The Jury 3 E. 3. also found that Iohn de Markham when he died held Lands and Tenements in Wyston of Thomas le Latymer by the service of 2s. 4d. and two appearances at his Court yearly for all services and that he held likewise other Lands in the same Town of Alan de Bekingham by the service of 5d. per annum and that Elizabeth twelve years old and Cecilia ten years old and upwards were the daughters and heirs of the said Iohn de Markham The Priory of Mattersey 20 E. 4. had Lands in Wyeston by Claworth which were granted to Sir Anthony Nevill with the site of that Monastery by King H. 8. The Priory of Wirkesop had Lands here at the dissolution rated at 5l. 3s. 0◠The owners of Wiston Town 1612. are said to be Oliver Bromhead Anthony Whitwell Thomas Smith Thomas Draper Bole. BOle and Bolum are not distinguished in Doomsday Book being both there written Bolum and some of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Fee and some of the Fee of Roger de Busli There was a Mannor in Bolun which Vlmer had before the Conquest and answered the Geld as one Bov. and an half for it The Land one Car. There Roger de Busli had one Car. and the fourth part of a Church and two Mills 32s. and ten Acres of Medow this continued the old value it had in the Confessours time viz. 40s. The application of this record is so uncertain that what is set down for Bollum may possibly belong to this place and this to that The Mannor and Rectory of Bole do make a Prebend in the Cathedral Church of York valued heretofore at xx Marks The Jury 17 R. 2. found it no damage if the King granted to William Rothewell of Bole leave to give and assign to Gilbert Tynne Vicar of the Church of Bole and his successours eight Acres of Land and six of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Bole to help to sustain them which Lands were held of Iohn Danby Clark as of the Prebend of Bole by two appearances at the Court of Bole and paying 2d. And the said William held a Mess. and twenty Acres of Land and Pasture with the Appurtenances of Iohn Duke of Lancaster as of the Honour of Tykhill and the said William held a Mess. and one Acre ½ of Land in Bole of Mr. Thomas Arundel Arch-bishop of Yorke as of his Mannor of Scrooby paying 5d. per annum and some other small parcels there of the said Prebendary Duke and Arch-bishop The owners of Boale Town in 1612. are reckoned The Lady Elizabeth Gilby Widow Hugh Hodgeson Charles Oxenford Iennat Asheton Widow Katherine Gregory Widow Charles Asheton Anthony Dickens William Rodgers Dorothy Birche Widow William Bradley Edward Kirkeby Richard Carre Iohn Frances Henry Broomehead of Wheatley The Vicarage of Boole was five Marks 'T is now 4l. 13s. 4d. value in the Kings Books and the Prebendary continueth Patron Saundeby SOc to Maunsfeld in Wardebec Wapentac in Saundeby one Villan held one Garden to find Salt for the Kings Fish in Bigredic The rest of Saundeby was a Berue of the Arch-bishops great Soc of Lanum Gaufrid de Mauquincy gave to the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton and the Canons there in pure Alms Hugh son of Aufrid with his Land viz. one Bovat which he held in Saundebi with the Appurtenances for his own Soul and the Souls of his Father and Mother and for the Soul of Matilda his wife and of all their Parents departed Robert de Saundeby 11 H. 2. ought his relief for two Knights Fees of Tikehull Honour Hugh de Saundebi 7 R. 1. gave account of twenty Marks for having 8l. Land which was his Fathers in Marcham and in Sandebi and in Burton and in Bekingham and in Misterton and in Babewurd and in Wellum and in Warshop and in Wudehus and in Greseley and in Quikene and in Tikehull Hugh de Sandebi 2 Ioh. accounted for twenty Marks for having seisin of his Land in Saundebi whereof he was disseised by occasion of Earl Iohn Alice sometimes wife of Hugh de Sandeby 5 Ioh. ought twenty Marks and one Palfrey for having the custody of the Land and heir of the said Hugh until the said heir should be of age to hold the Land The Sheriff 25 H. 3. accounted for a Mark of William de Saundeby for having a Precept or Wri◠William de Saundeby paid for half a Knights Fee and a ninth part 15 s In Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Saundeby and the half of Burton answered for a whole Villa and the King and Robert de Saundeby were certified to be Lords By a Fine 8 E. 2. between Robert de Saundeby Quer. and Isabell de Musters of Basingham Linc. Deforc. the Mannor and Advowson of the Church of Saundeby were settled on the said Robert for life remainder to Thomas son of the said Robert and to Isabell his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Robert By another Fine 2 R. 2. this Mannor and Advowson were settled on Bertram de Saundeby and Ioane his wife and the heirs of the body of the said Bertram remainder to Meliora wife of Adam de Rotherfeild Chr. and the heirs of her body remainder to William de Saundeby and his heirs Iohn Tee and Meliora his wife 18 R. 2. by Fine passed the Mannor of Saundeby with the Appurtenances except four Mess. three Tofts two Bovats of Land and 10s. Rent to William de Saundeby and his heirs wherein it seems the said Meliora had interest for her life Elizabeth the wife of Hugh Hercy held the moyety of the Town of Saundeby by two parts of the service of one Knights Fee and held in Saundeby Misterton Holbek Woodhouse and Burton one Fee and the eighth part of a Fee and paid for Ward of the Castle xs. xvd. and for the meat of the Watchmen 9d. and for Common Fine 10s. and to the Sheriffs aid 9d. Sir Iohn Markham the Chief Iustice Elizabeth one of the daughters and heirs of Simon Leke late of Cotum Esquire widow of Hugh Hercy late of Grove Esquire Richard Willoughby Esquire Gervas Hercy Esquire and Geoffrey Staunton 11 Novemb. 6 E. 4. had licence to purchase Lands to Found a Chantry of one Chaplain in the Church of St. Martin of Saundby In 10 E. 1. because it was found that William son of Iohn de Saundeby demised to William
son of Hugh de Saundeby one Mess. and one Bovat and an half of Land in Saundby for life and afterwards by levying a Fine remised to him his whole right in the premises the Court judged the said William son of Hugh to be discharged and William son of Iohn to be amerced Alice Ioane and Sarra de Saundeby 17 E. 1. who were Plaintiffs concerning one Mess. thirty two Acres of Land and six of Medow in Saundby did not prosequute c. against Hugh de Hercy who called to warrant Oliver Bishop of Lincolne therefore Hugh and the Bishop were without day and the women Amerced There was granted to Philip Hobbie amongst other things 3 Apr. 35 H. 8. all Mannors Mess. Lands c. in the Towns Fields and Parishes of Saundby Clifton Rampton Cotham Retford and Sturton late belonging to the Monastery of Torkesey in Lincolneshire Robert Markham Esquire and George Chaworth Esquire 18 Eliz. claimed against Iohn Syddenham the Mannor of Saundby with the Appurtenances and eight Mess. c. in Saundby Burton Bole Mysterton Heyton Welham c. and free Fishing in Babworth who called to warrant Thomas Grene Esquire The Queen 11 Sept. 32 Eliz. granted the Chantry in the Parish Church of Saundeby to Edward Downeing and Roger Rant having one Mess. and ninety Acres of Land and another with seventy six Acres and two Cottages then valued at Cxiiis. iiiid. In Queen Elizabeths time Henry Leeke Esq for his Lands in Saundeby late Sir Iohn Hercys held by the service of a Knights Fee and the eighth part of a Fee paid 7s. 6d. Sir Iohn Hercy disposed it to .... Hotham his Nephew with the Advowson of the Church there it came after to Leek and lately to .... Elwish who sold it to Iames Forsett a Londoner It was the Earl of Kingstons and now remains with his posterity the Right Honourable the Marquess of Dorchester The owners of Sawnby Town in 1612. are represented thus Iervas Elwaies Knight Thomas Wawine of Claworth Esquire Iohn Symons Gent. the heirs of Shadford the heirs of William Smith Robert Carnhill and George Netleship The Rectory of Sandby was 16l. when Mr. Hersy was Patron 'T is now 14l. 9s. 2d. value in the Kings Books and the Marquess of Dorchester Patron Beckingham BEchingham was a Beru of Lanum the Arch-bishop of Yorks Sok There was also a Mannor of Roger de Buslies Fee which before his time Osbern had and discharged the Geld or Tax for it as three Bov. The Land one Car. There Goisfrid the Man or Tenant of Roger had one Plow or Car. and fifteen Acres of Medow Pasture Wood seven qu. long one broad In the Confessours time this was valued at 10s. in the Conquerours at 16s. when the great Survey was taken Roger son of Alexander 9 H. 3. had an Attaint upon an Assize between Roger de Beutoft and Petronilla his wife c. concerning Tenements in Beckingham In an Assize 12 E. 1. Thomas de Bekingham juxta Saundby was Plaintiff Roger de Beutoft Henry le Ken of Beutoft and Walter le Clerk Defendants concerning Common of Pasture in Beckingham in twenty Acres of Wood and More which the Jury found for the Plaintiff The Jury 18 E. 1. found that Alan de Bekingham was Appealed concerning the death of Peter de Dynington by Eva wife of the said Peter in the thirteenth year of Edward the first before the Kings Justices and he pleaded that he was a Clerk and a member of the Church so that he could not nor would answer there whereupon the Justices took an Inquisition Ex officio which found that he was culpable concerning the said death and therefore he was reposed in Nottingham Gaol and there died and that he held Lands in Bekingham of William Iustice and that Iohn de Bekingham was his son and heir who by the Kings favour 20 E. 1. had seisin granted of two Tofts twenty two Acres of Land ½ four Acres of Wood and 13d. ob Rent in Bekingham which were seised into the Kings hands by reason of the death of Peter de Dynington whom the said Alan his father slew and afterwards died in Prison before he was Convict c. the Lands were held of Robert de Beltoft and Guerrina his wife who had seised them as their Escaet by a Jury Alice and Isabell sisters of Iohn de Beltoft 24 E. 1. recovered their seisin of seventeen Acres of Wood and one Acre and three Roods of Medow in Bekingham and Roger de Beltoft and others were in mercy or amerced The Jury then found that Hugh son of Roger de Bekingham enfeoffed Idonea his daughter of or in one Mess. one Mill and one Carucat of Land in Bekingham c. wherefore she was dismissed without day and Iohn Winter and Elizabeth his wife in mercy In 9 E. 2. Bekingham was half a Villa and the King and Chapter of Southwell were returned Lords There was a Fine levied at Westminster 5 E. 2. between Robert son of Alan de Bekingham Quer. and Robert son of Robert de Bekingham and Cecilia his wife daughter of Henry de Sutton Deforc. of one Mess. eighty four Acres of Land twenty of Medow five of Wood and 8s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Bekingham whereby they were settled on the said Robert son of Alan for life and afterwards on the said Robert son of Robert and on Cecily and the heirs of Robert son of Robert The Jury 18 R. 2. found it not to any damage if the King granted to Iohn Bekingham of Bekingham in the Clay Esquire that he might give two Mess. two Tofts fifty Acres of Land ten of Medow six of Wood and 6s. 8l. Rent with the Appurtenances in Beckingham to the Chaplain of the Chantry of the blessed Mary in the Parish Church of Beckingham in the Clay all which were held of Thomas Arch-bishop of York in Socage paying 3s. yearly There was the like return of another Ad quod damnum that year that the said Iohn might give four Mess. twelve Tofts one Wind-Mill two hundred and sixty Acres of Land fifty of Medow twenty and four of .... shillings Rent with the Appurtenances in the said Bekingham to the Prioress of Brodholme all which were likewise held of the said Thomas Arch-bishop of York in Socage for 2◠per annum for all services And there was another that he might give one Mess. twenty four Acres of Land five of Medow with the Appurtenances in the said Bekyngham in the Clay to Richard Vicar of that Church which were likewise held in Socage of the said Arch-bishop paying 12◠per annum Elizabeth wife of Philip Darcy Chr. 1 H. 4. claimed against Thomas Darcy divers Lands in Bekingham and Walkringham In another Recovery 4 and 5 H. 8. Iohn Wylloughby Esquire Iohn Markham Esquire Robert Molyneux Esquire Robert Sheffeild junior Esquire Iohn Dawney Esquire Iohn Thymylby of Beillesby
Robert Sheffeild of Scotter and Stephen Hatfeild claimed against Robert Belwode and Agnes his wife six Mess. fifty eight Acres of Land eleven of Medow eight of Wood with the Appurtenances in Bekyngham in le Cley In another 32 H. 8. William Spurr claimed against Iohn Mounson senior Esquire two Mess. one Cottage one hundred and forty Acres of Land forty of Medow forty of Pasture and four of Wood with the Appurtenances in Bekyngham and Boyle In another 12 Eliz. Robert Browne and Richard Fraunces claimed against Barth Fraunces three Mess. two Cottages two Tofts six Gardens six Orchards one hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow eighty of Pasture twenty of Wood and twenty of Marsh with the Appurtenances in Beckingham who called to warrant Thomas Mounson Gent. All that Tenement lying in Beckingham late belonging to the Priory of Brodholme and late in the Tenure of William Spurre and all Lands and Tenements with it demised Feb. 24. 34. H. 8. were granted to Iohn Williams Knight and Edward North Knight and to the heirs of Edward who had then also licence to alienate Lands there in the Tenure of William Spenser to William Spurre and his heirs whose daughter and heir was married to Sir Brian Lascells Knight who procured her to convey her Land in Beckingham to Gervas Lascells his younger son whose Grandchild and heir enjoyed it Iohn Beer and Henry Lawrence and the heirs of Iohn 36 H. 8. had two Mess. c. in Beckingham late belonging to Brodholme late in the Tenure of William Marshall and Thomas Ellys extended at 15s. 4d. together with a Mess. c. in Walkringham belonging to Wirksopp at 7s. per annum granted in the same Patent amongst many other things The Chantry of Beckingham 6 E. 6. Ian. 2. then in the Tenure of William Mering was granted to Thomas Reeve and George Cotton who Ian. 23. had licence to alienate the whole to Robert Harryson and his heirs The Church of Beckingham as in Southwell may be seen together with the Lands c. anciently did and do still belong to and make a Prebend in that Collegiate Church notwithstanding that 4 and 5 Ph. and Mar. Ian. 19. Hugh Thornebill had licence to alienate the Capital Mess. and all Glebe Lands Tythes c. late belonging to that Church to George Nevill and others for the use of himself the said Hugh and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of the said Hugh on the body or upon the body of the said Elizabeth begotten The owners of Beckinghame Town 1612. are thus set down Sir Richard Williamson Knight Sir Bryan Lassels Knight the Church of Southwell Francis Williamson of Walkringham Gent. Iohn Hall Roger Nettleship Iohn Damms Hamond Calton Roger Hall Martin Hill Nicolas Noddell Iohn Dawson Iames Taylor William Halles Iohn Fraunces Charles Hall Richard Hodgeshon Robert Noddell Gyles Maire c. The Vicarage of Bekingham was ten Marks 'T is now 6l. 5s. 5d. value in the Kings Books and the Prebendary continueth Patron In this Town was born William Howell Dr. of Laws who compiled the History of the World and as I hear since the death of Sir Edward Lake is made Chancellour of the Diocess of Lincolne 1674. Alderman Mennell purchased Lands here which are now his sons Gringeley Greenelege THere was of the Kings Land in Gréeneleg Soc to Maunsfeld in Wardebec Wapentac two Bov. ½ for the Geld. The Land one Car. There six Sochm. one Vill. one Bord. had two Car. Pasture Wood six qu. long four qu. broad valued at 10s. But there were seven Mannors which seven Taynes had in Gréeneleya which were after the Conquest of the Fee of Roger de Busli and were charged to the Geld for three Car. The Land being eight Car. There Roger the Man or Tenant of Roger de Busli had three Car. and ten Vill. and six Bord. having eight Car. there was a Church and one Piscary of a thousand Eeles and forty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long three qu. broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 10l. and when the Conquerour made his Survey but at 4l. This Roger the Man of Roger de Busli was succeeded here as in other places by William de Lovetot as in Coleston is noted who Founded the Priory of Wirkesop to which he gave amongst the rest the Church of Gringelai which his son Richard de Luvetot confirmed and gave in Gringeley by the Church on the East side a Mess. or Mansure on the South side another for the proper Houses of the Canons with a certain space to make an Orchard as it was inclosed by the Bank and the whole gravam graffe as it was incompassed with the Bank and one Mansure without the Bank atte vinas These things Matildis de Lovetot also confirmed and gave to that Priory the Wind-Mill at Gringeley with the Suit of the whole Township so that the Suit should be done as anciently it was wont This Mill which was scituate on the West side of the Town she gave for the Soul of Sir William de Furnivall her younger son to whom she gave this Mannor and he 37 H. 3. had Market and Fair granted in it Gerard son of Gerard de Furnivall released to Henry son of Richard King of Almaine and his heirs all the right and claim he had or should have in the Mannor of Gringeley and Lands and Tenements in Wiseton Claworth Misterton Walcringham and Stokheyth which were sometimes William de Furnivalls his Uncle Thomas de Furnivall by his Deed dated at Canterbury on St. Simon and Iudes day 50 H. 3. released this Mannor to Sir Henry eldest son of the Illustrious King of Almaine being part of his Fee of Tikehill to have to him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and in default thereof to remain to Sir Edward the eldest son of the Illustrious King of England and his heirs The Witnesses were Sir Hugh de Bigod Roger de Mortuomari Roger de Leyburne Robert Walerand Roger de Clifford c. The Jury 8 E. 1. found that the Prior of Wirkesop ought to perceive the Tythes of the yearly Rents of Mault and of Paunage of Hens Eggs and of all other issues coming out of the Mannor of Grengeley and that all the Priors of that place his predecessors were wont to have them and were seised thereof in the time of Matilda de Lovetot William de Furnivall and their Ancestors Lords of the said Mannor of Grengeley untill it came to the hands of Sir Henry de Allemania whose Bayliff took the said Tythes from Iohn the Predecessour of the said Prior and the Bayliffs of Constancia wife of the said Henry then unjustly detained By a special Verdict taken in an Assize in the fourth year of King Edward the first father of King Edward the second in the nineteenth of whose Reign there was another hearing it appeareth that Matilda de
Lovethot was seised of the Mannor of Gringele and gave by her Deed to the Prior of Wirksop a Wind-Mill there which Matilda afterwards gave the said Mannor to William de Furnivall her son who put himself into the possession of the said Mill all his life and died without heir of himself whereby the said Mannor reverted to the said Matilda who again enfeoffed the said Prior of the said Mill and died after whose death Iohn de Vescy seised the said Mannor and ejected the said Prior and so held until the Battel of Evesham where he was taken and then came Thomas de Furnivall whose right and inheritance the aforesaid Mannor ought to have been and compounded with Edward the first and Henry de Alemaine viz. that the said Thomas should enfeoffe the said Henry of the said Mannor to hold to him and the heirs of his body remainder to King Edward the first which Henry died without heir of himself and the King gave the said Mannor to Constancia wife of the said Henry in Tenency And the Jury found precisely that Iohn de Vescy and his servants did unjustly eject the said Prior out of the said Mill. And afterwards the said Prior in the fifth year of King Edward the first complained that before judgement given Richard son of Albred with forty others by the Command and Mission of Henry de Luffenham Constable of Tikhill with force and arms pulled down the said Mill c. William de Anne Constable of Tikhill made it appear and the Prior denied not that the Mill then viz. 19 E. 2. stood not where it did of old on the soyle of the Prior but two Selions off on the soyle of the King Therefore the Prior had order if he pleased to build it where it formerly stood and to recover the Suit to it by the Common Law There was more ado afterwards concerning this Mill and Suit to it in the former part of the Reign of E. 3. Simon de Bereford 3 E. 3. claimed to have in the Mannor of Gringele Emendation of Bread and Ale Free Waren Park Wrek and Weyf William de la Pole granted this Mannor of Gringeley on the Hill to King E. 3. It was granted to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster together with Wheatley as part of Tikhill where it continued till it was sold away by King Iames. The Rectory of Grenelay or Gryngeley late belonging to the Monastery of Worksop with the Rectory of Adenburgh and other things was granted 7 E. 6. May 4. to Sir Iames Folejambe Knight and his heirs by the Kings Letters Patents paying yearly for the Rectory of Adenburgh 18l. and for that of Gryngeley 22l. 13s. 4d. The owners of Gringley super montem in 1612. are thus set down George Dawson Arthur Gray Edmund Crosse William Gamstone senior Thomas Sturton William Walsham Henry Wylde Francis Williamson de Walkringham Gent. The Vicarage of Gringley was 8l. when the Prior of Wirksop was Patron 'T is now 7l. 18s. 4d. value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Devonshire Patron Everton Scaftworth Harwell IN Evreton of the Arch-bishop of Yorks Sok of Sudton was one Car. and ¼ of a Bovat and in Scaftord one Car. ad Geldam In Evretone and Hereuuelle of the Fee of Roger de Busli in Oswardebec Wapentac Soc to Burton there was two Bov. ¼ ad Geldam The Land one Car. There one Sochm. had half a Car. and one Acre and an half of Medow Pasture Wood one qu. long one broad And likewise in Heruuelle and Evretone Sok to Grengeley three Bov. â…“ ad Geldam The Land one Car. There one Sochm. one Vill. had half a Car. and three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood hve qu. long two qu. broad Roger Arch-bishop of York who lived in the time of King Henry the second gave the Church of Everton to the Chapel which he Founded near York Minster as in East Retford is said and his successour Sewall in the year 1258. ordained that the Vicar of Everton should have the Altarage and the whole Land of the Church with an inclosure in Harwell Inge or half a Mark out of the Purse of the Sacrist and the Tythe of the Hay beyond the Town of Scaftworth directly towards Bawtrey and the Tythe Hay of Birthinge and the said Sacrist was to find a dwelling House for the said Vicar or to give him half a Mark yearly for a House and there the said Sacrist was also to give to the pooâ—â—â—ree Marks per annum William de Haplisthorp at Darby 53 H. 3. offered himself the fourth day against Simon son of William concerning a Plea of one Mess. and the moyety of one Bovat in Everton and against Sigrida de Sutton Adam and Iordan her sons of one Mess. and one Bovat in the same Town and against Robert son of Gilbert de Hayton and Cecilia his daughter of the moyety of a Bovat except two Acres and they came not c. The Jury 26 E. 1. found that Iohn Freschevede held in the Town of Herewell one Bovat of Land in Demesne seven Natives or Villains holding five Bov. in Villenage Of the Mannor of Wheatley he held also of the King in Capite paying 12d. per annum and making two appearances at the Court of Wheatley and that he was a Bastard and had no heirs and therefore the Land was taken into the Kings hands as an Eschaet Another Inquisition found that he held six Bov. of Land and 20s. and 1d. Rent in Herewell and that William was his father and infeoffed him of the said Land and Rent to hold to him and the heirs of his body in default whereof to Simon de Freskenade and Arnald his brother and their heirs to whom the Land ought to descend and that Arnald died at the Feast of the Purification of Mary 26 E. 1. Thomas de Maresay mentioned in Gamelston held about that time in Everton a Capital Mess. in Demesne and held five Bovats of Arable Land in Socage of Thomas Arch-bishop of York paying 6s. 2d. per annum and Suit of Court There was a Fine levied 19 E. 2. between Iames Spinay and William de Cliff Clark Quer. and Robert Spinay Clark Deforc. of the Mannors of Everton and Scaftworth thereby settled on the said Iames and the heirs of his body remainder to William his brother and the heirs of his remainder to Alice his sister and her heirs William de Cliff and Iames de Spinay in an Assize taken 2 E. 3. recovered their seisin of one Mess. and forty Acres of Land and twenty of Medow in Scaftworth and twenty Marks for damage against Iohn de la Cressover and William his son and others The Jury 33 E. 3. found that Iohn de Grey of Rotherfeild held when he died one Toft with a certain Garden and sixty Acres of Land ten of Medow with the Appurtenances in Everton of the Arch-bishop of York by the service of 8s.
at the time of the Inquisition I suppose Lord should have been left out for I find Edward son and heir of Roger North did fealty for Lands in Walkringham 22 May 18 Eliz. c. Rogerus North de Walkringham Rogerus North de cadem Thom. North de Walkringham Rogerus North de Walkringham-Eliz fil Ant. Staunton Edward North de Walkringham -Doroth fil Tho. Wray de Richmond Carol. North miles fil haer -Doroth fil Will. Burnell de Winkburne Carolus North aet 2. an 1614. Edward Tho. Rog. Joh. Edw. filiae 5. maritat viz. Jud. ux -Tho Tuke Doroth. ux -Rob Royston Eliz. ux -Tho Forster An. ux -Thom Sturton Mar. ux -Franc Thornhill Rogerus North de London Haberdash Thom. North de London-Christian Edward North mil. Dom. North. de Carthidge -Alicia fil .... Squier King E. 6. granted to Sir Michael Stanhope Knight and Iohn Bellowe 18 August 2 E. 6. amongst other things certain Mess. in East Retford and also Messuages Lands and Tenements late in the Tenure of Giles Horbury Robert Kesghley Thomas Stocom c. in Walkeringham late belonging to a Chantry in the Chapel of Padham in the County of Lancaster The owners of Walkeringham Town about the year 1612. are thus set down Sir Thomas Iervas Knight Edward North Esquire Francis Williamson Gent. William Clark junior Robert Williamson Thomas Stokham William Theaker Robert Hawksworth Robert Woodhouse one Mess. one Garden one Orchard thirty three Acres of Land Richard Wright Roger Drayton Giles and Edward Tomkinson c. The Vicarage of Walcringham was 8l. when the Prior of Wirksop was Patron 'T is now 7l. 11s. 5d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Patronage belongs to Trinity Colledge in Cambridge Misterton Stockwith Gunthorp IN Munstreton of the Kings Soc of Maunsfeld there was also a good share which paid the Geld for five Bov. and ¼ The Land one Car. There five Sochm. six Vill. one Bord. had one Car. Medow one qu. long half so much broad The value in the time of K. Wil. when the survey was taken was 7s. At which time there was also in Munsterton of the Fee of Roger de Busli that which before the Conquest five Taynes had for five Mannors which paid the Geld or Tax for thirteen Bov. ½ The Land two Car. ½ There Roger had 8. Vill. 5. Bord. having 2. Car. ½ There was a Church Medow three qu. long one qu. ½ broad In the Confessours time the value of this was 20 s In the Conquerours when the survey was taken 21s. more or 2s. or 20s. for every Copy I have differs There was also in Munstretune of the said Rogers Fee Soc to Gringeley seven Bov. ½ ad Geldam The Land twelve Bovats There were five Sochm. one Vill. five Bord. having one Car. ½ Medow four qu. long half one broad Pasture Wood four qu. long one qu. ½ broad Wil. de Lovetot gave the Church of Misterton with Gringley and Walcringham and the rest to the Monastery of Wirksop which he founded as in those and other places is noted It was inrolled in Michaelmas Term 7 E. 2. that King Henry the elder viz. H. 2. And King Iohn King of England and when he was Earl Morton gave to the Canons of Newstede fifteen pound Land in which were contained two parts of the Town of Walcringham and the third part of the Town of Misterton with Stokketh and Walcreth and the whole Fee which the said Canons held was of the Kings ancient Demesne in the Soc of Oswardbek and they had Writs of having Tallage of their Tenants in Walcringham Misterton and Papulwyk when King E. 1. made all his Demesnes throughout England to pay Tallage and granted to the great men who held any of those Demesnes to have reasonable Tallage and made Mr. Adam de Hamundesham and Sir Richard de Furneys Assessors and Collectors and they made Richard de Whatton and Walter Olyver Collectors In the Tallage Assessed 32 E. 1. and 35 E. 1. Misterton was 10s. Walcringham 24s. and certain in Papulwyk 13s. 2d. It appears also in other records that the Prior of Newstede had two parts of the Town of Walkringham and eleven Bovats of Land in Misterton of the gift of the said Kings as before is shown In an Assize 18 E. 1. it also appears that the Prior of Newstede Robert de Hayton and Constantia de Byerne were chief Lords of the whole Town of Misterton but that the Free-holders had Common in twenty Acres of More which the said Lords had inclosed The suit it seems continued for 35 E. 1. the said Prior Constantia and Thomas son of Robert de Hayton complained that Roger Oyly Parson of the Church of Misterton Robert de Levesham William Doynell Hugh le Fouler Roger son of Nicolas c. unjustly c. but the Jury found that it was the Common soyl of the free-holders and that the Lords had nothing in it but as Fre-holders according to their proportions c. and so the Lords were cast though some Lawyers did not like the Verdict Misterton 9 E. 2. answered for an intire Villa and the King the Prior of Newstede and Thomas de Hayton were returned Lords of it The Jury 24 E. 1. found that Robert de Hayton when he died held six Bovats in Misterton of the Lord of Gringley and six Bovats in Capite of the Lord of Tikhill Castle then in the Kings hand and that Tho. and Rob. his sons were his heirs The Jury 14 H. 6. returned that Thomas Belwode Iohn Greystoke Clark and William Farceux Vicar of the Church of Misterton were seised of the Mannor of Hayton and held two Mess. five Bovats of Land and Medow and 4s. Rent in Misterton and Stokkyth and two Bovats in Walkringham and by their Deed passed them to Raph Makarell and Margery his wife named in Hayton where the descent of some of these Lands may be further discerned Market and Fair 12 H. 3. was proclaimed to be in Stoketh Town The Prior of Newstede 17 E. 3. recovered against Iohn son of Hugh le Fouler of Misterton 2s. 6d. Rent which Mr. Thomas de St. Alban Rector of the Church of Misterton died seised of who was a Bastard as the Prior supposed and had no heir Robert de Haldenby and Alured Vicar of Athelingslet by an Assize taken 10 R. 2. recovered their seisin as well of the moyety of 7. Mess. fourscore Acres of Land ..... as of 63s. Rent service issuing out of the said moyety against Iohn Morley his wife and their son in Misterton with 10◠damage for which 12 R. 2. they prayed execution and had it c. Walter de Eogheler in 5 E. 3. held the moyety of a Bov. in Misterton which lately was Raph Damyots an Ideot by the service of 8s. per an of the Mannor of Gringeley then in the Kings hand By a Fine at Leicester the Wednesday after the
said Earls and of the ancient Demesne of the Crown c. and that all those upon whom the said Thomas brought the Assize were Sokemen of Misne which was a member of the Mannor of Kirketon in the County of Lincolne and that the said Sokemen could not be brought into other judgement without the said Earl who held the said Mannor of the King to him and the heirs of his body begotten and that the said Sokemen were of the County of Lincolne and not of the County of Notingham and required Judgement that it should not proceed for that it touched the King and the Earl his Lord Therefore the Sheriff was commanded to distrein the Jury of the said Assize to be at Notingham the morrow after All Souls to certifie the Justices concerning certain Articles c. Robert Attekirke of Finningley 18 E. 1. retracted himself from his Writ against Edmund Earl of Cornewall Constantia de Beierne and Mr. Iohn de Clarell and others for four hundred and fivescore and ten Acres of Marsh and ten Acres of Medow with the Appurtenances in Mysene The Jury 26 E. 1. said that Thomas de Mariesay had six Bovats in Misen amongst many other parcels in other places held of the Honour of Lancaster Iohn Scot Chr. 5 Febr. 7 H. 4. had licence to grant the Mannor of Mysne with the Appurtenances to the Prior and Covent of Mathersey and their successours c. who had the said Mannor 7 H. 4. accordingly Queen Eliz. 2 Apr. 38 Eliz. granted to William Borne and Iames Orenge Esquire the Grange of Myssâ—n with its rights and Appurtetenances of the value of 21l. per annum in the occupation of Thomas Fowe late belonging to the Monastery of Mattersey in Fee Farm King Iames 2 Mar. 2 Iac. granted to Sir Iohn Ramsey Knight and Thomas Emerson amongst other things the Chantry of Myssen paying 10l. 2s. per annum The same King 29 Octob. 2 Iac. granted to Lawrence Baskervile and Iohn Styler the Rectory of Myssen sometime belonging to the late Priory of Mattersey of the yearly value of 7l. 18l. 4d. The Mannor of Misne was .... Legats and since Sir Matthew Palmers Mr. Nicolas Terwhyt hath now interest there The Vicarage of Mesyn was ten Marks when the Prior of Mathersay was Patron 'T is now 6l. 4s. 7d. value in the Kings Books and his Majesty Patron Oswardebec Sok Oswaldbec IT appears in the Book of Doomsday that Oswardebec before the Conquest was a Wapentac containing all the Towns between the Rivers of Idel and Trent beginning with Rameton and Treswell and so to Retford which is now called the North Clay Division of Bassetlaw with the Addition of those first named Towns most of which Wapentac of Oswardbec was either of the Fee of Roger de Buslie or Soc to the Kings great Mannor of Maunsfeld except some parcels belonging to the Arch-bishop of York as in the particular Townships immediately foregoing which make it up may be observed and as in South Leverton is already said King Iohn confirmed to Roger de Montebegonis the whole Land of Oswaldbec with the Appurtenances which he gave him when he was Earl Moreton for the service of a Knights Fee Roger de Munbegun 1 Ioh. gave the King half a Mark of Silver for having Oliva who had been wife of Robert de St. Iohn with her whole Land and her inheritance she was Lady of Turford and cost him more as in that place may be seen The King 10 H. 3. assigned to Oliva who had been wife of Roger de Montebegonis the Mannor of Oswardebec in the name of Dower as the said Roger held it Iuly 20. it was then worth 40l. and 19s. per annum Galfr. Gyny had then also seisin of Land of the gift of the said Roger in that Soc. Roger de Monte Bogonis had Oswaldbeck Barthon Brademere and Bulewell in this County Bughdon Haverbergh Stratton with the Soc and Medeburne in Leicestershire Henry Monegoden was heir of Roger de Montebegonis and 13 H. 3. Oswardebek was granted to the King The King 22 H. 3. granted to Henry de Hastings and Ada his wife and to Ada in Fee for her reasonable part happening to her of the inheritance which was Iohns late Earl of Chester her brothers of the County or Earldom of Chester the Mannor of Bromesgrave in the County of Worcester the Mannor of Bolsover with the Castle in the County of Darby the Mannor of Maunsfeld with the Soc and the Mannor of Oswardebec in this County the Mannors of Worfeild Stratton and Cuverdoure in the County of Salop the Mannors of Wiggington and Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford Henry de Hastings held the whole Town of Oswaldbeck with the Soc viz. Oswaldebeck now scarcely known Leyrton Stretton Littilburg Weteleg Sudbeck Wiston and Wellam in exchange of the King for Lands which he had in the County or Earldom of Chester and he had of it yearly 38l. and 19s. It descended with this Noble Family of Hastinges as in Maunsfeld and South Leverton may be partly observed The Jury 15 E. 3. found no damage if the King granted Hugh de Hastings licence to acquire to himself of Laurence de Hastings Earl of Pembrok the Sok and Demesne of Oswaldebeck with the Appurtenances The Jury 13 R. 2. found that Iohn de Hastinges late Earl of Pembroke by his Deed before his death enfeoffed Walter Amyas c. in his Sok called Oswaldebekesoken And 21 R. 2. that Richard Earl .... held this Sok of the Dowry of his wife Philippa wife of Iohn de Hastings Earl of Pembrok son of Iohn 2 H. 4. died seized of it Edmund late Earl of March was her Cousin and Heir The Jury 12 H. 4. said that William de Bellocamp Lord Aburgavenny when he died held joyntly with Ioane his wife the Sok called Oswaldbeksoken and that Richard de Bellocampo was his son and heir Ioane who had been wife of William de Bellocampo Knight Lord Bergavenny held this Sok when she died about 14 H. 6. leaving Elizabeth daughter of Richard de Bellocamp Earl of Worcester her son her heir which Elizabeth was married to Edward Nevill Knight a younger son of the Earl of Westmerland by whom she had George Nevill Lord Bergavenny which Edward and Elizabeth held this Sok 17 H. 6. George Nevyle Lord Bergavenny 18 H. 7. suffered a Recovery of the Mannor of Oswardebek Soke with the Appurtenances and eight Mess. three hundred Acres of Land one hundred of Medow one hundred of Pasture and 20l. Rent with the Appurtenances in South Bek Wheteley Stretton South Leverton Fenton Cotom Clareburgh Wellum Moregate Grenley Wyston Wodhouse and Lyttilborough to Sir Reginald Bray Sir Edward Poinings Sir Thomas Fenys Sir Iohn Pecche Knights Iohn Mordant Iames Hobart c. In the year 1612. Iohn Thorneaughe Knight was Bayliff of the Kings Liberty of Oswaldbek Sok
Feast of the Ascension by the Kings Writ and likewise 20s. to him from that time till St. Michael The Township of Maunsfeld 2 Ioh. ought fifteen Marks for having their Pasture in the Parc of Clipeston as they were wont to have in the time of King Henry 2. father of that King Iohn before it was inclosed to make a Park Philip Minekhan 9 Ioh. had the houses of Clipeston with the Hays and with the Custody belonging to them and 20l. Land which were Vi'on de Fontibus which before were committed to Galf. Georz and Rich. de Lessington so that he might only have 100s. to sustain him in the Kings service and might answer the King concerning the residue and concerning the Town of Clipston but the Sheriff answered for Clipston and the said Philip ought to answer for Carleton and Derleton for the half year as the Sheriff said Clipston was burned it seems and repaired again before 5 H. 3. The King 31 H. 3. committed to Robert le Vavassur Sheriff of Nottingham the Mannors of Derlington Retford Clypston and Ragenhall to be kept as long as it should please the King His Grand-child King Ed. 2. Mar. 5. in the ninth year of his reign directed his Writ from Clypston to the Sheriff of Nottingham and Derb. for making that Record called Nomina Villarum earundem Domini in which Clypston was returned half a Villa and the King Lord of it The Hunters or Hunts-men of the Town of Kings Clipston 1 E. 3. had Common of Pasture there for all sorts of Creatures and their Cattel except for Goats in the Kings Hay of Berkeland in recompence of the like Chace which they had before in the soyl of the Park of Clipston at the inclosure of it and also they might have Fugeria and Folia which one Forest book calls Gorstegrasse and Leafe in the said Park of Clipston paying 13s. 4d. per an Clipston Mannor and Park 2 E. 3. were by the King committed during his pleasure to be kept by Robert de C ..... so that he should answer to the Exchequer for the issues and keep the Mannor in repair at the Kings cost and the Parcpale at his own receiving for the reparation of the said Pale Timber of the dry Wood there and taking every day for himself the Parcars and makers of the said Pale 7d. Galfr. de Kneveton 16 Iuly 22 H. 6. was made Keeper of the Castles at Nottingham and Rokingham and the Mannor of Clipston and the Lodge of Beskwode in Shirewood for life This Mannor with Maunsfeild and Lyndeby was settled on Edm. Earl of Richmond and Iasper Earl of Pembroke in the time of H. 6. and in 5 H. 8. with others on Tho. Howard Earl of Sucrey at his creation into the dignity of Duke of Norfolk Febr. 1. but came again to the Crown as in Maunsfeld may be noted Edward the sixth passed it to Iohn Earl of Warrewike and Henry Sydney as the possessions of Iasper Duke of Bedford It came again to the Crown and there remained till King Iames his time that it was passed to the Feoffees of Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury It is now the inheritance of his Grace William Duke of Newcastle and within the Parish of Edenestowe there is scarcely any ruines left of the Kings old house except a piece of a thick Stone Wall and the Park is also cleared of all the Gallant Oaks wherewith it was well furnished before the late Rebellion The Jury in 10 E. 3. said that Peter Witheberd of Kings Clipston had a Mess. and one Bov. in Warsop and two Mess. and two Bov. and an half in Kings Clipston by the service of 2s. 6d. per annum according to the Custome of the Mannor of Kings Clipston of the ancient Demesne of the Crown and that Wil. Wyththeberd was his son and heir and above thirty years old William Witheberd son and heir of William 7 R. 2. was found to have aliened a Bovat and two Mess. to Iohn Wytheberd his brother without the Kings licence which Iohn did no service The Jury 15 R. 2. said that the Town of Clipston in several parcels of accounts of Collectors of fifteenths c. appeared ever to have been Taxed amongst the Burroughs and Demesnes of the King Iohn Bever about 11 H. 4. held 〈◊〉 Toft and Bovat in Clipston in free-Burâ—â—â—â— by the service of 12d. per annum as parcel of 4l. 10s. per annum the Farm of the Town of Clipston There are Customary Tenants in Clipston though not quite in ancient Demesne Edenstow Thoresby And Carberton OF the Kings great Mannor of Maunesfeild there was in Edenestow one Car. ad Geld. The Land two Car. There was a Church a Priest and a Berue four Bord. had one Car. Pasture Wood half a leu long and half a leu broad In Carberton two Car. In Turesbye fix Bovats The men of Edenstowe 9 H. 3. had the Pasture and Hays of the King Billehag and Bircland The men of Edenestowe 14 H. 3. make Fine with the King for having the Kings Pasture there which nevertheless they could not have because it was to the hurt or Nusance of the Forest. In the Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Edenstow and Carberton answered for a whole Villa whereof the King was Lord. There was licence granted 1 E. 3. to H. E. that he might take away houses in the Town of Edenstowe within the Forest of Shirewood and carry the Timber thereof out of the Forest without hindrance from the Foresters The Dean and Chapter of the Church of St. Mary of Lincolne 3 E. 3. said that they were Parsons of the Churches of Edenestow and Orston and by reason of the Rectory of the said Churches had divers Tenants within those Towns belonging to their Parsonages and whereof they said that they and all their Predecessors time out of mind had had view of Frank-pledge in Edenstow and amends of the Assize of Bread and Ale broken of their Tenants in the said Town and likewise of their Tenants in Orston Hen. de Edenstow Clark and Rob. his brother gave their Mannor of North Muscam to the Priory of Newstede as in those places is shown and the said Henry about 14 E. 3. was also giving one Mess. and one Bovat of Land with the Appurtenances in Edenestowe to two Chaplains in the Church of the blessed Mary of Edenestow which Mess. and Bovat were held of the Church of Lincolne for 14d. per annum and there remained over to the said Henry ten pounds Land in Burton and Stretton held of the Church of York by the service of 6d. per annum The Town of Edenstow within the Forest of Shirewode 4 H. 4. had confirmation of a Fair there to last every year for two days and likewise in 13 H. 6. The Hospitals of St. Leonard in Chesterfeld 12 H. 3. were to have two Oakes delivered in
the Kings Wood of Carberton towards the repair of their Chapel The men of Carberton complaining against the Abbar of Welbek said their Town was ancient Demesne where no writ was current except the Kings small Writ Close by which they could get no remedy against the said Abbat except by petition which therefore they did exhibit in French by the Command of Wanter de Langeton late Treasurer of England to the Kings Counsel at Northampton within fifteen days of St. Michael in the beginning of the Reign of King E. 2. wherein it was shown that the said Abbat in Welbek had inclosed a certain parcel of Land called Carberton Storth of twenty four Acres of Arable Land lying near the Gate of the said Abbey in prejudice of the said Town because they were wont to have Common therein and to the disherison of the King c. and likewise the said Abbat stop'd â—he Course of the running water by making Damms and fitting it to his house c. and likewise inclosed two places of Wood in Rumwood in the Forest of Shirewood where they also were wont to Common c. The Counsel ordered the parties to follow the suit in the Kings Bench and the petitions were delivered to Roger le Brabazon and his fellow Justices before whom the Abbat easily answered the soyl was his own c. The Royalties and Wasts of Edenstowe and Carberton are the inheritance of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle by Agreement his servant Captain Iohn Mazine hath builded at Carberton and Mr ..... Moseley had a seat there whose daughter and heir is married to Mr ...... Flower Half of Thouresby went with Peverell Thorp as in that place will be shown Thoresby was the Earl of Kingstons and is now one of the places of residence of the Honourable William Pierpont his second son The Vicarage of Edenstowe was 12l. 'T is now 14l. value in the Kings Books and the Patronage remains with the Dean and Chapter of Lincolne Allerton Alreton THis is also in the Parish of Edenestowe yet there were in Alreton two Mannors one of the Fee of Roger de Busli where before the Conquest Alwold paid for two Bov. ½ to the publick Tax The Land one Car. There in King Williams time five Sochm. and one Vill. had two Car. and one Mill of 6s. 8d. The value of this continued as in the time of the Confessour 20s. The other of the Fee of Gislebert de Gand which was one Wades before the Conquest and answered for five Bov. ½ to the Geld. The Land three Car. There William the Man or Tenant of Gislebert had one Car. six Sochm. on two Bov. of Land and three Vill. having six Car. There were two Mills 16s. Pasture Wood one leu long four qu. broad In the time of King Edward the Confessour this was 40s. value when the Survey was taken in the Conquerours 30s. The Fee of Gaunt in this and diverse other places became the Inheritance of the Constables of Chester as in Knesale may be seen and accordingly descended to the Earl of Lancaster who in the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. is returned Lord of this place The Jury 4 E. 3. said that Edward Earl of Kent held when he died the Mannor of Allerton under Sherewode of the Honour of the Castle of Donnington and in 26 E. 3. they said that Iohn Earl of Kent left it with the Wapentaks of Risecliff and Plumtre on the night following St. Stephens to Ioane his sister and heir wife of Thomas de Holland Chr. and in 35 E. 3. the Jury likewise said that the said Thomas held at his death of the Inheritance of Ioane his wife 40s. Rent here and a Water-Mill and that Thomas his son was his heir In 9 R. 2. they found that Ioane Princess of Wales died seised of this Mannor and the Wapentag of Plumtre and 10s. Rent in Rodington which Rent was held of the King as Earl of Chester and parcel of the Castle and Mannor of Donyngton and that Thomas Holand son and heir of the said Ioane was then above thirty years old And in 10 H. 4. they said that Edmund de Holland Earl of Kent held when he died in Fee tail the Mannor of Allerton in Sherwood and that Edmund son of Alianor Countess of Marth Ioane Dutchess of Yorke Margaret wife of Iohn Earl of Somerset Alionor wife of the Earl of Sar. and Elizabeth wife of Iohn Nevill were his heirs And in 1 H. 6. they found that this Elizabeth had a son and heir called Raph Nevill then above sixteen years old and that she enfeoffed Sir Iohn Etton Chr. Edmund Hastings Chr. and others in this Mannor And in 4 H. 6. the Jury said that Ioane who had been wife of Iohn Grey Chr. died seised in Fee Tail of the third part of 35s. 8d. Rent issuing out of this Mannor and that Henry Grey her son and heir was then seven years old and more In 5 H. 6. they said that Raph Earl of Westmerland had this Mannor and in 16 H. 6. Further I cannot yet trace this Seignory William de Sutton and Matilda his wife gave to the Monastery of Rufford Raph Viel of Alreton their Native or Villain with his whole Sequel and all his Chattels Robert de Sutton son of that William 2 E. 1. left Richard de Sutton his son and heir eight years old as in Sutton upon Trent Eykring and Warsop c.. who held the moyety and a part more of the Town of Allerton of the Earl of Lincolne by doing Suit at his Court at Allerton from three weeks to three weeks By a Fine 18 E. 2. Iohn de Sutton son of that Richard passed the Mannors of Aykeringe and Alverton under Shirwode and the Advowsons of the Churches to Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester and his heirs The Jury 17 E. 1. said that Robert de Marcham the other sharer of the Lord Lexingtons Lands held in Allerton a Water-Mill and Lands there of William son of Thomas Fitz-William paying to the Master of the Hospital of Nusham 14s. per annum And in 25 E. 1. they found that Iohn de Longvilers one of the heirs of the said Robert as in Turford may be seen held the moyety of the Water-Mill and Natives or Bond-men in Allerton of William Fitz-William Sir William de Bevercotes Knight and William de Marcham of Laxton were of this Jury at the taking the Inquisition Sir Iohn Markham to his third wife had Anne one of the four sisters and heirs of Iohn Strelley Esquire the relict of Richard Stanhope of Rampton by whom she had only a daughter Saunchia married to Iohn Babington but to Sir Iohn she brought sons William Markham of Okeley her eldest who married Elizabeth one of the daughters of Sir Edward Mountague by whom he had only two daughters she was the relict of Richard Cave and Thomas Markham of
part of Stavele in Darbyshire c. The Jury 16 E. 3. found that Edward le Despenser held this Mannor joyntly with Anne his wife and that Edward was his son and heir In 4 H. 5. they said that Constance who was late wife of Thomas sometime Lord le Despenser held when she died in dower of the inheritance of Isabell the wife of Richard Beauchamp of Burgavennie Knight the third part of two parts of the Mannors of Kimberworth and Bautre c. and the third part of the Mannor of Peverellesthorp It came to le Despenser and so to .... Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and so to Richard Nevill and so to George Duke of Clarence and to Richard Duke of Gloucester and after to the Crown Sir Iohn Byron had it and Mr. Lodge sometime an Alderman of London It was the Earl of Kingstons and is his sons It is within the Parish of Edenstowe as Thouresby is The Mannor of Perlethorp sometime parcel of the possessions of Edward son of George Duke of Clarence and late in the Tenure of Iohn Byron Knight with Knesal and Clipston c. 16 Novemb 5 E. 6. were amongst other things granted to Ed. Fynes Lord Clinton and Saye and his heirs Walesby WAlesby was with Kirketon or Schidrintune and Wilgebi of several Fees as in that place may be seen viz. some of it the Kings Land with Wilgebi Soc to Grymeston some Roger de Buslies Soc to Tuxferne some Goisfrid de Halselins Soc to Laxinton In Walesby two Bov. ad Geldam The Land four Bov. There two Sochm. had one Car. Some of the Fee of Roger Pictavensis Soc to Hoctune half a Bov. ad Geld. The Land four Bov. In the Conquerours time waste Soc. In Kirkton and several other places may be discovered how this place in part was disposed of amongst others Reginald Vrsell gave to the Monks of Rufford in pure Alms the service which Robert de Lexinton was wont to do him for one Bovat of Land which he held of him in Walesby viz. a pair of Spurs of Iron or 2d. yearly with all Reliefs Wards Eschaets c. William Lancelene gave to William son of Eudo de Hibaldestan with Cecilia his daughter in Frank-marriage and their heirs one Bov. of Land in Walesbi with the houses and men who held the Land with all their Children and Cattel c. Raph de Wadeland in Walesby gave to the Monks of Rufford the whole service which Iohn de la Cnause of Walesby William his brother William son of Henry Nicholas his brother Robert D'aubeney and Richard son of Philip ought him for their Lands and Tenements they held of him in Walesby with Homage Wards Reliefs Rents Suits of Court c. Several others gave to that Monastery which made it the most considerable owner and with it at the dissolution did all these Lands pass to the Earl of Shrowsbury as in Rufford may be observed The Jury 26 E. 1. said that Richard son of Marion de Walesby held in Walesby six Bovats freely for 3s. 9d. per annum of Thomas de Maresey Lord of Gamelston some also went with Houghton to Lungvilers as in Tuxford may be seen The Church or rather Chapelry was as part of the Chapelry of Blyth given by King Iohn to Walter Arch-bishop of Roan and his successours and the Canons in that Church It continued a member of the free Chapel of Tikhill as in Lowdham and East Markham c. may be guessed William Davenport of Brome Hall Esquire in 1 H. 8. claimed against William Bradborne one Mess. eighty Acres of Land twenty of Medow sixty of Pasture twenty of Wood and 3s. 10d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Walesby Wellawe and Kyrton William Mason and Owen Shipley 9 Eliz. claimed against William Ingham two Mess. two Tofts two Gardens fifty Acres of Land c. in Walesby and Willughby who called Robert Markham Esquire The Vicarage of Walesby was 8l. when the Abbat of Westminster was Patron 'T is now 6l. 1s. 3d. value in the Kings Books and the Lord Viscount Hallifax Patron Bevercotes I Find not this place in Doomsday Book howbeit 't is certain it was of the Fee of Tikhill for William de Bevercotes held a Knights Fee here of Alice Countess of Ewe as of that Honour and paid two Marks for it in the former part of the Reign of H. 3. In the year 1224. William de Bevercotes confirmed to the Monks of Blyth all the Tenements and gifts which Roger de Bevercotes and Robert his son often written Bevereus his Ancestors gave except the Forein service of one Bovat of Land which Robert del Eschaler held in Bevercotes Rogerus de Bevercotes Robertus de Beverell 11 H. 2 -Joana Willielmus de Bevercotes defunctus 11 Joh. -Helewisa Willielmus de Bevercotes 1224. miles-Isabella Willielmus de Bevercotes Willielmus de Bevercotes miles 35 E. 1. Johannes de Bevercotes miles 4 E. 2 -Margeria Willielmus de Bevercotes 3 E. -Joana fil Ric. Byron Johannes de Bevercotes sine prole-Elianora Richard de Bevercotes-Avicia Johannes de Bevercotes-Joanna Richardus de Bevercotes-Anna fil Joh. Holingworth Alexander de Bevercotes-Anna fil haer Willielmi de Staynford Willielmus de Bevercotes-Margareta fil ..... Serleby Cuthbertus de Bevercotes-Barbara fil Will. Clerkson Will. de Bevercotes-Cecilia fil cohaer Joh. Constable de Kinalton mil. Cuthbertus de Bevercotes-Agnes fil haer Rob. Holt de Stubley Willielmus de Bevercotes ob juvenis s. p. Maria ux Rutlandi Molyneux s. p. Brigirta ux Joh. Colly s. p. Richard Thom. de Bevercotes Rich. Byrkets de Newark Alicia fil haer ux Tho. Massingberd Anthon. de Ordsall Samuel Kath. ux Robert Cumberworth Richard Thom. and of one Bovat which Raph Rap held in Elkeslay and except the Suit of his Mill of the same men Robert de Bevrecote 11 H. 2. ought relief for one Knights Fee of the Honour of Tichehella Robert de Beverell 9 R. 1. is certified to owe 20s. for having his Land viz. 12s. Land which was taken into the Kings hands for Earl Iohn Robert de Beverell 5 Ioh. ought 10l. for his Fine and Relief of one Knights Fee which he held of the Honour of Tikehull Ioane who had been wife of Robert de Bevercote 11 Ioh. gave account of xx m. and one Palfrey for having such seisin of the Land with the Appurtenances which the said Robert sold to her before he took her to wife Simon son of Fulc 11 Ioh. gave account of 30 m. for having the Land which was Robert Beverells in Bevercote and Milneton and Marcham which ought to descend to him from the said Robert as he said Helewisa who had been wife of William son of Robert 11 Ioh. gave account of C. and xx m. and iiii Palfreys that so she might have peace of Peter Burgess to whom the King had commanded her to marry William de Bevercote
35 E. 1. was Chancellour of Scotland King Edward the second in the beginning of his Reign sent to Robert Clifford his Warden William de Bevercote his Chancellour and Mr. Iohn de Weston his Chamberlain of Scotland certain Petitions exhibited by divers men of that Country to him in Parliament at Westminster to the intent that the men might be before them the said Robert William and Iohn at Berwick upon Twéed within a Month of Easter and be recompenced out of the Kings Money and Victuals in those parts according to their several deserts and the Kings honour In the view of the Account of Walter de Goushull and Reginald de Aslacton Collectors of Scurages 28 E. 1. and afterwards it is said that Sir William de Bevercotes held the Mannors of Bevercotes Markcham Milneton and Elkesley for one Knights Fee and that in 4 E. 2. Sir Iohn de Bevercotes held the said Mannor and so did when the view was taken and that the said Walter de Goushull who was Collector for the Scurages of Scotland Nort. and Derb. 28 31 and 34 E. 1. received 31 E. 1. of Iohn Bevercotes 40s. for one Knights Fee in Bevercotes of the Honour of Tykhull William de Bevercotes 3 E. 3. claimed to have Free Warren in all his Demesne Lands of his Mannor of Beverescote There was a Fine 26 H. 6. between William Staynford Quer. and Richard Bevercotes Esq Def. of the Mannor of Bevercotes with the Appurtenances and of five Mess. one Mill one hundred sixty and eighteen Acres of Land eighteen Acres of Medow and 14s. 5d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Milton Houghton Elkesley Little Markham Great Markham and Walisby whereby they were settled on the said Richard for life remainder to Alexander Bevercotes and Anne his wife and the heirs which he should beget on the body of the said Anne remainder to the right heirs of the said Richard William Wilbram and Ioane his wife held the Premises except the Mannor and one Mess. and 14s. 2d. Rent in Milton and Houghton during the life of Ioane There was an Inquisition taken 9 Ian. 3 E. 6. after the death of Cuthbert Bevercotes who died the sixteenth of Octob. then last past and held the Mannor of Bevercotes of the Honour of Tykhill Cuthbert Bevercotes junior was his Cousin and next heir nine years old the fourteenth of May then also last past There was a Fine 8 Ioh. betwixt Raph Fitz-Simon the Dean and Chapter of Rothomag and William de Bevercotes touching the Advowson of the Chapel of Bevercotes The last heir Male Cuthbert Bevercotes died without issue Male and having a daughter called Mary he married her to Rutland Molyneux younger son to Iohn Molyneux Esquire son and heir to Sir Edmund Molyneux one of the Judges of the Common Pleas and in marriage conveighed to them this Bevercotes and his other Lands Rutland Molyneux sold Bevercotes to the Earl of Clare lately deceased and it is the Inheritance of the Earl of Clare that now is his Grandson Houghton Hoctone THere was a Mannor in Hoctune which became the Fee of Roger Pictavensis and before the Conquest was Baldric's who for it paid the Geld as twelve Bovats The Land then being four Car. but was waste when the Survey was taken in the time of King William the first There were sixteen Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one qu. long eight Perches broad In the time of King Edward the Confessour the value of this was 60. in the Conquerours 20◠it had Soc in Walesby This came to be of the Fee of Lancaster as the rest of Roger Pictavensis his Lands in this County did The Family of Maresey or Mattersey held it as in Gameleston is already shown Yet the Chapel was accounted to belong to Tikhill as in many places may be noted Henry Earl of Lancaster and Leicester 3 E. 3. claimed to have in the Towns of Bothumsell Gameleston Hoghton Crophull and Holme with all their Members which are of the Fee of Lancaster return of all Writs Pleas of Withernam view of Frankepledge with all things which to view belong Waif and Stray c. and all Freedoms and Priviledges c. The Jury 35 E. 3. found that Iohn de Lungvillers had in Houghton two Mess. and half a Car. of Land ten Acres of Medow and two Water-Mills which he held of Nicolas Monboucher by the Service of a Rose and Thomas de Lungvilers was heir of the said Iohn as in Tuxford is also shown Upon the River Idle lies Houghton in Common Appellation called Houghton Lungvillers It came to Mallovell Lord of Rampton by the marriage of the heir of Lungvillers and afterwards to Stanhope in which Family it continued till Iohn Babington and Saunchia his wife daughter and heir of Richard Stanhope sold it to Sir William Hollis or his father great Grandfather to the Earl of Clare the Seat of which Family it still continueth Anthony Stapleton and Iohn Stanley Gent. 29 H. 8. claimed against Iohn Babington Esq and Saunchia his wife the Mannors of Hoghton Laxton and Egmanton with the Appurtenances and forty five Mess. c. in Hoghton Laxton Egmanton Little Markham Milneton South Marneham Walesby Ellesley South Leverton Cottum and East Retford Sir William Hollys and the Lady Elizabeth his wife sister of Thomas Scopeham mentioned by Mr. Dugdale in his Book of Warwickshire at Coventry Cross I take to be the Parents of this William Hollys the younger who became the Willielmus Hollis miles Major Civit. London-Elizab fil Georgii Scopham Willielmus Hollis de Houghton mil. 1 E. 6 -Anna fil haer Joh. Densell Serv. ad legem Densel Hollis-Elianora fil Edm. Dora Sheffeild Joh. Hollis mil. Com. Clare-Anna fil Tho Stanhope mil. Johannes Com. Clare-Eliz fil cohaer Horat. Dom. Vere de Tisbury Gilbertus Com. Clare ..... fil Willielmi Pierrepont .... Dom. Houghton Densel creat Dom. Hollis 13 C. 2. Gerv. Hollis-Franc fil haer Petri Frechevile Frechevile Hollis-Eliz fil haer Joh. Kingston de Grimsby Gerv. Hollis magist Supplic libell C. 2. Frechevile Hollis miles Joh. mil. Thom. mil. Good Sir William and married Anne the daughter and heir of Iohn Densill of Cornewall Serjeant at Law by which Lady for he after her death had also to wife Iane daughter of .... Grosvenor he had Denzill Hollis and Gervas who married Frances daughter and heir of Peter Frechevile of Stavely in Darbyshire and Elizabeth his wife only daughter of gentle Sir Gervas Clifton and Mary his wife daughter of Sir Iohn Nevill by whom the said Gervas had Frechevile Hollis who married Elizabeth daughter and heir of Iohn Kingston of Grimsby in Lincolneshire which Frechevile Hollis was father of Gervas Hollis one of his Majesties Masters of Requests a great Lover of Antiquities whose son Sir Frechevile Hollis lost an Arm in the Dutch War at Sea and since that his life Densill Hollys son of Good Sir William married Elianor daughter of Edmund Lord
Mess. c. in the said Towns Little Morton Morton Morton Grange and Milneton likewise free Fishing in the water of Idele in Bothumsell and Elkesley and called to warrant Robert Markham Esquire That which was Fitz-Hughes Lord of Carleton was the Inheritance of .... Williamson son of Barnaby Williamson so was Lound Hall which lies upon the River Idle over against Houghton but is in this Parish and was formerly if not mistaken for Lound by Sutton .... Freestons and before that Strelleyes and of Tikhill Fee Ed. Elwyse and Nicolas Iohnson 7 E. 6. claimed against William Elwyse two Mess. one Garden one Orchard sixty Acres of Land one hundred of Medow two hundred of Pasture forty of Wood and Fishing in Idell in Hawton Lound who called to warrant Edward Thyrland William Nevile and George Anderson 6 Eliz. claimed against Martin Smith the Mannor of Hawghton Lownde with the Appurtenances c. who called to warrant Iohn Elves Gent. The owners of the Towns of Elkesley with Bothumsell 1612. are thus set down Sir Robert Swifte Knight Barnabas Williamson Gent. Edward Sharpe Nicolas Sharpe Iohn Marncham Iohn Beardsall Thomas Sharpe Robert Brett The Vicarage of Bothumsell was eight Marks when the Abbat of Welbeck was Patron now I know not what it is The Predial Tythes and Glebe of the Rectory of Bothumsell Queen Eliz. 24 Febr. 20 Eliz. granted to Edward Earl of Lincolne and Christopher Gowf Gent. and their heirs in Fee Farm Elkesley Elchesleig OF the Kings Soc of Bodmeschell in Elchesleig were four Bov. ad Geldam The Land two Car. There was a Church and a Priest and six Sochm. with one Car. and an half one Mill 4s. and a little small Wood. Here was a Mannor of the Tayn-land which before the Conquest Vlchel had and it answered the Geld or Tax for four Bov. The Land being then two Car. Afterwards Erwin the Priest held it of the King William there four Vill. had one Car. and an half In the time of Edward the Confessour it was valued at eight in the time of King William the Conquerour when the survey was made at 10s. Aschill held it before Erwin then In this Town also of the Fee of Roger de Busli were two Mannors which before his time Lochre and Vlchel had paying the Tax for four Bovats The Land whereof was two Car. There Claron had one Car. and three Vill. one Bordar having one Car. and an half This kept the ancient value of 26s. Claron was a Witness to Roger de Buslies foundation Charter of Blyth dated 1088. as in that place may be seen Raph son of Arnold de Flameng by the consent of Roger and Thomas his heirs gave to Adam de Wellum and his heirs his whole Medow which he had on the part of the Sic from Muriel Bridge viz. that which was called Arnold Holme reserving 6d. per annum to himself and his heirs for which gift the said Adam gave him two Marks of his Cattel Iohn Fleming gave to Adam de Wellum all the Medow which he had between the Mill of Elkeslay and the Bridge of Twifort paying him and his heirs one Sput Calcariam of Lincolne or 4d. at Christmas for all services yearly Adam de Wellum by the consent of his heirs for the health of his Soul and of his Fathers and Mothers and of Eve his wifes the Mother of his Children and also of Orenta his second wifes and all his ancestors c. gave to the Church of St. Mary of Blyth the whole Medow intirely which is situate between the Mill of Erkesley and Bierkelont for ever Ioh. le Flemenc of Claverburr gave to God and the Church of Blyth the whole service which Gamel de Harewrt and his heirs did him for the Medow they held of him in Locheng and besides confirmed the Medow which Adam de Wellum and Elyas his son gave that Church Gaufr son of Rainald de Kirketon gave to the Monks of Blyth one Selion which lay the fourth from the Court of the said Monks in Elkeslay at the West Gerebert de Elkeslay gave them three Dales of his Land in Elkeslay one Dale in Tunfurlang and one Dale beyond the Chimin or way of the Castle and one Dale between the Chimin of the Castle and the Chimin of Twiford Thomas Fraunces of Elkesley sold to the Prior and Covent of Wirksop all his right in the Wood and Pasture of Coder with the Appurtenances Sir Robert de Furneus and Sir William de Bevercotes c. were Witnesses The Family of Bevercotes had interest here as in that place may be observed And the Jury 35 E. 3. found that Iohn de Lungvilers had three Tenements and two Bovats here held of the Abbey of Rufford Thomas de Shitlome 3 E. 4. and before that in 36 H. 6. claimed against Hugh Marsyn Iames de Shawe and Robert Gilbert three Mess. twenty Acres of Land and four of Medow with the Appurtenances in Elkesley Iohn Babington and Saunchea his wife 24 H. 8. claimed against Robert Sharpe two Mess. two hundred Acres of Land twenty of Medow and one hundred of More with the Appurtenances in Elkeâ—ey William Mason and Owen Shipley 9 Eliz. claimed against William Swyft Esquire the Mannor of Elkesley with the Appurtenances and four Mess. eight Tofts one Dovecote ten Gardens three hundred Acres of Land c. with the Appurtenances in Elkesley and free-fishing in the water of Palter who called Cuthbert Bevercote Esquire Sir Iohn Markham Knight held the Austin Fryers in Newark the Mannors of Cotham East Markham Bothumsell and Elkesley Sir Robert Swyft Grand-child of William lately died seised of this Mannor The Grange of Elkesley belonging to the Priory of Mattersey was granted 22 Nov. 38 H. 8. to Iohn Bellowe and Robert Bigott The whole Rectory and Church of Elkesley with the Appurtenances late belonging to the Monastery of Welbek 17 Iuly 4 E. 6. was granted to Richard Winlowe and Richard Feild and their heirs The Vicarage of Elkesley was ten Marks when the Abbat of Welbeck was Patron 'T is now 6l. 16s. od. ob value in the Kings Books and the Earl of Clare Patron Gledthorp Grange And VVarsop GLethorp was Soc to Thorp Perlthorp of Roger de Buslies Fee and answered the Tax for four Bov. The Land being six Bov. There four Sochm. had two Car. Pasture Wood one qu. long and one Broad In Waresop of the Soc of Maunsfeld was one Bov. which a certain blind man held of the King in Alms where he had one Bordar with six Oxen in Plow And here was of the Tayn-land one Bovat but the greatest part of Waresoppe was of the Fee of Roger de Busli and before the Conquest the free-hold of Godric and Lemot and Vlchel who answered the Geld for three Car. for their three Mannors The Land being six Car. and an half There Roger in Demesne
had three Car. ½ six Sochm. on two Bov. of this Land and fifteen Vill. eleven Bord. having three Car. There was a Priest and a Church and one Mill 16d. and half the seat of a Mill Pasture Wood five qu long four broad In King Edward the Confessours time the value was 64. then when the Survey was taken in the Conquerours 4 s less Gilbert de Arches Lord of Grove by the consent of Gilbert his son and heir gave to the Church of Wellebec together with his body his whole Land of Gledethorp and Thomas son of Raph de River gave his whole Land there reserving 8s. per annum to himself and his heirs for which the brethren gave him three Marks of Silver and 20 ◠He did affy or promise to hold this bargain with his right hand in the hand of Walter de Sidenham Andrew son of Thomas de la Rivere confirmed the said gift of his Father and by another Deed released the 8 s per annum Oliva daughter and heir of Alan Fitz-Iordan Lord of Tuxford in her Widowhood and lawful power after the decease of Roger de Montebegonis sometimes her husband as before him was Robert de St. Iohn gave to the Church of Wellebec and Canons there c. a certain Medow in Warsop which was called Bradheng A Grant or Donation 17 H. 3. was made to Robert de Lexington of the Parc of Karleton and Crumbwell and of the Mannor of Warsope with the Advowson of the Church and the Mill of Hilueton which he had of Oliva Fitz-Iordan In 52 H. 3. it seems Robert de Sutton was Lord of the Mannor of Warsop which Margery sometime wife of Iohn de Lexinton held in dower and which the King had given to Queen Alianor his Consort for the redemption of the said Robert de Sutton according to the Edict of Kenilworth Robert de Sutton son and heir of William de Sutton deceased who held the Mannor of Warsop of the King in Capite did his homage 53 H. 3. But there was some strife between the King and the Noble Robert de Sutton concerning the Presentation to the Church of Warsop The Jury◠52 H. 3. found that Robert de Sutton was above twenty seven years old at his fathers death and that there was 3. Car. in Demesne and free-holders c. The Jury 20 E. 1. said that Margery de Merlay held the Mannor of Warsop with a Garden and eight Bov. of Land c. of the inheritance of Richard de Sutton son of the said Robert In 16 E. 2. they said that Iohn de Somery held Warsop and Ekering of Iohn de Sutton son of Richard which Iohn de Sutton then had to wife Margaret one of the sisters and heirs of the said Iohn de Somery and Thomas Bottetort had Ioane the other Richard de Sutton 1 E. 2. had an Ad quod Damnum to settle this Mannor and Advowson on the said Iohn and Margaret and their heirs and then there remained the Mannor of Ekering and 5. Marks yearly Rent in Allerton under Sherwood and the Mannor of Sutton upon Trent The Jury 2 E. 3. said that Iohn Nunnes of London acquired the Mannor of Warsop in Fee of Iohn de Sutton Iohn arte Nunnes 3 E. 3. claimed to have a Mercat here every Tuesday with Toll and Stallage and other things belonging to a Mercat Iohn de Nunnes Citizen of London 3 E. 3. passed his Mannor of Warsop with the Advowson of the Church and with the Parc of Plesele in the County of Derby to Sir Iohn de Roos Knight and his heirs This Mannor with Ekering and Sutton continued with the Lords Roos and their heirs the Earls of Rutland as in those places may be noted The last Earl George gave this to William Willughby late Lord Willughby of Parham his sisters son Iohn son of William de Ros de Hamelak 11 E. 3. had confirmation of free-warren in his Demesne Lands in Tuxford Warsop and Aston and that he and his heirs for ever might freely and without impediment run through the Kings whole Forest in this County at the Fox Wolf Hare or Cat except the Kings Demesne Warrens this was dated March 20. The Abbat of Wellebec confirmed to Hugh son of Robert del Estapilton and the heirs of his body remainder to Robert brother of the said Hugh c. one Mess. with a Toft and one Bov. of Land in the territory of Warsop which the Monks had of the gift of Eva Murdac wife of Hugh Brett which she had by right of inheritance for her part of William de London her brother named in Nettleworth Walter le Brett 9 E. 1. claimed against Iohn de Lascelles six Bov. and two Acres of Land and one of Medow in Warsop and against the Abbat of Wellebec other lands there he was son of Richard son of Eva who had another husband Thomas de Lascelles in the time of H. 3. and gave the Land to Richard de Lascelles who thereof enfeoff'd the said Iohn against whom the Plaint was brought Gledethorp with Welbek is the inheritance of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle The owners of Warsop in 1612. were said to be Roger Earl of Rutland William Kitchen Will. Barker Iohn Whitehead Adam Hawkesworth of Holmefeild Iohn Taylor Iohn Butcher The Rectory of Warsop was 20l. when the Lord Roos was Patron 'T is now 22l. 15s. 2d. value in the Kings Books and William Willoughby Patron Sulkholme Suckholme KIng Henry the son of King William gave to the Priory of St. Oswald of Nostle in Yorkshire three Bovats in Warsop and Sulkholme and two parts of a Bovat of Land which King H. 2. also confirmed The Jury 2 E. 1. said that the Prior of Sr. Oswald paid to the Lords of the Mannor of Warsop for the Town of Suckholme two Marks yearly In the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. Warsop and the Sok answered for an intire Villa whereof at that time the King Iohn de Somery and the Prior of St. Oswald were certified to be Lords The Prior 3 E. 3. claimed all sorts of Priviledges But the Jury could not find that in the Mannor of Sulkholme he or his predecessours had Infangtheif or Gallows he had view of Frank-pledge there but it never happened in the Juries knowledge that ever Bread was baked there to be sold that they might have had emendation of the Assize The Demesne and Mannor of Suckholme late belonging to the Priory of St. Oswald 1 Iuly 37 H. 8. was with all the Appurtenances granted to Margaret Leek the Widow of Iohn Leek Gent. for life remainder to Henry Leek her son and heir and the heirs of his body remainder to the right heirs of the said Margaret then extended at 11l. 13s. 9d. ob per annum It was in 1612. the possession of Sir Charles Cavendish and is now his sons the Duke of
Simon son of Galfr. de Whiten the Lands and Tenements given to the said Abby in Whiten and that demand concerning one Palfrey or the value as before Joceus le Flemangh venitad Conquest Angl. Rich. temp W. 1 -N de Nott. ux 1 -Hawifia consanguin Comitis de Ferrariis ux 2. Rich. de Cukeney Rich. de Cukeney Tho. de Cukeney Willielmus Goschire Joana 8 E. 1 -Rob le Porter Joh. suspensus An. 1200. Ric. Germanus de Cukeney Isabella Thom. de Cukeney Radulphus de Cukeney Rich. Rad. Silvan-Margareta Osbertus Silvan Rad. Selvein Osbert Seilvan miles 1246. Radulphus Salvayne -Marger fil cohaer Nic. fil Anketini Malory Anketinus Salvayn Anketinus Salvayn mil. de Thorp Thomas fundator Abb. de Welbek-Emma Emma ux Gerardi de Glanvill Simon Fitz-Simon-Isabel Walterus de Faucomberg -1 Agnes Per. de Fauconberg Walterus de Fauconberg Walterus de Fauconberg Johannes de Faucomberg Walterus de Rieboef -2 Isabella Stephanus de Faucomberg -3 Petronilla Willielmus de Fauconberg -Ida fil Adae de St. Martino Hen. de Fawcomberg 38 H. 3. Willielmus de Faucomberg 8 E. 1. ob 29 E. 1. ... fil Matildae Dom. de Goushull 1 Johannes stultus 23 E. 1. aetat 23 an 2 Henricus de Fauconberg miles -Elena fil Dom. Rob. de Hertford 3 Willielm Hugo Stephen who married the third daughter Petronilla begot on her a son named William This William was in the Custody of King Iohn and the said King gave his Wardship or Custody and marriage to Adam de St. Martin and the said Adam gave to the said William Ida his daughter to wife and the said William begot on the said Ida a son Henry by name Between the said Henry and William son of Thomas a certain Fine was levied of all Lands and Tenements in Cukeney and the said Henry took up the said Land and gave for relief to the King 100s. and to the said King did Homage The said Henry begot a son by name William who took to wife the daughter of Matilda Lady of Goushull and begot on her three sons Iohn Henry and William The aforesaid William father of the said Iohn Henry and William released to the said Abby his whole right concerning all Customs and Services and concerning the prestation or giving of a Palfrey at every removal or creation of the Abbat of the said Abby as appeareth by the Fine That Iohn the first begotten of the said William was a Fool neither could he hold the Land of his father But Henry the second son made Fine with the King for the said Land with such condition that he should sustein his elder brother but he died shortly after And so the said Henry held the said Land and afterwards espoused the daughter of Sir Robert de Hertford Elena by name and as it is more fully found in the Book of Memorand's in the Exchequer 31 E. 1. William de Faucomberg Knight son and heir of Sir Henry de Faucomberg Knight granted for himself and his heirs to the Abby and Covent of Welbek all and all manner of Common which they had in Burneflat c. Petronilla daughter of Simon Fitz-Simon in 2 Ioh. ought 20s. for having her imparlance Loquela in tâ—e Kings Court at Westminster against R. W. de Faucomberg and Agnes his wife and Walter de Rieboef and Ysabel his wife concerning her reasonable part of the xxth part of one Knight in Kukeney and the sixth part of one Knights Fee in Hocwell Sir Henry de Fawconberg Knight by his Deed dated at Yorke the last day of September Anno Dom. 1329. 2 E. 3. mistaken for 3 E. 3. passed to Iohn de Hotham Bishop of Ely his whole Mannor of Cukeney with the Appurtenances together with the Knights Fees and Advowsons as well of the Abby of Wellebecke as others with all his Lands and Tenements in Holbeck by Cukeney as well those which he lately acquired in Fee of Thomas de Furneux as others c. in the Towns or Hamlets of Cukeney Langwath Bondbusk Holbeck Woodhouse Milnethorpe Cloun and Norton or otherwhere in this County c. all which the said Bishop conveyed to the Abbat and Covent of Wellbeck in the time of the Justices Itinerant at Notingham 4 Decemb. 1329. 3 E. 3. by his Deed then inrolled Henry de Faucomberg 10 E. 2. had Marker and Fair granted at Cokeney and his Grandfather Henry de Faucomburge in 38 H. 3. had Free Warren there The process of the Land of Cukeney of the Honour of Tikhill was as followeth Ioceus le Flemingh came to the Conquest of England in the time of William Duke of Normandy and got in Cukeney the third part of a Knights Fee and the said Ioce begot a certain son by name Richard This Richard took a wife in Notingham by name N. and begot on her a certain son by name Richard This Richard enfeoffed the House of Welbek of the whole third part of a Knights Fee aforesaid viz. of the Land of Langwat with the Hay of Cukeney reserving to himself the Capital Mess. in Cukeney and nine Bovats of Land and did the Service to the chief Lords of the Fee of Tikhill for the said Abbat and his successours This Richard begot a son named Richard who confirmed the gift of his father This Richard begot a son by name Thomas This Thomas impleaded the Abbat of Wellebek concerning the third part of a Knights Fee and at length there was a final concord made between them before the Justices Itinerant at Bristoll so that the Abbat should give him 10s. per annum for making Suit to the Court of Tikhill for the said Abbat and his successours This Thomas begot a certain son by name William Goschite This William begot a certain daughter by name Ioane and enfeoffed the House of Welbek of six Bovats of Land reserving to himself two Bovats of Land and the Capital Messuage afterwards he sold all his right to Iohn his brother who for Theft or Larceny was hanged at Notingham and his Land was an Eschaet in the hands of the Lords of Tikhill Afterwards came Ioane the daughter of the said William and impleaded the Lords of Tikhill concerning the said Land and got it before the Justices at Nottingham and enfeoffed Robert le Porter of Welbek who afterwards married her That Robert afterwards enfeoffed Henry de Screveton of that Land That Henry enfeoffed Petronilla de Sulkholm and afterwards married her Henry died without children And the said Petronilla feoffed Benedict de Thornebiry who afterwards married her That Benedict after the death of Petronilla sold his whole right to the Abbat and Covent of Wellebek by the Kings licence And the Abbat did Suit at the Court of Tykhill from three weeks to three weeks for the said Land Memorandum Anno Dom. 1201. 2 Ioh. the day of the Translation of St. Martin Iohn son of Thomas de Cukeney was convict by a certain appealer viz. Raph de Edenestowe and afterwards hanged and
the Justices to deliver the Goal were Raph de Frechevile William de Mortein Hugh de la Chapele Simon de Hedon Ioane the daughter of William son of Thomas 8 E. 1. offered her self the fourth day against Aymon Earl of Gevenne and Constancia his wife in a plea of fifteen Acres of Land and 20. Rent with the Appurtenances in Cokenay which she claimed as her right c. Raph Silvan was brother of Thomas the Founder of Wellebek his son Osbert Silvan had the Mannor of Woodhouse and Raph Silvan was his son and heir and had a son and heir Osbert Selvan all of them Benefactors to that House Robert Pyrpount 3 E. 3. offered himself against Anketin Salveyn concerning a plea of the Mannor of Wodhous near Cokeney with the Appurtenances except one Mess. and twelve Acres of Land in that Mannor and he came not c. Robert Perpount Chr. pleaded likewise for Land in Kirkeby in Asshefeld Anketine Salveyn it seems 15 E. 1. was son and heir of Raph Salveyn and Margery his wife one of the daughter and co-heirs of Nicolas son of Anketine Malory This Family of Silvans seem to have had their Name from their residence at this Mannor in these Woods Barth Monboucher Chr. of the County of Northumberland and Robert Martell of this County and others 15 Iuly 6 R. 2. personally undertook in the Kings Chancery for Edmund Perpont Chr. under the pain of 1000l. that he should not do or procure any mischief to the Abbat of Wellebec his Canons or Men of his Council or Men summoned in a certain Assize of Novel disseisin between the said Abbat and him to be taken before the Justices of Assize at Nott. King Henry the eighth for the summ of 617l. 6s. 8d. Iuly 15. 32 H. 8. granted to George Perpoynt of Walley in the County of Derby Esq the Mannors of Bondbusk Langwith Howbeck and Woodhouse with the Appurtenances except the Tythe of Nether Langweth late belonging to the Monastery of Welbeck Sir George Pierpont likewise bought the Tythes of Corn and Hay in the Towns of Cuckney Norton Hatfeild Grange Milnethorpe Howbeck Woodhouse Bonbusk and Colingthwait and in 6 E. 6. the Mannor of Cuckney with all the Appurtenances and the Granges of Hatfeild and Colingthwait Langwith and the Park are now the Inheritance of William Earl of Devonshire The rest descended to Robert Earl of Kingston who dwelt at his ancient House of Woodhouse the most part of forty years but his son and heir Henry the Marquess of Dorchester resides at Holme by Nott. The owners of Norton Cuckney Town in 1612. are said to be Robert Perpoint Esquire Geoffrey Snowden William Barker Iohn Iepson one Mess. one Cott. two Orchards forty Acres of Land and Richard Sandford The Vicarage of Cukney was 10l. when the Abbat of Welbeck was Patron 'T is now 9l. 8s. 6d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Marquess of Dorchester Patron Wellbeck THis Monastery was begun in the time of King Stephen who confirmed the gift which Raph de Bellafago made to God and the Church of St. Iames at Wellebek of the Land of Clun of his Fee afterwards viz. 1 Ioh. called Hungreclun as appeareth also by the Deed of Raph Silvan and Margaret his wife directed to Henry Arch-bishop of York who lived in that Kings Reign wherein they gave and confirmed to Lord or Sir Gerlo Abbat of Neuhus and the Order of the Praemonstratenses and namely to the place of the Abby which his the said Raphs brother Thomas had begun in pure Alms all their part which they had in that place and the Wood which was between the Rivulet and the Cart-way which leads from the place of the Abby unto Belgh c. But the Founder Thomas de Cukeney son of Richard directed his Charter of Foundation to Roger Arch-bishop of Yorke who lived in the time of Henry the second wherein he gave and granted to Sir Berengarius Abbat of Wellebec and to all his successours and the Brethren of that place there according to the Order of the Praemonstratenses regularly serving God by the Counsel of Sir Serlo Abbat of Neuhus in free and quiet and perpetual Alms the place of the Abby of Wellebec where the Church of St. Iames was Founded and the whole Land which is from the place of the Abby unto a place called Belgh and Belgh and whatsoever was within the bounds of that place in Medows in Pastures in Woods in Lands Tilled and his whole Sart nigh Belgh viz. where Galfr. Hugh and Druing lived and the remaining part of the Sart which he had there And further as much as belonged to him the Church of St. Mary of Cukeney in which Parish was the place of the said Abby and the Church of St. Helen of Euwell Derbss and the Church of Whitene which were Founded in his Fee with all which belonged to them the Mill also of Languat and the whole Land of Hirst and Common of Pasture of his Land All these things he gave to God and the Church of St. Iames at Wellebec and to the said Abbat Berengar c. for his own Soul and his fathers and mothers and all his Ancestors and all theirs from whom he had unjustly taken their Goods All these things he gave by the consent of Emme his wife and Raph Silvan and Richard his brothers The Witnesses were William Prior of Radford Austin the Sub-Prior Fulc the Canon of that place Hugh son of Sewal the Canon Osbert Silvan the Canon William the Presbyter Galfr. de Tivereshat Peter de Scardeclyve William de Bolesovere William de Calum Hugh the said Thomas his son Rodb Avenell Rodbert son of Gaufr Gilbert son of Rodbert Rodbert son of the Sheriff Raph Barrè William son of Glai Roger de St. Audoeno Robert de Willeby Henry de Auring Walter de Sidenham Raph de St. Mary Walter de Bakepuez Roger de Wauton Raph the Clark of Warsop Richard de Flintham William his brother Hugh the Painter Swan the praepositus Provost of Normandy William son of Gilbert Raph de Mainill King Henry the second confirmed the Founders gifts and the before mentioned gift of Raph Silvan and besides that of one Bovat which was Leuric de Hirsts and one Bovat and one dwelling House in Norton which lay to that Bovat which Leveric de Hirst held and Common of Pasture of the Land of Raph Silvan of Norton and of Wodehous and all other things which the same Raph reasonably gave And likewise of the gift of Richard son of Richard son of Ioce his Culture of Bassegate of the gift of Richard his son his whole Land of Langwath with all the Appurtenances and one Bovat of Land with it one Toft in Cukenei which was Edwins and several Wongs or Cultures and his Mill of Cukeney with the Toft and Pasture for five hundred Sheep and the whole part of the Land of Tho. de Gledthorp which
Title nor Propriety nor indeed of God himself could in this place secure or preserve a Church against a King and Parliament professing the same God and the same Religion I cannot perceive how the most obstinate and zealous pretenders to Religion and property of this time can justly wonder though his Grace be not much concerned for the ruinous Chapel The woods especially those nigh the house are better preserved The number of the Acres of the woods of the Abbey of Wellebek were Of the first foundation of the house in Woods about the house sixscore Acres Of the gift of the King of England in Roumwood fivescore and ten Acres Of the gift of Richard son of Richard in the Hay of Cukeney fourscore Acres Of the gift of Thomas de la Rivere in Hesellund eight Acres Of the gift of Brian de Insula in the Wood of Eskeshagh fourscore Acres These Acres were measured by the King Perch containing twenty four Feet The summ is three hundred thirty eight Acres sixscore to the hundred VVorksop VVirchesop And Radford ELsi before the Norman invasion had two Mannors in Werchesope which paiâ—â—o the Geld as three Car. The Land being then sufficient for eight Plows or eight Car. There afterwards Roger de Busli whose Fee the Conquerour made it had one Car. in Demesne and twenty two Sochm. on twelve Bovats of this Land and twenty four Villains and eight Bord. having twenty two Car. and eight Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two leu long three quar broad In the time of Edward the Confessour this was valued at 8l. when the survey was taken in the Conquerours at 7l. In Rolneton nigh Wirksop also of Roger de Buslies Fee were two Mannors before the Conquest which Vlsi and Alchill had and paid the Geld for one Car. The Land two Car. There afterwards Roger the Man or Tenant of Roger de Busli had one Car. and four Sochm. on two Bov. of this Land and one Bord. with one Plow or one Car. There were two Acres of Medow Pasture Wood six qu. long and three qu. broad In King Edward the Confessours time 20s. value in the latter part of the Conquerours 10s. There was one Bov. ad Geld. Soc and then waste This Elsi was one of those who were noted in the Book of Doomsday to have Soc and Sac and Toll and Thaim and the Kings Customes of 2d. and particularly upon Werchesoppe and he is there called Elsi son of Castbin but the third penny of the Earl was not his This Roger the Man of Roger de Busli held very many Mannors of him in this County in all which in the time of H. 1. succeeded William de Luvetot who had Sheffeild and Halumshire in the County of York as in Carcolston may be seen and was a principal man in Huntingtonshire where he left a Barony to his second son Nigellus de Lovetot as in Wishou is noted Here the third of the Ides of May in the third year of King Henry the first he founded a Monastery for Canons of the Order of St. Austin in the Church of St. Cuthbert of Wirkesop to which he afterwards by the concession and consideration of Emme his wife and of his sons or Children granted and confirmed by his breve writing his gift which he had made to God and the holy Church and the Canons of St. Cuthbert of Wirkesop in perpetual Alms. First the whole Chapelry of his whole house with the Tythes and Oblations Then the Church of Wirkesop in which the Canons were with the Lands and Tythes and all things belonging to that Church and the Fish-pond and Mill by or nigh that Church and the Medow by the said Mill and Fish-pond And furthermore all the Tythes of the pence of all his set Rents as well in Normandy as in England In the Field of Wirkesop one Carucat of Land at Inwar and the Medow of Catala And all his Churches of his Demesne of the Honour of Blith viz. the Churches of Gringelai of Misterton of Walcringham of Normanton of Coleston of Wylgeby of Wyshou and his part of the Church of Tyreswelle with all Lands Tythes and things belonging to the said Churches And likewise the Tythe of his Paunage and of Honey and of Venison and of Fish and of Fowl and of Malt and of his Mills and of all things of which Tythes were wont or ought to be given This was directed to T. Archbishop of York Thurstan Arch-bishop of York Alexander Bishop of Lincoln and Walter Espec and Alan de Perci and others were Witnesses to King Henry the first confirmation of this gift which William de Luvetot made William de Luvetot in the Pipe Roll of the fifth of K. Steph is said to give account of the half year of the Farm of Blith and of 236l. of the Pleas of G. de Clinton and for the Land which Robert de Calz had with his mother and of two hundred Marks of Silver that the King should pardon him the Pleas whereof he was impleaded at Blith His son Richard de Lovetot 2 H. 2. gave account of twenty Marks for the marriage of his wife whereof ten were in the Treasury and ten he then ought and one Norroy-hawk and one Gerfalcon her name was Cecilia and she gave the Church of Dinisiey in Hertfordsh to this Covent which amongst the gifts of her husbands father and of others was confirmed by Pope Alexander the third in the second year of his Pontificate Anno Domini 1161. This Richard de Luvetot confirmed the said William his Fathers gift to God and the Church of St. Cuthbert of Wirkesop adding his part of the Church of Claverburgh and two Bovats of Land in Herthewik at Vtwar and in Wirkesop the Land which was Wulvet the Priests and Hugh his brothers to wit that between the way and the Park and Impecroft to make a Holt for Twigs virgultum He confirmed also his own proper gift which he made to that Church after the death of his father viz. the whole site of the Town of Wirksop near the Church as it was shut in by the great ditch unto the Medow of Bersebrigg And without the Ditch the seat of a Mill with one dwelling house and the Medow of Buselin which is between the virgultum Holt of the Church and the Water But on the other part of the Water towards the North the Medow and Land by the bound of Kilton from the Water unto the way under the Gallows towards the South and by the Crosses which he himself and William his son erected with their own hands unto the Moore that is the mucky and moist plain the Land also towards the South from the Head of the Causey beyond the Plain as it was girt in by a Ditch to the water In Mauton the Mill with the Fish-pond And all Sloswik He confirmed also the gift of his mother Emme which she gave by his concession to the Church of St. Cuthbert viz.
Wodehouse and the bound begun at Suthones and extended it self by the way which was called Kirkegate and led to Wirksop unto the Cross which divided the Fee of the King and the Fee of the Lord of Wirkesop and the Fee of Tikehull And towards the East is the Kings Wood which Wood Thomas de Hayton Elias son of Hubert of the same and Peter de Clumbre held of the King and of the Sokage of Maunesfeld Adam de Hayton and William son of Hubert held two parts of one Car. in Lunde Clumber Retford and Misterton of the Honour of Tikhull for a Horse and Sac to the Constable when he should go into Wales and paid no Scutage About the time of H. 6. Robert Hekeling held the third part of a Knights Fee in Lunde and Clumber King H. 8. 23 Mar. 36 H. 8. granted to Roger and Robert Taverner and their heirs a Mess. and Lands in Clumbre late belonging to Newstede at 11s. per annum The same King 22 Novemb. 38 H. 8. granted to Iohn Bellowe and Robert Bigot the Rectory of Carcolston and Advowson of the Vicarage and a Mess. in Clumber with the Appurtenances and the Tythe Corn and Hay in the Fields of Screton then in the Tenure of Richard Whalley Esquire late belonging to the Priory of Worksop as in Carcolston is also noted The owners of Works 1612. are thus set down Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury Sir Bryan Lassels Knight of Gateford Thomas Bowles of Osbarton Esquire George Eyre Gent. Bryan Taylor Gent. Edward Needham George Hodgekyne George Lowe Iohn Snowden Rob. Mandevill Chr. Champne senior Thomas Longley Iohn Hatfeild Richard Hatfeild Robert Lowe Iohn Dunston William Iervas William Goodridge William Horsfold and Iohn Rayne The Vicarage of Wirksop was twenty Marks when the Prior was Patron 'T is now in the Kings Books 12l. 4s. 2d. value and the last Patron Sir Francis Rodes Carleton in Lindric And VVallingwelles IN Carletune before the Norman Conq. six Tayns had each his Hall or Mannor and amongst them paid the Geld for two Car. The Land was four Car. This afterwards was Roger de Buslies Fee and Turold de Cheverchort I suppose his Man or Tenent had there one Car. and two Sochm. and sixteen Vill. and three Bord. having four Car. there was a Church and two Mills of 21s. and twenty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu and an half long and half one broad In the time of Edward the Confessour the value was 4l. when the Conquerours survey was taken 30s. Raph de Cheurolcurt by the consent of his heirs gave and granted and by his Charter confirmed to Almighty God and the Virgin St. Mary his glorious mother a place in his Park of Carletun by the Wells or Fountains and Stream or River of the Wells whose name should be called St. Mary of the Parke to make and build there an habitation for holy Religion so free that this place should not depend on or belong to any other place in honour and memory of the blessed and glorious Virgin Mary the Mother of God and for all religiously serving God and St. Mary and living Regularly in that place for the remission of all his sins and safety or health of his Soul and of his Father and Mother and of all his heirs and Parents or Friends preceding or subsequent and also of all them who for the love of God and St. Mary should help and maintain the said place He gave also the River of the Wells to the profit of the place and to make mills and Pasture in the same Park for all their Beasts with his and feeding or paunage for ninety Swine in the same Park and a way through the middle of the Park at the South part freely to go out and return to husband their Corn and draw them home And the whole Land which Gunwat held of his Fee in Lands Tilled and Sarted and in Medows and Marishes and the Essart of Thori and the Essart of William son of Lefwin and the Culture of Ruhstoch of his Demesne and the Essart of Ernwi in the middle part of the Holm by the way And in West Holm five Acres in one place and four in another and the Medow which was Godric Palmars and eight Acres of his Demesne in Hayecroc and Common in the Field of Carletun in the Brec and Common of Pasture for all their Beasts every where and the whole Shrub of Sicam to Sart or Stock up which is in length from the Culture of Rustoch into the Ditch of Lindrit and in breadth from the Park to the Essart of Theobald All these things he gave freely to them who should serve God and St. Mary in this place c. with a great blessing upon his heirs that should love and maintain his Alms and a very great curse upon those that should attempt to disturb diminish or straighten it The witnesses were Herbert the Prior of Pontefract Alexander his Nephew Luke the Parson of Carletun Simon de Cheurolcurt Iordan and Richard his brothers Hugh son of Ernald and Nicolas his brother Ernald son of Claron Blundel Godric Modi Walter de Lettewelle and Swarawell the Miller Raph de Caprecuria and Beatrix his sister gave to God and St. Iohn and the Monks of Pontefract the Town of Barnesley Iordan and Richard his sons consenting This gift was made in the presence of Henry de Lascy who was a Witness and also Maud his mother Iordan de Capreolocuria confirmed the gift which his Aunt Beatrix and Raph de Capreolocuria his father made in all things This was done in the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen in Doncaster before the Kings Justice Richard de Luci which shows it was H. 2. and the Witnesses were Roger Arch-bishop of York Henry de Lascy William de Vesci Robert the Clark of the Sheriff Turstan de Sutton Mr. Robert Morel William Vavasor Iordan Foliot Richard Bagot Robert Despenser Iohn son of William the Almoner Iordan de Cheurecurt 11 H. 2. ought ...... of the relief of one Knights Fee in Karleton This Iordan de Chevercourt it seems married Avicia the daughter of Ranulph the Sheriff named in Markham who had several daughters Letice Mabel whom I guess was wife of Raph de Saint George Albreda Isabell. Aubrea the daughter of Iordan de Chevercourt sometime wife of Robert de St. Quintin gave to the Abbey of Wellebek the whole Land which Roger son of Robert de Langholt held of her in the territory of Carleton for the health of the Soul of Iordan de Chevercourt her father and of Raph her brother's and of Robert de St. Quintin her husband's Ranulph de Novomercato and Raph de St. George were Witnesses Robert son of Ranulph de Novomercato resigned to his said father the service of Thorald son of Hugh which he gave him and confirmed the gift which his Father made of the same to the Abbey of Wellebek The said Ranulf and Letice
four sons Thomas Iohn Henry and Walter de Carleton Esquire who had two sons Hugh de Carleton fifteen years old and Iohn de Carleton thirteen co-heirs and parceners of the said Walters part whereof 6 Novemb. 7 H. 5. they had livery according to the Custome of the Mannor Thomas Carleton Esquire when he died about 7 H. 5. held the 30s. Rent and the White Hall in Carleton in Lindrick and Walter Carleton was his son and heir W. Walter Carleton son and heir of Thomas de Carleton of Lyncolne 14 H. 6. passed this parcel to Raph Makarell Esquire and Margery his wife Thom. del Greene vel de Carleton Clericus Henricus de Carleton 13 R. 2 -Maria 1 Tho. de Carleton Walterus de Carleton 14 H. 6. 2 Joh. 3 Henr. 4 Walt. de Carleton Hugo de Carleton aet 15. 7 H. 5. Johannes aet 13. The owners of Carleton in Lindrick 1612. are thus set down Sir Gervas Clifton Knight Sir Iohn Moyneux Knight Humphrey Pype Esquire of Wallingwells Iohn Buck Clark Robert Glossop and Sam. Simpson The Rectory of Carleton was 20l. 'T is now 15l. 13 s 4d. value in the Kings Books and as it hath been remains in the Cullation of his Grace the Lord Arch-bishop of Yorke Hodsok with the Hamlets IN Odesache Vlsi before the Normans came had a Mannor for which he paid to the Dane-geld for two Car. The Land being then known to be sufficient for four Plows or four Car. There afterwards Turold the Man of Roger de Busli whose Fee it then was become had two Car. and three Sochm. on four Bov. of this Land and twelve Vill. having twelve Car. There were two Mills of 16s. 4d. and eight Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long and half one broad The value in former time and then also was 3l. It had Sok in Blyth of three sorts as in that place will be noted That Turold the Man of Roger I take to be Thorald de Lisoriis brother of Fulc de Lisoriis both Witnesses to Roger de Busli's Charter of foundation of the Manastery of Blyth dated 1088. and both concerned in this place in which Fulco gave two Bovats to that Priory and two which Roger Escossard held of him in Hodesak Pagan son of Cossard granted the Land of Hodesar which Fulco de Lisouriis gave to St. Mary of Blyth as Alms which Land Cossard held of the said Fulco c. Raph Cossard gave to that Monastery six Acres of his Demesne in Cossard-thorpe which his Grand-father Roger gave and three Acres and a Toft which Walter Cossard his father gave The Sheriff 6 R. 1. accounted for 22 s 8d. of the Chattels of Raph de Cossard-thorp sold being one of the Kings enemies Raph Coshart 7 R. 1. gave account of five Marks for having seisin of his Land of Cossard-thorp which was taken into the Kings hands for his being with Earl Iohn Henry de Cossardthorp called also Henry Cossard son of Raph Cossard gave to the Prior and Monks of Blith Roger de Cossardthorp son of Thorald and Beatrix his mother with her whole sequel and their whole Land in Cossard Thorp paying him and his heirs 2s. per an This is an Hamlet of Hodsac now called Costrop But the next Lord of Hodsac that I have found was Roger de Cressey who gave to God St. Mary and the Monks of Blyth half a Bovat of Land in Oulecotes and the Tythes of all his Mills of the Soc of Hodesac and the Monks granted him perpetually four Masses in a week for himself his Ancestors and Successours as well living as dead This gift the said Roger made upon the Altar at Blyth before many Witnesses which was confirmed by his son William de Cressi William de Cressi 2 Ioh. gave the King twenty Marks and one Palfrey that he might justly and according to the Custom of England be brought off from the Dower which Cecily the daughter of Gervas de Clifton claimed against him Cecily who had been wife of Roger de Cressi 2 Ioh. gave the King forty Marks and one Palfrey for having her reasonable Dower which concerned her of the Freehold which was the said Rogers in this County William de Cressi 3 Ioh. pleaded that Cecily was not the wife of Roger de Cressi so the cause was transmitted to the Arch-bishop of York who signified she was lawfully married to him But William said he signified his own will against right and Ecclesiastical custom and offered pledges to try it c. and had day given c. There was a Fine at Clarendon the Munday after Midlent 5 Ioh. between Cecily who had been wife of Roger de Cressi Petent and William de Cressi Tenent concerning the reasonable Dower of the said Cecily which she claimed against the said William of the gift of her said husband Roger in Hoddishac Gedling Kelum Weston Rampton and Marcham all which she quit to the said William and his heirs for half a Knights Fee in Melton and five Acres of Medow in Lokenges for her life W. de Cressi gave to the Monks of Blith the Damms of his Mills from the Bridge of Gildenebriges unto the Land of Suain Sarpesive in the same state they were Anno Dom. 1225. and gave them free firmage firmuram of the Damm of the Mills of Westcroft in his Land paying out of that Mill of Westcroft half a quarter of Rye at Mich. yearly to him and his heirs He released likewise to them 12d. yearly which they paid him for Land in Holm c. William son and heir of Roger de Cressi who was in Ward of Alice Countess of Augi in the former part of Henry the third held of her the whole Town of Hodsok with the Soke by one Knights Fee William de Cressi son of Roger de Cressi confirmed two Bovats in Hoddesak with the Appurtenances which Fulc de Lisoriis gave to the Almoner of St. Mary of Blyth c. and all the Lands Rents and Possessions which the Monks had acquired of him or his Ancestors from the beginning of the world till the Feast of St. Martin 1273. William de Cressi Knight granted for himself and his heirs to the Religious men the Abbat of St. Katherin of Roan and the Prior and Covent of Blyth and their successours that from thenceforth they might Hang Thieves taken within their liberty of Blyth who deserved hanging on the Gallows of Emmeslawe without any contradiction or claim of him or his heirs saving that he or his heirs should Hang the Thieves taken within their Liberty of Hodisac which should deserve hanging on the said Gallows And that if the said Gallows should be thrown down it might be lawful for the said Prior and Covent and their successours to make new ones or set up and repair the old ones as they should please William de Cressi son and heir of Sibylla de Cressi 6 E. 1.
Mr. William Saunderson of Blyth She was afterwards wife of Sir George Chaworth which easily brought Harchill and Woodhall to that Family so that it was very lately the Inheritance of my Lord Chaworth who indeed is descended from a daughter of Serleby as in Wiverton may be seen The Arms of Serleby which are at Annesley are Gules a Crosse Moline Arg. charged with Mulletts of six poynts Sable and over all a Bendlets Countercompony Arg. and Azure In Barneby of Roger de Buslies Fee were two Mannors which before he came were Turverts and Sores who paid for them to the Geld as one Bov. ½ The Land was for four Oxen or four Bovats It was waste There was one Acre of Medow Pasture-Wood one qu. long half a qu. broad In the time of Edward the Confessour the value was 10s. in the Conquerours 12d. There was some of Barneby with Lund Ancient Demesne of the Soc of Bodmescell Adam de Barneby by the assent and will of his wife and his heirs quit-claimed to the Monks of Birth all the right he had in the More of Barneby which the Prior had inclosed within his Court and within his Walls and released to them for ever all Nusance which should happen to his Fee from the Walls and Waters of the said Prior. William the Chaplain of Gameleston released to Sir William the Prior of Blyth his whole right in the whole Land of Barneby within the Town and without except that Bovat which Wyot held Wyot de Barneby released to the said Prior and Covent in the year 1235. all his right in the Wood of Barneby and in one Rood of Land within the inclosure of their Mannor of Barneby viz. that Rode next the two Rodes which Rob. son of Richard gave saving to him the said Wyot and his heirs only Common Pasture of Herb and Acorn for the Cattel of his own rearing nutriture with Common of Feuger and Common of dry Boughs prostrate on the earth by blast of wind or age so that neither the said Wyot de Barneby nor his heirs should without the special licence of the Prior stretch forth his or their hand to any Vert or Green viride in the said Wood. Thomas the Clark of Barneby released also his right in the said Wood of Barneby so did Walter son of Thomas de Barneby all that he pleaded to belong to seven Bovats or Oxgangs which he the said Walter and Robert and William Leman held of the said Prior and Covent whereof he impleaded them by the Kings Writ in the time of Stephen de Segrave saving to him his Common Pasture and Herb and Acorn of or for his proper Cattel of his own nurture or rearing while the said Wood should endure which it was lawful for the said Prior and Covent to Assert and Till when ever they should please without the impediment of the said Walter or his heirs and when the fruits were carried off the said Walter with the rest of the Men of the Town were to have Common for this the said Prior and Covent gave him six Marks of Silver Several others released what they had in the Wood called Ravelound .... the daughter of William Frer of Barneby made Fine with Sir William Burdun Prior of Blith for Leyerwith mulct for incontinence and for having licence of marrying her self whither she would she gave 2s. 6d. the Thursday in Easter week 1290. Roger son of Randulf son of Roger de Maresey granted and confirmed the whole gift of his Fee in the Town of Barneby as his Ancestors had made it to God and St. Mary and the Monks of Blyth to whom Thomas de Maresey also released all demand of Homage Fealty and Suit of Court Raneschell was of Arch-bishop Thomas his Fee with Ostone and paid to the Geld as four Bov. ½ The Land one Car. It was waste before the Conquest and so continued in King Williams time Godric held it before and the said Thomas Archbishop of Yorke after the Norman change The owners of Serleby Torworth and Fartworth in 1612. are thus set down George Chaworth Knight 13l. 6s. 8d. .... Wood Gent. 20s. Richard Newcombe junior three Oxgangs Iohn Dobson Richard Ollyver 13s. 4d. Robert Sturton 20s. Anthony Denton 20s. Henry Hawson Thomas Chawner Robert Tibbott Richard Newcombe senior .... Cartwright of Wheatley ... Browne widow Mrs. More widow 13s. 4d. The owners of Barneby Town 1612. are thus Sir Peter Fretwell Knight Robert Eyre Iohn Lyllye Thomas Crumwell Robert Vpton Thomas Meare Raph Wilson Andrew Barrett Alderman and Burgesses of Newark Roger Gregory The Vicarage of Blyth was twenty Marks when the Prior of Blyth was Patron 'T is now 14l. 9s. 4d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Patronage belongs to Trinity Colledge in Cambridge Harworth Farworth Plumtre Limpole Hesle And Marton BEfore the Conquest in Hareword Wade Vlfiet and Vlstan paid to the Geld for one Carucat of Land for their three Mannors The Land whereof was two Car. There afterwards Fulco the Man of Roger de Busli whose Fee it was had one Car. and eight Vill. and one Bord. with three Car. There was a Church Pasture Wood one leuc long one broad The value in King Edward the Confessours time was 40s. and when the Conquerours Survey was made 30s. having Soc in Martune one Car. ad Geld. The Land two Car. There ten Vill. had five Car. Pasture Wood one leu long half a leu broad Fulco de Lisoriis was the Tenant or Man of Roger de Busli it seems and gave to the Priory of Blyth two Bovats in Harewrd and the Multure of Harewrd and of the whole Soc belonging to it part whereof was the Hamlet called Plumtre which Robert de Lisoriis his son and others of his posterity confirmed as before in Oulecotes and other places may be perceived Raph Fraser the Kings Marescal gave to the Monks of Blyth two Bovats which Gamel held of him in Harewrd which gift was confirmed by Henry Cossard the son of Raph Cossard named before in Hodsak Thomas Fitz-William and Albreda de Bassingburne held the whole Town of Harworth of Alice Countess of Ewe or Augi by the service of one Knights Fee Albreda de Bassingburne held in Brigford and Hareword two Knights Fees by reason of the Wardship of the heirs of Iohn Biset She held but half a Knights Fee here In 9 E. 2. Hareworthe with the Soc answered for an intire Villa whereof William Fitz-William was then certified to be Lord. The Jury 14 E. 3. said that Galfr. le Scrop named in South Muscham held in Hareworth of Gerard de Seginton by the Service of 1d. per annum a Capital Mess. one hundred and ten Acres of arable Land ten of Medow c. This Town and the Hamlets have been of long time the Inheritance of Moreton an ancient worshipful Family until Anth. Moreton Esq who paid in
Queen Elizabeths time 3s. 4d. for half a Knights Fee in Harworth sometime Henry Bisets wasted the Estate he was Father of Robert Moreton who sold Hareworth to Mr. William Saunderson Hamo de Burton gave to the Monks of Blith one Bovat of Land in Farewad which Robert de Farewad gave him for his Service Elias de Moles gave them the Land which Hamo Buche held of him by 10l. Rent and that which Elys Pin held of him for 2d. ob and Pasture for two hundred Sheep in his Land of Farewad and Common Pasture in all his Commons Elyas son of Robert de Farewad gave to the said Monks five Acres of his Land which Haco son of Roger held of him and three Rods virgas of Land which Elys Pin held of him Elyas son of Elyas de Farewad gave them one Culture of his Land in the territory of Farewad called Hevedlands as it bore in length and breadth from the Street which leads towards Bautre unto the Street of Tikehill Elias de Farewat son of Elias confirmed it so he did other gifts of his father and released 18d. Rent which Elias son of Alewy of Stirap was wont to pay his said father for half a Bovat of Land in Farewad which his said father sold to Mr. Iohn son of Alice de Styrap for a Mark of Silver which he gave him in his great need Ingeram de Stirap gave to Frier William de Well Prior of Blyth and the Monks there a certain Culture of Land in the territory of Farewat with all the length and breadth as it lay between the way which leadeth from Blyth to Tikhill and the Land of Robert son of Beatrix de Stirap and abutted on one head on the head-land of the said Prior and Covent and on the other on the way which leads from Stirap towards Serleby Dionysia the relict of the said Ingeram also released all her right of Inheritance or otherwise By a Fine at York 13 E. 2. the Mannor of Farewath was settled on Hugh de Serleby for life remainder to Oliver son of the said Hugh and to Alice his wife and to the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of the said Hugh Iohn Flandrensis of Claverbure gave to God and the Monks of Blyth Raph son of Balde of Heselay and his whole Sect and the whole Land which he held of him in Heselay viz. nine Acres Gaufr son of William le Hoser released the nine Acres in Heselay which the said Iohn Flandrensis gave to the Monks of Blyth William son of or Fitz William son of or Fitz Goderic gave those Monks one Mark of yearly Rent of the three which the Lord Archbishop of York was bound to pay him for Plumcrefeld Robert Strey Chaplain Thomas Elys and William Bradford 17 H. 8. claimed against Charles Moreton Esquire one Mess. ninety five Acres of Land thirty four of Medow twenty six of Pasture and ten of Wood in Limpole and Hesley Peter son of Willâ—am de Marton gave to the Monks of Blithe one Carucat of Land invigedun with all Appurtenances and further granted them Timber in his Wood to make them lodgeings Herbergagia and convenients for fire and a Toft in the same Town and free Multure in the Mill of the same Town They were to receive him into their Society when God should give it into his heart Agnes the wife of Nicolas de Marton did Fealty to the Prior of Blyth the Fryday next after the Ascension of our Lord 1289. in the name of Roger her son then under age for two Bovats of Land in Marton which the said Roger claimed to hold of the said Prior and acknowledged to owe 4s. per annum and gave for relief 8s. There was a Fine levied 5 E. 3. between Hugh de Hercy Chr. Quer. and Thomas de Multon of Kirketon Chr. Deforc. of the Mannor of Marton near Bautre which Gerard de Sekinton and Ioan his wife held as dower of the said Ioane and another 40 E. 3. and afterwards 43 E. 3. between Robert de Morton of Bautre and Ioan his wife and William Strete Quer. and Hugh de Hercy Chr. Deforc. of the Mannor of Marton by Bautre which the said Hugh acknowledged to be the right of the said Robert and was after the death of Ioan the wife of Gerard de Sekyngton who held it in Dower and had demised it to Anna le Despenser to revert to the said Robert and Ioane his wife and William and the heirs of the said Robert The Moretons did Found an Hospital in the uttermost edge of the Parish near Bautrey Town in Yorkshire to which there is also a Chapel yet standing wherein they of the Family have used to be buried and amongst the rest there lies Katherin daughter of Iohn Boun Esquire by his first wife and so half sister of Gilbert Boun Sergeant at Law who was widow of George Moreton elder brother of the before named Robert who sold Hareworth which George died long before the said Anthony his father These Moretons bore Quarterly Gules and Ermine the first and last charged with each a Goates Head Erased Arg. The Church of Harewode with the Chapel of Serleby and of Marton with all their Appurtenances were by King Iohn granted to the Church of Roan with many others as part of the Chapelry of Blyth and with that of East Markham and the rest came 6 E. 6. to the Earl of Shrowsbury as in Lowdham and other places is noted The owners of Marten Hesley and Harworth in 1612. are thus set down Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury George Chaworth Knight Anthony Morton Esquire William Gregory for Lands in Hesley William Weste Esquire Thomas Wright of Rossington George Wagstaffe of Harworth Iames Hall of the same Henry Stryng Nicolas Strea Iohn Robinson Lewes Weste The Vicarage of Harworth was 11l. when the Abbat of Westminster was Patron 'T is now 5l. 9s. 7d. value in the Kings Books and the Duke of Norfolk Patron Auclid Alkeley And Finingley IN Feningley before the Conquest Swayn answered the Tax or Geld at six Bovats for his Mannor The Land whereof was three Car. There afterwards Gislebert Tyson who had most if not all the said Swayns Lands in this County had half a Car. and fifteen-Vill four Bord having five Car. and an half Pasture Wood two leu long two broad In the Confessours time this was valued at 40s. and when the Conquerours Survey was taken at 41s. The Lands of this Gislebert Tysons Fee in this County did afterwards belong to the Family of Moubray as in Averham Kelum Winkburne and Sterthorp may be observed The Jury after the death of Roger de Moubray 29 E. 1. found Nicolas de St. Elena and Alice Touke to have held of him certain Lands and Tenements in Alkeley and Fyningley by the service of one Knights Fee Fyningley and Alkeleye 9 E. 2. answered for half a Villa
the Lords then certified being Walter Touk and William de St. Elena But in the former part of the Reign of K. Henry the third Roger son of Richard is certified to have paid two Marks for one Knights Fee in Finhingle Hugh de Clyderhowe 11 E. 3. recovered his seisin of a House and a Mill in Alkeley into which Hugh de Eland had intruded himself saying they were his own and also recovered 10l. for his damages Guy Fairfax 14 E. 4. had some interest here Thomas Darcy Knight Lord Darcy Henry Wyat Esquire Richard Wyat Clark and Iohn Scott 21 H. 7. claimed against Iohn Cley the Mannor of Blythe with the Appurtenances and ten Mess. three hundred Acres of Land c. in Blyth Ranskyll Torworth Norney and Sterap also the Advowson of the Church of Fynnyngley Reginald Pegge George Emerysson and Henry Wyat Esquire 22 H. 7. claimed against Richard Wyat Clark and Iohn Scott Esquire one Acre of Land and the Advowson of the Church of Fynningley who called to warrant Iohn Cley and Margaret his wife Margaret who had been wife of Iohn Clay 35 H. 8. claimed against Thomas Fayrfax Serjeant at Law the Mannor of Fynnyngley also the Advowson of that Church Iohn Wormeley Gent. and Iohn Park 9 Eliz. claimed against Richard Fenton Gent. one Mess. thirty Acres of Land ten of Medow forty of Pasture c. in Aukeley and called to warrant Thomas Fayrefax Esquire Iohn Park 10 Eliz. claimed against Richard Fenton the Mannor of Fynnyngley with the Appurtenances and twenty Mess. twenty Tofts c. in Fynnyngley who called Thomas Fayrefax Hugh Iones and Iohn Ingham 17 Eliz. claimed against Richard Shirbourne Knight the Mannor of Awkeley and Finningley and divers Lands in those Towns who called Iohn Hopwood The Mannor was divided between Sherburne and Frobisher and besides Frobisher had the Grange of Finninglay which belonged to the Priory of Mattersey The Queen 18 Novemb 34 Eliz. granted the said Grange to Martin Frobisher Knight and his heirs and 10 Febr. 40 Eliz. she granted it to Peter Frobisher Esq Cousin and Heir of Sir Martin The owners of Finningley cum Auckley in 1612. are thus expressed Francis Frubiser Gent. Richard Sherborne Gent. William Fribiser Gent. Clare Gregory widow Nicolas Greson Iohn Tomson Bryan Mole Edward Fowler William Marselande Chr. Sampoll Edward Birkett Richard Norton William Atkin William Mowldson William Iackson widow Copstacke The Rectory of Finningley was twenty Marks when Mr. Wiat was Patron 'T is now 13l. 5s. 7d. ob value in the Kings Books and Iohn Gibbons or Robert Harvey Esquire Patron Scrooby IN the Book of Doomsday Scrobye is only a Berue or Hamlet of Sudton the Archbishop of Yorkes Mannor William de Melton Arch-bishop of York 17 E. 2. had Free Warren in Southwell Lanuth Scroby Askham Sutton and Plumtrie William Whorwood 37 H. 8. claimed for the King against Robert Arch-bishop of York the Mannors of Scrobye Raveneskeld Lanome Askham Sutton and the North Soke and twenty Mess. twenty Tofts ten Dovecotes twenty Gardens one thousand Acres of Land five hundred of Medow five hundred of Pasture five hundred of Wood one thousand of Furz and Heath and 20l. Rent and passage over Trent and several Fishing and Free Warren in the said Mannors with the Appurtenances in Scrobye Raveneskeld Lanome Askham Sutton North Soke Calff Holme Bownyng Dunwardeynge Westwode Hayton Clareburgh Tylne Everton Scafteworth Welholme Bole Whetle Cavome Everton Carr and Carr except the Advowsons of the Hospital of St. Iohn in Notyngham and of the Colledge of Sybthorpe the Rectory of Kenalton and the Advowson of the Church of the Vicarage of Kynalton the Advowson of Carleton in Lyndrick and except the Advowson of the Chapel of St. Mary in Southwell also except the Advowson of the Church of Barton in the Beanes with the Appurtenances Here within memory stood a very fair Palace a far greater House of receit and a better Seat for provision than Southwell and had attending to it the North Soke consisting of very many Towns thereabouts It hath a fair Park belonging to it Arch-bishop Sandes caused it to be demised to his son Sir Samuel Sands since which the House hath been demolished almost to the ground The Church a fair one too if not ruinous is Appropriated to the Arch-bishoprick of York Mr. Francis Saundes is the present Tenant The Freeholders in Scroby cum Ranskill Towns 1612. are set down thus Iohn Ashetone Richard Torre William Thorpe Anthony Denton Stephen Welles Thomas Hudson Symon Bucke Iames Lawe William Smith ... Fitz-Williams Gent. Thomas Crumwell of Sutton upon Lound Robert Smith Mattersey Mersey And Thorpe IN Madrisseig of the Kings Soc of Bodmeschell which before the Norman Invasion was Earl Tosti's was as much as answered the Geld for eleven Bovats The Land being sufficient for three Plows or three Car. There twelve Sochm. two Vill. three Bord had six Car. ½ Medow three qu. long one broad Pasture Wood one leuc long one qu. ½ broad Here was also of Roger de Busli's Fee Soc to Rametone one Bov. ad Geld. There was one Sochm. and two Acres of Medow Another part of this Township was a Berue of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes great Soc of Sudton with Scroby and Lund Here was a Family who had their name from this place who were Lords of Gameleston in this Wapentac as in that place may be seen and of other places in this County Lancashire and Lincolneshire who Founded a Monstery here of Gilbertines before the year 1102. as in Mysin may be noted The Prior of Marsey held two Bovats of Land in pure Alms of the Fee of Thomas the heir of Roger de Maresey in the time of H. 3. Isabell de Chauncy daughter of Thomas de Marsey in her widowhood for the safety or health of her Soul and of the Soul of Sir Philip de Chauncy sometimes her husband and for the Souls of all her Ancestors remised confirmed and quit-claimed to God and St. Helen of the Isle of Marsay and the Prior and Covent of the House of Marsay there serving God her whole Demesne with all Homages and Services of the Towns of Marsay and Thorpe and all Lands possessions and Tenements which they had and held of the gift and Feoffment of her Ancestors in the Villages or Towns of Marsay and Thorpe Gameleston Elkesley West Retford Misyn and Boulton or other-where of her Fee with the Advowsons of the Churches of Mersay Gameleston Misyn and Bouleton with free Court of their Tenants in the said Towns c. The Witnesses to her Deed were Sir Hugh de Hercy Sir Robert de Saundeby Sir Laurence de Chaworth Knights Robert Pouer Robert de Wlrington Robert de Lanum Robert de Bekyngham Henry de Sutton Iohn Fitz-Raph William de â—â—beny and others which was about the latter part of the Reign of E. 1. or beginning of E. 2. The
Prior of Mathersey 35 E. 1. had free warren in Mathersay and Thorpe The Prior of Mathersey of the Order of Sempringham 3 E. 3. claimed to have for himself and his Men quittance in City and Borough in Markets and Fairs in passage of Bridges and Ports of the Sea and in all places through England from Toll and Pontage There was an Ad quod Damnum 4 H. 4. for Market and Fair to be kept at Mattersey Mathersey and Thorp 9 E. 2. answered for an intire Villa whereof the King and Earl of Lancasser were then found to be Lords Robert de Sumervill son of Robert de Sumervilla granted to the Abby of Wellebek that the Canons their Brethren and Men and all their matters should be carried over Ydele in the Boat at his passage of Madersey as oft as they should come there by the passers passoribus of his Fee freely and quietly so that nothing should be exacted of them for that passage Raph de Sumervill was witness The Abbat of Beacheif 31 H. 3. claimed against Roger de Osherton four Bov. of Land and 3s. Rent in Mareseye as the right of his Church and Roger came and demanded view c. Iohn Markham Knight Sneth Snawzell Esquire and others 22 H. 8. claimed against Thomas Wentworth Knight and Isabell his wife three Mess. two Coâ—tag sixty Acres of Land forty of Pasture two hundred of More and 1d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Mattersey and Mattersey Thorp Barneby and Ranby and called to warrant Thomas Wentworth the younger brother of the said Thomas Wentworth Knight The King 4 Novemb. 31 H. 8. granted to Anthony Nevill Esquire and Mary his wife the Monastery Mannor and Rectory of Mattersey with Blakawe Grange there and Claworth Grange c. the Monastery to them and the heirs Males of the said Anthony the Mannor and Lands in Thorp Wyeston and Stirton to him and his heirs see Claworth The Church was appropriated to the Priory about 8 E. 1. to repair the Priories then losses by a sudden fire It was the Inheritance of Iohn Nevill Esquire by descent from Sir Anthony Nevill his great Grandfather to whom it was conveyed from the Crown Sir William Hickman married .... the daughter and heir of .... Nevill and now enjoyes it A Mess. and Tenement in Mattersey and another in Heyton belonging to the Chantry of St. Iohn of Mattersey were amongst other things 18 May 7 E. 6. granted to Thomas Reeve and George Cotton The owners of Mattersey and Thorpe Towns in 1612. are thus expressed Alexander Iessop of Mattersey Thorp senior Henry Iessop of tâ—e same Richard Eltonhead Gent. Thomas Robinson of the same Alexander Iessop junior of the same Iohn Iessop of the same Iohn Hall of Bekingham for Lands in Mattersey Thorp Henry Bower Anthony Nevell of Mattersey Abby Esquire Thomas Hall of Mattersay Bartholomew Hall of the same Thomas Dawson Robert Oldfeild Iohn Ellyot Robert Hodgeson Thomas Wood Robert Fletcher all of the same William Chapman Gyles More William Staynton William Atkingson Peter Scot Robert Chappell Henry Holmes William Hamond Raph Waddington junior Gent. Tho. Drew Robert Williamson Robert Whitehead William Milner Raph Bing senior The Vicarage of Mathersey was 8l. 'T is now 6l. 8. 9d. value in the Kings Books and is in the Collation of the Arch-bishop of York as it hath been Sutton And Lound THe Arch-bishop of York when the great Survey was made in the time of King William the first had a Mannor in Sudton of which Lund and Scrobye and Madrisseig were Berues which answered the Geld for one Carucat six Bovats before the Conquest The Land then being known to be six Carucats There afterwards the Arch-bishop had two Carucats in Demesne fourteen Villains six Bordars having six Carucats There was Medow of seven Acres Pasture Wood half a leug and eight quarentens long eight qu. and an half broad In the time of King Edward the Confessour it was valued at 8l. and in King Williams time likewise having Soc in Etton Tilne Wellom and Suuenton Gréenleig Scaftord Evarton and Claverburch which Land was for twelve Plows or twelve Carucats and then were there thirty eight Sochm. with eighteen Villains twenty Bordars having twenty five Plows or twenty five Carucats In Lunde and Barnebye Soc to the Kings Mannor of Bodmeschel were six Bovats ½ â…“ ad Geldam The Land .... There three Sochmen had one Carucat and three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two qu. long half a quarenten broad Of Roger de Busli's Fee in Lund was a Mannor which was Vlchels before the Conquest who paid for it to the Geld as two Bovats ½ The Land one Carucat There after the Conquest in Demesne was one Carucat and six Villains with two Carucats and five Acres of Medow Pasture Wood six qu. long two broad The value of this in the Confessours time was 20â— in the Conquerours but 10s. The Mannor of Sutton continueth with the Nort Soke to the Arch-bishoprick of York The Jury 24 E. 1. found that Robert de Hayton died seized of nine small Bovats in Lound held of Tikhill By an Inquisition taken at Nottingham the Thursday after Palmsunday 23 H. 7. before Sir William Perpoint Knight Sir Edward Stanhope Knight and Raph Agard it appears that Iohn Strelley of Lindeby named in that place died seized of the Mannor of Sutton on Loâ—nd then valued at 10l. beyond all reprises Iohn Porte Serjeant at Law Thomas Coken Knight German Pole Esquire Percivall Strelley and William Blake 16 H. 8. claimed against Nicolas Strelley of Lindeby Esquire and Elizabeth his wife one Mess. forty Acres of Land twenty of Medow sixty of Pasture four of Wood and eighty of Furz and Heath with the Appurtenances in Lownd Robert Hekeling held the third part of a Knights Fee in Lunde and Clumber Iohn Freiston Esquire in the time of Queen Elizabeth paid 20d. for his Lands in Lound sometime Iohn Styrley's held by the fourth part of a Knights Fee The Jury 30 H. 3. said that Gilbert de St. George held half a Bovat in Lound of Robert de St. George Lord of Bodmeshill Alice who had been wife of Robert son of Eustachius de Lund 18 E. 1. withdrew her self from her Writ against the Arch-bishop of Yorke and others for one Mess. sixty Acres of Medow and ten Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in Lound and Sutton By a Fine 19 E. 3. between Thomas son of Adam de Lound Chaplain Quer. and Walter Power Parson of the Church of Wark Deforc. the said Thomas settled one Mess. twenty four Acres of Land fourteen of Medow four of Turbary and 3â— 6d. Rent in Lound nigh Mathersey on himself for life then to his brother William for life then to his brother Robert for life then to Thomas son of his brother Robert and the heirs of his body remainder to Margery sister of the last Thomas and the heirs
sister and heir of Iames Matthew and Roger sons of Iohn brother and heir of Adam and Robert sons of Gley the Britain Lord of the Mannor of Stiteley and Mekesburgh which Gley had a brother who begot Mabilia de Brochton of Craven who had to her husband Iohn de Mounden who begot on her a son named also Iohn which second Iohn had two daughters Matildis and Agnes who dyed without heirs so that Iohn le Vavasor son of the said Robert claimed to be heir of the said sisters and left the inheritance to William le Vavasur his son and heir It appears 5 E. 3. by a Writ of Certiorari that Isabella who had been wife of William de Saxam recovered by a Writ of Cui in vita against Henry le Scrop one Mess. and 100. Acres of Land in Little Morton as her right and marriage William son of Gilbert de Normanton by Bommsell perhaps the same with Norther Moreton did Fealty to William Burdon Prior of Blyth for half a Bovat with one Mess. in Normanton by Bothamsell and acknowledged to owe 4s. per annum and gave 8s. for Relief Normanton Grange belonged to Welbeck The owners of Babworthe Town in 1612. are thus set forâ—h Gilbert Earl of Shrowsbury William Lord Cavendishe Robert Swifte Knight Matilda Bevercotes widow William Iessop Gent. Nicolas Yonge of Babworth Anthony Iohnson Bryan Sturges Philip Collye Robert Hemsworth Robert White The Rectory of Babworth was 20l. when the Prior of Newstede was Patron 'T is now 14l. 19s. 7d. value in the Kings Books and Sir Edward Wâ—rteley the last Patron Ordeshall THere was in Ordsall Soc of the Kings Mannor of Dunham one Bov. ad Geldam The Land one Car. There two Sochm. had one Car. and three Acres of Medow and three Acres of Wood. There was also Soc to Grove one Bov. ½ for the Geld. The Land one Car. Of the Tayn-land there was one Bov. ad Geldam The Land was for four Oxen Erwin held it At the making of Doomsday Book it was waste There were in Ordsall of the Fee of Roger de Busli four Mannors which before his coming with King William Osward Turstaun Oderic and Thurstan had and paid to the Geld as four Bovats for them The Land being four Car. There afterwards the Men or Tenants of Roger had three Car. and five Vill. and two Bord. having two Car. there was Medow of sixteen Acres Pasture Wood one qu. long half one broad In the Confessours time the value of this was 28. in the Conquerours 24s. The principal part of Ordesall went with Grove In 30 H. 3. Mauvesinus de Hercy was found to have held some here of Robert de St. George Lord of Bodmeshell viz. two Bov. for 5s. 4d. per annum Robert de Bakere of Retford 18 E. 1. was Plaintiff in an Assize against Hugh de Hercy Def. because he hindred him from Fishing in the Water of Iddell of Ordeshale unto Suthall The Jury said That the said Hugh did not hold the said Fishing in his several together with Robert Morteyne because said they that all who hold Lands abutting on that Water Fish in it at their pleasure unto the Threed Filum of the Water as they of Gréeneley on the East part and they of West Retford on the West part and they of Wellum on the East part they said further that a certain part of West Retford was of the Fee of Lancaster and abutted on the said Water and they of that Fee Fish there unto the File or Threed of the Water c. Hugh was amerced Upon the disposition made by Sir Iohn Hercy this Ordesall tell to the share of ... Mackworth It after came to Bevercotes a younger brother of the House of Bevercotes a Lawyer of good note here of the learned counsel at York and sometimes Feodary of this County and by the marriage of one of his daughters and heirs it went to Thomas Cornwallis who sold it to the Lady Worteley Countess of Devonshire and she estated it on Sir Edward Wortley her second son There was another part of this Township which belonged to and went with Eton as in that place may be perceived The Jury 9 E. 1. found twenty four Perches of Land and three in breadth twelve Perches of Marish in length and three in breadth with the Appurtenances in Ordeshale to be Frank Almoigne belonging to the Church of Eton in the Clay and not lay Fee Iohn de Ripariis 18 E. 2. levied a Fine to Henry de Faucomberge of the Mannor of Ordishale and of one Mess. two Tofts one hundred sixty one Acres of Land twenty three of Medow 36s. and 3d. Rent and the moyety of a Bovat of Land with the Appurtenances in Eton Retford Gameliston Clareburgh Hayton Wellum Stretton Bekingham Claworth Fenton East Drayton West Markham and Bughton Another Fine was levied at Nott. the Munday after the Feast of St. Martin 3 E. 3. between Iohn de Bolyngbrok Quer. and Iohn de Ripariis of Loversale Deforc. of the Mannor of Ordesale with the Appurtenances and five Tofts one hundred eighty eight Acres of Land twenty seven of Medow and 22s. 3d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Ordesale Eton Retford Gameleston c. whereby the said Iohn de Ripariis of Loversale granted for himself and his heirs that the said Mannor with the Appurtenances except two Mess. twenty seven Acres of Land and three of Medow in the said Mannor which Iohn de Ripariis of Ordesale held for term of his life and that one Mess twenty four Acres of Land and three of Medow in the said Mannor which Adam le Barkere and Dionysia his wife held for the life of the said Dionysia and that one Mess. and three Acres of Land with the Appurtenances which Robert Dokerel held for his life and twenty four Acres of Land eighteen of Medow 21s. and 3d. Rent with the Appurtenances in the said Towns of Eton Retford Gameleston Stretton Bekyngham Fenton East Drayton West Markham and Bughton which the said Iohn de Ripariis of Ordesale held for his life and that one hundred twenty two Acres of Land and an half and four Acres of Medow and an half in the said Towns of Ordesale and Eton which Iohn the son of Iohn de Ripariis of Ordesale held for his life and five Tofts forty one Acres of Land and an half c. in Ordesale which Richard son of Iohn de Ripariis of Ordesale held for term of life of the Inheritance of the said Iohn de Ripariis of Loversdale should remain to the said Iohn de Bolyngbrok and his heirs The Mannor of Ordesall in Ordesall with the Appurtenances and two Mess. and 8s. Rent with the Appurt in East Retford Wellum Morehouse and Eton which Iohn de Bozon and Elizabeth his wife held for the life of the said Elizabeth of the Inheritance of William de Saundeby were by Sir Iohn de Leeke Chr. by Fine 18
R. 2. passed to Robert Wycliff Clerk Iohn Woderove Iohn de Gaitford and Richard de Wetewong Clerk and the heirs of Richard These same parcels which Peter Assheton and Elizabeth his wife held during the life of the said Elizabeth were by Robert Wycliff Clark 11 H. 4. by another Fine settled on Thomas the son of Philip Darcy Chr. and the heirs Males of his body remainder to the right heirs of the said Philip Darcy Chr. There was a Recovery 11 H. 7. wherein Iames Strangways Knight claimed against Iohn Dennam the same Mannor and parcels In an Assize 18 E. 1. the Jury found that Robert de Furmeston held in common with Robert son of Iohn Common of Pasture in two hundred Acres of More and ... in Ordesale in which Robert son of Richard son of Thomas de Retford claimed to have Common and by the said Robert de Furmeston to be thereof disseized but Robert de Retford was cast The owners of Ordsall Town in 1612. are thus set down Maud Bevercotes widow Thomas Cornwallis Esquire William Mackworth Esq Nicolas Iohnson Richard Templeman Stephen Coe Clark Richard Walshe William Rosse Richard Oldham Iohn Sprigg Nicolas Stones William Denham Mrs. Booth Richard Brownley The Rectory of Ordesall was 24l. when Mr. Hersy was Patron 'T is now 19l. 18s. 11d. ob value in the Kings Books and Sir Francis Wortley the last Patron In the Church Filius Armigeri mihi mater militis haeres Nomine sum Denman arte magister â—eram Pastorem Ordsalie Maria regnante remotum Restituit princeps Elizabetha gregi Continuo feci caperet Retfordia fructus Progredier si qui Religione student Pauperibus struxisse domos Ordsalia novit Mole sub hac tandem mortuus ecce cubo Mortuus ah fallor vitam traduco beatus Terra cadaver habet spiritus astra colit Rossington I Suppose is in Yorkshire but the Church it seems is in the Arch-deaconry of Nottingham The Rectory was 10l. and the Major of Doncaster Patron 'T is now 11l. 1s. 3d. ob value in the Kings Books and the Corporation of Doncaster still have the Patronage in Plump 〈◊〉 Isle these antiâ—ul Monuments The Lusecipliens in 〈…〉 out Notingham Snodengaham JOhn Rowse Canon of Oseney in his History written to King Henry the seventh saith That King Ebranc builded Notingham upon Trent upon a dolorous Hill so called from the grief of the Brytans of whom King Humber made there a very great slaughter in the Reign of Albanact If it was so the British name is utterly lost for nothing can be more manifest than that this is of Saxon original importing a woody or Forest dwelling or habitation in Dens or Caves cut in the Rock whereof there are very many still to be seen In the time of King Edward the Confessour in the Burrough of Snotingeham were one hundred seventy and three Burgesses and nineteen Villains or Husbandmen To this Borough lay six Carucats of Land to or for the Kings Geld or Tax and one Medow and small Wood six quarentens long and five broad This Land was parted between thirty eight Burgesses and of the rate or rent censu of the Land and of the works of the Burgesses yielded 75s. 7d. and of two Minters Monetar 40s. Within it had Earl Tosti one Carucat of Land of the Soc of which Land the King was to have two pence and the Earl himself the third Afterwards when William the Conquerour surveyed Hugh the Sheriff the son of or Fitz Baldric found one hundred thirty six men dwelling there when Dooms-day Book was made towards the latter end of his Reign there were sixteen less Yet that Hugh himself made thirteen dwellings or mansions in the Land of the Earl in the new Borough which were not there before putting them in the cense or rate of the Old Borough In Snotingham in the Demesne of the King was one Church in which lay three Mansions of the Borough and five Bovats of Land of the above said six Carucats with Sac and Soc and to the same Church five Acres of Land and an half of which the King had Sac and Soc. The Burgesses had six Carucats to Plow and twenty Bordars and fourteen Carucats Plows Carts Draughts Teams or Plowlands They were wont to Fish in the Water of Trent and at that time made Complaint that they were prohibited to Fish In the time of King Edward the Confessour Snotingham yielded in Rent 18l. when Dooms-day Book was made 30l. and 10l. of the Mint de Moneta Roger de Busly had in Snotingham three Mansions in which were Seated eleven Houses The Rent 4s. 7d. William Peverel had forty eight Merchants Houses or Tradesmens The Rent 36s. and thirteen Houses of Knights or Horsemen equitum and eight Bordars Raph de Burun had thirteen Houses of Knights in one of these dwelt one Merchant Guilbert four Houses Raph son of or Fitz Hubert had eleven Houses in these remained or dwelt three Merchants Shopkeepers or Tradesmen Goisfrid de Alselin had twenty one Houses Acadus the Priest Presbyter two Houses In the Croft of the Priest were sixty Houses and in these had the King Sac and Soc. The Church with all things which belonged to it was 100s. per annum value Richard Fresle had four Houses In the Ditch fossata of the Borough were seventeen Houses and other six Houses The King granted to William Peverel ten Acres of Land to make an Orchard In Snotingtun had King Edward one Carucat of Land with the Geld. The Land two Carucats There when the Survey of Doomsday Book was made the King had eleven Villains or Husbandmen having four Carucats and twelve Acres of Medow in Demesne nothing In the time of King Edward the Confessour and then likewise the value of this was 3l. which is now called Sneinton as already is noted in that place in the beginning of Thurgarton Hundred There is no mention at all in this most exact survey of the Castle of Nottingham which is therefore concluded to be built by William Peverel or King William the first his father though 't is supposed there might have been some old Fortress there before He also builded the Monastery at Lenton as it seems he did another at or near Northampton dedicated to St. Iames the Registry whereof certifieth that he died the fifth of the Kalends of Febr. 1113. 11 H. 1. and the Lady Adelina his wife the fourteenth of the Kalends of February 1119. 18. H. 1. and that Sir William son of the said William Peverel died 16 Kal. May 1100. 12 William Rufus which cannot be true except he had another son William for I find that William Peverell at the intreaty of his faithful wife Adelina gave to the Monastery of Lenton at or nigh the very Foundation the Churches of Hecham and Randia To which Deed were Witnesses Robert de Ferrariis Avenell de Haddon Robert son of Drogo Robert son of Warner Raph
Mannors and some little ones too but some have no mention in Doomsday Book of any Church in them at that time which yet manifestly had not very long after so that it seems the Norman Lords built Churches presently and fixed their Tythes within their own Mannors which before were paid to uncertain places the Dedications or Consecrations of most of which Churches or Chapels by the Bishop are still remembred in these parts by the respective Parishioners in celebrating a certain yearly Feast commonly called the Wakes But we must further consider that the great Root and Measure of all was Agriculture Husbandry or Tillage which necessarily imployes supports and multiplies People as they must Houses and Mannors whereof consist Towns Hundreds and Counties and of them a Kingdom so that the King in his Political capacity as well as his natural is fed by the Husbandman concerning whom our Laws are so old natural and fundamental that the certain original of them appears not to the deepest searcher supposing nothing before them but a King to give and People to receive them for the Learned Selden who went as far as he or any one else could in that particular in his Ian. Anglorum is fain to cite out of Authors whom he judged of little or no credit in the point that Donuallo Molmutius and his son Belinus after him who Reigned four or five hundred years before our Saviour Christs time when certainly the Inhabitants of this place were not much civilized Ordained That Plows Temples and Wayes leading to Cities should have the priviledge of Sanctuary And furthermore lest the Land should wax empty or lest the People should be frequently pressed with want of Corn or be diminished if only Cattel should occupy the Fields which ought to be Tilled by men He the said Belinus constituted how many Plowes each County as we now call them should have and appointed a Punishment for them by whom the number should be diminished And forbad the Beasts which should serve the Plow to be taken away by the Magistrates or assigned for debt of money to Creditors if other Goods of the Debtor were sufficient besides However these Laws and Customs have been antient and certain enough whoever made or begun them and all Measures of the Country have been taken from the Plow as long as any memorials of such things are extant for a Family or Manse or Hide with the Saxons or Carucat with the Normans are of the same signification which is that we call a Plow-land and was as much Arable as with one Plow and Beasts sufficient belonging to it could be Tilled and ordered the whole year about having also Medow and Pasture for the Cattel and Houses also for them and for the Men and their Housholds who managed it This is the great Measure so often repeated in Doomsday Book in most Counties by the name of Hide but in ours Darbyshire and Lincolnshire only Carucats are found which are the very same with the other and esteemed to contain an hundred Acres viz. sixscore to the hundred but assuredly were more or less according to the lightness or stiffness of the Soyl whereof one Plow might dispatch more or less accordingly Thus unequal also were the Virgats whereof four made a Carucat and so were the Bovats or as we call them Oxgangs of which most commonly eight went to a Carucat or Plow-land one of them being defined to be as much Land as one Ox might Till through the year which for the reason before could not be equal in all places but in some places was twelve in some sixteen in some eighteen or more Acres Nay the Acres were not equal for some had sixteen some eighteen some twenty and some more Feet to the Perch of which forty make a Rode and four of them an Acre but the Foot it self was also customary in some places twelve Inches in some eighteen more or less so that we must not too peremptorily determine the quantity of a Leuc or Quarenten in Dooms-day wherewith the Pasture or other Woods were measured and perhaps sometimes Medow though 't is sure enough the first meant our Mile and the other a Furlong viz. forty Perches which yet cannot be precisely judged to an Inch. By these kind of Measures though were the ancient Surveys made of every Mannor and part thereof and by these were regulated all manner of Taxes as well before the Conquest as after for though the Knights Fees then first brought in with their incidents Ward and Marriage c. became a Measure for divers Aids or Taxes afterward yet even they consisted or were made up of five or eight Carucats or Plow-lands apiece and the respective Tenants paid for so many whole Fees or parts of one or more as they agreed with them who first enfeoffed them according to such proportions of Carucats or Bovats as were the subject or ground of such agreements so that still the Plow upheld all as the Laws did it indifferently well till that stupendous Act which swept away the Monasteries whose Lands and Tythes being presently after made the Possessions and Inheritances of private men gave more frequent encouragement and opportunities to such men as had got competent shares of them further to improve and augment their own Revenues by greater loss to the Common-wealth viz. by enclosing and converting Arable to Pasture which as certainly diminisheth the yearly fruits as it doth the people for we may observe that a Lordship in Tillage every year affords more than double the profits which it can in Pasture and yet the latter way the Land-lord may perhaps have double the Rent he had before the reason whereof is that in Pasture he hath the whole profit there being required neither men nor charge worth speaking of whereas in Tillage the people and their Families necessarily imployed upon it which surely in respect of God or Man Church or King make a more considerable part of the Common-wealth than a little unlawful increase of a private persons Rent must be maintained and their publick duties discharged before the Land-lords Rent can be raised or ascertained But this Improvement of Rent certainly caused the decay of Tillage and that Depopulation which hath much impaired our County and some of our Neighbours and which divers Laws and Statutes have in vain attempted to hinder I shall only take notice of the thirty ninth year of Queen Elizabeth when one Statute was made against the decaying of Towns and Houses of Husbandry and another for maintenance of Husbandry and Tillage in the Preamble of the first is mentioned thus And where of late yeares more than in times past there have sundry Townes Parishes and Houses of Husbandry bene destroyed and become desolate c. the second is after this manner Whereas the strength and flourishing estate of this Kingdome hath bene alwayes and is greatly upheld and advanced by the maintenance of the Plough and Tillage being the occasion of the increase and multiplying of