when viz. 1669. he sold most of it to my Brother Thomas Thoroton and my Brother-in-law Iohn Story of Kneveton The other Mannor called Kirkton Hall is and hath been the Seat of the Whalleys and their Progenitors the Leeks and the Kirktons who had their name from the place scituate close by the Church and the house it self is in the very division of the Lordships of Coleston and Screveton in each of which part of the Demesnes lay In some Evidences it is called Kirketon juxta Kercolston but in more juxta Screveton Roger de Kirketon to whom Raph son of Yngeram de Screveton passed some parcells here is the first that I have met with Roger had a son called Hugh but the next successour that I can discover was Iohn son of Robert de Kirketon who lived in the latter end of the Reign of Henry the third and in the time of Edward the first In Edward the seconds time Robert son of Iohn Rogerus de Kirketon Robertus de Kirketon Johannes de Kirketon 56 H. 3. 14 E. 1. Robertus de Kirketon 4 E. 2. 19 E. 2 -Beatrix Thom. de Kirketon Ar. 17 E. 3 -Margareta ...... fil haer -Johannes de Stockton 45 E. 3. Avicia-Willielmuâ— de Leek de Kirketon 8 R. 2. Willielmus de Leek de Kirketon-Joana Rad. de Leek 6 H. 5. 8 H. 6. 17 H. 6 -Agnes fil ... Babington ut suppon Thom. Leek Ar. -Jana Elizabetha fil haer -Rich Whalley de Darlaston Com. Staff Laurentius Hatfeild-Isab fil Will. Marshall Alicia Tho. Whalley Ar. de Kirketon -Eliz fil Joh. Strelly de Woodborough Ric. Whalley de Kirketon Ar. ob 1582 -Lora fil Tho. Brookman -Ursula-Barbara Tho. Whalley de Kirketon Ar. ob 1582 -Elizab fil cohaer Henr. Hatfeild Ar. Richardus Whalley de Kirketon Ar. -Anna fil Georg. Horsey de Digswell -Frances fil Hen. Crumwell mil. -Jana fil .... Stirap Tho. Whalley ob ante pattem-Maria fil Tho. Peniston mil. -Ric Draper marit 2. Peniston Whalley Ar. aet 48. 1672 -Margar fil haer Geo. Ireland Ar. de Com. Lanc. ob Sep. 10. 1675. Elizab. aet 18. 1672. Tho. Hall Rector de Screton 1674 -Margareta aet 16. 1672. Eliz. -Will Ayloff Whalley Draper-Rob Butler Rob. Butler Edw. Joh ..... fil Herbert Springate mil. Herb. Whalley Henr. Thom. Johan Walter Willielmus Whalley -Barbara fil cohaer Stephanus Hatfeild -Eliz fil Tho. Molyneux mil. relict .... Becard Henricus Hatfeild ob 26 H. 8 -Alicia cohaer Joh. Hercy milit Tho. Whalley de Kirketon Ar. ob 1582 -Elizab fil cohaer Henr. Hatfeild Ar. Willielmus Whalley -Barbara fil cohaer Nicholaus Thom. 6 H. 5. Radulphus Johannes 6 H. 5. Hugo de Kirketon was owner of this place and in Edward the thirds was succeeded by Thomas de Kirketon Esquire to whom together with Margaret his wife 17 E. 3. Thomas de Newmarch the younger did convey Lands which sometime were Henry Bozoms This Thomas de Kirketon is said to have had a daughter and heir married to Iohn de Stockton whom I find resident here 45 E. 3. and that he had interest in Lands in Claâ—ton now Clauffon and Kirkeby Belers in the County of Leicester in which latter place I find Roger Beler did make some exchange with Adam de Stocton about the time of Edward the first or sooner Stoctons daughter and heir is supposed to be Avicia wife of William de Leek who 8 R. 2. enfeoffed Sir Iohn de Leek Knight Richard de Outhorpe Richard de Stâ—cton and Hugh Bozom Chaplain in their Lands in Screveton Kercolston Kirkeby Belers c. William de Leek of Kirketon 6 H. 5. or Skreveton passed Lands in Kercolston Bingham Aslaâ—ton and Flawbergh to Simon de Leek Raph his own son and Iohan his own wife to Raph his brother and Iohn his said brothers son and to Nicolas his brother and Thomas son of that Nicolas his Seal to it hath nine Annuletts upon a Saltier engrailed within a Bordure Sir William Babington Knight Simon Leek Norman Babington Thomas Nevill Esquire William and Robert sons of Sir William Babington 9 H. 6. made Henry Peyto and Iohn Chaworth their Atturneys to receive seisin of Raph Leek Esquire of his Lands in Kirketon Screveton Kercolston Asâ—acâ—on Kneveton Bingham Newark Sibthorp Eyleston and Flawbergh in this County in the City of Lincolne in Claxton and Kirkeby in Leiceâ—tershire and in the City of Coventre in Warwickshire The Mannor of Kirketon and Lands in Kirketon Screton Carcolston and Aslacton 17 H. 6. were settled on Raph Leek and Agnes his wife therefore supposed to be a Babington and the heirs of their bodies remainder to William son of Sir William Babington Thomas Leek of Kirketon Esquire and Iane his wife 18 E. 4. covenanted to marry Elizabeth their daughter and heir to Richard Whalley oâ— Darlâ—ston in the County of Stafford Esquire This Richard Whalley made his Will 1 R. 3. and by it gave order to his Feoffees Sir Gervas Clifton Sir Iohn Babington Knights Thomas Leek Squire Richard Whalley Priest and George Whalley Gentleman to dispose the Mannor of Darlaston to Elizabeth his wife for her natural life and after to Ioane his daughter and his Lands in Lancashire to the sons of his Uncle Gilbert Whalley if he should die without issue Male himself which he did not for 9 H. 7. Sir Henry Willoughby passed the Wardship of Thomas Whalley his son to Thomas Leek before named This Thomas Whalley married Elizabeth the daughter of Iohn Strelley of Woodborough and had a son called Richard Whalley who had to his first wife Lora daughter of Thomas Brookman to his second Vrsula and to his third Barbara who survived him and married ..... Burnell for whom she made a fair Tomb at Sibthorp as she did here at Screton for her husband Whalley which shows he had twenty five Children by his three Wives which great number many of them being very well Matched as one to Sir Iohn Zouch of Codnor another to .... Bellingeham another to Iohn Nevill of Grove and the like together with his imprisonment in the Tower upon the account of the Duke of Somersett Lord Protector of Edward the sixth whose servant he was and some other mishaps might very well be thought to lessen that great advancement he had otherwise necessarily made of his Family being by his relation to and interest with that Duke easily let in to purchase Abby Lands of which notwithstanding he had a convenient share in this and other Counties To his eldest son Thomas Whalley and his son William the eldest by his second wife did Sir Iohn Hercy of Grove Uncle of Iohn Nevill before named marry also his two Nieces Elizabeth and Barbara the daughters and heirs of Henry Hatfeild of Willughby Esquire by Alice one of the eight sisters and heirs of the said Sir Iohn but she was afterwards married to .... Markham by whom having a son none of Hercyes inheritance came to this
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.
Seal of Arms circumscribed with his name is A Waterbouget and on a Chief two Mullets 10 R. 2. released all his right and claim in Saxelby and the Advowson of Brodholme which were his Uncles the said Sir Gilbert Bridesalls to Sir Iohn Marmion Lord of Tanfeild and others This Mannor and Advowson remained to the Bâ—ssets of Fledborough Iohn Basset Esquire Henry Basset Clinton Basset and Edward Basset his brothers and Elizabeth Basset widow 37 Eliz. levied a Fine of the Mannor of Saxelby to Henry Ballard of Southwell Gent. to whom it was then sold. Thomas Ballard of Saxelby 6 Car. 1. Mortgaged it to Thomas Atkinson of Newark Gent. son of Gilbert and is now the possession of Robert Atkinson of Newark Gent. his son King Richard the second 19 Febr. 12 R. 2. committed to Alionor who had been wife of Giles D'aubney Chr. deceased the custody of the Mannor of South Ingleby in Saxelby and Brodholme in the Counties of Linâ— and Nott. till his heir should be of full age The Jury 1 H. 4. found that Elianor wife of Sir Giles D'aubeney held of the inheritance of Sir Gyles her husbands son while she lived the third part of the moyety of a certain Pasture called the South-dike by Brodholme and the third part of the Wood. It appears likewise 19 H. 6. that Elizabeth who had been wife of Warin Walgrave and formerly of Iohn Daubeney whose brother Sir Giles was his heir held a third part of two parts of 13s. 4d. Rent of Assize of the Prioress and Covent of Brodholme and the third part of two parts of fourscore Acres of Medow called Burton Ings and the third part of two parts of fourscore Acres of Pasture lying at South-dike c. and that Thomas Goldington was her next heir Gyles Daubeney mentioned in Câ—tum about 24 H. 6. left William Daubeney his son and heir of this great Medow Pasture and Wood as parcel of his Mannor of South Ingleby held of the Lord Roos of Bever Alice the widow of Sir Giles about 33 H. 6. left her interest here and three daughters her heirs Amice Isabell and Alianor There was a Recovery 30 H. 8. wherein Thomas Dymock Esquire and Iames Smyth Gent. claimed against William Mounson Esquire forty Acres of Medow sixty of Pasture thirty of Wood and several Fishing in the Water called Newpyttys in Brodeham Saxelby and Thorney who called Henry Earl of Briggewater The Site and House of the Priory of Brodholme and all the Demesne Lands c. 30 Iune 6 Eliz. were granted to Iohn Conyers and William Haber Gent. and their heirs lately in the Tenure of William Mounson Esquire and of the yearly value of 10l. 10s. 4d. Newarke THis Noble Mannor of Newerh was by the famous Leofric Earl of Mercia and his most pious Lady Godiva given with Flatburch in this County now Fledborough to the Monastery of Stow near Lincolne in the time of King Edward the Confessour who with his Queen and Nobles was present at and consenting to the Agreement made between the said Earl and Countess and the Bishop Wulwi that they should have Priests there â—nd altogether the same Service which was St. Paul's at London and that the Lands they should give should be for the Food and Rayment of the Brethren or Friers there And that the Bishop might have for his Table all those things which Aetheric the Bishop and Aednoth the Bishop had before him of those things by right belonging to his Bishopric to wit two parts of all things coming to that Monastery and the Priests the third King William the first confirmed their gifts and at the request of Remigius the Bishop gave to Stow the Church of Eynesham in Oxfordshire and all the Land belonging to it though Stow was accounted but a Cell of Eynesham to which Bishop Robert the Successour of Remigius gave in exchange for Newerch and Stow before or about the tenth year of King Henry the first who by the consent and counsel of his Bishops and Barons had restored and repaired Eynesham Cherlebery Stoches Wdcote and in Cantebriggesâ—yr in Histon fifteen Hides and three Virgats and the Tythe of Thame to wiâ— in Corn Cattel Wooll and Cheese and one Bordar with two Acres Likewise the Tythe of Bannebery and of Croppery with the Bordars Likewise Middelton Tythe and the Tythe of Wax of the Altar of Stow. The Conquerours famous Survey shows that Godeva the Countess paid the Dane-geld the publick Tax of that time for her Mannor of Newarke with the two Berues Baldertune and Farendune as seven Carucats and two Bovats of Land Yeâ— the Land of it in her own time in King Edward the Confessors Survey was returned twenty six Carucats There after the Conquest Bishop Remigius of Lincolne had in Demesne seven Car. and fifty six Burgesses forty two Villains four Bordars having twenty Car. or Plow-lands and an half There were ten Churches and eight Priests having five Car. There were seven French or Freemen Franci homines having five Carucats and an half There was one Mill 5s. 4d. and one Piscary or Fishing To Newerche lay all the Customs of the King and Earl of that Wapentac In King Edward the Confessours time the Rent of it was 50l. in the latter end of the Conquerours but 34l. It had Soc. in Balderton Chelintone Scireston Elvestone Stoâ—hes Holton Cotintone Barnebye Wymunthorpe Storveley Greton Spaldford Torneshay Wiggesley Herdrebye and Cotum St. Remigius in the twenty fourth year of his Pontificate 4 W. 2. viz. 1091. confirmed this Lordship to Stow. Rob. Bloet succeeded him and made the exchange with the Abby of Eynesham Alexander the next Bishop of Lincoln is said to have built the Castle in King Stephen's time though it seems by what follows to be of older date and therefore might possibly be but a re-edifying or repairing it as may by some of the gifts of Robert the second Bishop of Lincolne who immediately succeeded Alexander which King Henry the second confirmed to the Priory of St. Katherins which by the consent of the Chapter of Lincoln he Founded near that City of the Order of Sempingham be partly manifested Amongst which were the Churches of Newerc Norton Martune and Newetune and two Mess. or dwelling Houses in the Borough of Newerc and the Houses with the Land on the North East part of the Mother Church and four Bovats of Land in the Fields of Newerc with the dwelling Houses and twenty Acres in the Heath and a dwelling house which the Church of Newerc had before with two Bovats of Land in the Fields And the Chappel of the Apostles Philip and Iames Founded in the Castle of the same Town and Anciently given to the Mother Church with the tenth penny of the whole Toll of the Borough of Newerc except the Fairs And 4s. Land which Malger held in Newerc Simon son of Robert son of Malger de Newark passed to Warin son of Hugh upon Fosse
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