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
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
Arg. Frecheville Gul. A Lyon Ramp within a Bord. engrailed Arg. Or a Bear passant sable muzled Or Beresford At the vpper end of the South I le in the Church at Bunney Over this Tomb in one Escutcheon 1 Barley Wavey Arg. and Sab. A Chief the first half Ermine the other Gules 2. Erm. upon a Chief Azur 5 besants 3. Berisford Arg. a Bear rampant Sable muzzled Or. 4. Or 3 Flowers de Lis azure 5. Party per pâ—le Or and Gules 3 roundels Counter-changed 6. Ar. 2 Broad Arrows Chevron-wise between 3 Horns and strings sable 7. Party per Chevron Arg. and Or 3 Pâ—aeâ—ns sable 8. Rolleston Arg. a Cinquefoyle Azure upon a Chief Gules a Lyon passant Or. Vpon another Monument in the Chancel North-wall In the Chancell North Wall at Bunney BVNNEY HOVSE y North Side Bradmere Broad Mere or Lake THE principal Mannor of Bradmere in Doomsday Book is that which Azor held before the Conquest for which he was rated to the Dane-geld as twelve Bovats The Land was three Car. But at the time of that Survey Robert Malet had in Demesne three Car. and sixteen Vill. and eight Bord. having five Car. The value then and before was 3l. it had Soc in Ruddington and so had the Mannor of Ruddington here It is manifest also that part of this Township was of Raph Fitz-Huberts Fee involved in Boney else he or some of his acquired Robert Malets very shortly after the Conquest or both which is most probable Hubert Fitz-Raph gave to Richard de Bradmere his man or Tenent and Uncle all his Land which he held in Bradmere that year and day in which King Henry was alive and dead Besides the Land his Brother and heir held for the tenth part of a Knights Fee The Witnesses were Mr. Richard Robert Sautcheverel and Robert his son and others Raph son of the said Richard the Knight of Bradmere gave and granted to Robert de Glamorgan who was the â—opes Sub-deacon and Rector of Boney the Homages Rents and Services of Iohn the son of Thomas the Chaplain of Plumtre and his heirs and of William his own son and heir and of very many others who held of him in Bradmere all which with divers other Lands Rents and Services were given by the said Robert to God and the blessed Virgin and Sir Roger the Prior of Lenton and the Monks there serving God for the Souls of his Ancestors and Successors chiefly of Philip de Glamorgan his Father and Amabile his Mother and that the said Prior and Covent should pay him and his Successors at Boney yearly on Easter day a Penny for all Services yet so that they should of their charity celebrate his Obit and the Obits of the said Sir Philip his Father and the Lady Amabil his Mother of Brian de Insula Raph de Fressenville and Willimina his wife every year Mr. Gervase de Somerville gave to the Hospital of St. Anthony within the Court or Church-yard of Lenton seven Bovats of Land here for the free and charitable sustentation of such as should be troubled with St. Anthonyes fire Raph de Freschevile confirmed the said seven Bovats and added the Service of the eighth which they had of the gift of the said Mr. Gâ—rvas de Sumerville with Common of Pasture as well as Turbary of Boney belonging to Bradmere Sir Geoffrey de Boney and Sarah his wife confirmed the same seven Bovats In the year 1262. an exchange was made between Roger Prior and the Covent of Lenton and Iohn Barre of Torlaton the Prior gave all his Land in Keworth of the Fee of Sir Thomas Fitz-Williams of Plumtre for all the said Iohn Barre's Land in Bradmere Sir Philip de Colwick and Sir Iohn de Vilers were Witnesses The Fee of Rad. Fitz-Hubert in the time of H. 2. was parted between Henry de Stuteville and Hubert Fitz-Raph And Henry de Stuteville his Grandson 't is like had 100s. Land here in the time of H. 3. and Iohn de Stotevile paid for fifteen Knights Fees of Raph Fitz-Huberts Barony after Henry in the same Kings Reign Estout de Estotevile son of Iohn bound himself 5 E. 2. to enfeoffe Sir Richard Grey Lord of Codenor in his Mannors of Barton upon Trent and Bradmere and thereof to acknowledge to him a Fine and to give him all legal security in the Courts of France and England Richard paying therefore at London 800l. sterling on a certain day and for default thereof Estout to reenter Stout de Stoteville son and heir of Sir Nicolas de Stoteville Knight 6 E. 3. passed the Mannors of Barton and Bradmere to Richard Lord Grey of Codnor and his heirs with the Knights Fees of which there was a Fine levyed in Michaelmas Term the same year There was a Charter 12 E. 3. granted to Richard de Willughby and his heirs of Free Warren in his Demesne Lands here and at Barneby in this County and at Wimundeswold in Leicestershire where he also had a Market every Wednesday and a Fair for two daies viz. on the Eve and day of St. Peter and St. Paul yearly The Jury found 7 H. 4. that Hugh Willoughby when he died held the Mannor of Wollaton and the Manner of Bradmere and that William Mallory of Leicestershire and Bertram Mounboucher were Cousins and heirs of the said Hugh Howbeit this continued with the Willughbyes of Wollaton till Queen Elizabeths time that it was sold to the before named Richard Parkins of Boney and with his posterity of that place it still remains Queen Eliz. Apr. 27. in the eighteenth year of her Reign granted to Roger Mannors Esq with the Rectories of Grandby Boney and Annesley and other things a Mess. in Bradmere late belonging to Lenton Iohn Earl of Rutland had lately a Farm there Barton A Grange or Village THE chief part was of the Fee of Raph Fitz-Hubert wherein before the Conquest Leuric had a Mannor which discharged it self to the publick Geld or payment for thirteen Bov. of Land The Land was three Carucats There Raph Fitz-Hubert had two Car. and eighteen Vill. and five Bord. having five Car. and an half There was forty eight Acres of Medow small Wood two qu. long and half a qu. broad In the time of the Conf. it was valued at 6l. in the Conquerours at 100s. with the two Ciluvells in which were seven Sochm. and half a Church Another Mannor Vluric had rated to the Geld as two Bov. The Land whereof was one Car. There Raph had one Car. and two Vill. and one Bord. with one Car. or Plow This kept the old value 20s. There was a small Berew in Clifton belonging to Barton which paid for two Bov. to the Tax But here was Soc to Clifton of William Peverells Fee as much as paid to the Geld for two Bov. and one third The Land one Car. There three Sochm. had two Car. and three Acres of Medow Of the Tayn
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
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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
who by the consent of Oliver and Iohn his sons and heirs in the year 1140. was a Benefactor to the Monastery of Kirkstead in Lincolneshire and Iohn his son by the consent of Aelice his wife likewise in the year of our Lord 1169. This Iohn Lord Dayencourt gave to God and the Church of St. Mary at Belvoyr one Carucar of Land here at Granby for the Souls of Oliver his brother who was slain in the Battel at Lincolne in the time of King Stephen and of Walter his Father who had granted it before This Iohn lived long and had a son called Nicolas besides his son Oliver who was his heir who died 3 Ioh. and who had one wife named Amabilis and another Matildis Peccâ—e mother of Roger de Ridewar but whether of them was mother of his son Oliver Deincourt who was in minority 13 Ioh. and afterwards Father of Iohn Lord Deyncourt who paid his relief 30 H. 3. and was father of Edmund Lord Dayencourt I find not but in the mean time suppose Amabilis Edmund considering that his Sirname and Arms after his death in the person of Isabell his daughter and heir were likely to be laid aside and forgotten and zealously affecting the contrary obtained Letters Patents 10 E. 2. for the good and laudable services he had done to King Edward the first and to that King himself to settle all his Mannors Lands and Tenements which he held of the King in Capite on whomsoever he pleased which he did accordingly on William the son of Iohn de Ayencourt who entred on this Lordship the 20 E. 2. after the death of the said Edmund by reason of a Fine between him the said Edmund and Mr. Oliver Dayncourt and Iohn Dayencourt of Parkhall Derb. as his Cousin and heir being then above twenty six years of age and was summoned to the Parliament as Baron of Blankeney 6 E. 3. and was amongst others 33 E. 3. assigned to stay with King Iohn of France in the Castle of Hartford William Dayncourt son of his son William was found his Cousin and heir 38 E. 3. This William by Alice his wife had Raph his eldest son and heir and it seems was dead in or before 5 R. 2. for the Lands of William Deyncourt Chr. deceased in the Counties of Bucks Nott. Derb. Linc. Northampton were to be seized 3 Nov. 5 R. 2. into the Kings hands in whose custody Raph his heir was 18 Iun. which Raph died without issue under age and Iohn his brother second son of the said Will. succeeded Which Iohn married Ioane daughter and heir of Robert Grey of Rotherfeild and by her had William the last Lord Deyncourt who married Elizabeth sister of Iohn Viscount Beaumont who was afterwards married to Sir Thomas Nevill but dyed under age without issue 5 Dec. 1 H. 6. leaving his two sisters his heirs Alice who married William Lord Lovell eighteen years old and Margaret seventeen who was wedded to Raph Lord Crumwell but left the whole inheritance to her sister 33 H. 6. who after the death of her husband Lovell married Sir Raph Boteler but Sir Iohn Lovell Walterus de Ayncurt-Matildis Radulphus de Ayncuria sundator de Thurgarton temp H. 1 -Basilia Walterus de Ayencourt mort 14 H. 2. Johannes de Ayancourt 1169 -Alicia fil â—ad Murdak Oliverus de Ayencuria 3 Joh. mort -Amabisis-Matild Peeche Oliverus 16 H. 3. ob 30 H. 3 -Nicola Johannes de Aynecourt mort 47 H. 3. Edmundus de Eyncourt ob 20 E. 2. Isabella Roger. de Ridewar Nicholaus .... ux Willielmi de Bella aqua Oliverus occisus in Bello Lincoln Rogerus Robertus Rogerus Rogerus-Joana fil Willielmi Thorp Johannes de Ayencourt de Knapthorp Parkhall in Com. Derb. Willielmus de Ayencourt cui Dom. Edm. dedit Terras Arma Summon ad Parl. 6 E. 3. Willielmus Deincourt miles ob in vita partis-Margareta Willielmus Deincourt haeres Avi 38 E. 3 -Alesia Johannes Dayncourt-Joana fil haer Rob. Grey de Rotherfeld Willielmus Dayncourt miles ob infra aâ—t s. p. -Elizab for Joh. vic Beaumont Willielmus Lovell-Alesia Johannes Dom. Lovell Holland Franciscus Dom. Lovell attinct 1 H. 7. Rad. Crumwell s. p. -Margareta aet 17. 1 H. 6. Radulphus haer ob infr aet Rogerus Hugo succeeded here whose son and heir Frâ—ncis being attaint this Mannor with diverse others of the Lord Deincurts ancient Lands were by King Henry the seventh granted to Sir Iohn Savage Knight and the heirs males of his body in the first year of his Reign Morton and Parkhall or Parkhouse near Northwingfeild in Darbishire the ancient residence of the Deyncourts owners of Knapthorp before they came to be Lords became the possession and inheritance of the Family of Leek of Sutton in Scarsdale whereof they are now Earls which gave the greater occasion of Sir Francis Leeks being created Lord Deincort in memory of this Illustrious Stock of worthy persons otherwise almost forgotten The last Sir Iohn Savage and Sir Thomas Savage the late Viscount Savage his son sold the Demesnes of this Mannor and the Royalties to Sir Iohn Mauners Knight Grandfather to the Right Honourable Iohn Earl of Rutland the present owner and parcelled the Farms and Tenements amongst divers and sundry Freeholders whereof some have part of the Hall Land so that it seems the Earl hath not all the Demesnes I have not found any thing concerning Sutton distinct from Granby of which it is a member The first Iohn Lord Deyncourt gave to William de Bella aqua in Frank-marriage with his daughter 4l. Land viz. two in Cressewelle and two in Sotton which is of the Sok of Granebi and the service of half a Knights Fee in Hokertun with all the Common of Elmeton Roger de Alneto gave to God and the Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton the Tythe of his Mill here at Granby for his own Soul and his wife Alice's c. The Abby of St. Maries at Yorke in the year 1352. agreed to take of the Priory of Thurgarton ten Marks yearly for their Portions of Tythes in Granby Hickling and Cotum being two parts of the Tythe Corn of the Demesne which was heretofore Walter Deincourts in this place and in Hikling and in Cotum two parts of the Tythes of the Demesne Lands of the Lord of the Town Iohn de Ayencourt 36 H. 3. had Free Warren Market and Fair here which last remains still on All Souls day 2 Nov. Edmund Lord Deincourt son of this Iohn granted to the Priory of Thurgarton that at the Election of a new Prior they should only send their Letter by two of their Canons to him for his approbation before he be confirmed by the Arch-bishop if he be resident in any of his Mannors of Blankeney and Braunceton in Linc. of Graneby in Nott. or Elmeton and Holmesfeild in Derb. but if he or his heirs be absenâ— from all these
c. The House was a Garrison for the King and Commanded by Colonel Philip Stanhope son of the first Earl and Uncle of this which being taken by Storm he and many of his Souldiers were therein slain and the House afterwards burned Ferdinando Stanhope his brother was slain at Bridgeford doing a charitable office in commanding assistance for the quenching an House there on fire by accident by a Parliament Souldier some while before Mr. William Stanhope servant of the present Earl and son of William Stanhope of Linby his great Uncle is now making some Buildings to the Walls which stood after the fire In Shelford Church upon the Tomb is for Sir Michael Stanhope Quarterly Ermine and Gules quartering Mallovel Longvillers c. impaling Sable a Castlâ— Argent This Family of Stanhope before used the Coat of Lungvillers viz. Sable a bend between six Crosse crosletts Arg. for their paternal Coat as in Tuxford Newstede and other places may be observed On a new Tomb in the Chancell is thus Inscribed Expecting a Glorious Resurrection Neare to this place resteth the body of Katherine one of the daughters of Francis Lord Hastings eldest son to George Earl of Huntingdon first wife to Philip Lord Stanhope of Shelford and Earl of Chesterfeild which Katherine departed this life the 28 day of August An. 1636. leaving issue eleven sons viz. Iohn who died without issue and lieth here interred Henry Thomas Edward Charles Francis and Ferdinando both also interred in this place Michael and Philip here likewise buried George and Arthur and two daughters viz. Sarah and Elizabeth which Henry taking to wife Katherine daughter and co-heir of Thomas Edw. Lord Wotton of Bocton in Kent had issue by her two sons viz. Wotton who died young and Philip now Earl of Chesterfeild and two daughters Mary and Elizabeth Katherine This smale Monument is dedicated to the memory of his deare Mother by Arthur Stanhope her youngest son who hath done the like in the Church of St. Giles in the Suburbs of London for his deare father which Arthur having wedded Anne one of the daughters of Sir Henry Salisbury of Lawenny in the County of Denbigh Knight and Baronet by Elizabeth his wife daughter to Sir Iohn Vaughan of Golden Grove in the County of Caermarthen Knight hath had issue three sons and one daughter viz. Philip and Henry who both died young Charles and Katherine now living East-Bridgeford on the Hill IN Brugeford before the Normans came here Odincar had the principal Mannor which was then rated to the publick Taxation at four Carucats The Land was then accounted six Car. There afterwards Roger de Busli who had the whole Township had in Demesne three Car. twenty Sochm. on ten Bovats of this Land fifteen Villâ—ins three Bordars having eleven Plows or Car. There was a Priest and a Church and twelve Acres of Medow In the Confessours time the value was 3l. in the Conquerours 5l. Here were three Mannors which Turstan Roschett and Luston had before the Conquest rated to the Dane-geld at six Car. The Land one Car. There was three Acres of Medow but after the Conquest the Land was not Tilled The value then was 3s. before in the Confessours time it was 8s. Roger de Busli in the year of our Lord 1088. gave to the Priory which he Founded at Blith two parts of the Tythe of the Hall in Brugeford both of the Lands and small Tythes Willielmus Biset-Hawisia Willielmus Carpentar-Susanna Henricus Biset-Albrea de Lisures soror Johannis Constab. Cestr. Reg. Lent 46. b. Johannes Biset Margeria fil haer aet plen 27 H. 3. Ela 27 H. 3. Isabeâ—la cohaer 27 H. 3. Albrea-Warinus de Basingburne Constancia Johannes de Caltoft-Agnes aet 40. 11 E. 2. Philippus de Caltoft Johannes de Caltoft-Katherina fil Johannis Breâ— Alicia fil haer -Thom atte Hethe Chr. marit 1.35 E. 3 -Willielmus de Chaworth Thom. Chaworth miles-Nicola fil Reginaldi de Braybrook mil. -Isabella fil Tho. de Aylesbury mil. Elizabetha-Johannes Dom. Scroope de Massam Thomas le Scroop de Massam 6 E. 4 Thom. le Scroop Alicia Scrope fil haer -Henricus Scroop Ar. 12 H. 7. Johan de Multon-Isabella Thom. de Multon aet 15.11 E. 2. Albrea Esc. 21 E. 1. Nort. Linc. -Willielmus Ie Grant Rogerus le Brabazon mort 11 E. 2 -Beatrix Manasser Biset Henricus Ausoldus In a great Book in the Duchy Office mention is made of Ranulph Earl of Chesters giving Ludeham and Brigeford to Henry de Lacy in Fee but the next owners I find were the Family of Biset William Carpentar by the consent of Henry Biset his son and of Manasser Biset his own brother and of Ernulphus Biset his Nephew gave his Mill on Doverock called Clive milne to the Priory of Thurgarton for the Souls of William Biset his father and Hawisia his Mother and Susanna his wife and Henry Biset and Ausoldus his brothers and Henry his Nephew and all his Ancestors so that the said Mill should be towards the building of the new Church and when that should be finished to be expended amongst the Fryers reserving to himself and his heirs the Molture of the Corn of his Demesne when he would grinde there With this he gave himself living if he pleased or if he died in England there to be buried Henry Biset son of William Carpentar confirmed his Fathers gift of that Mill with a Bovat of Land in Ludham and a Toft lying by the said Clive Milne and likewise gave to the said Priory the passage of Briggeford with a Toft belonging to it which is now known by the name of Botemans Leyes and still belongs to the Ferry with William the Miller for the Souls of his said father and of his mother and of Aâ—brea his wife reserving to himself and his heirs and servants the free Fishing The Abbat of Roucestre 27 H. 3. claimed against Albreda de Basingburne eight Carucats and two Bovats of Land with the Appurtenances in Briggeford whereof every Carucat contained eight Bovats of Land measured whereof Thurstan his Predecessor Abbat of Roucestre in the time of King Henry the second was seised in right of his said Church Abreda came and answered that neither she nor her Ancestors ever defended this Mannor but by four Carucats as in Tallages Aids Customs and Services and called to warrant Margery Ela and Isabella the daughters and heirs of Iohn Biset Margery was then of fullage Ela and Isabella under age and in the â—â—â—tody of Iohn de Plesseto they were theâ—â—â—â—moned in the County of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Basingburne paid two Marks for one 〈◊〉 Fee here in the time of Henry the third â—â—oreda de Bassingburne held a Knights Fee here by reason of the custody of the Land and heir of Iohn Biset granted by the King Albreda had issue Constancia and she Isabel and Agnes Isabell was mother of Thomas de Multon of Kirketon and Agnes of Philip de Caltoft between
warlike wightes with helmes on heades In Stauntons Church do lie Their Soules no doubt for noble actes Ascende the Skies on hie Before his death this last Knight got Two sons William and Iohn And also with Man-hood and strengthe The Marre Pasture he won The Belveor Lorde said it belong'd To Northmanton trulie But this Knight seasde did die thereof As his demaine in Fee Sir William Staunton Knight was next Dame Athlin was his wife Sir Geoffrey Staunton Knight their heire Both voide of vice and strife And Sir Henrie his brother was Who gave himselfe to learne That when he came unto mans state He could the Lawes discerne And in the same went forward still And profited muche I know At Ynnes of Courte a Counsailer And Serjeant in the Lawe And in processe of tyme indeede A Judge he came to bee In the Common Benche at Westminster Such was his highe degree A Baron wise and of great wealthe Who built for Scholers gaine Sainct Michaels house in Cambridge Towne Good learninge to attaine Which deed was done in the eighteenth yeare Of second Edwarde King One thousande three hundred twenty foure For whom they pray and singe In which said house the Stauntons may Send Students to be placed The Founder hath confirmed the same It cannot be defaced This Lord Baron no yssue had We cannot remember his wife Nor where his body Tombed was When death had cutt off life Sir William the father is Tombed sure In Stauntons Church of olde And hath engraved upon his Stone Verbatim to behoulde Hic jacet Wilelmus de Staunton miles filius Maugeri de eâdem militis qui obiit ultimo Maii Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Sir Geffrey tooke Dame Alce to wife Four Sons he did beget Willyam Richarde Robert and Iohn and also Margaret Robert and Iohn were Persones both Of Staunton aforesaide Margret was married to Trickingham Which cannot be denaide This Robert in the Chauncell li'the Of Staunton to be seene The superscription Extant there In theis wordes as I weene Hic jacet Robertus quondam rector ecclesiae de Staunto et frater Wilelmi Staunton de eadem militis qui obiit nonis Kalend. Maii Anno domini 1329. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Iohn his brother in like sorte too Lies tumbled under a Stone The superscription may be seene It is not all out gone Hic jacet Johannes quondam rector ecclesiae de Staunton filius Galfridi Staunton de eadem militis Anno domini this Sir Gefrey One thousand and also Two hundred fifty as we reade And addinge seven thereto Rated the Prior of Haverholme And Neighbours dead and gone How many Cattell they should put Into the Marre each one For which unto the Lord alwais A certaine cheefe in lue Of olde time call'd their Marre pennyes Which at this day are due The Stauntons also likewise have Common therein yet still Willowes to cutt and Fish to take With other things at will Sir Willyam was Sir Gefreys heire And Isbell was his Spouse Sister to Sir Raph of Werton A Knight of auncient house Which Rafe unto Dame Isbell gave Landes greate with Rents they saye In Kilvington and Wilberdston In Franke-marriage for aye Which Sir Wilyam and Dame Isbell A son between them had His name Sir Wilyam Staunton was A Knight both grave and sadd Which Sir Wilyam the father hathe On his owne Tombe well writte As it is here set worde for worde With his Arms graved on it Hic jacet Wilelmus de Staunton miles filius Galfridi de eâdem militis qui obiit nonis Maii anno domini 1326. Cujus animae propitietur Deus To last Sir Wilyam Ioane was wife They sonnes had foure indeede Gefrey Iohn with Simon also And Thomas as we reede And Iohn his seconde sonne we finde Had yssue Iohn a-right A Devonshire man of courage stoute Which was a worthy Knight But Symon was a learned Clerke Of Staunton Parson he His life and callinge co-equal With Menne he did agree On Pers'nage grounde he builded much And those were very large Houses of office and Gate-house Were semely for the charge Which Simon when he had ended And done his workes of coste He left them all and past away As if labour were loste And for his pasport to be plaine There 's writte upon his Tombe A great rewarde for such a man For all that he hath done Hic jacet Magister Simon Rector ecclesiae de Staunton et frater Galfridi de eâdem militis Qui aedificavit Rectoriam de Staunton Obiit Idus Septembris anno domini 1346. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen The last Sir Wilyam wedded was To Ioane of beauty faire In unity they lived longe Sir Gefrey was their heire Which Wilyam died in the year of Christ One thousand as I gesse Three hundred fortie addinge one Not one yeare more or lesse Good Sir Gefrey Sir Wilyams son Was wedde to Lady Ioane Daughter to Sir Iohn of Loudham A Knight now Tomb'd in Stone Gefrey with Ioane five Children had Wilyam Thomas and Rafe Well learned Iohn and Alce also Christe kepe their Soules in safe The same Iohn was a good Devyne God pour'd on him his grace For he was Parson of Staunton But deathe dothe all deface Alce his own sister husband tooke The Lord of Rampton Towne Stephen Maulovell a Squire riche Of worship and renowne Alce then was buried in Stauntons Church The Pulpit very neare The superscription of her Toumbe In theis wordes follow'th heare Hic jacet Alicia uxor Stephani Maulovell domini de Ramton filia Galfridi de Staunton militis Que obiit in Kalendis Augusti Anno Domini 1349. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Sir Gefrey Knight on Mondaie died The sixteenth day I heare Of October the tenth Moneth Which happeneth in the yeare Of Christe one thousande as I finde Three hundred sixty neene As writeings old can well declare Which have beene read and seene This Gefrey was a learned Manne And well seene in the Lawe Bothe grave modest and wise also And once Shreve was I knowe And in Election once againe That Office to have used Justice of Peace he long time was Till life had him refused Before whose death Stauntons Lordship And Basingham with Lands moe As Quarington and Scregenton With Elston truth was foe He did intaile to Stauntons heirs That males lawfully were And of the same seased did die By Deedes it may appeare And of good Lands in Newarke Towne In Lughborowe without faile In Leicester Town in Derbishire His right it could not quaile The saide Dame Ioane Sir Gefreis wife Li'the in Sainct Laurence queare In Stauntons Church the Deed declares The writeinge follows here Icy git Jone que fute la femme Mounsier Gefrey de Staunton la fillie Mounsier John de Loudham Que morust le derayne joure de July la anne le nostre seignor Christ 1366. Xcic mercie de sa alme Dame Cicely
Sir Iohn Lowdhams wife And mother to Lady Ioane Li'the buried in Saincte Laurence quere emongst her freendes nowe gone Hic jacet Domina Cicilia de Loudham uxor Johannis de Loudham militis filia Roberti de Kirketon militis Quae obiit septimo Idus Octobris Anno Domini 1344. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Sir Wilyam was Sir Gefreis heire Wives worshipful two had The Lady Katherin was the first Dame Elizabeth full sad Elizabeth was daughter deare To Sir Brian of Thornehill A worthie Knight in his Countrie His witte did rule his wille Sir Wilyam had with Elâ—zabeth A wise and vertuous childe Elizabeth she had to name Both modest chast and milde Which El'zabeth his only childe For Wilyam had no mo For aye to her his Mannor gave Of Elston it was so And given to wife no doubt she was To Hamsterly a Squire The writinge writte on Wilyams Tombe Now reade at your desire Hic jacet Wilelmus Staunton filius Galfridi de eâdem militis Qui obiit Idus Augusti Anno domini 1371. The second sonne of Sir Gefrey Sir Thomas was the same And brother to Sir Wilyam he And heir of Stauntons name Wed Alce but yssue had they none Which was small comfort then And in the Church-yard lieth colde Emonge the simple menne So muche he did debâ—se himselfe To shew his humble minde That wheresoever his body lay God could his Soule out finde This Sir Thomas by his last Wille Gave twenty poundes in deede To build an Yle in Stauntons Church Which could not be decreede For that same monie was bestow'd In building the Roofe againe Of Stauntons Church which was decaid But not as Thomas did meane For he will'd the Yle should be made In honoure of our Lorde And to Saincte Thomas dedicate But they could not accorde Therefore Sainct Thomas of Canterbury Loste some parte of his righte To remember the Stauntons deade And buri'de out of sighte Dame Alce Sir Thomas wife doth lie In the Parish Church of Stoke Neere New'rk the Superscription is Which no manne can revoke Here lieth Dame Alce Staunton over this Toumbe I pray you as I have loved you entirely to our Lorde God you praie for me the which died the neeneteenth daie of Novemb. In the year of our Lord God 1418. Iesu for thy Passion take me to thy mercie Lady for thy pitie have mercy upon me Raph the third sonne of Sir Gefrey Sir Thomas was his brother Was next heir by succession The Lawe could judge no other Which Rafe was an Esquier riche He liv'd and had two wives Hellen and Constance were their names Which both led Godly lives Rafe begot Thomas and Wilyam But Thomas he was heire Who had three wives which discreet were Margaret that was so faire Elizabeth and Ioane also Three women rare to see In theim all vertues did abound Faith Hope and Charitie Rafe was Tomb'd in Quarrington Superscription none there is Do ye not doubt of his good death His Soul enjoyeth blisse And Thomas lieth in Stauntons quere And writte over him indeede As next ensueing this same Verse You plainlie may well reede Hic jacet Thomas Staunton Armiger filius Radulphi Staunton Armigeri qui obiit ult Kalend Aprilis Anno Domini 1446. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Vermibus hic donor Et sic ostendere conor Nam sicut hic ponor Ponitur omnis honor Next Thomas with El'zabeth had Five sons I can them name Wilyam George Wilyam Thomas Iohn Then Alce their sister came The elder Wilyam Katherin wedde Whose daughter can you tell The Lordes of Norton Disney sure By proofe I know it well Who though with welth they did abound Off-springe they both had not And George his brother wedded was His wifes name is forgot Yet this George a faire daughter had Whose name we cannot reede But Maister Bruxbie married her In Melton dwelt indeede And buride George was the fourth 〈◊〉 March One thousand and some moe Foure hundred yeares ninety and eight By proofe we find it so Alce Georges sister a husband tooke Iohn Thorold a Squire good In Marston there his livinge lay Who came of gentle blood Wilyam Staunton the younger call'd Succeded as heire Male Who in his former brethrens lives Marke what I you tell shall Well learn'd he was in all the artes He had a passinge braine Parson of Staunton he was made He cared not for gaine For beinge both Lord and Parson then He was at extreyme charge The poor he fed good house he kept His livinge was so large And after huge and great summs spent He dide a single man And buried is in Staunton Church His owne Toumbe shewe I canne Thomas the fourth son of Thomas And brother to the Preest Was Lord of Staunton by discent For he was heire male neest His wife was Anne they children had Both Anthonie and Iohn The yongst was Preest a seculare manne But marke what else was don This Thomas was learn'd in the Lawes And mervailed of many For he enâ—ailde the Stauntons Landes Not better donne of any That the heires Males might it possesse Both Staunton Mannor and all With Kilvington and Alverton And Purâ—nance generall Flaubrugh also and Dalâ—ington Accordinge to intente As by a Deede which doth declare What Thomas Staunton mente Which Deed beares date the fiveteenth yere Of Edward then the Kinge The fourthe Prince of that name we reade Truelie an auncient thinge Don in the yeare of Christ our Lorde One thousand hundreds foure And seventie thereto added right With twise two and no more He builded also the great Barne Which by the Mannor doth stande A thousand four hundred sixtie three Then was it taken in hand When Thomas and Anne had runne their race In Sainct Laurence Quere were laide The Superscription on their Toumbe Doth followe you maie reade Hic jacet Thomas Staunton Armiger filius Thomae Staunton Armigeri Anna uxor ejus Quà obiit nono die Jaâ—â—â—rii Anno Domini 1517. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Whiche Thomas and Anne before their deathes Had two sons theim betweene Anthonie Iohn well learned were Iohn was a Preest I weene But Anthonie a noble Squire A Lover of the poore A stout man and Couragiouse Well willinge evermore He marri'de one of good worshippe Whom he lov'de as his life A godlie woman in all respects Her name was Mistris Sithe The elder Robert of Ragnell A Nevell not forgott Her father was who lov'd her much There was no cause whie not A good Squier this Nevell was His liveing great is it An ancient name of worthie house Whose stocke doth florishe yet This Anthonie and Sithe also Had children two and neene All vertuouse six wedded well As many children bene Richard Robert Iohn and Wilyam Elizabeth Anne with moe Ellen Brigit and Katherin both With Sithe it must be so Richard and Iohn no yssue had But El'zabeth truste me Wed Roger North of Walkringham And after Whalpole
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
who married my Lord of Dunbar's sister Sir Francis Leek died 1 Aug. 22 Eliz. and left a son and heir of his own name who was Knighted at Gréenwich 1 Iun. 1601. 43 Eliz. and made Baronet at the first Creation of that honour 9 Iac. His first wife was Frances the daughâ—er of Robert Swift by whom he had Sir Francis Leeke creaâ—ed Lord Deyncourt and afterwards Earl of Scarsdale Father of Nicolas the present Earl His second wife was Mary the daughter of Iohn Egioke of Worcestershire after his death married to Sir Gervas Clifton on whom he begot William Leek commonly called â—quire Leak the Father of Sir Francis Leek of Newark Knight and Baronet the present Lord of Sandiacre There was a Moore and Common in Landford belonging to St. Iohns of Hierusalem which 18 Decemb. 6 E. 6. were granted to Edward Fynes Knight Lord Clynton and Saye and Henry Hereson and their heirs there were Lands and Commons in Barnebie and Landford late belâ—nging to the said Priory of St. Iohns of Ierusalem 4 Oct. 28 Eliz. granted to Sir Christopher Hatton Knight and his heirs And 21 Oct. 30 Eliz. to Edward Wymark Gent. and his Possibly that Priory had the Church also Mr. More hath the Tythes Mering KIng Williams Land here was rated to the Geld at six Bovats and an half It should seem it or part of it became afterwards of the Earl of Richmonds Fee because Richard de Sutton is said to hold of that Honour a Knights Fee in Sutton Carleton and Meringes And before that I find that Alan de Mering son of Harvei by the grant of Hervei de Sutton his Lord gave one place of Land in the territory of Mering to the Canons of Radeford by Wirksop The first of this Family which had their name from their residence here that I can reconcile to any certainty of time was Gillebertide Meringes who granted to Raph Murdac High Sheriff of these Counties 30 H. 2. six Acres of Medow in Meringes in that called Esteng which Roger de Caisneto held of him for 2s. per annum as the said Raph Murdac was to do who gave it away to the Priory of Lenton for the health of his own soul and of Alexander de Cheinai's and together with it for the more abundant firmness and security of his said gift the writing which he had from the said Gilbert de Meringges for which after his death the Monks were to make him a perpetual Anniversary as for one of their Advocates or principal Benefactors The next whom I have found of this place was Gerard de Mering in the beginning of the Reign of Henry the third In the 40 H. 3. Roger de Luvetot the Sheriff gave account of 2 Marks of Gilb. de Mering and Ivetta his wife for having a Writ of Attaint Robert de Mering 32 E. 1. claimed the hearing of a Writ which Guychard de Charun Lord of Sutton by Mary his wife one of the co-heirs procured against him for services at Mering due to the said Guichard but it appeared by the date of the Writ that it was obtained eight daies before the fault was said to be made therefore he had nothing by it But this Guichard I take upon further consideration to be son of him who married the co-heir but not by her as in Sutton may be observed for I find Sir Robert de Mering Knight held of Iohn de Muscam son of Gilbert and Agnes de Sutton another co-heir all his Tenements in Mering by Foreign service and that the said Robert redeemed the said Service and Ward of his hâ—irs of the said Iohn After the said Robert succeeded Iohn de Mering his son whose son and heir Thomas married the daughter of Peter Foun of Marcham who had the custody of the said Thomas under age Peter Foun had a son and heir called Iohn who died without issue and Thomas Mering became his heir in right of his wife Alice who had been the wife of Nicolas de Widmerpole and Robert son of Nicolas de Widmerpole had a Suit against Sir Thomas son and heir of Iohn son of Robert de Mering 3 E. 3. A Fine was levied at York 11 E. 3. of the Mannor of Mering between Thomas the elder son of Iohn de Mering and Elizabeth his wife Quer. and Richard de Kelum of Sutton Chaplain Deforc. whereby it was settled on the said Thomas and Elizabeth and the heirs Males of their bodies remainder to Bertram Thomas and Iohn sons of the said Thomas and the heirs Males of theirs successively remainder to the right heirs of the said Thomas son of Iohn Thomas de Mering who was Tenant by the Courtesie of England after the death of Elizabeth his wife of the third part of the third part of the Mannor of Turford c. which her Father Peter Foun had by Margery her mother one of the three daughters of Agnes one Herveius Alanus de Meringa Gillebert de Meringges Godardus sive Gerardus de Mering 3 H. 3. Gilbertus de Mering 40 H. 3 -Ivetta Robertus de Mering mil. 32 E. 1. Johannes de Mering Thom. de Mering mil. 3 E. 3. ...... Elizabetha Bertram de Mering 11 E. 3. Tho. Joh. 2 Alexander de Mering Willielmus Mering-Elizabetha fil Tho. Nevill de Rolleston Willielmus Mering miles Willielmus Mering Ar. Will. Mering mil. -Agnes fil haer Hen. Gloucester de Carcolston Sutton ... ... Johannes Mering-Katharina sor haer Johannis Hercy militis Willielmus Mering miles-Margareta fil Thom. Cave de Stanford 1 Thom. Mering aetat 26. 1576. 2 Willielmus 3 Ambros. Franc. Thom. Johan Tho. Mering ... fil Thwaits· Franc. Alicia ux Ric. Sutton Elizab. -Robertus Markham Alex. Mering de Collingham Eliz. ux Joh. Strelley Jac. Savage Marg. ux Tho. Bassete 1 Franciscus de Mering 36 E. 3. Richardus de Lexington Robertus de Lexington -Matildis Rich. de Marcham potius Willielmus -Cecilia Robertus de Marcham Willielmus de Sancta Cruce -Agnes 2 Petrus Foun-Margeria Johannes Foun sine prole 1 Joana ux Joh. Bayeux Rob. Hakthorn 3 Elizab. ux Joh. Barkworth Willielmus de Lungvillers -Bertha Johannes de Bray marit 2 -Cecilia Richardus de Marcham s. p. Johan Dom. Lexington custos sigil H. 3. Rob. Dom. Lexingt -Hen Episc. Linc. Alicia ux â— de Sutton of the three daughters of Robert de Marcham son of Cecilia one of the sisters and heirs of the Lord Lexington left a son about 42 E. 3. called Francis de Mering who was his heir but it seems he died without issue because Alexander Mering another of his sons had a son called William Lord of this Mannor who married Elizabeth one of the eight daughters of Thomas Nâ—vill of Rolleston and by her had Elizabeth wife of Iohn Strelley and after of â—ames Savage and Margery wife of Thomas Basset of Fledbourgh mother of Katherin wife of Thomas Sutton of Averham Ancestor
prisco Imagines Patrum sepultas secundis eruit Laboribus recenti cingit Adoreâ Amoribus nexus castis foedere Certo tuctur pignora genealis tori Pariter avorum ipse ac nepotum decus Rerum estimator prudens recti tenax Vtramque passus fortunam stabilis juris sui Norunt Catervae obstantes perduellium Piissimorum hominum impiissimum genus Quid Marte posset volantes si explicuerit Ignes Iras victricis dexterae Laeti repetimus revocatum ordinem Vindicias sceleris culpas exules Nomen Novarce invidendas civium Vires illo Custode rerum arbitro Demptum dolemus orbi hunc urbis patrem Subscribimus Statuae hunc urbis Genium Obiit 10 Calend. Sextilis Anno à partu virgineo M.DCLXI Materno LX. The Arms on the Monument are Ermine on a â—esse Sable three Pheons Arg. Edovardus Greavesus O memorande mihi post nullos Smythe ministros Quam cito te verbi gladio peccata prementem Quam cito te Domini recte sacra verba secantem Sava falce suâ mors importuna secavit Angelicam nisi certus eram te vivere vitam Perpetuos tristi resonarem carmine luctus Gulielmus Smythus obiit Pastor de Newark O mihi Greavese satis duris spectate periclis Mitte precor gemitus lacrymas effundere mitte Nam mihi Mors lucrum mihi Christus vita perennis Corpus in hoc tumulo est animam super aethera vexit Rex Deus omnipotens Arx Cornu Petra Piorum Det Deus Astriferum mecum te scandere coelum Obiit 2. Novemb. An. Dom. 1585. aetatis suae 36. Edovardus Greausus quondam verbi Domini praeco in Ecclesia Novarcensi Me quoque terra tegit tandem suavissime Smithe Ossa sub hoc tumulo recubant super aethera fertur Spiritus ut tecum coelesti pace fruatur Vtque tibi fuerim sincero junctus amore Tam tibi vicinum placuit mihi Smithe sepulcrum At mi Seele vale ne sim tibi causa doloris Johannes Seelus Quis mihi fraena dabit luctus compescere tantos Quantos quam Chari Mors dira ministrat amici Si quicquam posset pietas aut gratia vulgi Mors nondum Greausum prostrasseâ— funere tristi At quia stelliferi voluit te Rector Olympi In coelos tolli non restat causa doloris Obiit Decemb. 21. An. Dom. 1586. aetatis suae 28. On the backside of the East part of the Quire under an Effigies This Monument represents the person of Iohn Ioye of Belvoyer Esq deceased in Lent 1608. who served a long time the House of Rutland first Secretary to the right Honourable and worthy Lords Edward and Iohn Earls of Rutland in their several times and lastly Steward of the Household to the Right Honourable and noble Lord Roger now Earl of Rutland c. He was about the age of 60. and in his declining time made choyce to end his dayes in this Town and to leave his body here Enterred whose love and charitable affection he hath by his last Will expressed to this Church and Poor of the Town Et sic in vita morte gaudet in Domino On the North side of the Quire an Effigies and under it To the memory of Mr. Iohn Iohnson Alderman and twice Major of the Loyall and unanimous Corporation of Newarke who deceased the 24th day of Ianuary Anno Dom. 1659. and lies interred near this place with hopes of a joyful Resurrection After many English Verses Hoc grati animi ergô triste Monumentum posuit Johannes Johnsonus Cognatus ejus On the South Wall of the Church against the Quire steps Quod reliquum est Gulielmi Hobman praefecti hujus oppidi Novarchiensis spe Resurrectionis Hic requiescit qui postquam fere Semiannum temporibus procellosis Lancem Iusticiae aequo libramine Et intemerata fidelitate sustinuisset Tandem relictis matre uxore Tribus filiis unâ filiâ Regimen Successori Corpus Terrae Animam Deo piè resignavit 8 die mensis Martii Anno saelutis Humanae 1659. There was a Shield of Arms also upon this Monument but by Mr. Dugdale Norroy in his visitation ordered to be defaced There are very many Epitaphs and Verses besides these which to avoid prolixity I must abbreviate or omit and therefore shall onely name the persons and time of their deaths Willielmus Grene Baker obiit Mar. 20. 1529. Cujus c. Lambart Watson Draper dyed Sept. 1. 1530. On whose c. Beatrix Lawe obiit Nov. 14. 1450. Gervase Bowman ob April 22. 1619. Nicholas Penythorne ....... William Symson Upholster .... 1546. Henricus Fawconer Margareta ux Hen. ob Apr. 11. 1480. William Robinson Glover thrice Alderman dyed Dec. 7. 1575. William Hodgekynson Barber and Wax-chandler Aug. 27. 1529. Edward Saynton Gentleman twice Alderman and Justice of Peace Mar. 2. 1573. A Prospect of NEWARK from Lincolne Road Prospect of NEWARKE from Hawton way Thomas Hobman Ironmonger son of Thomas Alderman Feb. 13. 1640. Iohn Beke Waxchandler dyed Ian. 12. 1512. Agnes his wife died Ian. 24. 1533. Alice the wife of Nicholas Tomson Feb. 23. 1540. Hugh Kelsterne Draper Alderman died Iul. 9. 1563. Alles his wyffe died before him Anno Dom. 1539. Hugh lived 80. and his son Edward Kelsterne Draper the Alderman 68 years who had two Wives and ten Children by the first he died Febr. 1. 1588. Elizabetha filia Edw. Kelsterni uxor Christoph Ienison obiit 15 Octob. 1589. Her son Edward Ienison made Verses for her in Latine and also for his Father Qui quidem Christopherus Jenisonus verè generosissimus tertio Alderin hujus oppidi obiit 13 Januar. 1606. aetat sue 67. Robertus Webb infaeliciter obiit 20 Iul. 1610. as his sons Verses show Anne wife of Iohn Shawe Gent. died 16 Oct. 1619. aet 28. By the North East corner of the Church upon a Marble within an Alabaster on the Wall M. S. Henrico Trewmanno viro faeliciter docto hujus Ecclesiae praesuli vigilantissimo Quis hunc quaesivit angulum quaeris Veritatis Angelus Quis hîc Conditus est viator rogas Sale Melle conditus ipse Sal Melos Verus homo veri Dei ΑΨΕΥΔΗΣ ΑΓΓΕΛΙΩΤΗΣ Absit venalis gloria Colossis mendax Marmor Non adblandiente verborum lapidumve strue Illum vel vivum vel mortuum ementiemur Cum sibi sculpta laus Et doctum existit Monumentum Hen. Trewman Hic Sydus eluxit inter sydera jam coronatus Dum desideriis syderatos relinquens nos Coelicolis triumphat sacer mysta Insanis populi turbis Saeculorum saevis turbinibus inturbatus Insolitis mundi procellosis fluctibus Non minus solito serenus Sic cautus ipsius Gubernator In tranquillo fatalis naufragii speculator tutus Et clarior in obscuritate temporum factus Stelliferi claritate Olympi gaudes O lampas fulgens Quid quaeris amplius Regi à Sacris coelestis orator Capellanus Populo à Mysteriis veritatis Assertor
also nine Carucats of Land each worth 40s. per annum with the helps of the Natives or Villains Two Wind-Mills with Barail Mill and Snelling five Marks The perquisites of the Court 40s. The Wood for Fuel and other profits twenty Marks per annum The Garden 40s. per annum the summ 52l. The Rents of Assize of the Freeholders were 57s. 10d. ob The Natives or Villains which were such as we now call Husbandmen paid each a Cock and an Hen besides their Rent in money for a Toft and one Bovat of Land which was the ordinary and common proportion of their Farms for which they paid 4 or 5s. a piece more or less of these there were then in Thurgarton about eighteen and the summ of their Rents was 4l. 11s. 2d. ob The Cottagers were in number about forty five and each had a Toft and some a Croft 1 and two three or four Selions of Land Their Rents besides Cocks and Hens were usually 2 or 3s. a piece more or less the summ of these Rents then was 119s. 3d. ob Horsepoll whereof the Family of Kirioll were Lords and Iohn Kirioll then remained a Freeholder in it and paid an half penny at Christmas which made up the Rents of the rest of the Freeholders and Natives there 49s. 0. ob The summ of all the Rents of Assize of Thurgarton and Horsepoll was then 15l. 17s. 5d. The summ of Cocks and Hens in number six score and four 15s. 6d. These were paid the second day in Christmas and that day every one both Cottagers and Natives who gave Hens and Cocks did eat in the Hall and those who did not had a white Loaf a Flagon of Ale or Beer with one Dish or Mess from the Kitchin Every Native and Cottager gave 3d. in Reaping time except one William Spendâ—love and Douce Doffaire which joyned at 3d. and worked together in Harvest for one Toft whereof each held half the summ of all this Reaping money was 15s. Every Native or Husbandman gave ob for cleansing the Damm or Pool of Barhil Milne at Pentecost which made in all 9d. The Reve Greve or Provost for the time being paid neither for Reaping nor cleansing the Mill Damm nor Cock nor Hen. Edmund Freman and Reginald his son Freeholders owed to the Lord of the Mannor for their whole Tenement three arruras plowing-Plowing-daies with one Plow which were then worth by the year 12d. one in Winter another in Lent and the third in Summer likewise for the said Tenement three workings in Autumn for three daies viz. the first day with one Man the second with two Men and the third with five Workmen and one of themselves in person they were every day to have their refection these works in Harvest were valued at 13d. ob which made the summ 2s. 1d. ob All the said Natives or Husbandmen were to Plow with their Plows three times at the seasons beforesaid every Native with one Plow one day in each season or two two daies with one whole Plow if they held only one Bovat of Land They were likewise to Harrow as oft as need was and every Plow was to have four Loaves called Boneloves the said three seasons and the first day of Plowing in Winter and likewise in Lent they were to have their diet at the cost of the House but when they Harrowed they were to have their refection or diet as before and every Harrower was to have a Brown Loaf bissum and two Herrings in the day Likewise all the said Natives and Cottagers were to Reap from the beginning of Harvest to the end every other day viz. every Native with two Men and Cottager with one except that in the first day of Autumn or Harvest and the last all the Natives or Husbandmen Reaped only with one Man And the first day in which they Reaped every two were to have one brown Loaf and two toillects the second day two brown Loaves and one toillecte and afterwards every day on which they Reaped every two men to have three brown Loaves Likewise in or on the day of the great Bidripe which was called the Priour Bon every Native was to find three Workmen and Cottager one but Richard son of William de Horspoll that day was to find five Workmen and one free Servant And it is to be known that no man might work or carry on that day in the Territory of Thurgarton but Iohn Kiriell only Likewise every Native aforesaid was to carry every other day through the whole Harvest every Native with one Cart viz. those daies in or on which they did not Reap and likewise Hay in Hay-time and every day were to have their refection Likewise every of the said Natives were to make carriage from the Foreign Granges thrice in the year each with one Horse and every time they were to have each a small Miche or white Loaf And we must know that the work of every of the said Natives was worth 13s. 4. per annum and of a Cottager 20d. the summ of the works was 15l. 10s. All the Reapers in Harvest which were called Hallewimen with other workers in Harvest were to eat in the Hall one day in Christmas or afterwards at the discretion of the Celerer Likewise every She-native or Villain as oft or whensoever she took an Husband or committed Fornication was to give a Marchet for the redemption of her blood 5s. 4d. and if she was the daughter of a Cottager she gave only half the said Marchet Likewise every Native paid for Paunage when it was in the Park for every Swine 3d. The intire summ of the whole value of the Mannor of Thurgarton with the Church and all profits except Marchetts and Paunage when they should happen was then viz. 1â—28 fourscore and five pounds and nine pence half penny There was a Chantry Founded in the Church of All Saints at Chesterfeild and 8l. Rent issuing our of the Mannors of Thurgarton Fiskerton Crophill and Kelum about the 44 E. 3. and in 42 E. 3. one in the Church of St. Mary of Criche and 6l. Rent issuing out of the Mannors of Thurgarton Fiskerton Moreton Hoveringham c. Ales who had been wife of William Deyncourt Chr. 12 Ian. 9 H. 6. had leave to Found a Chantry in the Coventual Church of St. Peter at Thurgarton and to give 6l. yearly to the Chaplain About the year 1445. Sir William Babington Knight Nicolas Wymbish Clark Iohn Mykulberghe Chaplain and Robert Halome having obtained licence of the King 25 Iun. 20 H. 6. to Found a Chantry of two Chaplains at the Altar of St. Katherine in the Church of St. Peter of Thurgarton to pray daily for that King and William Lovell Knight and Ales his wife and Raph Cromwell Knight and Margaret his wife and the persons before named and for all their Souls when they should die and for the Souls of Ales who had been wife of William Deincourt Knight before mentioned of
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
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
Broome George deceased Thomas Christian William and Elizabeth deceased William Iohn Elizabeth and Hugh and deceased the last of December in the year of our Lord 1602. He was Sonn and heire of George Cartwright and of Dorothy sole heire of William Molineux The aforesaid Grace departed this life the 20 day of March in the year of our Lord 1633. At the vpper end of the Chancell on the North side at Ossington A PROSPECT OF OSSINGTON HOUSE FROM THE FEILD ON THE WEST SIDE AS IT now is some part haveing beene ruined in the late rebellious warr Sutton upon Trent IN Sudton of Roger de Buslies Fee there was Soc to Gresthorpe one Bov. ad Geld. but the Sok was waste There was six Acres of Medow and some was Soc to Scacheby one Bov. ad Geld. the Land half a Car. There one Sochm. had one Car. Before the Conquest William son of Scelward had a Mannor in Sudton which was chargeable to the publick Taxation of that time for two Car. and six Bovats The Land was five Car. This afterwards was given to Earl Alan of Richmond whose Man or Tenant there called Herveius had two Car. or Plows thirteen Sochm. on the moyety of this Land and seventeen Villains three Bordars having eight plows or Carucats There was a Priest and a Church and three Fishings and one hundred Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one leu long half a leu broad This kept the ancient value 4l. The Posterity of this Hervey took their Sirname from this place as it is very probable because the next owner I have had any notice of was of that name Hervey de Sutton and Robert his Man 22 H. 2. gave account of five Marks of the Amercements of the Forest. Hervey de Sutton and his heir Robert gave to the Canons of Radeford near Wirksop the Church of Sutton and the right of Patronage thereof and whatsoever other right they had therein And there was a Fine levied at Nottingham 20 H. 3. between Walter Prior of Wirksop and Richard de Sutton of the said Advowson whereby it was declared to be the right of the said Prior as that which he had of the gift of Hervey de Sutton Father of the said Richard whose heir he then was his elder brother Robert Herveius homo Comitis Alani tenuit Sutton 14 W. 1. ........ .......... Herveius de Sutton 22 H. 2. Richardus de Sutton haer 20 H. 3. Agnes-Gilb de Muscamp Adam de Muscamp Johannes de Sutton Steph. de Coverham-Marger Steph. de Coverham Alicia Guichard de Charrons-Maria Guichardus de Charron-Alicia 3 E. 2. Bertram Mounboucher 3 E. 3 -Joana 3 E. 2. Bertram Mounboucher ob 12 R. 2. Chr. -Isabel fil Ric. Willoughby mil. -Christ sor Joh. de Woderington Chr. ux 2. Bertram Mounboucher ob 1 H. 4. Bertr Mounboucher ob 2 H. 5. Bertram Mounbocher ob 4 H. 6. s. p. Henr. Heton Chr. -Isabella-Robertus Herbotell mar 2. Robertus Herbotell ob 22 H. 6. Bertram Harbotill ob 2 E. 4. Robertus Herbotell aet 9. 2 E. 4 -Richard Harbotel mil. -Jana fil Hen. Willoughby mil. de Wollaton Georgius Harbotell 20 H. 8. Alianora-Thom Percy Maria-Edward Fitton Edward Fitton miles Georgius Anthonius Steph. de Charron 34 E. 1. ... Faber-Eliz Willelmus de Caunton Johan Joh. Robertus fil haer ob ultra mare ante patrem s. p. Rolandus de Sutton-Alicia sor cohaer Rob. Dom. Lexington being dead beyond the Sea before his Father without issue This Church King Edward the first in the thirty second year of his Reign being at Strivelin 25 Ap. licensed to be appropriate to the Monastery of Wirkesop The Writ of Ad quod Damnum was returned the year before 31 E. 1. Richard de Sutton who held a Knights Fee in Sutton Carleton and Meringe had five daughters and heirs first Agnes married to Gilbert de Muscam by whom she had Adam de Muscamp and Iohn I suppose called also of Sutton secondly Margery married to Stephen de Coverham by whom she had Stephen thirdly Alice without issue a Benefactress to Newstede to which place she gave one Bovat in Sutton upon Trent which the Earl of Richmond confirmed she made Margery de Coverham her sister her heir of whom Thomas de Sutton their Uncle the Parson who was a great Benefactor also to Newstede acquired their parts as also of Agnes whose purparts were conveyed to Henry de Gloucestre Parson of Sutton from whom they descended to Iohn de Gloucestre his brothers son his heir which Iohn enfeoffed Hugh de Normanton who re-infeoffed him and Ioane his wife who had the moyety of the Mannor of Sutton upon Trent and 3 E. 3. claimed the priviledges accordingly The Jury 18 E. 1. in the Assize found that Iohn de Sutton not compelled by force or fear but of his own Will made the writings to Henry de Gloucester Parson of Sutton concerning one Mess. and thirty Acres of Land and two of Pasture in Sutton in which Deeds or Chartels he sold his Mannor there Fourthly Mary another of the daughters and heirs of Sir Richard de Sutton was married to Guichard de Charron who 4 E. 1. with Adam de Sutton whom I suppose the son of Agnes and Gilbert de Muscamp before named claimed several royalties in Sutton He had Free Warren granted here 18 E. 1. By his wife the said Mary he had a son named Stephen who enfeoffed his said Father in this Land which he settled on Guichard de Charun his son by a second wife to whom and to Alice his wife his brother the said Stephen de Charrun by Fine 34 E. 1. passed his Mannor of Sutton upon Trent which the said Gwischard the younger and Alice his wife by another Fine 3 E. 2. settled on Bertram de Mounboucher and Ioane his wife their daughter and the heirs which the said Bertram should beget on the body of the said Ioane reserving 20l. per annum during the life of the said Gwischard and after his death a Rose at Midsummer to his heirs Bertram and Ioane 3 E. 3. claimed a Market here every Munday and a yearly Fair for two daies viz. the Eve and Feast day of St. Iames the Apostle and Free Warren which King Edward the second granted 7 Aug. 2 E. 2. at Northampton to Guichard de Charrun father of the said Ioane whose heir she was There was another daughter of the said Sir Richard de Sutton fifthly Elizabeth who was married to a certain Smith by whom she had William de Caunton and Iohn de Caunton and Iohn de Caunton was heir of her Purpart and enfeoffed divers Tenants William Bevercottes had the state of the said Iohn de Calneton 3 E. 3. and at the said time he with Iohn de Gloucester Iohn de Bolyngbrok Peter Foune and Robert de Lanum pray'd that they might be admitted to Fine and use the priviledges in Common which could not be
Iohn de Hothum Bishop of Ely bearing date 29 Decemb. 1329.3 E. 3. was to this effect viz. That for the Mannor of Cukeney with the Appurtenances and two Mess. one hundred and twenty Acres of Land eight of Medow six of Wood with the Appurtenances in Holbeck by Cukeney which the said Bishop gave to the said Abbat and Covent they the said Abbat and Covent without any compulsion freely bound themselves and their successours to find eight Canons in their Abby daily to celebrate Divine Offices for the Soul of Edward King of England Grandfather of the then King and for the Soul of Edward late King of England father of the said then King for the wholesome estate of the Lady Isabell Queen of England the said Kings mother and of her children and chiefly for the state of the King and the Lady Philippa his Consort Queen of England while they lived and for their souls when they should die Also for the souls of Alan and Maud father and mother of the said Lord Iohn de Hothum Bishop of Ely and for the souls of the children of them the said Alan and Matildis then dead and of the living when they should die and for the Soul of Frier or Brother William de Hothum sometimes Bishop of Dublin for the state of the Lady Mary de St. Paul Countess of Pembroke and her Soul when it should be separated from the body and also for the Soul of Peter de Gaveston late Earl of Cornewall and for the Souls of Sir Iohn de Wogan and Isabell his wife and for Sir Raph Camoys and Elizabeth his wife and for their Souls after death for Sir Iohn de Fawconberg and for his Soul after his decease and especially for the healthful state of the said Lord Bishop while he should live and afterwards for his Soul and for all theirs who had faithfully served him and bestowed benefits upon him and for all the faithful departed And besides this they and their successours to celebrate in their Abby as long as the world should endure the Anniversary of the said Lord Bishop with such solemnity as the Anniversary of their first and principal Founder as well in Alms to the poor as in Divine Obsequies was wont in times past to be celebrated and every day whereon Commemorations of the dead should be read in their Chapter House his Soul should therein be absolved by name And when any of the said eight Canons should by sickness or other lawful cause be hindred from celebrating another Canon of their House should faithfully supply his turn And when any of those eight should go the way of all flesh another Canon should immediately be put in his place They were also to swear that they would never diminish the number of eight but maintain the said celebration for ever decently and that they would never obtain any thing of the Pope or the K. of England or the superior of the Order of the Praemonstratenses or of any other whereby any thing should be subtracted from the said celebration And every new Abbat before the Covent should do him obeisance or he be installâ—d in the Monastery and every Novice before he should be admitted to probation in their Monastery should be bound by the same Oath faithfully to keep every Article of the said ordination according to his utmost power for ever Furthermore if their said Order which God forbid should by any emergent chance be suppressed or transferred to any other Order then they willed and granted by the Tenour of the said agreement that the said Bishop or his heirs without any obstacle might enter and peaceably enjoy the said Mannor of Cukeney and two Mess. one hundred and twenty Acres of Land eight of Medow six of Wood with the Appurtenances in Holbeck by Cukeney But that the present ordination might last for ever without any diminution the said Abbat and all the Priests of the Covent with Candles burning and Stoles hung at their necks solemnly excommunicated all and every one that should weaken break diminish or violate or procure the said ordination or any part of it to be weakned broken diminished or violated by any means or presume to go against it in any thing subjecting themselves and their successours in this to the Jurisdiction and cohercion of the Abbat of Neuhus father of their Abbat and of the yearly Visiteâ—s that if in their Visitation they found any thing of this ordinance violated or diminished they might proceed against them as guilty of Perjury and excommunicate And lest oblivion should obolish what gratitude had charitably instituted This Ordination was every year on All Souls day to be read through in their Monastery in the presence of all the Brethren But King Henry the eighth 26 Febr. 30 H. 8. granted to Richard Whalley and his heirs the Scite of the Abby of Welbeck and all the Houses and Lands beneath the Scite of it and the two Granges called Bellers Grange and Hirst Grange and the several Closes and Groves c. Queen Elizabeth 20 May 1 Eliz. granted licence to Richard Whalley Esquire and William Whalley Gent. to alienate the House and Scite of the Monastery of Welbeck by the name of the Demesne of the Mannor of Welbeck and the said two Granges Bellers and Hurst and the Grange of Gledethorpe and the Mannor of Norton and the Grange called Hardwick Grange to Edward Osborne Citizen and Cloathworker of London and his heirs She 9 Febr. 42 Eliz. granted to Robert Booth Esquire and Ranulph Catterall Gent. the whole Scite c. which sometime was belonging to and parcel of the Lands late of Richard Whalley Esquire It is now Nov. 11. 1674. the Mansion House of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle of whose Noble Atchievements I ought to have given some particular account but that the Dutchess his wife not long since dead hath done it far beyond my hopes in her famous Books especially that of his Life besides what himself hath communicated to the World in several Poems and his most excellent pieces concerning Horsmanship both in French and English whereof he is so great a Master that though he be above eighty years of age he very constantly diverts himself with it still insomuch that he is thought to have taken as great pleasure beholding his great store of choice well-managed Horses wherewith his fine stables are continually furnished appear to exercise their gifts in his magnificent Riding-house which he long since built there of Brick as in elder time any one could take to see the religious performances of the Monks in the Quire of the great Church of St. Iames now utterly vanished except the Chapel for the house was any part of it which of late years also hath lain buried in the ruines of its roof the want whereof doth a little diminish the glory of this brave Palace yet seeing that neither the Wisdome nor Piety nor Charity of those formerly concerned here nor their Right
fil Will. Compton ex quib Com. Northam Gilb. Talbot de Grafton mil. Gart. -Eliz Greystok-Andrea Cotton ux 2. Gilb. Joh. Talbot antecess moderni Com. Salop. Humfr. Christoph. 1 Gilbertus Talbot -Joana fil Tho. Duc. Glocest. Ankareta fil haer s. p. Will. de Monteacuto Com. Sarum Gerardus de Furnivall-Christiana Ledec Gerard. de Furnivall Lora de Furnivalle fil haeres -Gerardus Uflet Willielmus de Furnivall Ernulphus de Mandevill Nigellus de Lovetot Baro in Com. Hunt -Margareta Rich. ut in Wishou Rog. de Lovetot Nigel Rob. de Coleston Will. de Lovetot Ernulph de Mandevill was a Witness to this After the great controversie concerning many demands on both parts between her and Wal. the Prior and the Covent of Wyrkesop the said Mat. in her free Widowhood and lawful power on the day of the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr 33 H. 3. confirmed all the gifts of William de L. her father and Richard de Luvet her Grand-father and Gerard de Furnivall her quondam Husband who was entombed at Ebrard in Normandy in his own Demesne which is called Furnefall he begot Thomas Gerard and William Thomas was slain in the holy Land by the Saracens and his brother Gerard after his death returned from thence But the said Maud his mother taking it ill that her son Thomas should remain amongst Heathens sent back the said Gerard that he might bring the Bones of the said Thomas his brother by which means he was intombed in this Monastery on the North side with his Helmet adorned with Gemms and a noble Carbuncle upon his head The said Sir Gerard her son lay on the South side under a Marble Stone next the Chapel of St. Peter and the said William their brother in the middle of the Chapel of the blessed Mary not far from Maud the wife of Iohn first Lord of Furnivall in a Tomb of Stone inscribed thus Me memorans palle similis curris quia calle De Fournivalle Pro Wilielmo rog◠psalle These Chronicles of Wyrksop are not exact in this descent which I suppose misled Mr. Robert Glover in the draught of that noble Pedigree which he designed for George late Earl of Shrowsbury and Earl Marshall of England Lord Talbot Furnival Verdun Lovetoft and Strange of Blackmer Knight of the Garter c. 22 Eliz. 1580. wherein he makes Ger. son and heir of this Thomas de Furnivall to be father of Thomas c. which he was not He indeed married Maud the sister and coheir of Richard Fitz-Iohn Fitz-Geoffrey the Justice of Ireland who was afterwards married to William Beauchamp Earl of Warwick by whom she had Guy Earl of Warwick twenty six years of age and above 26 E. 1. her heir which shows that her former husband the said Gerard de Furnivall had none by her but it further appears for Gerard son and heir of Thomas de Furnivall gave with his body the third part of the Mills of Bradfeld with the suit of his men of the Sok of Bradfeud to this Monastery and Thomas son and heir of Thomas de Furnivall confirmed this gift which Gerard de Furnivall his brother had conferred and Bertrea or Bertha sometimes wife of Thomas de Furnivall in her Widowhood for the health of her Soul and of the Souls of Sir Thomas de Furnivall her quondam husband and of Sir Gerard his brother confirmed 4l. of Silver to be taken out of her Mill at Bradefeld yearly during her life Thomas de Furnivall Lord of Halumschire son and heir of Thomas de Furnivall confirmed to these Canons all Lands c. in which they were seised in the time of Matildis de Luvetot his Grand-mother The Prior of Wyrkesop 53 H. 3. offered himself the fourth day against Thomas de Furnivall in a Plea wherefore he made waste sale and destruction of his Park of Wirksop by which means the said Prior for the future could not as he ought have two Carts to bring dry wood every day to the Monastery c. There was a licence 54 H. 3. granted to Thomas de Furnivall to build a certain Castle at his Mannor of Sheffeild in the County of York Thomas de Furnivall son of Thomas de Furnivall confirmed with his body presentè the yearly rent of six Marks out of the Mill of Bradefeud viz. that Rent which the Canons had of the gift of the Lady Bertr de Furnivall his mother during her life Bertra who had been wife of Thomas de Furnivall 7 E. 1. was Fined 40s. because she retracted or withdrew her self c. Thomas son and heir of Thomas de Furnivall 1 E. 1. was under age and married to Ioane the daughter of Hugh le Dispenser Thomas de Furnivall the third Lord of Hallumshire and of Wyrkesop confirmed to this Priory eight Marks of yearly Rent out of his Mills of Wirkesop and 30s. 6d. in the name of the Tythe of his Rents of his Mannor of Wyrkesop and 10s. in the name of the Tythe of his Mannor of Glesthorp of old constituted or set in this County and twelve Marks of his Mills of Bradefeld per annum and five Marks yearly Rent of his Mills of Brekesherth and also 60. and 6s. and 1d. in the name of Tythe of the yearly Rents of his Mannor of Sheffeld in Hallumshire in the County of York and Pasture for 40. Cartel in his Park and this bore date at Nottingham the Thursday after the Feast of St. Augustine the Apostle of the English An. Dom. 1328. 2 E. 3. Thomas de Furnivall senior 19 E. 2. atturned in his place William de Sheffeld and Adam son of Henry de Sheffeld to prosequnt in the Court of the Exchequer concerning a debt which the said Thomas had paid to the King by Roger de Somervill Sheriff of Yorkshire It appeareth also in 19 E. 2. that the said Thomas de F. senior was amerced as a Baron in several Courts before the 14 E. 2. but he pleaded he was no Baron neither did he hold his Land by Barony nor part of a Barony whereupon several Inquisitions were taken by Robert de Nottingham Remembrancer of the Exchequer assigned thereto viz. one at Rotheram where it was found that the said Thomas de F. senior held the Mannor of Sheffeld in the County of York of the King in Capite by Homage only and the Mannor of Whystan of Galfr. Luterell in Capite by the service of three Fees and an half of a Knight by right of inheritance Another at Nottingham the Saturday next before quindena Paschae where it was likewise found that he held the Mannors of Wyrkesop and Gresthorpe with the members in this County of the King as of the Honour of Tykhull by the service of four Fees and the fourth part of a Knights Fee by right of inheritance after the death of Thomas de F. his quondam father whose heir he was And the third Inquisition was taken before the said
Robert de Nott. at Darby the Fryday before where it was found that the said Tho. de F. senior held in the County of Darby the Mannor of Eyum of the King of the Honour of Peverell of the Castle of the High Peke 1. f. which Mannor he bought of Roger Morteyn And that he held the Mannor of Middelton of Thomas de Chaworth by the Service of half a Knights Fee and that he had of one Richard de Bernake who held it of the said Thomas by the same Service And that he held the moyety of the Town of Bracington as parcel of the Wapentac of Wyrkesoorth which was an Eschaet of the Kings by the forfeiture of Thomas late Earl of Lancaster by the Service of finding two Frank-pledges in that Wapentach and that a certain Ancestor of him the said Thomas de Furnivall had that moyety and held it to him and his heirs by the gift of a certain Earl of Derby who held that Wapentach of King Henry the third Grandfather of the King viz. Edward the second in Fee Farm for ever and the said moyety of the Town of Bracington gave to the said Ancestor of the said Thomas de F. in Frank-marriage with a certain daughter of the said Earl And the said Thomas de F. senior held of Nicolas de Langford as of his Mannor of Haversedge in the said County an Hamlet called Bauntford c. but none by Barony or part of a Barony c. Yet it appears that he was called to all the Parliaments as other Barons were as for example in the 23 E. 1. to one to be held at Westminster the first of August and to another the same year the Sunday next after the Feast of St. Martin in Winter and that at St. Edmunds Bury the day after All Souls 24 E. 1. and that in 12 E. 2. and that in 13 E. 2. and in 14 E. 2. to that to be held at Westminster three weeks after the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist both Thomas de Furnivall senior and Thomas de Furnivall junior were summoned Thomas de Furnivall senior 6 E. 3. held this Mannor with the Appurtenances and Gresthorp as in that place is noted The Jury 28 E. 3. said that Elizabeth de Monteacuto held the Mannor of Wyrksop of the endowment of Thomas de Furnivall her quondam husband and of the Inheritance of Thomas de Furnivall who then was Cousin and heir of her said husband viz. son and heir of Thomas de Furnivall son and heir of Thomas her husband She was daughter of Peter de Montford and widow of William son of Simon de Montacute and mother of William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury There is a Monument of Marble for her yet standing on the North side of the Quire at Christs Church in Oxford Thomas de Furnivall junior was above forty years old at the death of his father which was the day after the Purification 1332. He married Ioane the eldest daughter and co-heir of Theobald de Verdun Lord of Alveton Castle in Staffordshire Baron of Webley in the County of Hereford the relict of William de Mountague This Thomas de Furnivall Lord of Alveton in Staffordshire died at Sheffeld the day before the Ides it should be Nones of October 1339. the Inquisition saith the Thursday next before the Feast of St. Dionis 13 E. 3. which is on Oct. 9. leaving then his son and heir Thomas de Furnivall about seventeen years old whose brother William de Furnivall which afterwards was his heir and did his Homage 39 E. 3. was born at Alveton Castle the tenth of the Kalends of September 1326. Their father who died about 14 Octob. Anno Dom. 1339. was buried the Munday within the Vtas of the Ascension of our Lord next following in the Abby of Beauchief by the Abbat of Crokesden his said wife Ioane the Lady of Alveton died in Child-bed 6 of the Nones of Octob. 1334. of the age of thirty years and two Months and was honourably buried the seventh of the Ides of Ianuary following at Crokesden amongst her ancestors of the Family of Verdun Founders of that place Her son Thomas de Furnivall 17 E. 3. had an Ad quod Damnum for settling the Castle and Mannor of Sheffeld and in 18 E. 3. the Castle and Mannor of Alveton to the use of him the said Thomas and Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies as William de Furnivall his said brother and heir had 40 E. 3. to settle the Mannor of Farneham in the County of Bucks to the use of him the said William and Thomasia his wife and the heirs of their bodies William de Furnivall Chr. dyed the twelfth of Aprill 6 R. 2. seised of this Mannor c. Thomasina his wife held the Mannor of Coggeshalis in Elmedone in Essex and the Mannor of Dagworth in Suffolk Ioane the daughter of the said William wife of Thomas de Nevill was then found his heir and above fourteen years old This Thomas Nevill was brother to Raph first Earl of Westmerland He was Treasurer of England but is not in Mr. Dugdales Catalogue which makes these Chronicles of Wirksop more doubtful and in right of his wife Lord Furnivall he was buried here most magnificently and lieth in the middle above the Quire He died the Munday next before Palmsunday 8 H. 4. leaving behind him another wife who was Ankaretta daughter of Iohn le Strange of Blackmere and widow of Richard son of Gilbert Talebot and mother of the famous Iohn Talbot she and he in her right held the Mannor of Swynden in Wiltshire and the third part of the Mannor and Hundred of Shryvenham in Barkshire of the Dotation of Richard Talbot Chr. her former husband the heirs of the said Thomas de Nevill were then found to be Matilda and Ioane his daughters Thomasia who had been wife of William Furnivall Chr. died on the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin being Saturday 10 H. 4. Matilda was found Cousin and heir and aged seventeen years viz. the daughter and heir of Ioane the daughter and heir of the said William and Thomasia and the said Iohn Talbot had then taken her to wife This Iohn was brother of Gilbert Lord Talbot and after the death of Ankaretta his said brothers daughter his heir He was in his said wifes right Lord Furnivall and had respite of Homage 7 H. 5. Febr. 12. He was created by King Henry the sixth at Windsor May 20. 19 H. 6. Earl of Shrowsbury He was Earl of Weishford in Ireland by Inheritance and created Earl of Waterford 17 Iuly 24 H. 6. and Steward of that Kingdom and afterwards Marshal of France most worthily where he wan so many Battels and was so formidable to the French during the twenty four years of his most glorious Warfare there He was slain at the Siege of Chastilion the fourth of the Ides of Iuly
fathers gift and so did Robert son of William the gift of the said Robert his Grandfather Walter Arch-bishop of York appropriated it Thomas de Chawrth confirmed the gifts and confirmations which his Ancestors had made viz. the gift of Robert Fitz-Ranulph of the Church with all the Appurtenances and the confirmation of William his son and of Robert son of the said William together with the Land which the said Robert son of the said William de Alfreton Grandfather of him the said Thomas de Chawrth quit-claimed lying between Appelhayheved and the Wood of Osberton which Land was formerly in contention between the said Robert son of the said William de Alfertun and Robert de Pyckburn sometimes Prior of Wyrkesop and there was also a Fine levied of this Advowson 47 H. 3. between Thomas de Chawrth and Iohn Prior of Wyrksop Thomas de Chewrth Lord of Osberton gave and granted to the said Prior and Covent that way in Osberton which lay between the Church-yard of the same Town on the West and the Mannor of the Prior and Covent of Wyrksop on the East and stretched it self in length from the South corner of the said Church-yard to the North corner Roger de Osberton in the time of Henry the third held a Knights Fee of the Honour of Tikhill Thomas de Chaworth 3 E. 3. claimed Free-Warren in his Demesne Lands at Marncham Edwalton and Osberton Thomas Dynham Gent. 31 H. 8. claimed against Iohan Fitz-William widow the third part of the Mannors of Marneham and Osberton with the Appurtenances c. and the third part of the Mannors of Alfreton and Norton in Darbyshire all which continued long to the Family of Chaworth of which that Ioan was part of an heir as in the Descent may be observed King Henry the eighth 3 Iuly 32 H. 8. granted the Grange called Osberton Grange lying in Osberton in the Parish of Worksop which was not so anciently as what is here noted shows to Robert Dighton Esquire and his heirs amongst other things together with Graveslane in Oxton Hardwick Grange and Hardwick Wood late belonging to the Priory of Wirksop paying for the Lands in Oxton 2s. for Osberton Grange 7s. and for the Land in Hardewick 9s. 5d. Matildis de Luvetot confirmed to the Monastery the whole Village of Herthwik given by her Ancestors before Robert Dighton 12 August 32 H. 8. had licence to alienate Hardwick Grange and Wood with all Houses Buildings and Hereditaments in Osberton Hardwick and Worksop belonging to it to Richard Whalley and his heirs And all Mess. Lands and Tenements in Oxton and Osberton Grange and the Houses c. in Osberton Hardwick and Worksop to William Bolles and his heirs It was lately William Leekes son and heir of Herbert Leek late of Halam which William had it by his wife who was of the Family of Bolles of Osberton by whom he hath left a son or two to preserve the Inheritance Ratcliff IT seems was another Hamlet of Wirksop but I have not met with any further memorable concerning it Kilton THere was a Controversie moved between Sir Thomas de Furnivall and his Tenants of Kylton on the one part and Richard Rolston otherwise called Chamberlayn on the other about the way of leading the draught Beasts of the Tenants of Kelton to the Pasture of Romwod appeased on this manner 4 Apr. 1301. That the Tenants of Kylton ought to drive their Cattel backward and forward fugare refugare by the way of Bresbrig and so by the way of Radford and from Radford by the way unto Southcotes belonging to the Priory of Wirkesop and from thence unto Bryndhastedys and so by the said bounds and limits to Kylton This was entred in the Court Roll of the said Sir Thomas Lord Furnivall the day and year above-said Matthew Feild William Meredith and Richard Springham 8 Eliz. claimed against Edward Casteling twenty Mess. twenty Cottages two Dovecotes twenty Barns twenty Gardens twenty Orchards five hundred Acres of Land one hundred and fifty of Medow three hundred of Pasture twenty of Wood and two hundred of Furz and Heath in Worksop Wylloughby Kylton Skafgreves Clarburgh and Retford of the Clay also the Rectory of Willoughby upon the Woldes and Advowson of the Vicarage of Willoughby and the Tythes of Corn and Hay in Willoughby Scofton IN Thorp Scoteby and Rounton were two Car. Soc to the Kings great Mannor of Maunsfeld There was a Writ of false Judgement 21 H. 8. between Elizabeth Fenton widow Plaintiff and Iohn Hill Thomas Capstoke and Robert Iohnson alias Robert Smith concerning three Mess. two hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow twenty of Pasture four of Wood and 10s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Scofton in the Kings Court of Maunsfeild in Sherwood The prime Capital Mess. in Scofton hath for some time belonged to the Iesoppes Ryton IT appears 30 E. 1. that Stephen Malovel gave a Mess. two hundred and sixty Acres of Land and seven of Medow in Renetone nigh Wirksop to Alice the wife of Ranulph de Huntingfeld who bound himself to Iohn de Melsa in C. Marks by a Statute Merchant and failing in payment the Sheriff caused the Land to be extended at a reasonable price viz. 4l. 9s. 1d. and put the said Iohn in seisin in which he stood for a year and more until the said Ranulph and Alice disseised him c. Upon this came William de Dogmerfeld who said he was the Kings Bayliff of his Mannor of Maunesfeld and that Renetone was a member of the Kings said Mannor and the Tenements put in view Antient Demesne c. In this are Recorded very many of the Customs of Mansfeld which shows that they are as like Freeholders as Copyholders can be Reyton hath been and still is the place of Residence of a Family-named Eyre viz. William Eyre of Reyton descended from Eyre of Hope in Com. Derb. -Anna fil haer Dom. de Reyton Edm. Eyre de Reyton -Margeria fil Rob. Coyney de Weston Coyney Staff Robertus Eyre de Reyton -Dorothea fil Georgii Columbel de Darley Derb. Georgius Eyre de Ryton superstes 1614 -Anna fil Rob. Spark de Nantwich Ches Rob. Eyre fil haer aet 11. 1614 -Elizab fil Will. Saunderson de Blith 1 Will. Evre natus 1626. 2 Georg. 3 Gervas 4 Robert Franc. 2 Will. 3 Joseph 4 Thom. Clumber HAd three Bov. of the Soc of Maunsfeld and in Clumber were two Mannors of Roger de Buslies Fee which before the Conquest Adeluvol and Vlchil had and paid as for five Bov. to the Geld. The Land being two Car. Part of it viz. two Bov. was waste which Fulc held In the other Vlchel had under Roger one Car. and one Mill of 12d. Pasture Wood two qu. long one qu broad In the Confessours time this was 20s. when Doomsday Book was made 4s. The Woods of Clumbre were of the Sokage of Maunesfeld and