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
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
same Iohn had when he was disseised for King Iohns service when he was Earl which William son of Gobion was to deforce William Butler 17 Ioh. had seisin of one Knights Fee in Neubot and Huthorpe William son of Paganus de Vilers gave to God and the Church of Thurgarton four Bovats of Land in the territory of Outhorpe for which the Canons gave him thirty Marks of Silver Iohn de Vilers is certified to have held a Knights Fee in Newbolt and Ovethorpe of the honour of Lancaster Iohn de Vilers of Newbold son of William de Vilers confirmed to God and the Church of Thurgarton all held of his Fee in Outhorp free from all services except Scutage and Ward of the honor of Lancaster Sir Robert de Vilers Knight son of Alan was a very great Benefactor to that Monastery he gave five Bovats of his Demesne and several other parcells then all his Demesne in Outhorpe with his Capital Messuage and the Church of Outhorp and gave four Bovats and an half which he had in Marriage with his wife Mary the daughter of Raph son of Simon son of Richard for the Priory to find one of their own Canons or a secular Chaplain to celebrate Mass in the Church of Outhorp for his soul and his wife the said Mary's and the souls of his Ancestors and heirs Raph his wifes brother acknowledged a Fine 16 H. 3. and Mary his wife 20 H. 3. Robert de Vylers his son levied a Fine 40 H. 3. whereby he passed to the said Priory not only a Carucat of Land which Robert de Vilers his said Father had given to Robert de Brunnesley for ten years only as he there intimated which Robert de Brunnesley had likewise given to Thurgarton but also all his Lands and Tenements c. in Outhorp except the homage and service of Richard de Vilers and his heirs which should remain to the said Robert and his heirs for ever The Prior wanted not such priviledges as were convenient when he had gotten so considerable a part of this place as Court Leet and the like In the year of our Lord 1328. 2 E. 3. the Church was valued at twenty Marks and three Carucats of Land each at 40s. A Wind-mill at 10s. There were many Freeholders then held of the Priory Henry de Torlaxton held several parcells Iohn de Kniveton whose predecessours Gerard and Iohn his Father son of Nicholas de Kniveton were benefactors paid for half his Capital Messuage and ten Bovats of Land 2s. There were then Rents of Assize 7l. 4s. 1d. the value of the whole was 23l. 4s. 0d. Raph Bugge had Lands here also which went to his descendents of Bingham with Kinalton and Clipâ—ton c. There was a recovery 18 H. 8. wherein Humfrey Garret Clark Richard Musson Clark Richard Godeselowe Iohn Loide and Thomas Couper claimed against Richard Scote and Katherine his wife Thomas Doble and Elizabeth his wife and Nicholas Ryder and Agnes his wife the Mannor of Owthorpe with the Appurtenances and five Mess. two hundred Acres of Land forty of Medow one hundred of Pasture one hundred of Furz and Heath and 9s. Rent and the Rent of 1l. of Pepper and 1l. of Cummin-seed with the Appurtenances in Owthorpe they called to warranty Thomas Fishe The Ancestor of Sir Thomas Hutchinson bought that which was Hedons of the heir of Wastenes Sir Thomas was intire proprietor of the whole Township and Rectory impropriate the greatest part whereof with the house built by his son Iohn and sold by his widow remains the possession and place of residence of Charles Hutchinson son of the said Sir Thomas by his second wife Katherine the daughter of Sir Iohn Stanhope half Sister to the first Earl of Chesterfeild Tho. Hutchinson de Owthorp 1 Willielmus Hutchinson de Owthorpe .... fil .... Watson de Hareby Tho. Hutchinson de Owthorp ... fil Geo. Perpont mil. -Elianor fil Geo. Zouch de Codnor Tho. Hutchinson de Owthorp-Jana fil Hen. Sacheverell de Radcliff super Sore Tho. Hutchinson de Owthorp mil. -Marg fil Joh. Byron mil. -Kath fil Joh. Stanhope mil. Joh. Hutchinson-Lucia fil Alani Apsley mil. Thom. -Jana fil Alex. Radcliff mil. s. p. Edw. Lucius Georg. Hutchinson-Barbara sor Luciae Alanus Carol. Hutchinson de Owthorp -Isabella fil Fr. Butler de Hatfeild Woodhall in Com. Harts Carolus Hutchinson aet 10. 1675. Thom. aet 8. Elizab. aet 3. 1675. Botilerus aet 7. Stanhopus aet 6. Car. fil Car. Cotton de Beresford At. -Isab Beresfordus Cotton Jana-Fr Grantham ... Poulton Joh. Waring de Estwell Ar. Com. Leicest -Dorothea 2 Johannes Hutchinson Georgius Johannes There was 5s. per annum issuing out of the Lands of George Crosland in Outhorpe belonging to the Prior of Haverholm granted Nov. 4. 38 H. 8. to Giles Iseham and Gregory Isehm And there was about four Bovats in Owthorp belonging to the Hospital of St. Iohn of Ierusalem granted 17 Iuly 5 Eliz. to Stephen Holford and Iohn Ienkin Gent. The old Church which was pretty large and the Chancell both covered with Lead were pull'd down by Colonel Iohn Hutchinson and this little one built to the North Wall of the Chancel in which he made a Vault wherein his body now lies being brought from Dele Castle in Kent where he died a Prisoner Colesion Basset And Newbold THis Township being wholly omitted in Doomsday Book saving what is there recorded of Newbold the Reader must look back to Kinalton for what he would be satisfied in concerning it where he will find two parts of Newbold one King Williams and another his son William Peverells the greater part whereof 't is like concerned this place but how it was disposed is uncertain Raph Basset Justice of England 21 H. 1. gave one Carucat of Land in Chinalton and ten Oxen for the maintenance of a Monk in the Abby of Eynsham in Oxfordshire which Land was parcel of his Lordship of Colestune King Henry the first confirmed the gift of Richard Basset and Matildis Ridel his wife of several Lands and very many Churches amongst the rest this of Eoleston to the Church of St. Iohn Baptist of Laund in Leicestershire which they had Founded for the Soul of King William his Father Their Son Galfr. Ridel certified King Henry the second about the twelfth year of his Reign that Richard Basset his Father held at the death of King H. 1. ninescore Carucats of Land and four and one Virg. for the Fees of fifteen Knights and that Raph the son of Radulphus Basset Justic. Angl. temp H. 1. Richardus Basset Justic. Angliae temp H. 1. Steph. -Matildis Ridel Radulphus Basset haer Gevae -Alicia ... Galfr. Ridel haer Gevae -Sibylla sor Will. Manduit ux 2. Radulphus Basset de Drayton-Isabella Radulphus Basset de Draiton occis apud Evesham 50 H. 3 -Margareta fil Rogeri de Someri Radulphus Basset ob 27 E. 1 -Joanna fil Johannis Grey Justic. Cestr.
being then returned to be five Carucats There afterwards Roger the Man or Tenent of Roger de Busli had two Carucats in Demelne thirteen Sochm. three Vill. seven Bordars having eight Plows or Carucats there was seventeen Acres of Medow This in the Confessours time was valued at 30s. in the Conquerours at 40s. Another Mannor here was which Tori Lord of Aslacton and many other Towns in this and other Counties had in which he was succeeded after the Normans came by Walterus de Ayencurt whose Fee it was and whose Man or Tenent Walchelin who held Aslacton also of him held it being rated to the Tax at two Bovats and an half and one Acre The Land one Carucat Here one Bordar plowed one Bovat and here was three Acres of Medow this was 10s. value in the Confessours time when the Conquerour took his Survey but 5s. That Roger before named who held that of Roger de Buslies Fee here held several very considerable Mannors of him in this County besides this viz. at Flintham Wisoe Gresthorp Normanton Clifton below Newark Tireswell Gringley Walkringham and Wirksop as the Book of Doomsday manifesteth in all which he was succeeded in the time of King Henry the first by William de Luvetot a very great man who by the consideration and consent of Emme his wife and their children which Emme I therefore conjecture was heir of that Roger did amongst the rest of the Churches of his Demesne of the honour of Blyth the Seat of the said Roger de Busli give this Church of Coleston to the Priory of Radford by Wirksop which he then Founded and besides his other endowments gave to it the tenth penny of all his set Rents both in Normandy and England Richard de Luvetot son of the said William the Founder by the consent of his own son and heir William confirmed and inlarged his Fathers gifts as here in Colestun the Church and two Bovats of his Demesne with one dwelling house In Wyshou also two Bovats of his Demesne and the like which Matilda de Lovetot daughter and heir of the latter William and wife of Gerard de Furnivalle also confirmed Yet the first William de Lovetot had another son besides Richard called Nigellus whose Barony lay in Huntingtonshire having only five Knights Fees of the Honour of Blyth added to it as by the Red Book in the Exchequer is manifest which five Knights Fees in this County lay all on this South side the River Trent And the said Richard and his posterity who had also Sheffeild and Halomshire in the County of York inherited only those Lordships of the first William Lord Lovetots which lay on the North side that River in this County of which Wirksop was the chief which accordingly descended through the Lords Furnivalls Nevill and Talbots Earls of Shrowsbury to the present Duke of Norfolk as in Wirksop more particularly will be declared Nigellus de Lovetot had his Seat at Wishou as in the Notes concerning that place may be observed as also the confirmations both of himself and of his sons as particularly that of his son Richard who by the consent of his brethren Roger Nigellus Robert and William de Lovetot his other sons confirmed the gifts of his and their ancestors to the said Priory of St. Cuthbert at Radford by Wirksop to which Robert de Lovetot who it seems had his residence here so as to be called of Coleston by the consent of Hugh his heir gave the Church of Coleston and the whole Village or Town of Sloswiâ— His next successour here whom I suppose son of Hugh was Robert de Lovetot who held a Knights Fee in Carcolinston of the honour of Tikhill whose son and heir was Oliver de Lovetot who had a son called Iohn who died about 26 E. 1. seized of this Mannor or Capital Messuage and Lands in Flintham c. leaving his three sisters his heirs Ioan first married to Robert Morin of Kilvington and then to Roger de Whatton called in several Records Roger de Skerington from his interest or residence there at that time having that Mannor of Scarington Isabell the second sister wife of Ranulf Morin and Alice the youngest then wife of William Morin The said Roger de Skerington and Ioan his wife and the rest of the said sisters and heirs of the said Iohn de Lovetot with their said husbands did homage and had Livery of their Lands 27 E. 1. and divided them and 28 E. 1. paid Relief for a Knights Fee here held of the honour of Thekill To Roger de Whatton King Edward the second committed the Mannor of Kesclingbury which was Warinus de Insula's and the Rent which Iohn de Insula had there being forfeited for Rebellion but upon the said Iohns making Fine to the King he had order to deliver it back the same year viz. 16 E. 2. so that I suppose neither he nor his posterity was much the richer for it His interest here which he had by the division of this Mannor went with Scarrington in which share happened to be some of the Lands of Deincourts Fee also which descending to Cheyney as in Scarrington may be observed came amongst others to William Vaux Lord Harowdon before named who 20 Ian. 8 Eliz. sold it being three Closes and twelve Oxgangs of Land to William Alvey for 161l. 13s. 4d. who settled it on Robert Alvey his younger brother whose son Robert Alvey sold two Medow Closes of which his said Father had good share at the inclosure of this Lordship whereof he is said to have been a principal promoter to Robert Earl of Kingston which are now the Marquess of Dorchesters And his son the third Robert Alvey sold about half the remaining part to Henry Sherwin of Nott. and not many years after viz. about 1669. the rest to Isaac Hodgekin of London Vintner Ranulf Morin who married Isabella de Lovetot the second of the co-heirs had a son named Iohn and he one called Thomas Morin of Carcolston Willielmus de Luvetot fundator de Wirksop temp H. 1 -Emma Nigellus de Luvetot 7 H. 2. lib. râ—br 12 H. 2 -Margareta Robertus de Coleston Hugo de Lovetot haer Roberti Robertus de Lovetot Dom. de Coleston Oliverus de Lovetot de Carcolston-Alicia Joh. de Lovetot ob 26 E. 1. s. p. Rob. Morin marit 1 -Joana-Rog de Whatton de Skerington dict Johannes Morin de Carcolston Joana Morin Agnes fil haer Rich. de Whatton Isabel. ux Ranulfi Morin Alesia ux Will. Morin Radulphus Willielmus Nigellus Rogerus Rich. de Lovetot Nigellus ult Baro. ut in Wishou -Rogerus de Thurverton Will. de Thurverton-Matilda fil cohaer Walteri de Boyvill ut suppon Galfridus de Thurverton Hugo Johannes 1360. Robertus Rogerus de Thurverton -Lecia John Morin-Will de Thurverton Richardus de Thurverton-Christiana Johannes de Thurverton-Joana-Simon de Bredsale marit 2. Robertus de Thoroton de
Newthorp which the Jury found to be so and that the said Parson ought not to Common there A Fine was levied at York 10 E. 3. between Ranulf Pascail of Estweyt Quer. and Iohn Arnald Deforc. of the third part of the Mannor of Estweyt which was thereby settled on the said Ranulph for life remainder on Ranulf his son and Ioane the daughter of Roger de Vston and the heirs of their bodies remainder on William brother of the said Ranulph the son of Ranulph and the heirs of his body remainder to Ioane the sister of William and the heirs of hers then to Isabell and then to Agnes her sisters in like manner remainder to the right heirs of the said Ranulph Pascail Pascails part became the Tevereys of Stapleford Hugh Teverey son and heir of Robert Teverey Esquire and husband of Elizabeth daughter of Hugh Willoughby of Riseley 7 Mar. 8 H. 8. died seised of 10s. yearly Rent here which 24 H. 7. was passed to Thomas Bapthorp Chr. son and heir apparent of Raph Bapthorp and others for the use of the said Hugh and his said wife Elizabeth by the name of the Mannor of Estwayt but the Jury at that Inquisition taken at Stapulford 25 Oct. 9 H. 8. after the death of the said Hugh who left his son Robert Teverey his heir and then above twenty one years old found that the said 10s. Rent was held of Sir Henry Willoughby as of the Mannor of Estwayt However some Lands here came by inheritance from the Tevereys to William Palmes Esquire with Stapleford and Eyton in Darbyshire and other Lands which he got an Act of Parliament to enable him to sell and hath sold this accordingly to Hen. Harrison 1668. The Lord Greyes part descended it seems to the Family of Zouch as in Toueton may be seen Sir Iohn Zouch 19 Iun. 28 Eliz. died seised of it leaving Iohn Zouch Esquire his son and heir five Months above twenty one years of age and more as the Inquisition taken at Darby that year 19 Sept. after his death shows Howbeit I find that this Mannor after the death of the last Lord Grey was bought of the King by Sir Henry Willoughby who sold it to Sir Iohn Port and so it afterwards came to the Family of Stanhope by the marriage of Margaret one of his daughters and co-heirs to Sir Thomas Stanhope and as I think was sold by Arthur Stanhope Esquire one of the sons of Philip first Earl of Chesterfeild not long since viz. 1657. to Huntington Plumptre Esquire Doctor of Physick whose son and heir Henry is now Lord of it Thomas Aleyn and Emme his wife 21 E. 4. levied a Fine of twenty Acres of Pasture in Estwayt called Gressebréeches to Gervas Clifton Esquire and 22 E. 4. of thirty Acres of Land there The Rectory of Estwait was 6l. when H. Lord Grey of Codnor was Patron 'T is now in the Kings Books 4l. 13s. 1d. ob and Arthur Stanhope Esquire Patron But now viz. 1674. Henry Plumptre Esquire is Patron Newthorpe PArt of this Village was of R. Earl Moritons Fee in the time of the Conquerour which before was Aelayns or Aluins who had one Bov. for the Geld. The Land was two Bov. There was Pasture Wood eight qu. long half .... broad This was 2s. value in the Confessours time in the Conquerours but 12d. But the better part of this Township was William Peverells Fee wherein before he had it was a Mannor or two which Grunchel had one whereof was rated to the Geld at 5â— Bovats The Land being half a Car. In the Conquerours time this was waste and but 2s. In the Confessours it had been 5s. Another was taxed at five Bov. to the Geld. And the Land of it was also half a Car. and had a Bâ—rew in Chinemerley where were two Bov. waste William Peverell gave what he had here to his Priory of Lenton as in that place may be seen and Robert son of Iohn de Newthorp gave to it something in Folewoode Earl Moritons Fee it seems came very anciently to the honour of Leicesâ—er and was held of the Lords of Goteham Sir Iohn de St. Andrew 28 E. 3. gave 8s. Rent issuing out of a Mess. and Virgat of Land in Neuthorp to find a Light in the Conventual Church of Lenton as he should order it Iohn of Gaunt confirmed to Robert de Teversalt Vicar of Greseley who had it for and conveyed it to the Priory of Beauvale one Mess. seven Tofts two Bovats and sixty Acres of Land and 12s. 7d. yearly Rent with the Appurtenances which he held of Iulian the relict of Sir Iohn de St. Andrew Chr. and Iohn Samon in Newthorpe by the Service of 2s. per annum and they of the Honour of Leicester Robert de St. Andrew of Goteham granted licence to the said Vicar of Greseley to give it to the Priory of Beauvale and so did Iohn Samon of Nottingham for a third part according to the division mentioned in Goteham This Land was most of it held by William Ferrour of Neuthorp who passed it to the Vicar also and his son Iohn Ferrour confirmed it being all the Land Rents and Services which the said William had in Neuthorp except the Mess. he dwelt in which was not passed at that time William de Hickeling Rector of Thornore referred a Controversie between him and the Prior of Beauvale concerning a certain Rent of 6s. 6d. issuing out of a Mess. and two Bovats of Land and one Cottage of his inheritance in Neuthorp which was held by William Ward of Kymerley husband of his sister Maud to Sir Nicholas Strelley William Babington Thomas Hunte and William Wollaton to Arbitrate who determined the Rent to be due to the Priory seeing the Land was held of Robert de Kemerley as of his Mannor of Kemerley whose right the Priory then had Beatâ—ix sometime wife of Robert de Watton gave to the Priory of Lenton two Bovats in Neuthorp reserving 2s. a year Rent by the consent of William de Heriz her Son-in-law and her daughter his wife Robert son of Robert de Kynmerley and Roger Prior of Lenton agreed that there should be a division made between the Woods of the said Priory and the Wood of the said Robert in Neuthorp Robert le Vavaâ—ur of Chyppeley was to fence the Priors Wood which lay next a certain Holme in Newthorp which Roger the Prior of Lenton gave him and his heirs from any loss or damage it should sustain or have from his Millers or people coming to his Mill or else suffer the Prior to shut it up close The Prior of Lenton enfeoffed Hugh son of Peter de Halum in one Bovat in Newthorp for the summ of four Marks and an half which William and Raph his sons returned to the Monastery again Iohn son of Thomas Leech medicus of Neuthorp 22 E. 1. released all Actions and demands to William Prior of Lenton who
seven Car. and three Acres of Medow pasture Wood one leu long and one leu broad This kept the value it had in the Confessours time viz. 40s. When the Conquerours Survey was taken one Richard held it who probably was Father or Ancestor of Raph called Brito who together with his son Reginald de Anesleia gave the Church of Felley to the Priory of St. Cuthbert of Radeford near Wirkesop in the year 1156. 2 H. 2. which was shortly after confirmed by Pope Alexander the third in the second year of his Pontificate in the year of our Lord 1161. I find in the Pipe Rolls 22 H. 2. that Reginald de Anneslega gave account of one hundred Marks of the Amercements of the Forest. The next that I have noted was Raph or Ranulph de Anesley to whom the Sheriff of Nottss was by the Kings Precept 1 H. 3. to deliver seisin of all his Lands which he had in this County when he departed from the Faith and Service of King Iohn Father of that King to whose Faith and Service he was then returned The next year viz. 2 H. 3. Raph de Anesley was quit from the Office of Coroner in this County because he had a great infirmity Reginald Marc made an House in the Forest of Shirewood at Aneslegh so strong and built after such a manner that 4 H. 3. it was thought it might chance to bring damage to the neighbouring parts Reginald de Anesley son of this Raph confirmed to the Priory of Felley the gift which his Father made to Walter the Prior and the Canons of Robert son of Richard del Broc his Villain with his whole sequel and likewise one Bovat which Galfr. son of Richard del Broc held in the Fields of Annesley which his said Father Raph gave to God and the Church of All Saints at Annesley to find a Lamp burning all the hours which were Sung in that Church Baldwin de Paunton the Sheriff gave account amongst other things 25 H. 3. of one Mark of Reginald de Annesleg and Sibyll de Sancta Maria for having four justices 't is likely to see the acknowledgement of some Fine in those times ordinarily performed in several Courts by four lawful Knights upon the Kings Writ for the having or executing whereof I suppose the Mark was paid an example of which is also noted in Carcolston Reginald de Annesley paid 4l. for two Knights Fees in the time of Henry the third in Annesleg with the Appurtenances then held of Raph de Fressenville who had part of the Barony of Hubert Fitz-Raph the other part was then Iohn de Stutevilles of Kirkeby viz. fifteen Knights Fees Iohn de Annesle was High Sheriff of these Counties of Nott. and Derb. 14 E. 1. and so continued five or six years together as appears by the Pipe Rolls of those times By a Fine 18 E. 2. the Mannor of Annesleye with the Appurtenances and twenty five Mess. one Mill thirty three Bovats of Land fifty seven Acres of Medow three of pasture twelve of Wood 34s. 8d. Rent and the third part of a Mill and Rent of one pound of Cummin in Gypesmere Gouerton Bleseby Morton Birton Bulcoâ—e Lowdham Kneveton and Crophill Botiller were settled on Iohn de Annesleye and Anora his wife and the heirs of their bodies remainder to the right heirs of Iohn Iohn de Annesley in the great Eyre before William de Herle and his fellow Justices at Nott. 3 E. 3. pleaded that King Edward the first by his Charter bearing date at Newstede in Shirewood 4 Octob. in the eighth year of his Reign granted and confirmed to Iohn de Annesley his Father whose heir he was that he and his heirs should have Free Warren in all their Demesne Lands in Annesley whereupon it was allowed by the Court The King 2 E. 3. granted to Iohn de Annesley the custody of the Honour of Peverell in these Counties of Nott. and Derb. Iohn de Annesley Chivaler married Isabell the daughter and heir of Margaret one of the three sisters and heirs of Sir Iohn Chaundos and had Livery 23 May 50 E. 3. of certain Lands in Oxfordshire which Sir Richard Damory held for life in Fee Farm for fourscore and one pound per annum viz. the Mannor of Hedyngton and Hundred of Bolynden and Nethyate but it seems by Mr. Robert Glover's Scheme of the Descent of this Family which for want of other light I am forced to make use of in this place almost against my judgement by reason the time will scarce bear it that he had no issue by her but a son called also Sir Iohn Annesley by another wife who was Father of Thomas Father of Thomas Father of the last Iohn de Annesley William de Wakebrugge and Robert de Annesley Parson of Rodyngton Founded a Chantry in the Church of Annesley for a Secular Priest whereof Iohn de Breton was the first to make special mention of them two and Iohn de Annesley in his Mass whilest they should live and for their Souls when dead as also for the Souls of Iohn de Annesley Knight and Annora his wife and of their Father and Mother The presentation of a fit Chaplain was to remain to the said William and Robert during their lives then to devolve to the said Iohn de Annesley and the heirs Males of his body and â—or want of such to Thomas his brother and the heirs Males of his for want whereof to their brother Gregory and the heirs Males of his and in case of failure of all to the Prior and Covent of Felley and their successors The Writ of Ad quod damnum was 35 E. 3. upon which the Jury found it not to the Kings loss if he granted them licence to give eight Mess. and ten Bovats of Land whereof five Mess. and six Bovats were in Annesley Annesley Woodhouse and Kirkby Woodhouse and three Mess. and four Bovats were in Bleseby Gourton and Gippesmere and that there then remained to the Feoffees of Sir Iohn de Annesley besides twenty Marks per annum and Lands in Cruch held of Roger Beler and in Rudington held of Iohn Pavely at which place a Branch of this Family of Annesley was shortly after resident which continued there almost till my time The Kings licence for this Chantry was dated 10 Febr. 36 E. 3. and Iohn Arch-bishop of York his Confirmation 27 Ian. 1373. Thomas de Annesley Lord of the Town 1 H. 5. required of his Free-holders and Tenants within his dominion of Annesley that he might inclose a certain place called Nicoll leys to his own profit for one year because of dolationis the laying out a certain Hedge between the Fields of Wodhouse Field for which he gave them before-hand 3s. 4d. for the Fabrick of Annesley Church The Ground plat of the South East Corner of Ausâ—ey Parâ— with the Redeings â— Iohn de Annesley 14 H. 6.
for advancing his fortune though he lost his head as in Shelford is said Sir Edward Stanhope's Lady was after his death married to Sir Richard Page Richard Stanhope Esquire eldest son of Sir Edward married Anne one of the four daughters and co-heirs of Iohn Strelley Esquire afterwards married to Sir Iohn Markham by her the said Richard had one only daughter and heir Saunchia wife of Iohn son of Anthony Babington which Iohn was Father of Original Babington who had to wife .... the daughter of .... Galley and by her had Iohn Babington of Rampton who married Elizabeth daughter of ... Bussy of Hather who brought him Iohn Babington whose wife was .... the daughter of Hercy Nevyll of Grove Esquire afterwards married to Anthony Eyr whose son Sir Gervas Eyr married Elizabeth one of her daughters and co-heirs by Iohn Babington Barbara the other was wife of Iohn Boswell of Edlington near Tikhill in Yorkshire of whom Sir Gervas Eyre purchased the other moyety of this Mannor the Lady Eyr after Sir Gervas was dead married William More D. D. by whom she had no child to Sir Gervas she bore Anthony Eyr and Mary wife of Sir Iohn Newton of Hather Baronet Anthony first married Lucia daughter of Sir Iohn Digby of Maunsfeild Woodhouse and since he was chosen to serve in Parliament as Knight for this County .... the daughter of Sir Iohn Packington Baronet In 1612. the owners of Rampton Town are said to be the heirs of Iohn Babington Esquire the heirs of George Smith the heirs of Francis Kitchen Iohn Hutton Prebendary Francis Busshy Esquire Robert Sampson a Plowland and an half Iohn Browne as much Richard Legat a Plowland William Barneby Edward Procter the like Iohn Legat Roger Fenton half a Plowland Thomas Cotton as much William Leggat six Acres Anthony Fenton a Cottage c. The Vicarage of Rampton was 8l. 'T is now 10l. value in the Kings Books and the Prebendary continueth Patron Stokeham Doomsd. Estoches IN Estoches in Berndeslaw Wapentak as it were Soc to Flodburg Godeva the Countess paid the Tax or Danegeld in the time of King Edward the Confessour for six Bovats of Land and a third and a fifteenth part of a Bovat The Land being then returned sufficient for twelve Oxen or twelve Bovats There after the Conquest Nigellus the Man or Tenant of the Bishop of Lincolne whose Fee it was which Nigel had also Fledburgh had five Sochm. and four Bord. having three Car. and six Acres of Medow and small Wood. In the Confessours time this was 20s. value in the Conquerours 10s. This place seems to have descended with Fledborough to the Families of Lysures and Bassett as in that place may be seen The Mannor of Stokeham about the eleventh year of Queen Elizabeth was the Inheritance of William Swift Ancestor to Sir Robert Swift and was afterwards Sir Robert Amstrudders who married the daughter of the said Sir Robert Swift The owners of Stoakham Town in 1612. are said to be Sir Robert Swift Knight Originall Browne Originall Byeron Iohn Bellamye Edward Clarke Anne Boyle Headon Hedune And Vpton SOme in Hedune was joyned with Grove of the Soc of Dunham the Kings Mannor and there was Soc to Grove in Hedune particularly of the Fee of Roger de Busli which paid the publick Imposition for one Bovat And besides that there was in Hedune of Roger de Buslies Fee a Mannor where before the Conquest Godric and other six Thaynes had each Man his Hall amongst them were eight Bovats and one third of a Bovat for the Geld. The Land was five Car. and an half There after the Conquest William the Man of Roger had two Car. fourteen Sochm. nine Vill. six Bord. having sixteen Car. there was twenty six Acres of Medow Pasture Wood five qu. long four broad In King Edward the Confessours time and then the value was 2l. having Soc in Vptune as much as paid the Geld for half a Bovat The Land two Bov. There were then three Sochm. and two Bord. with one Car. and two Acres of Medow In Vptune also Soc to Dunham there was one Bov. of Land for the Geld. The Land ... There four Sochm. and two Bord. had one Car. and an half and three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood two qu. long one broad Egmanton had Soc in Markham and belonging to that was there in Vptune as much as answered the Geld for two Bovats of Land and an half The Land two Car. There nine Sochm. and two Bord. had four Car. and six Acres of Medow This had Soc in Mercham and in Hedune there was Soc to Mercham one Bov. for the Geld. The Land two Bov. and two Acres of Medow There one Sochm. had two Bovats William the Man or Tenant of Roger de Busli held of his Fee in Outhorpe where a Family who had their name from their residence at this place had some interest as is there noted Hugh de Hedon son of Fulc gave to the Monastery of Blith a measure of Wheat then called Acrased and Acrasset of Blith i. e. Seed for an Acre to be paid yearly on the Feast of St. Katherin the Virgin and Martyr Hugh son of Hugh de Hedun confirmed it and added 12d. yearly Rent to be paid at the same time Simon de Hedun confirmed the gift of Hugh his Grandfather of a quarter of Wheat yearly at the Feast of St. Katherin and the 12d. yearly Rent which Hugh his Father gave Hugh de Heddun 14 H. 2. gave account of 10l. of the relief of his Land in the honour of Tikhill and 6 R. 1. being one of those Knights Fined for being with Earl Iohn he then gave 10l. for having seisin of his Land viz. one Knights Fee in Heddon He paid four Marks 8 R. 1. for two Knights Fees which he held of the honour of Tikhill Hugh de Heddon 7 Ioh. gave account of ten Marks in the sixth Scutage of the honor of Tykehull Simon de Heddon 43 H. 3. was Sheriff of this County and his son and heir Gerard de Hedon after him 51 H 3. and 53 H. 3. Roger de Essex and Simon de Heddon 54 H. 3. were Executors of Brian de Insula Gerard de Hedon had a Charter of Free Warren in his Mannor of Hedon granted by King Henry the third The Jury 24 E. 1. found that Iohn de Hedon had this Mannor and Advowson of the Church seven Acres of Medow in Rampton and Rents in Vpton 8s. c. and that Simon son of Simon de Hedon was his next heir and fifty years of age In the Pipe Roll for Yorkshire 29 E. 1. Simon is said to be son and heir of Iohn de Hedon and 14 E. 2. brother and heir There was a Fine levied at Yorke the day after St. Iohn Baptist 31 E. 1. between Laurence de Chauworth and Agnes his wife Pl. and Nicolas de Hedon Deforc. concerning the Mannor
the said Raph and Maud for life remainder to Raph his son and the heirs of his body remainder to Iohn another son and the heirs of his remainder to Nicolas brother of the said Iohn and his heirs for ever Robert son of Avicia daughter of Thomas de Eyvill Knight by his Deed dated at Nott. on Saturday the morrow after St. Ceadde the Bishop 4 E. 3. remised and released to Roger de Crophull and Raph de Crophull father of the said Roger and the heirs of Raph all his right in the Mannor of Tireswell with all the Appurtenances with general warranty for which release and warranty Thomas de Furnivall senior in acquittance of the said Roger and Raph paid the said Robert and Avicia his said mother 106l. 13s. 4d. This Mannor held of the Honour of Tikhill was Iohn Merburyes and Agnes his wifes as in Arnall is seen Walter Devereux son of Walter son of the said Agnes married Elizabeth daughter and next heir of Iohn Merbury In 9 H. 8. Robert Fingham Thomas Elton Chaplain and Seth Godley Chaplain claimed against Iohn Roper and Iohn Lascells fourteen Mess. fourteen Gardens five Tofts two hundred Acres of Land one hundred of Medow one hundred of Pasture eighty of Wood and 100s. Rent with the Appurtenances in Tireswell and the moyety of the Mannor of Tireswell with the Appurtenances who called to warrant Walter Devereux of Ferrers and Chartley Knight Iohn Babington and Saunchea his wife 23 H. 8. claimed against Anthony Babington Esquire one hundred Acres of Land and ten of Wood with the Appurtenances in Trysswell upon a formedon There was a Quare impedit 27 and 29 H. 8. recovered by Iohn Hercy Esquire against Edward Arch-bishop of York together with Sir William Gascoigne the elder Knight and Edward Sayle Clark of the Advowson of the Church of Tyreswell called the West Part. Sir Iohn Hercy had both the Parts of Mannors and gave the West Hold to Iohn Littlebury and the East Hold to Edward Bussy Both the Mannors came to the hands of Peter Roos Esquire and by his heir Gilbert Roos the greatest part was sold to Peter Broughton Esquire and so were the inheritance of Thomas Broughton his Nephew In 1612. Truswell had many owners viz. George Leggatt William Porter Thomas Howton Nicolas Steedman senior Augustine Steedman Palamedes Gilby Gregory Vickers one Mess. one Cottage one Garden one Orchard sixty eight Acres of Land Iohn Hoggard Thomas Sibthorp Iohn Chambers Cott. Rowland Hall Cott. c. many more Cottages and some other owners Iohn the Prior of St. Cuthberts of Wirkesop by Fine 33 E. 1. conveyed the Advowson of the Mediety of the Church of Tyreswell to William the Dean and the Chapter of York and their successours Each Mediety or Rectory of Truswell was xl. the Chapter of York having the Patronage of one and Mr. Gascoigne of the other The East Part Rectory is now 8l. 1s. 5d. ob and the Dean and Chapter of York Patrons And the West Part 9l. 16s. 0d. ob value in the Kings Books and Mary Saunderson Patron NORTH-CLAY Division Cottham And Cotes Aug. 5. 1674. THese places are the first in the Division of Bassetlow Hundred or Wapentak called the North Clay wherein I have not met with so many Notes as some Readers may expect of desire though more than most will trouble themselves to go through where they are not concerned In Cotune of the Fee of Roger de Busli one Hardulph before the Conquest had a Mannor which defended it self in publick payments as the Dane-geld and the like for four Bovats The Land of it in those times was certified to be sufficient for two Plows or two Car. There afterwards Fulco the Man or Tenent of Roger de Busli had eight Vill. with four Car. Plows or Plow-lands This in King Edward the Confessours time when a former Survey was taken like that in King Williams was valued as it was also then at 16s. William son of Remigius de Ingham and Maud his wife and Roger his son gave to Herbert son of Adelard and to Agnes his wife and their heirs all the Land of his Fee in Cotes both within the Town and without to be held of them and their heirs by the Rent of two Marks yearly which Land the said Herbert and Anneis gave to the Abby of Wellebek The gift of the Land was confirmed by the said William son of Remigius to the brethren of Wellebek and Richard son and heir of William son of Remigius de Hingham released the said two Marks of Rent issuing out of Chotes yearly to the said Abbey The Jury 2 E. 1. found that Robert de Sutton one of the heirs of the Lord Lexington who had by that means Warsop Tuxford Sulkholme Allerton and Eykering had also in Cotum eight Bovats of Land which with the Cottagers then yielded 6l. per annum a certain Fishing and a Wind-mill In 17 E. 1. Richard de Sutton his son is said to have held of Robert de Markham then dead who came of the elder sister of the Lord Lexington a Mannor in Cottum of 10l. per annum value The Jury 22 R. 2. said that Reginald de Everingham Chr. and Agnes his wife the heir of the family of Lungvilers and partly of Lexington too had Lands in North Cotum and South Cotum in the latter is reckoned eight Mess. ten Bov. of Land twenty four Acres of Medow and two Fishings The Mannor of South Cotum came to the family of Stanhop of Rampton as heirs of the said Agnes These Hamlets are of the Sok of Oswardbek and in the Parish of South Leverton The Priory of St. Mary of Torkesey had a good part in Cotum There was a free Chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity The owners of Cothame Town in 1612. are said to be Thomas Keyworth Thomas Munke Iohn Clarke Iohn Theaker William Browne Richard Cobb Robert Smith Thomas Wilson Cottag Chr. Clark Cott. Iohn Cob Cott. and Iohn Chaworth South Leverton Legreton BEsides that Legreton accounted as a Berew of Lanum of the Arch-bishop of Yorkes Fee I find no other mentioned in Doomsday book This South Leverton is a principal Hamlet of Oswardbec Soc in which it was at that time I suppose included that Soc being accounted a Wapentak then and contained all this North-Clay Division and Rampton and Tireswell now esteemed in the South-Clay most of it if not all besides the Arch-bishops was either of Roger de Buslies Fee or ancient Demesne Soc to the Kings great Mannor of Maunsfeld with which that Soc or Mannor of Oswaldbek and this Mannor of Leyrton were granted 22 H. 3. to Henry de Hastings and Ada his wife and the heirs of Ada as in Maunsfeld may be noted with which family it descended Lisiard de Musters held thirteen Bovats in Legreton paying 10s. yearly Lisiard de Musters called in 4 R. 1. de
said Earls and of the ancient Demesne of the Crown c. and that all those upon whom the said Thomas brought the Assize were Sokemen of Misne which was a member of the Mannor of Kirketon in the County of Lincolne and that the said Sokemen could not be brought into other judgement without the said Earl who held the said Mannor of the King to him and the heirs of his body begotten and that the said Sokemen were of the County of Lincolne and not of the County of Notingham and required Judgement that it should not proceed for that it touched the King and the Earl his Lord Therefore the Sheriff was commanded to distrein the Jury of the said Assize to be at Notingham the morrow after All Souls to certifie the Justices concerning certain Articles c. Robert Attekirke of Finningley 18 E. 1. retracted himself from his Writ against Edmund Earl of Cornewall Constantia de Beierne and Mr. Iohn de Clarell and others for four hundred and fivescore and ten Acres of Marsh and ten Acres of Medow with the Appurtenances in Mysene The Jury 26 E. 1. said that Thomas de Mariesay had six Bovats in Misen amongst many other parcels in other places held of the Honour of Lancaster Iohn Scot Chr. 5 Febr. 7 H. 4. had licence to grant the Mannor of Mysne with the Appurtenances to the Prior and Covent of Mathersey and their successours c. who had the said Mannor 7 H. 4. accordingly Queen Eliz. 2 Apr. 38 Eliz. granted to William Borne and Iames Orenge Esquire the Grange of Myssâ—n with its rights and Appurtetenances of the value of 21l. per annum in the occupation of Thomas Fowe late belonging to the Monastery of Mattersey in Fee Farm King Iames 2 Mar. 2 Iac. granted to Sir Iohn Ramsey Knight and Thomas Emerson amongst other things the Chantry of Myssen paying 10l. 2s. per annum The same King 29 Octob. 2 Iac. granted to Lawrence Baskervile and Iohn Styler the Rectory of Myssen sometime belonging to the late Priory of Mattersey of the yearly value of 7l. 18l. 4d. The Mannor of Misne was .... Legats and since Sir Matthew Palmers Mr. Nicolas Terwhyt hath now interest there The Vicarage of Mesyn was ten Marks when the Prior of Mathersay was Patron 'T is now 6l. 4s. 7d. value in the Kings Books and his Majesty Patron Oswardebec Sok Oswaldbec IT appears in the Book of Doomsday that Oswardebec before the Conquest was a Wapentac containing all the Towns between the Rivers of Idel and Trent beginning with Rameton and Treswell and so to Retford which is now called the North Clay Division of Bassetlaw with the Addition of those first named Towns most of which Wapentac of Oswardbec was either of the Fee of Roger de Buslie or Soc to the Kings great Mannor of Maunsfeld except some parcels belonging to the Arch-bishop of York as in the particular Townships immediately foregoing which make it up may be observed and as in South Leverton is already said King Iohn confirmed to Roger de Montebegonis the whole Land of Oswaldbec with the Appurtenances which he gave him when he was Earl Moreton for the service of a Knights Fee Roger de Munbegun 1 Ioh. gave the King half a Mark of Silver for having Oliva who had been wife of Robert de St. Iohn with her whole Land and her inheritance she was Lady of Turford and cost him more as in that place may be seen The King 10 H. 3. assigned to Oliva who had been wife of Roger de Montebegonis the Mannor of Oswardebec in the name of Dower as the said Roger held it Iuly 20. it was then worth 40l. and 19s. per annum Galfr. Gyny had then also seisin of Land of the gift of the said Roger in that Soc. Roger de Monte Bogonis had Oswaldbeck Barthon Brademere and Bulewell in this County Bughdon Haverbergh Stratton with the Soc and Medeburne in Leicestershire Henry Monegoden was heir of Roger de Montebegonis and 13 H. 3. Oswardebek was granted to the King The King 22 H. 3. granted to Henry de Hastings and Ada his wife and to Ada in Fee for her reasonable part happening to her of the inheritance which was Iohns late Earl of Chester her brothers of the County or Earldom of Chester the Mannor of Bromesgrave in the County of Worcester the Mannor of Bolsover with the Castle in the County of Darby the Mannor of Maunsfeld with the Soc and the Mannor of Oswardebec in this County the Mannors of Worfeild Stratton and Cuverdoure in the County of Salop the Mannors of Wiggington and Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford Henry de Hastings held the whole Town of Oswaldbeck with the Soc viz. Oswaldebeck now scarcely known Leyrton Stretton Littilburg Weteleg Sudbeck Wiston and Wellam in exchange of the King for Lands which he had in the County or Earldom of Chester and he had of it yearly 38l. and 19s. It descended with this Noble Family of Hastinges as in Maunsfeld and South Leverton may be partly observed The Jury 15 E. 3. found no damage if the King granted Hugh de Hastings licence to acquire to himself of Laurence de Hastings Earl of Pembrok the Sok and Demesne of Oswaldebeck with the Appurtenances The Jury 13 R. 2. found that Iohn de Hastinges late Earl of Pembroke by his Deed before his death enfeoffed Walter Amyas c. in his Sok called Oswaldebekesoken And 21 R. 2. that Richard Earl .... held this Sok of the Dowry of his wife Philippa wife of Iohn de Hastings Earl of Pembrok son of Iohn 2 H. 4. died seized of it Edmund late Earl of March was her Cousin and Heir The Jury 12 H. 4. said that William de Bellocamp Lord Aburgavenny when he died held joyntly with Ioane his wife the Sok called Oswaldbeksoken and that Richard de Bellocampo was his son and heir Ioane who had been wife of William de Bellocampo Knight Lord Bergavenny held this Sok when she died about 14 H. 6. leaving Elizabeth daughter of Richard de Bellocamp Earl of Worcester her son her heir which Elizabeth was married to Edward Nevill Knight a younger son of the Earl of Westmerland by whom she had George Nevill Lord Bergavenny which Edward and Elizabeth held this Sok 17 H. 6. George Nevyle Lord Bergavenny 18 H. 7. suffered a Recovery of the Mannor of Oswardebek Soke with the Appurtenances and eight Mess. three hundred Acres of Land one hundred of Medow one hundred of Pasture and 20l. Rent with the Appurtenances in South Bek Wheteley Stretton South Leverton Fenton Cotom Clareburgh Wellum Moregate Grenley Wyston Wodhouse and Lyttilborough to Sir Reginald Bray Sir Edward Poinings Sir Thomas Fenys Sir Iohn Pecche Knights Iohn Mordant Iames Hobart c. In the year 1612. Iohn Thorneaughe Knight was Bayliff of the Kings Liberty of Oswaldbek Sok
part of Stavele in Darbyshire c. The Jury 16 E. 3. found that Edward le Despenser held this Mannor joyntly with Anne his wife and that Edward was his son and heir In 4 H. 5. they said that Constance who was late wife of Thomas sometime Lord le Despenser held when she died in dower of the inheritance of Isabell the wife of Richard Beauchamp of Burgavennie Knight the third part of two parts of the Mannors of Kimberworth and Bautre c. and the third part of the Mannor of Peverellesthorp It came to le Despenser and so to .... Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and so to Richard Nevill and so to George Duke of Clarence and to Richard Duke of Gloucester and after to the Crown Sir Iohn Byron had it and Mr. Lodge sometime an Alderman of London It was the Earl of Kingstons and is his sons It is within the Parish of Edenstowe as Thouresby is The Mannor of Perlethorp sometime parcel of the possessions of Edward son of George Duke of Clarence and late in the Tenure of Iohn Byron Knight with Knesal and Clipston c. 16 Novemb 5 E. 6. were amongst other things granted to Ed. Fynes Lord Clinton and Saye and his heirs Walesby WAlesby was with Kirketon or Schidrintune and Wilgebi of several Fees as in that place may be seen viz. some of it the Kings Land with Wilgebi Soc to Grymeston some Roger de Buslies Soc to Tuxferne some Goisfrid de Halselins Soc to Laxinton In Walesby two Bov. ad Geldam The Land four Bov. There two Sochm. had one Car. Some of the Fee of Roger Pictavensis Soc to Hoctune half a Bov. ad Geld. The Land four Bov. In the Conquerours time waste Soc. In Kirkton and several other places may be discovered how this place in part was disposed of amongst others Reginald Vrsell gave to the Monks of Rufford in pure Alms the service which Robert de Lexinton was wont to do him for one Bovat of Land which he held of him in Walesby viz. a pair of Spurs of Iron or 2d. yearly with all Reliefs Wards Eschaets c. William Lancelene gave to William son of Eudo de Hibaldestan with Cecilia his daughter in Frank-marriage and their heirs one Bov. of Land in Walesbi with the houses and men who held the Land with all their Children and Cattel c. Raph de Wadeland in Walesby gave to the Monks of Rufford the whole service which Iohn de la Cnause of Walesby William his brother William son of Henry Nicholas his brother Robert D'aubeney and Richard son of Philip ought him for their Lands and Tenements they held of him in Walesby with Homage Wards Reliefs Rents Suits of Court c. Several others gave to that Monastery which made it the most considerable owner and with it at the dissolution did all these Lands pass to the Earl of Shrowsbury as in Rufford may be observed The Jury 26 E. 1. said that Richard son of Marion de Walesby held in Walesby six Bovats freely for 3s. 9d. per annum of Thomas de Maresey Lord of Gamelston some also went with Houghton to Lungvilers as in Tuxford may be seen The Church or rather Chapelry was as part of the Chapelry of Blyth given by King Iohn to Walter Arch-bishop of Roan and his successours and the Canons in that Church It continued a member of the free Chapel of Tikhill as in Lowdham and East Markham c. may be guessed William Davenport of Brome Hall Esquire in 1 H. 8. claimed against William Bradborne one Mess. eighty Acres of Land twenty of Medow sixty of Pasture twenty of Wood and 3s. 10d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Walesby Wellawe and Kyrton William Mason and Owen Shipley 9 Eliz. claimed against William Ingham two Mess. two Tofts two Gardens fifty Acres of Land c. in Walesby and Willughby who called Robert Markham Esquire The Vicarage of Walesby was 8l. when the Abbat of Westminster was Patron 'T is now 6l. 1s. 3d. value in the Kings Books and the Lord Viscount Hallifax Patron Bevercotes I Find not this place in Doomsday Book howbeit 't is certain it was of the Fee of Tikhill for William de Bevercotes held a Knights Fee here of Alice Countess of Ewe as of that Honour and paid two Marks for it in the former part of the Reign of H. 3. In the year 1224. William de Bevercotes confirmed to the Monks of Blyth all the Tenements and gifts which Roger de Bevercotes and Robert his son often written Bevereus his Ancestors gave except the Forein service of one Bovat of Land which Robert del Eschaler held in Bevercotes Rogerus de Bevercotes Robertus de Beverell 11 H. 2 -Joana Willielmus de Bevercotes defunctus 11 Joh. -Helewisa Willielmus de Bevercotes 1224. miles-Isabella Willielmus de Bevercotes Willielmus de Bevercotes miles 35 E. 1. Johannes de Bevercotes miles 4 E. 2 -Margeria Willielmus de Bevercotes 3 E. -Joana fil Ric. Byron Johannes de Bevercotes sine prole-Elianora Richard de Bevercotes-Avicia Johannes de Bevercotes-Joanna Richardus de Bevercotes-Anna fil Joh. Holingworth Alexander de Bevercotes-Anna fil haer Willielmi de Staynford Willielmus de Bevercotes-Margareta fil ..... Serleby Cuthbertus de Bevercotes-Barbara fil Will. Clerkson Will. de Bevercotes-Cecilia fil cohaer Joh. Constable de Kinalton mil. Cuthbertus de Bevercotes-Agnes fil haer Rob. Holt de Stubley Willielmus de Bevercotes ob juvenis s. p. Maria ux Rutlandi Molyneux s. p. Brigirta ux Joh. Colly s. p. Richard Thom. de Bevercotes Rich. Byrkets de Newark Alicia fil haer ux Tho. Massingberd Anthon. de Ordsall Samuel Kath. ux Robert Cumberworth Richard Thom. and of one Bovat which Raph Rap held in Elkeslay and except the Suit of his Mill of the same men Robert de Bevrecote 11 H. 2. ought relief for one Knights Fee of the Honour of Tichehella Robert de Beverell 9 R. 1. is certified to owe 20s. for having his Land viz. 12s. Land which was taken into the Kings hands for Earl Iohn Robert de Beverell 5 Ioh. ought 10l. for his Fine and Relief of one Knights Fee which he held of the Honour of Tikehull Ioane who had been wife of Robert de Bevercote 11 Ioh. gave account of xx m. and one Palfrey for having such seisin of the Land with the Appurtenances which the said Robert sold to her before he took her to wife Simon son of Fulc 11 Ioh. gave account of 30 m. for having the Land which was Robert Beverells in Bevercote and Milneton and Marcham which ought to descend to him from the said Robert as he said Helewisa who had been wife of William son of Robert 11 Ioh. gave account of C. and xx m. and iiii Palfreys that so she might have peace of Peter Burgess to whom the King had commanded her to marry William de Bevercote
Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Lincolne of this Family was the most diligent collector of Genealogies I ever knew in these parts especially of Lincolneshire where he continued Rector of Boothby Paganell a long time and being also Prebendary of Southwell served as one of the Clarks in the Convocation for the County or Arch-deaconry of Nott. in the former part of the long Parliament The owners of Blyth Town 1612. are thus expressed William Sanderson Gent. William Wood Christopher Crosdale Thomas Chaulner Richard Smith Iames Dawson Robert Metcalf William Andrews George Rogers Edward Mortone Robert Tibbott Robert Eyre Gent. George Eyre Gent. William Gregory of Barneby Gent. Robert Worthin Iohn Marshall Iohn Chadwick Cler. Richard Bingly junior William Browne Nicolas Heppensall Thomas Iudson Iohn Stirk Peter Tibbott Richard Barneby Iervas Ingleby Serleby Barneby on the More Ranskill And Torworth A Luric had a Mannor in Serleby before the Conquest which paid the Geld for one Bov. and an half The Land being then one Car. There Gislebert the Man of Roger de Busli whose Fee it was afterwards had one Car. and five Vill. and eight Bord. with three Plows or Carucats and one Mill of 3◠The value was 20s. in the Conquerours time as it had been in the Confessours Matilda de Mules 10 R. 1. ought one Mark for licence to make a Ditch between the Wood of Serleby and the Fields Matild de Moles in the former part of the Reign of Henry the third paid one Mark for half a Knights Fee in Serleby and another time Hugh de Serleby paid 30s. for three parts of a Knights Fee in Serleby of the Honour of Mumbray Hugh de Serleby married Matild de Moles to whom Roger de Mowbray gave the Mannor of Serleby in the time of King Iohn or before There was a Fine levied at Leicester the first Munday after the Feast of St. Andrew 10 Ioh. between Osmund the Abbat of Roch Petent and Thomas de Sandale and Matild his wife summoned to warrant to the said Abbat one Bovat of Land with the Appurtenances in Torthewrth whereof the said Abbat and Covent had the Charter of the said Matild in these words Be it known that I Matildis de Moles have given and by this my Charter confirmed to God and St. Mary of Roch and the Monks there serving God one Bov. of Land with the Appurtenances in Torthewrthe viz. that which was Alexander Crassi's and one Culture of Land of thirty and eight Acres in the territory of the said Town and Pasture for an hundred Sheep every where in the Common Pasture of the said Town and furthermore all the Lands which the Men of Blyth held of Hugh de Moles my brother and afterwards of me in the Fields of Serleby and Torthewrthe and all the Rents of those Lands c. In Turdeworde before the Conquest Brixi and Caschi had two Mannors which paid to the Geld for six Bov. The Land being one Car. Afterwards Azo the Priest had it of Roger de Busli and it was waste There was Pasture Wood one leu long and one qu. broad In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 20s. in the Conquerours at 3s. Hugh de Molis for the health of his Soul and of his fathers and mothers Souls and also of his Predecessours gave to the Church of St. Mary of Blyth five Bov. of Land and an half with all their Appurtenances in Tordeord viz. two Bov. ½ which Osbert held and one which Reginald held and one which Robert held and one Bovat which his own mother held on condition that the Children of Henry de Bilbi should hold the said Land of the said Monastery by right of Inheritance yielding to the Monks a pound of Pepper yearly at Blyth Fair for all Services saving the Foreign Service This gift he made to those Children for the payment of eight Marks which he ought them of the divise de divisione of Henry their father Hugh de Moles granted and released to God St. Mary and the Monks of Blyth Robert son of Siward who was his Man and Native he renounced also his claim which he had against Ginet Magnus of Blyth and Thomas Leman and all his brothers and sister and their whole Progeny then present and to come this claim he quit before the Kings Justices at Blyth viz. Hubert Walter and others who were with him when the King caused him to gather the tenths through England Maud the daughter of Henry de Wincester by the consent of Richard de Lindesey her husband gave to the Monks of Blyth the whole Medow which lay to that Bovat of Land which fell to her in Blyth of the Land of Hugh her brother This Alms she gave that day in which the said Monks took her for a sister Matildis de Moles in her widowhood granted to Robert de Kelesolt the firm of three Acres which Roger Knodi held of her in the Fields of Torrewrd and the whole Service c. William son of William de Kelesalth gave to the Prior and Covent of Blyth 12d. Rent to be received yearly of Roger Cnodis and his heirs for three Acres of Land in the Fields of Torthewrd Serleby and Tordworth 9 E. 2. answered for half a Villa and Hugh de Serleby was then Lord. The Jury 29 E. 1. said that Hugh de Serleby held the Mannor of Serleby with the Hamlet of Tortheworth by the Service of a Knights Fee of Roger de Moubray then dead This Hugh was son of Robert son of the first Hugh and Matildis de Moles and his son was Oliver de Serleby who 3 E. 3. claimed to have Free Warren in all his Demesne Lands of Serleby and Thoresworth granted to Hugh de Serleby 25 E. 1. Serleby hath been anciently enjoyed by one of that Name until our time that Anthony Serleby Esquire the Lord of that Lordship and of Hugo de Serleby-Matild de Moles Robertus de Serleby-Susanna Hugo de Serleby-Alicia Oliverus de Serleby-Alicia Johannes de Serleby-Joana soror Jacobi Kinalton persona de Hedon Nicol. de Serleby temp H. 4 -Marjoria neptis Thom. Aldham de Tikhill Johannes de Serleby 23 H. 6 -Agnes Willielmus de Serleby-Agnes fil Willielmi Burton de Kinesley Ebor. Johannes de Serleby Hugo de Serleby-Margareta Thom. de Serleby-Joana fil Tho. Rockesby de Somercliff-Grange Ebor. Willielmus de Serleby Antonius de-Gertruda fil Rad. Leek de Hasland postea ux Serleby s. p. Geo. Chaworth mil. tandem Rad. Bulloke 1 Jocosa 2 Isabel. 3 Elizab. 4 Doroth. 5 Maria. 2 Nicolas 3 Hugo Joana Doroth. Muriel Elizab. Robertus Johannes Willielmus 2 Willielmus 2 Willielmus Hugo de Moles s. p. Harthill and Woodhall in Yorkshire having no issue estated them both upon Gertrude his wife the daughter of Raph Leek of Halland Esq for her life and twenty one years after whereupon the heir of the Family and Name being poor hath sold it to
for the better Government and Administration of Justice thereof was nigh or a little before the time fore-mentioned divided by some of the Saxon Monarchs who to that purpose did usually invest some great Man with the power and management of it together with the third part of the profits thereby accrewing to the Crown for his Fee or Reward who was then Stiled Eolderman but shortly after by the Danes to whose Laws this place amongst many others was subject Earl being a Norvegian word as Resenius shows which still remains a Title of Honour though not of Office amongst us to this day for several of those Kings and all since the Norman Conquest have prudently thought fit instead of the Earl to depute or substitute a Shire Reeve for the most part especially since the Reign of King Edward the third annually who is well enough known but very much lessened in profit and dignity at this time The Hundreds or Wapentaks whereof these Shires consist are as unequal as they and so are the Tythings Towns or Villages which make up them however they were in the time of the Saxons by whom 't is evident enough they were all made for besides the Faith of History we have this further Argument for our County that there remains not in it the name of any Field Hamlet Village Town or Place that I could note which is not originally of their Language or perhaps of the Danes not so very much differing except the Rivers which seem still to retain the British but they made the Hundreds not of an hundred Towns for such have we none though we have one very large one but more likely of that number at least of free Sureties or Frank-pledges for the Peace or else of able Souldiers for the War which number in some places exceeded more in others less as we may well suppose and in process of time if nothing else did made the inequality Amongst these good men two were appointed by the Statute of Winchester 13 E. 1. to be Constables for conservation of the Peace and View of Armour which latter perhaps hath more proper relation to the old name of Wapentak which certainly contained ten Tythings at the least and no doubt very often more As one of them might contain no less but often more than ten Householders sufficient Pledges and as it were incorporated for keeping the Kings Peace the chief whereof was called Tythingman and Friborgh now corrupted into Thirdborough These ten men did not alwaies dwell in one Town or Hamlet but sometimes in two or more which for that reason at this day have but one Constable which Officer it seems about the beginning of King Edward the thirds Reign grew out of this of Headborough and by multiplication of Statutes since then providing him further employment hath very much obscured it Now some Towns have two or perhaps more Constables which may therefore be concluded to be so great or large in old time as to contain two or more such Tythings at present almost only known by Constableries and so confounded with the Towns Hamlets Mannors Lordships or Parishes whereof they consist or wherein they are as all they are also one with another that it cannot but be necessary a little more plainly to distinguish them By a Town then or Village we may understand an uncertain number of dwelling Houses scituate not far asunder together with a certain competent circuit of Ground or Territory long since by our Saxon Ancestors comprehended in one name wherein is contained one or more Mannors or part thereof whose owners being formerly and now called Lords the whole Content is most constantly termed the Lordship but only properly so when it is all one Mannor or one mans for this word Lordship in this case arising only from such an ownership of a Mannor can be strictly and truly no further applied than the particular extent of that which sometimes is not the whole of any one but only part of one or of two or three or more Villages or Hamlets This word Hamlet must intimate to us a little Town or Village or a smaller number of dwelling Houses with a certain Territory and proper name wherein there was seldom either Mannor or Church as in Towns most ordinarily were and it commonly belonged to or was a kind of a member of some other Village and some have happened to be divided amongst several Constableries Mannors and Parishes yet some there are which we are forced to call Hamlets in respect of the great Mannors to which they belong and whereof they are Berews or Berewics which are as big as the middle sort of Towns and some perhaps bigger and have in them both Mannor and Church or else a large Chapel not much inferiour in appearance The word Mannor is not older amongst us than the time of King Edward the Confessour who brought it from Normandy in which he was so well seconded by his Kinsman King William that all the Mannors we have which may be legally called so are said to be specified in his fore-named Survey wherein we may observe some to be so great as to contain several considerable Townships and some so little that several Mannors are often seen to be comprehended within the bounds of some one little Town The greatest doubtless in older times were the Kings and examples to the rest whereof the next size most likely the great Earls and Bishops had and the others according to their several degrees were possessed by the Taines who were of three Ranks viz. the Kings Thaine who was equal to or the same with our Parliamentary Baron or Peer of the Realm The Middle Theine who bore proportion to our greater Gentry and the less Thegne to our smaller Gentry or best sort of Yeomen who were certainly enough of the middle sort or condition of men whereof the Saxons had but three to wit Noble Free and Servile We may conceive then a Mannor to have been a certain place with a competent share or portion of ground and people thereupon for the King or one of his Nobles or Freemen to remain or dwell at for some time more or less wherein the King for his own we must think had alwaies some fit person to take care of and govern these Lands and people for himself according to the Laws then in use both to do Right and keep the Peace whom we now commonly call Steward in imitation whereof others obtained the like Priviledge from the King to be exercised for themselves in theirs which from his own using or grant hath now obtained the name of Royalty The most common and necessary free Customs which I think the owner of the least Mannor could not well want are those which the Saxons called Soc and Sac the first whereof imports a Power Authority or Liberty to administer Justice and execute Laws as well as the Circuit or Territory wherein such power is or might be exercised the latter a Priviledge to hear and
six Bovats The Land whereof was then two Car. There afterwards Roger the Man or Tenent of Roger de Busli had two Sochm. three Vill. four Bord. having two Car. This had also Soc in Cheneviton and kept the old value 20s. as did another Mannor here of Walter de Ayncurts Fee which Tori had before and paid to the Geld for it as six Bov. The Land whereof was also two Car. There one Sochm. seven Vill. and one Bord. had two Car. and twenty four Acres of Medow Raynold the Man of Walter had 〈◊〉 Car. or Plow small Wood one qu. long one qu. broad The value of this was also 20s. The Abbat of Wellebec 14 Ioh. ought the King four Palfreys for his confirmation of the reasonable gift which Agatha the daughter and heir of Hugh Bretel maâ—e of Lands and Tenements with the Church of Flintham Agatha the daughter and heir of Hugh Bretel who was first married to Galfr. Mâ—nachus and afterwards to Mr. Humfrey King Iohn's Cook gave the Church of Flintham and Pasture for three hundred Sheep in this Territory to the Abby of Wellebek She had a son named Richard Bretel whom I suppose to be the husband of Rhagenildis by whom he had a son of his own name one of the three daughters and heirs of Nicolas Bastard son of Paganus de Sanctâ Mariâ whose legitimate son Adam de Sanctâ Mariâ did confirme to that Abby seven Bovats of Land which Hugh Bretel held here viz. six in Demesne and the seventh in Service in the tenure of William Colstan This Monastery had Lands of the gift of diverse persons in this Town and Free Warren granted 19 E. 1. as in Whatton and Aslaâ—â—on may be noted Roger de Mareseye offered himself 13 H. 3. against Robert de Abrincis concerning four Bovats of Land in Flintham which he claimed as his right to hâ—ld of the King in Capite The posterity of Auerenches or Auerenge were Benefactors to Wellebeck and some of them continued here till Henry the fourths time then sometimes written Arage This Mannor was held in the latter end of the Reign of Henry the third and the beginning of Edward the first by Sir Iohn de Hose Knight of Thomas de Marsey or Maâ—hersey of the Honour of Lancaster Nicholas de Wynchford is also said to have held it of that Honour but the Hose's continued here Lords of this Mannor till Queen Elizabeths time that Iohn Hosee had a son called Robert who dying without issue Anne his sister the wife of Iohn Draper whose Ancestors had been here resident since the beginning of Edward the third became one of his heirs and had to her share the Tenements The Demesnes are the inheritance of Mr. Iohn Hacker Esquire by Descent from his Father Richard who purchased them of .... Iohn Draper by his said wife the daughter of Iohn Hussee Esquire had a son called Thomas who married Elianor daughter of Thomas Whalley of Kirketon by Screveton Esquire and by her left Iohn Draper of Grayes Inne who Johannes le Hose miles 23 E. â— Hugo le Husee de Flintham 31 E. 1 -Lucia relict 3 E. â— Johannes de Hose 3 E. 3 -Isabella Johannes fil Johannis le Huse 13 E. 3 Hugo Hose miles 44 E. 3. 6 H. 5. Rad. Hose-Elizab 17 R. 2. 2 Henriâ—â—â— Hussey ... fil Joh. Methley Willielmus Huse ... fil Willielmi Staunton Will. vel Johannes Hussy ... fil Roberti Revel Johannes Hussy-Elizab fil Ric. Baker de Aldesworth Rob. Hussy â—ine prole Anna â—or har -Johannes Draper de Flintham Thom. Draper-Elianor fil Thom. Whalley Ar. Rich. Draper 〈◊〉 73 1672.-Maria fil Thom. Peniston -Thom Whalley marit 1. Whalley Draper sola haer -Robertus fil Roberti Eutler de Southwell Ar 1 Robertus Eutler aet 15. 16â—2 2 Richardus aet 13 1 Hugo Huse Ar. 10 H. 6. Margar. -Hen Sutton dyed without issue as did also Francis and Thomas his other sons so that Richard Draper was at length his only son and heir who married Mary the daughter of Sir Thomas Peniston the relict of Thomas Whalley his Cousin German and by her hath Whalley now his only daughter and heir wife to Robert Butler of Southwell Barrester of Grayes Inne who hath two sons by her Robert and Richard The Seal of Sir Hugh Hose Knight to an Instrument bearing date 6 H. 5. is a Lion passant upon a Fesse Philip de Aubeny 13 H. 3. had a Knights Fee in Flintham but whether this or no I cannot discover That Mannor of Roger de Buslies Fee was held by the Lâ—verots of Coleston and after them by the Gloucesters Galfr. le Fremund is mentioned to have held here half a Knights Fee of this Honour viz. Tikhill Christian sometimes wife of Richard son of William de Flintham released to Galfr. her son one Bovat of her Dower which she retained when he married Avicia the sister of Henry de le Fremund on whose Seal is two Barrulets or Gemmells in Chief that name corrupted into Ferryman and Freman Fulco de Hotot is certified also to have held half a Knights Fee here Alice the relict of Fulco de Hotot gave to Fulco de Hotot her son two Bovats in Flintham of the Fee of Lovetâ—t which she had of the gift of Nic. de Kniveton her brother This Family held under Albani of Belvoyr whereof was Odâ—ardus de Hotot and Willielmus de Hotot 5 Steph. Leicest Fulco de Hotot de Bocclesford-Alicia soâ—â—r Nicol. de 〈◊〉 relict 1271. Fulco de Hotot de 〈◊〉 Joana fil haer Willielmi fil Hawisiae 〈◊〉 Willielmus de Hoâ—ofâ— de 〈◊〉 10 E. 3. Walterus de Hotoâ— 10 E. 3. 〈◊〉 Henricus Hotoâ—-Agnes 45 E. 3. Johannes Hotot 16 E. 2. Henricus Hotot 17 H. 6. Hâ—go Hâ—tot-Margareta relict 6 E. 4. Johannes Hotot E. 4. 〈◊〉 2â— -Agnes Wiâ—â—ielmus Hoâ—ot 19 H. 8. 〈◊〉 Hoâ—oft 16 Eliz. Alexander Hoâ—â—â—t ob 16â—3 -Eliz fâ—r .... Whitmore de Câ—â—nton Walterus Hoâ—oft ob 164â— -Anna fil cohaer Joh. North de Loâ—dham Robertus Hoâ—â—ft 〈◊〉 â—3 1672 -Judith fil Mich. Grâ—â—dy de Eâ—easby Henricus Hoâ—ot 〈◊〉 3â— 16â—2 Johannes 33. Alexand. 26. Sam. 21. Judith-Willielmus King Maria ux Fr. Heapes Eliz. ux Geo. Gunthorp Rich. cleric Nic. Mich. Martin Rob. Ric Hotoft fil haer 16 Eliz. Thom. Hoâ—â—ft 6 E. 4. Thom. Hoâ—oâ—-Joâ—na relict 44 E. 3. Mr. Thom. Hotot â— E. 2. 3 E. 3. The Jury found 〈◊〉 the son and heir of Hugh Hâ—tâ—t 7 E. 4. who had held one Mess. and three Bov. 1 â— in Flintham of the Wapentak of Bingham for the Rent of 6â— yearly and sixteen Acres of the Honour of Tikhill for 9â— to be then twenty eight years of age This Family hath 〈◊〉 little Freehold left part of their Land was sold to Thomas Shipâ—â—n of Scarrington whose Grandson Thomas Shipmâ—n lately sold into Iohn Molyneux Esquire eldest son of Sir Francis Mâ—lyneux of Kneeton Baronet That of Deyâ—curts
principal Farm was by him repurchased in his life time which now with Copleyes Mannor remains the Inheritance of the Earl of Clare Cokfeilds came to Taylboys and the next descent to Iohn Ayscough son and heir of Sir Will. Ayscongh the Judge in whose Family it continued till Sir Rog. Ayscough sold it amongst Freeholders Another Mannor in Baseford was called Algarthorpe and afterwards Eland-Hall from the possessors of it of that name Eustachâ—us de Moreton Lord of Wollaston confirmed the Alms which Robert de Moreton his Grandfather and Adam his Father gave to God and the Church of the holy Trinity at Lenton and the Cluniac Monks there serving God viz. 16s. per annum out of that which Gerard de Algarthorp held of him and his Ancestors viz. 10s. at Pentecost or within the Octaves and 6s. within the Octaves of St. Martin This was also confirmed by Adam son of Adam de Moretuin brother of the said Eustachius Robert Daft paid 10s. in the time of Henry the third for the fourth part of a Knights Fee which he held in Algarthorp In 28 E. 1. by a Fine levied at York Adam le Paumer and Isabell his wife passed the Mannor of Algarthorp to Iohn le Paumer the younger and his heirs William de Eland the Kings Servant valettus who lately had the custody of the Castle of Nott. and the Bayliwick of the Honour of Peverell in the Counties of Nott. and Derb. for life had the said Bayliwick 26 Septemb. 10 E. 3. granted to him and his heirs paying fourteen Marks yearly William son and heir of William de Eland 41 E. 3. acknowledged himself to hold the Bayliwick of the honour of Peverell in the Counties of Nott. and Derby of the King by the Service of paying 14s. yearly William Eland married Cecily the co-heir of Robert son of Sampson de Strelley as in Radcliff may be noted Stephen de Strelley 28 E. 3. passed Lands and Rents in Radclive and Lamcote to William Eland and Cecily his wife and William their son This Family had their chief residence at this Algerthorp which gave it the name of Eland-Hall William Eland Esquire possibly the Grandchiâ—d of the first about 8 H. 6. left his son William his heir above nine years old William Eland died the 27 Decemb. 17 H. 6. and left his son and heir William aged twenty weeks and four daies 3 Iun. when the Inquisition was taken in the tuition of Margaret his widow mother of the Infant By an Inquisition taken at Nott. 31 Octob. 9 H. 7. it appears that Henry Eland who it seems was brother and heir of Thomas Eland and forty years old 5 E. 4. when his said brother left the Bayliwick of Peverell in both these Counties to descend to him died 8 Sept. 9 H. 7. seized of this Mannor there said to be held of Sir Henry Willoughby as of his Mannor of Wollaton some small parcels in Radcliff and Lamcote and diverse other places as Adbolton Calverton Bagthorp Brigford at Brig end and an Essart called Eland Close and that Mary Eland daughter of Thomas Eland son of the said Henry was his Cousin and heir then aged one year and one month She married Roland Revell and after his death the 8 Novemb. 23 H. 8. conveyed this Mannor and all her Lands Rents and Services in Algarthorp Basford Adbolton Oxton Radcliff Calverton Lamcote Eland and elsewhere in the County of Nott. together with the Bayliwick of the honour of Peverell in the Counties of Nott. and Derb. to Randall Revell because he had holpen her in the great Suits she had with Nicholas Styrley Esquire concerning her said inheritance and for that Hugh Revell his son was her Cousin and next heir viz. son of Ioan sister of Thomas Eland her Father It was afterwards sold to Thomas Hutchinson of Outhorp who gave it to Iohn-Hutchinson his second son whose Grandchild Iohn Hutchinson was Lord of it It is now sold to ...... In Basford Town 1612. were owners William Lord Cavendish Sir Iohn Hollys Sir Iohn Byron Sir Percivall Willoughby Knights Godfrey Copley Esquire George Strelley Esquire Mary Hutchinson widow George Hutchinson Gent. Geoffrey Brock Gent. Iohn Speed Clerc Francis Byfeild Gent. Iohn Kyme of Nott. Gent. c. The Rectory of Basford 8 Ian. 4 Eliz. in the occupation of Roger Woâ—d late parcel of the possessions of the Priory of Catesby in the County of Northhamton was granted to Iames Hardwicke and his heirs This Church of St. Leodegarius of Baseford with the Lands Tenements and Appurtenances there was given by the before named Robert son of Philip to the Prioress and Nuns of Catesby of which place he seems to have been a principal Founder his son William was likewise a Benefactor The Rectory it should be Vicarage of Baseford was ten Marks when the Prioress of Cateswyke or Catesby had the Patronage The Vicarage is now in the Kings Books 8l. 17s. 6d. and in his Majesties Patronage In the South Window of the Chancel Arg. a Chevron between three Pâ—ts with Ears and three feet a piece Gules within a Bordure sable Besanty Mounboucher impaling Sable a Bend between six Escallops Or Folejambe Azure a plain Crosse countercompony Arg. and Gules Cokfeild impaling Folejambe and Folejambe impaling Arg. a Bend Azure Crusuly Arg. it should be Or Lowdham On the Church North I le East Window Paly of six Arg. and Azure a Bend Gules Annesley Paly of six Arg. and Azure Strelley Arg. a Chief Gules and Bendlet Azure Crumwell Arg. a Lion Rampant Queve Furchè sable Cressy Arg. a Bend Azure Crusuly Or Lowdham Arg. on a Saltier engrailed sable nine Annulets Or Leek Annesley with a Mullet on the top of the Bend. Strelley with a Cinquefoyle Gules in the middle Strelley of Woodborough Maperley THE Wood of Basford which was Iohn de Cokefeuds and Robert de Orrebyes 15 E. 1. was found wholly wasted and had been so of old Iohn son of Robert de Orreby and Iohn Cokfeld had taken 2s. 6d. a year for five and twenty years last past and appropriated the Wood to themselves without warrant and therefore were amerced Hugh de Nottingham Clark 25 E. 1. had Lands in Nottingham called Cornerwong confirmed to him and his heirs by Bounds c. In 31 E. 3. it was found that Iohn Montgomery then dead made one Essart of old besides the Kings Wood of Nottingham that was called Cornerwong and it contained thirty Acres of ground and was sown since the last regard The heirs of Alice Palmer held one Essart of old called Basfordwong containing twenty Acres William Eland was then Tenant viz. some while after 31 E. 3. about which time that Essart was thought to be made Adam Palmer made one Essart of old of five Acres and one Rood of the Kings Demesne at Algerthorp of this William Eland was also Tenant In the time of Richard the second Thomas Mapurley was a
and for his own Soul and the Souls of all his own Parents and Ancestors Raph de Bellafago gave Snellingmilne on Doverbec to Thurgarton Priory and Emma de Bellafago confirmed the gift of her Uncle the said Raph. Gilbert de Norfolck 2 Ioh. gave account of one hundred Marks and one Palfrey for having the Land of the Inheritance of his wife as long as he should live of whom he had sons which were dead King Iohn 3 Oct. 7 Ioh. confirmed to Emine de Bellafago the Mannor of Ludham with the Appurtenances and her Inheritance in Norfolk viz. Flicham in Crec and Rudham and Cassabile her Dower of the Freehold which was Gilbert de Norfolchs late her husbands but if Emme de Beaufo died without issue the Fee of Ludham was in the King G. de Norf. by the intreaty and consent of Emme de Frivill his wife gave to the Canons of Welbeck quitance of his passage over Trent at Gunthorp as much as belonged to his part and of his Gattley at Lowdham wholly Emma de Bellafago gave account of DC Marks 8 Ioh. for having her Inheritance viz. Ludeham and also in Norfolch and that she should not be distrained to Marry Notwithstanding her Deed to the King she acknowledged Hubert de Burgo Earl of Kent in the Kings Court to be her heir who 11 H. 3. claimed against her that she should hold Covenant with him concerning the Mannors of Gunethorp Ludham and Creke King Henry the third Decemb. 8. in 31 H. 3. at Clarendon granted to Walter Byset and his heirs the Mannor of Ludham until he the said Walter or they should recover their Lands in Scotland In 43 H. 3. Iuly 27. the King granted to Simon de Montefort Earl of Leicester and Alianor Countess of Leicester the Kings sister the Mannor of Gunthorp with the Sok and all Appurtenances for one hundred Marks of Land part of 400l. per annum which the said King was bound to Assign out of Escaets or other Lands to the said Earl and Countess Henry Earl of Lancaster and Leycester 3 E. 3. claimed the Town and Castle of Leycester and all the Lands and Knights Fees held of that Honour which were sometimes Simon de Monteforts Earl of Leycester and forfeited to the Crown which King Henry the third Apr. 22. in the fifty third year of his Reign granted to Edmund his own son and his heirs with all the priviledges belonging to that Honour from which Edmund the right descended to Thomas his son and heir but he dying without issue the said Henry was his brother and heir and claimed the Towns of Goteham and Gunthorp with the Members to be of that Fee of Leycester of which this Sok hath ever since been esteemed though it was formerly of the Honour of Tikhill and King Iohn granted the Church of Loudeham with the Chapel of Gunthorp to Walter Arch-bishop of Roan and the Canons there with Bridgeford and many other Churches as of the Chapelry of Blyth afterwards called part of the Free Chapel of Tikhill though 8 E. 2. the Arch-bishop of York claimed to have ordinary jurisdiction and institution in the Churches and Vicarages of Ludham East-Markham West-Markham Wheteley Harworth East-Bridgeford and Walesby as Parochials and not annexed to the Kings Chapel of Tikhill The Tenency of this Mannor was in Sir Peter de Montefort slain also as Earl Simon was at the Battel of Evesham 49 H. 3. a great Man in those daies as Mr. Dugdale in his Antiquities of Wâ—rwâ—ckshire in divers places shows Peter de Montefort as it appears 6 E. 1. redâ—emed his Lands in Gunthorp of Edmund the Kâ—ngs broâ—her according to the Decree of Kenilworth for two hundred and twenty Marks This Peâ—er died 15 E. 1. leaving Iohn de Montefort his sâ—n and heir who was dead 24 E. 1. and whose son and heir Iohn was slain in the Battel of Sâ—rivelin 7 E. 2. but he had another son called Peter who was first in holy Orders but after his brothers death became a Knight and married Margaret daughter of the Lord Furnivall and by a Fine levied at York 12 E. 3. settled the Mannor of Gunthorp on himself the said Peter de Montefort Chr. and Margaret his wife and the heirs of Peter on the body of the said Margaret remainder on Iohn son of Lora de Ollenhalâ— his Concubine or old Miss and the heirs of his body remainder on Richard brother of the said Iohn and his remainder on Alice wife of â—ulc de Penebrugg and the heirs of her body remainder to the right heirs of Peter The Jury 11 R. 2. found that Baldwin Frevill Knight died seized of this Mannor and left Baldwin his son and heir from these Frevills it descended to the Family of Willoughby of Wollaton according to the Genealogy in that place Sir Francis Willoughby conveyed it to the Trustees or Feoffees of his Lady afterwards Lady Wharton whose heirs claimed it accordingly and it was lately Sir William Dalstons the Lady Reresbyes and ... Munnings Emme de Beaufo 7 H. 3. required her Land in Cathorp to be replevyed to her which Henry de Ludâ—am and Letice his wife claimed against her There was a Family which took their Name from their Residence at Loudham whereof Eustachius de Ludenham 16 Ioh. was Sheriff or his Deputy or under-Sheriff as in Lambecote is noted and was succeeded by Sir Walter de Ludham Knight whose son Sir Walter was Father of Sir Iohn de Loudham who 12 E. 2 died seized of one Mess. and three Virgats in Neuton and Shelford joyntly with Alice his wife who was daughter of Sir Robert de Kirketon in Holand Knight and Mother of Ioane the wife of Sir Geoffrey de Staunton Knight this Land was held of Thomas de Bardolf for 10s. per annum This Sir Iohn de Loudham likewise held his Capital Mess. in Loudham of the Prior of Shelford by the Service of 12d. per annum and in the same Town one Mess. and five Bovats of Land and Medow of Sir Peter de Edensoure by the Service of the twentieth part of a Knights Fee and 3s. per annum and likewise another Bovat of him by the Service of 12d. per annum and 2l. of Cummin He held likewise joyntly with Alice his wife in Loudham and Cathorp seven Tofts and five Bovats of Land of Sir Peter de Montefort by the Service of the twentieth part of a Knights Fee He held likewise one Bovat of the Prior of Newstede for 2s. per an and one and ½ of the Prior of Thurgarton for 2s. 6d. likewise in Ludham and divers other parcels besides six Mess. and twelve Bovats in Bildsthorp held of Henry de Beaumonte Iohn de Loudham was then found his son and heir Eustachius de Ludham Vicecom Nott. Derb. 16 Joh. Walterus de Ludham miles Walterus de Loudham miles Johannes de Loudham mil. ob 12 E. 2 -Alicia fil
the Market and Fair and the Homages and Services c. of the Freeholders in Roderham except the Homage of Iohn de Dayvill for the Tenement which Thomas de Dayvill held in Anstan and the Homage of Nicholas de Lyvet for the Fee which he held of him in Hoton near Roch Abby Raph Tilly forfeited the moyety of the Mannor of Roderham to King Henry the third who granted it to Iohn de Lexington and he gave it to the Abby of Rufford The Abbat of Rufford 13 E. 1. had Free Warren in Rufford Cratela Eykering Almton Rohagh Parklathes Kirketon Tuxford Foxholes and Morton in the County of Nott. and in Brampton and Brithefeild in Darbishire and in Roderham and Carlecotes in Yorkshire Alice the Countess confirmed Earl Gilbert her fathers gift and so did Earl Simon her husband of all his Land in Rufford with all the Appurtenances and namely thirty Acres of Medow upon the Bank of Trent and his Land of Cratela c. as in Wellagh and other places is noted already In the year of our Lord 1159. there was an agreement made between the Abbat of Rufford and Thomas son of Paul or Thomas Paul Canon of York at the Feast of St. Michael in the presence of Roger Arch-bishop of Yorke and Elred Abbat of Rievalls and others That the Church of Rufford which appeared to be a Mother Church should pay no more Tenths after the death of the said Thomas to whom the Abbat of Rufford gave ten Marks for the Tenths of ten years and was to pay a Mark of Silver yearly during his life which was also ratified by the said Arch-bishop Roger and his power Legantine The House and Site of the Abby of Rufford with all buildings and Lands belonging to it viz. three hundred and four Acres of Arable and six hundred and forty of Pasture and sixty of Medow and three Water-Mills and the whole Fishing were by Indenture under the great Seal of the Court of Augmentations bearing date Mar. 20.28 H. 8. demised to Sir Iohn Markham Knight and his Assigns for twenty one years from the Feast of St. Michael then next following paying 22l. 8s. per annum But King Henry the eighth by his Letters Patents bearing date Octob. 6. in the twenty ninth year of his Reign in consideration that by an Act of his Parliament held at Dublin in the Kingdom of Ireland the first of May in the twenty eighth year of his Reign the Castles Lordships Honors Mannors Hundreds and Lands c. of George Earl of Shrowsbury and Waterford within that Kingdom were settled on the Crown and being unwilling to diminish the state honour and dignity of the said Earl he granted the Scite of Rufford and all his Lordships Mannors and Granges of Rufford Ekering Bildisthorp Warsop Walesby Allerton Wellugh Notingham Almeton Kirsale Mapulbek Besthorp Boughton Kelham Codington Parkelathes Kirketon Sterthorpe Est Retford Holme Foxholes Lytilborough Rohagh Southwell and Morton in this County and his Lordship of Rotherham and Lands there and in Thurleston Charlecotes and Wynleden in Yorkshire with the Rectory and Patronage of the Vicarage of Rotheram and all his Lands in Brampton Birchefeld Abney Chesterfeld Shirbroke and Glossopdale in Derbyshire with the Rectory of Glossopdale and Advowson of the Vicarage late belonging to the Abby of Basywark in Wales in the County of Flint as they came to his hands by reason and pretext of a certain Act of dissolving certain religious Houses in his Parliament begun at London November the third in the twenty first year of his Reign and then adjourned to Westminster and by divers Prorogations continued till Febr. 4. in the twenty seventh year of his Reign with all their Appurtenances and Lands in Albourne and Dudmandale alias Barton in Leicestershire late also belonging to Rufford and all Lands wheresoever whereof Thomas Dancaster late Abbat of Rufford was seised in right of his said Monastery all which were of the clear yearly value of 246l. 15s. 5d. sterling and no more to the said Earl his heirs and Assigns for the tenth part of a Knights Fee and 46l. 15s. 5d. into the Court of Augmentations for tenths Sir George Savile son of Sir Henry Savile of Barrowby in Lincolneth named in Screveton and Sireston married Mary daughter of George Earl of Shrowsbury Grand-child of the said George the Patentee to his first wife by whom he had Sir George Savile Knight and Baronet the husband of Anne the daughter of Sir William Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse Baronet and by her Father of Sir William Savile Baronet who married .... the daughter of Thomas Lord Coventry Lord Keeper in the time of King C. 1. by whom he had Sir George Savile Baronet who much inlarged and adorned this place and is since created Viscount Halifax by King C. 2. about 19 C. 2. he married the Lady Dorothy Spenser daughter of the Earl of Sunderland and by her hath sons George and William and a Child or two more as I remember his second wife is Gertrud daughter of the Honourable William Pierpont His brother Henry Savile is of the Bed-chamber to his Majesty C. 2. and his sister Anne was married to the Lord Windsor This place hath often entertained King Iames and King Charles his son being very pleasant and commodious for hunting in the Forest of Shirewood There was some distance from the house towards the South a pleasant large pool through which the little River Maun had its course which is now confined to its Channel and carried along the top of the Bank or Damm and the place of the Pool made dry ground and thereby more Profitable Pleasant and Healthful than before though some still think otherwise Clipston BEfore the Norman Conquest Osberne and Vlsi had two Mannors in Clipstune which paid the Geld for one Car. The Land was two Car. There afterwards Roger de Busli had in Demesne one Car. and an half and twelve Vill. and three Bord. having three Car. and an half and one Mill of 3s. Wood by places Pasturable one leu long and one broad In the Confessours time the value was 60s. when the Book of Doomsday was made in Kings Williams 40s. This it seems shortly after became the Kings Demesne for in 5 Steph. Iordan son of or Fitz Alan who ought Cs. of the Farm of the past year either he or his Father the said Alan gave account of Cs. of the Farm of the Mannors of Clipeston but Osbert Sylvan the then Sheriff was to pay it for him William Fitz-Ranulf Sheriff in 20 H. 2. gave account of the Assize of the Kings Demesnes and amongst the rest Clipston 32 s 8d. William Briewerre 2 Ioh. gave account of the year past and of the Costs of carrying the Kings Bacons from Clipeston to Northampton xs. and xd. and to the Chaplain of Clipeston 20â— of his Livery from the Sunday next before the Feast of St. Nicholas until the Sunday next before the
the Kings Wood of Carberton towards the repair of their Chapel The men of Carberton complaining against the Abbar of Welbek said their Town was ancient Demesne where no writ was current except the Kings small Writ Close by which they could get no remedy against the said Abbat except by petition which therefore they did exhibit in French by the Command of Wanter de Langeton late Treasurer of England to the Kings Counsel at Northampton within fifteen days of St. Michael in the beginning of the Reign of King E. 2. wherein it was shown that the said Abbat in Welbek had inclosed a certain parcel of Land called Carberton Storth of twenty four Acres of Arable Land lying near the Gate of the said Abbey in prejudice of the said Town because they were wont to have Common therein and to the disherison of the King c. and likewise the said Abbat stop'd â—he Course of the running water by making Damms and fitting it to his house c. and likewise inclosed two places of Wood in Rumwood in the Forest of Shirewood where they also were wont to Common c. The Counsel ordered the parties to follow the suit in the Kings Bench and the petitions were delivered to Roger le Brabazon and his fellow Justices before whom the Abbat easily answered the soyl was his own c. The Royalties and Wasts of Edenstowe and Carberton are the inheritance of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle by Agreement his servant Captain Iohn Mazine hath builded at Carberton and Mr ..... Moseley had a seat there whose daughter and heir is married to Mr ...... Flower Half of Thouresby went with Peverell Thorp as in that place will be shown Thoresby was the Earl of Kingstons and is now one of the places of residence of the Honourable William Pierpont his second son The Vicarage of Edenstowe was 12l. 'T is now 14l. value in the Kings Books and the Patronage remains with the Dean and Chapter of Lincolne Allerton Alreton THis is also in the Parish of Edenestowe yet there were in Alreton two Mannors one of the Fee of Roger de Busli where before the Conquest Alwold paid for two Bov. ½ to the publick Tax The Land one Car. There in King Williams time five Sochm. and one Vill. had two Car. and one Mill of 6s. 8d. The value of this continued as in the time of the Confessour 20s. The other of the Fee of Gislebert de Gand which was one Wades before the Conquest and answered for five Bov. ½ to the Geld. The Land three Car. There William the Man or Tenant of Gislebert had one Car. six Sochm. on two Bov. of Land and three Vill. having six Car. There were two Mills 16s. Pasture Wood one leu long four qu. broad In the time of King Edward the Confessour this was 40s. value when the Survey was taken in the Conquerours 30s. The Fee of Gaunt in this and diverse other places became the Inheritance of the Constables of Chester as in Knesale may be seen and accordingly descended to the Earl of Lancaster who in the Record of Nom. Vill. 9 E. 2. is returned Lord of this place The Jury 4 E. 3. said that Edward Earl of Kent held when he died the Mannor of Allerton under Sherewode of the Honour of the Castle of Donnington and in 26 E. 3. they said that Iohn Earl of Kent left it with the Wapentaks of Risecliff and Plumtre on the night following St. Stephens to Ioane his sister and heir wife of Thomas de Holland Chr. and in 35 E. 3. the Jury likewise said that the said Thomas held at his death of the Inheritance of Ioane his wife 40s. Rent here and a Water-Mill and that Thomas his son was his heir In 9 R. 2. they found that Ioane Princess of Wales died seised of this Mannor and the Wapentag of Plumtre and 10s. Rent in Rodington which Rent was held of the King as Earl of Chester and parcel of the Castle and Mannor of Donyngton and that Thomas Holand son and heir of the said Ioane was then above thirty years old And in 10 H. 4. they said that Edmund de Holland Earl of Kent held when he died in Fee tail the Mannor of Allerton in Sherwood and that Edmund son of Alianor Countess of Marth Ioane Dutchess of Yorke Margaret wife of Iohn Earl of Somerset Alionor wife of the Earl of Sar. and Elizabeth wife of Iohn Nevill were his heirs And in 1 H. 6. they found that this Elizabeth had a son and heir called Raph Nevill then above sixteen years old and that she enfeoffed Sir Iohn Etton Chr. Edmund Hastings Chr. and others in this Mannor And in 4 H. 6. the Jury said that Ioane who had been wife of Iohn Grey Chr. died seised in Fee Tail of the third part of 35s. 8d. Rent issuing out of this Mannor and that Henry Grey her son and heir was then seven years old and more In 5 H. 6. they said that Raph Earl of Westmerland had this Mannor and in 16 H. 6. Further I cannot yet trace this Seignory William de Sutton and Matilda his wife gave to the Monastery of Rufford Raph Viel of Alreton their Native or Villain with his whole Sequel and all his Chattels Robert de Sutton son of that William 2 E. 1. left Richard de Sutton his son and heir eight years old as in Sutton upon Trent Eykring and Warsop c.. who held the moyety and a part more of the Town of Allerton of the Earl of Lincolne by doing Suit at his Court at Allerton from three weeks to three weeks By a Fine 18 E. 2. Iohn de Sutton son of that Richard passed the Mannors of Aykeringe and Alverton under Shirwode and the Advowsons of the Churches to Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester and his heirs The Jury 17 E. 1. said that Robert de Marcham the other sharer of the Lord Lexingtons Lands held in Allerton a Water-Mill and Lands there of William son of Thomas Fitz-William paying to the Master of the Hospital of Nusham 14s. per annum And in 25 E. 1. they found that Iohn de Longvilers one of the heirs of the said Robert as in Turford may be seen held the moyety of the Water-Mill and Natives or Bond-men in Allerton of William Fitz-William Sir William de Bevercotes Knight and William de Marcham of Laxton were of this Jury at the taking the Inquisition Sir Iohn Markham to his third wife had Anne one of the four sisters and heirs of Iohn Strelley Esquire the relict of Richard Stanhope of Rampton by whom she had only a daughter Saunchia married to Iohn Babington but to Sir Iohn she brought sons William Markham of Okeley her eldest who married Elizabeth one of the daughters of Sir Edward Mountague by whom he had only two daughters she was the relict of Richard Cave and Thomas Markham of
gave and confirmed to the Canons of Wellebec the Mill of Bileby which William Fitz-Ranulf her father gave with his body there to be buried and the moyety of the Mill of Blackwell which Idonea her mother gave to the said Canons with her body there to be buried also Gilbert son and heir of Iohn de Orreby gave to the said Canons all his right and claim in divers Tenants of Bileby with their sequels c. Thomas de Chaworth Knight called chief Lord of the Town of Bilby being heir of the elder House as in Weverton may be seen granted to the said Canons full and free Power to make and repair their Damm or Pool of Bileby as oft as need should be and to take and dig Turf and Earth on both sides of it with free passage to carry it through the Alderholt Alnetum of Bileby without the impediment of him his heirs or assigns as long as the Custody of the Town of Bileby should be in his hands or of his heirs or assigns Sir Thomas de Chaworth held half a Knights Fee in Billeby and in 4 E. 2. Sir Thomas de Chaworth son of Sir William held it And in the time of Henry the sixth or Edward the fourth Thomas Chaworth held three Fees in Alfreton Norton Bilby and Ranby Iohn de Orreby and Thurstan Despencer held in Bilby the third part of one Knights Fee and a twelfth part of the Countess of Ewe or Augi Lady of Tikhill Bilby 9 E. 2. answered for half a Villa whereof Iohn de Orreby was then Lord. In Queen Elizabeths time Edward Osborne Knight Alderman of London paid for his Lands in Bilby late Sir William Hewetts and before time Iohn de Orrebyes and Thurstan Dispensers sometime Thomas Chaworths held by the Service of a third part and a twelfth part of a Knights Fee 2s 9d. q. Richard Appleby 11 Eliz. claimed against Edward Osborne and Anne his wife the Mannors of Bilby and Ranby which William Gresley Esquire and others gave to Richard Appleby and Elizabeth his wife c. Sir Edward Osborne Knight and Baronet the Aldermans heir sold it to Sir Gervas Clifton Knight and Baroner and it continueth with his posterity Ranby is an old decayed Town where certain Oaks lately grew called Ranby Oaks It was most of it waste in the Conquerours time some of it was of the Soc of the Kings Mannor of Bodmescell Ranesby and Sudershale answered the Geld or Tax for five Bov. The Land was one Car. ½ waste There was also of that Soc in Raneby two Car. ad geldam The Land four Car. waste There was also of Roger de Busli's Fee Soc to Grove one Bov. ½ ad geldam The Land one Car. in Grove waste Soc also in Eton one Bov. of Land to the Geld. It went it seems with Bilby with which part of it is Parish to Blyth and part of Ranby to Babworth Babworth Moreton And Normanton SOC to the Kings Mannor of Bodmeschell which Earl Tosti had before the Conquest in Babworth Oglesthorp and Ordsall were six Bov. of Land and an half for the Geld. The Land three Car. was waste except that there were one Vill. and two Bord. with half a Plow or Car. There were ten Acres of Medow There was a Mannor in Babword of Roger de Busli's Fee which Vlmer had before who paid for it as two Bov. and an half The Land being two Car. There Goisfrid the Man of Roger had one Car. and one Bord. with half a Car. Pasture Wood two qu. long one broad In the Confessours time this was 40s. value in the Conquerours but 10s. It seems the Family of Saundeby had very anciently some interest here as in that place may be observed Babbeworth in 9 E. 2. answered for half a Villa and the Earl of Lancaster and Robert de Saundeby were then certified to be Lords of it William de Grendon held half a Knights Fee in Babworth of the old Feoffment of the Honour of Lancaster The Jury in 30 H. 3. found that William de Grendon held of Robert de St. George Lord of Bodmeshell in Babworth two Bov. and an half and paid 3s. 4d. per annum Robert de Swillington 22 E. 1. had free warren granted in Babworth There was an Assize taken before William Skippewyth and his fellows at Nottingham 28 E. 3. between Sir Thomas de Grendon Chr. and Henry de Grendon of Warmesworth his brother concerning the Mannor of Babword with the Advowson of the Church which the said Henry acknowledged to be the right of the said Thomas who afterwards sold it to Sir William Trussebutt and his heirs who within three years of his possession gave the Advowson of the Church of Babbeword to the Priory of Newstede and that he did by the Kings licence and the licence of Sir Thomas de Saundeby Chief and Mesne Lord whose Charters the Cannons had Sir Robert Trussebutt son and heir of Sir William entred after the death of his father into the said Mannor and Appurtenances and Rents but claimed nothing concerning the said Advowson nor meddled any thing with it And the Prior and Covent of Newstede in the life of Sir William Trussebutt presented to the said Church of Babbeword one William Dobyn of Burgh Clark in the Kings Chancery And the said Sir Robert Tâ—ussebutt within two years after the death of the said Sir William his father by the counsel of his friends sold the said Mannor of Babbeword with the Appurtenances to Sir Richard de Willughby Lord of Wollaton and his heirs making mention in his Deed of Sale saying thus with the Advowson of the Church of the said Town Yet the said Sir Richard de Willughby made no claim but the said William de Burgh continued Rector upon their presentation having held the Church above two years before the Sale and four years after In Queen Elizabeths time Richard Wortely paid for his Lands in Babworth sometimes William de Grindons held by the service of half a Knights Fee 3s. 4d. It was within memory sold to Sir Gervas Elwis Moretons THere was Soc to the Kings Mannors of Bodmeschell in one Moreton and the other Moretune ten Bov. ad Geldam The Land four Car. There seven Sochm. one Bord. had four Car. Pasture Wood two qu. long one broad Of Roger de Busli's Fee in Norther Moreton were two Mannors which before the Conquest Alfrid and Lufchell had paying to the Geld for two Bov. The Land two Car. was waste Pasture Wood one qu. long half one broad In the Confessours time the value was 16s. The Jury 30 H. 3. said that Thomas de Stratton held of Robert de St. George in Moreton two Bov. and an half of Land for 16s. per annum and Richard Abbat the third part of a Bovat in the same Town for 5s. Robert le Vavasor of Morton near to Retford married Matildis the
Hanselin c. William Peverell his son by ill advice took them away for a long time but repenting he for love of the Worship of God and for the safety of the Souls of his said father and mother by the consent of his heir William the younger restored them again The Witnesses to this Deed were Hugh de Burun William Avenell Adam de Morteyn Oddo de Boney Robert de Heriz Gilbert de Macuinci Norman de St. Patricio c. Anno 1155. King Henry the second disinherited William Peverel because of poyson given to Ranulph Earl of Chester About those times there were three Peverels of great note viz. Peverel of Dovor and Peverel of London and our Peverel of Notingham who is certainly intended by the last noted Chronicle as may further appear by an Instrument yet remaining in Sir Iohn Cotton's Library Sealed by Henry Duke of Normans c. afterwards King Henry the second being then at the Divises to Ranulph Earl of Chester wherein he gave him besides the said Earls own Inheritance in Normandy and England wholly as his Ancestors ever had it that in Normandy very particularly recited the whole Honour of Earl Roger Pictavensis where-ever and all the said Duke Henries Honour of Blye where-ever it was in England and the Honour of Eye as Robert Malet Uncle of the said Earl Ranulphs mother ever had it Moreover he gave him Stafford and Staffordesir and the County or Earldom of Stafford wholly whatever he had there in Fee and Inheritance except the Fee of the Bishop of Chester and of Earl Robert de Ferrariis and of Hugh de Mortuomari and of Gervas Paganell and except the Forest of Canoc which he the said Duke then retained in his hand He gave him the Fee of Alan de Lincolne who was also Uncle of the said Earls mother and the Fee of Ernis de Burun as his own Inheritance and the Fee of Hugh de Scoteiney where-ever it was and the Fee of Robert de Chalz where-ever it was and the whole Fee of Robert Fitz or son of Odo and the whole Fee of Norman de Verdun and the Fee of Robert de Stafford where-ever it was and 30l. Land which the said Duke Henry had in Grimesby he gave him and Notingham Castle and the Borough and whatever the said Duke had in Nottingham in Fee and Inheritance he gave to him and his heirs and the whole Fee of William Peverell where-ever it was unless he could dirationare se clear himself in the said Dukes Court of the wickedness and Treason except Hecham And if Engelram de Albamarlâ— would not take with the said Duke nor Earl Simon and he the said Duke could take the said Hecham by force he would restore it to the said Earl Ranulph if he would have it and Torchesci and Oswardebec Wapentac and Derby with all the Appurtenances and Maunsfeld with the Soch and Roclar with the Soch and Stanley by Coventre with the Soch and of Belvar he would hold him right as soon as he should be able as of the said Earls Inheritance and to the said Earls six Barons he would give each an hundred pound Land which they should chuse of those which the said Duke should happen to get of his enemies and to all the said Earls friends parentibus he would restore their Inheritance whereof he had power c. Howbeit the said Earl Ranulf of Chester did not enjoy any long possession of those places in this County for the Sheriffs answered to the King for the profits of the Lands of William Peverell and the Scutages of the Tenants of his Fee as in the Pipe Rolls of Henry the second and the succeeding Kings may be seen and in divers other places of this Book for the rest Margaret the daughter and at length heir of William Peverell of Nottingham was wife of William Earl of Ferrars and Derby son of Robert the younger Earl of Ferrars and of Nottingham and she had a son Robert Earl of Ferrars who in the time of King Henry the second perhaps because he could not inherit was the more willing to burn Nottingham which he did it seems together with his son William Grandson of the said William and Margaret which said William Earl of Ferrars the Grandson was outed of his Earldoms of Nottingham and Derby by King Richard the first who gave them to Iohn Earl of Moreton afterwards King his brother who thereupon 't is like grew more willing to interest himself in these parts which he did by granting a Charter to this Town of Nottingham and some way or other pleasing of the Gentry of the Country so well that he led the most of them into Rebellion as in sundry places of this Book concerning divers particular persons of them may be observed But of these Peverells I have found no more saving that there was a Fine in the Kings Court at Nottingham the Fryday after the Feast of St. Bartholomew 4 Ioh. before I. Bishop of Norwic Hugh Bardulf Iohn de Gestling Mr. Roger Arundell Hugh de Bobi the Kings Justices and others then there present between William Peverell Petent and Beatrice de Curcon Tenant of two Bovats of Land in Palterton thereby passed to her and her heirs paying 6d. per annum c. 'T is certain then that from the beginning of the Reign of Henry the second this Castle of Nottingham hath for the most part belonged to the Crown neither is there any place anything near so far distant from London that I know of in all England which hath so often given entertainment and residence to the Kings and Queens of this Realm since the Norman Conquest It is said that in the year 1194. King Richard being first loosed from his bonds the Castles of Nottingham and Tykehull resisted with force but the Castles of Lancaster and Merleburg and Mount Michael rendred themselves King Iohn in the sixth of his Reign commanded Reginald de Clifton that immediately upon sight of his Letters he should deliver to Robert de Veteriponte the Castle of Nottingham c. The like Command at that time had Hugh de Nevill for the Castle of the Pec William de Briewer for that of Bollesour and Sampson de Straclee Strelley concerning the Castle of Hareston Raph Fitz-Nicholas 10 H. 3. was Warden of Nottingham Castle he was Steward to William de Ferrariis Earl of Derby it seems King Henry the third being at Windsor 29 April 32 H. 3. committed to Robert le Vavassur the Countys of Nottingham and Derb. to be kept paying to the King 100l. per annum at his Exchequer for the issues of the said Counties besides fifty Marks which he was to pay every year to the Warden custodi of Nottingham Castle for the keeping thereof After the Battel at Lewes between King Henry the third and the Barons for determining the strife Edward the Kings eldest son was delivered for Pledge and afterwards was freed from