William and Adam had each a moyety of the Barony of Shelford and their Courts there but because by degrees the Priory became possessed of all it will not be amiss to make further mention of the Family of Bardolf in Sâ—oke and of Everingham in Lâ—â—ton which continued longer to their posterities The Court now kept at Coâ—graâ—e formerly belonging to the Prior of St. Iohns of Ierusalem in the year 129â— by Peter de Hacchâ—m then Master and Lieutenant of the Prior was called their Court of Shelford William the Prior and the Covent of Shelford granted to the Prior and Covent of Thurgarton that they and all Passengers should have a way through the middle of their Medow of Oghâ—ng and the Dâ—â—ch of the said Medow without difficulty for which purpose they would find a Bridge from Mâ—rtinmas till the beginning of May if need were and would not challenge any Tâ—â—le in the moyety of Gunthorpe Ferry by reason of that way for which way their Brethren of Thurgarton were to pay 3s. per annum There was an Agreement made between the said two Hâ—uses concerning differences about Tythes and other things in Crophâ—ll and Tytheby by Walter Arch-deacon of Carliel by Authority from Pope Innocent 4. in the third year of his Papacy Raph Ilingworth 19 E. 4. suffered a Recovery of the Mannors of Boney and Shelford But King Henry the eighth 24 Novemb. in the twenty ninâ—◠〈…〉 Reign 〈…〉 of the Priory and 〈…〉 c. 〈◊〉 it and one hundred sixty 〈…〉 of Land 〈…〉 of Medow are 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 with the Appâ—â—â—enances 〈…〉 Esquire and Anne his wife and the heirs Males of Michael as he did also 5 Febr. 31 H. S. amongst other things the Mannor of Shelford and the Rectoryes of the Parish Churches oâ— Shelford Saxendaâ—e Gedling Button Ioys and North-Buckham Edwardus Stanhope de Rampton mil. -Adeâ—â—â—a fil Ger◠〈◊〉 mil. 〈…〉 Docâ— Fitz. Waren 1 Richardus Stanhope de Rampton -Anna fil 〈◊〉 Joh. Strelley 2 Michael Stanhope mil. -Anna fâ—â— Nichol. 〈◊〉 Tho. Stanhope mil. -Margar fil cohar Johan Poâ—â—e de Eâ—wall in C. Derâ— mil. Eâ—ianor-Thomas Cooper Edw. mil. 〈◊〉 Johannes 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Baron Stanhope 3 â—an Jam-Rogerus Townesend Johan Stanhope mil. ob 1609 -Cordelia fil cohaer Ric. Aâ—ington -Dorothea fil Tho. Trencham Philippus Stanhope mil. creat Com. Chesterfeild 4 Car. 1. Aug. 4. 1628 -Kath fil Franc. Dom. Hastings for Hen. Com. Huntington .... relict Ferrers -Will 〈…〉 1672. Hen. Dom. Stanhope ob ante patrem ... fil cohaer Ed. Dom. Woâ—ton -Heerâ—â—n marit 2. 〈◊〉 Dâ—â— O. Neâ—le marit 3. Ferdiâ—â—â— -Arâ—h Philippus Com. Chesterfeild ... fil Algernon Com. Northumb. uxor 1 -Eliz fil Jacobi 〈◊〉 Oâ—mond 〈◊〉 2 -Eliz fâ—l ... Com. 〈◊〉 ux 3. Filia Elizab. Philippus Dom. Stanhope Carolus Carolus Stanhope -Francesca fil Katherin Fran. Toppe ob 1673. 〈◊〉 Saâ—a Eliz. Alexander Tho. Johan â—il Anna Cocâ—â—â—â— Katherin Hutchinson Doroch Jaâ—â— Frâ—nc Annâ—-Joh 〈…〉 Comes Câ—are 22 Jâ—n 1624. Nov. 2. Thom. Edw. Edw. â— D. Mich. 〈…〉 Docâ— Fitz. Waren Anna-Ed Seymour Box Somerset Protector E. â— and all Mannors Mess. Lands and Tenements c. in Shelford Saxendale Newton Brigford Gunthorp Lowdham Cathorpe Horingham Bulcote Gedling Carleton Stoke Lamcote Flintham Long Collingham Cawnton the Town of Nott. Newarke Burton Ioys and North-Muskam in this County late belonging to this Monastery of Shelford paying 119l. per annum This Michael was second son of Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton by his first wife Adelina the daughter of Sir Gervas Clifton his second was Elizabeth daughter of Fulc Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin by whom he had a daughter named Anne married to Edward Duke of Somerset Lord Protector of Edward the sixth in whose cause this Sir Michael Stanhope lost his Head but left the beginning of a fair Estate which his son Sir Thomas and the rest of his posterity have well increased In Shelford Church Here lyeth the body of the Lady Anne Stanhope wydowe daughter to Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in the County of Essex Esquire late wife to Sir Michaell Stanhope Knight which Lady Anne deceased the 20. of Febr. anno 1587. Vivit post funera virtus Over above the Tomb on the Wall is The Epitaphe of Sir Michaell Stanhope Knight whilest he lived Governour of Hull under the late King of famous memory H. 8. and Chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to the late Noble and good King E. 6. By Sir Michaell she had these children Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford in the County of Nott. Knight Elenor married to Thomas Cooper of Thurgarton in Com. Nott. Esquire Edward Stanhope Esquire one of her Majesties Councell in the North parts of England Iulian married to Iohn Hotham of Scoreborough in Com. Eborum Esquire Iohn Stanhope Esquire one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to our most deare Soveraigne Lady Q. Elizabeth Iâ—ne married to Sir Roger Towneshend of Eyam in Com. Norf. Edward Stanhope Doctor of the Civile Law one of her Majesties High Court of Chancery Michaell Stanhope Esquire one of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth besides Margaret William and Edward who died in their infancy The said Lady Anne Stanhope lived wydowe thirty five years in which time she brought up all her younger Children in vertue and learning whereby they were preferred to the marriages and callings before recited in her life-time She kept continually a worshipful House relieved the poor daily gave good countenance and comfort to the Preachers of Gods Word spent the most of the time of her latter daies in Prayer and using the Church where Gods Word was Preached she being .... old she died 20th day of February â—o. 1587. the thirtieth year of the Reign aforesaid in the Faith of Christ with hope of a joyfull Resurrection Upon a smaller Tomb close by Here lieth Beatrix Rauston widowe daughter of Sir Philip Cooke Knight of Essex who departed 14 Ianuary 1554. She was Mother of the Lady Stanhope Sir Thomas Stanhope married Margaret daughter and co-heir of Sir Iohn Port by Elizabeth only daughter of Sir Thomas Gifford of Chillington and Dorothy one of the three daughters and co-heirs of Sir Iohn Montegomery of Cubley in Darbishire by whom he had Sir Iohn Stanhope father of Philip created Earl of Chesterfeild by King Iames and other Children as Anne wife of Iohn Hollis Lord Houghton and Earl of Clare Edward and Thomas Stanhope Sir Iohn had very many children Philip his eldest son the first Earl out-lived Henry Lord Stanhope his son who married .... the eldest daughter and co-heir of Edward Lord Wotton of Bocton Malherbe in Kent by whom he had Philip the present Earl whose first wife was .... the daughter of Algernon Earl of Northumberland his second Elizabeth daughter of Iames Duke of Ormond by whom he hath a daughter Elizabeth and his third wife is Elizabeth daughter of .... the Earl of Caernarvan by whom he hath sons Philip Lord Stanhope Charles
Iohn Deincourt Knight and of Iohane his wife c. annexed it to the Chantry of Ales Deincourt before noted Thomas Dethick 28 H. 8. resigned the Priory of Thurgarton and Iohn Berwick was admitted Prior by the King The Priory of Thurgarton was granted to William Cowper the Kings Servant and Cecily his wife and their heirs 30 H. 8. Cecilia was daughter and heir of Iohn Toll of Willielmus Cooper de Thurgarton-Cecilia fil haer Johannis Tolle de London Thom. Cooper de Thurgarton-Elianor fil Mich. Stanhop mil. Willielmus Cooper .... fil .... Hutton Justic. Rogerus Cooper miles ... fil ... Harpur Cecil Cooper Ar. -Sara fil Johannis Hotham Baronetti Cecil Cooper aet 4. 1673. Johannes Cooper-Doroth fil Hen. Gilbert Carolus Johan Willielmus Dorothea Rogerus Ann. 2 Drury s. p. Thom. fil haer occisus s. p. Ann. Joana Willielmus Cooper -An fil Jac. Mering Richard Oliva s. p. London she had three sons Thomas Cooper Esquire who married Elianor one of the daughters of Sir Michael Stanhop William who married An. daughter of Iames Mering of Rolleston and Richard Cooper and a daughter called Oliva wife of Ed. Sutton of Averham but she died without issue her eldest brother the said Thomas Cooper had Thomas Cooper his eldest son who was slain without issue and William Cooper his second son who was heir to his brother and married .... the daughter of Judge Hutton by whom he had Sir Roger Cooper a worthy honest Gentleman whose fidelity and constancy to the Royal interest weakened his fortunes so that Cecill Cooper Esquire his son will have too hard a task to make this House and Demesnes intirely his own the Woods being also extremely wasted His brother Iohn Cooper second son of Sir Roger was Carver to his Majesty that now is King Charles the second and a very industrious person but died 1672. in his Majesties debt having been receiver general of the Royal Aid and Additional supply and Collector of the Harth-money c. in this County The Rectory and a great part of the Township of Thurgarton was granted by King Henry the eighth to Trinity Colledge in Cambridge of whom the Coopers have usually held it in Lease and Mr. Iohn Cooper built a Brick-house in the middle of the Town upon one of the Farms now almost all inclosed Hoveringham SWayne before the Conquest had a Mannor in Hoveringham which answered the publick Tax or Geld for two Car. two Bov. The Land was four Car. There afterwards Walter de Aincurt whose Fee it became had one Demesne two Car. and six Sochm. on three Bovats and one third of a Bovat of this Land nine Villains three Bordars having four Car. There was a Priest and a Church and two Mills 40s. two Piscaries 8s. and fourty Acres of Medow In the Confessours time it was valued at 4l. and when the Book of Doomsday was made at 10s. more having Soc in Fiscartune Mortune and Farnesfeld Hugo de Hoveringham paid four Marks for two Knights Fees in the time of H. 3. he was a benefactor to Thurgarton as was also Robert his Father and Hugh his Grandfather and Emme his Grandmother named in that place to which this Church was given by Robert his said Father They had interest in Flintham and Radcliffe on Trent as in those Towns may be perceived as had also the Family of Gousell who continued here long after them whereof Ruph de Gousle son of Robert had a son called Sir Walter de Goushill who married Matilda one of the two co-heirs of Mathew de Hathersege the other sister Cecilia was the wife of ...... Langford Robertus de Gousle Radulphus de Gousle 10 Joh. Walterus de Goushill miles-Matilda fil cohaer Matth. de Haverseche Johannes sive Walterus de Goushill 53 H. 3. Walterus de Goushill miles defunct 20 E. 2 -Margeria Thomas de Goushill Chr. defunct 48 E. 3 -Agnes Nicolas de Goushull Chr. aetat 60. an 48 E. 3. defunct 7 H. 4. ob 16 R. 2. anno dom 1393 Nicolaus de Goushull Chr. Robertus Goushill miles-Elizab fil haer Ric. Comitis de Arundell relicta Thom. Mowbray Ducis Norfolk Robertus Wingfeild mil. -Elizab fil cohaer Thom. Baro Stanley-Joana fil cohaer Simon and mother of Nigellus Father of Oliver father of Iohn father of Nicolas de Langford who lived 4 E. 3. Matilda who had been wife of Sir Walter de Goushill purchased of William son of Hugh de Hoveringham a certain place in the West part of the Medow of Hoveringham called Yirne or Thirne upon which the Medow of the Prior of Thurgarton and Iohn de Gousill abutted on the West part and the Common Medow of Hoveringham on the East for which she gave him 40s. and a quarter of Barley he reserving only a Penny rent yearly to be paid at Christmas to him and his heirs which said rent Hugh Sharpe and Matilda his wife released to the Prior and Covent of Thurgarton to whom Simon de Gousil son of Matilda first named together with some other Medow which his said mother gave him conveyed it and Walter de Goushull Knight Grandson of the said Matilda by her eldest son Walter or Iohn confirmed the gift of the said Sir Simon his Uncle The Jury 20 E. 2. found that Walter de Goushull and Matilda his wife who 30 E. 1. levyed a Fine at York to Lambert de Trickingham then held in Hoveringham Flintham Kneveton and Radcliff on Trent in this County and the Mannor of Barleburgh with its members viz. in Cressewell Whitewell and Columbes and Kinwalinerst Barleburgh Woodhous and Rouley c. in Darbyshire and that Thomas de Goushill son and heir of the said Walter was then above thirty years of age The Father of this Walter was certainly Iohn de Gousehull though in some pleading or other I have seen it Walter also for Adam de Gouschull 4 E. 3. claiming free-warren in Haverseche in Darbyshire makes Tho. de Gouschull son of Walt. son of Iohn son of Matilda daughter of Matthew de Hathersege to be one of the heirs of the said Matthew to whom it was granted Oct. 25. 33 H. 3. as Nicolas de Langford before named was the other And I find that 53 H. 3. Iohn de Gousell offered himself in a plea at Darby against Peter de Monteford Lord of Gunthorp and others demanding by what right they exacted Common in his Land of Hoveringham seeing he had none in theirs and they did no service to him for it The Jury 15 E. 2. found that Stainwath was in Hoveringham and not in Gunthorp and that William Baron and others had forceably pastured the separate Grass of Walter de Goushull with their Cattel to his damage 100s. The Jury 48 E. 3. found that Thomas de Goushill Knight with Agnes his wife joyntly held when he died the Mannor of Kynwaldmersh and two parts of Barleburgh c. and that
35 E. 1. was Chancellour of Scotland King Edward the second in the beginning of his Reign sent to Robert Clifford his Warden William de Bevercote his Chancellour and Mr. Iohn de Weston his Chamberlain of Scotland certain Petitions exhibited by divers men of that Country to him in Parliament at Westminster to the intent that the men might be before them the said Robert William and Iohn at Berwick upon Twéed within a Month of Easter and be recompenced out of the Kings Money and Victuals in those parts according to their several deserts and the Kings honour In the view of the Account of Walter de Goushull and Reginald de Aslacton Collectors of Scurages 28 E. 1. and afterwards it is said that Sir William de Bevercotes held the Mannors of Bevercotes Markcham Milneton and Elkesley for one Knights Fee and that in 4 E. 2. Sir Iohn de Bevercotes held the said Mannor and so did when the view was taken and that the said Walter de Goushull who was Collector for the Scurages of Scotland Nort. and Derb. 28 31 and 34 E. 1. received 31 E. 1. of Iohn Bevercotes 40s. for one Knights Fee in Bevercotes of the Honour of Tykhull William de Bevercotes 3 E. 3. claimed to have Free Warren in all his Demesne Lands of his Mannor of Beverescote There was a Fine 26 H. 6. between William Staynford Quer. and Richard Bevercotes Esq Def. of the Mannor of Bevercotes with the Appurtenances and of five Mess. one Mill one hundred sixty and eighteen Acres of Land eighteen Acres of Medow and 14s. 5d. Rent with the Appurtenances in Milton Houghton Elkesley Little Markham Great Markham and Walisby whereby they were settled on the said Richard for life remainder to Alexander Bevercotes and Anne his wife and the heirs which he should beget on the body of the said Anne remainder to the right heirs of the said Richard William Wilbram and Ioane his wife held the Premises except the Mannor and one Mess. and 14s. 2d. Rent in Milton and Houghton during the life of Ioane There was an Inquisition taken 9 Ian. 3 E. 6. after the death of Cuthbert Bevercotes who died the sixteenth of Octob. then last past and held the Mannor of Bevercotes of the Honour of Tykhill Cuthbert Bevercotes junior was his Cousin and next heir nine years old the fourteenth of May then also last past There was a Fine 8 Ioh. betwixt Raph Fitz-Simon the Dean and Chapter of Rothomag and William de Bevercotes touching the Advowson of the Chapel of Bevercotes The last heir Male Cuthbert Bevercotes died without issue Male and having a daughter called Mary he married her to Rutland Molyneux younger son to Iohn Molyneux Esquire son and heir to Sir Edmund Molyneux one of the Judges of the Common Pleas and in marriage conveighed to them this Bevercotes and his other Lands Rutland Molyneux sold Bevercotes to the Earl of Clare lately deceased and it is the Inheritance of the Earl of Clare that now is his Grandson Houghton Hoctone THere was a Mannor in Hoctune which became the Fee of Roger Pictavensis and before the Conquest was Baldric's who for it paid the Geld as twelve Bovats The Land then being four Car. but was waste when the Survey was taken in the time of King William the first There were sixteen Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one qu. long eight Perches broad In the time of King Edward the Confessour the value of this was 60. in the Conquerours 20◠it had Soc in Walesby This came to be of the Fee of Lancaster as the rest of Roger Pictavensis his Lands in this County did The Family of Maresey or Mattersey held it as in Gameleston is already shown Yet the Chapel was accounted to belong to Tikhill as in many places may be noted Henry Earl of Lancaster and Leicester 3 E. 3. claimed to have in the Towns of Bothumsell Gameleston Hoghton Crophull and Holme with all their Members which are of the Fee of Lancaster return of all Writs Pleas of Withernam view of Frankepledge with all things which to view belong Waif and Stray c. and all Freedoms and Priviledges c. The Jury 35 E. 3. found that Iohn de Lungvillers had in Houghton two Mess. and half a Car. of Land ten Acres of Medow and two Water-Mills which he held of Nicolas Monboucher by the Service of a Rose and Thomas de Lungvilers was heir of the said Iohn as in Tuxford is also shown Upon the River Idle lies Houghton in Common Appellation called Houghton Lungvillers It came to Mallovell Lord of Rampton by the marriage of the heir of Lungvillers and afterwards to Stanhope in which Family it continued till Iohn Babington and Saunchia his wife daughter and heir of Richard Stanhope sold it to Sir William Hollis or his father great Grandfather to the Earl of Clare the Seat of which Family it still continueth Anthony Stapleton and Iohn Stanley Gent. 29 H. 8. claimed against Iohn Babington Esq and Saunchia his wife the Mannors of Hoghton Laxton and Egmanton with the Appurtenances and forty five Mess. c. in Hoghton Laxton Egmanton Little Markham Milneton South Marneham Walesby Ellesley South Leverton Cottum and East Retford Sir William Hollys and the Lady Elizabeth his wife sister of Thomas Scopeham mentioned by Mr. Dugdale in his Book of Warwickshire at Coventry Cross I take to be the Parents of this William Hollys the younger who became the Willielmus Hollis miles Major Civit. London-Elizab fil Georgii Scopham Willielmus Hollis de Houghton mil. 1 E. 6 -Anna fil haer Joh. Densell Serv. ad legem Densel Hollis-Elianora fil Edm. Dora Sheffeild Joh. Hollis mil. Com. Clare-Anna fil Tho Stanhope mil. Johannes Com. Clare-Eliz fil cohaer Horat. Dom. Vere de Tisbury Gilbertus Com. Clare ..... fil Willielmi Pierrepont .... Dom. Houghton Densel creat Dom. Hollis 13 C. 2. Gerv. Hollis-Franc fil haer Petri Frechevile Frechevile Hollis-Eliz fil haer Joh. Kingston de Grimsby Gerv. Hollis magist Supplic libell C. 2. Frechevile Hollis miles Joh. mil. Thom. mil. Good Sir William and married Anne the daughter and heir of Iohn Densill of Cornewall Serjeant at Law by which Lady for he after her death had also to wife Iane daughter of .... Grosvenor he had Denzill Hollis and Gervas who married Frances daughter and heir of Peter Frechevile of Stavely in Darbyshire and Elizabeth his wife only daughter of gentle Sir Gervas Clifton and Mary his wife daughter of Sir Iohn Nevill by whom the said Gervas had Frechevile Hollis who married Elizabeth daughter and heir of Iohn Kingston of Grimsby in Lincolneshire which Frechevile Hollis was father of Gervas Hollis one of his Majesties Masters of Requests a great Lover of Antiquities whose son Sir Frechevile Hollis lost an Arm in the Dutch War at Sea and since that his life Densill Hollys son of Good Sir William married Elianor daughter of Edmund Lord
of Newark his Tenement in Milnegate he paying 6d. to the Bishop of Lincolne and 10d. to the Prior of Thurgarton to whom the said Symon afterwards wholly released it There were some other small parcells belonging to that Monastery as there were to divers others viz. St. Katherins Kirkestede and Neubo in Lincolnshire Croxton and Burton Lazars in Leicestershire Mountgrace in Yorkshire Shelford Brodholme and St. Leonards Hospital in this County and some others Besides here were a great company of Chantryes in the Church of Newark which is now one of the fairest Parish Churches I ever saw but I cannot think the present Fabrick older than Henry the sixth if so old Yet I suppose it better than all the ten mentioned in Doomsday Book which I guess were not all in the Town though in the Soc. Who built it or Founded all the Chantryes I cannot yet discover Here was one at the Altar of All Saints two at the Altar of the Holy Trinity one of St. Nicholas one of Corpus Christi one of Mary Magdalen another called William Saucemers another William Newarks Besides here were divers parcels of Land and several Houses given to the maintenance of Priests that were in the nature of Chantries Here was also a certain great House of Friers of the Order of St. Augustine which was granted from the Crown 35 H. 8. to Richard Andrewes and Nicholas Temple and their heirs Sir Iohn Markham had it and since it was Sir Francis Leekes dwelling House and also the Lord Deyncourts his sons but his son the present Earl of Sâ—arsdale sold it lately to Mr. Matthew Ienison the present owner Next it Southwards stands another great House called the Chantry in which dwelt William Leck half brother of the said Lord Deyncourt and Father of the present Sir Francis Leek Knight and Baronet who made it also his principal residence Next that is the Free-School which together with a Song-Schoole scituate on the North-west point of the Church-yard for an Organist and six Queristers was Founded by Thomas Magnus Arch-deacon of the East Rideing of Yorkshire and Warden of the Colledge of Sibthorpe in this County which after the dissolution he had for life it being granted to him and Richard Whalley Esquire and the heirs of Richard 37 H. 8. as in that place is shown By an old Tradition in the Town Printed by Dr. Thomas Fuller in his Englands Worthyes he is said to have been found in the Church Porch of Newarke and having neither Father nor Mother was by the people called Thomas Amang us but it appear to be otherwise in his Deed of Settlement wherein he mentions Iohn Magnus his Father and Alice his wife his Mother and Ioane Elizabeth and Katherine his sisters His Arms possibly but of his own time are still in several places of the School and other-where Bendy of six pieces Vert and Gules on a Fesse Or a Lion Passant between two Cinquefoiles of the second with his Motto under AS GOD WILL. The Lordship of Everton in this County was the pricipal part of the indowment for the said Schools with which he chiefly trusted the Vâ—car of Newarke and Brethren of Trinity Guild then the most considerable Governours of the Town of Newarke but shortly after viz. 1 Ianuar. 3 E. 6. it was made a Corporation of one Alderman and twelve Assistants and 2 C. 1. upon renewing the Charter the Alderman Commenced Major and the twelve Assistants Aldermen and so it continues with what additions our present Soveraign King Charles the second hath made in the new Charter as chusing two Burgesses to serve in Parliament inlarging the compass of their Jurisdiction by annexing several Towns and the like The whole Mannor Sok and Wapentak continued to the Bishops of Lincolne till the time of Edward the sixth that Rands alias Holbech then Bishop of Lincolne surrendred it to the Crown in which it still remains It was usually divided into the Borough of Newark and Northgate at the further end whereof from the Town stood a fair House belonging to the Hospital of St. Leonard of Stoke commonly called the Spittie which Sir Robert Constable had by Lease the interest whereof his son Henry Constable had and from him it came to William Cecill Esquire late Earl of Exeter who built a goodly House there which after his decease was by Act of Parliament 17 C. 1. exchanged from the Hospital for Lands of better value and estated upon his widow Elizabeth the Countess Dowager of Exeter and her heirs Shortly after the Wars happened and Newarke became one of the most considerable Garrisons the King had in which the Loyalty and courage of the Townsmen were ever remarkable and sufficiently manifested in all the three Sieges at the first whereof Sir Iohn Henderson the prudent Governour caused all Northgate and that fore-mentioned House the Spittle to be burned yet the Case of it made a receptacle for the Enemy at the second Siege where Prince Rupert took a goodly train of Artillery which I saw together with their Foot Arms when he so fortunately relieved the Town then under the Government of Sir Richard now Lord Byron but before the third there was not one Stone left unthrown down and in or near the place a strong Fortification raised in Sir Richard Willis his time as I remember and called the Kings Sconce which by his Majesties Special Command then in the Scots Quarters on the North side the River Trent was about the sixth of May 1646. with the Town and Castle and the rest of the Fortresses concluded by the Commissioners of the Right Honourable Iohn Lord Bellasis the last Governour to be Surrendred the Saturday following though 't is said that Mr. Smith the valiant Major upon his Lordships communicating to him the Kings Order urged the said Governour with Tears to Trust God and Sally rather than think of yielding the Town which indeed at that time suffered more by the Plague within than the Enemy without The Vicarage of Newark was 18l. when the Prior of St. Katherins was Patron 'T is now 21l. 5s. 2d. in the Kings Books and his Majesty Patron Upon the upper part of the North Porch on a Shield there is a Crosse Croslet Botoné The great Window of the Cross South I le sâ—ems to have been given by William Philpot wherein the Arms of Deyncourt are often placed In the contrary I le is Arg. a Chief Gules and Bendlet Azure Crumwell quartering with Cheque Or and Gules a Chief Ermine Tateshal Gules three Sheaves within a Bordure engrailed Or Arch-bishop of Cant. Arg. a Chevron with a Cinquefoil sable in the first quarter Rempston Azure two Chevrons Or Chaworth quartering Arg. an Orle of Cinquefoiles about a Scutcheon sable Caltoft Azure five Fusills in Fesse Or each charged with an Escallop Gules Plumpton quartering Sable A Bend between six Scallops Or Folejambe Arg. three Birdbolts Gules Bozome Arg. on a Saltier engrailed Sable
nine Annulets Or within a Bordure of the second Crusulè of the first Leek of Kirton Gules three Pickaxes Arg. Arg. two Bars imbattailed Gules Barry of Torlaston Arg. two Bars Vert Harthill impales with Leek Markham quarters with Leek In another Window which Thomas Mering and Mary his wife caused to be made Arg. upon a Chevron Sable three Escallops Or Mering impaâ—â—s with Gules a Saltire Ermine Nevill Mering impales Leek also There is Babingtons Arms likewise Sir Thomas Brough Knight of the Order built another Window Azure three Flower de Luces Ermine Burgh quarters with Paly Or and Sable which also impales Or a Lion Ramp Az. all which so together quarter with Gules three Waterbugets Arg. Lord Ros which quarters Arg. a Fesse double Cotised Gules Badlesmere Azure a Chief and three Chevronells intermixed in base Or Lord Fitz-Hugh impales with Burgh quartering as before with which quarterings Brough also impales with Gules upon a Chevron Or three Stars sable Pierpont in another Window viz. Arg. a Lion Ramp sable with Cinquefoiles about him impales with Arg. six Annulets sable 2.2.2 Maunvers Peirpont also impales with Azure three Hedgehogs Or Heriz and also with Sable a Saltier engrailed Or. Heriz impales with Arg. three Cocks heads Gules if they be not Escallops and so doth Pierpont And with Lozengy Arg. and Gules Fitz-Williams In the South I le there is a very large Marble overlaid very much with Brass excellently Cut whereon is the Portraiture of a Man with several Sentences out of Scripture in Latin And Hic jacet Alanus Fleming qui obiit Anno 1373. in die S. Helene cujus anima per Dei miseriâ—ordiam requiescat in pace Amen On a high Marble Tomb in Brass upon the upper Edge Hic jacet Robertus Browne Armiger Agnes uxor ejus Nuper Aldermannus Gildae S. Trinitatis hujus Ecclesiae Constabularius Castelli principalis Senescallus libertatis hujus villae ac etiam Receptor tam Thomae Wulsy Cardinalis Ebor. quam Domini Johannis Longlandi Episcopi Lincoln praeterea Vicecomes Com. Nottingham Derby insuper Custos Rotulorum tam in Com. Nottingham quam in partibus de Kesteven in Com. Lincolnie Qui quidem Robertus obiit 10 die mensis Decembris Anno Domini 1532. Cujus anima propitietur Deus On a Grave-stone in the middle of the Quire Hic jacet Willielmus Boshom Armig. qui obiit Anno Dom. 1469. Sept. 21. die Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen The Arms three Bird-bolts At the South East corner of the Quire there is a Chantry Chappel and in it a Monument of ... Markham over which there is an Arch of Free-stone and on the side of that Orate pro animabus Roberti Markham Armigeri Elizabethe uxoris ejus THE SOUTH PROSPECT OF THE CHURCH OF NEWARKE VPON TRENT On the outside of it several Arms coursely cut Markham impaling Mering Bozome Markham c. At the bottom of the great East Window .... Thom. Mering Elizabet ux ejus hanc fenestram fieri causaverunt ..... M. CCCC o ..... gesimo At the bottom of the great South Window of the Cross I le called Trinity Chappel wherein are the Arms of England and France quarterly and Deincourts before mentioned Orate pro bono statu Willielmi Phelypot Iohanne uxoris ejus omnium ..... sororum .... benefactorum ........ nunciatoris beat Marie virginis qui istam fenestram fieri fecerunt Anno Domini M. CCCCC tricesimo nono On a Brass Plate in the out Ile is the Portraiture of William Phyllypot in an Aldermans Furr'd Gown and below it Here under this Stone lyeth buried the body of William Phyllypot Marchant and Elizabeth his wyffe which William decessyd the viii day of May yn An. Dom. M. CCCCC.L.VII whose dethe desyryng youe all to have in rememberans calling to God for mercy On the same Stone above The eight day of July 1514. was buried the body of John Phyllypot Grandfather to this William Phyllypot At the Vestry Door on a Free-stone Hic jacet Johannes Phelypot Iunior Draper Margareta uxor ejus qui quidem Johannes obiit 23 Augusti Anno Dom. 1519. Quorum animabus propitietur Deus Amen In the Quire upon a Grave-stone Hic jacet Robertus Whitecoumbe quondam Mercator villae Calesie qui obiit III Novembr Anno Dom. M. CCCC.XL.VII Cujus animae c. On a Marble formerly almost covered in Brass Hic jacet Magister Johannes Buâ—ton Doctor Sacrae Theologiae quondam Vicaerius istius Ecclesiae qui obiit tertio die Februarii Anno Dom. 1475. Cujus c. Hic jacet M. Johannes Smythe in legibus Baccalaureus quondam Vicarius de Newark Et Vicariatus sui XL. IIII Prebendarius de Lynchaster ac Rector Kellam qui obiit 14 die mensis Augusti Anno Dom. 1521. Cujus c. On a Brass Plate Orate pro animabus Simonis Bentley Capeliani beati Nicolai Domini Stephani Bentley Capellani S. Trinitatis fratrum quiescentium qui quidem Simon obiit 21 die Jun. Anno Dom. 1530. Quorum animabus c. In the North Ile two Portraits with the Drapers Arms over them Orate pro animabus Johannis Bostone Merceri Willielmi Boli filii dicti Johannis Qui Willielmus obiit 4 die Aprilis Anno Dom. 1551. Quorum animabus c. Pray for the Soule of Thomas Griffeth Gentleman which decessed the V. day of March Anno Dom. M. Vc. XIX On whose Soule JHU have mercy Amen Depositum Johannis Pole Med. D. Denati ad 6t. Nonas 8 br Anno Christi 1674. In Newark Church at the North West corner of the Quire an Effigies and over it Or an Eagle displaied Sable Under which is Here lyeth the body of Robart Ramsey Esquire Servant to his Majesty who dyed the 9 day of Aprill 1639. Then follow Verses and under them Gules a Regall Crowne Or and on a Chief Arg. a Crosse of the first Here lyeth buried the bodye of Robarte Kirkebye the first Maister of the Song-School of this Town of Newark in which rowme he was plast by Master Thomas Magnus the Founder thereof and continued a worthy Teacher therein the space of xlii years who departed this life the 19th of Mar. in the year of our Lord God 1573. And here lyeth also Elizabeth his wife who died before him the 17th of Novemb. Anno 1566. To whom God send a joyful Resurrection Anno Dom. 1579. Maii 17 aetatis suae 68. Here lyeth buried the body of Mr. William Leveret Physician thrice Alderman of this Towne who incresed by the good help of the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Rutland his Lord and Patron the Corporation of the same Town He was of Godly life zealous in Gods Religion and a Benefactor to the poore whose soul resteth with Christ Jesus in Heaven In the Quire an Effigies on the Wall upon a Marble Tablet Memoriae aeternae Arce potiti lucidá inter ordines Coelestium quietos Thomae Atkinsoni Sanguine qui cretus
money out of the said ten Tenements and two Tofts in Nottingham After the dissolution of Monasteries in 2 E. 6. Sir Gervase Clifton Sir Iohn Hersey Sir Anthony Nevile Knights and William Bolles Esquire Commissioners for the Survey of Colledges Chapels c. certified that no poor were then to be found in this Hospital and that the Lands were then wholly imployed to the benefit of one Sir Piers Bursdale Priest Master thereof Afterwards both the Hospital and Chapel became ruinous and demolished and the very materials imbezilled till after diverse Patents of the said Mastership Nicolas Plumptre of Nottingham 24 Eliz. obtained one and with the Fines he received made some reparations and brought in some poor but after his decease during the Masterships of Richard Parkins of Boney and Sir George his son who it seems were trusted successively for Henry Plumptre son and heir of the Nicolas in his non-age having then married Anne the daughter of the said Richard and sister of the said Sir George Parkins both the Hospital and Tenements belonging to it grew into great decay until after Sir George's death that Nicolas Plumptre son and heir of Henry last named became Master by a Patent 5 Car. 1. and made some repairs and amendments which yet were not judged sufficient by his brother and heir Huntingdon Plumptre Doctor of Physick who also succeeded him in the Mastership which he obtained 1645. being then eminent in his profession and a person of great note for wit and learning as formerly he had been for Poetry when he Printed his Book of Epigrams and Batrachomyomachia for in the year 1650. he pull'd the Hospital down and Rebuilt it as it now appears Hospitalis B. Mariae Virginis ad finem Ponâ—is Nottingh vulgo vocaâ— PLVMPTRES HOSPITALL a Borea zephyro Prospectus Over the Gate of the Hospital at the Bridge-end Xenodochium hoc cum sacello adjuncto in honorem Annunciationis B. Virg. Mariae pro 13. pauperiorum Viduarum 2. Sacerdotum alimoniâ Johannes de Plumptre fundavit A. D. 1390. Quod temporis diuturnitate jam pene confectum instauravit denuo hac qualicunque structurâ se sibi restituit Huntingdonus Plumptre ex familia fundatoris Armiger ejusdem Hospitii Magister A. D. 1650. Will. de Plumptre Thom. de Plumptre temp Regis Joh. -Avicia Willielmus de Plumptre superst 15 E. 1. Paulinus de Plumptre dictus le Clerc temp E. 1. Henricus de Plumptre Willielmus de Plumptre 3 E. 3. E. 3. Henricus de Plumptre de Nott. ob 1408 -Eliz ux 1 -Margar Johannes de Plumptre ob Apr .... 1471 -Helena fil .... Strelley de Woodborough Henricus de Plumptre de Arnale -Matilda fil haer Rob. Medocroft Joanae ux ejus fil haer Joh. Knaresburgh de Kyme in Com. Linc. Henricus Plumptre ob 1508 -Elizabetha-Mauritius Orrell marit 2. 18 H. 8. Johannes Plumptre ob 1552 -Katherina fil Joh. Kyme de Stykford junioris Com. Linc. -Agnes ux 2. Nicol. Plumptre ob Sept. 13. 1597 -Anna fil haer Joh. Sharp de Frisby C. Leic. Mariae uxor fil Will. Saunders de Welford C. Northt ob Apr. 16. 1580 -Elianor ux 2. ob 1602. Henricus Plumptre ob Jul. 26. 1642 -Anna fil Rich. Parkins de Boney ob Apr. 22. 1639. Nicol. Plumptre ob 1644. s.p. Huntingdon Plumptre Med. D. ob 1660 -Jana fil Ric. Scott Ebor. ux 1 -Christina fil Ric. Brook mil. de Norton in Com. Cestr. Cath. ux fil Hen. Nevil de Billingbere Henricus Plumptre de Nott. Ar. aet 30. 1674-Maria fil Thom. Blayney Ar. Herefordensis ob 1673. Christina Plumptre nat Jun. 1673. Richardus Johannes 2 H. 7. Thomas Capellanus Johannes de Plumptre fundator Hospitalis ob 1415 -Emma Johannes vir Annae Elisota and advanced the Rents so that the monthly allowance to the poor is double to what it was anciently His son and heir Henry Plumptre Esquire is now Master or Guardian being so made by his present Majesty 24 Car. 2. 1672. upon the resignation of the Patent by George Cartwright who had it in trust for him it seems and was more kind than Sir George Parkins was to his Grandfather In the Will of Henry de Plumptre dated 11 H. 4. 1408. before mentioned it appears that his dwelling House was a Tenement called Vout Hall which with two other Tenements a Garden and Teyntor within it in Vout Lane all adjoyning to the said Mansion House he left to his said wife Margaret for life remainder to his said son Iohn and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten for default whereof these and all other the Tenements in divers places of Nottingham settled on the said Iohn in like manner were to be sold by the Executors of the said Henry and the money disposed by them for the good of his Soul His Body he ordered to be buried in the Chapel of All Saints beneath or in the Church of St. Peter in Nottingham Henry de Cotegrave and William de Beston of Nottingham Executors of the Testament of William Colyer of Nottingham 12 R. 2. confirmed to Henry de Plumptre of Nottingham and his heirs seven Cottages in Hundegate Henry Plomtre son and heir apparent of Henry Plomtre late of Arnall and Cousin and heir of Thomas Plomtre late of Nottingham Chaplain 3 H. 7. Anno 1488. demised to Ed. Hunte of Nottingham Merchant of the Staple of the Town of Calis five Cottages in Hundegate which were late Iohn Plomtre's father of the said Henry the elder and of the said Thomas Thomas Poge was Major of Nottingham 9 and 10 H. 5. In 23 H. 7. Thomas Poge of Misterton Gent. conveyed to Henry Plumptre of Nottingham Gent. one Messuage and thirteen Cottages whereof the Messuage and nine Cottages lay together in the North side of the Church-yard of St. Mary in Nottingham where now is scituate the chief Mansion House of Henry Plumptre Esquire the Front whereof was rebuilt by his father the said Doctor Plumptre who was son of Henry son of Nicolas son of Iohn son of the said Hen. Plumptre who had it of Mr. Poge To this House it seems belonged a certain Chapel or Oratory with a Quire adjoyning to it in the North side of St. Maries Church called the Chapel of All Saints which in the year 1632. Ian. 19. was confirmed to Henry Plumptre Esquire and Nicolas Plumptre Gent. and Huntingdon Plumptre Doctor of Physick his sons and the rest of the inhabitants of that House to hear Divine Service Pray and Bury in by Richard then Arch-bishop of York under the Hand and Seal of Francis Withington Master of Arts Surrogate of William Easdale Dr. of Laws Vicar General in Spirituals of the said Archbishop Besides these before mentioned many persons and Families of good note have been here resident and sprung from this place Iohn de Tannesley and Thomas de Mapurley named in Basford flourished here in the latter part of the Reign of Richard the second
Sheffeild of Butterwick and by her had Sir Iohn Hollys created by King Iames Baron of Houghton Iuly 9. in the fourteenth year of his Reign and in the twenty second year Earl of Clare 2 Novemb. Anne the daughter of Sir Thomas Stanhope was his wife and bore him Iohn Earl of Clare and Densill Hollis who married Dorothy sole daughter and heir of Sir Francis Ashley Knight of Dorchester Serjeant at Law by whom he hath issue William c. He was by this King in the thirteenth year of his Reign created Lord Hollis of Ifeild in Sussex His brother the said Iohn Earl of Clare married Elizabeth eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Horatio Vere Lord Vere of Tilbury and by her had Gilbert the present Earl whose Countess is .... the daughter of the Honourable William Pierrepont West Drayton OF Roger de Buslies Fee in Drayton Suen and Vlstan paid to the Geld for their Mannors before the Conquest as four Bov. â…” The Land whereof was two Car. There afterwards two Men of Rogers had one Car. eight Vill. one Bord. having two Car. There were three Mills 5s. and seven Acres of Medow Pasture Wood three qu. long half a qu. broad In the Confessours time this was 30s. value in the Conquerours when the Survey was made 17s. 4d. Here was then also of Roger Pictavensis his Fee which before the Conquest was Swains who answered the Tax for his Mannor as two Bov. and one third The Land being one Car. When Doomsday Book was made Vsi or Vlsi held this of Roger Pictavensis and had here half a Car. and one Vill. one Bord. with half a Car. Here were three Acres of Medow Pasture Wood one qu. long half a qu. broad In the Confessours time the value was 10s. then but 5s. 4d. Thomas Fitz-William held of the Countess of Augi or Ewe in Clarborough and West Drayton three parts of one Knights Fee as in Clarborough is noted this was Roger de Buslies and the Family of Maresey held that of the Lancaster Fee as in Gameleston and other places may be observed Merriell Bridge THomas Fitz-William gave to the Church and Monks of Blith the Rent of 40s. sterling per annum viz. his moyety of the Mill of Mirihil Bridge with the whole Suit and all things belonging to him by reason of that Mill for 30s. and one half Mark yearly in which the Archbishop of York was held bound to him for himself and his successours for a Tenement which he held of him in Plumtrefeld and one Mark of Silver which William son of H. de Adwic was held to him for a Tenement which he held of him in Adwic to be paid to the said Monks by the hands of the said William and his heirs every year at the Purification of the blessed Mary c. Richard de Marcham obliged himself by Oath to pay 20s. yearly to the Monks of Blith for the moyety of the Mill of Mirihild Bridge which they granted to him and his heirs who were to do Homage and Relief and take their Oaths to pay the said 20s. per annum whether Thomas Fitz-William did warrant the Suit to the Mill or not else the Prior to re-enter into the possession of the whole Mill. Murilde Brigg 3 E. 3. was to be repaired c. This Bridge lies at the entrance of this small Township in Yorke Rode Way betwixt Tuxford and Scroby the Town is in the Parish of Elkesley and the Chapel esteemed part of Tikhill as the rest In the beginning of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth this Mannor was the Inheritance of William Swift The owners of West Drayton in 1612. are set down thus Robert Swift Knight .... Meverel Esquire Robert Brett Richard Whitlam senior Nicolas Whitmore William Simpson Richard Whitlam junior Bothumsell Bodmeschel And Lound Hall IN Bodmeschell Earl Tosti had twelve Bovats for the Geld. The Land eight Car. But after the Conquest the King had there five Vill. and one Bord. with two Car. and one Mill. 8s. and forty Acres of Medow Pasture Wood half a leuc long and four qu. broad In the time of Edward the Confessour the value was 8l. when King William took the Survey but 60s. This Mannor had Soc in Elchesleig both Mortunes Babword Oglesthorp and Ordeshale Ranesby and Sudershale Raneby Madrisseig Lund and Barneby In 9 H. 3. of the Scurage of Mungumery Raph de St. George and Richard de Furnells gave account of two Marks concerning one Fee in Bodemescill Richard de Furnell son and heir of Robert de Furn. which Robert was husband of Isabell daughter of Iordan de Chevercourt released all his right in the Chapel of Bomeshull to the Abby of Wellebec and acknowledged it to belong to the Mother Church of Helkesley of that Abbies Patronage The same did Raph de St. George The said Raph and Richard are said to hold this Fee in Bodmescill of the King in Capite but in a later Inquisition Robert de Furneus and Robert de St. George are said to hold it of the Honour of Lancaster of the old feoffment Robert de St. George 18 H. 3. gave five Marks for relief of the Lands which Raph his father held in Lancashire The Jury 30 H. 3. said that Robert de St. George late husband of Petronilla held in the Town of Bodmeshill with the Sok two Car. of Land and an half of the King in Capite by the service of half a Knights Fee whereof he had in Demesne fifty Acres c. he held divers Lands in Lincolneshire Raph de St. George his son and heir was then fifteen years old The King that year viz. 30 H. 3. committed the Custody of the Lands and heirs of the said Robert de St. George to Robert le Norreis In the Scurage of Wales 39 H. 3. and 44 H. 3. Raph St. George and Robert Furnels paid 40s. for one Knights Fee here and one in Lancashire That moyety of this Mannor which belonged to the Family of Furnalls descended with it as in Carleton in Lindrick will be noted The Jury 25 E. 1. said that Richard de Furnous and Richard de Boselingthorpe held a Knights Fee in Bothemsell of Edmund Earl of Lancaster paying 10â— per annum to the Ward of that Castle And in 19 E. 2. the Jury said that Richard de Boselingthorp held this Mannor when he died by the Law of England of the Inheritance of Isabella his quondam wife and that Iohn de Boselingthorp was their son and heir which Iohn 5 E. 3. had a Charter of Fee Warren for Bothmeshull Raph Brasebrigg Chr. 19 R. 2. by one Fine passed the Mannor of Bothumsell to Iohn de Markham and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of Iohn and by another 110l. Rent in Bothumsell Robert Fletchar and William Bull 8 Eliz. claimed against William Swyft Esquire the Mannors of Bothumsell Vpton and Elkesley with the Appurtenances and twenty