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THE THORESBY SOCIETY.
Miscellanea.
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Thoresby Society.
(Established in the Year M.DCCC.LXXXIX.)
VOLUME IV.
MISCELLANEA
Consisting of Parts published in
1892, 1898, AND 189B.
LEEDS: 1895
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PREFACE.
'^'HE Council of the Thoresby Society have pleasure
in presenting to the Members the second volume
of the ''Miscellanea," consisting of the "Miscellaneous"
parts published for 1892, 1893, and 1895, and forms the
fourth volume of the Society's publications. It is hoped
that the papers it contains may be of interest to the
general reader, and may furnish useful material to those
who desire to enter into a closer study of the history
and antiquities of the Leeds district.
The thanks of the Council and Members are due to
the contributors of the various papers. The completion
of the Skyrack Hearth-Tax Return of 1672 furnishes a
serviceable addition to available genealogical materials
for the seventeenth century. The charters and returns
relating to the possessions of Kirkstall Abbey, in
Chapeltown and elsewhere, and the fifteenth -century
document, known as the *' Fundacio Abbathie de Kyrke-
stall," now first appearing in print in full, have important
bearing on the history of the Abbey, the study of which
must always be a leading feature in the operations of
the Society. The Council are glad to welcome new
contributors in Mr. Richard Holmes, Mr. Paley Baildon,
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Professor Bodington, Mr. Thomas Marshall, and others,
whose papers will be read with interest, and who, it is
hoped, may assist in many future numbers.
It is expected that the next volume of the
"Miscellanea" will contain an article on Kirkstall
Abbey, by Mr. St. John Hope, Secretary of the Society
of Antiquaries, London. Mr. Baildon's "Muster Rolls"
will also be completed. A paper on the history of the
Streets of Leeds is in preparation. The series of articles
relating to the Villages adjacent to Leeds will be con-
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CONTENTS.
PACE
Prefack V.
Table of Contents vii.
Testamenta Leodiensia . . . William Brigg^ B.A. i
Skyrack Hearth-Tax Return 1 t^„^, c^..,c.,«.,r.
=.^« ,/:-« /D.-.^ TT \ f JOHN StANSFELD . . 17
for 1672 (Part II.) . . . J -^ '
Possessions of Kirkstall AbbevI ,,, .,, ,
IN Leeds J W.l. Lancaster . . 37
Charters relating to the Possessions \F. R. Kitson
OF Kirkstall Abbey in Allerton J and others 42
PaMPOCALIA N. BODINGTON . . . 6o
CHARTiE LeODINENSES .... ThOMAS MARSHALL . . 65
Note on a Roman Altar . . N. Bodington ... 79
Charters relating to the
Possessions of Kirkstall Abbey
IN Allerton (continued) . . .
F. R. Kitson
AND others 81
AftMOVR (lait/t pla/es) .... Rev. W. Kerr Smith . 117
A Brawl in Kirkgate . . . E. K. Clark . . . .125
Testamenta Leodiensia (r^«/i«/^i/) . William Brigg . . 139
Early History of Arthington . W. T. Lancaster . .148
Inventory of the Goods ofI^, ^ -r, xt^„^,.„„„ xr a c
JohnPawson . . . . |Rev.C.B.NoRCLiFFE,M.A. 163
The Pedigree of Pawson ofI
The Foundation of KirkstallI Translated by
Abbey J E. K. Clark . 169
Pauunus de Leeds .... Richard Holmes . . 209
: ^Pedigree OF Pawson of|j^^^ c.B.Norcuffe,M.A. 167
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, I Charles S. Rooke .
Musters in Skyrack Wapentake, 1539 . W. P. Baildon 245
Adel W. T. Lancaster . .261
Index of Places 287
Index of Surnames 292
Allerton Charters
Maps of Bardsey and District
Armour, Nos, i to 6. — Plate I.
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MISCELLAN EA
VOLUME IV.
PART I.
LEEDS: 1893.
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List of Officers for 1893 v.
Report or the Council for 1892 . . vii.
Balance-sheet for 1889-92 .... xii.
Testamenta Leodiensia I
Skyrack Hearth-Tax Return for 1672 (Part II.) 17
Possessions of Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds . . 37
Charters relating to the Possessions of Kirk-
stall Abbey in Allerton .... 42
Pampocalia .,.:.... 60
Plate I. Allerton Charters to face page 42
„ II. Maps of Bardsey and District „ 60
> EBBATA.
' ^ Pigea l-»2.— Headline, dsU *• Vol u."
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LIST OF OFFICERS for 1893.
t>xcBibcnt
Edmund Wilson, F.S.A., Denison Hall, Leeds.
IDfce^pteeidenta.
John Rawlinson Ford, Quanydene, Weetwood.
John Henry Wurtzburg, Clavering House, Leeds.
John Stansfeld, Woodville, Leeds.
f)on. XCteasuter.
Edmund Wilson, Red Hall, Leeds.
Ibotu Xibtatiam
Samuel Denison, 27, North Street, Leeds.
Don. Sectetans.
G. D. Lumb, 65, Albion Street, Leeds.
OounciL
J. C. Atkinson, Butts Court, Leeds.
F. W. Bedford, East Parade, Leeds.
Wm. Brigg, B.A., Harpenden, Herts.
W. S. Cameron, Wellclose Mount, Leeds.
E. K. Clark, M.A., 13, Wellclose Place, Leeds.
Rev. Charles Hargrove, M.A., 10, De Grey Terrace, Leeds.
Rhodes Hebblethwaite, Maryland House, Headingley.
F. R. KiTSON, B.A., 13, Wellclose Place, Leeds.
W. T. Lancaster, Yorkshire Banking Co., Leeds.
S. Margerison, Calverley Lodge, near Leeds.
Joseph Scott, 98, Albion Street, Leeds.
W. H. Thorp, 61, Albion Street, Leeds.
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1892.
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL,
Presented to the Society at the Fourth Annual Meeting,
held i-jth Aprily 1893.
W\URING the past twelve months the most important
^^ fact in the history of Leeds has been its elevation to
the rank of a city. The event seems appropriate for notice
in the report of the local Historical Society, and, it is to
be hoped, may quicken public interest in our past municipal
history.
Since the last Report was submitted, the Society has
continued its system of excursions to places of historic
interest in the district, by visiting the battlefield of Towton
and the demesne of Temple Newsam. Each excursion also
included the inspection of adjacent buildings of note: in
the first excursion, Saxton Church and Lead Chapel ; and in
the second, Whitkirk Church and Austhorpe Lodge. The
members were again indebted to their Honorary Secretary,
Mr. Morkill, for the interesting addresses and descriptions
he gave on each occasion.
It is hoped that in addition to the Summer Excursions,
which will be continued this year, arrangements may be
made for a series of winter meetings, for the reading of
papers, and other objects associated with the work of the
Society.
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As regards the Publications, Parts III., both of the
Miscellanea" and the "Leeds Parish Church Registers,"
completing the Society's first two volumes, have been
issued. Further matter for the following volumes is now
in hand, and a portion has been printed off. The Council
have pleasure in reporting that the Rev. C. H. Owen, rector
of Adel, has given permission for the Society to publish the
earlier portion of his Parish Registers, which date back to
1606. It is to be hoped that other incumbents in the
neighbourhood may be induced to follow the example thus
set by the Vicar of Leeds and the Rector of Adel. It is
scarcely necessary to allude to the importance of preserving
in this way the contents of our old Parish Registers from
risk of destruction.
Two interesting manuscripts have been added to the
Library, namely : An Account and Note Book in the hand-
writing of John Thoresby and Ralph Thoresby, presented
by Mr. H. Elwin Hyde ; and an Account Book in the hand-
writing of James Torre, the antiquary, and his widow, Ann
Torre, presented by Mr. Charles Grraham.
The thanks of the Council and of the Society are due to
the Leeds Corporation for the continued use of a room in
the Municipal Buildings ; to the various contributors to the
Publications; and to the workers for the Society.
The Treasurer's financial statement accompanies this
Report, and as no complete statement has hitherto been
issued, it has been thought well that that now presented
should embrace the income and expenditure of the Society
from its formation in 1889 to the end of 1892. From this
statement it will be seen that there has been an increase
in the number of Members, but it does not show the large
accession of new Subscribers which has recently been the
result of the efforts of a few Members, and especially of one
of the Honorary Secretaries, since many of those who have
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recently joined have either subscribed for the previous years
or have but taken the places of original members who have
withdrawn. The Council much regret the fact that many of
those who joined at the first have lost interest in the work
of the Society, and they desire to urge upon every Member
the importance of obtaining additional subscribers. It is
believed that there are many persons interested in the
history of Leeds who would be glad to join the Society if
its advantages were made known to them ; and when it is
remembered how large a proportion of the Society's income
is expended in printing, the advantage of increasing the
number of Members becomes obvious, and is one which in
all existing Members participate.
The accounts are prepared in such a form as to show, as
far as possible, the income and expenditure for each year,
and it will be seen that there are funds in hand sufficient to
defi^y the expense of printing the Publications for 1891
and 1892.
The Council regret the delay in the issue of the Publica-
tions, but they rely with confidence upon the indulgence of
Members in this respect. The funds of the Society are
debited with the cost of printing only. The labour of
transcribing, which is very great, is undertaken voluntarily
by a few Members, who can devote only their leisure time
to this work ; hence delay is at times unavoidable. And in
addition to this, further delay is occasioned this year by the
printing of the Index, for the preparation of which the
Members are indebted to the Rev. Edw. Cookson, of Ipswich,
who has personally undertaken this laborious duty.
►. Though the number of subscribers to this Society proves
! the general interest in the work undertaken, it is possible
that a more active co-operation on the part of those who
receive the Publications might ensure a greater efficiency in
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the work. At the beginning of our existence, numerous
Sections were instituted, with respective subjects. These
Sections, it is to be regretted, have lapsed into non-existence,
and perhaps not without reason. The various points of
attack were so many ; the forces, individually, so small. If,
however, a method could be followed which would draw all
those interested at the first on to a common frontage, it
might be possible afterwards to make sub-divisions, and
treat special subjects in detail with greater efiiciency. The
work of an Archaeological Society is emphatically one of
research and collection. It is consequently clear that the
efiiciency of such a Society is relative, to a large extent, to
the facilities of reference in the possession of its Members.
As a young Society, the Thoresby Society cannot pretend to
possess all works of reference with regard to Leeds, but the
Council propose to ask the assistance of the Members of the
Society to compile, in the first place, a Bibliography of
Leeds; in the second, to carry out a more ambitious project
of cataloguing authorities on every subject connected with
antiquarian research. It is apparent that the second
scheme will include the first, and, however incomplete, will
provide invaluable assistance to the antiquarian inquirer.
The principle of card catalogues, as in vogue in many
public libraries, will enable the officers of the Society to
keep such an index of authorities absolutely up to date with
all contributions to the list sent by members assisting, and
will enable them to enter one authority in as many forms
as necessary, under name, subject, or sub-division of subject.
In furtherance of this scheme, all Members are asked to
send to the editor of the " Miscellanea,^^ Thoresby Society,
Municipal Buildings, Leeds, any reference that they may
meet with to a history, subject, topographical detail, or
archaeological question, stating: {a) Name of author ; {b) Title
of work ; {c) Publisher and date ; and {d) the Subject or
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subjects of which it forms the authority ; to sig^ the
communication, and procure the verification and signa-
ture of someone similarly interested. This course will
materially aid the Librarian in the selection of books, afford
facilities for research to inquirers in any particular line, and,
the Council hopes, increase the interest and assistance of
all the Members of the Society. It has been often said that
the man who makes an Index gives more valuable work to
the world than the discoverer of a planet; and it may. not
be too audacious to conjecture that the Thoresby Society
may frame, in some sort, not only a Catalogue of matters
touching its immediate interests, but collect a list of
authorities on archaeological subjects to which appeals may
be made by many outside its circle. It is hoped that this
scheme may commend itself to our Members (all of whom
can give assistance), and even go so far as to " supply a
want long felt."
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XTestamenta tHeobiensla.
{CoTiHnued from Vol. I., page 214.)
Extracted from the Probate Registry at York, by
WILLIAM BRIGG, B.A.
Richard Migeley, of Moor-grange.
(v. 497-)
In Dei nomine Amen : quinto die mensis Decembris, anno
Domini millesimo cccc'°° nonagesimo sexto, Ego Richardus Migeley
de Mor'grange, parochie de Led^, compos mentis & sane memorie
existens, ordino & facio testamentum meum in hunc modum. In
primis do & lego animam meam Deo omnipotent! patri, beateque
Marie Virgini & omnibus Sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum in
parte boriali ecclesie parochialis de Ledes juxta cancellam Sancti
Michaelis Archangeli. Item lego pro mortuario meo meum optimum
animal. Et summo altari de Ledf pro decimis seu oblacionibus
oblitis seu retractis si que fuerint iij* iiij*^. Et lego vicario de Ledes
tam pro vigiliis quam pro sex cereis comburendis circa corpus meum
in die sepulture mee, tam ad exequias quam ad missam ij" vj**. Item
lego fabrice ecclesie de Ledf tam pro sepultura mea in eadem ecclesia
quam pro reparacione ejusdem ecclesie v* iiij^ Item lego magistro
& fratribus Sancti Roberti juxta Knaresburgh ad orandum pro anima
mea xvj**. Et Priori ac confratribus suis domus fratrum Carmelitarum
infra civitatem Ebor. ad orandum pro anima mea xyj*^. Item
l^o pro trentale celebrando per iiij""' ordines fratrum infra civi-
tatem Ebor post decessum meum in uno die pro anima mea
animabusque uxoris mee parentum & benefactorum meorum tam
vivonim quam mortuorum x'. Et scilicet lego cuidam sacerdoti idoneo
divina celebraturo in ecclesia parochiali de Ledes pro anima mea &
singulis aliis animabus supradictis per unum annum integrum vj marcas.
Item Abbati Monasterii Beate Marie virginis de Kirkstall v' et scilicet
conventui ejusdem monasterii x*. Item lego diversis pauperibus
virgini bus ad auxiliacionem maritagionim suorum vj' viij**. Item lego
cuilibet filiastico meo vj**. Et cuilibet sacerdoti ad exequias & sepul-
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turam meam existenti vj**, & cuilibet clerico parochiali scilicet ibidem
existenti iiij*. Item Johanni Migeley filio meo si idem Johannes modo
vivens fuerit xij marcas, sin autem volo quod quidem sacerdos idoneus
celebret divina in ecclesia parochiali de Ledcs pro anima mea ac
anima ejusdem Johannis & singulis animabus supradictis, et quod
tunc idem sacerdos pro salario suo pro eisdem duobus annis predictis
xij marcas capiet & habebit. Item do & lego Ricardo Migeley de
Horsford consanguineo meo & Thome Mygeley filio meo scilicet
utrique illorum pro labore suo circa probacionem execucionem presentis
testamenti mei xiij" iiij**, quosquidem Ricardum Migeley & Thomam
Migeley constituo ordino & facio meos fideles executores, ut ipsi
disponant residuum vero omnium bonorum meorum supcrius non
legatorum pro salute anime mee secundum discresciones suas. In
cujus, &c. Hiis testibus Thoma Gibson capellano, Willelmo Dyneley,
& Johanne Migeley. — \_Frot'ed 30 /une^ i497> ^ ^he exors,]
Sir James Danby, Kt.
(v. 499.)
Surtees Society. (Tesf, Ebor, iv. 122.)
Ralph Beeston, Esq.
(v. 504.)
In Dei nomine Amen ; Ego Radulphus Beeston, Armiger, compos
mentis & sane memorie, condo testamentum meum in hunc modum.
In primis, do et lego animam meam Deo omnipotenti, corpusque
meum sepeliendum in choro ecclesie parochialis de Ledes. Item do
& lego viginti solidos summo altari. Item do & lego fabrice ecclesie
parochialis de Ledes xl". Item do & lego Sibille Langeton consan-
guinee mee viginti marcas. Item do & lego domino Roberto Cowell,
fideli capellano meo, pro suo servicio ad terminum vite sue annuatim
septem marcas sterlingorum Anglie. Item do et lego cuilibet servienti
tam viris quam feminis annuum stipendium pro uno anno integro
prout habuerunt in vite mea. Item & lego domum meam in qua
habito Elizabethe uxori mee ad terminum vite sue, & quod disponat
predictam domum pro salute anime sue & mee. Item executores
meos ordino predictam Elizabetham uxorem meam & Magistrum
Thomam Langton fratrem uxoris mee & Johannem Hopton filium
& heredem Roberti Hopton. In cujus rei testimonium. Ego Johannes
episcopus Roffensis ac vicarius de Ledes manu propria scripsi. His
testibus Domino Thoma Gibson capellano, aliisque multis. — \Prov€d
10 May^ 1496-]
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Vol ii.] TESTAMENTA LEODIENSIA. 3
Thomas Richardson.
(vL 31.)
In Dei nomine Amen ; decimo die mensis Junii, anno Domini
millesimo quingentesimo secundo, Ego Thomas Richardson, compos
mentis & sane memorie, licet aliquantisper in corpore eger, condo
testamentum meum in hunc modum. In primis do & lego animam
meam Deo patri omnipotenti, beate Marie, et omnibus Sanctis,
corpusque meum sepeliendum in ecclesia sancti Petri de Leedes, et
pro sepultura ejusdem do & lego fabrice ejusdem ecclesie iij* iiij**.
Item 1^0 meum optimum animal nomine mortuarii mei. Item lego
summo altari ejusdem ecclesie pro decimis meis oblitis iij* iiij**, pro
reparacione vestamentorum ejusdem. Item iiij°' ordinibus fratrum
Ebor. cuilibet eorum vj' viij^ Item domui fratrum Pontifract vj' viij**.
Item domui Montis Gracie x*. Item, quod omnes & singuli redditus
mei remaneant Alicie uxori mee pro termino vite sue, et post deces-
sum ejus volo quod ex tunc remaneant alteri filiorum meorum si non
sacerdoti, quod si neuter eorum sacerdos fuerit tunc volo quod
equaliter divisi fuerint inter eos. Item do & lego Elizabethe filie mee
xx" marcas pro porcione sua filiali. Item do & lego Agneti filie mee
x" pro porcione sua filiali. Item do & l^o Anne filie mee x" pro
porcione sua filiali. Residuum vero omnium bonorum meorum
superius non legatorum do & lego Alicie uxori mee, ut ipsa disponat
prout melius sibi videbitur pro salute anime mee, quam ordino &
constituo executricem bonorum meorum, per supervisionem Roberti
Forster. In cujus &c. Hiis testibus, Magistro Johanne Forster,
Willelmo Woode, Willelmo Hudson capellano, Roberto Forster & aliis.
— [Proved 6 Jufyy 1502.]
John Dynley, Gentylman.
(vL 32.)
In Dei nomine Amen ; the xx* day of the moneth of March the
yere of our lord god m"cccclxxxixix \stc\. I, John Dynley, Gentylman
of hooU mynd & gud memorye, orden & make this my last wyll in
man' & forme foloyng, fyrst I gyve & bequeth my saule to God and
to our lady saynt Mary, and to all the sayntf in heyven, and my
body to be buryed in the church of Swyllyngton ; also I gyf & bequeth
to the pson of the same church, in the name of my mortuarye, my
best ox ; also I gyff to the church warke of the same church for my
bureall iij' iiij**. Also I gyff & bequethe to the said pson for tethes
forgoton or w*drwen xij^ Also I gyff & bequethe to eu'y prest
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beyng at my deryge & masse of requiem iiij'*, and eu'y pich clerk in
lykwyse beyng other ij**, and to eu'y scoler hayuyng su'ples beying &
syngying ther j**. Also wher as my cosen Robt. Abbot w* my bred'
in lawe Perys Rome, latyly decessyd, was infeoffyd by Henry Dyneley
my fader, in & of all my landes and tenement^ in Austhorpe,
Potterton, & Thorner, in the countye of Yorke, to y* vse of me, I
wyll y* my said cosen Robt. Abbott, suffer my Executors to take and
pceyve of the rentf formese and other pffettf comyng and groyng
of the said landes and ten'tf to the sm of xx marc, wheroff I wyll
that my son George have x marc, and my son Clement the other x
marc, to be imployd for thayre well, by the advice of my executors &
my syster dame Isabell Rome, my cosen Roger Dynley, Willm
Dynley thelder & Robt. Abbott, pvidet that if my son John Dynley,
which is myn hayre apparunt, pay & content the said sm of xx marc
ay* of his manage good, or oy' wyse w*in the space of the yerys next
ensuyng that yen my said son John shall take & receyve all the
said rentf fermys and other pfettf of all the said landes and tenementf
in Austhorp, Potterton, & Thorner aforsaid, immedyatly after my
decesse. Also I wyll that my said cosyn Robt Abbott, the p'misses
had fulfylled and pformed in eu'y beawe of all my said landes and
ten'tf, when my said son John resonably desyryth hym, schall make
astates by dedes endendit, acordyng to my trew entent to hym therof
shewyd afore. Also I ordeigne and make myn executors Isabell my
wyf, & John Dynley my said son & hayre apparunt, they to dyspose
for my saule as the seme most merytorye. In wyttnese wherof to
this my testament & last wyll, I haue sette my scale the day & yere
above said. Thes beyng witnes, Rog* Dynley, Wyttm Dynley y® eld',
Wyttm Dynley the yong', Wittm Clerkson, & Robart Fenteman, withe
other &c. — [Proved {blank) Aug,, 1502.]
Thomas Gybson, Chaplain.*
(vi. 39-)
In Dei nomine Amen; vicesimo die mensis Januarii, anno Domini
millesimo D"**, Ego Thomas Gybson capellanus, sciens ac inteligens
quod dum corpus non viget sanitate et mens per infirmitatem interius
perturbata est, tunc homo deteriori utitur racione et ultimam voluntatem
suam in prudencius ordinat & disponit, tamen, invocatur spiritus sancti
(i) For assistance in reading this will, which presents many difficulties, I am greatly indebted to
Pr. F, Collins,— W. B,
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gratia, Ego prefatus Thomas Gybson capellanus, sanus mentis et
memorie condo ordino et facio hoc presens testamentum meum in
hunc modum & hiis verbis. In primis, commendo animam meam
immense misericordie omnipotentis Dei, beatissimeque virgini Marie
matri Jesu Christi, et omnibus celi civibus, corpusque meum sepeliendum
in ecclesia parochiali de Ledes, in choro sancte Katerine virginis &
martiris, inter sepulcrum venerabilis viri Thome Clarell quondam
vicarii ecclesie parochialis de Leedes et murum. Et pro hujusmodi
sepultura mea ibidem facienda & habenda, lego fabrice dicte ecclesie
de Ledes sex solidos et octo denarios, et pro mortuario meo assigno
unam vaccam in manibus Ricardi Adcoke existentem. Et quiscumque
oflferat capitalem denarium ut offerat septem denarios in remissionem
omnium peccatorum oblitorum meorum. Item lego Vicario dicte
ecclesie de Ledes qui pro tempore fuerit, ad interessendum exequias
meas & celebrandum missam et ad exequendum officium funerale die
sepulture mee si ibidem sit presens, viginti denarios. Et cuilibet
sacerdoti ad exequias & missam meas in superpelliciis existenti octo
denarios, et utrique clerico parochiali de Ledes iiij*^ denarios. Et
pueris in superpelliciis dumtaxat unum denarium cuilibet illorum.
Et volo ut omnes alie expenses funeral es die sepulture mee fiant per
discrecionem executorum meorum, absque pompa seculari tamen
honeste propter obloquencium judicia inconsulta. Item lego porti-
farium meum capelle sive choro Henrici Rokley, Armigeri, in ecclesia
de Ledes ibidem cathenandum ad ejus voluntatem et necessitatem
extraneorum excercendum necnon eidem capelle sive choro tres
ymagines alabastri. Item lego Ricardo Adcoke meam optimam
togam et sex solidos et octo denarios, et Elizabethe uxori sue quinque
cocliaria argenti, unam murram, unum lectum integrum, magnam
pattellam meam, optimam ollam enneam meam, et omnia vasa stanea
& terrisidilia mea. Item lego eidem Elizabethe uxori Ricardi Adcoke
decern solidos, et lego Nicholao Gybson fratri meo secundariam togam
meam, cum sex solidis & octo denariis. Item lego Radulpho Gybson
fratri meo terciam togam meam, cum sex solidis et octo denariis. Et
Willelmo Gybson fratri meo quartam meam togam, cum sex solidis
et octo denariis. Item lego Eufemie Chaumber votisse primarium
meum, unum plicatum cocliarium argenti cum casu, et decem solidos.
Item lego ad distribuendum immediate et indilate ante et post decessum
meum inter pauperes et egenos ville et parochie de I^des hostiatim
per discrecionem executorum meorum xl** sohdos. Residuum vero
omnium bonorum meorum prius non legatorum, libris meis exceptis,
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volo ut disponatur per discrecionem executorum meorum indilate absque
reservacione cujuscunque prout maxime in eis confido, et lego ciiilibet
executori meo existent! infra comitatum Ebor. & capienti onus ad
perimplendum presentem voluntatem meam more debito ob juramento
corporali, pro labore suo, viginti solidos et ad presentis voluntatis mee
predicte executionem perimplendum & exequendum facio & constituo
Henricum Rokley armigerum, Magistrum Henricum Watson et
Willelmum Dynley generosum executores meos. In quorum omnium
et singulorum testimonium, huic presenti testamento meo sigillum
meum apposui. Hiis testibus Roberto Calbeke, Thoma Hudson,
capellanis, Thoma Wilson, et aliis. — [JVo date of probate^
William Wrose, of Bramley.
(vi. 40-)
In Dei nomine Amen ; vj*** die mensis Novembris, anno Domini
millesimo cccc"?*** xv"° nono \sic\^ Ego Willelmus Wrose de Bramley,
compos mentis et sane memorie, condo & statuo ultimam voluntatem
meam in hunc modum. In primis, lego animam meam Deo omni-
potenti & beate Marie matri sue, et omnibus Sanctis ejus, corpus
meum sepiliendum in ecclesia parochiali sancti Petri de Ledis. Item
lego pro mortuario meo meum optimum animal Item lego summo
altari vj**. Item in ecclesia predicta, pro decimis neclectis et oblitis.
Item lego vj** fabrice ecclesie sancti Petri de Ebor. Item lego pro
sepultura mea in ecclesia predicta de Leedys iij' iiij^ Item lego
fratri meo Ricardo unam cocliarem argenti, I put my trust in hym to
Rewle my gud as hym please amange his frendt. Item lego sorori
mee Agneti aliam cocliarem. Item lego Thome Wrose vj* viij**. Item
lego Johanni Wrose de Pudsay vj* viij**. Item lego Thome Boy
optimum animal prout mortuarium. Item lego similiter meo Thome
juvenem vaccam. Item lego Johanni fratri meo unam tunicam dame.
Item lego Thome Boy optimam togam. Item lego Roberto fratri
meo alteram togam & unum par calligarum. Item lego fratri meo
Thome unam togam et tunicam. Residuum vero omnium bonorum
meorum do et lego executoribus meis ut ipsi mee ordinent et
disponant in operibus misericordie prout eis melius videbitur pro
salute anime mee : Margaretam Ricardum Wrose et Thome Boy
executores meos. In cujus rei &c. Hiis testibus Thoma Wrose,
Johanne Wrose, Ricardo Wrose, et multis aliis. Dat. apud Bramley
&c. — \Proved 6 Oct,^ 1502, by the exors^
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John Hopton.
(vi. 58.)
In Dei nomine Amen : xx"*** die Mensis Septembris, Anno Domine
millesimo quingentesimo secundo, Ego Johannes Hopton, compos
mentis et sane memorie, ordino et facio testamentum meum per hunc
modum. In primis, do & lego animam meum Deo omnipotenti et
beate Marie et omnibus Sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum in
choro beate Marie de Leedes. Item lego pro mortuario meo meum
optimum animal. Residuum veto omnium bonorum meorum do &
lego executoribus meis, ut ordinant et disponant pro salute anime mee.
Item facio executores meos Johannam uxorem meam et Thomam
filium meum, et facio supervisores meos Rogerum Hopton militem &
VVillelmum Mawleverer et Robertum Hopton, armigeros. Hiis
testibus, Domino Roberto Calbeke et Domino Ricardo Moyr cap
pellanis &c. — \^Proved 6 ApKy 1503, by the executrix^ reservation to tht
other executor. "^
Jane SyKerwham, *de Adell.'
(vL 68.)
In the name of Gode Amen; the fyrst day of the moneth of
June, In the yere of our lord god a m" v* & iij, I Jane Sykerwham,
late the wyf of Robt. Sykyrwham, hole of mynd and seke of body, makys
my testament in this wyse foloynge; ffyrst I coinend and wittf my synfull
saule to the m'cy of god almyghty, and to our blessyd lady his moder,
and to the helpe and suffrage of all the sayntf on heyven ; my body
to be buryed in my pich church of leedes nei my son, my best beest
to my corspresand. Also I witt to y* pich prest of leedes xx^ to
S' Robt. Calbeke xx**, & to S' Willm Holbeke xx^ Also I witt to
eu'y other prest beyng at my dcrige saynge messe of Requie' viij**.
Also to ij piche clerkf beyng at my derige iiij^ & to eu'y chyld that
can syng beynge at my derige i"*. Also for my Bureall within the
kyrke iij* iiij**. Also to the kyrkwarke of leedes iij^ iiij**. Also to
the hegh ault* of leedes kyrk for forgotten tythes iij* iiij^ Also I
witt to leedes kyrke on torche p'c iiij*. Item to Ottley kyrke on
torch p'c iiij*. Also to Harwod kyrke on torch p'c iiij*. Also I
witt for my derige to be songon w* on masse of Requie' in the
said kyrke of Harwod iij' iiij**. Also I witt to eu'y howse of the
iiij orders of frerys in Yorke, for my derigf & masses of requie'
ther to be songen, with on trental of masses apon the morne
after, to be said amongf all the frerys aforsaid iij' iiij**. Also I wit
to the howse of frerys of Saynt Robertf besyd Knaresburgh, for my
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derig w* messe of Requie' ther to be songen in the forsaid howse
iij' iiij^ Also I bewitt to the Abbott & Conuent of Kyrkestall, for
my derig w* messe of requie' ther to be songen & for myn absolucon
xl' & on Goblett of Syluer cou't. Also I witt to the p'or & couent,
of y* howse of Bolton in Chanones, in Craven, for my derig w* messe
of Requie' ther to be songen & for myn Absolucon xiij^ iiij* & on
flatt Sylu'e pece pownerd. Also I witt to the kyrkwark of Wolley
vj' viij** & to the kirkeworke of Connesburgh iij* iiij'* and to the kyrke
warke of Raynfeld xx*. Also I witt to an honest & a well disposyd
prest to syng for my saule, my husbondf, my sonnes, my father's, my
mother's, & for all my good doers saules wher myn executors shall
thynke most meid for my saule for the space of iij yerys xij" xiij* iiij**.
Also for expenses the day of my Buryall, and in almes to por folkes
vj'^ xiij* iiij**, & for my twelmoneth day iij" vj* viij**. Also I wit to my
son in law Willm Arthyngton, & Jane hys wyf, terme of their lyves,
on standyng syluere couert, xiij of my best syluer spones, & on
standyng maser covert so y* affter their ij decesses, the forsaid pece
salt, Syluere Spones, & Maser, shall go to y* vse of Willm Arthyngton,
son of Jane, my doghter. Also I witt to y' said Willm Arthyngton
yong', V payr shetf. Also I witt to my doghter Jane xx*', & [st'c] my
best syluer harnest gyrdell, a payr beydf of corall, w* gawdeys of gold,
my ij best gownes, my best kyrtill, & my best blake harnest gyrdell.
Also I witt to Willm Hall, John [d/ank']^ Elizabeth Honor, Jenet
Waynman, Agnes Waynman, & Margret Waynman, to euery of them
on beest or the valew. Also I wit to y** Master, & the preistf of y*
colage of y** holy Trinityes, in Pont[efract], for my derig, w* messe of
Requie' ther to be songen vj' viij'*. Itm I wit to S' Robt. Cooke,
preist, vj' viij**, and a payr of Schetys. Also I wit to Willm Arthyngton,
my son in lawe xx*. Also I wit to Robt. Westby xx^ Also I wit to
Willm Arthyngton, my son in lawe, my draght of oxen, w* waynes,
plowes, yokt teymes, & all oy' necessaries therto belongyng. Also I
witt to Percyvall Arthyngton son of my doght' j kow, ij syluer spones;
and to Jane, Agnes, Elizabet, Margett, & Alice, sisters of the said
Percyvall, to euery of them on kowe. The Residew of my goodf befor
not legat, I gyff & comytte to y* discrecon of my executors to dyspose
for the helth of my saule, my frendes & benefactors, as my trust is
in them; & to execute and fulfyll this my p'sent testament & last
will, I make & ordein Willm Arthyngton. my son in lawe, & Robt.
Westby, my Kynnysman, myn executors. In witness &c. Wit*: —
S'John Milnere & S'John Carlele, preistf. — [Proved 2% June, 1503.]
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William Fawsett, of Bargraunge.
(vi. 103.)
In Dei nomine Amen : the x. day of ffebmarie, in y* yere of our
lord m* D iij"*, I, Willm ffawsett, of good mynd and good memorie,
make my testamet in this man', — ^ffirst, I gyfe and witt my saull to
God Almighti, our lady saint Marie, and to all y* company of hevyn,
and my body to be buried in y*' church of Ledf . Also I witt my
best beist in y* name of my mortuarie. It[em] I witt a trentall of
messes to be song for me ix*. It[em] I witto y* hye awt' for tithes
forgotten iij* iiij**. Itm, I witto Askeyth Kirk vj' viij**. It[em] I witto
y* crose shaft xx**. Itm, I witto y* mendyng of y* hy way betwix
Kirkstall and Ledf iij* iiij**. Itm, I witto John Slater xl' and a bed.
Itm, I witto Leon'd ffawsett all thingf y* belongf to weveyng and
walkyng, w* y* best bed, ij ky, and a horse. Itm, I witto my lord
Abbott of Kirkstall xl^ and to eu'y on of his brether iiij**. Itm, I
witto John fferrow a ston of woU. Itm, I mak Thomas Hulson ad
Leonerd fiawsett myn executors. And I bequeth to y* said Thomas
Hulson X. mark for his labor. The residew of all my goodf , my
dettf paid, and fun'all expenses don, and this my testamet and last
will fulfilled, I will y* myn executors dispose for y* helth of my saull
and all cristen saulles, by thadvice and councell of [Dan ?] Gilbert,
my son, whom I mak superuiso', thes witnes Herr. Gren, p'st, Thomas
Batley, Ric. Stanfeld, Willm ffrost, & oy'. — [Proved 23 May^ 1504, by
Thomas Hulson^ reservation to the other exor.]
John Lupton, of Leeds.
(vL 115.)
In Dei nomine Amen : xx"*** die mensis Octobris, Anno Domini
millesimo quingentesimo iiij***. Ego Johannes Lupton de Ledes grocer,
sdens & intelligens quod dum corpus non viget sanitate & mens per
infirmitatem interius turbata est tunc homo deteriori utitur racione
& ultime voluntatis sue declaracionem imprudentius ordinat &
disponit cum invocata spiritus sancti gratia. Ego vero compos mentis
&. sane memorie, condo testamentum meum in hunc modum. In
primis, commendo animam Deo omnipotenti, beatissime virgini Marie
matri Iliu Christi, & omnibus Celi Sanctis, corpusque meum sepelien-
dum in ecclesia parochiali Sancti Petri de Ledes, & pro hujusmodi
sepultur ibidem habenda lego fabrice dicte ecclesie iij' iiij**, & pro
mortuario meo meum optimum animal. Item summo altari pro
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decimis oblitis iij' iiij**. Item lego Johanni filio meo quod
habeat exhibicionem necesssgiam usque ad etatis sue vicesimum
annum, & si voluerit in etatis sue vicesimo anno Cambrigie
studii gratia adire, quod tunc habeat quicquid competens pro
tribus annis, & si alique gradum promotus fuerit volo quod habeat
necessaria ad ejus promocionem, ad discrecionem matris sue. Item
volo quod si contingat eundem Johannem presbitari, quod tunc sibi
detur pro oblacione nomine meo unum aureum nuncupatum les
sufferan, precii xx*, ut oret altissimo exinde pro anima mea seu pro
bono statu si contigerit. Residuum vero omnium bonorum meorum
superius non legatorum parti mea concernentem, debitis & funeralibus
[expensis] fideliter persolutis, do & lego Johanne uxori mee ad
relaracionem & sustentacionem sueipsius, filiorum & filiarum ad
suam voluntatem, si fuerint ei complacentes. Et predictam Johannam
uxorem meam & Thomam filium meum facio & ordino hujus testa-
menti mei executores, ad exiquenda & perimplenda omnia & singula
premissa in forma juris, prout maxime in eis confido. Et Robertum
fibster & Adam Banes constituo in hac parte supervisores. In cujus
rei &c. Hiis testibus, Roberto Calbek, Johanne Heryson, Georgio
Medow, Georgio Brane, & aliis. M** that yis is my wyll, y* imediatly
after my departur by nat'all deth Thomas my son make fyne for my
house and close after y* custom, to hym and to his heires of his
body lawfully begotten, and for defaute of such yssew, to remane to
my son John, in case he be no p'st, and to his heires of his body
lawfully begotten, and for defaute of such yssew, to reman to Mawd
& Jane my doughf equally to be devided emongf tham two, to haue
and hold y* forsayd house and close, w* thappurtennce to them, and
to y' heires after the custome for euer. — \Proved i8 Dec^ 1504, ^
the exors,"]
Thomas Mighley.
(vl 133.)
In Dei nomine Amen : the vj day of May, y* yere of our lord
m' d V***. I, Thomas Mighley, of hole mynd and good memorie,
ordan and mak my testamet in man' and forme folowyng: — ^ffirst, I
gyf and comend my saule to almyghti god, to his mod^ saint Mari,
and to all y" saintf in hevyn ; my body to be buried in y* kirkgarth
of Ledf, negh to y* diall if it may be suffred, or els at y' end of y*
same kirk, fomenst y* palmcrosse, as negh the hy awt' as may be
suffred. Also I gyf and bequeth my best whik good in y* name of
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my moTtuarie. It[em] I give to y* awt' in y* forsaid kirk, for tithis
forgotten ij'. Also I gyf to y* kirk wark of Ledf xl*. Itm, to y*
paiich p'st of Ledf xij^ Also I gyf to Georg Brame viij**. Also I
gyf to M'garet Mighley, my dought', for her porcon and bam parte
viij". It[em] to y* abbott of Kirkstall xl**, and to eu'e monk of y*
same place iiij*. The residew of my goodf , my dettf paid, I will be
devided emongf M'garet, my wif, Eliz. Ric. & Johan Mighley, my
childr. Il[em] I gyf to S' Thomas Carlell, to sy a trentall for my
saull vf viij*". Itm, to S' Robt. Calbek, viij**. Also I ordan and mak
M'garet Mighley, my wif, myn execut*, she to dispose for y* helth of
my saul aft* her powr. Itm, I ordan and mak Willm Dynley, thelder
gentilma', survior of this my p'nt testamet and last will. Also I gyf
to y* said Willm Dynley x*, tendly requiring hym to be good master
to my said wif and childr. In witnes &c. Wit': — S' Robt Calbek,
Willm Shaw, George Brame, and oy*. — [Proved 2 Aug,^ 1505* ^y
exfrix,]
John Herryson, of Gipton.
(vi 138.)
In Dei Nomine Amen; Aprilis vero mensis die nono. Anno
Domini millesimo quingentesimo v***. I John Herryson, of Gipton,
of hole mynd and good memorie, ordan and mak my testamet in
forme folowyng : — ffirst, I gyf and bequeth my saule to god oTpotent,
and to our lady saint Marie, and to all the saintf in hevyn ; my body
to be buried in the pich church yerde of Ledf. Also I bequeth for
my corsp'sant my best beist. Also I bequeth to the hy awt' of Ledf,
for tithes forgotten iij* iiij**. Also I gyf to Agnes Cowper xl'. Also
I gyf to Isabell Cowp xxvj* viij^ Also I gyf to Thomas Herryson, nes, of hole mynd & good memorie, maketh
this my p'sent testamet & last will, in man' & forme foloyng : — ffirst,
I gyf & bequeth my sauU to god, to our lady saint Marye v'gyn & to all
y* saint^ of hevyn ; my body to be buried in the pich kirk of Led^.
Also I gyf & bequeth my best whike good to the vicar of y® said
kirk of Leedg in the name of my mortuarye. Also I gyf & bequeth
to y* hyght Awt* in the same kirk to bye on omamet to y* said Awt'
at y* mynd and discrecon of the kirk mast's xxxiij' iiij**. Also I gyf
& bequeth to y* kirkwark of y® aforsaid kirk for my buryall accordyng
to y* custom and man' of the same kirk iij' iiij**. Also I gyf and
bequeth to the Gray ffreers in y*" Citie of York xij**. Also I gyf to
y* Whit freers in York xij*. Also I gyf & bequeth for on trentall
messes to be celebrate & don in y* kirk of led^ aforsaid for y* helth
of my saule x*. Also I gyf & bequeth to on sufficient preist, he to
mynist' & celebrate messes in y' aforsaid kirk by y* space of on hole
yere for y* celestiall weill of my sauU & of y* saullg of my ffather and
my mother and of all thos sauU^ by whom I have at any tym be
relevid or mendyd, iiij". Also I gyf & bequeth to James Medilton
soroetym my s'untt xx'. Also I bequeth to Sibell Banes, my mother
X*. Also I gyf & bequeth to y* iiij mother kirk^ iiij*. The Residew
of all my good^ my dettg paid & content, my fun'all expenses maid,
& all other charge had & don, I gyf to be devided emong Johan
Banes my wif and my child'. Also I ordeyn and mak y® said Johan
Banes my wif & Willm Banes my son my executors, thai to dispose
for my sauU as thai shall seme best aft' my powre. Also I ordayn
& mak S' John Heryson p'st the surviso' of this my said testamet.
Thes beyng witnes, S' Willm Tonend, p'st, Robt. fforst', James Colton,
James Midilton, Brian Banes, & othir. — [A^ dafe of probater^
William Scisson, of Leeds.
(vL 183.)
In the name of god Amen : the xx. day of ApHe, the yere of our
lord m* d v"*. I, Willm Scisson of Led^ beyng of good mynd and
memorie, ordanes & makf my testamet and last will in man' & forme
foloyng :— ffirst, I gyfe and witt my saul to Aknyghtie, our lady saine
Marie and to all y* celestiall company of hevyn ; my body to be
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buried in y* kyrk yard of Ledc, of y* sone syde of y* kirk by my first
wife Margarett. Also I witto my mortuarie aft' y** custom of y* pich.
Also I witto y' hy aut' of y* said kirk for tithes & oblacons for getten
in discharging of my conciens xij**. Also I witto S' Thomas ffax for
a trentall of messes v'. Also I witto Jenett my wife the tithes of
Shipkere during such t*mes as I haue y'of granted to me and to
myn assignes. And if she die w*in y' said t'mes that then it is my
will y* my childr have y* said tithe evynly deuided among tham. Also
I witto my said wif my hous in Mabgaitt duryng her lyf, and also
y® grett hous in Marshe loyne w* all y'to belongyng, the wich my fad'
in law gaf and graunted to me and to my wife at such tym as I
maried his dought', we to haue it aft' his decesse to vs & to our
heyr. Also it is my will y* & it fortune my said wif to be w* child
and to have a soiie of my bodie begotten y* y* said sone to be myn
heyr & to haue y* aforsaid houses aft' his mod' decesse, to hym and
to his heyre- And for default of such yssue the aforsaid bowses to
be deuided among my dougt's and to y' heyr^ lawfully begotten for
eu', aft* this man' and forme: y* is to say, my hous in Mabgaitt evynly
to be deuided betwix my dought' Elizabeth and my dought' Margarett,
and Eliz. to haue y" west end toward y® north hall & M'garett to haue
y* oy' end and eythir of tham to haue an erke garth and to devid y*
orchard and y** ground to Mabgait yat betwix them. Also I will y*
Agnes my dought' haue y* grett hous in Marschloyne as is be for
said. And if it happyn y* any of my said dought' dye w*out ysshew
laufully gotten, then y* said howsis to remayn to y' oy' beyng on lyfe.
Also I will y* my brod' S' Thomas Scisson haue y' grey Nage y*
awmyllf & a whit mare y*was Jenkynsons of pte of paymet of such
duties as I aw hym, for so he & I was agreid at such as I paid y*
last paymet y* I paid to y® p'or of Trinite in York. Also I witto to
Ric. Marshall, a cow, a bay fely, a nage y* was Brian Holyns & x
yowes. Also I witto my brod' Ric. a bawsand Stage. Also I witto
John Jakson a gordid whye. Also I will y*all my dettf paid of all
my hole goodf, and this my testamet and last will fulfilled, then
y* residew of all my goodf not bequest, I gif to Jennet my wif, whom
I ordayn & mak myn execut'ce, for to dispose for y* well of my
saul. Thes witnes : S*" Thomas Scisson, S*" Thomas flax, William
Rawson, w* oy'. — [JVo date of probate, '\
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XeeD0 3Brig
Wittm Hodgson
•• 3
Joseph Scholefeild
•' 5
Rich, ffarrer
8
Mr. Conyers
3
Robert Butler ...
... I
Widd. Scaife ...
.. 4
Tho. Dawson
2
John Todd
I
M' John Brooke
•• 3
The Robinson...
I
Widd. Brooke
5
Wdd. Harwood ...
I
John Jackson ...
... I
Michaell Bibby
I
Widd' Hurst
14
Widd. Lister
5
M' Towers
... 6
Charles Mann ...
.. 9
Wittm Waugh
3
M" Walker
9
M'^Mitley
... 2
John Borley ...
Charles Gilbert
2
Alder Atkinson
8
Michaell Turner
... 2
Wlttm Dockray
.. I
James Pinckney
4
Tho. Howing
I
James Pinckney, jun.
... 4
John Bray
•• 5
John Booth
2
\Mdd. Edmondson ...
I
Henry Stanhope
... 4
Jerom Thearsby
• 3
John Coletan
3
Wittm Dawson
...
2
(Membrane 1$.)
flfrands Briggs ...
. 6
Joseph Scholefeild ...
I
Wittm Pickering ...
I
Timothy Smith
... 4
Thomas Tate ...
. 8
Tho. Walker
2
John Dawson
5
M'Neale
... 8
Joseph Stones ...
..
I
Alex. Nelson
2
Rich. Milner
2
M"Bellord
... I
James Nayler ...
• 3
Wittm Woodhouse ...
I
James Nayler
6
William Baley ...
... 5
Wittm Johnson
• 5
Ellin Gunnhill
I
John MUIer
3
Tho. Penington
... 1
Jos. Colsone ...
. I
M'Boyes ...
4
Tho. Sarile
2
Hen. Atkinson ...
... I
Widd. Reyner ...
. I
Matthew Hardwicke
5
Robert Townson
3
M'^ Hutchinson
... 6
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Leeds Briggate (continued).
Jonathan Qoudcsley
... 4
M"Crowle
... 10
Thomas Belfeld
I
Wiihnfflctcher
4
M' Moxon, sen.
... 8
Rich. Jackson ...
... I
Rich. Haddon
II
WittmMitley
I
Timothy Stanley
... 3
Hugh Whitfeild
... 2
Ri. ffarrand
I
M' Rob. Hickson ...
7
Chrofer Raynford
... 6
Samuell Boyes
... 6
M' Rainford
2
Wittm Ellis
2
Anne Jackson ...
... 1
M' Wibley
... I
Tho. Atkinson
I
M' Haste
5
James Hudson ...
... I
M' Geo. Jackson
... 7
4^
John Whalley
3
Joseph Beale ...
... 4
Omitted by reason of poverty
... I
Wittm Atkinson
3
Roger Hardcastle, Coilr.
Withn Walker...
... I
John Bray, Consf,
George Crosgill
I
James Hopwood
... 4
John Hopkinson
4
Xee^a DeaDrow.
Rich. Hay
... 3
Widd. Greathead
... 2
Wittm ffenlon
6
Daniell Jackson
4
Geo. Wombell ...
... 2
George Beckitt...
- 3
M' Boyes...
I
Tho. Snell
2
Richard Wilson
... 8
John Sawer
... I
James Moxon, jun. ...
8
John Dawson
I
Witt Parkinson, sen.
... 3
James Sumstor...
... I
Isaac Blackbume ...
5
Fran. Potter
I
Geo. Chambers
... 4
RotJt Potter ...
- 3
Wittm Walker
2
George Beckett, sen.
I
John Lancaster
... 3
Wittm Wilkinson
... 4
John Cloudesley
8
Timothy Crabtree...
5
Edward Cady ...
... 7
Oliver Ballmer...
... 8
Chr. Clifton
4
Alderman Watkinson
II
Peter Parke ...
... 3
Arthur Todd ...
... 8
M' Timo. Brooke ...
6
JohnGarforth
2
Robert Towneson
... I
John Wilkinson
- 3
John Hirst
2
Michaell Gunby
I
Geo. Nayler ...
... I
WiddowGunby
... I
Tho. fforest
I
Margarett Killingbecke
I
Widd.Goodall...
... I
Thos. Willie
... 3
M' Rhoades
3
John Mangham
2
Tho. Dyson ...
... 2
Joseph Loftus
... 3
Widd. Massey
3
Thos. Pickard
2
Timothy Kent ...
6
Simon Brodericke
... 4
James Heywood
3
ffrancis Bowes
2
JohnMilner ...
2
Widdow Crosfeild
... I
Humphrey Towldam
I
John Longbotham ...
3
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19
I.REDS Hradrow (continued).
Robert lanson
3
Abraham Row ...
... I
Rich. Watson ...
... 2
MiduieU Barwicke ...
I
John Wess
4
Edward Bland
... I
John Nettleton
... I
Wiliiain KiDge
I
Wittm Rickinson ...
5
Edward Mackerill
... I
Tho. Adworth ...
... 3
Rkhaid WQUamson
3
Miles Wrumsley
4
Edward Taylor
... 4
Joseph Milner ...
... 3
Alderman Armitage
7
Marke ffreeman
4
John Wise
... 5
Widd. ffreeman
... 2
Wittm Taylor, jun. .
4
John Middleton, sen.
3
Wittm Taylor, sen.
3
Tho. Morton ...
2
Thos. Stavley
5
Tho. Cressy
3
Richard Graveson
-. 3
M' Thomas Yates
... 4
Marke Taylor
I
Alex. Preistley
I
Edward Phillips
... I
Alex, fibster ...
... 4
Thos. Smalpage
4
M" Butler
2
Edwd. Humph'- & Earth. I
bitson 3
Tho. Stevenson
... I
Robert Head ...
... 2
Wittm Thelford ...
I
Thos. Abbot
I
Widd. Dinsdale
... 2
Joseph Scholefeild
... 4
Widd. Dinsdall
5
Wiihn Brunton
2
Wittm Homer
... I
William Pye ...
... I
Widd. Dixon
3
Wittm Ouldrid
2
Robert Hurst ...
•■■ 3
Widdow Laybome
. . 3
Hen. Blackbume ...
2
M»Sikes
3
Gregory ff"reeman
... 2
M' Mihjor
... 5
Lane. Harrison
2
M»HaU
4
Henry Norton...
... 4
Ralph Kirton ...
... 2
James Esh
2
F.lerabeth Dixon ...
I
Jacob Hardwicke
... 2
M' George Bannister ...
... 4
Widd. Smith
Robert Dixon
I
Robert Browne
Mathew PreisUey
... I
Tho. Wallis
Robert Cooper
4
Tho. Tayler ...
(Membrane 16.)
Wittm Wilson
Stephen Savor
2
Thomas Wilson
Richard Ingle ...
... 2
Edward Rawdon ..
William Powell
7
Ralph Dinsdall...
William Topham
... 6
Will. Dinsdall
3
Edward Massey
2
Widd. Ibbotson
... 2
Thomas Pannell
... 3
Jonath. Luddington
2
I
James Sale
... 3
John Walker
... I
John Ordrian
I
Widdow Jeffrey
2
John Phillips ...
.. 3
George Stnbline
... I
Rowland Dodsworth
3
Robert Gray
3
John Thackwray
... 4
Widd, Robinson
... 4
Tho. Barton
I
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[Vol. iL
Leeds Headrow (contintud).
Widd. ffalkiner
I
Tho. Stevenson
... 2
Rotite Browne ...
... I
Grace Deane
I
John Midleton, jmi.
3
Easter Metcalfe
... I
Rofete Atkinson
... I
Charles Clarkson ...
3
James Bradshaw
3
Witt Dixon
Edward Sawle...
... 3
M' Gamble
2
John Osbume
2
Geo. Broadley
... 2
Henry Robinson
... 2
John Hare
2
George Hawkesworth
I
Abra. Brookesbancke
... 5
Widd. Walker
... 2
M' Joseph Ibbitson
2
Tho. Massan
3
Ri. Story
... 5
Joseph ffoimtaines
... 4
Timothy Taylcr
2
ffran. Sinnimond
4
WittmCorvill
2
John Walker
... 3
Rot5te Scott ...
... 2
Rich. Powell
4
M™ Allan
2
Rich. Hardy
... I
M'Hesle
..• 3
Roger Wise
I
John Dixon
I
Thomas Sturdy
... I
Jerom Barstow...
... 3
Anne Smith
I
Wittm Woodhead ...
6
Timothy Harwood
... 8
Chrofer Slubbs
-. 3
Tho. Wilson
2
Jeffrey Simpson
2
RoUte Appleby
... I
Alex. Smith ...
... 2
Geo. Sedgwicke
5
Thomas Hardike ...
2
John Baines
••• 3
Timo. Hardike
••• 3
Tho. Powell
4
Widd. Skelton
I
M' Simpson
... lO
Bartho. Ibbotson
... 6
Rotite Tompson
I
Wittm Halliday
I
John Yates
... 4
Jerom Barras ...
... 2
John Hopwood
3
Wittm Walton
I
Samuell Simpson
•• 3
Rich. Wood
... 4
John Cocker
2
Rich, ffawkiner
I
Joseph Hillary ...
... 5
Wittm WTialley
... 2
Chro Langdale
I
Phinney Lamb
2
M' Benson
... 8
Edward Bolton
... 2
ffran. Wharton
I
M" Wiggins
I
Ellis Scholefeild
... 4
M^Lee
... I
George ffewster
8
Benja. Dyson
2
Simond Rotlidge
... 4
Tho. Kawtry ...
... 2
Geo. Hargrave
5
Matth. Cowper
I
M' Geo. Dixon
... 12
M^Oldfeild
... 4
Daniell ffenton
6
Samuell Greenwood
3
Tho. Richmond
... 2
Wittm Sturdy
... 2
M' Pollard
2
MarkeCoales
I
Peter Tompson
... 2
M*" Joseph Dixon
... 6
Daniell Parker
4
M" Smithson
7
Wittm Lumley...
.. 3
Nath. Jackson ...
... I
Wittm Cocker
2
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21
Leeds Headrow {continued)
Rol5t Bococke
... I
M' Rich. Bevitt
. 8
Miles Douglas
3
Edward Tayler
2
Witt Duglas
... 4
John Bamord ...
2
Widd. Duglas
2
M' Stevenson
7
James Holmes
... 2
Henry Gamble
I
Widd. NewiU
4
James Hardisty
I
Ri. Hargreaves
... 2
610
Witt Douglas
5
Laur. Tattersall
... 3
Empty, & noe distress to be had :
—
M' Streeton
4
M'Sikes ..
2
Anth. Dawson ...
... 2
M' Metcalfe
3
Tho. Pallister
2
George Dixon
I
PhiU. Ibbitson
... 2
{Membrane 17.)
Tho. Kitchinman ...
6
John Milner
I
Wittm. Tompson
... 2
M'Watkinson ...
I
Tho. Cuins
2
Widd. Potter
I
John Kay
James fibster ...
2
John Robinson
WittmWaide
I
Roger Howden
These p'sons ffollowing are discharged
John Shipley
by certificate : —
Geo. Kirton
.. 3
Anne Robinson
I
Rofete Anderson
Elizabeth Tayler
I
Matthew Caley
Wiihn Holmshaw ...
I
Tho. Hopkins
Omitted by reason of poverty
7
M" Kitchingman
John Haley
Roger Hardcastle, Collr.
George Turton
Edward Tayler, Const,
M' Sunderland
M' John Kay, Cler.
Hen. Atkenson
Tho. Thornton...
Xee&e6, Soutb part
Wittm Croft
M' Peter Mason
6
Sam" Howden
Antho. Story
4
Tho. Coulbecke ...
Rich. Harrison
4
RoBte Coulbecke
Tho. Metcalfe
2
M' Will. Calverley...
Rich. Dawtry ...
2
Henry Bramley
John Gilman
2
Tho. Jackson
John Smith ...
2
Rotite ffreeman
... 3
M' Hickson
I
M^-RofeteNess
4
M' Robt Hickson & ten**
9
Witt Coulbecke
Chrofer Turton
2
John Messenger
I
Stephen Hansworth
I
Tho. Robinson
Anne ffeamley
I
Tho. Robinson
4
Stephen Hamsworth
I
Benja. Gabbutt
\Vi!tm Eshall
2
Tho. Graswicke
Joseph Stead
I
Jonath Downes
... I
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
[Vol ii.
Lbedes, South part (continued)
James Swift
Tho. Coraforth
Widd. Simpson
Chr. Briggs
Tho. Moorehouse
Miles Cooke ...
M' WiU. Carr
John Turner ...
Joseph Cowper
Antho. Reame
George Hopperton
M" Armistead
Chrofer Bantam
Wittm Greenwood
Tho. Jackson
Chrofer Lindall
Ambrose Ambler
Widd. Cawood
Matth. Lancaster
Roger Kilbume
George Morgan .
Widd. Pinckney
Marke Hutton
Wittm Hurst ...
Wittm Topham
Rich. Dickinson
Ralph Grave
Tho. Brethne ...
Rose Pye
M' Massie
M' Ness ...
Edward Turner
Rich. Atkinson
Tho. Teale ...
Ri. Baitson
Wittm Womersley
241
Empty ; and noe distresse to be had i
M, Hen. Roundall ...
M' Norfolke ...
Tho. Clough
Omitted by reason of poverty
Robert Husband, Cc/lr.
John Turner, Ccnsf,
(Membrane 18.)
Xee^e0, Hoctb parte.
M' Godfrey Lawson
M" Mary Myers
M" Ursula Totty
Rich. Lofthouse
Bartho. Blaides
Chrofer Boyes
Matth. Boyes, sen.
M' Boyes, jun.
John Hirst
Wittm Jackson
EzekiellWade...
M" Redshaw
John Dyson
RoUte Tayler
Chro. Marsh ...
Grace Hoope
Alex, ffoster
Tho. ffoster
M'SamSykes...
Wittm Beswicke
Thomas Vassie
Widd. Boothman
Wiihn Snawden
John Carter
Wiitm Clarke ...
M^ Shadmore
Alex, ffoster, jun.
M^ Blacklocke
Joseph Blacklocke
Samuell Blacklocke
Wiitm Skurfeild
Widd. Powell
Tho. Prockter
John Rhoades
John Rhodes ...
WittmBatley
M' Edward Hellewell
Tho. Moseley
M' John Gamett
Mary ffarrand
Chr. Banckhouse
M' Greenwood
John Dyson
Isaack Wood
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^3
Lbkdbs, North part (continued).
Tho. Johnson ...
. I
Rotke Metcalfe
••• 3
Tho. Dockett
4
Rofcte Williamson ...
I
John Cooke
Wid<L Adingthwaite ...
•• 3
John Whitehead ...
Edward Humphrey...
2
Mich. Spence ...
Wittm Dyson ...
... 2
Mr Walker
flBran.Wlson
2
Stephen Netherwood
Jodcth Ware ...
•• 3
Martin Browne
M' Geo. Bannister ...
8
John Weddell
Austin Horsman, sen. ...
... 2
Tho. Dowker
Edward Thombuiy
I
Nichol. Netherwood ...
John Leach
... I
James Netherwood ...
M»Collyer
8
RotJte Holmes
Rich Lee
... 2
James Netherwood ...
Rich. Browne
I
Rich, ffeme
Austin Horsman, jun.
... 2
Tho. Peckett, sen. ...
M'Tho. Dixon
8
Hen. Hutchinson
Gea HoTsman ...
... 2
Antho. Bollard
Ralph Horsman
2
Wittm ffalkenar
Rich. Pullen
... I
Antho. Wade
John Walker
4
Wittm Snowden
John Walker
... I
RoUte Spence
John Overend
I
Antho. Jackson
Antho. Horsman
... I
Chro Dodsworth ...
M' Bumiston Carter
I
Wittm lies
James Marrow ...
... I
ffrands Sutton
John Smith
2
Antho. Ward ...
Leo. Catley ...
... 2
James Bolland
Robte Jackson
I
Geo. Ryley, jun.
Janie Clarkson
... I
Wittm Heven
Wittm Shaw
2
Rich. Richardson
Wittm Smith ..
... 5
Chro Harper
John Latham
2
Rich. Gill
John WiUington
... 2
Geo. Ripley, sen. ...
John Sheppeard
I
RotJte Ryder ...
Wittm WUson
•• 3
Matthew Totty
Edward Walker ...
I
Widd' Netherwood
.. 2
Marma. Goothricke
... I
Tho. Dinison
Wittm Wilson
2
Nicho. ffreerson
Rich. Sikes
... I
Oswald Rylher
M'Sikes
2
John Stables ...
James Ripley ...
... 2
Tho. Leathley
John Cloudesley
4
Tho. Dancer ...
Widd. Lamb
... I
Stephen Clough
M' Wittm Curtis ...
4
Widd. Jackson
M' Abra. Akins
... 5
Wittm Knowles
Tho. Cowper
I
Tho. Jefferson
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[Vol ii.
Leedes, North part (continued)^
Wittm Prockter
Leo. Burnley ...
Tho. Parkett
Bartho. Watson
Hen. Jackson
James Kendall
Tho. Sandfeild
Peter Cloudesley
James Sctterwood
John Remington
Daniell Wiston
Widd. Newton ...
Jo. Wheelehouse
Geo. Dinison ...
Wittm Dinson
Wittm Dinson
{^embraru 19.)
Tho. Jefferson ...
Tho. Jefferson
James Jefferson
Michaell Jefferson
Widd. Bickerdike
Wittm Jefferson
Tho. Walker ...
Tho. Linley, sen.
Wittm Young ...
M"" Tho Raisin
Leo. Wilkinson...
Rich. Clarke
Dorothy Jefferson
Matthew Oddy
Tho. Jefferson ...
James Maugh
James Shewill ...
Christo. Walker
John Wilkinson, sen.
Samuell Turner
Robert ffreer ...
Tho. Topham
John Kent
Robert Whitacre
James Oddye ...
John Tompson
Leonard Spence
Tho. Baines
John Home
Matthew Penniston
Tho. Home
James Mitchell
Ingram Holmes
Widd. Jefferson
M' John Walker ...
M' Tho. ffairebura
John ffairebum
James Ward ...
Rich. Holmes
Geo. Metcalfe ...
Robte Stockdall
John Jefferson
Wittm Linsley
John Linsley ...
Geo. Shewill
Jonath. Kendall
Isaack Webster
2
John Dyson
3
John Dickinson
I
Rich. Jefferson ...
I
John Dundall
I
John Smalpage
2
John Sikes
I
John Dunderdall
2
Robert Longfellow .
I
M' Dixon
2
Tho. Vassey
I
Peter Smalpage
2
Tho. Walsington
2
Leonard Smalpage
I
James Tompson
I
Tho. Atkinson ...
I
John Sewill
I
M' Mich. Gilbert
I
Henry Bolland
I
Henry Bolland ...
I
Tho. Becke
I
Samuell Burray
2
Robert Salterthwaite
I
William Currand
I
John Atkinson
I
John ffirne
I
John Collinson
2
Widd. Boyes ...
I
Tho. Atkinson
I
... 2
I
... I
I
... 2
3
... 4
3
... 2
2
... 2
3
... I
2
... I
2
... 2
2
... 2
2
... 2
2
... 2
2
... I
4
... I
I
... 4
I
••• 3
I
I
... 7
I
... I
2
•• 3
I
... 2
I
... 2
I
... 2
I
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25
Leedes, North part (cuntinu
ed).
Will. Rufforth
... I
John Harrison
I
Antho. Inkeringall ...
I
Ralph Horsman
.. I
Jer. Phillips
... 2
Brian Mawde
6
Chro. Berry
1
—
Chr. Smith
••• 3
479
Tho. Leach
2
Empty; and noe distress to be had :—
Stephen Wilkinson
... I
Alex, fibster
I
John Leach
2
M' Greenwood
2
Geo. Beanland...
... 2
M' Sikes ...
Wittm Emmott
I
Tho. Dyson
Will. Blakey
... I
Alex. Homer
James Atkinson
I
Tho. Home
Tho. Am worth, jun.
... I
M' John Walker ...
ffran. Smith
I
Tho. fibxcroft ...
Wittm Spence ...
... I
Tho. Smalpage
John Rogers
I
Joshua Hill
John Clapham ...
... I
John Coates
I
James JefTerson
Tho. Sharpe ...
... 2
Omitted by reason of poverty
•• 4
Tho. Wilkinson
3
Tho. Smith
I
Roger Hardcastle, C
ollr.
Robt Sugden
Samuell Coates
I
John Carter, Const,
... I
Tho. Rogers
3
Ri. Hudson
... I
Aortoit
Jona. Shackleton ...
4
{Membrane 20.)
Tho. Butterfeild
... I
M' Edmond Starke
.. 16
Chr. Calveriey
I
M"Crookc
4
John Hall
... I
Tho. Mawson ...
.. I
Tho. Butterfeild
I
Wittm Mitchell
3
RotJte Wright
... 2
Chr. Bcaneland
I
John Atkinson
I
Mercy Berry
2
John Maskew ...
... I
Abra. Leech ...
.. I
James Widdopp
2
Tho. ffell
I
Margaret Wilkinson
... I
John Lister
.. I
M^ Tho. ffell
9
Tho. Lister
3
John Catley ...
... I
John Walters ...
.. 2
109
John Smith
I
Widd. Hainworth
I
Omitted by reason of povert
y ... 2
Tho. Lister, sen. ...
2
Mich. Bradley
I
Mich. Wood
3
Roger Hardcastle
, CoUr.
Geo. Turner ...
.. I
Chrofer Calverle
y, Corsta,
John Wood, sen. ...
Abr. Longbotham
1
I
Henry Turner
2
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
[VoL iL
Aenatoit
Otlei?.
Charles ffairfax, Esq.
... 13
M" Harrison ...
M' Richard Rhoads
4
Eliz. Cave...
...
M' John Fairfax
... 5
James Pickard ..
Lawrence Curtasse ...
Chro. Pickard
Wittm Curtasse
Mary Gibson ..
...
John Pickard
Peter Stead
RotJt Oldfeild ...
...
John Butler
...
Chro. Pickard
Guy Linsley
...
Jcrom Overend
...
M" Procktcr ..
John Wells
James Rhoades,
sen.
Widd. Nelson ...
Withn Stead ..
Miles ffiranckland
Mary Wrayes
...
M' Mawde ...
...
Widd. Hogg ..
...
Charles Watson
Hen. Dixon
Geo. Roades
John Brearey ..
Laur. Curtice
John Ryley
Widd. Marshall
...
Peter Rhoades..
Peter Spelch
M** Dawson
...
Thomas flFumice
...
... 4
Tho. West
Ri. Sowden
[MemJbrane 21.)
Geo. Pollard ...
...
M'Idle
RoUte Walker
M'f Pullan
Rich. Walker ...
lames Appleyeard .
Wittm Roades
M' Edward Barker
Rich. Ryley ...
...
Ri. Hogg ...
Widd. Wilson
John Thackwray
John Rhoades ...
ChroferWard
John Walker
Rich. Cave
Withn Tidewell
Rich. Rhoades
John Watson
Wittm Mitchell
Withn Ryley ...
Henry Wyley
John Tompson
Tho. fforest
Tho. Surr
Rotate Shaw
—
Rich. Hogg
57
James Rhoades, jun.
•~"
Anne Hobson ...
Omitted by reason of poverty
... 2
Wittm Javitt
Robert Husband,
Collr,
M' Stcph. Topham
Rich. Clapham
George Pollard,
Const,
WittmWaide
Wittm Cave
Rotite Hog
Seth Pullan
Tho. Greene ...
Joan Bumitt
Tho. Bumitt ..
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Otley (cantintud).
Tho. Cave ... ... i
Lecmard fflelchcr ...
2
Tho. ffletcher, sen. ... .. 1
Tho. Ward
... I
M' Miles ffletcher ... ... 4
Geo. Newsomc
3
John Neale ... ... ... 2
Chrofer Whitehead
••• 3
Widd. Tebbs i
Tho. England
I
Laur. Linley, sen. ... ... i
Chrofer Parker...
••• 3
Tho. Cunige ... i
John Nrale
I
RoUte Preston ... ... i
Chr. Smith
... I
Tho. ffletcher, sen. ... ... 2
1
ffira Hog ... ... ... I
Wittm Browne ...
... I
M' ffaukes ... ... 5
Widd. Hobson
I
Widd. Barker i
Tho. Sedgwicke
... I
Tho. Wardman ... ... i
Geo. Parker
I
Tho. Cave ... ... ... i
Brian Dade
... 2
Tho. ffletcher ... ... 4
J<An Mercer
4
Tho. Stead ... ... i
Chr. Bradley ...
- 3
John BoUand ... ... i
Edward ffletcher ...
I
—
Tha Wilkinson
... 3
Tfi
Tho. Prockter
I
Empty ; and no distress to be had : —
Widd. Robinson
... 3
The Courthouse ... ... i
Wldd. West
3
George Smith ... ... i
WUl. Stead, sen.
... 2
The ffreeschoole ... ... i
M' Barker
3
M'Waide 2
M' Henry Wilkinson ...
... 10
Mary Dale, widd. ...
3
These persons flFolloweing are discharged
Tho. Rowley ...
••• 3
by certificate:—
M' Rich. Rhoades ...
5
Eliz. Cave... ... ... i
Wittm Witham
... 2
Widd. Leedes i
Widd. Braithwaite ..
5
James ffarnell ... ... i
Tho. England ...
... 3
Rich. Gamett ... ... i
Tho. England
2
Omitted by reason of poverty . . 6
Tho. England ...
... I
Chro. ffletcher
I
George Waineman, Collr.
Henry Neale, jun.
••• 3
John Holland, Const.
Chr. Shaw...
2
Wittm Neale
... 2
Geo. Bumitt
I
Tho. Tayler ...
... 3
pacUitdtom
Thomas Driver
S'Tho. Gascoyne ... ... 12
Widd. Wilson
... 4
M'f Hickersgill 4
Anne Wood
2
Anlho. ffullthirst ... ... 2
Afara. Hogg
... 3
Tho. Horberry ... ... 2
Wittm Clapham
I
Tho. Simpson ... ... 3
Wittm Tebbs
... 5
Rol5teThomes ... ... i
Robert Appleyeard ...
Tho. Bywater .. ... ... i
Anlho. Hall
... 5
Peter Addinell ... ... i
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
[Vol ii.
Parlington (continued).
Tho. Howell ... ... ... i
John Cryer ... ... i
John Heptonstall ... ... 2
ffranc Richinson ... ... i
Robert Poplewell ... ... i
Tho. Lacy ... ... i
Roftte Harrison ... .. i
Sr Tho. Gascoyne mill ... 1
Poole.
George Laycocke
Tristram Tomlinson ...
Henry Moorehouse
Wittm Hardcastle
WithnDunniU
Major Eamshaw
Hen. Rycroft ...
ffrancis Tomlinson ...
... I
4
... I
I
... 2
2
... I
I
35
Hen. Bake ...
... 2
Robert Husband,
Collr.
Will. Hobson
Widd. Bell ...
I
... 2
Robert Harrison,
Const.
Will. MirfeUd
I
Will. Bradford
... I
Widdow Mirfeild
I
Potter mcwtoit
M' Hardwicke..
... 10
Mich. Coates ...
Tho. Bell
ffran. Riding ...
Samuell Binns
Widd. Batty ...
John Shaw
Tho. Dunill ...
Martin Coates
Wittm Nicholson
Wilhn Mirfeild
ffran. Tomlinson, for the milne
ffran. Tomlinson
... 2
2
I
Edmond Cowper ...
Edward England
Richard Heigh
Wiitm Totty
Robert Tompson ...
Chrofer Robinson
M' Quandam
Marke Kitchingman
Richard HoUins
Matthew Dawson
3
•• 3
3
... 4
2
• • 3
5
... 2
2
... I
2
... 2
I
... I
I
... 7
4
... I
I
Geo. Fetch
I
46
Robert Sawkill
John Hey ...
Matthew Dauson
... 2
4
... I
Empty ; and noe distress to be had :—
Walter Smith ... ... 3
Rotlte Smith
M' John Hargrave
M' Henry Skelton
James Brough ...
I
... 4
I
... I
Omitted by reason of poverty
George Waineman,
ffrancis Tomlinson,
... I
Collr.
Const.
flfran. Sawkill
2
John Hemsworth
... I
(Membrane 22.)
Rich. Bugshaw
Widd. Atkinson
Tho. Jackson
I
2
I
•Roun^bag.
Randolf Briggs
Wittm Hewby
Wittm Glover
... 2
... 2
61
Roger Hardcastle, Collector.
Edward Kent, Const.
Agnes Briggs
Chrofer Kershaw
M" Posgate
Margarett Holmes
I
• • 3
2
... I
1
Eliz. Clough
2
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
ROUNDHAY (contmtud),
fends West ...
Matthew Norton ...
John Holmes ...
Rich. Aspinwall
RoBte Holmes...
John Rush worth
Rich. Atkinson...
Tho. Dodgson
Rotke Smith ...
Martin West
Tho. Walker
Omitted by reason of poverty
RoBTE Husband, Collr.
Martin West, Const,
flfrancis Harper
Nathaniell Coates ..
Chro. Ashley ...
John Holmes, sen. ...
Tho. Rastricke
Edward Rastricke
Ri. Linsley
Widd. Butler
Widd. Grimshaw
Jo. Harrison
Samuell Exley
John Hird
Wittm Browne
John Powell
Rich. Cowper
Widd. Hollings
Geo. Williamson
Edward Grimshaw
Rich. Chapman
fifran. Knowles
29
I
3
•Raw&en.
Matth. Brooke...
... 2
Abra. Rhoades...
Abra. Marshall
Abra. Grimshaw
John Hardacre
Jerom Cowper ...
John Marshall
Tho. Marshall
... I
3
... 2
10
... 2
4
••• 3
Wittm Watterson ...
John Harrison, jun.
Wiitm Clayton
Jonas Butterfeild
Abra. Allon
Jonas Smith
Samuell Bartson
I
... I
I
... 2
I
... 2
I
Samuell Kellett & oven
4
X07
Tho. Holden
... I
Rich. Gfll
I
The person undernamed is discharged
Wittm Grimshaw
... I
by certificate: —
John W^illiamson ...
2
Ruben Rhoades
.. I
Henry Laton, Esq.
ffran. Barwicke
Wlttm Walker
... 9
I
... I
Roger Harjx;astle,
Tiio. Saxton, CcnsL
Collr.
Tho. Williamson ...
2
Samuell ffoster
Widd, Jackson
John Brooke ...
... 2
2
... I
(Membrane 23.)
SbaDwclL
Leo. Butterfeild
I
S' John Savill ...
... 12
John BleasdaU
... I
ffr. Ingle ...
II
Roger Hardacree ..
2
Robert Barker...
... I
MichaeU Abbott
... I
James Clough
I
Widd. WUson
I
Chro. Gibbons ...
... I
Wiltm Bayocke
... I
Rich. Thackwray ...
3
Chrofcr Rhoades ...
2
Tho. flfoxcroft ...
... 2
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
[Vol. ii.
Shadwell {continued).
Wittm Iveson ... ... 3
John BarriU
2
Mr. Ryther ... i
Geo. Kitchin ...
.. I .
RotSte Barker ... ... ... 2
Tho. Law
2
Rich. Savadgc ... ... i
Wittm Turner ...
.. I
^
Wittm Webster
I
WittmGaile
.. I
Empty ; and noe distress to be had : —
Rich. Gibban
I
Tho. Dawson ... ... i
Wittm Stevenson
I
Randall Briggs
I
These psons ffollowing arc discharged
Wittm Watson
.. 2
by certificate :—
Widd. Turner
6
Jennett Grainge ... ... i
John Kitchingman
.. 3
Tho. Dixon ... ... i
Widd. Kitchingman
WilLWillard ...
I
2
Roger Hardcastle, Collr.
Will Cave
I
Rich. Daniell, Const.
Will. Tompson...
.. 2
Alex. Daniell
I
Chro. Grainge ...
.. 2
Seacrott.
Hen. Stephenson ...
I
James Nelstrop, Esq. •• 9
Ralph Walker
I
M' John Totty ... ... 4
Peter Stephenson ...
I
James Emmerson ... 6
Stephen Kitchinman
I
Tho. Varley ... 3
66
John Murther ... .. ... 2
Gyles Beales ... ... 2
The p'son ffollowing is discharge
d by
Wittm Emanson ... ... 3
certificate :—
Wittm Wright 2
Antho. Gibbons
I
Wittm Tompson ... ... 3
Robert Husband, Coll>
Wittm Brooke ... ... 3
Henry Stephenson, C
THSt,
Alice Tompson ... i
Wittm Barnard ... ... i
John Barther ... ... ... 4
Rich. Walker i
Scarcroft.
Humphr. Reeditt ... ... i
John Ryther, Esq.*
.. 6
M' Atkinson ... ... 3
Henry Crosley
2
WittffiVcvars i
Isabell Pattison
.. I
Alice Carter ... ... 4
Robert Daniell
I
Henry Turton ... ... i
Robert Peate ...
I
Robert Walker i
Rich. Daniell
I
ffran. Linley ... ... ... 2
Ri. Ryther
2
ffran. Ash ... ... ... i
Joseph Dbcon
2
Clement Midgley ... ... i
Tho. flftsher
.. I
Eliz, Haddocke ... ... i
Tho. Jewitt
I
Tho. Smith ... ... ... i
Walter Robinson
.. I
Robert Skelton ... ... 2
John Betham
I
Outhbert Clayton ... ... i
George Baitson
I
Ambros Burnley .,. ... i
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
31
Seacroft (continued).
Robert Allon
4
3
John Chambers
• 3
Robert Baley
5
Henry Atkinson
I
Robert Lee ...
I
Wittm Hilton
... 2
Tho. Hatton
3
Rich. Nicholson
6
RL Norton, sen.
I
Wittm Harpham
... 4
Wm. Hiplin
2
Thomas PuUan
5
Tho. Hodgson
I
Wittm Middleton
... I
RotKe Blackbume, sen.
I
Edward Shackleton
I
Robt Blackbume, Jan. ...
I
Wittm Townsend
... I
Jane Hutchinson ...
I
John Schoales
3
Rich. Smith
2
(Membrane 24.)
Richard Strickland ...
2
Wittm Motley
... I
Edward Ingle ...
4
Widd. Trewitt ...
I
Tho. Jordan
2
Walter Widdop
... 2
Edward England
Edward Prince
2
5
Henry Motley
John Beale
I
... I
Ro^ Dickinson
I
Widd. Harbotle
I
Wittm ffeild
I
Rol5teClough ...
... 5
3
- 3
2
John Beverley ...
John North
2
I
Mary Webster
Rotite Marsden
fir. Addyson
2
Wittm Shippin
Peter Daniell
2
Will. Rhoades
... I
Susanna Milner
I
John Ballan
6
Wittm Sharpus
2
Tho. Pease
I
Joseph Hanson
I
Geo. Tompson
2
Clement Clayton ...
I
Tho. Schoales ...
I
Tho. Jordan ...
2
John Reeder
I
XX7
Parsonage
... 5
Tho. Prince
I
Empty ; and noe distress to be had
.
Geo. HaU
... I
Tho. Wood
I
Arthur Middleton ...
2
Peter Daniell ...
I
Bryan Adamson
... 2
RL Brooke
I
WiU. Evers
I
Rich. Prince ...
2
Omitted by reason of poverty
14
Widd. Dawson
I
Robert Husband, CoUr
Wittm Chambers
... I
Tho. Deardon, Const
RoUte Loft
I
John Moore, jun.
... I
John Spincke, jun.
2
Tho. Redman
I
SwilUttdtott
Wittm Backhouse
2
S' WUUam Lowther
. 15
M' Harpham farme
... 4
Philip Rawley, Esq. ...
19
Wittm Wetherell
2
M' HaU
. 2
Tho. Wetherill
... 2
M' Matth. Hall
6
Henry Reeder
2
Wittm HUton
• 3
Wittm Chambers
... 3
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
[Vol. ii.
Swil.LiNGTON (continued).
Wittm.Sissons
I
WiU. Grave
... 2
Henry Reeder
2
Henry Gates ...
... 2
Wittm Shires
I
Wittm Reeder
... I
Wittm Kitchin
I
Wittm Cawood
... I
Wittm Ellis
4
ffran. Chambers
•• 3
Wittm Shires
2
Widd. Cundell
... I
John Ledsome
I
Tho. Burton ...
... 2
John Ellis
2
John Chappell ...
... I
M"^ Hall p'Bullithorpe
2
Benja. Robinson
... 2
Tho. Lockwood
I
RotSt Dale
... I
John Wright
I
John Moore, sen.
... I
Widd. Watson
I
Laur. Townsend
... 2
182
Empty ; and noe distress to be had : —
Nicholas Redall ... ... i
Wittm Hemsworth ... 3
S' Wittm Lowlher ... ... i
M' Savill ... ... I
John Schoales ... ... i
Omitted by reason of poverty ... 9
Robert Husband, Collr.
Will. Kitching, Const,
Sturton Orange.
Widd. Bumam & tcn*» ... ... 7
Robert Husband, Collector,
Widd. Burnam or tent.. Const,
C^emple fle\v0am.
M' Ri. Whright
... 4
Wittm Dbcon
4
Widd. Duffeild
... I
Will. Latham
7
John Peele
... 4
Rofet Reedon
4
M' Luke Turner
... 4
The Lord Erwin ...
45
M' Edward Thorpe
... 5
Henry Milner
4
Edward Turton
... I
Wittm Hodson
I
ffran. Poole
... I
John Hutton
I
Widd. Bland
I
John Bland
I
Chro. Phillipps
I
Charles Hutton
I
Rich. Hardwicke
.. 2
M" Dorothy Bolton . .
2
John Hardwicke
.. I
Brian Hardwick, sen.
4
Wittm Brooke
2
Ri. Cunnill
I
John Squire
.. I
John Moore
I
Rich, ffish
I
Rich. Hardwicke, jun.
I
Wittm Reeder
I
Henry Reeder
3
Brian Hardwicke
.. 2
M"" James Dawson ...
6
Widd. Austin ...
.. 2
John Hutton
I
Rich. Hardwicke
.. 2
Rich. Wilkes
4
Wittm Beckitt
Rich. Hardwicke ..
I
Widd. Beckitt
I
Robert Milner
3
George Holmes
I
George Graves
I
Rich. Wilkes
.. I
Tho. By water
4
Mich. Smith ...
•• I
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33
Temple Newsam {continued).
Edward Cunnill
Richard Lister
John Gill
Stephen Tompson
Rich. Wilkes
Lane Lownsdale
Henry Skelton, Esq.
Tho. Myers
Michael! Bayley
M' Rich. Tompson
George Lofthouse ...
George Swinden
Rich. Bland
Wittm Gawler ...
Geor. Pease
Tho. Smith
M' Rotite Baines ...
John Rhoades ...
John Hcald
Withn Jackson
{Membrane 25.)
Wilhn Irish
Mich. Gravellcr
Robte Graveller ... ... i
Chrofer Spincke ... ... 2
Wittm Heild, sen. ... ... 2
Edward Holland ... ... i
Hen. Leacester ... ... i
John Leacester ... ... i
Roger Heild ... ... ... i
Wittm Bamley ... j
Roger Heild, sen. ... ... 2
Ri. I>awson ... ... 2
John Browne ... ... ... i
John Judson ... ... i
Tho. Judson ... ... ... i
Roger Heild, jun. ... ... 2
Mary Thorpe ... ... ... 2
Abr. Brocklebancke ... 2
Henry Browne ... ... i
Henry Burnley ... ... i
ffr. Cowper ... ... ... 2
John Wilke ... ... 2
M' Lane. Iveson ... ... 3
Hen. Brigham ... ... 2
John Greeberry ... .. 3
3
I
I
I
I
3
10
4
2
5
5
4
I
I
Rich. Broadbelt
Rich. Prince
Widd. Cottcrill
James Cooke ..
Widd. Heald
Widd. Leatham
Widdow Bywater
Widd. Moxon ...
M' Ri. Booth
John Walker ...
ffrancis Birkdale
Edmond Clarke
Samuell Hart
Michael! Bayley
Cuthbert Gee
Tho. Walker ...
Widd. Harrison
James Swindon
Wittm Atkinson
Mich, (jravellor
John Walker
I
• 4
3
2
2
I
3
I
3
2
2
2
2'
I
2
I
I
I
I
I
270
Empty : & noe distress to be had : —
M"" By>vater ... ... i
Mary Knipe ... ... i
William Skelton ... ... i
Michaell Wray ... 2
George Rogers ... ... 2
Henry Wilkinson ... i
8
These persons {following are discharged
by certificate : —
Margarett Whaley .. ... i
Anne Walker ... ... i
Tho. Coleson ... ... i
Omitted by reason of poverty ... 6
Robert Husband, Co//r.
Ri. Prince, Cmst.
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34
SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
iCborpe Stapleton.
M' Antho. Clarke
RoBTE Husband, Collr.
Mr. Antho. Cij^rke
Const.
ttbomover.
Jonas Smith, gen.
... 4
M' Elias Chamberland
3
Tho. ffarvis
... 2
M' Jackson
2
Wittm Wilson
... 2
Henry Tarbottam ...
2
John Barker
... I
John Burland
I
John Blackbume
■• 3
Wittm Richinson
I
Widd. Batchler
... I
Wittm Batchler
2
Rich. Hill
... 2
Rich. Harrison
I
Edward Tompson
•. 3
Wittm Waddington ..
I
Widd' Wetherhead
•• 3
Widd. Cowper
I
Tho. Marin
... I
Joseph Spincke
4
Rich. Robinson
... I
Wittm Wilson
3
David Tuke ...
... 4
Matth. Pratt
I
Rich. Tuke
••• 3
Wittm Prentice
I
Wittm Gates ...
... 2
John Moore
I
John Baley
... I
Robert Hopwood ...
2
John Richardson
I
John ffisher
I
Rich. Tarbottam
... I
Robert Prince
I
Thomas Jubb ...
•■ 3
Tho. Heire
I
Vincent Nettleton
I
RofeteTayler
2
Alex. Nettleton
... I
John Wheclehouse ..
1
John Birkhead
... 2
Hen. Brooke
2
Tho. Buriey
... I
RobteTayler
2
Rich. Croft
... I
Jhon Cowper
I
Rich. Tompson
... 2
John Hague
2
Tho. Atkinson ...
... I
John Watson
3
John Sunderland
... I
Gcrvas Lister
I
Rich. Tuke
... I
WilL Robinson, sen.
I
Wittm Shenton
... I
Wittm Robinson
I
John Stead
3
Rich. Stead
I
Widd. Hilton ...
... I
Thomas Stead
I
Alex. Watson ...
... I
John Bajfnby
2
Samuell Walshaw
3
Wittm Walshaw ...
I
Wittm Richardson
... I
John Pratt
I
John Atkinson ...
... I
John Admergill
2
{Membrane 2(
5.)
David Settle
2
John Cooper ...
... I
1x6
■■B
Empty & noc distress to
behad:-
M'Buell ...
... 2
ROC.ER HaRDCASTLE, Collr.
WiLLM. Prentice, Const,
TIClotberaome.
Richard Jackson & milne
Robert Husband, Collr.
Rich. Jackson, Const,
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SKYKACK HEARTH-TAX.
35
iniearMei?.
Mfdton.
John Brooke
.. 2
M' Littlewood ... ... ... 2
Robert Harrison ..
2
Henry Pullan ... ... i
Stephen Harrison
2
Witt Matthewes i
Tho. Gale
Sam" ffoxcroft ... ... i
Alex. Leadom ...
Matth. Binglcy... ... ... 2
Edw. Spence
Matth. Burdett ... ... 3
Jcltn Watson ...
John Waide i
John Smith
RolSteWiggin ... ... 2
Peter Scott
Tho. Ambler ... ... ... 2
Stephen Collier
Rich. Ambler ... ... i
Wiihn Midgley
Widd. Prince i
Ri. Gaile ...
John Batley ... ... 3
Thomas Browne
Rich. Batley ... ... ... i
Widd. Cowper
Widd. Kent 3
John Stephenson
—
RotJte Waddington ...
24
Rich. Smithson
Roger Hardcastle, Coll^-
Stephen Wright
Matthew Bingley, Const.
Widd.Judson ...
George Winde
SamueU HaU
ll?ea^om
Antho. Hunter
Tho. Marshall ... ... ... i
Tho. Harrops ...
Samuel! Midgley ...
John Jefferson ... ... i
Chr. Grimshaw ... ... i
^
Ri. Gibson ... ... i
Dinison Lambert ... ... i
George Wainman, Coi
Ir.
Samuel! Yeadon, .sen. ... i
Tho. Browne, Const.
John Overend ... ... ... i
Rich. Hobson ... ... i
John Marshall 3
Mffte.
John Snowden ... ... i
Tho. Pickard ...
Edward ffoster... ... ... i
Antho. Stead
Joseph Jenings ... ... i
Wittm Stead ...
Wittm Walker x
John Stringer
Wittm Rhoades 1
Robert Twizleton
Wittm Walker i
Ralph Holmes
Timothy Collier ... ... 4
William Walker
Wittm Dawson ... ... 2
Widd. Harrison
4
Wittm Pratt i
Ch refer Lawson
2
Jerem. Pratt ... ... ... i
Antho. Dinis
3
Samuell Cowper ... ... 2
Wittm Smith ...
2
ChroferBartle ... ... i
—
Wittm Bailden 2
24
John Pratt ... ... .. i
Robert Husband, C0I/
r.
Wittm Cowper ... ... I
Chr. Lawson, Cemt.
Widd. Rangdale I
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SKYRACK HEARTH-TAX.
Yeadon (continued).
Isaac Dawson ... ... 2
Rich. Barwicke ... ... i
WittmWard 2
John Hird ... ... ... 3
Jonas Marshall ... ... 2
John Barugh ... ... ... 2
Wittm Harper
Chr. Rhoades, sen.
Jerom. Marshall, sen.
Rich. Heworth...
Samuell Heworth ...
Issabel Ward ...
Chrofer Rhoades
Tho. Pollard ...
Wiitm Denison
Steven Marshall
Widd. Peele
John Smithson ...
Isaac Walker
Robert Askwith
Henry Pullan
Witt Smith ... ... ... 4
John Broadley ... ... 2
John Umpleby
John Rowland
M' John Marshall
Isaac Dawson
Charles Dunnill
Rich. Wilson
Rich. Bayley ...
Eliz. Barber
Jerom. Marshall
Samuell Walker
Wittm Ward ...
Geo. Padgitt
Giles Hamond
M*" Laton mill
Rot>te Marshall
Tho. Robinson
Omitted by reason of poverty
I
I
I
2
3
I
2
I
4
I
I
2
I
I
2
92
Roger Hardcastle, Collr.
Rich. Haworth, Const,
NOTES TO THE "HEARTH-TAX."
"Omitted by reason of Poverty." — "Discharged by Certificate." — An exemption was
allowed to every one who, " by reason of poverty or the smallness of his estate," was exempted
from church and poor-rates, or who could produce a certificate of the minister and one of the
churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish to prove the annual value of the house
he lived in to be not more than 20J. , and that neither he nor any other person using the house
occupied lands, tenements, goods, and chattels to the value of 10/.
"Collector." — In 1664 the collection of this tax was placed in the hands of oflficers to be appointed
by the king. The tax was hateful because ... it was farmed.
"Constable." — The tax was assessed on an account or return made by the occupier, etc, after
receiving notice from the " constable, head-borough, tithing-man, or other such officer within
whose precinct the house was situated.'* The local officer to whom the occupier was to render
his account was required to enter the house and verify the account, and in default of accoimt,
was to assess the tax on his own view.
Dowell {History 0/ Taxes ^ 1884), vol. iii., book iii, chap. iL
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THE
possessions of Ikttkstall Hbbe^
IN LEEDS.
'TTHE following extract, showing the possessions of Kirkstall Abbey
in the town of Leeds at the Dissolution, is taken from the
Roll No. 174 of the " Ministers' Accounts" 31-32 Hen. VIIL, now
in the Public Record Office, London. The Roll is a return of the
income accruing to the Crown from all the properties of the Abbey,
in the first year after the Dissolution.^ It covers several skins of
parchment, and gives full particulars of the various tenancies, with
the names of the tenants, and the rents and services severally due
by them. It is, therefore, a document of importance to the local
historian and genealogist, — not to speak of the larger bearing which,
in common with the other rolls of the same series, it has on the
general economic and social history of the nation.
The Thoresby Society may very appropriately in its future publica-
tions print the whole of this interesting roll, which is so closely
connected with the topography of the neighbourhood. The Leeds
portion, though here printed first, does not occupy the first or most
important position in the original. Mr. Wheater, in his notes to the
Kirkstall Abbey Rent-roll of 1459, printed in Vol. I. of these Miscel-
lanea^ remarked on the smallness of the possessions of the Monastery
in the town of Leeds itself The only entry in that rent-roll
under the head of " Ledes " is a free rent of sixpence, due annu-
ally by William Scott But at the Dissolution, eighty years later,
it will be seen that the I^eeds rents and ferms had increased to
;^i6 45. od,\ a sum which, though much less than the revenues from
the great possessions of the House in some of the neighbouring
villages — Chapeltown or Horsforth or Bramley, for instance, was yet
(i) The date of the surrender of Kirkstall Abbey was 22nd November, 1539,
and the present account comprises the period from Michaelmas 1539 to Michaelmas
1540.
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for that period considerable. If the 1459 roll be complete, the
properties in Leeds must have been acquired during this last period
of the Abbey's existence, when its financial position had probably
become an easy one. It will be noticed that a large proportion of
the properties are demised " by copy of Court Roll," indicating that
they were held on a copyhold tenure. It had become a frequent
practice during the 15 th century for persons or corporations of
means to invest money in the purchase of copyholds.^ The King
being lord of the Manor of Leeds, on the acquisition by him of these
properties at the Dissolution the copyhold tenure was extinguished,
and their subsequent history is not to be looked for in the Manor rolls.
Some of them remained with the Crown for a considerable time.
Others were possibly among the lands purchased in 36 Hen. VIII.
by William Ramsden of Longley, whose great acquisitions of Abbey
lands laid the foundation of the fortunes of the Ramsden family.
Most of the surnames in the roll are still familiar in the district
All of them appear in the earliest remaining parish registers of Leeds,
and nearly all are still represented in the city. It is noticeable,
however, that, with one exception, none of these names appear in the
Poll-Tax retiuTi of 1379 for the town of Leeds, although most of
them are in the returns of neighbouring vills.
The original roll from which this extract is taken is written in
the usual contracted Latin. It has been thought better to give a
translation here.
X€&^« The account of Henry Mason, collector.
Arrears. — None, because the first account.
Rents and Ferms. — Account rendered of ;£6 4^. od, of the ferm
of one tenement in Litle Wodehouse and all the lands and tenements
appertaining to the same, with the appurtenances in Ledf Woodehouse
aforesaid, so demised to John Mokson by copy of Court roll : payable
at the terms of St. Martin in winter and Whitsuntide by equal
portions.'
(i) Sec Thorold Rogers' Six Centuries of Work and Wages, p. 288 (ed. 1889).
(2) Thoresby says (Due., p. 97) that Little Woodhousc was in the Crown until the
reign of Elizabeth, who sold it to one Kendal : his grandson sold it to Mr. Harrison
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POSSESSIONS OF RIRKSTALL ABBEV IN LEEDS. 3$
And of 27^. 2d, of the rent of two closes called Water Leys, one
dose called Newelands, and five acres of land lying in the fields there,
so in the tenure of Thomas Hardewik,^ this year, payable, &c.
And of 3 2 J. %d, of the ferm of one acre of land with the building
thereon erected, with the appurtenances, in Ledf aforesaid, situate
and lying on Milnhill, and two closes five acres and three roods of
land with the appurtenances there, so demised to John Seyll by copy
of Court roll, payable at the said terms.
And of 9^. 3^. of the ferm of 9 acres and one rood of arable land
lying in the fields of Litlewoodehouse, so demised to Alexander
Burton,* by copy of Court roll, payable at the said terms.
And of 225. 2d. of the ferm of the moiety of one messuage, as
it lies in Kirkgate in Ledf aforesaid, one little close in Ledf Wros,'
three roods of land lying on Galohill abutting on the lane beside
le Burmantofts, payable at the said terms, so demised to James
Mathewe, by copy of Court roll.
And of 13X. 4//. of the ferm of two shops with the buildings over,
lying at the head of the Fleshambles of Ledf, with their appurtenances
in Ledf aforesaid, payable, &c, so demised to Thomas Wilson by
copy of Court roll
who bnilt the new Church. Much of the land was devoted by John Harrison to the
endowrncnt of St. John's. From the amount of this ferm as compared with others,
it appears that the lands held by John Mokson or Moxon must have been of con-
siderable extent : the rent from Chapel Allerton Grange, with the lands, was only
£,^ 75. a/., and from Moor Grange and lands £(i \y. 4^/.
(i) This may have been Thomas Hardwick, whose will was proved 1557, or
Thomas Hardwick who purchased the lordship of Potter Newton a few years after
the date of this return, and died 1577. See Duc,^ p. 122.
(2) Alexander Burton appears to have been a man of considerable substance.
In the subsidy of 1524 he was taxed qj. for goods : only six persons in Leeds paid a
higher sum. Besides the above-named land, he held a house and lands at Headinglcy-
cum-Burley, from the Abbey.
(3) In the Survey of Leeds in 1341 Thomas le Wayte held by free tenure a place
of laod called Le Wros containing by estimation two acres. John del Wro appears
in the poll tax returns for Allerton Gledhow 1379. In the Minister's Account from
which the present extract is taken ** Led^ Wroo " is among the Chapel Allerton
Woods. The Gallow hill was at the Black Bank, York Road.
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40 POSSESSIONS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY IN LEEDS.
And of 20S. of one burgage in Briggate of Ledf aforesaid, and one
close adjacent thereto called Newleys with the appurtenances there,
payable, &c., so demised to George Symson by copy of Court roll.
And of 8^. of the ferm of one close there called Calfall,^ payable,
&c., so demised to John Brigge and Edmund Calv'ley by copy of
Court roll.
And of 8x. of the ferm of two acres of land lying in Ledf tofts,
with the appurtenances, payable, &c., so [demised to] John Baynes
by copy of Court roll.
And of 33X. 4^. of the ferm of half of one messuage which lies
beside the cross in the market place of Ledf, and one close with
one acre lying on le Burmantofts, and two acres of land lying in
Woodehousefelde on the Towne Cliffe, payable, &c, so demised to
Henry Brayme by copy of Court roll.
And of 16^. of the rent of half an acre of enclosed land, lying
beside le Cokplace,^ and abutting upon Churll medowc there, in the
tenure of William Marshall this year, payable, &c.
And of 2od. of the rent of one rood of meadow lying in Burman-
tofte, abutting on the lane there, in the tenure of Richard Fawconer
this year, payable, &c.
And of i2d. of the rent of half an acre of land lying within the
close called Nelgrafie^ there, in the tenure of Thomas Geffrayson,
chaplain, this year, payable, &c.
And of i2d. of the rent of half an acre of land lying within a close
called Woodehouseclose there, in the tenure of Alice Warde, widow,
this year, payable, &c.
And of 8^. of the rent of four butts of land containing by
estimation half an acre, lying at Shepcote* Brigge, in the tenure of
Thomas Rodes this year, payable, &c.
(i) Perhaps equivalent to Callbank or Callbrow. See Duc.^ p. 79.
(2) "Le Cokplace " may have been the scene of the cock-fighiing or cock-
throwing pastimes. 1 believe the Churl meadow was adjacent to the Woodhouse
Cliff fields. See Leeds Parish Registers ^ p. 75.
(3) Nelgrave, near Sheepscar Bridge.
(4) Perhaps a mistake for Sheep Carr,
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And of 4^f. of the rent of a parcel of land lying beside the
Cokplace, in the tenure of John Hargrave this year, payable, &c.
And of igs. 4d. of the ferm of one tenement with the close and
all the lands and tenements adjacent to the same, with the appur-
tenances, in Buslyngethorpe in Ledf aforesaid, payable at the said
terms, so demised to Margaret Ramsdaye widow, by copy of Court
roll.
And of gd. of the rent of three roods of land lying in Woodehouse
Felde, called Wete lands,^ so in the tenure of Thomas Kirk this
year, payable, &c.
Summa totalis ;^i6 4s. od.
Sale of Wood. — Of any sale of wood there made this year, to
wit, within a wood there called Menstone Banke containing by estima-
tion four acres, lying in a close on the north of a certain lane leading
from Hurley towards Ledf, he accounts not, inasmuch as no sale was
made there this year, &c.
(I; Thoresby (Due,, p. 90) mentions the " Whitelands '* at Great Woodhouse.
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CHARTERS
RELATING TO
pO00e00ion0 of 1{irli0tall Uhbe^ in Bllerton.
I.
These Charters were presented to the Corporation of Leeds in 1892 by Colonel
Dixon, of Astle Hall, Cheshire. They had come into his family togjether with land in
Allerton, and the present holder of them, very generously and wisely, has returned
them to the locality to which they refer. By the courtesy of the Corporation of Leeds,
access has been granted, and copies have been made, which retain faithfully the
spelling of the words and names.
The Society is indebted to J. P. Earwaker, Esq., F.S.A. (who was the first to
call attention to their existence, in his History of East Cheshire)^ for the approximate
dates to be found in the margin.
Incomplete copies of certain of these Charters have appeared in print before this
date, notably in Whitaker's Loidis and Ehnete (p. 123, ed. 1816), with the addition
of a description of considerable length ; but in this case it has been considered advisable
to reproduce all, in order to provide as complete a chapter of information as possible
with regard to one section of the lands of Kirkstall Abbey, and to furnish material of
study to those members of our Society who are working at the history of the Abbey
by printing the Dixon Charters immediately, rather than to incur the unavoidable
loss of time necessary for careful editing and explanation. The condition of the
Charters varies from very good to very bad. A collotype is included in this number,
reproducing two excellent examples. It may be added that Col. Dixon still retains
other Charters of the same age relating to Allerton, which may be printed on another
occasion.
The Council desires to record its appreciation of the example of generosity in
matters of this kind set by Col. Dixon, and of the action of the Corjx>ration of Leeds
in allowing access to them, and at the same time ventures to express a hope that
at a future date the Corporation will see its way to allow the Society — the body
most interested in such possessions — to hold and exhibit these Charters as custodians
for the Corporation.
I.
Circa 1210. Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Simon Jordani
Graiit of land ^e AUcrtona pro amore dei et pro salute anime Domini mei
m Allerton by ^ 5^ ^
Simon son of Archicpiscopi de Burges et anime mee et omnium ante-
Tordan de Al- * * "^ , ,. . ,
lerton to the cessorum ct successorum meorum dedi concessi et hac mea
Abbey of Kirk- .-r^.. r, •»*■• •»*■ i«i
estai. carta confirmaui Deo et Sancte Mane et Monachis de
Kirkestal vnam bouatam terre cum pertinentiis in Allerton :
scilicet illam quam tenui de Willelmo filio Nicholai tenendam
de me et de heredibus meis in puram et perpetuam elemo-
sinam liberam et quietam ab omni seruitio ad me uel
heredes meos pertinente, reddendo annuatim predicto
Willelmo filio Nicholay et heredibus euis iiij. denarios et
unum quadrantem ad festum Sancti Martini et faciendo
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CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON). 43
forense seruitium quantum ad predictam terram pertinet
Ego uero et heredes mei banc predictam elemosinam pre-
dictis monachis warrantizabimus in perpetuum. Hiis testibus
Petro de Ardingtona, Gaufrido filio eius, Hugone de Witon,
Adam filio eius, Henrico de Alwaldeleia, GilleB de Allertona,
Roberto de Allertona, Thoma Scot, Ricardo de Allertona,
et multis aliis.
[No seal.]
[Endorsed]
Simon de i Bouata in Alretona.
2.
Circa 121a Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod Ego Adam filius
Grant of land Willelmi fiUi Sansouis pro amore Dei et salute anime mee
m Estalretonb^ ^
Adam son of hcredum et antecessorum meorum dedi et concessi et hac
WUham s«n of
Sanson to Abbey mea Carta confirmaui Deo et Sancte Marie et Monachis de
of Kirkestal.
Kirkestal in perpetuum totam terram quam habent ex
donatione Sansonis aui mei, videlicet duas carrucatas terre
in Estalreton cum toftis et croftis et cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis in bosco et piano in pratis et pasturis in stagnis et
molendinis in essartis et fracticiis infra villam et extra et in
omnibus locis sine aliquo retinemento cum mesagio et gar-
dino Sansonis aui mei et cum toto dominico quod ipse
habuit in Alreton tenendas de me et heredibus meis in
perpetuam elemosinam libere et quiete ab omni seruicio
quod ad me pertinet uel heredes meos pro viginti et vno
solidis et viij. denariis mihi et heredibus meis annuatim
reddendis, medietatem ad Pentecosten et medietatem ad
festum Sancti Martini. Monachi autem facient forense
seruicium quantum pertinet ad duas carrucatas terre vnde
octo carrucate faciunt dimidium feodum militis. Ego autem
et heredes mei prenominatam terram predictis monachis
warantizabimus et adquietabimus vbique et erga omnes
homines. Testibus Sansone de Wridelesford, Willelmo de
Lungviirs, Simone de Pateshil, Henrico de Moniaie, Galfrido
Hauselin, Adam de Rainviit, Thoma filio eius, Helia Came-
rario, Rainold de Sothil, luone de Metheleia, Rainero de
Stiveton, Rannulfo de Ferseleia, Alexandro de Kalverleia.
[ With a perfect seal. ]
SlGlLL ADB DE ALRKTVN.
[Endorsed]
Ada Nepos Sasonis de AlreP.
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CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
Circa X2io.
Grant of land
in Alreton by
Adam son of
William son of
Sanson de Al-
reton to the
Abl>ey of
Kirkestal.
Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Adam filius
Willelmi filii Sanson de Alreton pro amore Dei et salute
anime mee concessi et hac mea carta confirmaui Deo et
monachis de Kirkestal totam donationem quam dedit eis
Sanson auus meus : videlicet duas carnicatas terre cum
pertinentiis suis in Alreton, cum demenio et molendino
sicut carta predicti Sansonis testatur pro viginti solidis
argenti mihi et heredibus meis annuatim reddendis, medie-
tatem ad Pentecosten et medietatem ad festum Sancti
Martini. Preterea ego Adam in legitima potestate mea, pro
amore Dei dedi, concessi et hac mea carta confirmaui Deo
et eisdem monachis totam donationem de Alreton sine
retinemento videlicet seruitium Alexandri de Alreton et
heredum eius : seruicium Jordani et heredum eius : serui-
cium Roberti filii Hugonis et heredum eius cum omnibus
exitibus, redditibus et esplatis terre, in bosco et piano, in
pratis et pasturis, infra villam et extra villam, et in omnibus
locis sine aliquo retinemento, tenendam de me et de meis
heredibus in perpetuam elemosinam, liberam et quietam ab
omnibus seruiciis et demandis que ad me vel ad heredes
moos pertinent, pro predictis xx" solidis mihi et heredibus
meis annuatim soluendis. Monachi autem defendent pre-
dictam terram de Alreton ab omnibus seruciis que ad terram
illam pertinent. Ego uero et heredes mei banc donationem
predictis monachis warantizabimus ubique et erga omnes
homines. Testibus, Willelmo de Leleia, Hugone et Roberto
filiis eius, Adam de Ranervill, Thoma filio eius, Thoma Pict,
Willelmo filio Willelmi de Stapelton, Willelmo de Ledes,
Simone de Monte Alto, Willelmo filio eius, Waltero de
Yeadon, Hugone de Witon, Nigello de Horsford, Thoma
de [Neuton.]
Adam Sanson de terra sua in Alretun.
Adam son of W*" son of Samson of Alreton confirmed to
y* monks of Kirkestal y" two carrucates of land given
to them, with a tenement and a mill in Alreton, the
monks paying 20s. a year.
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Circa i2ia Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Sigherit filia
p-^kelrb^^b'" Samsonis de Alreton pro amore Dei et salute anime mee
Sigherit dau. of heredum et omnium antecessorum meorum dedi concessi et
Samson of Alre-
ton 10 Abbey of hac mea carta confirmaui Deo et Sancte Marie et monachis
Kirkesta].
de Kirkestal in libera potestate mea cum corpore meo ad
sepulturam assensu et bona uoluntate Cecilie filie et heredis
mee quatuor acras terre in pertinenciis de Pudekeseia cum
prato eidem terre pertinente et adiacente, videlicet in essarto
quod iacet iuxta Besesoideclod uersus Le West et totam
terram meam que est in loco illo qui uocatur Stainlei cum
omnibus communis et aisiamentis terre mee pertinentibus.
Preterea concessi prenominatis monachis pasturam suffici-
entem centum ouibus in pertinenciis predicte ville de
Pudekeseia et locum idoneum ad faciendam bercariam
vbicumque eis placuerit in terra mea, et liberos introitus et
exitus infra villam et extra sine retinemento. Hec omnia
predicta libera et quieta et soluta ab omni terreno seruitio
et demanda dedi eisdem monachis in puram et perpetuam
elcmosinam. Et ego et heredes mei banc predictam dona-
tionem predictis monachis warantizabimus et defendemus
contra omnes homines imperpetuum. Hiis testibus Adam
de Rainevitt, Thoma filio eius, Ricardo de Tanga, Rogero
Lescot, Henrico Lescot, Adam Samson, Simone de
Esteburu.
[With perfect seal.]
SiGILL SIHGBRID DE FERSLE.
[Endorsed]
Sigherit de iiij. acris terre et pertenenciis.
Johannes Samson . . . Stainley . . .
Sighera d' of Samson de Alreton four acres of land in
Pudekesea in the essart near Besefordadod or Beses-
ordeclod on ye west, and ye land in an essart called
Stainlei.
Jolles Samson ocupat Stainley rode, videlicet dimidiam
partem [et non solutam] et unde non [estenditj feoffa-
mentum alicuius feoffatoris.
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46 CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
s
Circa 1220. Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Alexander de
S'^ire*toil*b^ Alreton pro amore Dei et salute anime mee, dedi concessi
Alexander de et hac mca Carta confirmaui Deo et Sancte Marie et
AJreion to the
Abbey of Kirk- monachis de Kirkestall tres acras cum pertinenciis in
Alreton [propinquiores chimino exeunti uersus] viam que
pcruenit de domo Turstini uersus riuulum, tenendas de me
et heredibus meis in puram et perpetuam elemosinam
liberam et quietam ab omni seruicio reddendo annuatim
mihi et heredibus meis unas cyrothecas [et dimidiam] ad
festum Sancti Martini pro omnibus seruitiis. Et sciendum
quod [Henricus carpentarius filius Gilberti de Nacum]
tenebit has predictas tres acras terre sibi et heredibus suis
.... feodo illo .... per idemseruicium sjcut monachi
eas tenent de me et heredibus meis. [Et ego et heredes
mei] has predictas tres acras terre cum pertinenciis predictis
monachis et predicto . . . . et heredibus warantizabimus
ubique et erga omnes homines. Testibus Adam de
Ranervitt, Thoma de . . . ., . . . . de Stapelton, Willelmo
Pictauense, Petro de Altaripa, Petro de Ardington, et
multis aliis.
[£n(forse(/]
Alexander de Allerton de tribus acris.
6.
Circa 1220. Notum sit omnibus tam presentibus quam futuris quod ego
S'^iretLJ*by Robertus filius Hugonis de Alretuna dedi et concessi et
ni^h'de Aire- P^esenti carta mea confirmaui Deo et Sancte Marie et
oTkiJu^i^^ monachis de Kirkestall imperpetuum dimidiam acram terre
in Alretuna ex parte occidentali del Stainefordhe cum
communi pastura et ceteris libertatibus pertinentibus ad
unum thoftum in prefata villa, quod plus pasture et libertatis
habet in eadem villa, tenendam de me et heredibus meis in
puram et perpetuam elemosinam liberam et quietam ab
omni terreno seruicio et seculari exactione. Ego uero et
heredes mei perdictam dimidiam acram terre et pasturam et
ceteras prenominatas libertates adquietabimas prefatis mona-
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chis erga Dominum Regem et Dominos et warantizabimus
ubique et erga omnes homines. His testibus Adam filio
Thome filii Petri, Waltero Tanur, Rogero de Hillu, Roberto
filio Jordani de Oustthorp, Willelmo filio Henrici Scalebroc,
Rogero carpentario, Radulpho filio Willelmi de Mittune.
Robertas filius Hugonis de Alretona,
7.
Circa 1220. Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Robertus le
bT^ni*?^ Sauser dedi concessi et hac presenti carta confirmaui Deo
t^**Abb«^<Sr ^* monachis Sancte Marie de Kyrkestall, unam bouatam
KirkisttiL iQfYe cum pertinenciis in villa de Lofthus, vnam scilicet
illarum bouatarum quas habui de Waltero filio Rogeri que
videlicet jacet uersus orientem inter terram Thome ....
terram Henrici Longhly et vnam perticatam terre in le falle.
Et quandam partem tofti mei per certas .... tenendam
et habendam dictis monachis in liberam puram et per-
petuam elemosinam solutam et [quietam] ab omni terreno
seruicio et demanda. Et ego dictus Robertus et heredes
mei omnia prenominata cum .... pertinenciis et aisiamentis
suis prefatis monachis ubique et contra omnes homines
warantizabimus, adquietabimus et defendemus in perpetuum :
Et pro hac donatione concessione presentis cartis [sic]
confirmatione predicti monachi dederunt michi pre manibus
quandam summam pecunie. In cuius rei testimonium
banc presentem cartam sigilli mei munimine roboraui. Hiis
testibus Domino Johanne de Hoderode tunc Senescallo de
Pontefir', Henrico persona de Normanton, Roberto de
Midelton, Thoma de Lofthus, Hugone de Lascy, Willelmo
filio Walteri de lofthus, Radulpho clerico de eadem,
Roberto filio Ricardi de Lofthus, et multis aliis.
8.
Circa 122a [Sciant presentes] et futuri quod ego Juliana de Lungvits
Grant of Und pro amore Dei et salute anime mee dedi fet hac presenti]
called I^unberth '^ . 1 • j
by juJiana de carta coufirmaui Deo et Sancte Mane et Monachis de
Lun^Til to the
AbbeyofKirke- KJrkestal vnam culturam [ ], videlicet que vocatur
Limberth et jacet juxta toftum ipsorum monachorum qui
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[ ] quam Ricardus de Hil tenuit, tenendam et
habendam de me in puram elemosinam quietam [et solutamj
ab omni seruicio et demanda. Testibus Willelmo Peitevin,
Roberto le Scot, Alano de Grineston [ ] Tongo,
Radulpho de Nevton.
9.
Circa 1220. Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus filius
Grant of land AlexandH dc Alreton dedi concessi et hac presenti carta
in Alreton by . *
William son of confirmaui Deo et Beate Mane et monachis de Kyrkestall
Alexander de . . • • j * t • ,
Alreton to vnaiti rodam prati in temtono de Alreton in loco qui
K>Tkesiaii. uocatur mikelker, illam silicet quam habui ex dono Ricardi
Marescald. Insuper concessi et quietum clamaui dictis
monachis totum ius et clamium quod ad me pertinebat uel
pertinere potuit infra clausum dictorum monachorum quod
clauserunt apud mikelker ad pratum faciendum salua mihi
et heredibus meis pastura in dicto loco cum vestura fuerit
amota, tenendum et habendum dictis monachis in liberam
puram et perpetuam elemosinam quietam et solutam ab
omni terreno sernitio et demanda. Et ego predictus
Willelmus et heredes mei predictam rodam et omnia pre-
nominata predictis monachis warantazibamus, adquietabimus
et defendemus ubique et contra omnes homines imperpetuum.
In cuius rei testimonium hoc presens scriptum sigilli mei
impressione roboraui. Hiis testibus Alexandre de Ledes,
Roberto fratre eius, Willelmo Scotico de Neuton, Willelmo
filio Roberti de Alreton, Willelmo de Grimeston, Ricardo
Albo de Alreton, Alexandre filio Radulfi de More Wye,
Willelmo de Shepeker et aliis.
[Sea/.]
SiGILL WiLLKLMI DE ALRETVN.
[Endorsed]
Carta Willelmi filii Alexandri de Alretun de vna roda
prati in Mikelker.
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10.
Circa 1230. Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Henricus de
Grant to Abbey Adclwaldcleia pro amore dei et salute anime mee.heredum et
of kiric«tal by '^ , ,
Henry deAdcf- antecessorum meorum dedi et hoc presenti carta confirmaui
Deo et Sancte Marie et monachis de KirkestaJ Alexandrum
de Kidcheleia et Willelmum et Thomam et Helyam fratres
suos et Wimarcam sororem suam cum omnibus catallis
eorum cum tota sequela eorum, liberos, quietos et solutos,
de me et de omnibus heredibus meis in perpetuum. Ita
quod ego uel heredes mei nunquam mouebimus clamium
uel calumpniam de predictis hominibus uel sequela eorum
uersus predictos monachos. Ego uero et heredes mei pre-
dictam donationem prenominatis monachis warantizabimus,
adquietabimus et defendemus vbique et erga omnes ho-
mines. Hiis testibus, Hugone de VVinlingcham et Willelmo
fratre eius, et Willelmo de Stiueton, Nicholao de . . . . et
Jordano fratre eius, Thoma de Ronde, Ricardo de Hoton,
Waltero de Monte Alto, Thoma de Eboi" monacfi, Serlone
filio Thome de . . . . Willelmo filio .... Adam filio eius de
Adelwaldeleia et multis aliis.
[Endorsed]
Henricus de Alwaldleia de Alexandro de Kidchet,
et Willelmo et Thoma et Helya fratribus et
[Wimarca] sorore.
II.
Circa layf. Sciant omnes tam presentes quam futuri quod ego Willelmus
bu M«ewdc ^^ Alreton pro amore Dei et salute anime mee dedi concessi
by William de et hac Carta confirmaui Deo et Monachis Sancte Marie de
Aireton to the
Abbey^ Kyrkcstall totam terram meam quam habui in le Menewde
cum bosco et herbagio et cum omnibus aisiamentis sine
aliquo retinemento intra murum usque ad Mikellee cum
eodem muro, sicut mums se extendit usque ad stagnum
molendini dictorum Monachorum, tenendam et habendam
dictis monachis in puram et perpetuam elemosinam sicut
aliqua elemosina liberius et melius potest dari. Et ego
dictus Willelmus et heredes mei predictam terram cum
omnibus aisiamentis suis prefatis Monachis warantiza-
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bimus et defendemus ubique contra onines homines imper-
petuum. In huius rei testimonium banc presentem cartam
sigilli mei appositione roboraui. Hiis testibus Ada de
Wytheton, Willelmo ScoP de Neuton, Willelmo de Grimeston,
Hugone filio Nigelli de Horsford, Waltero fratre eius, Willelmo
Albo de AUertofi, Ricardo Marescallo, Andrea de Adel,
Baldewyno de Caldecotes et aliis.
12.
C.Y.R.O.G.R.A.P.H.V.M.
Feb. 2, 1239. Anno gracie m°ccxxx nono. Ad purificationem Beate Marie
Purification of f^cta est hcc finalis concordia inter abbatem et conuentum
B. M.
Quit-claim of Sancte Maiic de Kirkestal ex vna parte et Ricardum cleri-
w"* Abdy^'of" cum filium Roberti de Cimeterio de Allerton ex altera,
Richard^ the videlicct quod predicti abbas et conuentus concesserunt
Rob^t! dcciml- ^t quietum clamauerunt predicto Ricardo et heredibus suis
lerio de Allerton. Qj^j^gg ^q^y^^ et posscsslones ct Omnia tenementa cum
omnibus pertinenciis et libertatibus suis sine aliquo retine-
mento imperpetuum, que idem Ricardus in territorio de
Allerton de ipsis possidebat salua predictis monachis firma
sua annua scilicet duodecim denariorum, quam firmam idem
Ricardus predictis monachis annuatim persoluere tenetur.
Et predictus Ricardus renunciauit omnibus impetratis et
impetrandis contra predictos abtatem et conuentum vel contra
aliquos de suis. Ita scilicet quod omnis contencio inter eos
orta imperpetuum quassetur. Et si forte contigerit quod
aliqua contencio
[A/'o sea/,]
[ Em/or sed]
AUretoii.
13-
Circa 1240. Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris nel audituris Alanus de
i^l?cuton iTi^ Grimestun salutem in domino. Nouerit vniuersitas uestra
dJ^'GHm^oS^lm ™^ dedissc concessisse et hac presenti carta mea con-
to the Abbey firmasse Deo et Beate Marie et Monachis de Kyrkestal
of Kyrkestal. '
totam terram meam quam habui ex hereditate Agnetis
vxoris mee in territorio de Neutofi que iacet inter viam que
vadit ad capellam de Alreton usque ad diuisas de Stajmbek,
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tenendam et habendam dictis monachis totam predictam
terrain cum omnibus pertinenciis suis, libertatibus et aysia-
mentis dicte ville de Nevton ubique adiacentibus, libere
quiete et^ integre de me et heredibus meis imperpetuum,
reddendo inde annuatim mihi uel heredibus meis pro
qualibet acra terre prenominate, vnum denarium tantum
pro omnibus seruiciis sectis atque demandis dicte terre
expectantibus, medietatem scilicet ad Pentecosten et
medietatem ad festum Sancti Martini. Et sciendum quod
licebit Willelmo de Alreton et heredibus suis, Willelmo
Scotico et heredibus suis, Roberto clerico et heredibus suis
communam in dictis terris habere pasturam cum bladum
et pratum de eis fuerit amotum, et ego dictus Alanus et
heredes mei totam terram prenominatam cum omnibus
pertinenciis suis dictis monachis vbique et erga omnes
homines pro predicta firma in perpetuum warantizabimus
defendemus et adquietabimus. In huius rei testimonium
presenti scripto sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus,
Domino Roberto de Stapleton, Henrico Scotico de Pud-
kessaye, Henrico de Stubhus, Ade de Thowner, Willelmo de
Ab-eton, Ricardo de Mora, Alexandre de Ledes, Roberto de
Wudehus, Willelmo filio Ade de Ledes, Willelmo de
Alewaldelaye.
[WM seal.]
S. Alani fil Gilbarti.
[Endorsed]
Alanus de Grimestun de terra sua in Neuton.
14.
C. Y. R. O. G. R. A. P. H.V. M.
Nov. 11,1248. Hec est conuentio inter abbatem et monachos Sancte Marie
^*UarriL ^'' ^^ Kyrkestall, ex una parte, et Johannem filium Willelmi
Lease by Abbey de Schadewcll cx altera, videlicet quod dicti abbas et
of Kvrke- " ^
to }cSxn s<
Witluun d
Schadcwel
!b?%"V2Si!°" eis cum omnibus pertinenciis suis excepta ilia terra que
uocatur Grenestork, tenendam et habendam dicto Johanni et
heredibus uel assignatis suis cum omnibus aisiamentis et
Xn son of monachi concesserunt et dimiserunt dicto Johanni totam
schad^eii of terram quam Thomas filius Radulphi in Neuton tenuit de
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pertinenciis suis a festo Sancti Martini anno gratie m'^cc^^xl.
octauo, usque ad terminum tredecim annorum plene compu-
tandonim. Reddendo inde annuatim dictis abbati et mona-
chis quatuor solidos argenti, medietatem ad [Pentecosten]
et medietatem ad festum Sancti Martini a faciendo forin-
secum seruicium quantum pertinet ad vnam bouatam terre
in Neuton. Et dicti abbas et monachi totam predictam
terram cum omnibus pertinenciis suis excepta terra que
uocatur Grenestork predicto Johanni et heredibus uel assig-
natis suis warantizabunt et defendent usque ad prefatum
terminum. Dictus eciam Johannes sustinebit et inueniet
[necessaria] aisiamenta dicti tenementi Roberto [puero]
dicti Thome filii Radulphi usque ad prescriptum terminum
. . . dictis abbati et monachis maritagio euisdem Roberti.
In cuius rei testimonium vtraque pars [huic scripto] sigillum
suum apposuit. Hiis testibus Alexandro de Ledes, Ricardo
fratre eius Willelmo P . . . de Alreton, Willelmo Scotico de
Neuton, Alano de Brerhag, Thoma de Secroft et aliis.
IS
C. Y. R. O. G. R. a. p. H.V. M.
Circa 1250. Hec est conuentio facta inter Nicholaum Fabrum et
Grant of lands Emmam uxorcm eius ex una parte et Abbatem et monachos
inMorAIucrton ' , .
by Nicholas the Sanctc Maric de Kjrkestall ex altera. Scilicet quod dictus
Smith & Emma » . ^
his wife, etc. Nicholaus ct Emma uxor eius dimiserunt et concesserunt
abbati et monachis de Kirkestall totam terram cum hominibus
redditibus et omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis quam habue-
runt nomine dotis in villa de Moraluerton sine retinemento
omnibus diebus predicte Emme tenendam et habendam
dictis monachis libere quiete et integre reddendo inde
annuatim predicto Nicholao et Emme uxori sue octo solidos
argenti, medietatem scilicet ad festum Sancti Michaelis et
medietatem die Palmarum faciendo forinsecum seruicium
quantum pertinet ad predictam terram. Et predictus
Nicholaus et Emma uxor eius omnia predicta predictis
abbati et monachis ubique et erga omnes homines omnibus
diebus uite predicte Emme pro predicta firma warantizabunt
In huius rei testimonium huic inde presenti scripto sigilla
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sua apposuerunt. Hiis testibus Alexandre de Ledes,
Willelmo de Aluerton, Willelmo Scotico de Neuton, Ricardo
de Roudun, Willelmo de Cimenterio, Ricardo Marscall,
Ricardo Blondo de Aluerton et multis aliis.
[iVb seal.]
[Endorsed]
Cyrographum Nicholai Fabri de Allerton et Em me
uxoris sue de dote sua de Allerton.
Nichols Fabur and Emma his wife dimised to the
abbot and monks of Kirkstall all their land, etc.,
in Morealerton, the monks paying to them eight
shillings per ann.
i6.
Circa 1250. Sciant omnes presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas de
Quit-claim of a Secroft filius Adc de I^des concessi & hac mea carta con-
ck»e called
Mciwwode by firmaui & quietum clamaui Deo & monachis Sancte Marie
Thomas de
Secroft son of dc Kyrkcstall imperpetuum totum jus & clamum quod habui
AdamdeLcdes / . • r i j i^r j •
to Abbev of vel habere potero infra clausum suum de Menewode luxta
Wstanes cum muro circa illud clausum. Ita quod nee ego
nee aliquis heredum meorum imperpetuum aliquod jus nee
aliquod clamum exigere uel mouere poterimus erga dictos
monachos de dicto clauso, uel de muro circa Menewode.
Preterea concessi eisdem monachis ut sine impedimento
mei & heredum meorum possint essartare nouem acras terre
Mickelker in feodo de Alreton, & illas nouem acras fossato
uel sepe includere ad pratum faciendum ubi eis placuerit.
Salua michi et heredibus meis infra dictas nouem acras
pastura cum uestura feni inde fuerit amota. Et si aueria
mea uel heredum meorum infra prenominatum clausum
uel infra dictas nouem acras sine warda facta uenerint uel
transierint refugabunt sine malo injurio. In huius rei testi-
monium banc presentem cartam sigilli mei munimine robo-
raui. Hiis testibus Alexandre de Ledes, Ricardo et Roberto
fratribus eius, Willelmo de Alreton, Alano de Brerhag,
Willelmo de Neuton, Willelmo de Schepeker, Ricardo Albo,
Ricardo Marescallo & aliis.
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Circa Z250. Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego . . . [filius Alexandri
?/Kkk^L^ de Alreton] pro amore Dei et salute anime mee, dedi, con-
cessi, et hac mea carta confirmaui, Deo et Sancte Marie et
monachis de Kirkestal tres acras terre et dimidiam acram in
Laidolne Lanergate [que uidelicet] jacet inter fossatam uersus
occidentem, tenendas et habendas de me et de heredibus
meis in puram et perpetuam elemosinam liberam et quietam
ab omni seculari seruitio et demanda. Preterca confirmaui
eis illas corpore
Et ego et heredes mei predicta omnia cum pertinenciis suis
defendemus et in perpetuum warantizabimus. Hiis testibus
Willelmo de Paiteuin . . . Hugone de Witon, Philippo
de Alta ripa, Thoma le Scot, Willelmo de AUerton, et
multis aliis.
z8.
Circa 1250. Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quorum noticiam presens
S'liij^^n o^ scriptum peruenerit Willelmus filius Willelmi de AUertona
iwtontiAbb^y salutcm in Domino sempiternam. Nouerit vniuersitas
Md^n AUertoL ^estra me pro salute anime mee dedisse concessisse et pre-
sente scripto quietum clamasse de me et heredibus meis,
dominis meis abbati W. et monachis Sancte Marie de
Kyrkestall quinque acras et dimidiam, et dimidiam pcrti-
catam terre cum vestura bosci crescente in eadem in terri-
torio de Allertona, ilium videlicet boscum cum fundo qui
vocatur gervaysrode et gervaysgrene, tenendas et habendas
predictis abbati et monachis et eorum successoribus in
puram et perpetuam elemosinam. Ita plane quod ego
predictus Willelmus vel heredes mei in predicto bosco et
fundo clamium vel calumpniam nunquam exigere poterimus
imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium presenti scripto
sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus Willelmo Pyctaueuse,
Willelmo de Alwaldeley, Roberto Scot, Stephano Spregonel,
Alano ad Traquas, Ada de Cukeryz, Willelmo Gille et aliis.
[PVi^h seal.]
[Endorsed]
Wm., son of Wm. de Alreton, gave 5 acres of land and
half, & half a perch of wood & land in Servcysrode
and Serveysgrene, in Allerton territory.
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Circa 1250. Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quorum noticiam presens
$£2^^ d^ scriptum peruenerit Alexander de Morwyke manens in
tbTAXSy S Gledalretona salutem in Domino sempiternam. Nouerit
^^^^^^. vniuersitas vestra me in propria potestatc mea dedisse con-
^'™- cessisse et presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo Abbati et
Monachis Sancte Marie de Kyrkestall et eorum successoribus
vnam acram terre jacentem in territorio de Alretona, illam
scilicet quevocatur Baldewinrode inter Louerode et Geruayse-
grene cum bosco in eadem terra crescente et cum omnibus
suis apendiciis, tenendam et habendam dictis Abbati et
Monachis et eorum successoribus in liberam puram et
perpetuam elemosinam solutam et quietam ab omni seculari
seruicio consuetudine exaccibne et demanda. Et ego pre-
dictus Alexander et heredes mei predictam terram cum
bosco et suis apendiciis sicut predictum est [contra omnes
homines] warantizabimus adquietabimus et imperpetuum
defendemus. Et ut hec mea donatio et presentis carte mee
confirmatio perpetuam optineant firmitatem presenti scripto
sigillum meum [ ] apponendum. Hiis testibus
Willelmo Pictauense de Heddinglay, Willelmo de Northalle
de Ledes, Willelmo de Allertona, Willelmo de Cimiterio
de eadem, Willelmo intra Aquam de Ledes, Willelmo de
Griraestona in Alretona, Thoma de Caldecotes et aliis.
[fVt/kseal,]
20.
Sept 1, 1257. Omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis presentibus et futuris
Feast of s. Giles. wiUclmus Scoticus dc Ncutou salutcm in domino. Nouerit
wiuiam Scot vniuersitas uestra me hoc scripto concessisse et quietum
Abbey of KirkV clamassc Dco ct abbati et monachis Sancte Marie de
of land* in *^ Kyrkcstall totum jus et clamium quod habui yel habere
w«i^^ potui infra clausuram dictorum abbatis et monachorum in
Menewd uersus Wetwod et de muro ibidem facto et de
molendino ibidem constructo cum stagnis et omnibus perti-
nentiis suis et de lapidina dictorum abbatis et monachorum
in Wymarke flat et in bosco de Burghelay. Ita quod nee
ego nee aliquis heredura meorum clamium vel calumpniam
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erga dictos abbatem et monachos movere poterimus imper-
petuum de aliquibus prenominatis nee de aliquis aliis
contencionibus vel querelis aliquo loco habitis erga ipsos
aliquo tempore ante istam concessionem et quietara claman-
ciam. Et pro hac concessione et quieta clamancia dicti
abbas et monachi dedenint mihi pre manibus quandam
summam pecunie. In cuius rei testimonium huic scripto
sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus Willelmo Pictauense,
Alexandro de Ledes, Hugone de Lascy, Roberto de Wode-
hus, Willelmo Alwaldelay, Willelmo filio Willelmi de Alreton,
Willelmo de Cimiterio, et aliis. Datum anno gracie mille-
simo cc** 1° septimo ad festum Sancti Egidii.
{_E?idorsed^
Newton
Scoticus
21.
Circa 1260. Omnibus Christi fidelibus presentibus et futuris Ricardus
Grant of land in Marescaldus dc Alreton salutcm in domino. Nouerit vni-
Chapel Alreton
by Richard Mar- uersitas uestra me pro amore Dei et salute anime me dedisse
eschal of Alreton
to Abbey of conccssisse et hac presenti carta quietum clamasse Deo et
Kyrkestall. , . ^ -^^ . , „ ,
monachis Sancte Mane de Kyrkestall totam terram cum
pertinenciis et aisiamentis sine retenemento quam habui in
uilla de Chapelalreton ex dono Alexandri de Alreton,
tenendam et habendam dictis monachis in liberam et
perpetuam elemosinam, faciendo tantummodo forinsecum
seruicium pro omnibus seruiciis et demandis secularibus.
Et ego predictus Ricardus et heredes mei totam predictam
terram cum pertinenciis et aisiamentis suis prefatis monachis
contra omnes homines imperpetuum warantizabimus. Hiis
testibus domino Roberto de Stapelton, Willelmo de Alwald-
lay, Hugone de Schadewell, Thoma de Housthorp', Thoma
de Lofthus, Willelmo Cimiterio, Roberto filio Ricardi Albi,
Ricardo de [Breteby] et aliis.
[Seal.]
[SiGiLii RicJardi FILn Hu(o)ONTS.
{Endorsed '\
R" Marshall of Allerton gave to Kirkstall all his land in
Chapel Alrerton which Alex, de Alreten had given to
him.
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22.
Circa 1260. Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus filius
?^^ **[, **°*^ Emis uendidi et hac mca carta confirmaui Nicholao [Fabrol
in Mor Alreton *- -■
byWiuiamsoD de AlfetoS et suis assignatis quoddam essartum in Moral-
Nkboias . . . rcton, illud scilicet essartum quod uocatur Le Graunger
of Alreton to ' ^ ^
hold of Abbey Rode, tenendum et habendum illud idem essartum sibi et
of KJrkestaU.
suis assignatis de monachis de Kirkestall in liberam et per-
petuam elemosinam : reddendo annuatim eisdem monachis
duos denarios ad festum Sancti Martini pro omni seruicio
et demanda. In huius rei testimonium huic carte sigillum
meum apposuL Hiis testibus Willelmo Pictavense de
Heddinglai, Henrico de Alwaldet, Roberto le Scot, Willelmo
de Alreton, Willelmo filio Roberti de Moralretoii, Henrico
de Stubh, et aliis.
[Seal.-\
SioiLLUM Will' filii Ernish.
[Sndorsed]
Memorandum quod tota terra que in hac carta
continetur eschaeta est propter [? min um]
quod Nicholaus Faber commisit.
W" son of Herisius sold to Nicholas . . . de Alreton a
certain essart of land in Morealreton, in that essart
called Le Granger Rode.
23.
Nov. II, Onmibus Christi fidelibus ad quorum notitiam presens
^^^' scriptum peruenerit Willelmus filius Thome de Ledes clericus
(;^rof M an-^ rector ecclesie de [Saxymlanthorp] in Norwycense dioceso
"um!-^"'u?^^ salutem in Domino. Nouerit vniuersitas vestra me pro
shillings by ^ ^
William son of amorc Die & salute anime mee heredum & omnium ante-
Th<.>s. de Ledes,
clerk, rector of ccssorum meoHim dedisse concessisse & presente carta
^>ax vmla in thorp
in diocese of confirmasse Deo & Beate Marie & Dompno Willelmo abbati
Norwich to t • r-> -»«■ • 1 -tt- 1
Abbey of & monachis Sancte Mane de Kyrkestall homagium &
seruicium Ade de Kyddale & heredum suorum, specialiter
annuum redditum septem solidorum percipiendum, medie-
tatem ad festum Sancti Martini in Yeme & medietatem ad
Pentecosten, pro quodam tenemento quod predictus Adam
tenuit in predicta villa. Tenendum & habendum dictis
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dompno W. Abbati & monachis ibidem Deo seruientibus
& coram successoribus libera quiete & integre cum wardis
releuiis et eschaetis & omnibus libertatibus & liberis con-
suetudinibus ad tantam terram spectantibus vbique & in
omnibus locis sine aliquo retinemento. Reddendo inde
annuatim ad natale Domini michi & heredibus uel assignatis
meis vnum denarium tantum, pro omnibus seraiciis &
exactionibus demandis & omni re ad terram pertinente.
Et ego predictus Willelmus & heredes mei omnia predicta
predictis dompno abbati & monachis & eoram successoribus
warantizabimus adquietabimus & defendemus vbique contra
omnes homines imperpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium
presenti scripto sigillum meum apposuL Hiis testibus
Dominis Roberto de Veyly, Humfrido filio eius, militibus,
Radulfo rectore ecclesie de Thornour, Roberto de Berlay,
Petro de Aches, Willelmo ad Northalle de Ledes, Willelmo
Pictaii, Willelmo de Ledes ad Aquam & aliis. Datum apud
Kyrkestall in die Sancti Martini anno gratie m**cc® septua-
gesimo.
[Endorsed]
Kydayll.
M° quod . . . . et in Kidale-et . . .
24.
Circa 1270. Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus filius Willelmi
STof \^i^di ^^ Allertuna concessi et confirmaui hac presenti carta
Aiuerton to Willclmo filio Alcxaudri de Allertuna et heredibus suis uel
William son of
Aiumon*of fand ^siguatis vnam bouatam terre cum pertinenciis in campis
in Aiuerton ex- (je Alucrtuua iaccutcm cum tofto et crofto que jacent inter
cept those solo ^ ■'
to Abbot of Crosflet et croftum dicti Alexandri quondam excepta inde
Kirkestal. _, ^7- ,- • .,
dimidia acra terre quam Thomas nhus predicti Alexandri
quondam vendidit abbati de Kirkestall tenendam et haben-
dam de me et heredibus meis uel assignatis sibi et heredibus
suis uel assignatis libere quiete integre et pacifice in campis,
in planis, in boscis, in mariscis, in virgultis, in viis, et semitis,
in pasturis, in pratis, in communis, et aisiamentis que ad
tantam terram infra villam de Aluertuna et extra pcrti-
nentibus. Reddendo inde annuatim michi et heredibus
meis uel assignatis sex denarios ad duos terminos anni
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scilicet tres denarios ad festum Sancti Martini in hyme et
ties denarios ad Pentecosten pro omni seruicio, exaccione
ct demanda et consuetudine excepto forinseco Regis ad
vnam bouatam terre eiusdem feodi. Et ego Willelmus et
heredes mei uel assignati dictam bouatam terre dicto
Willelmo et heredibus suis vel assignatis contra omnes
homines et feminas bouatam pro bouata si Willelmus vel sui
heredes vel assignati iacturam vel calumpniam de ilia dicta
bouata terre incurrerint, restaurabunt. Preterea ego predictus
Willelmus et heredes mei uel assignati dictam bouatam
terre cum omnibus pertinenciis suis predictis dicto Willelmo
et heredibus suis uel assignatis warentizabimus adquietabi-
mus et defendemus in perpetuum. In huius rei testimonium
hoc presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine roboraui. Hiis
testibus Domino Alexandro de Ledes, Willelmo Patefin de
Heddinglay, Rogero de Ledes, Willelmo de Grimestuna,
Ada de Secroft, Ricardo ad Boschun et aliis.
25.
OcLa9,i30x. Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quorum notitiam presentes
s^shSJS'ai^ litere peruenerint Johannes filius Thome de . . . clericus
jtKie. salutem in Domino sempiternam. Cum abbas & conuentus
AKbc^^Kirk- Sanctc Maric de Kyrkestall . . . domino Willelmo de
JiLriy. ^^' Hamelton quandam pensionem viginti solidorum annuatim
dimiserunt & concesserunt, vobis omnibus & singulis tenore
presentium significo quod pro [quadam] . . . summa
pecunie in magna necessitate mea pro manibus soluta dictis
abbati et conuentui & eorum successoribus predictam pen-
sionem rcsigno & quietamclamo. Ita quod nee ego nee aliquis
nomine meo uersus predictos Abbatem & conventum uel
eorum successores de predicta pensione nee de aliquo con-
tractu alicuius rei decetero aliquid exigere poterimus imper-
pctuum. In cuius rei testimonium quia sigillum meum
pluribus est incognitum sigillum domini officialis curie Ebor
presentibus apponi procuraui. Datum apud Ebor in crastino
apostolorum Simonis et Jude anno Domini M*" tricentesimo
primo.
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fix is probable that the curiosity of many students of antiquity in
^ this district has been aroused by the occurrence on the Ordnance
Map of the strange name " Pompocal," in close proximity to the village
of Bardsey. The object of the present paper is to state the source
from which the name is derived, and to point out the defect of evi-
dence for regarding it as the ancient name of a station near to Bardsey,
or, indeed, any ascertainable Roman station at all. The name
" Pompocal" is an Ordnance Map variant for " Pampocalia," which
appears as the name of a Roman town or station once, and once only,
in a writing of antiquity, the ** Cosmographia" of the anonymous writer
of Ravenna. This "Cosmographia" is a geographical work, of uncertain
date, written at Ravenna, probably towards the end of the 7th century
of the Christian era,^ shortly after the establishment of the Bulgarians on
the south of the Danube in 678. The original appears to have been
written in Greek, but the work is only known to us through a Latin
version. It must further be observed that it is not an itinerary, but a
treatise on geography. Various considerations lead to the conclusion
that the writer of it had before him ancient maps, similar to the
well-known Peutinger Table, and that his lists of names were based
upon these. The "Cosmographia" was first published in the year
1688, by a French Benedictine monk, Placide Porcheron, in an octavo
volume, Anonymi Ravennatis qui circa sceculum vii, vixit^ De Geographia
libri quingiu. Porcheron derived his text from a MS. in the King's
Library at Paris. A few years later a copy of another MS. of the same
work, preserved in the Vatican Library at Rome, came into the hands
of the well-known Thomas Gale, Dean of York, who designed to use it
for an edition which he was preparing of the Iter Britanniarum Com-
maiiariis Illustratum. He died, however, in 1702, leaving his work
unfinished; and in 1709 his son, Roger Gale, published the Antonine
Itineraries^ with an appendix containing the Ravenna work, based upon
(i) Avezac, Le Ravennate, p. 81.
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the Paris and the Vatican MSS. In a portion of this work, which
relates to Britain, the following list of names occurs : —
Derventione
Ravonia . .
Bresnetaci vetc- )
ranorum .. )
Pampocalia
Lagentiam
Valteris = Vcrterae
Bereda = Voreda
Lagubalium
Magnis
Old Malton (?)
Ravenglasse (?)
Ribchester (?)
CastUford (?)
Brough
Plumpton Wall
Carlisle
Carvoran (on wall)
Gabaglanda = )
Amhoglanna i
Vindolande
Lineojugla
Vinovia . .
Lavatris . .
Catabactonium
Eburacum
Decuaria . .
Rirdoswald
Chesterholme
Bhuhester (?)
Bowes (?)
Catterick
York
On coast y N. of
Humhcr
Now, of the identification of several of these stations there is no
doubt ; others have been identified with more or less probability. But
in so far as identifications have been established, these civitaUs and
castra, as the Ravenna writer terms them, all belong to Yorkshire,
Lancashire, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland. On this
ground it is only natural to look for the site of Pampocalia in one of
these counties.
Is there any further ground for assigning a more precise site to
Pampocalia ? Let us observe the names which occur in proximity to
it upon the list. The position of Bresnetaci vet. is almost certain,
but that of Lagentium is more doubtful. Similarity of name has
inclined antiquaries to identify it with the Lagecium of the 8th
Itinerary of Antoninus, where the order — Lagecium, Danum, Agelocum,
Lindum — indicates that Lagecium is identical with the Roman station
which stood at the point where the north road crossed the Aire, and
this was doubtless at Castleford In the 5th Itinerary of Antoninus
the name Lagecium appears as Legeolium. The ground, then, upon
which a site has been found for Pampocalia in this district, is that in a
list which appears to be drawn up without accurate correspondence with
any local order, Pampocalia occurs immediately prior to the station which
has been identified with Castleford, although the name which precedes
it, if identifiable at all, is that not of a Yorkshire but of a Lancashire
station. Slight though this basis was to work upon, it was sufficient for
the enthusiastic zeal of the antiquarians of twa centuries ago. Thus, in
the Ducaius Leod, Thoresby writes, when treating of the antiquities of
Adel : — "What the name of this station was I cannot divine. The very
learned Dr. Gale some years ago gave me notice from an anon3rmous
geographer of a station in these parts called Pampocalia, which he
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thought should be read Campocalia, and had sent to France for various
lections, concluding, * Where to place this I know not, but my hopes
are that you will be so happy as to find it, and so kind as to com-
municate the discovery/ Now, considering that the said Ravennate
geographer . . places this Pampo- or Campo-calia the very next
station to Lagentium, or Legcolium, it seems not improbable that this
camp or station" (/>., Adel) " was the very place, but because things
so many ages past admit of various conjectures, I will offer another,
which I am induced to from the similitude of the names, the Agel- or
Adel-ocum of the ancients, and the present Adle or Adel."
I need hardly say that while there is no objection save the total
absence of evidence to the identification of Adel with Pampocalia,
the identification of it with the Adelocum or Segelocum of the Itinerary
is rebutted by arguments of decisive weight.
Horsley's conjecture was somewhat different. "Pampocalia and
Lagentium I take to be the same with Calcaria and Lagecium in the
Itinerary, />., Tadcaster and Castleford, near Pontefract, in Yorkshire."*
While, however, speculative antiquaries were thus hazarding their
guesses, the map-maker was at work, definitely assigning in the Map of
Yorkshire to " Pampocalia" the position which it occupies at the
present day. In 1728, a "New Map of the County of York" was
published, "laid down from an actual survey," &c., printed for and
sold by Phil. Overton and Thomas Bowles. In this map Pampocalia
appears between Bardsey and Thomer, but nearer to the latter. It is
marked as though it were an important, recognized, well-defined Roman
station, and this lively flight of imagination is supported by the creation
of a high-road running from Collingham Bridge, through Bardsey,
through Pampocalia and Thorner, past Austhrop Hall, just to the east
of Temple Newsam, over the Aire at Woodlesford, through Methley
Park, and so forth southward. This road was as much the creation
of the imagination as the Roman station. But having once made its
way into the maps, it long remained there. If you will refer to
Bowen's Map, dated 1750, you will find it carried from E. Hickleton
to Boroughbridge, under the name Ricknield Street, and termed a
Roman way. It is made to pass through Nostell Priory grounds,
Medley Bridge grounds, just east of Whitchurch, between Winmoor
and Barwick, through Thorner, Pampocalia, and away north. All this
is pure delusion. The real course of the Roman road northward is,
(i) Britannia Romana^ 1732,
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and always has been, perfectly well known. It crossed the Aire at
Castleford, ran through Aberford and Bramham to the Wharfe, which
it crossed at St Helen's ford, thence pursued its course northwards
along what is still known as the Rudgate, or Ridge-way. This is the
account given by Leland, who calls it, you will observe, Wateling Street.
"Wateling Street lyeth straite over Castleford Bridge. Thence to
Aberford v. miles, partely by low medow, but most after by good high
plaine come ground. ... I never saw yn any Parte of England so
manifest tokens as heere of the large high crest of the way of Wateling
Streate made by hand Aberford is a poore thoroughfare on Wateling
Streat. . . . Tadcaster standeth on the hither Ripe of Warfe river,
and is a good thoroughfare. . . . Tadcaster standith a mile from
Wateling Streate, that tendith more towards Cairlvel, & crossith over
Warfe at a place caullid St Helenesford, a mile and a half above
Tadcaster ; and on the other Ripe is S. Helenes Chapelle."^
Camden, Heame, and, so far as I know, all other antiquaries have
agreed this was the course of the Roman road between Legeolium and
Isurium. I doubt whether there are any sufficient indications of a
parallel road in this part of Yorkshire which would run through
Thomer and Bardsey. The existing road from Thomer to Bardsey
was, I believe, constructed in or about 1826. The most careful
1 8th century map of Yorkshire which I have been able to discover is
one engraved by Thomas Jeffreys in 177 1. It is executed after surveys
made in 1767-70, and represents, I believe with accuracy, the roads as
they existed at that time. In it the great road marked in Overton and
Bowes' and Bowen's Maps, as running from South Yorkshire northward
through Thomer and Bardsey, entirely disappears.
While, however, I do not find traces of a Roman road running
through the supposed Pampocalia from north to south, I fully admit
that the Roman cross road which seems to run from Ilkley, through
Adel, to Tadcaster, passed through Scarcroft, and close to the site of
the " Porapocal" of the Ordnance Map. A piece of the road can, I
believe, still be traced in a field at Scarcroft, and there appear to me
to be traces of a Roman camp in a field upon " Rowley's Farm,"
adjoining the highroad. These facts make it without doubt conceivable
that a Roman station may have existed on this spot, and that it may
have been called Pampocalia. But of the existence of such a station
there is no evidence, and, even were it otherwise, there would be no
(i) Leland's Itin,^ ed. Hearne, pp. 43, 44.
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ground for identifying it with the Pampocalia of the Ravenna list
The ridiculous and misleading "Pompocar' ought to disappear from
the Ordnance Map. Whether a place called Pampocalia ever existed
may well be doubted. The " Cosmographia" of the anonymous writer
of Ravenna is a corrupt document, drawn up, in all likelihood, by an
ignorant monk. In these circumstances, Pampocalia may be a corrup-
tion either of some name still extant, such as Campodunum, or of some
name now lost to the world. If Pampocalia be indeed the true
reading, we must probably regard it as of Celtic origin, and refer the
first syllable to the root pump^ which, as Dr. Guest has shown, was once
a dissyllable, in which form it is found in such a word as pempedoula =
cinquefoil. The termination is doubtless ablatival, following in this
respect a not uncommon Latin usage ; c.f Derventmie^ Magnis^ &c.,
in the Ravenna list, and such well-known forms as Ponte^ Scaldts,
Treveris^ &c.
I fear that I have occupied a good deal of space with a very small
piece of negative criticism. Yet if in the course of it some little light
has been thrown upon the methods of over-zealous antiquaries and
map-makers, and some distrust inspired as to the value of those
indications of antiquities which have found their way somewhat too
easily into our Ordnance Surveys, this little paper will not have been
written wholly in vain.
In printing the above paper, I desire to acknowledge my obligations
to Mr. F. Haverfield, who has most kindly read my MS., and has made
two or three suggestions by which I have profited. I ought also to
say that a friendly critic, who has written in a local paper under the
initials *' J. F. C," thinks that traces do exist of a Roman road which
crossed the Aire at Woodlesford, and thence went northward in the
direction of Scholes, Thomer, and Bardsey. He produces, however,
no evidence of the existence of such a road north of the neighbourhood
of Whitkirk, and while he suggests that the map-makers may have
been justified by indications in the last century, the silence of Thoresby
and other writers is strong negative testimony.
N. BODINGTON.
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MISCELLANEA
VOLUME IV.
PART II.
LEEDS : 1894.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
List of Officers iv.
Report of the Council for 1893. • . . v.
Treasurer's Balance-Sheet for 1893 . viii.
List of Members x.
Obituary xvi.
Excursions xviii.
CHARTiE LeODINENSES 65
Note on a Roman Altar 79
Charters relating to the Possessions of
KiRKSTALL Abbey in Allerton {continued) . 81
Armour {with plates)* 117
A Brawl in Kirkgate 125
Testamenta Leodiensia {continued) . . 139
Early History of Arthington . . .148
Inventory of the Goods of John Pawson . 163
The Pedigree of Pawson of Leeds . . .167
♦ Plate I. (Armour, Nos. i to 6)
„ IL (Armour, Nos. 7 to 13)
to face page 119
» 123
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LIST OF OFFICERS for 1894.
pxceibcnt.
Edmund Wilson, F.S.A., Denison Hall, Leeds.
Wcc^pxcBibcntB.
John Rawlinson Ford, Quarrydene, Weetwood.
John Henry Wurtzburg, Clavering House, Leeds.
John Stansfeld, Hyde Terrace, Leeds.
Daniel H. Atkinson, Grove Cottage, Starbeck.
CounciL
F. W. Bedford, East Parade, Leeds.
Wm. Brigg, B.A., Harpenden, Herts.
W. S. Cameron, 23, Wellclose Mount, Leeds.
C. D. Hardcastle, 31, Victoria Place, Leeds.
The Rev. C. Hargrove, M.A., 10, De Grey Terrace, Leeds.
Rhodes Hebblethwaite, Maryland House, Headingley.
F. R. KiTSON, B.A.. 13, Wellclose Place, Leeds.
W. T. Lancaster, Yorkshire Banking Co., Leeds.
S. Margerison, Calverley Lodge, near Leeds.
Joseph Scott, 98, Albion Street, Leeds.
W. H. Thorp, 61, Albion Street, Leeds.
W. H. Witherby, M.A., 4, Lyddon Terrace, Leeds.
1)on. Xibrarfam
S. Denison, ^2, Clarendon Road, Leeds.
1)om n:rea5urer.
E. Wilson, Red Hall, Leeds.
l)on. Sec6.
G. D. Lumb, 65, Albion Street, Leeds
E. K. Clark, M.A., 13, Wellclose Place, Leeds.
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REPORT FOR 1893.
'^'HE Council of the Thoresby Society have the pleasure
to present their Fifth Annual Report, puring the
past year the Society has made steady progress, although
the Council regret that they have been unable to issue
the publications with more promptitude. They hope,
however, during 1894, to redeem themselves to some
extent in this respect, as they have been able to authorise
the publications for 1893 and 1894 to be proceeded with
simultaneously.
For 1893, it is intended to issue a portion of the
"Calverley Charters," edited by Messrs. Saml. Margerison
and W. Paley Baildon, F.S.A., and a further part of the
second volume of "Miscellanea," edited by Mr. E.K.Clark ;
and for 1894 the first portion of the Kirkstall Abbey
Coucher Book, edited by Mr. W. T. Lancaster, and a
portion of the "Adel Registers." Owing to the transcrip-
tion of the " Leeds Registers" being undertaken by only
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two or three members, the Council will not be in a position
to print a further portion for some time, unless additional
assistance is forthcoming.
During 1893, eighteen new members have been elected;
and the number of members now on the Roll is 248, of
which 39 are Life, and 209 Ordinary.
The Council purchased for the Society, at the Turner
sale, Thoresby's own annotated copy of the " Ducatus."
Amongst the gifts to the Society may be mentioned a
MS. copy of a " Directory for Leeds in 1796/' with copious
notes by Mr. William Wheater, from Mr. Rhodes Hebble-
thwaite; a MS. book of "Extracts from the Record Office,"
relating to Leeds, by the late Mr. Whitwam, purchased
by some members of the Society with the object of
rendering a little assistance to his widow ; also, Thoresby's
annotated copy of Torre's "Antiquities of York," presented
by a few members of the Council. They have also received
presents of books, pamphlets, and prints, too numerous to
be mentioned in this report.
The members of the Society visited, on July ist, Pom-
pocali, Bardsey, and Harewood ; on July 29th, Leathley,
Swinsty, and Otley ; on September 9th, Pontefract and
Birkin ; and on September 28th, Kirkstall Abbey ; the
arrangements for which were undertaken by Messrs. Clark,
Dienison, Kitson, and Bedford.
Two interesting papers have been read before the
Society: on November 14th, "A note on the Identification
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of Bardsey with Pampocalia, and a note on the Inscription
of a Roman Altar dredged up near Castleford," by Pro-
fessor Bodington ; and on December 12th, a paper on
** English Armour from the Conquest to the Restoration,"
by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith.
The Council desire to express their thanks to these
gentlemen, and hope to arrange further meetings and
excursions of a similar character during 1894.
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LIST OF MEMBERS
On the 31J/ of December^ 1^93-
Those marked (*) are Life Members.
Andrews, William 2, Park Row, Hull
•Applcton, Charles Outwood House, Spencer Place, Leeds
AppletoD, Henry 79, Albion Street, Leeds
Asquiih, J. R Infirmary Street, Leeds
Asquith, William England . . . . Vicar Lane, Leeds
Atha, John Orchard House, Hunslet, Leeds
•Atkinson, Rev. Edward, D.D. . . Clare Collie, Cambridge
Atkinson, John Cedl Butts Court, Leeds
•Atkinson, Daniel Hopkin . . . . Grove Cottage, Starbeck, near Harrogate
Baildon, William Paley, F.S.A. .. 5, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London
Baines, Talbot, B.A Mercury Office, Leeds
•Banks, George James, M.A Wobdsley Lodge, Leeds
Banks, Joseph Neville Hill, Pontefract Lane, Leeds
Barker, Aldred F 44, Ash Grove, Bradford
Barker, Benjamin 25, Cookridge Street, Leeds
Batley, Edwin William 99, Albion Street, Leeds
Beckett, Ernest William, M.P. .. Kirkstall Grange, Leeds
Bedford, James Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds
Bedford, James Edward, M.A. .. Shire Oak Road, Headingley
Bedford, Francis W., A. R. I. B.A. .. Sycamore Lodge, Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds
Beevers, Charles 92, Albion Street, Leeds
Bethell, W Rise Park, Hull
Birchall, Edward, F.R.LB.A Inglemoor, Moorland Road, Leeds
Blackburn, Walter S Benson's Buildings, Park Row, Leeds
•Blakelock, Rev. Ralph Horbury Bridge, near Wakefield
Bodington, Nathan, M.A Field Head, Shire Oak Road, Headingley
Boston, Public Library of the City of. . Boston, U.S.A.
Bousfield, Charles Edward . . . . St. Mary's Mount, Clarendon Road, Leeds
Bowling, John Park Row, Leeds
Bradley, W. H The Yorkshire Post, Leeds
Braithwaite, Walter St. George's Terrace, Headingley
Braithwaite, Walter Samuel . . . . 6, South Parade, Leeds
Branson, F. W 14, Commercial Street, Lteds
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"Bray, George
Brigg, William, B. A
Broadhead, W. H
Brown, William Alfred Morrison .
'Buckton, Joshua
Balmer, Mrs. Charles . .
Bulmer, George Bertram, F.R.I. B.A.
Cadman, His Honour Judge . .
Cameron, William S
Carr, George S
Carter, Francis Richard
Carter, Joseph Barton . .
Chadwick, Charles Montague, M.D.
Chadwick, Samuel Joseph, F.S.A.
Chambers, J. E. F
Cheetham, William Johnson . .
Clark, Edwin Kitson, M.A. . .
Clay, John William, F.S.A. . .
Coats, Thomas
•Collins, Francis, M.D
Collins, Mrs.
Connal, B. M., M.A. ..
Connon, J. Wreghitt, F.R.I.B.A.
Cookson, Rev. Edward, M.A.
Cousins, William James
Crampton, William Thomas
CrojTsdale, Charles
Dalton, Thomas . .
Darwin, Francis, M. A. .
*Denison, Samuel
Denison, Herbert
Dewsbury Public Free Library
Dodgshun, Edward J., F.R.I.B.
Eddison, John Edwin, M.D.
Exldison, Octavius, B.A.
Edmondson, Thomas . .
• Emmett, James . .
•Eshelby, H. D., F.S.A.
Faber, Reginald S.
*Fairbairn, Sir Andrew, M.A.
•Fcrrand, W
Fillingham, George
•Ford, John Rawlinson ..
Foumess, J. W
Fowler, Charles, C.E. . .
Frobisher, William Martin
Gildersome-Dickinson, C. E.
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Harpenden, Herts
Brooiufield Crescent, Headingley
15, Guildford Street, Leeds
West Lea, Meanwood
Blenheim Lodge, Leeds
Calverley Chambers, Leeds
Ackworth, Pontcfract
23, Wellclose Mount, Leeds
29, Brcarton Street, Bradford
Savile House, Potternewton
Elm House, Chapel -Allerton
29, Park Square, Leeds
Church Street, Dewsbury
The Hurst, near Alfreton
Rawdon Hill, Arthington, near Leeds
13, Wellclose Place, Leeds
Rastrick House, Brighouse
2, R^ent Park Terrace, Headingley
Fulford, York
Kirkburton Vicarage, near Huddersfield
Yorkshire College, Leeds.
15, Park Row, Leeds
Marlesford House, Ipswich
Bank Chambers, Park Row, Leeds
Parcmont, Roundhay
13, Shaw Lane, Headingley
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Creskeld Hall, Pool, Leeds
32, Clarendon Road, Leeds
12, East Parade, Leeds
Dewsbury
Benson's Buildings, 2, Park Row, Leeds
The Lodge, Adel
St. Helen's, Adel
Cardigan Road, Headingley
Reuben Street, Leeds
24, Park Road South, Birkenhead
10, Primrose Hill Road, London, N.W.
Askham Grange, York
St. Ives, Bingley
16, East Parade, Leeds
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Victoria Chambers, Leeds
Oxford Place, Leeds
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Wheatlands, Eden Bridge, Kent
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Gordon, John, Tun i, Bond Street, Leeds
Gray, Christopher 59, Albion Street, Leeds
Graveley-Morritt, William . . . . Beechwood, Rydc, Isle of Wight
Green, Albert North Street, Leeds
Greenwood, Arthur 8, Cavendish Road, Leeds
Greenwood, Rol)ert Wm. . . • • 27, Great George Street, Rochdale
Hag;}'ard, A. S i, Ebberston Terrace, Headingley
Haines, R. T National Provincial Bank of England,
Albion Street, Leeds
Hainsworth, Lewis 120, Bowling Old Lane, Bradford
Hall, William Carby, A.R.LB.A. .. Prudential Assurance Buildings, Leeds
Hardcastle, Charles Donald .. .. 31, Victoria Place, Leeds
Hargrove, Rev. Charles, M. A. . . De Grey Terrace, Leeds
Hartley, Lieut. -Col. Joseph . . . . The Old Downs, Hartley, near Fawkham,
Kent
♦Harvey, William Heathfield, Ilkley
Hasse, Alexander 31, Commercial Street, Leeds
•Hawkesbury, The Right Hon. Lord. | Cockglode, Ollerion. Newark
Hayes, William 53, Albion Street, Leeds
Heaps, Christopher Heath Cottage, Scarcroft, I^eds
Hebblethwaite, A. Marshall . . • • 4i Albion Place, Leeds
Hebblethwaite, Rhodes . . . . Maryland House, Grosvenor Road,
Headingley
Hemsworth, J. D Monk Fryston Hall, South Milford
Hepper, Edward Henry . . • • 93, Clarendon Road, Leeds
Hepper, John East Parade, Leeds
Hepworth, Joseph Headingley .House, near Leeds
Hindle, J. E 10, Park Row, Leeds
•Hirst, James Audus Add Towers, Leeds
Hobson, John Falshaw 5, South Bailey, Durham
Hobson, Walter Arthur . . . . 82, Albion Street, Leeds
Holgate, Benjamin, F.G.S Cardigan Villa, Grove Lane, Headingley
HoUis, Walter Dawson . . . . . . 26, Park Row, Leeds
Holmes, Joseph . . . . . . . . Claremont, Garforth, Leeds
Horsfield, R. M. Mean wood, Leeds
•Hovenden, Robert, F.S. A Heathcote, Park Hill Road, Croydon
Howard, James Altofts, Norman^on
lies, George Edwin c/o Archibald Ramsden, Ltd., Leeds
Inchbold, Henry Inchroyd, Leeds
Ingham, H. Oxley Headingley Hall, Leeds
Irwin, Sir George Cumberland Lodge, Leeds
Iveson, Lancelot 8, Hanover Square, London, W.
Jackson, Richard Commercial Street, Leeds
•Jackson, The Rt. Hon. W. L., M.P... Allerton Hall, Leeds
•^""'d^S^ "^"'^' ^- '.^* ^'" ""^ ! '^* ^""'^ ^""^^^^ ^^'
Jones, William Public Library, Cheltenham
Jowitt, Robert Benson Elmhurst, Pottemewton, Leeds
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•Killingbeck, John Oxford Street, Kidderminster
Kirk, Albert Edward, A.R.I.B.A. .. Buckingham Villas, Headingley
Kirk, John Buckingham Villas, Headingley
*Kitson, Sir James, Bart. M.P Gledhow Hall, Leeds
Kitson, F. Reginald, B.A 13, Wellclose Place, Leeds
•Kitson, Frederick J Oatlands, Burley, Leeds
Kitson, Albert E. Fulwith House, Pannal
Kitson, Elizabeth (Mrs.) . . . . May Lodge, Scarborough
Lancaster, W. T The Yorkshire Banking Co., Ltd., Leeds
Leadman, Alex. Dionysius H. . . Oak House, Pocklington, near York
Leather, George Herbert . . . . Yorkshire Post Chambers, Albion Street,
Leeds
Leeds Library Commercial Street, Leeds
Leeds Public Library Municipal Buildings, Leeds
Leeds Mechanics* Institution and
Literary Society Cookridge Street, Leeds
Legard, Albert Geo., M.A Fern Lea, Harrogate
Leigh, Rev. Neville Egerton, M.A. .. The Vicarage, Kirkstall
Levitt, Robert East Parade, Leeds
Lister, John, M.A Shibden Hall, Halifax
*Lumb, Geo. Denison 65, Albion Street, Leeds
Lupton, Alan Scarcroft, Leeds
Lupton, Charles, M.A The Harehills, Leeds
•Lupton, Sydney, M.A Grove Cottage, Roundhay, Leeds
Manchester Free Library . . Manchester
Margerison, Samuel Calverley Lodge, near Leeds
Marshall, G. W., LL.D. (Rouge Croix) College of Arms, London, E.C.
Marshall, Thomas, M.A. . . . . Highfield, Chapel Allerton
Mason, Charles Letch London and Midland Bank, Leeds
* Mathers, John Shackleton .. .. Hanover House, Leeds
May, Rev. Thos. H., M.A Heswall Rectory, Chester
Miall, Louis Compton, F.R.S. .. 5, West View, Wells Road, Ilkley
Middleton, Robert Gledhow, Leeds
Middleton, Thomas, Junr. . . . . Lady Lane, Leeds
Midgley, James White Horse Street, Leeds
Miles, James . . 36 and 37, Bond Street, Leeds
Mitchell, Fred 98, Albion Street, Leeds
Morkill, Jno. Wm., M.A Austhorpe Lodge, Whitkirk, near Leeds
Morley, Edwin Lands Lane, Leeds
Nelson, Henry St. John's Cottage, Leeds
Nichols, A. E 82, Pottemewton Lane, Leeds
Nixon, Edward Methley
•North, Colonel Jno. Thos 3, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C.
Nunneley, Thomas Wanstead House, Burley, Leeds
Nussey, Samuel Leathley . . . . Pottemewton Hall, Leeds
Gates, Charles G. Meanwoodside, Leeds
•Oxford, The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of. . Cuddesdon Palace, Wheatley
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•Oxley, Rev. W. H., M.A. .. .. Petersham Vicarage, Surrey
Oxley, Mrs. Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey
Pape, William 39, Aire Street, Leeds
Peake, A. Copson Basinghall Street, Leeds
Pemberton, Alfred Cooper . . . . Scholes, near Leeds
Pocklington, Henry Prudential Assurance Buildings, Leeds
Ransome, Cyril, M.A 3, St. Chad's Villas, Far Ileadingley
Redmayne, John 79, Albion Street, Leeds
Reynolds, Richard Cliff Lodge, Hyde Park, Leeds
•Rhodes, John Pottemewton House, Leeds
Rider, James 5, South Parade, Leeds
Rintoul, William 7, Victoria Terrace, Leeds
Roebuck, Wm. Denison, F.L.S. .. Sunny Bank, Leeds
Rooke, Chas. Staveley . . . . . . Newton Hill, Leeds
Rowe, Geo. Herbert Hillary Place, Leeds
Rowley, Walter, F.S.A Alder Hill, Mean wood, Leeds
•Ryder, Charles Gledhow Hill, Leeds
Sagar-Musgrave, J. M Red Hall, Shadwell, near Leeds
•Scott, John, Junr. High Street, Skipton
Scott, Joseph 98, Albion Street, I^eds
Settle, W. H 19, Thornton's Arcade, Leeds
Shackleton, Wm
Shaw, John 2, Oban Villas, 71, East Parade, Harrc^ate
Simpson, Edward Overend . . . . Albion Street, Leeds
•Simpson, John King Lane, Moor-Allerton
Singleton, James 43, Delph Mount, Hyde Park, Leeds
Skevington, T. W 3, Victoria Park, Shipley
Smith, Stephen Ernest, F.R.LB.A. .. South Parade, Leeds
Spark, F. R Hyde Terrace, Leeds
Stables, Rev. Wm. Herbert . . . . Runcorn, Cheshire
Stables, Henry •. . Clare House, Horsforth
•Stansfeld, John Woodville, Leeds
Suddick, Geo. A. 30, Clarendon Road, Leeds
Sykes, John, M.D., F.S.A Doncaster
Sykes, John 19, Providence Avenue, Hyde Park, Leeds
Talbot, Rev. Edward Stuart, D.D. . . The Vicarage, Leeds
Taylor, Rev. Richard Vickerman, B.A. Melbecks, Richmond, Yorks.
Teasdale, Washington Hyde Park Road, Leeds
Tempest, Mrs. Arthur Coleby Hall, near Lincoln
•Tetley, Chas. Francis, M.A Spring Bank, Headingley
Thompson, Rev. Canon John . . . . Hunslet Vicarage, Leeds
Thorp, Wm. Henry, F.R.LB.A. . . 61, Albion Street, Leeds
Thrippleton, John Burley View, Leeds
Tiffany, George J Sholebroke Avenue, Leeds
Tomlinson, Geo. W., F.S.A Wood Field, Huddersfield
Truro, The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of .. Trenython, Par Station, R.S.O. (Cornwall)
Turner, John Horsfall Idel, near Bradford
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Tweedale, John, F.R.I. B. A 12, South Parade, Leeds
Tyers, George Bond Street, Leeds
Vincent, Rev. Matson Great Ouseburn, York
Walker, Jno. Henry 2, Grosvenor Road, Headingley
Ward, William 46, Hyde Terrace, Leeds
•Ward, George Messrs. Hirst, Brooke, & Hirst's, Manu-
facturing Chemists, Leeds
Whitehead, John 12, Kelso Road, Leeds
Wilkinson, Bathurst Edward . . . . Potterton Hall, Barwick-in-Elmet
Wilkinson, Wm. Musgrave . . . . Brecondene, 220, Newton Hill, Leeds
Wilkinson, John H 84, Albion Street, Leeds
Willans,John Wrigley i*/!frrtiry Office, I -eeds
Wilson, Charles Henry 8, South Parade, Leeds
•Wilson, Edmund, F.S.A Red Hall, Leeds
Wilson, Henry, M. A Famborough Lodge, Famborough,R.S.O.
(Kent)
Wilson, Col. Jno. Gerald . . . . Cliffe Hall, Pierce Bridge, Darlington
Wilson, Harold Inchbald, B.A. . . Red Hall, Leeds
Wilson, Richard 28, Commercial Street, Leeds
Witherby, W. H., M.A 4, Lyddon Terrace, Leeds
Wood, Rev. Canon Fredk. Jno., M.A. The Vicarage, Headingley
Wood, W. Hoffman 14, Park Square, Leeds
Woods, Sir AU)ertWm.,C.B., F.S.A.
{GarUr) College of Arms, London, E.C.
•Wurtzburg, John Henry . . . . 2, De Grey Road, Leeds
Yates, Thomas Thomer
Yewdall, Zechariah Brookfield, Calverley, Leeds
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©bituari?*
'JTHE Council regret to have to record the fact that since the
formation of the Society, in 1889, it has lost by death the
following 13 members, those marked thus (*) being Life Members : —
♦BOYNE, Wm., F.S.A Via Garibaldi, Florence.
•CoMPSTON, Thos. Bowser ... 8, Bank Street, Leeds.
Denison, Noel ... St. Stephen's Club, Westminster.
Davis, JAS. Wm., F.S.A. ... Chevin Edge, Halifax.
Hall, Frederick St. Mark's House, Leeds.
Landon, Rev. Ja.s. T. B. ... Ledsham Vicarage, South Milford.
Lewthwaite, Rev. Geo. ... Adel.
LUPTON, John Moorlands, Headingley.
Moore, Richard Wm. ... 3, Woodhouse Square, Leeds.
Ogden, JNO. Maude Ellescope House, Sunderland.
Pebody, Charles Towerhurst, Leeds.
RusBY, James 18, Oppidans Road, Regent's Park,
London, N.W.
Wilson, Lucy 34, Bolingbroke Grove, London, S.W.
Of these one, at least, deserves more than a passing reference.
Mr. William Boyne, F.S.A.,
was bom in Leeds early in the present century, and for many years
carried on business as a tobacco manufacturer. In 1853 he retired
from business, and he afterwards spent some years in travelling in
Spain, Italy, Greece, Egypt, and South Africa, and collecting valuable
antiquities for his Museum.
After some years' residence in London, Mr. Boyne was induced to
quit his native country for the more genial climate of Southern
Europe. He lived for some time at Nice, and finally took up his
abode at Florence. From these circumstances it is probable that he
was personally known to but few of the members of the Thoresby
Society, and seemed to them to belong to a former generation.
More than half-a-century ago, Mr. Boyne began to interest himself
in the early history of the town and neighbourhood of Leeds; and
though at that time comparatively few persons in Leeds cared for
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such things, his house in Queen's Square was a meeting-place for
those few. In 1846 he became a member of the Leeds Philosophical
and Literary Society, before whose members he read papers on
" Numismatology '' and the "Antiquities of Cornwall;" and on his
leaving Leeds he was elected an Honorary Member, and he was also
elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His works on
" Tradesmen's Tokens " are well known. The first volume, published
in 1858, comprised the Tokens issued in England, Wales, and
Ireland; a second, in 1866, was confined to "Silver Tokens;" and iR
1870 "Yorkshire Tokens" formed the subject of a third volume.
In the Yorkshire Library Mr. Boyne gave an account of books
relating to his native county ; and he was mainly instrumental in the
publication of " Reliquiae Antiquae Eboracenses, " an illustrated
antiquarian journal, of which a few parts only were issued.
Though he left England many years ago, he continued to the
last to interest himself in Antiquarian pursuits, and was well known
as an industrious collector of antiquities. He became a Life Member
of our Society in 1891, recognising the advantage which a permanent
Society has over an individual as a Collector. Mr. Boyne died at
Florence, on the i8th of November, 1893, at the age of 79.
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Cycureione, 1893*
'TTHE Society in 1893 arranged for four Excursions in the neigh-
bourhood of Leeds, in the place of two which had been
previously held each year since the Society's birth; and hope in
coming years to be able to maintain this number — perhaps ultimately
to increase it. This can only be done by the active co-operation of
members who wish to avail themselves of these excellent opportunities
of seeing the numerous places of archaeological interest with which
this part of Yorkshire abounds; and we would here point out to
members the importance of intimating their intention of being
present at any particular Excursion as early as possible, by which
means the difficulties of arrangement would be considerably lessened.
Wishes have been expressed that the Society should go further afield,
but the object of the Council has hitherto been as far as possible
to confine their operations to Leeds and the neighbourhood, and to
such Excursions as could conveniently be carried out on a Saturday
afternoon. The Council hope, however, to organize at some future
date whole-day Excursions to more distant places.
The First Excursion was held on Saturday, July ist, in most
beautiful weather. The party drove to Pompocali, a supposed
Roman camp, on Hatchhill, to the east of and overlooking Bardsey.
Here Mr. E. K. Clark called attention to the extraordinary character
of the name, the paucity of authority, and the impossibility of deriva-
tion. He suggested that the distinct traces of a Roman road from
Tadcaster to Adel were closely consistent with the theory adduced
by Professor Ransome — of a chain of forts connecting the Aire and
Wharfe at a point where the two rivers are comparatively close
together ; and called attention to the fact that if a camp were pitched
on this spot, it would occupy a commanding position mid-way between
Tadcaster and Adel. For a discussion on Pompocali and its probable
locality, we would refer to a Paper by Principal Bodington, in the
Miscellanea for 1892. Bardsey was next visited, where the vicar, the
Rev. E. B. Braithwaite, described the varied interests of the Church.
The members discussed the controversial questions connected with
the building — the so-styled long and short work of the tower, the
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herring-bone masonry, the relative ages of the pointed arches of
the south aisle, and the pillars with the square abacus on which they
stand. The Parish Registers were shown, dating back as far as
1538, and amongst the early names that of William Congreve, who
was baptised here on February loth, i6f J. The Castle Hill, behind
the Vicarage, was also visited, on which is a Burh of unusual shape-
The party then drove to Harewood, and after tea went to see the
Castle and Church, under the guidance of Mr. W. H. Witherby. He
pointed out that there had been a castle on this spot as early as
the reign of King John, but the present building was the work of
Sir William de Aldburgh, who came into possession of the manor in
1327, by marriage with the daughter of Lord de Lile of Rouge-
mont The Castle is an interesting specimen of the golden age of
castle-building, the hall containing a beautiful decorated recess or side-
board and presenting several unusual features. The chief interest in the
Church, built in the debased Perpendicular style, centres in the six
tombs, more especially in that of Sir William Gascoigne, the famous
judge.
The Second Excursion was held on Saturday, July 29th, when
the Society visited Leathley, Swinsty, and Otley. Mr. Canham, the
rector, described the rude early tower, the old door with excellent
iron scroll-work, and other noticeable features in Leathley Church ; and
the members drove up the Washburn valley, and alighted at Swinsty
Hall, a charming specimen of a Tudor house. The mansion, which
is of two dates, still preserves much of the i6th and 17th centuries
woodwork, both in the wainscoting and in the roofwork, and has
some old stained glass in the windows. On their return to Otley,
the members visited All Saints* Church, and returned by train from
Otley.
The members who formed the Third Excursion, on Saturday,
September 9th, had the good fortune to explore Pontefract Castle,
under the able guidance of Mr, Richard Holmes, who pointed out
the commanding strength of the Castle, and described the fortress
in detail After passing the burying ground, the chapel, the king's
tower, and the queen's, much interest was taken in the kitchen and
the compartments identified as bakeries, butcheries, and the like.
After tea the party drove through Ferrybridge to Birkin, where the
Church was closely examined. Here there is a charming example of
a perfectly-proportioned apse. The Church is entered by a south
porch, with successive arches of peculiarly-beautiful moulding, dis-
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tinguished respectively by the same mouldings as the head mouldings
of the windows in the apse.
The Fourth Excursion, on 28th September, was to Kirkstall Abbey.
The members owe this interesting Excursion to the courtesy of the
Yorkshire Archaeological Society, who had originally organized this
visit; and are much indebted to Mr. Hope for his excellent account
of the buildings and the foundations which have been lately unearthed.
Mr. Micklethwaite explained the scheme in hand for the further pre-
servation of the buildings, and made an excellent defence of the
action taken by Mr. Hope and himself with regard to the destruction
of the ivy and vegetation, introducing his now famous dilemma,
"Will you have the ivy, or the Abbey?" Much of what Mr. Hope
said is embodied in his Paper on Kirkstall Abbey, read before the
Philosophical Society on October 17th, 1893. It is hoped that at an
early date the Society will be able to print some account of the
recent work and discoveries at the Abbey, embodying Mr. Hope's
views as to the use of the various buildings, as far as they can be
traced.
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Cbattae Xeobinenses;
WITH NOTES ON
THE REAME FAMILY
AND
THE LEEDS CHANTRIES OF THE B.V.M.
By THOMAS MARSHALL.
'TTHE archaeological value of Charters relating to the property of
religious houses is known to every one from Dugdale's great
work. But private charters, when of sufficient antiquity, are often of
scarcely inferior interest and value from the light they throw on family
history, from the details which they furnish of the ordinary transactions
of life, and from the topographical information contained in them.
Unfortunately private deeds, except in the case of a few great families,
are rarely accessible to the antiquary. People not important enough
to have a muniment room seldom preserve their title-deeds for any
length of time. The evidences of sale and purchase or leases of land,
marriage settlements, and so forth, are commonly left in the custody of
solicitors or trustees for a generation or two and then they are lost
sight of, or dispersed or cut up and used for waste paper or commercial
purposes. A great deal of that kind of minute information which
antiquaries value, and which it is the business of Archaeological
Societies to preserve, thus perishes — at what loss to our knowledge of
the past no one can say. Possibly therefore, the following transcript of
an old deed relating to some property in Leeds may prove interesting
to the members of the Thoresby Society, as illustratmg the kind of
information which may be extracted from the lumber of a lawyer's
office. The deed in question forms part of the title of the Saddle
Inn, which formerly stood on the east side of Briggate where the
viaduct of the North-Eastern Railway crosses the street. In the year
1867 I sold the Saddle Inn to the Railway Company, who, not caring
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CHARTS LBODINBNSES.
to take up the earlier deeds, left them in my possession. I give an
exact transcript of the deed; and have added a translation, for the
benefit of those who may happen to be unfamiliar with the exceedingly
bad Latin in which it is written ; and this is followed by an explana-
tion of the circumstances under which the deed came to be made, and
by some Notes on the Leeds Chantries of the Blessed Virgin Mary and
on the Reame family, suggested by references in the instrument to
those subjects.
f)eC 5n&entUra fecta inter cxccl-
lentissimani Principem et Dnam Rnam
Elizabeth Dei gra Anglie Frande et
Hibnie Rcgina fidei defensor* etc.* ex
una pte et Thomam Reame ^ ex altera
pte n^C0tatUt quod cum pfata Dna
R^na pr al Indentura suam sigillo
Ducatus sui Lancastr* sigillat' geren*
dat' decimo quinto die Octobris anno
regni sui vicesimo septimo^ concessrit
tradiderit et ad fir ma dimissrit cuidam
Rico Reame patri p*dict Thome Reame
unu Burgagm in Leedes ac dimid' acr'
terr* in Burmantoftes in Leedes pted
quod tunc vel nup' in tenur sive occu-
paccone pred' Rici Reame vel assigfi
su6r' quequidem premiss* fver' ficeif
nup' Cantar' bte Marie Virginis infra*
Eccliam de Leedes pred' in com* Ebor
't)AbCnd* et tenend' p'dict burgagm et
dimid' acr* terr* cum omibus et singlis
suis p'tinen' p*fato Rico Reame et
assign* suis a festo sci Michis Archi tunc
ultimo p'terito ante dat' dee recitat'
Indenture usque ad finem termini viginti
et unius annor' ex tunc prox* sequen*
et plenar* complend* l^CddCIlt)* inde
ex tunc annuatim p&te dne Regine
hered et successor* suis quindecim solid'
leglis monete Anglie ad festa Annunda-
TRANSLATION.
Q;bi0 indenture made between
the most excellent princess and Lady
Queen Elizabeth by the grace of God
Queen of England France and Irdand
Defender of the Faith and so forth*
of the one part and Thomas Reame*
of the other part TIOlitne60Ctb that
whereas the aforesaid Lady Queen
by another her indenture sealed with
the seal of her Duchy of Lancaster
bearing date the fifteenth day of Octo-
ber in the twenty-seventh year of her
reign* had yielded given and to farm
let to a certain Richard Reame the
father of the aforesaid Thomas Reame
one burgage in Leeds and half an acre
of land in Burmantofts in Leeds afore-
said then or lately in the tenure or
occupation of the foresaid Richard
Reame or his assigns which premises
were latdy parcel of the chantry of the
blessed Virgin Mary in* the church of
Leeds aforesaid in the county of York
XLO bave and to hold the said
burgage and half acre of land with all
and singular their appurtenances to the
aforesaid Richard Reame and his
assigns from the feast of St. Michael the
Archangel then last past before the
date of the said recited Indenture to
the end of the term of twenty-one
years thence next following and fully
to be completed l^endetind thereout
thenceforth yearly to the aforesaid Lady
the Queen her heirs and successors fif-
teen shillings of lawful English money.
(i) " Etc." (a) There is no description of Thomas Reame. (3) a-d. 1585. (4) " Infra."
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conis bte Marie Virginis et sci Michis
Arcki equis porconibus annuatim sol-
rend' duran' tennio pdco Et ulterius
fedend' put in eadem recitat' indentura
plenius continetur Quamquidem in-
dentnram sic de p'miss* ut p*mittitur
p'fato Rico Reame f'cam ac totii jus
statii titlm tennium annor* et interesse
sua de et in p'miss* pfatus Thomas
Reame modo habet ut pfate dne Regine
none dat' est intelligi Ac eo ptextu" jam
de pmissis est possessionat' Et sic inde
possessionat* existens jam in voluntate
existit tam indentura p'recitat qua totu
jus statu titlm termin annor' et interesse
sua de et in pmiss cu ptin in manus dee
dne R^ne nunc sssin reddere et resti-
tuere j£t eandem indentura ac totu'
jus statum titlm tennim annor' et inte-
ressse sua pred* Jam vidz Termino
Triniutis anno Regni dee dno Regine
Elizabeth quadragesimo quarto^ idem
Thomas Reame coram dilect* et fidel
consiliar' dee dne Regine Johne ffortes-
cue milite cancellar' et subthesaurar'
cur* sccii dee dne R^jine Johno Popham
milite capital' Justic' dee dne Regine ad
plita coram pfata dna Regina tenend'
Et dilds et fidelis* Edvo Coke Armig'
Attomat' general' dee dne Regine et
Johno Brograve Ar* Attomat' general'
Ducatus sui Lancastr* pred' Commis-
nonar* ejusdem dne Regine in camr&
ejusdem Ducatus apud Westm' eidem
dne Regine nunc ssrsum reddidit et
restituit cancelland' et itSm jam can-
cellat' existit Ea intencone et eficu
qnod i^ta dna Regina nunc faceret
inde beneplitum et voluntatem sua
Quamquidem ssrsum reddiconem pfata
dna Regina nunc acceptabit et modo
acceptat p' pntes SupCt QUO p*fata
at the feasts of the Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael
the Archangel to be paid by equal
portions yearly during the aforesaid
term And further performing as in the
same recited indenture is more fully
contained Which indenture so made to
the aforesaid Richard Reame concerning
the premises as is premised and all his
right estate title term of years and
interest of and in the premises the said
Thomas Reame now has as to the
aforesaid Lady Queen is given to be
understood and on that pretext^ he is
now in possession of the premises and
being so possessed therein he is now
minded to give up and restore into the
hands of the said Lady Queen as well
the before recited indenture as all his
right estate title term of years and
interest of and in the premises with the
appurtenances 21nt) the same inden-
ture and all his right estate title term
of years and interest aforesaid Now
namely in Trinity Term in the forty-
fourth year of the reign of the said
Lady Queen® the same Thomas Reame
before the well-beloved and faithful
coimsellors of the said Lady Queen
John Fortescue Knight Chancellor and
Under Treasurer of the Court of Ex-
chequer of the said Lady Queen John
Popham Knight Chief Justice of the
Pleas of the said Lady Queen to be
held before the aforesaid Lady Queen
and the well-beloved and most faithful
Edward Coke Esquire Attorney- General
of the said Lady Queen and John
Brograve Esquire Attorney-General of
her Duchy of Lancaster aforesaid Com-
missioners of the same Lady Queen
in the Chamber of the same Duchy at
Westminster has now surrendered to
the same Lady Queen and given up to
be cancelled and there lies now can-
celled To the intent and purpose
(0 ** Eo pretexm," i.g., on the ground that he was in possession of the lease. (6) a.d. x6o3.
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CHARTiE T,EODINENSES.
dua Regina pp et in consideracone
sumi tresdecim librarr* et decern soli-
dorr* leglis monete Anglic noie finis
ad manus genralis reccptoris Ducatus
sui Lancastr' pred' ad usum dee dne
Regine p' pfatu Thoma Reame ante
sigillaconem pntm solvend' per advisa-
ment' et concenss commissionar' pred'
concessit tradidit et ad fimia dimisit
ac p pntes concedit tradit et ad firma
dimisit ac p pntes concedit tradit et ad
firma dimissit pfato Thome Reame pdict
Burgagm de Leedes pred* ac pdict
dimid' acr' terr* in Burmantofts in
Leedes pred modo vel nupr' in tenur'
sive occupacone prod Rici Reame vel
assign suorr* Quequidem fJmiss* fuer*
pceir nupr diet' Cantar bte Marie
Virginis infra eccliam de Leeds pred in
pred* coin' Ebor' (omnibus boscis et
subboscis miner' et quarr' de in et sup'
pmiss sive aliqua inde pcella crescen'
sive existen' pfate dne Regine hered et
successor sive except' et reservat).
'^tibCtlV et tenend' pred' burgagm
et dimid' acr* terr* cum omnibus et
singlis suis ptin* (except' p' except')
pfato Thome Reame et assign' suis a
festo Annunciaconis bte Marie Virginis
jam ultimo pterits ante dat' pntm usque
ad finem termini vigenti et unius annorr'
pro2' sequen' et plena?' complend'
l^CDdCnd inde ex tunc annuatim pfate
dne Regine hered' et successor* suis
quindecim solid' leglis monete Anglie
ad festa sci Miclis Archi et Annuncia-
conis bte Marie Virginis equis porco-
nibus annuatim solvend' duran' lermino
pdco Bt pCetatU0 Thomas Reame
p' se hered* executor' et administrator*
that the aforesaid Lady Queen might
now do therein her will and pleasure
Which surrender the said Lady Queen
will now accept and doth now accept by
these presents tlpon WbiCb the said
Lady Queen for and in consideration of
the sum of thirteen pounds and ten
shillings lawful English money to be
paid by way of fine into the hands of
the Receiver-General of her Duchy of
Lancaster aforesaid for the use of the
said Lady Queen by the aforesaid
Thomas Reame before the sealing of
these presents by the advice and con-
sent of the aforesaid Commissioners
has yielded given and to farm let and
by these presents doth yield give and
to farm let to the aforesaid Thomas
Reame the aforesaid burgage in Leeds
aforesaid and the aforesaid half-acre of
land in Burmantofts in Leeds aforesaid
now or lately in the tenure or occupation
of the aforesaid Richard Reame or his
assigns which premises were lately
parcel of the said Chantry of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the church of Leeds
aforesaid in the county of York excepted
and reserved to the aforesaid Lady
Queen her heirs and successors all
woods and underwoods minerals and
quarries of and in and above the
premises or any part thereof growing
or being ZO baVC ait^ tO bOl& the
aforesaid burgage and half-acre of land
with all and singular their appurtenances
(except before excepted) to the said
Thomas Reame and his assigns from
the feast of the Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary now last p>ast
before the date of these presents to the
end of the term of twenty-one years
next following and fully to be completed
UcnDCting thereout thenceforth yearly
to the said Lady Queen her heirs and
successors fifteen shillings of lawful
English money at the feasts of Saint
Michael the Archangel and the Anntin-
ciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to
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suis convenit et concedit ad et cum
p£ata dna Regina hered' et successor'
suis pr prstes quod ipse executor*
admiuistrator et assign sui bene et
suffidenter reprabunt sustentabunt for-
sabunt edificabunt facient et manutene-
bunt pred' Burgagiii et dimid* acr* terr*
et quamlibet inde prcellam quomo-
dolibet concemen tarn in maereru'' sepi-
bus vivis fossis et fossat* qua aliter de
tempore in tempus sumptibus suis ppriis
et expenss' tocies quodes et in omnibus
locis ubi necesse aut opportunu fuit
duraii* termino pdco Et in fine ejusdem
termini sic bene et sufficienter reprat*
sustentat' fossat' edificat' fact' et mann-
tent' in omnibus et pr omia dimittent^
£t 0f COntin^Ht diet' annual reddm
quindecim solidorr' a retro fore in prte
vel in toto non solut' Receptori prticu-
lari prmissor' aut ejus in hac prte
deputat' pro tempore existen' pr quad-
raginta dies prox post aliquod festum
festorr' pdcorr' quo ut prfertur soloi
debeat aut banc indentura non inrotulari
infra ura annin jam pros et imediate
sequro' coram Auditor' prmissorr' aut
ejus deputat' pro tempore existen' Quod
tunc psens dismissio et conccssio vacua
sit et pro nihilo habeatur in lege Ac®
absque proviss consuetis causa finis
pred et quia in prior' dimission' non
condnebant ^It CUJU0 tCt tCBtU
monlUtn uni pti hujus indenture
penes dcm fiirmar' remanen' pfata dna
Regina sigillum sm Ducatus sui Lan-
castr' mandavit apponi Alteri vero pti
be paid by equal portions during the
term aforesaid Bn& tbC atOteaalD
Thomas Reame for himself his heirs
executors and administrators agrees and
acknowledges with and to the said
Lady Queen her heirs and successors
by these presents that he his executors
administrators and assigns will well and
sufficiently repair sustain ditch build
make and maintain the said burgage
and half-acre of land and every part
thereof whatsoever concerning as well
in timber'' quickfences ditches and
banks as otherwise from time to time
at his proi>er charges and expenses
whenever and wherever required or
expedient during the said term and at
the end of the same term so well and
sufficiently repaired sustained dug built
made and maintained in all respects
and throughout will give up® 2ln5
0bOUl5 it happen that the said
annual rent of fifteen shillings be in
arrear in part or in whole and unpaid
to the Special Receiver of the premises
or his deputy for the time being in this
behalf for the space of forty days next
after any of the aforesaid feasts in the
manner in which it should be paid as is
aforesaid or that this indenture be not
enrolled within one year next and imme-
diately following before the auditor of
the premises or his deputy for the time
being Then the present demise and
grant shall be void and held of none
effect in law* and without the accus-
tomed provisoes by reason of the fine
aforesaid and because they were not
contained in the former demise J^tt
teatimoni^ wbcreot to one part of
this indenture remaining in the custody
of the said farmer the aforesaid Lady
Queen hath ordered the seal of her
Duchy of Lancaster to be affixed but to
(7) *• In maereru." (i maeremium) = materia, circulus, (Du Gauge ad voe.)
(b) " Dimiuent," probably a clerk's error for " dimiuet."
(9) *' Ac absque proviss consuetis causa finis pred et quia in prior^ dimission' non continebant."
cannot explain the meaning or effect of these words.
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ejusdem indenture penes dcam dnam
Reginam remanen* p&tus ffirmar* sigil-
lum sm apposuit 2>Ht apud Palacm
Westm sub sigillo Ducatus sui Lan-
caster' pred' decimo septimo die Junii
anno regni dee Dne Regine Elizabeth
quadragesimo quarto.
Per Commissionar' pdict.
GERRARD.
an in offio Thorn fianshawe arm.
Auditor xxij. die Junii ann.
Regii Rne Eliz. xliiii*^-
(Signed) Tho : ffanshawe Audit :
Endorsed (in the same handwriting) :
"A Lease to Thomas Reame.*'
the other part of the same indenture
remaining in the custody of the said
Lady Queen the said farmer hath
affixed his seal (^iVCtX at the Palace
of Westminster under the seal of her
Duchy of Lancaster aforesaid the
Seventeenth day of June in the forty-
fourth year of the reign of the said
Lady Queen Elizabeth.
By the Commissioners aforesaid,
GERRARD,
in the office of Thomas Fan-
shawe Knight Auditor xxii. day
of June in the xliiii. year of
the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
(Signed) Tho : ffanshaw Audit :
zn
The arrangement and language of this lease does not substantially
differ from that used by old-fashioned country conveyancers thirty years
ago — so conservative is the law of its forms. It will be noticed
however that there is no description given of the lessee Thomas Reame
nor of his father Richard. I have called attention in the foot-notes to
one or two words and parts of sentences as to the meaning of which I
am not clear.
It will be observed that the lease is granted under the seal of the
Duchy of Lancaster in the Court of the Duchy Chamber at Westminster
and by the authority of the Commissioners of the Duchy — Sir John
Fortescue, Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer ; Sir John
Popham, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench ; Edward Coke, Esquire,
Attorney-General; and Thomas Brograve, Esquire, Attorney-General
of the Duchy. Sir John Fortescue, appointed Chancellor of the
Exchequer in 1589, had the additional office of Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster conferred upon him in 1601, the year before the
date of the lease. Sir John Popham became Chief Justice of the
Queen's Bench in 1592; he is described in the deed as "Capitalis
Justiciarius dictae Dominae Reginae ad placita coram Domina Regina
tenenda," i.e.. Chief Justice of the Pleas of the Crown, as distinguished
from the Common Pleas, or pleas between subject and subject which
were under the jurisdiction of another court. The title of the Chief
Justice of the King's Court varied from time to time. He was ancientiy
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called "Justicarius Angliae Capitalis" or "Justicia Prima," but later
his title was "Justicarius Noster Capitalis ad placita coram nobis
terminanda," and this is very nearly the designation given in the deed.
Edward Coke was appointed Attorney-General in 1593. He was
knighted subsequently to the date of this deed.
The history of the transaction appears to be this. In the reign of
Elizabeth the whole or the greater part of Leeds was leasehold of the
Duchy of Lancaster and belonged to the Crown in right of that
Duchy. The practice was to grant leases for 2 1 years with a fine on
renewal to persons wishing to occupy the Duchy lands. In the year
1585 Richard Reame of Briggate clothier (see Thoresby Society's
publications, vol. i., at pp. 301 and 388) held a lease from the Crown
for 21 years of a house in Briggate, probably the one in which he
carried on his business with the aid of his family and apprentices, and
which was situated on the east side of the street where the railway
viaduct now is, and conveniendy near to the bridge where the cloth
market was held. As he required a field for tcntering or other purposes
he held also half an acre of land at Burmantofts. The burgage and
field had been in the occupation of his family for some years, certainly
before Edward the Sixth's time. This Richard Reame was buried in
the Leeds Parish Church on Jan. 28th, 1590 (Thoresby Society's
Publications: Leeds Parish Registers^ Burials, p. 301). He left the
following will (Thoresby Society's Publications : Leeds Parish Registers^
Wills, p. 388). I transcribe the entry : —
** Richard Reame, th'elder, of Leedes, clothier. Dated 10 Jan., 1590-1 ; pr.
20 Apr., 1 591. Body to be bur. in par. ch. of Leedes, near my father. To Jane, my
wife, my messuage, &c., being three parts of one whole burgaige, with appurts., in
Leedes, and half an acre of land in Burmantoftes, in my occ. for the years to come
by lease by Her Majestie, under the great scale for life. Remainder to my son
Christopher R. To said wife my close called the Holmes, and the close called Red
Ynge, with appurts. , near Leedes, in my occ. for term of years ; remainder to son
Christopher R., and to son Richard R., equally. Debts, &c. Residue to be divided
into three parts : one for the performance of this will ; one to my wife ; and the third
equally among my five children, Thomas R., Christopher R., Richard R., Sibell R.,
and Jane R. To daughter Sibell, £6 ly. 4^.; dau. Jane, £6 13J. 4^. Poor of
I^eeds, 3/. 4^. Two grand-daughters, Jane Lyster and Elizabeth Lyster, each 20s,
Residue to Jane, my wife. Said Jane, my wife, and all my three sons, Thomas,
Christopher, and Richard R., executors. Witnesses : — Richard Harysone, William
Ellis, and Henry Kytchen, with others. (Bur. 28 Jan., 1590-1.) "
The above will evidently deals with the property which formed the
subject of the lease recited in the deed above set out and dated the
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iSth Oct., 1585, although the property leased is wrongly described as
being held under the great seal instead of under the seal of the Duchy
of Lancaster. The testator demised his term of years to his wife Jane
with remainder to his son Christopher. The lease expired in 1606.
Before that date both Jane and Christopher had died. The former was
buried on Oct. 6th, 1593 ; the latter on the 27th Jan., 1601 (Thoresby
Soc. Pub. : Parish Church Burials, pp. 310 and 338.) On the death
of Christopher the testator's interest in the lease passed under the resi-
duary bequest to the executors of the will for the remainder of the
term. Thomas (who appears to have been the eldest son) was probably
carrying on his father's business, and therefore desired to have the
lease in his own hands at once. He arranged with his co-executors for
the value of the share in the lease belonging to the other members of
the family, and thereupon surrendered the lease to the Crown four
years before its expiration by effluxion of time; paid a fine of ;;^i3 105.
for the renewal ; and took a fresh lease of the property to himself in
1602. This explains the statement in the recital in the deed that
Thomas was already in possession and also the implication that he was
not in possession under a strictly legal ritle. The real tenants were the
executors, but they had allowed Thomas to enter into possession. We
may infer that the object of the lease was to carry out a family arrange-
ment by which Thomas the testator's eldest son was to become the
tenant of the property immediately on the death of his brother Christo-
pher for the purpose of enabling him more conveniently to carry on
his father's business of a clothier in Briggate in his own premises.
The Reame family had been established in Briggate more than
half a century at the date of the lease, and had held this particular
property since some time prior to the reign of Edward VI. at least.
In the Receiver's accounts of the annual rents of the lands belonging
to the two Chantries of the Blessed Mary the Virgin in Leeds, con-
tained in the Minister's accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster^° there
is an account of Mr. Mallet, Receiver and Collector of the Leeds rents,
for two years ending Michaelmas, 3 Edw. VI. Amongst the entries
of the rents collected and received by him is a sum of ** 30J. from a
burgage and half an acre of land in Burmantoftes" in the tenure of the
wife of — Ryem at i$s, a year. The Chantries were dissolved in the
first year of Edward VI., so these two years' rents were the first rents
(10) I am indebted to Mr. Page, the editor of the Chantry Certificates for the
Surtees Society, for this and for much other information.
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received by the Crown. The husband of Mrs. Reame must have been
a tenant of the Chantry. The first Crown lease of the Chantry lands
was in the 2nd of Edward VI. (See post)
The description of the property as having formerly been " parcel of
the late Chantry of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church of Leeds"
(** infra ecclesiam de Leedes") creates some difficulty. We only know of
two Chantries dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the town or
{parish of Leeds, and the position of neither of them, so far as we know
it from Thoresby, is consistent with the expression "infra Ecclesiam
de I^edes." I propose to examine this part of the question under a
separate heading.
Xee^s Cbantrfes, an& especialli? Cbantdes ot tbe
Thoresby in his Vicaria Leodinensis (pp. 30 and 39) gives on the
authority of "a curious (though mutilated) record, purchased by the
late excellent Archbishop Sharp, and given by his grace to be deposited
among the Records in the Tower of London," the following list of the
Chantries in the town and parish of Leeds. It refers to the year 15 15
or thereabouts : —
(i) Holbek. — Cantaria Johannes Dynely ibidem Incumb.
Cantar. ibidem valet in Penc. annuatim recpt. de Priore et Conventu St.
Trinitatis Ebor. in pecuniis numerat. per annum 04. 00. cx).
Summa valoris 4/. quod valet clare decima pars inde 8j.
Xe5e0 De quinque Cantaridt
Cant, ibidem valet in Willelmus Sheffield ad altarc.
(2) S** Katerinae habet in Tenementis in Ledes 51. ac de pencoe. recept. de Priore
Trinitatis Ebor. 4/. 13J. 4^/. in loto per annum.
Summa valoris 4/. i8j. 4^/.
In reddit. annuat. resolut. Priori Stse Trinitatis predict, exeunt, de Tent, predict,
per annum 00. 03. 04. Valet clare 4/. 15J. decima pars inde pj. 6d,
(3) Cant, ibidem valet in Robertus Ilopton cantarista ad altare Btaj Marine
Virginis ibidem. 3 Burgag. 30;. 3 Tent, in Ledes 20s. Septem cotag.
ibidem 26s. %d. & percel. ter. vocat. Scynt Mary Engs. I Of. In toto per
annum 04. 06. 08.
SiAnma valoris 4/. 6s. Sd. e quibus.
In reddit. resolut. Dno. Regi exeunt, de Tent, predict. 51. 4d, et Priori Sti.
Johannis Jerusalem in Anglia i6d. per an. In toto per annum 00. 07. 08.
Valet clare 79J. decima pars inde 7^. i id.
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(4) Cantar. ibidem valet in Johannes Matthcwe Cantarista ad altare Btae Maris
habet ibidem 3 Burgag. 3ar. 3 Tent. 20J. 7 Cottag. 26s. %d, Et percel. ter
vocat. Seynt Mary Engs. 10^. In toto per annum 04. 06. 08.
Summa valoris 4/. 6s. Sd, e quibus.
In reddit. Dno. Regi 51. 4^. et Priori Sti. Johannis Jerusalem in Anglia 16^.
In toto per annum 00. 06. 08.
Valet dare 4/. decima pars inde Ss.
(5) Cantar. ibidem valet in Dns. Thomas Jeffrayson ad altare Stae Mariae Magdalenae
ibidem in Ecclesia antedicta habet 6 Tent in Cawood per an. 70;. et pro uno
buryag. in Ledes 20s. In toto per annum 04. 10. 00.
Summa valoris 4/. lOs. e quibus.
In reddit. resolut annuatim, viz., Dno Regi exeunt de Ledes i6d, & Dno
Archiepiscopo Ebor pro. Tent, in Cawood i6s, 2}</. In toto per annum
17J. 6id, necnon in annual, obit. Dni Willclmi Evers Fundator. dictae Cantuar
per annum 7^. In toto 24s, 6J^.
Valet clare 6$s, $ti. decima par inde Js, yi,
(6) Cantar. ibidem valet in Dns. Gabriel Crofte ad altare Capellse de Farnley infia
parochiam de Ledes, habet mansionem cum pertin. i6j. terr. et tent, in
Grjrmstone et Kyrkeby 5ar. 3 cotag. cum quinque clausur. in Holbeck 4/.
in toto per ann. Summa valoris 7/. 6j. ^, e quibus in libero redd annuat.
solut.
Archiep. Ebor 4f. et Dno.
Monte aquilo 2s, In toto dr.
Valet clare 7/. oj. od, Decima par inde 14J.
In this list there are two Chantries of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Nos. 3 and 4) but it will be observed that the endowments and
outgoings are exactly the same. That two separate Chantries should
have precisely the same amount and description of property is so
incredible that one infers an error somewhere.
If we turn to the Ducatus Leodinenses, we find it expressly stated
that ** there were two Chantries dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary,
as appears by a lease of houses, late belonging thereto, 4th July,
2 Edward VI., made by that king after the dissoludon of Chantries"
{Ducai, Leod.^ 2nd Edition, p. 82, Note).
One of these two Chantries is stated by Thoresby ( Vicaria^ p. 33,
Note) to be on Leeds Bridge. "The Chantry of St. Mary the Virgin
was where is now the school at the Bridge as appears by a surrender
(in Archivis Sti Petri Leod,\ capella S*** Mariae Virginis super pontem
de Leedes."
See also Ducatus^ p. 77, where, after mentioning the school at the
north end of the Bridge where he was himself educated, Thoresby adds :
"That this edifice was an ancient chapel before the Reformation,
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and that Sir John Clarke was Prieste thereof, and buried 9th December,
1565, is evident from the Register of the Parish Church; but whether
it was a Chantry, or one of those Oratories that the piety of our
ancestors frequently built near the ferries over rivers, I cannot yet
learn." Whitaker, however, adds in a note : " It was a Chantry dedi-
cated to St. Mary the Virgin, as appears by a deed dated 5th June,
1376, penes T.Wilson. About 15 15 it had three burgages ten houses
and cottages and lands called St Mary Ings in Leeds. Robert Hopton
was then Chantry Priest there." This would identify the chapel on
the Bridge with No. 3 in the list given above.
The other Chantry of the Blessed Virgin Mary is by Thoresby
supposed to have stood near to the North Bar. {Ducat Leod.y p. 82.)
" Nigh unto this North Bar once stood a tenement or chapel called the
New Chapel containing by estimation forty-four yards in length, and
in breadth thirty- six yards, together with an orchard, a garden, a
decayed cottage, with the appurtenances. . . . But who was the founder
of it occurs not, except this was the Chantry of Our Lady, which,
I confess, I am apt to believe it was, and that it was called the
New Chapel rather than St. Mary's to distinguish it from another
St Marjr's, of which before." This reason can hardly be accepted as
a sufficient one for altering the name of a Chantry dedicated to a
saint who held so conspicuous a position as St. Mary the Virgin. The
piety of the day would probably have been offended by the change
from St. Mary's Chapel to the New Chapel, and it would have required
some stronger motive than the one assigned to justify the change
to popular feeling. So far as Thoresby is concerned, the question is
left in this way. There were two Chantries dedicated to the Blessed
Virgin Mary r one of them was on the north side of Leeds Bridge ;
the site of the other is not certainly or even probably fixed.
It seems to me that the reference to the Chantry of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the deed above transcribed helps us to solve the
difficulty. The burgage and half-acre of land in Burmantofts leased
to Reame formed, beyond all doubt, part of the lands and tenements
belonging to one of the two Chantries of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in Leeds. Those lands are expressly mentioned in William Mallet's
accounts of the rents of these Chantries as belonging to the wife of
one of the Reames in Edward VI.'s time. The deed describes the
Chantry as having been " in the Church of Leeds." The description
contained in a lease may generally be relied on as being fairly accurate.
It is at all events a better authority than the unsupported supposition
of an antiquary.
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We know then that one of the two Chantries stood on Leeds
Bridge ; the deed tells us that one was in the Church of Leeds. We
may conclude then that the second of the Chantries was not the
New Chapel but that it was a Lady Chapel in St. Peter's Church,
with an endowment of its own.
It is difficult to make out the sources of the endowments of these
two Chantries. Thoresby's authority, quoted above, "the curious
though mutilated record purchased by the late excellent Archbishop
Sharpe," has certainly fallen into a mistake in the description of
the property out of which the rents issued. It says that each Chantry
possessed three burgages three tenements seven cottages and a parcel
of land called St. Mary Ings, producing a rent of ;£"4 6s. Sd,, and
making the income of the two Chantries j£S 13J. 4d. From the
Minister's accounts among the Duchy of Lancaster Records it appears
that for the two years ending Michaelmas in the third year of
Edward VI. the rents of the lands and tenements pertaining to the
two late Chantries of the Blessed Mary the Virgin in Leeds amounted
to ;£"i4 Ss. Sd., giving an annual rent of jC'j 4s, 4^. The receiver s
account of the rents of the same Chantries in the 23rd and 24th
Elizabeth amounted to the yearly sum o( j^y los. lod. In 15 15 which
is the approximate date of the record and account cited by Thoresby,
these rents are stated at ;£S 13X. 4d. It seems probable that although
Thoresby's authority is wrong in his description of the property, he is
right in the amount of the rental. In the Duchy of Lancaster
Minister's accounts (Bundles 564, N©. 8,945), preserved at the Public
Office Records, the lands out of which the above-mentioned annual
rental of jC'j 4s, 4^. in Edward VI. 's time issued are described.
It will be sufficient here to say that these properties comprise a house
and close called Mary Ynge, three burgages, six cottages and seven
other properties being houses and messuages in Leeds and a farm-
house at Stapley. These particulars must be accepted as correct ;
as has been mentioned already the Leeds burgage and half-acre of
land leased to the Reames is expressly mentioned among them.
I am indebted to Mr. Page for the following account of the history
of the two Chantries in question. Some time previously to 1398
several persons granted various parcels of land in Leeds and Hunslet
(including three shillings rent from a meadow in Hunslet, called
St. Mary Enges given by William de la Hay) for sustaining divers
services in the Church of Leeds, without having obtained the necessary
licence for granting lands in mortmain. Whereupon these lands
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escheated to John of Gaunt as Duke of Lancaster, and in 1410
Henry IV. granted them to Walter Croce Chaplain and his suc-
cessors to celebrate divine service in the Church of Leeds for the
soul of the same king and his progenitors Dukes of Lancaster. (See
Patent Roll, nth Henry IV., p. 2, m. 12.) In the certificate prior to
the dissolution of the Chantries (see Augmentation Office Chantry Cer-
tificates, No. 69, No. 5), these Chantries are described as "the two
Chaunteries of Our Lady in the Parish Church of Ledes." This last
description creates a fresh difficulty : for on the one hand we can
scarcely doubt that one of the Chantries was situated on Leeds Bridge,
and on the other hand we can hardly understand how a Chantry
on Leeds Bridge can be said to be in the Parish Church. The two
Chantries are said to have been founded by the parishioners of Leeds,
and the incumbents performed their services according to an ordinance
dated 25th July, 15 Henry VII. (See Augmentation Office Chantry
Certificates, No. 69, No. 5.) When and how the revenues of these two
Chantries became amalgamated, as they appear from the receiver's
accounts 3 Edward VI. to have been, I have seen nothing to show ;
but this amalgamation of the rents was possibly for the purpose of
supporting a single priest to perform the services in the Parish
Church, rents proving insufficient to support both a service in the
church and one in the chapel on the Bridge; or the chapel on the
Bridge having fallen out of repair and rents being insufficient to repair
it, and this is the reason that both Chantries came to be described in
the Augmentation Office Records as " Chaunteries in the Paryssh Church
of Ledes,'* the exact locality being of no great importance for the
purpose of the accounts.
From the Chantry Certificates now in course of being edited by
Mr. Page, and from the other sources of information above indicated,
I conclude that at the date of the dissolution of the Chantries in
1547" there were six Chantries in the parish of Leeds, viz. : —
(i) The Chantry of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the north-west end of Leeds
Bridge.
(11) I Edw. VI., c. 14.— The Act devotes the revenues of the colleges, chantries,
and free chapels given to the King to the maintenance of grammar schools, the
improvement of vicarages, and the support of preachers, but the greater part was
applied to the payment of the King's debts and in grants to the members of the
Government.
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78 CHARTiE LEODINENSES.
(2) The Chantry of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Parish Church.
The revenues of these two Chantries, derived from lands and tenements in
Leeds, were amalgamated sometime in the earlier part of the i6th
century. The Chantries themselves were founded by the parishioners,
and the services were performed under an ordinance of 15 Hen. VII.
(3) The Chantry of Mary Magdalene, in the Parish Church, founded by William
Evers in 1524, and supported by rents from lands and tenements in Leeds
and Cawood.
(4) The Chantiy of St. Catherine, in the Parish Church, founded by Thos. Clardl
in 1489. Supported by a rent payable by Sir Arthur Darcy from lands
late of the Trinities in York.
(5) The Chantry or Donative in the Chapel of Holbeck. Foundation not given
in the certificates. Supported by a similar rent to No. 4.
(6) The Chantry or Donative within the Chapel of Famley. Foundation not
given. Supported by rents from lands in Holbeck and Grimston.
For the greater part of the information given above I am indebted
to Mr. Page, the editor of the Chantry Certificates in course of publi-
cation by the Surtees Society, and who has kindly allowed me to use
the material collected by him.
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flotc on a 1?oman Hltar
PRESERVED IN THE MUSEUM OF THE LEEDS PHILOSOPHICAL
AND LITERARY SOCIETY.
'TTHE Altar in question, which was dredged up near Castleford in
1890 by the Aire and Calder Navigation Company, and by them
kindly presented to the Leeds Literary and Philosophical Society, has
been described by Mr. Haverfield in the ArchaoL Journal^ vol. 49.
The chief interest of the inscription arises from the occurrence in
it of the name brigant. Five other inscriptions purport to have been
found in which this name occurs. Of these, one discovered near
Slack is dedicated dec berganti ; the remaining four are dedicated to
a female divinity. Of these one, found near Birrens, in Scotland, and
now preserved in the Edinburgh Museum, is dedicated to a goddess
Brigantia (Brigantiae sacrum), and bears a representation of the
goddess. A second, which professes to have been discovered near the
Roman wall beyond the river Irthing, was dedicated to DEiE NYMPHiE
BRIG. It is now lost, and from the time of Horsley grave doubts have
been entertained as to its authenticity. The remaining inscriptions
of this class have all been discovered in Yorkshire. One was found
and is still to be seen at Adel. The only words decipherable are DEiE
BRiGAN. Another was found at Greetland in the year 1597, near Slack.
The inscription runs : d. vict. brig, et num. ag. t. aur. aurelian. d. d.
PRO SE ET suis. It dates from the year a.d. 205. As Mr. Haverfield
remarks, the word brig or brigant may stand either for brigantum or
BRiGANTiiE, and we are unable, therefore, to say whether the inscriptions
in which this abbreviation occurs are to the goddess Brigantia or to the
Victory Goddess for successes (a) over the Brigantes or (^) gained by
the Brigantes. That the tribe of the Brigantes had a tribal goddess of
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So NOTE ON A ROMAN ALTAR.
their own name is established, not merely by the evidence of the Birrens
inscription, but on other testimony. There were Brigantes not only in
the north of England, but also in Ireland ; and it is possible that both
the English and the Irish tribe were immigrants from the Cottian
Alps, where there was a town Brigantium, the name of which still
survives in Brian^on (Guest's Orig. Celty ii., pp. 14, 15). The Irish
Brigantes worshipped a goddess Brigit, who was regarded as patroness
of fire, and also of poetry and medicine. It is said that the St. Bridget
of Christian hagiology subsequently benefited by a confusion of thought
which credited her with the endowments possessed by the pagan
goddess of similar name {Elton's Origin of English History ^ p. 270).
We are, perhaps, not going too far in supposing that the Brigantia of
the English inscription is identical with the Brigit of Ireland. It is
likely enough that the series of inscriptions to which reference has
been made were set up by natives serving in the Roman armies, in
thanksgiving for victories in which they had borne a share over the
wilder peoples of the north.
N. BODINGTON.
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CHARTERS
RELATING TO
poaaeaaions of liirftataU abbei? (n ailertom*
II.
26.
Apr.4,1325. Anabilla que fuit uxor Willelmi de . . . [omnino]
^b^^^BWiS^ ^^ ^^ ^^ heredibus meis imperpetuum . . . abbati et
Grant of land conucntui Bcatc Marie de Kyrkestall et successoribus totum
£)^trAbbeir^* ius et actionem que h[abui uel habeo uel in futurum habere]
^ potero medietatem unius bouate terre cum pertinenciis in
AUerton Gledhou illam videlicet [quam] . . . . de
Chouthorp quondam tenuit et super qua ego predicta
Anabilla adquisiui . . . [ita quod nee ego] predicta
Anabilla nee heredes mei nee aliquis nomine nostro in dicta
medietate bouate terre cum pertinenciis suis [clameum uel]
calumpniam possimus decetero exigere uel habere in per-
petuum. In cuius rei testimonium huic scripto sigillum
meum apposui. Datum apud Kyrkestall in festo Sancti
Ambrosii episcopi, anno domini M°. CCO vicesimo quinto.
Hiis testibus Dominis Thoma de [Swudlinton], Rogero de
Ledes, Willelmo Gramary militibus, Willelmo de Scarghill,
. . . Thoma de Wayt, Michaele de Raudon, Thoma
Chaumberlayn, Thoma de AUerton, Willelmo ....
Willelmo Mauleuerer, et aliis.
[Seal.]
27.
Martinmas, Hec indentura testatur quod Abbas et Conuentus de
1335- Kyrkestatt concesserunt et dimiserunt Ricardo Broun de
b^ertLn^v AUerton undecimas acras et tres rodas terre in illo loco qui
K^k^^ to vocatur le Brounhill in campo de Allertoft habendas et
Jf^^yJ^^STfo?* tenendas de predictis Abbate et Conuentu a festo Sancti
»4 7tAx%, Martini in hyeme anno Domini M°CCC* vicesimo quinto
• Continued from page 59.
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82 CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
vsque ad terminum viginti et quatuor annorum proxime
sequentium plenarie complendorum, reddendo inde annuatim
dictis Abbati et conuentui septem solidos et decern denarios
argenti ad festa Pentecostes et Sancti Martini in hyeme per
equales porciones termino prime solutionis incipiente ad
Pentecosten anno Domini M°CCC"*** vicesimo sexto, finito
uero termino predictorum viginti et quatuor annorum pre-
dicte undecime acre et tres rode terre sine contradictione
alicuius predictis Abbati et conuenti plenarie reuertentur.
In cuius rei testimonium presenti indenture partes alter-
natim sigilla sua apposuerunt. Datum apud Kyrkestall die
dominica proxima post festum Sancti Jacobi Apostoli anno
Domini M'^CCC"'* vicesimo quinto.
28.
Circa 1325. [Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Alexander de
Grant to Abbey Allerton] . . . Carta mea [confirmauil . . . Beate
of Kyrkestall. ^, . , r^, , , „t r ♦. • •• -i
[Not dated.) Mane de [KyrkestallJ . . . [cum omnibus pertmenciisj
suis que habui [uel] . . . tenendas et habendas
omnes dictas terras cum pertinenciis suis cum predicto
bosco cum omnibus pertinenciis suis predictis abbati [et
conuentui] et successoribus suis et in . . de capitalibus
dominis feodi per seruicia inde debita et consueta. Et ego
predictus Alexander et heredes mei omnes predictas terras
et tenementa cum predicto bosco cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis predictis abbati et conuentui et [eorum] successoribus
contra omnes homines warantizabimus et defendemus im-
perpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium huic predicte [carte]
sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus Dominis Willelmo
de Beston, Rogero de Ledes militibus, Laurencio de
Arthington . . . [Thoma] Le Wayte de Ledes,
Michaele de Raudon, Roberto de Burghlay, Johanne de
[Stap]leton, Thoma de Allerton et aliis.
[Seal.]
[Endorsed]
Carta Alexandri de Allerton.
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29.
Circa 1326. [Fidelibus] . . . [Willelmi de Spyrard] . . . Margaret
STc^ifcs^^ . . . predictam in Allerton Gledhow . . . Ita quod
iNot dated.] nec cgo dicta Anabilla [nee heredes mei uersus predictos
abbatem et conuentum] aliquod ius vel clameum vendicare
possint imperpetuum. [In cuius rei testimonium] sigillum
meum apposui. Hiis testibus Thoma Chaumberlayn . . .
Adam de Knousthorp, et aliis. Datum apud Kyrkestall
Anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi
[nono],
[Seal.]
30.
1331. Pateat vniuersis per prescntem indenturam quod nos abbas
Grant of Und monasterii Beate Marie de Kyrkestall et eiusdem loci
m Allerton by •'
^cAbijy of conuentus concessimus et dimisimus Willelmo [de Cou]
thorp de Allerton Gledhow et Margarete vxori sue vnam
dimidiam bouatam terre cum pertinenciis suis in eadem
villa de Allerton, istam [scilicet . . . ] quam Willelmus
filius Hugonis de Cordelay quondam quietam clamauit
Margarete filie Willelmi de Allerton tenendam et habendam
predicto Willelmo et Margarete uel alicui eorum qui diutius
vixerit de [nobis] et successoribus nostris bene et in pace
reddendo annuatim nobis et successoribus nostris duos
solidos et sex denarios argenti ad festa Pentecostes et Sancti
Martini in Hyeme per equales partes. Et nos predictam
dimidiam bouatam terre cum pertinenciis suis predictis
Willelmo et Margarete vsque ad terminum vite [eorum]
uel alicuius eorum qui diutius vixerit, warantizabimus . . .
predictis Willelmo et Margarete predictam dimidiam bouatam
terre cum pertinenciis suis nobis uel successoribus nostris
sine [alicuius contradictione] plenarie. ... In cuius
rei testimonium presenti indenture sigilla utriusque partis
altematim sunt apposita. Datum apud Allerton Gledhou
in festo Sancti Petri in . . . anno regni regis Edwardi
tercii a conquestu quinto.
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84 CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
i8th May, Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit
9 Ed. III., Thomas filids Alexandri de AUerton salutem in Domino.
Quit-claim of Noucfit vniucFsitas vestra me remisisse relaxasse & de me
G?^how*by °° ^ heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse religiosis
AhS^'<^de°^ viris Abbati & Conuentui Beate Marie de Kyrkestall &
AJJe^oDj^to t*»e eoFum succcssoribus totum jus & clameum & omnia alia
Kyrkestall. quccunquc scrvicia que habeo uel habere potero in quibus-
cunque terns & tenementis quas & que Willelmus de
Morwyk quondam de me tenuit in Allerton Gledhowe & que
Willelmus de Couthorp & Margareta vxor eius quondam de
me tenuerunt in eadem. Que quidem terras & tenementa
predicti Abbas & Conuentus acquisierunt in eadem tam in
homagiis, fidelitatibus, wardis, releuis,escaetis,sectis curiarum
quam in aliis seruiciis quibuscunque. Saluo mihi & heredibus
meis annuo redditu nouem denariorum quem predictus
Willelmus de Morwyk mihi reddere solebat, et vnius dimidie
libre cumini quem predicti Willelmus de Couthorp & Marga-
reta vxor eius mihi reddere solebant, Quemquidem redditum
nouem denariorum & dimidie libre cumini predicti Abbas &
Conuentus mihi & heredibus meis annuatim reddent terminis
consuetis. Ita quod nee ego nee heredes mei nee aliquis
nomine nostro in predictis terris aut tenementis nee in
aliquibus seruiciis de predictis terris [& tenementis . . ]
aut in debitis uel aliquo tempore persolutis aliquod jus uel
clameum decetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus excepto
predicto annuo redditu nouem denariorum et dimidie libre
cumini quem predicti Abbas & Conuentus mihi & heredibus
meis reddent ut predicitur annuatim terminis consuetis.
In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte sigillum meum
apposui. Hiis testibus Thoma Wayt de Ledes, Ricardo
fratre suo, Thoma de Neuton, Johanne filio suo, Willelmo
Scot de Neuton, Willelmo filio suo, Willelmo Atte Wode,
Willelmo Mauleuerere, Roberto de Gipton, Willelmo de
Kelyngbek, & aliis. Datum apud Kyrkestall xviii. die Maii
anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum nono.
[Seal]
[Endorsed]
Thomas de Allerton de terra Willelmi de Morwyk,
Willelmi de Chouthorp, et Margarete vxoris eius.
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i^ F'c|>-» Omnibus Christi fidelibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris
1344. *' Thomas filius Alexandri de Allerton salutem in domino.
Qaii-daim of Noucrit uniucFsltas ucstra me remisisse relaxasse et de
land in Allerton *.t_j*i_ •• ^ -^ 1 i*
c;i«dehou by mc ct hcrcdibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse reh-
Aw^^er"de giosis viiis Abbatl et conventui beate Marie de Kyrkestall
A2^oo,^to the ^^ eorum successoribus omnia seruicia que habeo habui
KyrkestaiL ^^j potero [si'c] in vna bouata terre cum pertinenciis suis in
Allerton Gledehou, quam predicti Abbas et conventus
. . . . acquisierunt de licencia et bona voluntate mea
de Alma filia Willelmi de Morwyk in eadem, et etiam in
vno tofto et crofto et in una bovata et dimidia terre et
in una placea bosci qui vocatur Sampson grene, que
quidem toftum croftum bovatam cum boscum
predicti Abbas et conventus acquisierunt et habent ex
licencia et consensu meo de Mariota de Luteryngton in
eadem. Ita quod nee ego nee heredes mei nee aliquis
nomine nostro in predictis terris aut tenementis aliquod
seruicium jus uel clameum exigere uel uendicare poterimus
imperpetuum. Sed volo pro me et heredibus et assignatis
meis quod predicti Abbas et conventus habeant et teneant
predictas terras et tenementa cum pertinenciis suis bene
et solute ab omnibus wardis et releuiis, escaetis, sectis
curie et aliis serviciis quibuscunque de predictis terris
et tenementis exeuntibus aut debitis sive consuetis. Except©
tamen quod predicti Abbas et conventus et eorum suc-
cessores reddent mihi et heredibus meis annuatim duos
denarios et vnum obolum ad festum sancti Michaelis pro
omnibus serviciis supradictis. In cujus rei testimonium
presenti scripto sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus
Thoma le Wayt de Ledes, Johanne de Neuton, Willelmo
Scot de eadem, Willelmo filio suo, Willelmo Mauleuerer,
Willelmo atte Wod, Willelmo de Kelyngbek, Ricardo Broun
et aliis. Datum apud Kyrkestall xvj die februarii anno
regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum decimo
octavo.
[Endorsed]
Alexander de Allerton de j bouata alme et de terra
Mariote Luteryngton in eadem.
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86 CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
June nth, • • . predictis Abbati et conuentui et eonim successoribus
^344- . . . pertinentibus imperpetuum. Et ego predictus
^^nabii'. ^* Johannes et heredes mei . . . . predictis Abbati
Grant to Abbey et conucntui et eorum successoribus contra omnes gentes
of Kirkestall. ...
warantizabimus [et defendemusj. In cuius rei testimonium
huic presenti carte sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus
Johanne Box, Johanne [Hasidon], Rogero Seham, Johanne
Wyles, Hugone le Potter, Johanne Baudewyn, Willelmo de
Sutton et aliis. Datum apud ....
ad festum sancti Bamabe Apostoli, anno Domini
millesimo trescentesimo quadragesimo quarto.
34.
Martinmas, Hec indentura testatur quod ego Willelmus Mauleuerer
1344- de Neuton dedi et concessi et hac carta mea cirographata
Grant of land in .t, *ti. .-r^-^*-.
Aiierton Gicd- I confirmaui] rehgiosis vins Abbati et conuentui Beate Mane
hawc by William , „. . ,, . i • !• 1 . ^-^i • .
Mauleuerer, of dc Kirkestall m subsidium elemosine pauperum Chnsti
Neuion, to the p -,
Abbey of [vnumj mcsuagium et octo acras terre et
dimidiam in Aiierton Gledhawe que Robertus [Derling]
tenet ad terminum [annorum, et] vnum mesuagium et
duas acras terre cum pertinenciis in eadem villa que
Willelmus Cissor tenet ad terminum annorum, et duo
[cotagia que] Willelmus Mabanhawe tenebat et Margareta
Fox tenet et eciam quindecim acras terre vnde quinque
acre [iacent in] Molderode et in Shotebutteflatt et tres
acre iacent in Toftes et in Okanholtfelde et tres acre et
dimidia iacent in Gildsanfeld et duo acre iacent in Cotte
platt et in mora et vna acra iacet in crofto dicti mesuagii
quod predictus Robertus Derling tenet et dimidia acra
iacet in Caldwell, habenda et tenenda hec omnia et
singula dicta mesuagia terras et cotagia dictis religiosis et
successoribus suis tota vita mei dicti Willelmi libere
quiete bene et in pace cum omnibus pertinenciis suis.
Et si ego Willelmus sepedictus obiero infra terminum
decem annorum a festo Sancti Martini in yeme, anno
Domini millesimo ccc° quadragesimo quarto, volo et pro
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me et heredibus meis concede quod dicti religiosi et
successores sui dicta mesuagia terras et cotagia teneant
quousque dictus terminus decem annorum integre com-
pleatur. Et ad hec omnia fide media et tactis sacro-
sanctis adimplenda obligo me heredes et executores meos
et omnia bona mea mobilia et immobilia vbicunque inuenta
districtione et cohercione cuiuscunque judicis ecclesiastici
vel secularis. Et dicti religiosi concedunt quod si ego
in fine dicti termini decem annorum superstes fuero bene
liceat michi in dictis terris et tenementis intra re et absque
aliqua contradictione ipsorum imperpetuum retinere. Et
ego dictus Willelmus et heredes mei dicta mesuagia terras
et cotagia prefatis religiosis usque ad terminum vite mee
et usque ad terminum dictorum decem annorum si infra
eundem terminum obiero, contra omnes gentes warantizabo
et warantizabimus, defendam et defendemus. In cuius
rei testimonium ego dictus Willelmus Mauleuerer et dicti
religiosi partibus huius carte cirographate sigilla nostra
alternatim apposuimus. Hiis testibus Johanne de Camera
de Neuton, Thoma le Gayt de Ledes, Hugone Pycard
de eadem, Thoma de Allerton, Willelmo Atte Wode et
multis aliis. Datum apud Kirkestall sexto Kalendas
Nouembres anno supradicto.
35.
Circa 1344. Hec indentura testatur quod Abbas et Conuentus Beate
^ric Ik«toii7 Marie de Kyrkestall concesserunt . . . quod habent
cum omnibus pertinenciis suis. In festo sancti
Johannis Baptiste pro omnibus . . . partes . . .
. . . Datum apud Kyrkestall in festo Sancti Petri
anno Regni regis . . . post conquestum . . .
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88 CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
36.
Nov. 20, Hac indentura testatur quod ego Willelmus Mauleverere
1345- (Je Neuton dedi concessi et hac carta mea cirographata
AUerton Gied- confirmaui religiosis viris Abbati e conuentui beate Marie
Mruieuwere of dc Kirkcstall in subsidium elemosinc pauperum Christi
Neuton to the j _, • . .
Abbey of ad portam, vnum mesuagium et octo acras terre cum
pcrtinenciis in AUerton Gledhawe, que Robertus Derling
tenuit ad terminum annorum, et vnum mesuagium et duas
acras terre cum pertinenciis in eadem villa, que Willelmus
cissor tenuit ad terminum annorum, et dua cotagia que
Willelmus Mabanhawe tenuit et Margareta Fox tenet et
eciam quindecim acras terre, vnde quinque acre iacent in
Molderode et Shortebutteflatt tres acras jacent in toftis
et in Okanholtfelde et tres acre et dimidia acra jacent in
Gildsanfeld et due acre jacent in Couflatt et in mora et
vna acra iacet in crofto dicti mesuagii quod predictus
Robertus Derling tenuit, et dimidia acra jacet in Caldewell,
habenda et tenenda hec omnia et singula dicta mesuagia,
terras et cotagia dictis religiosis et successoribus suis tota
vita mei dicti Willelmi libere quiete bene et in pace
cum omnibus pertinenciis suis, et si ego Willelmus sepe-
dictus obiero infra terminum duodecim annorum a festo
Sancti Martini in yeme anno domini millesimo ccc*
quadragesimo quinto, volo et pro me et heredibus meis
concede quo3 dicti religiosi et successores sui dicta
mesuagia terras cotagia teneant, quousque dictus terminus
duodecim annorum compleatur. Et ad hec omnia fide
media et tactis sacrosanctis adimplenda obligo me et
heredes et executores meos et omnia bona mea mobilia
et immobilia ubicunque inuenta districtione et cohercione
cujuscunque judicis ecclesiastici vel secularis. Et dicti
religiosi concedunt quod si ego in fine dicti termini
duodecim annorum superstes fuero, bene liceat michi in
dictis terris et tenementis intrare et absque aliqua contra-
dictione ipsorum imperpetuum retinere. Et ego dictus
Willelmus et heredes mei dicta mesuagia terras et cotagia
prefatis religiosis vsque ad terminum vite mee et vsque ad
terminum dictorum duodecim annorum si infra eundem
terminum obiero contra omnes gentes warantizabo, et war-
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antizabimus, defendam et defendemus. In cuius rei testi-
monium ego dictus Willelmus Mauleverere et dicti religiosi
partibus huius carte cirographate sigilla nostra altematim
apposuimus. Hiis testibus Johanne de Camera de Neuton,
Thoma le Gayt de Ledes, Hugone Pycard de eadem,Thoma
de Allerton, Willelmo Atte Wode et multis aliis. Datum
apud Kirkestall die lune proxima ante festum Sancti
Andree Apostoli anno supradicto.
37.
Martumuis, Hec indentura testatur quod ego Willelmus Mauleuerere
'346- de Neuton dedi et concessi et hac carta mea cirographata
Grantoflandio - . *, , . . -r*
More AJierton confirmaui rcligiosis viris Abbati et conuentui Beate
SLoienerere of Marie de Kirkestall in subsidium elemosine pauperum
Abbe^of ** * Christi ad portam, vnam culturam terre cum prato adiacente
Kirkestall ^^^ ^^j^ pcrtinenciis in territorio de More Allerton prout
iacet inter cursum aque qui dicitur Le Moretonsik, ex
parte Australi et terram Johannis Colman ex parte boreali,
extendens se a crofto Walter! Le Milner ex parte occi-
dentali vsque terram Ricardi Broun ex parte orientali,
habendam et tenendam predictam terram et pratum cum
pcrtinenciis suis predictis religiosis et successoribus suis
tota uita mei dicti Willelmi libere quiete bene et in pace.
Et si ego Willelmus sepedictus obiero infra terminum
octo annorum a festo Sancti Martini in yeme Anno domini
millesimo ccc** quadragesimo sexto, volo et pro me et
heredibus meis concedo quod dicti religiosi et successores
sui dictam terram cum pertinenciis teneant quousque
dictus terminus octo annorum integre compleatur. Et ad
hec omnia fide media et tactis sacrosanctis adimplenda
obligo me et heredes et executores meos et omnia bona
mea mobilia et immobilia vbicunque inuenta districtione
et cohercione cuiuscunque Judicis ecclesiastici et secularis.
Et dicti religiosi concedunt quod si ego in fine dicti
termini octo annorum superstes fuero, bene liceat michi
heredibus et assignatis meis in predictis terris et prato
cum omnibus suis pertinenciis intrare reseisire et absque
aliqua contradictione ipsorum vel successorum suorum
imperpetuum retinere. Et ego dictus Willelmus et heredes
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meis predictam terrain et pratum prefatis religiosis vsque
ad terminum vite mee et vsque ad terminum octo annorum
si infra eundem terminum obiero contra omnes homines
warantizabo et warantizabimus, defendam et defendemus.
In cuius rei testimonium ego dictus Willelmus Mauleuerer
et dicti religiosi partibus huius indenture sigilla nostra
alternatim apposuimus. Hiis testibus Johanne Chaum-
berlyn de Neuton, Thoma Wayt de Ledes, Hugone Pycard
de eadem, Thoma de Allerton, Willelmo Atte Wode et
multis aliis. Datum apud Kirkestall die sabbati in festo
Sancti Martini Episcopi anno supradicto.
[^Emiorsed'\
[Md"] vacant ...
Allerton.
38.
Martinmas, Hec indentura testatur quod nos abbas et conuentus Beate
i34"« Marie de Kirkestall concessimus et dimisimus Willelmo
in'^Aiicnonj^y Mauleucrcr de Neuton vnam culturam terre cum prato
esiai? to wiR. adiacente et suis pertinenciis in territorio de More Allerton
Ncwton!'^" '^ prout iacet uersus cursum aque qui dicitur Le Moreton
sik ex parte australi et terram Johannis Colman ex parte
boreali extendens se a crofto Walteri le Milner ex parte
occidentali vsque terram Ricardi Broun ex parte oriental!,
et que terram et pratum cum pertinenciis habuimus ex
concessione ipsius Willelmi ad terminum octo annorum
prout in vna indentura inter ipsum et nos facta plenius
continetur, habenda et tenenda predictam terram et pratum
cum omnibus suis pretinenciis prefato Willelmo heredibus
et assignatis suis a festo Sancti Martini in yeme anno
domini millesimo trescentesimo quadragesimo sexto vsque
ad terminum octo annorum supradictum plene comple-
torum, reddendo inde per annum decern solidos argenti
ad festa Pentecostes et Sancti Martini per equales por-
ciones et post terminum octo annorum supradictum dictus
Willelmus heredes et assignati sui integre habeant et
retineant prefata terram et pratum cum omnibus suis
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pertinenciis imperpetuum absque aliqua contradictione seu
impedimenlo nostro seu successorum nostrorum. In cujus
rei testimonium nos et pred ictus Willelmus sigilla nostra
huic indenture alternatim apposuimus. Hiis testibus
Johanne Chaumberlayn, Thoma de AUerton, Willelmo
Scot, Willelmo Atte Wode et multis aliis. Datum apud
Kirkestall die lune proxima post festum Sancte Martini
Episcopi, anno supradicto.
39.
Nov. 30th, Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Ricardus filius Ricardi
134^ Broun de Allerton dedi concessi et hac presenti carta
*^drew. confirmaui religiosis viris Abbati et conuentui Sancte Marie
Graat of land^ de Kyrkcstall septem acras terre arabilis prout iacent
^5rJ?.*S^'***" diuisim in villa et territorio de More Allerton per loca
of Rjchd. Brown *
of Allerton, to varia infra scripta, videlicet duas acras simul iacentes in
the Abbey of *^
KyrkestaiL Tonwalderodcs et vnam acram iacentem in Mikelden et
tres acras simul iacentes in le Morefeld de More Allerton
et dimidiam acram iacentem in Swynbrekkes et dimidiam
acram in Alderode buttes habendas et tenendas predictas
septem acras terre cum pratis pascuis et pasturis et
omnibus aliis libertatibus et aisiamentis predicte terre spec-
tantibus predictis abbati et conuentui et eorum successoribus
imperpetuum de capitali domino feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita et consueta. Et ego predictus Ricardus et
heredes mei predictas septem acras terre cum pertinenciis
predictis abbati et conuentui et eorum successoribus contra
quoscunque mortales warantizabimus adquietabimus et
imperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium huic
presenti carte sigillum meum apposui. Datum apud Kyrke-
stall in festo Sancti Andree apostoli anno domini Millesimo
CCC™"* quadragesimo sexto et anno regni regis Edwardi
tercii post conqucstum vicesimo. Hiis testibus Thoma de
Allerton, Willelmo Attewod, Willelmo Mauleverere, Roberto
filio suo et aliis multis.
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CYROGRAPHVM.
Nov. 30th, Hec indentura testatur quod ego Ricardus filius Ricardi
i34<5. Brown de Allerton concessi et dimisi religiosis viris Abbati
^Andrew/" ct conuciitui Sanctc Marie de Kyrkestall septem acras
^1^^ ^i,!*"^ terre arabilis prout iacent diuisim in villa et territorio de
in More Allerton ^
o^Ridldfi'nT'" Moreallerton per loca infra scripta, videlicet duas acras
°l^^^o^»l9 simul iacentes in Tonwalderodes et vnam acram iacentem
the Abbey of
Kirkcstail. in Mikeldcn et tres acras simul iacentes in le Morefeld
de More Allerton et dimidiam acram iacentem in Swyn-
brekkes et dimidiam acram in Alderodebuttes, pro quadam
summa pecunie michi pre manibus persoluta, tenendas
et habendas predictas septem acras terre predictis abbati
et conuentui et eorum successoribus de me heredibus uel
assignatis meis a festo Sancti Andree Apostoli anno domini
millesimo ccc"*"* quadragesimo sexto vsque ad terminum
viginti annorum plenarie complendorum libere quiete
bene et in pace cum omnibus aysiamentis dicte terre
spectantibus. Et ego predictus Ricardus et heredes mei
dictas septem acras terre predictis Abbati et conuentui
et eorum successoribus vsque ad predictum terminum
viginti annorum contra omnes homines warantizabimus et
defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium partibus huius
indenture predicti Abbas et conuentus et ego predictus
Ricardus sigilla nostra alternatim apposuimus. Datum
apud Kyrkestall die et anno supradictis. Preterea volo
nichilominus et concedo quod in fine predictorum viginti
annorum liceat predictis Abbati et conuentui et eorum
successoribus dictas septem acras terre penes semetipsos
tenere et habere necnon et commodum suum inde facere
quousque ego dictus Ricardus heredes mei vel assignati
dictis Abbati et conuentui plenarie persoluimus centum
solidos sterlingorum. Hiis testibus Johanne Chaumberlayn
de Neuton, Thoma de Allerton, Willelmo Mauleuerer,
Willelmo Atte Wod et aliis.
[Endorsed]
Richard Brown de Alreton,
De vii. acra terre.
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41.
ist Nov., Edwardus dei gracia Rex Anglic et Francie et dominus
^ ivM) * ^^^^™^ omnibus ad quos presentes litere peruenerint
License by King salutcm. Sciatls Quod cum dominus Edwardus nuper rex
of Kirk«taii to^ AngHc patcr noster per literas suas patentes concessisset et
I!2?*LeiS^o licentiam dedisset pro se et heredibus suis quantum in ipso
^^'^j^Mt^hh- fuit dilectis nobis in Christo abbati et conuentui de
^SS^'o?** Kirkestall quod ipsi terras tenementa et redditus ad valen-
Mortmain. ^^^ viginti librarum annuatim tam de feodo suo proprio
quam alieno exceptis terris tenementis et redditibus que de
ipso patre nostro tenebantur in capite, adquirere possent,
habenda et tenenda sibi et successoribus suis imperpetuum
statuto de terris et tenementis ad manum mortuam non
ponendis edito non obstante prout in literis patris nostri
predictis plenius continetur. Nos volentes concessionem
ipsius patris nostri predictam effectui debito mancipari con-
cessimus et licenciam dedimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris
quantum in nobis est Nicholao de Girsebum quod ipse duo
mesuagia et duas bouatas terre cum pertinenciis in Burley
iuxta Ledes et Hedyngley iuxta Ledes et eidem Nicholao et
Johanni le Mareschall de Colyngham quod ipsi tria mesuagia
et quatuor bouatas terre cum pertinenciis in Oueryedon et
Ecoppe necnon Henrico Couhird de Adel et prefato
Johanni quod ipsi vnum mesuagium duas bouatas et octo
acras terre cum pertinenciis in Morallerton iuxta Gledhou
que de nobis non tenent et que valent per annum in
omnibus exitibus iuxta verum valorem eorundem viginti
solidos et sex denarios scilicet per diuersas inquisiciones inde
per dilectum et fidelem vinim Gerardum Saluayn escaetorem
nostrum in comitatu Eboraci de mandate nostro factas et in
cancellaria nostra retomatas est comptum dare possint et
assignare prefatis abbati et conuentui habenda sibi et
successoribus suis imperpetuum in valorem quinque marca-
rum per annum in partem satisfactionis viginti libratarum
terrarum tenementorum et reddituum predictarum. Et
eisdem abbati et conuentui quod ipsi mesuagia et terram
predictam cum pertinenciis a prefatis Nicholao Johanne et
Henrico recipere et tenere possint sibi et successoribus suis
predictis sicut predictum est tenore presencium similiter
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licentiam dedimus specialem statute predicto non obstante.
Nolentes quod predicti Nicholaus Johannes et Henricus
vel heredes sui aut prefati abbas et conuentus seu suc-
cessores sui ratione statuti predicti per nos vel heredes,
nostros inde occasionentur in aliquo seu grauentur. Saluis
tamen capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruiciis inde debitis
et consuetis. In cuius rei testimonium has literas fieri
fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium
primo die Nouerabris anno regni nostri Anglie vicesimo
quarto, regni vero nostri Francie undecimo.
\_Endorsed\
De duabus bouatis terre et duobus mesuagiis . . .
in Burlay et Hedynglay iuxta Ledes.
De tribus mesuagiis et quatuor bouatis terre . . .
in Oueryhedon.
De vno mesuagio et duabus bouatis et octo acris
terre in Morallerton.
42.
loth Oct, Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Robertus de Grymestoii
44 E^. III., gijyg g^ theres cuiusdam Willelmi Ward de Neuton pro
Quit-claim of Hie ct hcredibus meis remisi relaxaui et imperpetuum
^°Vobm"dc" quietum clamaui Abbati et conuentui Monasterii de
&ISrof"ivm. Kyrkestall et eorum successoribus totum jus et clameum
t^Abb/y^o*f"'°"'^^^ aliquo modo habere potero in tota terra solo et
Kyrkestall. ,mora que habent in territorio de Newton ex dono Alani
de Grymeston que idem Alanus habuit ex hereditate
Agnetis uxoris sue quorum heres ego sum, que iacent
inter viam que vadit de Neuton ad Capellam de Allerton
usque ad diuisas de Staynebek. Ita quod nee ego nee
heredes mei nee aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquid juris
vel clamei in dictis terra solo et mora exigere poterimus
in futuro et ab omni accione exclusi sumus imperpetuum
per presentes. Et ego dictus Robertus et heredes mei
omnia terram solum et moram predicta dictis Abbati et
conuentui et eorum successoribus warantizabimus ac-
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quietabimus et imperpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei
testimonium sigillum meum presentibus est appensum.
Datum apud Kyrkestall decimo die mensis Octobris anno
regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu Anglie quadragesimo
quarto. Hiis testibus Willelmo Fraunk, Willelmo Gascoygne,
Johanne de Carleton, Roberto de Horsforth, Willelmo do
Cordelay et aliis.
Robertus de Grymeston.
43.
Aag. 24th, Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Johannes Porter de
'380. Kyrkestall dedi concessi et hac presenti carta mea con-
mews DaTyr firmaui Abbati et conuentui de Kyrkestall et successoribus
SSSf.'^&l^S suis vnum messuagium et vnam bouatam terre cum
^Ir^bJ John on^it)us suis pertinentiis in villa et territorio de Allerton
SSr'to^^^^^^^^^ que habui ex dono et feoffamento Alicie que
Kv^LudL quondam fuit uxor Walteri Milner de Hedinglay tenendam
et habenda omnia predicta mesuagium & bouatam terre
cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predictis Abbati & con-
uentui & successoribus suis de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et ego
dictus Johannes & heredes mei omnia predicta mesuagium
et bouatam terre cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predictis
Abbati & conuentui & successoribus suis contra omnes
gentes warantizabimus acquietabimus & imperpetuum de-
fendemus. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum
presentibus est appensum. Datum apud Allerton Gledhow
die Sancti Bartholemi Apostoli, Anno Domini [millesimo]
trcscentesimo octogesimo, hiis testibus Roberto Passelew
de Potter Newton, Rogero de Ledes, Johanne Passelew,
Johanne Fraunk, Johanne Scott, Willelmo de Stedelay &
aliis.
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44.
March 25th, Pateat vniuersis per presentes quod ego Edtnundus Fraunk
'5 ^5j5l ^^" filius et heres Johanne filie Thome de AUerton concessi
The AnnuncU. ^^ Hccnciam dcdi Abbati et conuentui de Kyrkestall quod
"'^"* ipsi possunt adquirere omnia terras tenementa prata
in Giedho^- [bosciculos] et pasturas cum omnibus suis pertinenciis que
Edmund Fraunk, fuerunt Johannis Atte Wodd in Gledhow AUerton, statu to
j^Tdaughic? de terris et tenementis ad manum mortuam [non later
Aiierton?to the hani\ ponendis edito non obstante. In cuius rei testi-
a^ of Kirk- nfiouium huic presenti scripto sigillum meum apposui.
Datum die Annunciacionis Dominice anno regni Regis
Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie quinto decimo.
[Seal.]
[Endorsed ]
Johaft Attewode.
45.
March 26th» Memorandum. Pateat vniuersis per presentes quod nos
'^ j^ * Johannes Scott de Newton iuxta Ledes, Robertus Mau-
Morrow of the levcrcr dc eadem Willelmus filius Johannis Scot de eadem
Ltcencctrobtain ^^ Johanucs [Maulcucrer] de eadem concessimus et
land in AUerton- licenciam dedimus Abbati et conuentui monasterii Beate
Gledhow by
Tohn Scot, of Marie de Kyrkestall quod ipsi possint adquirere omnia
Leeds, & others, terras, tcnementa, prata, boscos, et pasturas, cum omnibus
to the Abbey of ... . , , ^ t i • *
Kyrkesuii. pcrtmencus SUIS que dudum fuerunt Johannis Attewoa
de AUerton Gledhow [habenda] et tenenda predictis Abbati
et conuentui et successoribus suis imperpetuum sine clameo
vel calumpnia per nos vel aliquem nostrum aut aliquem
alium mouendis faciendis vel exigendis imperpetuum,
statute de terris et tenementis ad manum mortuam non
ponendis edito non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium
sigilla nostra presentibus apposuimus. Datum in crastino
Annunciacionis Dominice anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi
post conquestum Anglie [quinto] decimo.
[Endorsed']
. . . Johannis Scot.
Edmundi Fraunk . . ,
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46.
Z3tb April, [Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris] Radulphus filius
Giant'^Unds ^^^1^^"^' Brown dc AUerton Gledhow [salutem in Domino
Giedh^*" b* sempitemam. Noueritis me remisisse] relaxasse et omnino
S*1p*»« *2" °^ dc °^e et heredibus meis Abbati et Conuentui monasterii
William Brown,
of AUerton- Beate Marie de Kirkestall totum jus et clameum que
the Abbev of habco [vel unquam] habui seu in posterum [monificiendo]
habere potero in omnibus illis terris, tenementis, pratis,
pasturis, cum omnibus suis pertinenciis in eadem villa de
Allerton Gledhow, que quondam fuerunt Ade filii Jordanni
de [Scipker]. Ita quod nee ego predictus Radulphus nee
heredes mei nee aliquis alius, nomine nostro aliquod jus
clameum vel calumpniam in predictis terris tenementis
pratis et pasturis cum suis pertinenciis aut in aliqua
parcella eorundem de cetero exigere vel vendicare [poteri-
mus in futurum, et ab omni] accione juris simus exclusi
in perpetuum per presentes. Et ego predictus Radulphus
et heredes mei omnia predicta terras, tenementa, pratai
pasturas, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis Abbati et conuentui
. et successoribus suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus
et imperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium
sigillum [nostrum apposuimus]. Hiis testibus Roberto
Passelew, Johanne Scott, Roberto Mauleuerer, Edmundo
Fraunk, Willelmo de Kylyngbek, Willelmo de Bryghton,
et multis aliis. [Datum apud] Kyrkestall duodecimo die
mensis Aprilis anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo nona-
gesimo secundo et anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post
conquestum Anglie quintodecimo.
[Sea/.]
[Endorsed]
De terris et tenementis de Willelmo Spyrard de
Allerton.
47.
xsth April, Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris VVillelmus
1392. [Spyrard] salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noueritis
^^Is^^a^T me remisisse relaxasse et omnino de me et heredibus
KiJk^I**Jf**^ meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse Abbati et conuentui
^^iSi^w*" monasterii Beate Marie de Kirkestall et successoribus suis
totum jus et clameum que habeo, unquam habui, vel in
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futurum habere potero, in omnibus illis terns, tenementis,
pratis, pasturis, cum omnibus suis pertinenciis que dicti
Abbas et conuentus habent in villa et territorio de AUerton
Gledhow ex dono et feoffamento meo, et que dudum
fuerunt Ricardi Brown filii Willelmi Brown de predicta
Allertoii. Ita quod nee ego predictus Willelmus Spyrard
[nee heredes mei] nee aliquis alius nomine nostro, aliquod
jus clameum vel calumpniam in predictis terris, tenementis,
pratis et pasturis, cum suis pertinenciis nee in aliqua
parcella eorundem decetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus
in futurum, sed ab omni accione iuris sumus exclusi
imperpetuum per presentes. Et ego predictus Willelmus
Spyr[ard] et heredes mei omnia predicta, terras, tene-
menta, prata, et pasturas cum omnibus suis pertinencii,
prefatis Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis contra
omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus.
In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presentibus est
appositum. Hiis testibus Johanne Scott de Newton,
Roberto Mauleuerer, Edmundo Fraunk, Willelmo Scott,
Willelmo de Kylyngbek, Willelmo de Bryghtoii et aliis multis.
Datum apud Allerton Gledhow predictam duodecimo die
mensis Aprilis, anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo nona-
gesimo secundo et anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post
conquestum Anglie quintodecimo.
[Seal.]
48.
[i2th] April, .... [Willelmus] Spyrard de Allerton Gledhow dedi
1392. concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmaui [Abbati et
Wm.l5p^rl conuentui Beate Marie de Kyrk]estall et successoribus
Kyrkeftaii ^f suis Omnia terras tenementa prata et pasturas que . . .
ton^GiSh^w.' cum omnibus pertinenciis suis et que dudum fuerunt
Ricardi Brown filii Willelmi Brown de . . . habenda
et tenenda omnia predicta terras, tenementa, prata, et
pasturas, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis dictis Abbati et
conuentui et successoribus suis de capitalibus dominis
feodi illius per seruicia inde debita et de iure consueta.
Et ego predictus Willelmus Spyrard et heredes mei omnia
predicta terras, tenementa, prata, et pasturas, cum omnibus
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pertinenciis suis prefatis Abbati et conuentui et suc-
cessoribus suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et
imperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium
sigillum meum presentibus est appensum. Hiis testibus
Roberto Passelew, Johanne Scot, Roberto Mauleuerer
[Edmundo] Fraunk, Willelmo de Kylyngbek, Willelmo de
Bryghton et multis aliis. Datum apud predictam Allerton
die [duodecimo] mensis Aprilis anno Domini millesimo
trescentesimo nonagesimo secundo et anno regni regis
Ricardi [secundi] post conquestum Anglie quintodecimo.
[Seal.]
26th April, Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Ricardus Marschall
'392. (je Newton iuxta Ledes dedi concessi et hac presenti
S^AUmJS^ carta mea confirmaui Abbati et conuentui Beate Marie de
Ri^^Mis- Kyrkestall et successoribus suis omnia terras et tenementa
^''L^dsTtT'cum omnibus pertinenciis suis que habui in villa et terri-
K^^L***^ torio de Allerton Gledhow ex dono et feoffamento Willelmi
de Horbyry et Johannis Chapman de Yedon, et que
dudum fuerunt Willelmi Webster et Matildis matris mee,
habenda et tenenda omnia predicta terras et tenementa
cum omnibus pertinenciis suis prefatis Abbati et conuentui
et successoribus suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius
per seruicia inde debita et de iure consueta. Et ego
predictus Ricardus Marschall et heredes mei omnia pre-
dicta terras et tenementa cum omnibus pertinenciis prefatis
Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis contra omnes
gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus. In
cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presentibus est
appositum. Hiis testibus Roberto Passelew de Newton,
Johanne Scot de eadem, Roberto Mauleuerer de eadem,
Edmundo Fraunk, Willelmo de Kylyngbek et multis aliis.
Datum apud Allerton predictam vicesimo sexto die mensis
Aprilis anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo nonagesimo
secundo et anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post con-
questum Anglie quinto dedmo.
[Endorsed]
15 Ric. II. 1392.
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50.
ist May, Omnibus ad quos presentes litere peruenerint Ricardus
1392, Marschall de Newton iuxta Ledes salutem. Noueritis me
SndsfnAJierton-remisisse relaxasse et [omnino] de me et heredibus meis
Rich^d' M^rs. quietum clamasse Abbati et conuentui Beate Marie de
n«r'LlIdirto"*K.yrkestall ct successoribus suis totum jus et clameum
Kyrk<»uJi.°^ que unquam habui, habeo, seu quouismodo in futurum
habere potero, in omnibus illis terris et tenementis cum
omnibus pertinenciis suis que iidem Abbas et conuentus
habent in villa et territorio de AUerton Gledhow ex dono
et feoffamento meo et que quondam fuerunt Willelmi
Webster patris mei et Matildis matris mee. Ita quod
nee ego predictus Ricardus Marschall nee heredes mei
nee aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquod jus vel clameum in
predictis terris et tenementis cum pertinenciis suis decetero
exigere vel vendicare poterunt sed ab omni accione simus
exclusi imperpetuum per presentes. Et ego predictus
Ricardus Marschall et heredes mei omnia predicta terras
et tenementa cum omnibus pertinenciis suis predictis
Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis contra omnes
gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus. In
cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presentibus est
appositum. Datum apud predictam AUerton primo die
mensis Maii anno Domini millcsimo trecentesimo nona-
gesimo secundo et anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi
post conquestum Anglie quinto decimo.
SI.
2nd May, Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Robertus
1392. Mauleuerer de Newton iuxta Ledes salutem in domino
SnJub^AUeJton.sempitcrnam. Noueritis me remisisse, relaxasse, et omnino
Rodrt^Mau- de me et heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse,
lon!nIkfi^<S^' abbati et conuentui montasterii Beate Marie de Kyrkestall
Kyik«tiiir^ °*^ ^* successoribus suis totum jus et clameum que habui, habeo
vel aliquo modo habere potero, in omnibus illis terris, tene-
mentis, pratis, boscis, pasturis, redditibus et seruiciis, cum
omnibus suis pertinenciis, que predicti abbas et conuentus
habent ex dono et feoffamento meo in villa ct territorio de
AUerton Gledhow. Ita quod nee ego predictus Rpbertus
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Mauleuerer nee heredes mei nee aliquis alius nomine nostro
aliquod ius vel elameum in predietis terris, tenementis, pratis,
boseis, pasturis, redditibus, et seruiciis, cum omnibus suis
pertinenciis aut in aliqua parcella eorum de cetero exigere
vel vendieare poterimus in futurum. Set ab omni accione
simus inde exelusi imperpetuum. Et ego predictus Robertus
Mauleuerer et heredes omnia predieta, terras, tenementa,
prata, boseos,pasturas,redditus et seruicia, cum omnibus suis
pertinenciis, predietis abbati et conuentui et suceessoribus
suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum
defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum
presentibus est appensum. Datum apud Kyrkestall secundo
die mense Maii anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo nona-
gesimo secundo, et anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post
conquestum Anglie quinto decimo.
[Seal.]
June 23rd, Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Edmundus Fraunk de
'392. Allerton Gledhowe dedi, coneessi et hac presenti carta
*of St. John mea confirmaui Abbati et conuentui monasterii beate Marie
Grant of^iand ^^ Kyrkcstall et succcssoribus suis, medietatem illius tofti
i". ^iierton- et medietatem vnius acre terre iaeentis nomine crofti,
(tiedhow by . '
fcdmd. Fraunk, scilicct iuxta Ic Sartcgatc versus la Roundehay, et medie-
of Allerton, to . , ° ., ....
the Abbey of tatcm vnms bouate terre cum omnibus suis pertinenciis
KyrkntalL
in territorio de Allerton Gledhow que et quas quidam
Willelmus de Allerton, vnus antecessorum meonim, dedit
cuidam Ricardo filio suo, heredibus et assignatis suis
quorum quidem tofti et crofti et bouate terre dicti Abbas
et conuentus habent alteram medietatem ex dono et feoif-
amento cuiusdam Ricardi Marschall de Newton, habenda
et tenenda omnia predieta medietatem vnius tofti et
medietatem vnius bouate terre cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis dictis Abbati et conuentui et suceessoribus suis de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita,
et de iure eonsueta. Et ego predictus Edmundus Fraunk
et heredes mei omnia predieta medietatem vnius tofti,
medietatem vnius acre terre nomine crofti, et medietatem
vnius bouate terre cum omnibus suis pertinenciis prefatis
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Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis contra omnes
gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus. In
cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presentibus est
appensum. Hiis testibus : Roberto Passelew de Newton,
Willelmo Passelew de Ledes, Willelmo de Kylingbek,
Willelmo de Bryghton, Willelmo Snell de Ixdes, Willelmo
Mareschall de Allerton et multis aliis. Datum apud
Allerton Gledhow in vigilia natiuitatis Sancti Johannis
Baptiste Anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo nonagesimo
secundo, et anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post con-
questum Anglie quinto decimo.
53.
30th June, Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit, Johannes
^39^' Scot de Newton, Robertus Mauleuerer de eadem, Willelmus
ulJds^in Aiie^ton-Scot filius prcdicti Johannis Scot, et Johannes Mauleuerer
u
John s^ot, of de eadem salutem. Noueritis nos remisisse relaxasse et
Maufeucrert^r omuino dc nobis et heredibus nostris imperpetuum quietum
mhri's^toThl clamasse Abbati et conuentui monasterii Beate Marie
KyrkLtai. ^^ Kyrkcstall et successoribus suis totum jus et clameum
que habemus, vel vmquam habuimus, seu impostenim habere
poterimus, in omnibus illis terris et pasturis cum suis
pertinenciis que predicti Abbas et conuentus habent in
villa et territorio de Allerton Gledhow ex dono et feoff-
amento Edmundi Fraunk de predicta Allerton. Ita quod
nee nos predicti Johannes Scot, Robertus Mauleuerer,
Willelmus Scot et Johannes Mauleuerer nee aliquis nostrum
nee heredes nostri nee aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquod
jus vel clameum in predictis terris, tenementis et pasturis,
cum suis pertinenciis aut in aliqua parcella eonindem
decetero exigere seu vendicare poterimus in futurum, sed
ab omni accione juris et clamei simus inde exclusi
imperpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra
presentibus sunt apposita. Datum apud Kyrkestall ultimo
die mensis Junii, anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo
nonagesimo secundo.
[Four sea/s.]
[Endorsed]
De terris nouiter adquisitis de Edmundo Fraunk
et de Ricardo Marschall.
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2nd July, Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit, Willelmus
1392. (jg Kylyngbek de Allerton iuxta Ledes salutem. Noueritis
Kyi^bek to mc conccssissc et licenciam dedisse Abbati et conuentui
LiLw»^* Monasterii Beate Marie de Kyrkestall quod ipsi possint
/SSmon^fixOT "* adquirere duas acras lerre cum omnibus suis pertinenciis
Henry Cowhird. ^y^g Henricus Cowhirdus de Colingham et Mergareta uxor
eius tenent de me in territorio de predicta Allerton. Et
quod predict! Henricus et Mergareta uxor eius dictas duas
acras terre cum omnibus suis pertinenciis dictis Abbati et
conuentui darejpossint et assignare: tenenda et habenda
dictis Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis imper-
petuum, statuto de terris et tenementis ad manum mortuam
non ponendis edito non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium
huic scripto sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus Roberto
Passelew de Newton, Johanne Scot de eadem, Roberto
Mawleuerer de eadem, Willelmo Scot, Edmundo Fraunk,
Johanne Brun de Allerton et multis aliis. Datum apud
Kyrkestall secundo die mensis Julii anno Domini millesimo
trescentesimo nonagesimo secundo.
55.
Sept 14th, Sciant presentes et futuri quod nos Willelmus de Lepton
1392. de Wyrkelay et Willelmus Poyde de Adell dedimus
t^e^iSi^r^ concessimus et hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus
Grant of lands Abbati ct conucntui de Kyrkestall et successoribus suis
in Allerton Gled- . , ,. ,
howe by William Omnia tcfras, tenementa, prata, redditus, boscos, et seruicia,
dc Lepton, of ., .... , 1 . . .,1
Wyrkelay, and cum omnibus pertincncus SUIS que habuimus in villa et
William royde, • • 1 . n ^1 -ii t /• «.
of Adell, to the temtorio de Allerton Gledhowe ex dono et feoffamento
Kirk^ii. Johannis Attewod de eadem Allerton, habenda et tenenda
omnia predicta terras, tenementa, prata, redditus, boscos et
seruicia, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis predictis Abbati et
conuentui et successoribus suis de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per seruicia inde debita et de iure consueta. Et nos
predicti Willelmus de Lepton et Willelmus Poyde et
heredes nostri omnia predicta terras, tenementa, prata,
redditus, boscos et seruicia, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis
prefatis Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis contra
omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus.
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In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra presenti carte
apposuimus. Hiis testibus, Roberto Passelew de Newton,
Johanne Scot de eadem, Roberto Mauleuerer de eadem,
Willelmo Scot de eadem, Edmundo Fraunk de Allerton
predicta, Willelmo de Kylyngbek de eadem, et multis aliis.
Datum apud predictam Allerton die exaltacionis sancte
crucis, anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo nonagesimo
secundo et anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post con-
questum Anglie sextodecimo.
[Two seals.]
{Endorsed]
Litere tangentes terras et tenementa de nouo
adquisita ex Johanne Attewode in Allerton.
56.
20th Sept, Sciant presentes et futuri quod nos Henricus le Cowhyrde
1392. de Colyngham et [Margareta] vxor mea dedimus concessimus
Aikrto^n-Giid- '"et hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus abbati et
de cowh^lSI'of conuentui monasterii beate Marie de Kyrkestall et successor-
M°i?g^et"h'is*"** ibus suis duas acras terre cum omnibus pertinenciis suis in
^f Kj^kw^Si?" villa et territorio de Allerton Gledhow que dudum fuerunt
Willelmi [Hagger et Cecilia] vxoris eius et filie Ricardi le
Fulur, habendas et tenendas predictas duas acras terre cum
omnibus suis pertinenciis predictis abbati et conuentui et
successoribus suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per
seruicia inde debita et de iure consueta imperpetuum. Et
nos predicti Henricus le Cowhyrd et Margareta vxor mea
et heredes nostri predictas duas acras terre cum omnibus
suis pertinenciis predictis abbati et conuentui et successo-
ribus suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et defendemus
imperpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra pre-
sentibus sunt appensa. Hiis testibus Roberto Passelew de
Newton, [Johanne Scot de eadem], Roberto Mauleuerer
de eadem, Willelmo Scot de eadem, Edmundo Fraunk,
Willelmo de Kylyngbek de Allerton, [et multis aliis]. Datum
apud Allerton predictam vicesimo die mensis Septembris
anno domini millesimo trescentesimo [nonagesimo secundo]
et anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum
Anglie sextodecimo.
[Two seals.]
[Etulorsed]
Henricus Cowhird de duabus acris terre in Allerton.
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20th Sept» Noverint vniversi per presentes quod nos Henricus le
'392- Cowhird de Colingham et Margareta uxor mea attornaui-
Power of Attor- , . ,., ....
ney by Henry mus ct loco Hostro posuimus dilectum noDis in Chnsto
cdineham to WiUelmuiTi dc Lcptoii attomatum nostrum ad tradendum
"* ^'**"' et liberandum [seysinam nomine] nostro abbati et conuentui
monasterii Beate Marie de Kyrkestall in duabus acris terre
cum omnibus pertinenciis suis in villa de AUerton Gledhow
ratum et gratum habituri quicquid idem Willelmus nomine
nostro fecerit in premissis. In cujus rei testimonium presenti-
bus Uteris sigilla nostra apposuimus. Datum apud Colingham
vicesimo die mensis Septembris anno domini millesimo
trescentesimo nonagesimo secundo.
ITwo seals.']
58.
5th Jan., .... [Willelmus filius Willelmi] Spirard de Allerton
i3<^-3- salutem in domino sempiternam, nouerit uniuersitas uestra
uJJds1nAMerton-me rcmississc [dimississe et quietum clamasse] abbati et
wiiiiaSI!^ son of conuentui monasterii Beate Marie de Kyrkestall et succes-
^ AuStoSl^^to**' soribus suis totum ius et clameum .... in omnibus
Kfrkis^ ^^ i^lis terris, tenementis, pratis et pasturis, cum omnibus suis
pertinenciis que predictus abbas et conuentus habent . . .
Willelmi Spirard patris mei. Ita quod nee ego predictus
Willelmus filius Willelmi nee heredes mei nee aliquis . . .
in predictis terris seu pratis seu pasturis seu aliqua parcella
. . . vendicare poterimus, set ab omni accione inde
simus exclusi per presentes . . . Et ego vero predictus
Willelmus filius Willelmi et heredes mei omnia predicta
terras, prata et pasturas cum omnibus suis pertinenciis
prefatis abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis contra
omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus.
In cuius rei testimonium prescntibus sigillum meum
apposui. Datum apud Kyrkestall quinto die mensis Januarii
anno domini millesimo trescentesimo nonagesimo secundo
et anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum
sexto decimo. Hiis tcstibus Rogero de Ledes milite,
Roberto Passelewe de Newton, Johanne Scott de eadem,
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Roberto Mauleuerer, Edmundo Fraunk, Willelmo de Kyl-
lyngbek, et aliis multis.
[SmI.]
[0» a tad]
De terris nouiter adquisitis de Willelmo Spyrard.
[Endorsed']
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59.
ist June, [Omnibus] hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Robertus filius
Quit-cbim of ^^ heres Henrici Cowhird de Colingham et Margarete
Ii^Li^di*T°' ^'^^"^ ^^"^ [salutem] in Domino sempiternam. Noueritis
Robert, son and me rcmjsisse et relaxasse et omnino de me et heredibus
heir of Henry
^h^"^& m'**^ "^^*^ imperpetuum quietum clamasse [Abbati] et conuentui
garet his wife, [monastcrli] Beate Marie de Kyrkestall et successoribus
of Kirkestaii. suis totum jus ct clamcum que habui habeo seu [habere]
potero in illis duabus acris terre cum suis pertinenciis
quas prefati Abbas et conuentus habuerunt ex dono et
feoffamento dictorum Henrici Cowhird et Margarete uxoris
eius in villa et territorio de Allerton iuxta Ledes. Ita
quod nee ego nee [Margareta] nee heredes mei nee aliquis
alius nomine nostro aliquod jus vel clameum in predictis
duabus acris terre decetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus
in futurum, set ab omni accione juris vel clamei simus
exclusi imperpetuum per presenles. Et ego predictus
Robertus et heredes mei illas predictas duas acras terre
cum omnibus suis pertinenciis prefatis Abbati et conuentui
et successoribus suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus
et imperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium
sigillum meum presentibus apposui. [Hiis] testibus Ricardo
de Arthyngton, Johanne Scott, Roberto Fraunk, Willelmo
Scott, Nicholao de Horsford, Edmundo [Fraunk] et multis
aliis. Datum apud Allerton predictam primo die mensis
Junii anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo nonagesimo
[tercio] et anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post con-
questum Anglie quintodecimo.
[Seat.]
{Endorsed]
Litere tangentes terras de nouo adquisitas de Henrico
Cowhyrd de Colyngham in Allerton.
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60.
July aoth, Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Johannes de
1393- Brerehagh salutem in Domino sempitemam. Noueritis me
lands in Brere- predictum Johanncm remisisse relaxasse et omnino de me
toii.^dAU«Ju>net heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse Abbati
lohn dc^ferere- ct conucntui monastcrii Beate Marie de Kirkestall et
5^y^f * successoribus suis totum ius et clameum que vnquam
KirkestaU. habui, habeo, seu quouis modo in futurum habere potero
in omnibus illis terris, tenementis, pratis, redditibus, boscis,
pasturis et seruiciis, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis que
predictus Abbas et conuentus habent et tenent in Brere-
hagfe, Arthyngton et Allertona Gledhowe ex dono et
feoffamento Willelmi Bakester Persone ecclesie de Adell,
ita quod nee ego predictus Johannes nee heredes mei nee
aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquod ius vel clameum in
predictis terris, tenementis, pratis, redditibus, boscis, pasturis
et seruiciis, cum pertinentiis suis nee in aliqua parcella
eorundem de cetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus, set
ab omni accione juris et clamei inde sumus exclusi per
presentes. Et ego predictus Johannes et heredes mei
omnia predicta, jus, clameum, terras, tenementa, prata, red-
ditus, boscos, pasturas et seruicia, cum omnibus pertinentiis
suis, prefatis Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis
contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defen-
demus. In cuius rei testimonium presenti scripto sigillum
meum apposui. Hiis testibus Ricardo de Arthyngton,
Nicholao Fraunk, Johanne Scott de Newton, Willelmo de
Baildoii, Johanne de Roudon, Roberto de Horsford,
Edmundo Fraunk et multis aliis. Datum apud Brerehagh
vicesimo die mensis Julii anno Domini millesimo tres-
centesimo nonagesimo tertio et anno regni Regis Ricardi
secundi post conquestum decimo septimo.
{Legend]
Nominis interpres Christe Johannes [ales]
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6i.
2iid Marcb, [Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum] penicnerint Johannes
1394-S Scot de Newton, Robertas Mauleuerer de eadem, Willelmus
lands i^Aiie°- fiUus prcdicti Johannis Scot [et Johannes Mauleuerer de
Tohn Scotl^f ^ eadem] salutem. Noueritis nos remisisse et relaxasse et
Mnueverer"^ of omnino dc nobis et heredibus nostris imperpetuum quietum
oihcre,To th" [clamasse] Abbati et conuentui monasterii Beate Marie
K^Laii. de Kyrkestall et successoribus suis totum jus et clameum
que habemus [vel] unquam habuimus [vel] in posterum
habere poterimus in omnibus illis terris tenementis et
pasturis cum [suis pertinenciis que predicti Abbas] et
conuentus habent in villa et territorio de Allerton Gledhow
ex dono et feoffamento Bklmundi Fraunk [de predicta]
Allerton. Ita quod nee nos dictus Johannes Scot, Robertus
Mauleuerer, Willelmus Scot filius Johannis, [et Johannes
Mauleuerer] nee aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquod jus
vel clameum in predictis terris [tenementis et pasturis
cum suis pertinenciis nee in alijqua parcella eorundem de
cetero exigere seu vendicare poterimus in futurum sed ab
omni [accione juris et clameo] simus inde exclusi in
perpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra pre-
sentibus sunt [apposita]. [Datum apud Kyrkestall] secundo
die mensis Martii anno Domini millesimo trescentesimo
nonagesimo [quarto et anno regni Regis Ricardi] post
conquestum Anglie decimo octauo.
[One seal left of four, "l
62.
1395- Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus de
Grant of lands Brvghton dcdi conccssi . . . conuentui monasterii
in Allerton by •'^ . , -r^ 1 n m
William de Bcatc Manc de Kyrkestall et successoribus suis quartam
Bryghton to -u • ^- •• j
the Abbey of . . . cum omnibus SUIS pcrtinenciis que quondam
fuerunt Ade filii Jordani de Schyg . . . quondam fuit
Johannis de Bryghton patris mei in villa et territorio de
Allerton . . . quartam partem vnius mesuagii et
quinque acras terre et quartam partem vnius acre terre
Abbati et conuentui et successoribus suis de
capitaUbus dominis feodi illius per seruicia . . . et
Kyrkestall.
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ego predictus Willelmus de Bryghton et heredes mei oinnia
predicta . . . terre et quartam partem vnius acre terre
cum omnibus suis pertinenciis prefatis Abbati . . .
omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus.
In cuius rei testimonium . . . apposui. Hiis testibus
Roberto Passelewe, Johanne Scot de Newton, Roberto
Mauleuerer, . . . Willelmo de Kylyngbek, Johanne
Brun, et aliis multis. Datum apud Allerton
domini millesimo trescentesimo nonagesimo quinto et anno
regni regis Ricardi . . .
[Seal]
[Eftdorsed]
De terris de nouo adquisitis de Willelmo de
Bryghton.
63.
20th April, Fait a remembrer that ther qwer the Abbot of Kirkestall the
'42s XX* day of Aprile the yer of our Lorde A.M. cccc xxv*
^*MaiI«OT":SS^on his party and William Scott of Neuton on his party,
u?i*i^ ih^ were agreed to stande to the awarde of Aueray of Manston
^*i^d wi and Richard Pekk of certayne maters pendaunt and
^l*^c^n°" moued betwix the forsaid Abbot and William Scott at
commons, &c. ^j^g begynnyng qwer William Scott clames a comune to
a noumbre of xx" bestes of his propres that is to say fro
the milne callid mounkes milne vnto Tonwaldhow the
forsaid awardours hafes be agrement of the said parties
ordaned and awarded that the forsaid William Scott sail vse
ant occupie the said comune with that if the bestes of the
forsaid William vnto the noumber of xx" or within escape
in to a wode of the forsayd Abbot callede mene Wode thai
sail frendly be driuen oute with outene enparkement of
the forsaid Abbot soo that it be noght done be the sent of
the forsaid William Scott then no nother in his nayme
durant the lyfe of the forsaid Abbot allonby soo that the
forsaid Abbot sail noght be letted for to close the forsaid
wode and hald it in seuerell qwen hym lykes to fell his
wode unto the tyme that the sprenge be resonabely waxen
jtnd in especiall for terme of foure yere ; and also that it be
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lefull to the forsaid Abbot to close & halde in seuerell
within the said mene Wode certan grounde to the quantite
of cc acre with outen lettyng of the forsaid William his
hers or any other in his name also qwere the forsaid William
occupies a close of pasture of the forsaid Abbot at Brere-
haghe the forsaid awardours hafes ordand & awarded that
William Scott sail halde the forsaid clos to ferme for terme
of ix yere next suyng thys awarde of the forsaid Abbot
yelding yere fore yerly at the fest of annunciation of oure
Lady xlvly. viii^. of the qwilke sail be recouped xiilr. u'ud,
fore a yerly fee graunted be the forsaid Abbot to William
Scott for his gode seruyce and counseyll done & for
to doo on a condicione that the forsaid William pay yerly
to the forsaid Abbot and his successours dewly and trewly
the said ferme xxxiiij. iiii^. at terme of annunciation forsaid
and xiiii^. at qwitsonday and Martynmas for a fre rent
of Neuton & \\d. yerly for a place in Ledes the qwilke the
forsaid William hafes purchased and also the forsaid
awardours hafes ordand and awarded that if said rent be
noght dewly paied in the fourome forsaid or els within
thre wokes after or els the said William Scott doo noght
his dew counseill after his connynge is to the forsaid Abbot,
or els the forsaid William dee within the terme [ix yere]
forsaid (the forsaid terme of payment) that then it be lefull
to the said Abbot entere in to the said clos and halde it in
his first estate. Gyuen the day & the yer beforsayd.
[Seal]
[Endorsed]
Tangit Scot . . .
Cf. Whitaker, Lotdt's and Elmete^ p. 129.
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64.
Grant by the This Indciitur made the viij'** daye of May, the xvii"* yere
stall to Richard of the Reigne of our Souerynge Lorde Kynge [Henry VIII.
hall, of**the cos- bctwixt] thabott of the monastery of our blessid lady of
of Jenn^wS^* Kirkestall and the conuent of the same of that one partie
25iS^.^^d [and Richard Rooks of Rodes'] hall of the oyer partie
wSsSS.^'"'***"'* witnessith that the same abbot and conuent by these
presenties barganyth, alienyth [and selleth unto the said]
Richerd Rooks the custodie and the manage only of the
bodye of Jennett Watson, one of the doghters and [heirs
of . . .] haue and to mary her eny tyme duryng her noon-
age unto William Rooks his son and heir-apparent [or to any
other of his] sonnys whiche at any tyme durynge ye noon-
age of the same Jenett Watson shallbe his son and heir
ap[parent begotten with] Isabell, now beynge his wife. For
the whiche alienacion bargan and saill of the mariage and
custody of [the body of the said] Jennett Watson as is
aforseid, the same Richard Rooks couenantith and
graunteth by these presenties vnto the seyd [abbot and
convent] that he shall truly content and pay or cause to be
contentid and payd unto the same abbot and conuent [of
Kirkestal] the somme of vi/. xiiix. iiij^. in maner and forme
foloyng, that is to wit, xk the day of sealyng and delivering
[these presenties] and that day twelve monethes then next
foloyng of xlx., and liilf. iiij^. residew of the same vi/. xiij^.
[iiij^. on that] day twelve monethes then next foloyng in
full payment of the same vi/. xiilr. iiij^. Also the same
[Richard covenanteth] and grauntith by these presenties
unto the same abbot and conuent & thair successors that
all suche messuages [landes] medowes [wods] pastures
rents reuercions and [seruices] with thair purtennances in the
countie of Yorke whereof [the same] Richard Rooks
and eny oyer person or persons to his use is now or
standith seassed and possessid of in and vppon eny [estate
of] inheritance immediately after his deth shall descend
fall come to reuert and remayne to the forseid William
( I ) See Whitaker*s Loidis and Elmete, p. 203, where the pedigree of Rookes, of
Roydcs Hall, is given wrongly in one or two cases,
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112 CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
[Rooks] nowe the son and heir apparent of the seyd
Richard Rooks or vnto such [other] son of the same
Richard and Isabell which [in the event of the discesse
of the said Richard] shall be his son and heir apparent
and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten ....
moreover the same Richard Rooks couentantith and
grauntith by these [presenties] that the aforeseid William
Rooks his son [& heir apparent] affore the Fest of Seynt
Mary Magdalene which shall be in the yere of our Lord
Good [i5]25 [take and have] to his wif the foreseid Jennet
Watson if she thereunto agre and consent. And the same
[abbot &] conuent couenantith and grauntith by these
presenties vnto the same Richard Rooks that if it happen
that the same Jenet Watson . . . and . . . refuse
[the same marriage] or dye or discesse before she become to
[her lawful age of . . .] unto which God defend [. . .] then
the same abbot and conuent and there successors shall re-
content [. . •] unto the same Richard Rooks [his heirs]
or assigns the foreseid somme of sex pounds xiijs. iu)d. at
such like [sommes] and in such like noumbre of yeres [as
the seid] abbot and conuent shall happen then to have
receyved of the same Richard Rooks, and over that the
somme of iiij/r*. to [cover] costis and charges that the same
Richard Rooks shall have bom and susteyned for the
custody and kepyng of the same Jenet [Watson] duryng
the tyme that she the same Jenet Watson shalbe with the
same Richard Rooks. Also the seid Richard Rooks
couenantith and [grauntith] that if William Rooks his son
dye or discesse before Jenet Watson come to the age of
xvj. yeres, as God defend, that then [the said] Jenet Watson
shall reuerte and come to the kepyng and custody of the
seid abbot agayn except the seid Richard Rooks [shall then]
have and (sic) oyer son lawfully begotyn with Isabell now
his wife. Also it is covenant and agreid betwix the parties
rehersed that the seid Richard Rooks may lett or sett to
ferm landis and tenements to the valor of xxvii. yiijd. yerly
to eny person [for] the space of x. yeres next insuying after
his discesse, and that fulfilled and expired, to reuerte and
remayn for euer [to his] heir or heirs. In witnes wherof
to the one partie of this indenture remanyng with the same
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CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON). II3
Richard Rooks the same Abbot [has] sette his conuent
commyn seale, and to the oyer partie of the indenture
remanyng with the same Abbot and conuent [seid] Richard
Rooks haith sette his seale the day and yere above written.
[Em/orsed]
Payd hereof the xvi*^ day of May in parte of pay-
ment of vi//. xiijj. iiii^. this xvii yere of the x\s,
reigne of our souerynge lorde Henry the Eight.
Payd \y Richard Roks of Rodeshall the xii^ day'
of Octobir the xviij yere of the Reynge ofxLr.
our Souerynge lorde Henry the Eighth.
Item in full payment of vj//. xiijj. iiijV. liijj. iiij^.
Tangit Ricardum Rooks de Rodeshall et Johannam
Watson filiam Ricardi Watson de . . .
juxta Rothwell.
Corrigenda in 1892, Vol. IV., Part L, Misceli.anea.
Thegy^ai number is dit€ to the inaccessibility of the Charters at the time of publication.
Pur-. Ko. Un«.
PAgc. No. Line.
4a. 1.
1. For Simon Jordani read Simon filius Jor-
50. XIII. I.
Forx\t\ read uel.
danu
gist. 4.
,,
grunostun „
grimestun.
2. ,, Domini mei
Domini mei W.
52. XIV. 13.
,,
a „
et.
43. 1.
15. ., warrantizabimus „
waranttzabimus.
23.
,j
euisdem „
eiusdem.
44. "L
14. A/ler heredum
J,
seruiliumWillclmi
25-
,,
P...
( Passclew].
eius
filii Nicholai et
54. XVI r. 5.
„
Lanergate , ,
lender . . .
heredum eius ; _
5.
,,
fossalam ,,
fos<;atum.
seruitium Jordani
12.
Willelmo de
Willelmo le
etc., seruitium
Paiteuin
Paiteuin.
Roberti, etc.
XVIII. 4.
,,
presente ,,
presentL
a-*. Forwtvacvs
read seniitiis..
10.
II
gervaysrode et „
geruaysrode et
aS. „ WUlelmi
If
Willelmo.
gervaysgrene
geruaysgrenc.
30. ., Yeadon
If
Jeadon.
16.
II
P>'ctaueuse „
Pyctauense.
45. IV.
35- „ [estendit]
If
[ostendit].
18.
Traquas ,,
Fraxnas.
46. r.
19. „ Ardington
Ardigton.
18.
,,
gille
gylle. ,
VI.
II. „ perdictam
16. ,, Henrici Scale
It
predictam.
Henrici de Scale-
55. XIX. 21.
„
cimiterio ,,
cymiteno.
47. VI.
aa.
II
intra ,,
juxta.
Wymarkeflat.
broc
broc.
XX. 10.
ii
Wymarke flat ,,
17. Before Robertus
ff
[endorsed].
56. XX. 19.
Pictauense ,,
Pyctauensi.
(Mi;i.)}'--s«.i«
Sanser.
""'• X
»i
anime me ,,
WilldmoCimi- „
anime mce.
Willelmo de
VII.
Vlfl.
7. „ Lonehly
5. „ LimWth
»f
II
de Laneheley.
Linbertb.
»7.
II
terio
[Rretcby] „
Cimiterio.
Brcteby.
5' II qui
icscot.
57. XXII. 10.
Pictavense ,,
Pictavensi.
48. VIII.
9. „ le Scot
jj
58. XXIV. 2,1.
jj
Allertuna ,,
Alueriuna.
IX.
at. „ More Wye
„
More wye
„
Crosflet „
Crosflat.
49* ^'
3. „ hoc
16. ,, Scot
hac.
»3.
pertinent ibus „
Patefin „
pertinent.
Pattefun.
50. XI.
Scotico.
59- 30.
XII.
4. ,, Cimeterio
J
Cimiterio.
32-
41
Boschun „
Boschum.
II. ,, denariorum
jj
denariis.
XXV. 4.
dominoWillelmo ,,
dominiWillelmi
14. ., abtatem
M
abbatem.
8.
!'i
pro
pre.
50. XII. 16.^ After et ci forte contigent quod aliqua contencio read amodo inter eos vel aliquos de suis eueniat,
per uisum duorum viromm ndelium ex vtraque parte sine dilacione digne emendabitur, et si altera pars
predictortun noluerit iudicio predictorum virorum constare, subiecit omnia mobilia et inmobilia sua luris
diction! capll' Ebor* sub pena xx solidorum fabrice ecclesie Beati Petri persoluendonim, ad banc vero
composidonem fideliter et sine dolo imperpetuum tenendam utraouc pars huic scripto bine inde sigillum
suom apposuit. Hib testihus Domino Hugone Vicario de Ledes, Willelmo de Mirefefd Capellano, WUIelmo
Scotico de Neuton, Willelmo de Allerton, Alano de Grimeston, Ricardo Albo de AUerton, Willelmo de
Scipeker, Gilbert de eadem villa et aliis.
I
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Xttef Viotfce of Seals tematnfnd on Cbartets telatfno
to Wthstall Bbbes*
(Allerton Series.)
2. Adam, son of William son of Sanson, to Abbey.
Green, li" diameter. Eagle passant with wings displayed.
Legend:— SIGILL ADE DE OLRTVN.
4. Sigherit, daughter of Samson de Alreton, to Abbey.
Green; oval; if" x i}". Fleur-de-lis.
Legend :— SIGILL SIHGERID DE FERSLE.
5. Alexander de Alreton to Abbey.
Green ; oval ; if" x i". Branch fructed.
Legend :— SIGILL ALEXANDRI DE ALLERTVN.
6. Robert, son of Hugh de Alretun, to Abbey.
Yellow; oval; ij" x i". Fleur-de-lis.
Legend :-SIGILL ROBERTI DE ALRETVN.
7. Robert le Sauser to Abbey.
Brown ; oval ; ij" X i J". Fleur-de-lis.
Legend :— SIGILL HENRICI FILIVS HERVICI (a man not
named in the Charter).
9. William, son of Alexander de Alreton, to Abbey.
Yellow; oval; li" x i". Fleur-de-lis.
Legend :— SIGILL WILE.
II. William de Alreton to Abbey.
Green; oval; ij"xi". Fleur-de-lis.
Legend:— [SigllL [\ViUel]MI DE AL[retuna].
13. Alan de Grimestun to Abbey.
Brown; oval; i|"x i". Fleur-de-lis.
Legend :— S. ALANI FIL GILBERTL
18. William, son of William de Allerton, to Abbey.
Red; oval; J"x i".
Monogram : WM. (Same as 44, 47, 48, 50.)
19. Alexander de Morwyck to Abbey.
Yellow; oval; ij"x i". A cross saltiery.
Legend :— S'. ALEXANDRI DE MORV.
21. William Scot de Neuton to Abbey.
Green; oval; i|"x i}". Griffin rampant.
Legend :— . . . RDI FILL
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CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON). II5
22. William, son of Emis, to Nicholas of Alreton.
Yellow ; circular ; I J" dia. Fleur-de-lis.
Legend :—SIGILL WILL FILII ERNISIL
26. Anabilla, wife of William de [Spirard], to Abbey.
Green ; circular ; g" dia. A hart.
Legend:— ALES ROWELES.
(? A rebus on Spirard : Spur, hart.)
28. Alexander to Abbey.
Yellow ; circular ; J" dia. (Same as 29.) On a shield three bars.
29. Anabilla to Abbey.
(Same as 26.)
30. Abbey to William de [Cou] thorp.
Yellow ; circular ; f " dia.
31. Thomas, son of Alexander de Alreton, to Abbey.
Green ; circular ; }" dia. Hawk trussing dove.
Legend:— ALA STESVPER (or L).
(? Rebus on Allerton-Gledhow : Hawk, dove.)
32. Same parties and same seal as 31.
34. Fragment
Red.
36. Fragment.
Brown.
38. Fragment.
Green ; circular ; f dia.
42. Robert de Grymeston, son of Wm. Ward of Neuton, to Abbey.
Red ; circular ; J" dia. Monk in attitude of devotion.
Legend : — . . . SAL . . .
43. John Porter, of Kyrkestall, to Abbey.
Red; circular; lj"dia. The Virgin crowned; on her right hand a
female saint, on her left probably St. John.
44. Edmund Fraunk to Abbey.
Brown ; oblong ; |" x i".
Monogram : WM. (Same as 47, 48, 50. )
46. Ralph, son of William Brown, of Allerton-Gledhow, to Abbey.
Red; circular; J" dia. An elaborate T. (Same as 54.)
47. William Spyrard to Abbey.
(Same as 44, 48, 50.)
48. William Spyrard to Abbey.
(Same as 44, 47, 50.)
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Il6 CHARTERS OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY (aLLERTON).
50. Richard Marschall, of Newton, to Abbey.
(Same as 44, 47, 48.)
51. Robert Mauleverer, of Newton, to Abbey.
Red ; circular; i" dia. Cross triparted flory. (Same as 556.)
53. John Scot, Robt Mauleverer, Wm. Scot, John Mauleverer, to Abbey.
Four seals. — (a) Red ; circular ; J" dia. A shield within tracery bearing
two quatrefoils, and in base a heart. SIGILL.
(6) Red; circular; i". (? Dog.)
(c) Red ; circular ; J" dia. Monogram : JS.
(d) Red ; circular ; i" dia. (? Head. Same as 55a.)
54. William de Kylyngbek to Abbey.
(Same as 46.)
55. Wm. de Lepton of Wyrkelay, Wm. Poyde of Adell, to Abbey.
(a) Same as 53^. (b) Same as 51.
56. Henry le Cowhird of Colyngham, and Margaret his wife, to Abbey.
(a) Red; circular; }" dia. IHS.
(b) Red; circular; }"dia. Conventional insect.
57. Same parties and same seals as 56.
58. William, son of William Spyrard, to Abbey.
Red ; oblong ; g" x }". Lamb bearing vex ilium within a corded moulding.
59. Robert, son of Henry Cowhird, to Abbey.
Red ; oval ; §" x J". (? Monogram on name Cowhird.)
60. Jonn de Brerehagh to Abbey.
Red ; circular ; i" dia. Centre, Virgin and child ; right and left, saints
under three canopies.
Legend :—NOMIN'S INTERPRES XPE JOHES ALES.
61. John Scot and Robert Mauleverer, of Newton, to Abbey.
Red ; circular ; J" dia. Crown surmounting W (?).
62. William de Bryghton to Abbey.
Red; oval; ii"x i". Fleur-de-lis.
Legend :— S' ISABELLE F» PETRI (?) D' FERSLA.
63. Award by Aueray de Manston between Richard Pekk and Abbey.
Red ; oblong ; J" X f". Hand holding sheaf (peck).
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Htmout.
A PAPER COMMUNICATED TO THE THORESBY SOCIETY
BY THE REV. W. KERR SMITH
(H(m. Member of the Kemc^tet's Club),
^T is obvious that in a short Paper on a long subject it will only be
^ possible to indicate in the barest outline the characteristic features
of the periods with which I propose to deal. Still, I hope to be able
to lay down some broad general marks of distinction which will assign
approximate dates to monuments, brasses, or pieces of armour.
The subject may, for convenience, be first divided roughly into
two main periods, and the leading features of each be afterwards
considered. These periods are —
I.— That of "Mail."
II.— That of "Plate."
We may take it generally that there was no plate armour worn
in England from the Conquest to the commencement of the reign
of Edward III. — that is to say, from the eleventh to the fourteenth
century. And we may also take it as generally correct that there
was no mail armour worn in this country from the fourteenth to the
seventeenth. This rough and ready division is quite sufficiently correct
for practical purposes. During the reign of the Edwards, mail almost
entirely, and with wonderful celerity, disappears. It lingers awhile in
the form of gussets, to cover joints in the plate armour, as, for instance,
over the neck and shoulders, in the armpits and elbow-joints, and on
the thighs. But not for long. The camaille, or covering for the neck,
is soon replaced by the gorget ; the armpits are protected by rondels,
or pallettes ; the elbow-joints, by enlarged guards of plate ; and the
thighs by tassets and tuilles. From the time of the Wars of the Roses,
in the reign of Henry VI., and onward, the English knight was entirely
encased in plate.
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Il8 AlRMOUR.
I have not very much to say about the first period — the period
of mail. For the sake of convenience, we may sub -divide it into
two shorter periods —
1. From William I. to end of reign of King Henry II. —
1 066-1 189.
2. From commencement of Richard I. to commencement of
Edward III. — 1189-1327.
Or, approximately —
1. The eleventh and twelfth centuries.
2. The thirteenth century.
Or yet, once more, in order to associate the changes in style with
memorable historical incidents, we may put it that the first period
extended from the Conquest to the active participation of the English
in the Crusades ; and the second, from the date of the third Crusade
(that in which Richard took part) to the time of the full development
of that elaborate system of Chivalry which had its fruit in the gorgeous
military displays — the jousts and tournaments of the reign of
Edward III. and Richard II. I have included both these sub-periods
under the general description "the period of mail." I used the word
mail in a comprehensive sense. In the first of these periods, I very
much doubt whether chain mail, composed of small circular steel rings,
interlaced, was worn in this country. The defensive armour of the
body appears to have consisted of a leather coat, covering the trunk,
the arms to the wrists, and the legs to the knees, to which were sown,
in rows, overlapping rings, small round plates, or scales. The helmets
appear to have been small in size, conical in shape, and sometimes
with a protruding nose-piece, for the protection of the face. In this
period, the mail (if I may so call it) does not appear to have been
carried over the head, the hands, or the feet. There is no visor to
the helmet ; shields are of immense size ; and the swords are of the
simplest construction. The warriors represented on the Bayeux
tapestry are all of them thus clad.
Perhaps this is the best place for me to say that the usual form
of the sword, until the time of Philip and Mary — !>., the middle of
the sixteenth century — was that of a simple cross. The blades are
broad, two-edged, and about three feet six inches long ; the pommel,
or knob, at the top of the grip, is large, flat, and generally circular
in form ; the quillons, or guard for the hand, are perfectly plain,
sometimes quite straight, sometimes they have a slight curve down-
wards.
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ARMOUR. 119
Whether there is any direct connection between the Crusades and
the introduction of chain mail, or mail proper, is a disputed point.
It is, at any rate, a singular coincidence that the evidences of its
adoption by English knights commence with the reign of Richard.
Its greater flexibility enabled the warrior to envelop his body in
it from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot
In handling a coat of mail, the first thing that strikes one is its
enormous weight ; and it is not difficult to imagine the inconvenience
to the wearer on a hot summer's day, or in Oriental countries. It is
almost invariably found in the pictures, brasses, effigies, &c., of this
period, that a sleeveless linen surcoat is worn over the mail (i).^ This
was to protect the wearer to some extent from the sun's heat.
The conical helmet has by this time gone out of fashion. A steel,
or possibly leather, skull-cap is wprn on the top of the head, and the
mail drawn over it, covering the neck and ears, and only leaving an
opening for the face. Over this again was worn a huge helmet of
leather, strengthened with bars, which usually, in front, assume a .
graceful, ornamental shape. A horizontal slit enabled the wearer to
see his foe ; and the lower part was perforated, to enable him to
breathe freely. This heaume would only be worn in conflict. The
knight would at other times carry it suspended from his saddle ; and
it was frequently attached to his waistbelt, by a long strap or chain —
as shown in our illustration (i) — so that he could easily recover it if it
were knocked offl
You will notice, by the way, that these helmets have no visors or
beavers. They were clapped bodily on over the mail coif, and rested
on the shoulders, to which, I suppose, they would be fastened by a
strap. The favourite shapes were what are now known as the " barrel "
and the " saucepan."
Other features that I shall ask you to note are the aillettes (i), or
leather wings (usually decorated with the wearer's coat-of-arms), worn
to protect the shoulders from downward cuts of the sword, and the
leather knee-guards, or genouillieres.
This leather was prepared and made tough by some method of
boiling, and was known as cuir-bouilli.
The fourteenth century saw a complete change in the style of
defensive armour. At its commencement the warrior is clad in
complete mail ; at its close he is encased in plate. This was due to
^The numerals in brackets refer to the illustrations.
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I20 ARMOUR.
several causes. In the first place, war was reduced to a science :
elaborate siege operations necessitated some sort of change. The
rise, or rather the development, of Chivalry, with its pomp of tourna-
ment, and love of military display, the enormous advance which was
made in the armourer's art, and the influence of the new school of
design, which had its birth in Italy, all contributed to that elaboration
of the knightly equipment to which the effigies and brasses of the
period bear such graceful testimony.
By the way, as I have just spoken of the tournament as one of
the fruits of the development of Chivalry in the fourteenth century,
it may be of interest to note, in passing, that most beautiful anach-
ronism of Sir Walter Scott, in his Ivanhoe — the gathering of knights
and nobles, under the auspices of Prince John, at Ashby-de-la-Zouche.
It conveys, I believe, a very accurate, and certainly is a splendidly
picturesque, description of what must frequently have occurred in the
reigns of Edward III. and Richard II. — that is to say, about a century
and a half later than the time in which it is supposed to have taken
place. In the reign of Richard I. it is, of course (as there described),
an impossibility.
Plate armour seems to have come into use in England about the
beginning of the reign of Edward III. I shall not have time to
note minor marks of transition ; but shall, on the present occasion,
as we are taking a more comprehensive survey, content myself with
pointing out the chief sub-periods into which we may conveniently
divide the latter part of our subject.
All such divisions must, of course, be arbitrary. The changes
that were made from time to time in the fashion of armour were
introduced gradually, and the periods dovetail into one another in a
way that makes it very difficult to assign actual dates for their com-
mencement and cessation. But I think the following divisions are
fairly accurate: —
I. — The period of the Wars with France : from the beginning
of Edward III. to the end of Henry V. — 132 7-1420.
II. — A short transition period : the first twenty years of
Henry VI. — 1420-1440.
III. — The period of the Wars of the Roses, during the latter
part of Henry VI., and the reigns of Edward IV.
and V. and Richard III.— 1440-1485.
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IV.— The early Tudor period : Henry VII. and VIIL— 1485-
V. — The later Tudor period: Mary and Elizabeth — 1 550-1 600.
VI. — ^The Stuarts and Commonwealth — 1600 and onwards.
I. — The first period, then, is that of the War with France under
Edward III., Richard II., and Henry V. — the period of Crecy and Agin-
court (2). During the whole of this period the characteristic defence
for the head was the bascinet. It is of singularly graceful form, and is
the basis, so to speak, of all future developments. It was during the
first part of this period worn without visor or beaver, and was often
encircled by a floreated or jewelled wreath of precious metal (3). The
neck and shoulders were protected by the camaille, which was laced
to the bascinet by a series of loops provided for that purpose. The
body was defended by breast and back plates of steel, and the legs and
arms by coverings of steel or of boiled leather (6). Gussets of mail
protected the armpits, and a short skirt of mail attached to the lower
rim of the breastplate defended the thighs. Over the breastplate and
mail skirt was drawn a closely fitting short garment of silk, or of some
rich stuflf, embroidered with the wearer's coat-of-arms, and encircled
about the loins with a richly jewelled belt (2). The sollarettes or shoes
were of steel, beautifully wrought in a series of laminated plates, which
yielded to every movement of the foot (6). The gloves or gauntlets
appear to have been made of leather, and the knuckles and back of
the finger-joints defended by spikes, something after the style of the
modem knuckle duster (3). These knuckle defences sometimes assumed
fancy shapes ; on the gauntlets of the Black Prince at Canterbury, for
instance, they are of gold, and are shaped like leopards couchant. They
were called gadlyngs. For tournament purposes a huge heaume or helm
of splendid heraldic design was worn in the place of (some say over
the top of) the bascinet, and was surmounted by the wearer's crest.
I may perhaps just mention the collar of S.S. so often seen on
brasses or monumental effigies of the early fifteenth century. It is
supposed to be a decoration bestowed by Henry IV. on those who
favoured him in his revolt against Richard II. (3),
II. — ^The next period was a very short one, and is of a transitional
character. I should hardly have noticed it had it not strongly marked
characteristics. I don't think it lasted more than about twenty or
twenty-five years, but it is illustrated by a number of very fine examples.
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t22 ARMOUR.
These differ from those of the preceding period only in the substitution
of plate defences where mail had still been retained
The camaille is now abolished, and its place supplied by a gorget
of steel. The basdnet seems to have taken a visor, — ^though this
latter is invariably absent on brasses, so that the face may be fully
exposed.
The armpits are defended now by pallettes, sometimes of steel,
sometimes of boiled leather ; and the mail skirt disappears, to make
way for a skirt of narrow plates, laminated like the soUarettes.
A very good example of this period will be seen in a brass in
Merevale Church, Warwickshire, erected in 1426 to Lord Ferrers.
III. — The next period, that of the Wars of the Roses, is possibly
the finest period of alL It lasted from about 1440 (the middle of
the reign of Henry VI.) to 1485 (the end of the reign of Richard III.)
— possibly a little later, but the battle of Bosworth Field is a very
convenient date to remember, and it is sufficiently correct for practical
purposes.
The illustration (4) is from a brass in Sprotborough Church,
in this county, erected to a Lord Fitzwilliam in 1474, and is remark-
ably characteristic.
The chief features of this period are the salade form of helmet
(7), broad pauldrons, or shoulder guards, enlarged defences of fan-
like shape, for the elbow and knee joints ; and a shorter laminated
skirt, from which were suspended what were known as tuilles (the
earliest form of the tasset), for the defence of the thighs. The breast-
plate is often made of two, sometimes of three or four pieces laminated,
so as to allow for the bending of the body.
IV. — The early Tudor period comprised the reigns of Henry VII.
and VIII. The German influence is strongly marked, though eccen-
tricity in fashion was not carried to such an extent in England as it
was under the Maximilian regime abroad.
Its principal feature is the armet, or perfect form of close helmet,
which replaced the salade of the latter part of the previous century
(8 and 9). The lines on which these helmets are constructed are parti-
cularly fine, and follow those of the human head. The projecting ridge,
which now appears for the first time, is ordinarily low and flat, and the
crown of the head is strengthened by overlapping plates. The breast-
plate is usually globose, and often fluted (10). The tuille disappears,
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ij) y^abiie in HtYham Ahln y ; dai« ^ I Mint M&m
^^B) Amiri Lirluirjjing \o Seyraiour l.ucx-^j ^^1 r A. R.A. ; Rj^rly Tmior perrmi
(9) Armct over tomb of Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (murdered in 1489), in Beverley Minster.
(10) Breast-plate and lassets (time of Henry VIII.), belonging to Seymour Lucas, Esq., A^R.A.
(11) Cabaset ; time of Mary and Philip.
(12) English Broadsword (time of Eli/abeth), purchased by Mr. Seymour Lucas from the collection
of James Broughion, Esq., of Le^-ds.
(13) English Swords and Spanish Rapiers, from the collection of Seymour Lucus, Esq., A.R.A. ; time
of Mary and Elizabeth.
ARMOUR. 123
and with it the short laminated skirt ; in place of both appear what
may perhaps be described as the tasset proper, which was considerably
broader than the tuille, as well as longer, and is suspended directly
from the lower rim of the breastplate (10). It must have been very
much more convenient to the knight, when on horseback, than either
of the thigh defences of the two preceding periods. The sollarettes are
made very broad at the toes. Pallettes reappear as defences for the
armpits; and the elbow and knee defences are reduced to more
business-like dimensions.
That which claims especial notice in this period is the helmet —
note especially our example from Beverley (9), which is a particularly
fine one. The visor and beaver (if I may venture to anticipate a little —
I know it is an anachronism to speak of a beaver before the time of
Elizabeth) are, as it were, made in one piece. The ocularium or eye-
slit is undivided. The mentonniere, or covering for the chin, usually
opens in front, on the chin itself, and swings on hinges at the side
over the ears.
V. — From this time and onward the armourer's art commenced
to deteriorate. Firearms were beginning to come into general use,
and military interest consequently increasingly tended to centre in
these new weapons. Some very splendid armour was still produced
during the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth, but it had lost its fine form,
though much skill was still displayed in the elaboration of ornamental
detail (5). The chasing on some of the helmets, morions, and
breast and back-plates of this period is very rich, and wrought with
great care and finish.
The characteristic features of this period (Mary and Elizabeth)
are "peascod" breastplates, broad tassets (made in one piece), large
pauldrons (without rondels), solarettes shaped more to the foot. The
helmets are in four pieces — the body of the casque^ the visor^ the
beaver y and the mentonniere (chin piece). The morion, or cabaset (11),
b largely worn. And the simpler form of sword, with plain quillions,
gives way to the more graceful rapier, or the English broadsword,
with circular hand-guard. I would especially venture to call attention
to our illustration (12), which represents one of the finest, if not
the finest, of swords in England.
This is the period of fine swords. There is an interesting reference
in Meyrick's book on armour to a controversial work of the period,
in which the author essays to prove the immense superiority of the
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124 ARMOUR.
old type of English broadsword over the new-fangled rapier (13),
which had been lately introduced by Philip and his courtiers from
Spain. It is entitled : —
"Paradoxes of defence, whence is proved the true grounds of
" fight to be in the short ancient weapons, and that the short sword
"hath advantage of the long sword or long rapier, and the weakness
" or imperfection of rapier fights displayed ; together with an admonition
" to the noble, ancient, valiant, and most brave nation of Englishmen,
" to beware of false teachers of defence, and how they forsake their
" own natural fights ; with a brief commendation of the noble science
"or exercising of arms. By George Silver, gentleman. London, 1599.
" Dedicated to the Earl of Essex"
The commencement of the seventeenth century brings us to the
period of " lobster " suits and top boots. The tassets are lengthened,
until at last they reach as low as the knee, and are made with the
genouillieres attached. The helmets are much less graceful than in
the preceding period, and so the way is paved for the final downfall
of the art in the days of the Commonwealth.
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H Brawl in Ikithoate,
13 Edw. II.
Coram Rege, No. 50. Hil. 13 Ed. II.,
m. 92.
AdHUC^ DE OCTAB' SCI* HiLLAR*.
Ebor.
flSRECEPTO fiiit vie** qd attachiaret
■*^ Rogm de Northhalle de Ledes &
Rogm filiu eius, Rotm, Thoma, &
Ricm fres eiusd Rogi fit Rogi, RotJm
ffonnalt,*& Robm Rande,** p corpora
sua &c. Ita qd eos heret coram R. ad
hue diem scitt in OctatJ sci hillar
vbicuqz*&e. ad responden<t Rico le
Wayte de Ledes, de morte Witti le
Wayte fris sui vnde eos appellat. Et
vie retornauit qd pdcus Ricus le Wayte
inuenit sccur de ^§'' p Wiitm de Bayldon,
8c Jotoem de ManstoR. Et eciam qd
attachiauit pdcos Rogm de Northalle
& Rogm filiu eius, RotJm, Thoma, &
Ri8m fres eiusd Rogi fit Rogi, RotJtum
fformalt A RotJtum Rande, quo? corpora
misit hie coram R. &c. Et modo venit
pacus Ricus. Et simili9 fdci Rogus &
alii p vie* &c. Et pdcus Ricus appellat
pdcm RotJm frem Rogi fit Rogi de
Northalle de Ledes, de morte Wiiti le
Wayt fris sui de eode pre & matre,
occisi in visu & psencia ipius Rici, & de
pace ctni Reg nQc fracta de eo qd idem
[TRANSLATION.!
Coram Rege, No. 50. Hil. 13 Ed. II.,
m. 92.
Still* Hillary Term.
XLbc •Rin0*0 HolU"
TTHE Sheriff* was instructed that he
should attach Roger de North-
halle de Ledes and Roger his son,
Robert, Thomas, and Richard, brothers
of the same Roger son of Roger,
Robert Formal t* and Robert Rande,*
by their bodies, &c., to have them in
the king's presence at this day, to wit,
on the octave of Saint Hillary, where-
soever,* &c., to answer to Richard le
Wayte de Ledes concerning the death
of William le Wayte, his brother, for
which he appeals them. And the
Sheriff made a return to the effect that
the said Richard le Wayte found
pledges ' for prosecution, namely :
William de Bayldon and John de
Manston, and also that he attached
the said Roger de Northalle and Roger
his son, and Robert, Thomas, and
Richard, brothers of the said Roger
son of Roger, Robert Formalt, and
Robert Rande, whose bodies he sent
here in the king's presence, &c. And
now Cometh the said Richard, and like-
(i) ** Adhuc de Octab' Sci' Hillar*." On the first membrane is put the date. Adhuc = continued.
(3) MS. "Rex." One roll is kept for the king besides those held by justices.
(3^ " Vicecomes," for executive functions in relation to County Court, &c— See Stubbs' Constitu-
By a singular error, this
Note (SkeatX
ticnai History of England ^ II. xv. 205 (ii.X
(4) MS. ff. "The Capita! F in Early English has two downstrokes.
symbol inconstantly printed flF."— E. E. T. S., Part 54, 1873. Preface III.
(5) Rande or Raude.
(6) " Ubicunque." Sc " Rex fuerit in Anglia." This is a case in the Kind's Bench, which
theoretically "follows the king."
(7) That b, that he will prosecute.
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126
A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
RotStus, die dnica in festo Natiuitat sci
Jotiis Bapt, anno r^ni dni Reg nuc,
duodecimo hora vespar in villa de Ledes
in quoda loco vocato le kirkegate
felonice vt felo dni Reg insidiando &
insultu pmeditato cii quoda gladio de
colonia® extract©, ^dcm Wiitm le Wayte
ex t*nsuerso brachii dextri pcussit &
fecit ei plagam mortale et licet aliam
plagam seu aliud malu nd huisset 2tcus
Wiits statim de plaga ilia mortuus esset.
Et q'^mcito fdcus RotJtus ^dcam felo-
nia fecisset statim fiigiit vt felo dni Reg
& pdcus Ricus insecutus fuit cii clamore
& vthesio® vsqz ad quatuor villas
l»ximiores, et vlftus battis dni R. et de
baths Coronatoribz*<^ dni Reg. Et de
Coionator ad Cur dni Reg hie, qd^^
^cus Robs ad sectam ^dci Rici attach,
Et si pdcus Rohtus pdcam felon velit
dediPe pdcus Ricus patus est pbare
put &c.
wise the said R(^r and others, by
means of the Sheriff. And the said
Richard appeals the said Robert,
brother of Roger, son of Roger de
Northalle de Ledes, concerning the
death of William le Wayte, his brother
by the same father and mother, who
was killed in the sight and presence of
the same Richard, and for the peace
of his lord the king now broken, in
that the same Robert, on Sunday the
Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the
Baptist, in the twelfth year of the reign
of the lord king now reigning, at the
hour of vespers in the town of Leedes,
in a certain place called le Kirkgate,
feloniously, as a felon against the lord
king, by lying in wait and by a pre-
meditated assault with a certain sword
made at Cologne,® struck the said
William le Wayte across his right arm
and dealt him a mortal blow, — and
even had he sustained no other evil nor
blow, the said William would have
immediately died. And as soon as the
said Robert had accomplished the said
felony, he fled at once like a felon
against the king, and the said Richard
followed with hue and cry® to the four
nearest townships, and afterwards to
the bailiffs of the lord king, and from
the bailifi& to the coroners^ ^ of the lord
king, and from the coroners to this
court of the lord king, so that^^ the
said Robert was attached at the suit
of the said Richard. And if the said
Robert wish to deny the said felony,
the said Richard is ready to prove it,
as, &c.
(8) Swords were forged in Cologne in the X3th and X4th centuries— a trade carried on chiefly with
England. At that time there was a Sword Guild. Statutes confirmed 1397,— Hec^rd Nc, 5,934,
Archives of Cologne.
(9) "vthesio." Apud Bractonum^ III., Tract II., Cap. i, Sec. 1 (circa xa56). "Omnes tarn
milites quam alii qui sunt 15 annorum et amplius jurare debent quod utlagatos non receptabunt et si
E5 tales noverint illos attadiiari fadent ... et si hutesium et clamorem de talibus audierint, statim ..."
Cange. Huesium.) Ibid: "Leges Forestaram Scoticanim" : et si non possit (capere) debet
re Hue et Cry. Notice being given to neighbouring vills, to the hundred (baiUfiis), or to the
county (coroners), proves the activity of the pursuer.
(10) Officers appointed to watch the interests of the Crown.— Fi/r Stubbs, II., xv.«2o6.
(xi) "qd" in Latii? text Prob. = ita quod.
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A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
127
Idem Ricus appellat Thoma frem
Rogi fit Rogi de Northalle de Ledes
de vi & auxilio mortis fdci With le
Waytc fris sui &c. & de pace dni Reg
nuc fracta, de eo qd ide Thomas die
dnica io festo Natiuitat sci Johis Bafite
anno regni dni Reg nQc duodecio hora
vespar in Tilla de Ledes in quoda loco
Tocato le kirkegate felonice vt felo dni
Reg de manu sua dextll tenoit ^cm
Wittm le Wayte p humeru sinistrii du
Pdcus RotJs #rat Rogi fil Rogi atte
Northhalle pdcm Wittm, cu quoda
gladio de colonia, ex f^nsOso brachii
dextri pcussit & fecit ei plagam, et licet
aliam plaga vel aliud malu non huisset
de ictu illo mortuus esset p vim &
amriliu pdci Thome fris Rogi fit Rogi
de Northhalle. Et q*mcito fdcus
Thomas pdcam felonia fecisset statim
fiigiit vt felo dni Regis & ^cus Ricus
insecutus fuit cQ damore & vthesio vsqz
ad quatuor villas pximiores & vl^Pius
battis dni Reg & de baltis Coronator
dni Reg et de Coronator ad Cur dni
Reg bic qd ^cus Thomas ad sectam
^d Rici attacti. £t si ^cus Thomas
^cam feloS relit dediSe pdcus Ricus
patos est pbare put &c.
Idem Ricus appellat Ro1$tm fformalt
de vi & auxilio mortis pdci Witti le
Wayte fris sui &c. & de pace dni R.
DUG iracta, de eo qd ide Robtus die
tfnica in fo Natiuitat sci J obis Bap{e
anno regni regis nuc duodecimo hora
vespar in villa de Ledes in quoda Loco
qui vocat' le kirkegate felonice vt felo
de quod^ baculo fraccinio in medio coll
soi ex t&nsuerso pcussit et collu suu
fregit, et licet aliud malu n5 buisset
de ictu illo mortuus esset. Et qamdto
pdcam felonia fecisset fiigiit. Et idem
Ricus recent ipm insecutus fiiit cu
vtessio letiato vsq3 ad quatuor villas
pximior et vlf ius Battis dni R. , et vl9ius
Coroii dni R. quousq3 idem Robtus ad
The same Richard appeals Thomas
the brother of Roger the son of Roger
de Northalle de Ledes, for violence and
abetting the death of the said William
le Wayte, his brother, &c., in that, &c.,
with his right hand he held the said
William le Wayte by his left shoulder
while the said Robert struck the said
William, &c, so that even had he
sustained no other blow, William would
have died from that blow through the
violence and abetting of the said
Thomas, brother of Roger son of Roger
de Northalle, and as soon as Thomas
had accomplished the said felony he
fled, &c.
The same Richard appeals Robert
Formalt for violence and abetting the
death of the said William le Wayte . .
in that in a certain place in the town of
Leeds he struck him with a certain
ashen stick in the middle of his neck
crosswise, and broke his collar bone,
which blow was sufficient to cause his
death, &c.
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128
A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
secta ipius Rici attach. Et si pdcus
Robtus felonia pdcam velit dedice pdcus
Ricus patus est pbare put &c.
Idem Ricus appcllat Ricm ft-em
Ro^ fit Rogi de Northhalle de Lcdes
de vi & auxilio mortis pdci Witti le
Wayte fris sui &c. et de pace dni R.
nuc fracta de eo qd idem Ricus frai Rog
die dnica in fo Natitat sci Jotiis Bapte,
arnio regni dni R. nuc duodecimo hora
vespar in villa de Ledes in quoda loco
qui vocat' le kirkegate felonice vt felo
dni R. tenuit ipm Wittm p capillos
capitis sui du Rotitus fibrmalt ipm
pcussit in collum cu pdco baculo fraccineo
& collu suu fregit, &c. Et q'^mcito
^cara felofi fecissit fugiit. Et idem
Ricus recen? ipm insecutus fuit cu vtesio
leuato vsq3 ad quatuor villas pximiores.
Et villus Battis dni R. Et vlfius
Coron dni R. quousq3 idem Ricus ad
secta ipi'is Rici attach. Et si pdcus
Ricus felonia pdcam velit dedice fdcus
Ricus patus est pbare put &c.
Idem Ricus appellat Rohtm Rande
de vi & auxilio mortis pdci Witti le
Wayte fris sui &c. & de pace dni R.
nuc fracta de eo qd idem Rohtus die
dnica in fo Natitatis sci Johis Bapte
anno regni dni R. niic duodecimo hora
vespar in villa de Ledes in quoda Loco
qui vocaf le kirkegate felonice vt felo
&c. cu ambab3 manib3 suis tenuit pdcm
Wittm p manu sua dextam du pdcus
Rohtus formalt ipm pcussit in Collum
cu pdco baculo fraccineo & collu suu
fregit &C. Et qamcito pdcam feloii
fecisset fugiit. Et idem Ricus recent
ipm insecuts fuit cu.vtesio leuato vsq3 ad
quatuor villas pximiores. Et vllPius
Battis dni R. Et vlt^ius Coron dni R.
quousq3 idem Rohtus ad secta ipius Rici
attach. Et si pdcus Rohtus felonia
pdcam velit dediPe pdcus Ricus patus
est pbare put &c.
The same Richard appeals Richard,
brother of Roger son of Roger de
Northalle de Ledes, for violence and
abetting, &c., in that feloniously he
held the same William by the hairs of
his head while Robert Formalt struck
him on the neck with the said ashen
stick, &c.
The same Richard appeals Robert
Rande for violence and abetting, in
that feloniously with both his hands he
held the said William by the right hand
while the said Robert Formalt, &c.
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129
i 92 3 Idem Ricus le Wayle appellat Rogm
de Northalle de Ledes de missione pdci
RotJti ^is Rogi fit Rogl de Ledcs <fc de
receptamento eiusdem Rot5i in maBio
suo de Ledes, sciente de feloii pdca de
hoc qd dcus RotJtus fclonice vt felo die
dnica in #0 Natitatis sci Joliis Bapte
anno &c. duodecimo hora vespar in
villa de Ledes in quoct loco qui vocaf
le Kirkegate pcussit pdcm Wiitm ex
t*nsaerso brachii dexO cu quod gladio
de Colonia & fecit ei plaga mortale
vnde ^cus Wiitus obiit &c. Et q*mcito
^ca missione & receptamentu fecisset
fngiit &c Et idem Ricus ipm insecu9
fuit &c. quousq3 &c. Et si ^cus Rofus
&c pdcus Ricus patus est &c.
Idem Ricus appellat Ro^ fit Rogi
de Northalle de Ledes, de missione
^d RoUti f ris Rogi fit Rogi de Ledes,
& de receptamento eiusde Ro1$ti in
domo sua de armeleye, sciente de feloii
pdca de hoc qd dcus RotJtus felonice vt
felo die dnica in fo Natitatis sa Johis
Bapte anno &c. duodecimo hora vespar
in villa de Ledes in quod loco qui
vocat' le kirkegate pcussit pdcm Wiitm
ex t*nsuerso brachii dext* cu quod
gladio de Colonia & fecit ei plaga mor-
tale vnde pdcus Willus obiit &c. Et
q'mcito pdca missione & receptamentu
fecisset fiigiit &c, Et ide Ricus ipm
tnsecu9 fuit &c. quousq3 &c. . Et si
pdcus Rogus &c. pdcus Ricus patus
est &c.
Et pdd Rotitus fraC Rogi, Thomas
firat Rogi, Robtus fformalt, Ricus frat
Rogi, & RolStus Rande vefi p mar ducti,
& dicunt qd pdcus Ricus le Wayte ad
istud Jire de appello responded no
debeat, dicut em qd idem Witts le
Wayte feet quend frem legit imu Thorn
n6ie cui acdo in Huiusmdi casu appelli
ptincrct vt pxlo hedi ipius Witti san-
guine, et cui heditas ipius Witti siqua
rtJit descend^e debet vt hedi pxlori. Et
hoc pati sunt i'ificare &c. Et pdcus
The same Richard le Wayte appeals
Roger de Northalle de Ledes for hav-
ing sent out the said Robert, brother
of Roger son of Roger de Ledes, and
having received the same Robert in
his manor of Leeds, having knowledge
of the said felony that the said Robert
&c., and as soon as he had accomplished
the said sending and receiving back, he
fled, Ac.
The same Richard appeals Roger,
son of Roger de Northalle de Ledes,
for having sent out the said Robert,
brother of Roger son of Roger de
Ledes, and having received the same
Robert in his house at Armeleye, having
knowledge, &c.
And the said Robert, brother of
Roger, Thomas, brother of Roger,
Robert Formalt, Richard, brother of
Roger, and Robert Rande came,
brought by the Marshal, and say
that there was no need to answer
Richard le Wayte as to this writ of
appeal, for they say that the same
William le Wayte has a certain legiti-
mate brother, Thomas byname, to whom
the action should appertain in a case
of an appeal of this kind, as first heir
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A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
Ricus le Wayte didt qd pdcus Thorn
que pdci RolStus & alii asserut esse f rem
& herede ipius WitK i^xiorem, natus fiiit
extra matimoniu, et hoc petit qd
inquirat' &c. Et pdci RotJtus & alii
similiP. Ideo vefl inde Jur* cora R. in
octatS Pur fee marie vbicumq3 &c. Et
pdci RotStus & alii inPim comittit' mar
&c. Postea venenmt Jolies Trauers,
Alex de Ledes, Wittus de Scargiit, Johes
de Caluerlaye, Robtus de Scargiit, &
Withis le flForester, omes de Com Ebor
& manucejnint ^cos Ro^m de Northalle
& Ro^ fit eius de missione & recepta-
mento appellatos hendi eos cora R. ad
pfatu Fmi vbicumq3 &c corpa p cor-
pib3 &c.
Postea ad pfatas octab Pur veH pdd
Robtus firat Rogi, Thom fr Ro^, Robtus
fformalt, Ricus frat Rogi, Robtus Rande,
Rogus de Northalle, & Rogus fit Rogi
de Northalle p marescatt & p manucap-
coem pdcam &c.
Et Ricus le Wayte no venit & fuit
appellator. I'o ipe capiat' & pleg sui
inia de pi in niia.ia Et pdci Robtus frat
*^^P • Rogi & alii quo ad secta ipius Rici le
Wayte inde sine die &c. Et p quib3da
certis de causis negociu istud tangentil3
pdci Robtus frat Rogi & omes alii
appcUati dimittut' p manucapcoem
Thome mohaud de RidelesdeR, Radi de
of the same William by blood, and to
whom the inheritance of the same Wil-
liam, if any, ought to descend as next
heir. And this they are prepared to
verify, &c And the said Richard le
Wayte says that the said Thomas,
whom the said Robert and others de-
clare to be brother and first heir of the
iame William, was bom out of matri-
mony, and demands that inquiry be
made, &c. And the said Robert and
others do the like. So it is commanded
that there come for that purpose a
jury before the king, in the octave
of the Purification of the Blessed Mary,
wheresoever the king may be, &c., and
the said Robert and others in the
meantime are committed to the Mar-
shal, &c. After that there came John
Travers and Alexander de Ledes, W^il-
liam de Scargill, John de Calverlaye,
Robert de Scargill, and William the
Forester, all of the county of York,
and took in custody the said Roger de
Northalle and Roger his son, under
appeal concerning the sending and
reception, to present them before the
king at the said term, pledging bodies
for bodies, &c.
After that, at the said octave of the
Purification, came the said Robert, &c.,
brought by the Marshal, and by the
said mainprise, &c.
And Richard le Wayte failed to
appear, and he was the appellor,
therefore must he and his pledges for
this prosecution be in mercy, ^* Sec,
And for certain reasons touching
this business the said Robert, brother
of Roger, and all the rest who were
summoned are dismissed, by bail of
Thomas Mohaud de Ridelesden, Ralph
(12) In misericordia Regis esse dicuntur qui ob rata et definita lef^ibus quaedam delicta, a
Rege, quail il.Ic vult, mulcta distringi possunt." (Du Cange ad voc.)
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A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
13^
IktoS, Rotiti de Burlay, Petri del Stede
de Burlay, MicKIs de Roudoo, Johis de
Cbelray, Thome de Horsford, Johis de
Carleton in Wherdale, Thome vilayn de
Eltoft, Rotiti de WigdoS, AlQedi de
Manstoil, & Wiiti de LyntoS de Com
Ebor qui eos manuceput vidtt corpa p
corpib3 hendi eos coram R. a die Pasch'^^
in vnu mensem vbicumqz &c, Et simi-'
lif ^eptii est vie & CoroS, qd scnitatis
rotulis suis sique indictamentu seu
appellu de morte pdca inueniri conti^t
in eisdem R. mittat ad pfatu 9nu
Ybicumq3^^ &c distincte & apte &c.
Ad que vie & CoroB retorfl indictamentu
hie in hec verba. Inquis capta cora
Georgeo de ThometoS CoroH dni Re§
apud Ledes die Lune px post fm sci
Barthi Apli, Anno regni Regis Edwardi
fit Regis Edward ^ciodecimo, de morte
With le Wayte de Ledes, p Mictiem
de Roudofi, Johem de Chelray, Ro1$tm
de WigdoH, Thorn de Horsford, Jotlem
de Bretby, Thome (sic) Vilayfl, Adam le
fibrester, Johem de Carletoi), Hen? de
Eltoft, Wiitm le Qerk, Johem de
Bramdon, Alanu de Berughby & cu
villata^^de ledes Neuton Heddingley.
Jur dicunt sup sacramentu suu qd die
(tnica in ^o sa Johis Bapte anno ^dco,
cotumelia fiiit in9 Wiltm fit WitK le
Wayte de Ledes, & Rohm fit Rogi de
Ledes militis ad quenda ludum ludatu
in villa de Ledes circa hora meridiem,
que quidem contumelia pacificata fuit
p vidnos circustantes, prexerut ad ec-
ctiam audiend vespas portantes gladios
& bokerellos cu eis. Et post vespas
cantaf , pdcus Wiitus le Wayte exiuit
de ecctia & cu eo Thom garcio eius &
de Ikton, Robert de Bnrlay, Peter
del Stede de Burlay, Michael de
Roudon, John de Chelray, Thomas de
Horsford, John de Carleton in Wher-
dale, Thomas Vilayn de Eltoft, Robert
de Wigdoii, Alured de Manstofi, and
William de Ljmtoii, of county York, to
be brought before the king one month
after Easter. ^^ Injunction was made to
the Sheriff and coroners to examine
the rolls, and should any indictment
or appeal happen to be found to
send them before the king, wheresoever,
&c. ^* In answer to which they reported
an indictment as follows : — ''Inquisition
taken before George de Thornton,
coroner of the lord king, at Ledes, on
the Monday following the feast of
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, in the
13th year of the reign of King Edward,
son of King Edward, concerning the
death of William le Wayte de Ledes,
by Michael de Roudoft, John de Chel-
ray, Robert de WigdoS, Thomas de
Horsford, John de Bretby, Thomas
Vila3r!i, Adam le Forester, John de
CarletoK, Henry de Eltoft, William le
Clerk, John de Bramdon, Alan de
Berughby, &c., together with the town-
ships** of Ledes, Neuton, Heddingley.
They declare on oath that on Sunday,
in the festival of Saint John the Baptist,
there was a dispute between William,
son of William le Wayte de Ledes, and
Robert, son of Roger de Ledes, Knt.,
at a certain game played in the town of
Ledes, about midday ; this dispute was
settled peacefully by the means of
neighbours standing by, and they went
into church carrying their swords and
bucklers. After vespers had been sung
William le Wayte came out of church,
(13) The proceedings go on after Richard has lost the case by default, because by this time the
law has ceased to resard homicide as a mere private wrong, and so, if the appellor declines to proceed,
the king takes up the case.
(14) "Ubicumqz," sc. "Rex fucrit in Anglia." "Distincte and aperte, &c.," sc. perhaps "sub
ftigillis suis.**
(15) K/<// Note 8.
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A BRAWL IN KIRKCATE.
Johes de ManstoR versus domu, set
P^cus Joties de Manstoii comorabat
apud le kirkestieghell ad insidied
aduentu dci RotSti de eccHa, ct pdcus
WiHus le Wayte & Thomas gardo eius
morabant*" ad ostiu Jordani Whytheued
spectantes aduentu dci Rot5ti de ecctia,
veniente insup dco RotJto de ecctia
f>exit uersus doznu. £t diuersi hoies
sequentes exorlabant'eu qd no fa8et con-
tumelia ob reOencia {stc) diei, qui respon-
dit qd non nisi inuitis dentib3^^ & hoc
se defendendo. Et cii veniebat ad porta
Cimi^ii, inuenit dcm Johem de ManstoH,
ibi stantem, qui quidem Johes dixit
Roberte, nolo tibi dampnu & gauamen,
et RotJlus simitr nee ego tibi. Et sup
hoc iuit versus domu. Et cu fuit in
medio loco in?* eccKam & domu pdci
Jordani, dcus Johes de Manstoii clama-
bat suma voce versus pdcos Wittm &
Thora, venite ecce ilium qui nos & vos
de die in die querit occidere, hec audi-
entes Wiitus & Thorn venerunt currentes
cu gladiis eor tactatis. Et dcus Rol5tus
hoc videns fugiit se uersus ecctiam retro.
Et cu venit ad ostiu Cimi^ii inuenit
illud clausum p cticos & laicos f timore
infdictionis ecctie pdce ita qd dcus
Rotltus n5 potuit intrare, et videns dcus
Rofctus ^d no potuit alibi fu^e, posuit
dorsum suu ad muru Cimit^ii. Et sup-
veiens dcus Wittus pcussit eu bis cu
gladio suo anteq* dcus RotJlus mouebat
se recipiens ictus cu suo bokerello. Et
tuc dcus RotStus repcussit dcm Wiitm
cu suo gladio & fecit ei plagam in dextro
brachio sub viuo brauno,^'' vnde obiit
eodem die. Johes de Mansion, Thomas
Nesant, & RotStus le Wayte Capetfs
frat dci With angulauerunt dcm Robtm
in9 CimiPium dee ecctie & fossam dee
and with him Thomas his page and
John de ManstoS, going homewards,
but John de Manstoii lingered near
the church-stile, and waited for the
arrival of the said Robert from church,
and William le Wayte and Thomas his
page stopped at the door of Jordan de
Whytheued looking for the arrival of
Robert. When the said Robert came out
of church he went towards his home, and
several men followed and exhorted him
not to make a dispute out of reverence
for the day, to which he answered that
he would not, except in spite of his
teeth, i« and that in self-defence. And
when he came to the gate of the church-
yard he found the said John de Manston
standing there, and John said, * Robert,
I wish you no evil or insult,* and
Robert likewise, * Neither do I you.'
On this he went off home, and when
he was half way between the church
and the house of the said Jordan, John
de Manston cried out at the top of his
voice against William and Thomas,
* Come, see this man, who from day to
day seeks to slay us and you. ' Hearing
this, William and Thomas came running
with their swords drawn. And the said
Robert seeing this, fled back towards
the church. And when he came to
the door of the churchyard he found
it shut by the clergy and laymen, for
fear that the church might be put
under an interdict, so that Robert
could not enter; and Robert seeing
that he could not fly anywhere else,
put his back against the wall of the
churchyard. William coming on him,
struck with his sword before Robert
moved on his part, who received the
blows on his buckler ; and then Robert
(i6) Nisi invitis dcntibus = except in spite of his settled resolution. This phrase may be
t'^ZVlT.t^. 'J^T °^ the Bristol Jew (recorded later in Chronicles of Holinsh?drr57A^ whS
rfT/ /r^ ^^nJ" ^^'^^ ^^ 'x'^''*" ^^P- ^^'^^'^ *"^ ^°«^^ ^"^mit to the extortion of King J *hn!
Cf. y?///« ofCwtltty (London, c. 1670), quoted in Blacku^ood, May, ,894 : " 'Tis a pleasant si^tade
to see a person so handled retreating from one place to another, and the other, insensible of hWde^
ncss, forcing him at last to cry Quarter in spight of his Teeth."
(17) Branis = ;^ musgle,
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eccHe & feccnint ei diuersas plagas in
capite & in corpe ita qd dimiserut illu
iacente tanqa mortuu nuUu vcrbu lo-
quente Capetto nee alicui hoi. Dicunt
ccia qd postea venerut Thom & Ricus
frcs <tci Rohti & inuencrut dcm RotJtm
sic iacente nullu verbu loquente nee
aliquod mebrii mouente portauerunt eu
ad q»nct domu infra maf?ium Ro^ de
Ledes pris sui p^co Rogo nesciente &
cont» voluntate eiusdem quapp? dcus
Ro§us defendebat pdcis Thome & Rico
domos siias & omes possessiones suas
ne intrarent sub' pena vite & membror.
Ad visum corpis pdci Witti fdcus Ro^s
cora villat & pria,*® concessit se here
corpus pdci Rohti infra domos suas,
cont» voluntaie sui ibi portatii p pdcos
ITiora & Ricm vt in piculo mortis, p
quo quide corpe optulit se dno Regi
respondere, cum pot^it ad vitam duci
seu curari. Et dicut qd no est receptatus
in domib5 dci Ro^ pris sui vt felo,
set ut prisona attachiatus captus p
battim dni Regis . . . visus iactus, con-
fessus*® & sepultus p G. de Thorneton.
Bona ftci Rohti vnus gladius pc xijd.
vnus bokerellus pc vjd. vnde villat de
Ledes respond.
struck William back with his sword,
and dealt him a blow on his right arm,
under the living brawn, i' from which
he died on the same day. John de
Manston, Thomas Nesant, and Robert
le Wayte, chaplain, brother of William,
hustled the said Robert between the
cemetery and the ditch of the said
church, and gave him several blows on
the head and body, till they left him
lying as though dead, and saying no
word to the chaplain or any man. They
say further that after Thomas and
Richard, brothers of Robert, came and
found Robert so lying, speechless, and
moving no limb, they carried him to a
certain house in the manor of Roger de
Ledes, his father, without the know-
ledge and against the will of the same.
Wherefore Roger was for forbidding
entry of his house and all his property
to Thomas and Richard, under pain of
loss of life and limb. At the view of
the corpse of the said William, the
said Rc^cr before the townships and
country 18 admitted that he had the body
of the said Robert within his houses,
carried thither against his will by
Thomas and Richard, as being in
danger of death, for which body indeed
he offered to answer to the lord king,
when he should be able to be brought
to life or be cured. And they say that
he was not received into the house of
the said Roger, his father, with felonious
intent, but as a prisoner arrested by a
bailiff of the lord king. View made,*®
. . . confessed, and buried by G. de
Thorneton. The goods of the said
Robert : One sword, price xijd. ; one
buckler, price vid. ; for which the town-
ship of Ledes is answerable.
(18) " Villatis et patria.
form ihe inquest jury.
Before the representatives of the four townships and the country, who
(19) ** Visus factus, confessus, et sepultus" [sic].
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A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
Et inspecto indictamento illo ad
secta dni R. pdci RotStus, Thorn, Rotitus
fibrmalt, Ricus, RolStus Raude, iux*
for^m appelli inf^ sc^pti singillatX allo-
cuti qualit^ se Yclint de morte pdci Witti
acquietare. Prcetci Thomas, RotJtus
fibnnalt, Ro^s, & Rofus defend omem
vim & felon & quicquid est cont* pace
dni R. &c et qd in nullo sunt culpabiles
de morte pdca de bono & malo ponut
se sup priam'o &c. Et pdci RotJtus &
Ricus fit Ro^ de Northalle & RotJtus
Rande, dicut se cticos esse & n5 posse
sine ordinar suis inde respondere &c.
Et vt sciatr p qualib3 debeS.t ordinar
lit(ari inquiratr inde ^itas p priam.^i I*o
vefl inde Jur* coram R. in octati sci
Johis Bapte vbicuq3 &c. Et qui &c.
Et pdci RotJtus, Thorn, Rotitus, Ricus,
RotJtus, Rogus, & Ro^s int^im coinit-
tunf marescallo. Et sup hoc venerut
Jotoes de kirkelon, Ricus de Barkeston,
Hen? de Bayledoii, Johes de kirkeby,
Ro§us de ShirburS, Nictius tempeste,
Johes Ithum, Jotics de Ahiathby, &
Jotoes de Coule, de Coin Ebor, Thomas
de Assheburil de Com Derby, Jotles
Bernard de Com kanc, Witts de
Couenlr de Com War? et manucepunt
pdcos Rogm de Northalle & Rogm fit
eius. Plendi eos coram R. ad pfatu ^minu
vbicumq3&c, corpa p corpib3 &c.
This indictment having been ex-
amined at the suit of the lord king,
the said Robert, Thomas, Robert
Formalt, Richard, Robert Raude, ac-
cording to the form of appeal above
written were severally asked in what
manner they would acquit themselves
concerning the death of the said
Waiiam.
Thomas, Robert Formalt, Roger,
and Roger deny all violence, felony,
and whatsoever is contrary to the peace
of the king, etc, and because they are in
no way blameworthy for the said death
for good and evil place themselves on
the country. *o
And Robert, and Richard son of
Roger de Northalle, and Robert Rande
say that they are clerics, and cannot
answer without their ordinaries, etc.,
and in order that it may be known in
what character these are to be delivered
to their ordinary, let the truth of this
matter be inquired of the country. «*
Let jurors come, therefore, before the
king in the octave of Saint John the
Baptist, &c. And the said defendants
are committed in the meantime to the
charge of the Marshal. And on this
matter came John de Kirketon,
Richard de Barkeston, Henry dc
Bayledofl, John de Kirkeby, Roger de
ShirburJi, Nicholas tempeste, John
Ithum, John de Alnathby, John de
Coule, of county York ; Thomas de
AssheburS, of county Derby ; John
Bernard, of the county of Kent ; Wm.
de Coventry, of county Warwick, and
took charge of the said Roger de
Northalle and Rc^er his son, as bail.
(so) Sc : Submit to a verdict of their neighbours. The trial by a sworn body of neiehbours,
originally used for decision of preliminary questions. This privilege was obtained from the long, and
the questions decided by inquest became eventually equivalent to the general issue.
(21) A verdict is to be Uken as to their guilt, though, being clerks in orders, they cannot be
sentenced by a lay court.
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135
Ad que diem veR pcfd Thom, Rol5tus
fformalt, Rottus & Ricus filii Ro^ de
Northalle & Rotitus Raude p marescait
ducti, et simitr jur vefl, qui dicut sup
sacrm suu qd pdci Thom, RotStus
flbrmalt, Ricus fit Rogi, & Robtus
Raude in nullo sut ctdpabiles de feloS
^ca nee vncq* se subt^xerut occone
^ca. I*o ipi inde quieti.
Et de pdco RoUto fit Rogi dixerunt
qd pdca die tfnica in festo Natiuitatis
sci Johb Bapte contumelia mota fuit
inter pdcm Wittm le Wayte & fdcm
RotStm fit Rogi & post vespas #cas cii
^cus RolStus domi volu[it] adiuisse,
pdcus Wiitus i|5m Rotitm sic veniente
insidiatus fuit. £t statim ei obuiauit
cii glad[io] suo ext^to yt eu occideret.
Et pdcus RotStus statim diuertebat se,
fugiendo versus ecctiam. [Et] cu ve-
nisset ad portas ecctie ^ce inuenit eas
clausas qd nd potuit intrare et pdcus
Wittus ipm Ro1$tm insecutus fuit cu fdco
gladio suo ext^to & ipm attinxit ad
murii Cimif ii ecctie gdce A ipm ibidem
inangulauit, & pcussit ipm Rot^tm in
capite cu pdco gladio suo & fecit ei
diuersas plagas. Et pdcus RotStus vidit
pictm mortis iminere & qd n5 potuit
abinde quouis modo euasisse ext^xit
cultellu suu, qui vocat*" misericord^* &
ilium tenuit sursu in manu sua dex9a
m 92 vt se defcnderet de supueientib3 ictib3
dd gladii pdci & vitam sua saluaret &
casu fortuito cii idem Witts voluit
ipm Ro1$tm ifato pcussisse cii pdco
gladio descendendo, pcussit brachiii
suii dex^um sup punctii pdci cultelli
qd sanguis ob magna caliditate violent
euolauit, de cuius sanguinis eflfusC ]
idem Wittus nimio fuit exfitus & de-
btlitatus & cepit gladiii suu pdcm in
manu sua sinistra vt ipm ifum pculPet
& p debilitate cecidit ad terra & infira
At which date come the said Thomas,
Robert Formalt, Robert and Richard,
sons of Roger de Northalle, and Robert
Raude in the charge of the Marshal, and
likewise came the jurors, who say upon
their oath that these said persons were in
noway guilty of the felony, and in noway
withdrew themselves on the said occa-
sion ; and with regard to the said Robert,
son of Roger, they said that on Sunday
in the feast of the Nativity of John
the Baptist a dispute had been on foot
between the said William le Wayte and
the said Robert, and the said William
after vespers lay in wait for Robert,
when he wished to go home, and
straightway met him with sword drawn
in order to kill him. Robert then
turned aside to fly, but found the gates
of the church shut against him, and
when William had followed him sword
in hand, and fastened him against the
wall of the churchyard and there hustled
him and struck him on the head with
the said sword, and dealt him divers
blows, then Robert, seeing peril of death
to be imminent, and no means of escape
thence, drew his cutlass, which is called
a misericord,' 2 and held it up in his
right hand to defend himself from the
downcoming blows of the sword, and
by chance, when William wished to
strike him again, he struck his right
arm on the point of the cutlass, so that
the blood violently flew out on account
of the great heat. From this eflusion
of blood William was frightened and
weakened over much, and took his
sword into his left hand to strike him
again, and for weakness fell to the
ground and died within three days.
Robert likewise, from weakness, fell to
the ground, and was carried to a certain
neighbouring house as one whose life
<n) Cf. Placit, Edward II., ann. 7. Berk. Rot 74 in Abbrev. Placit, p. 3x8. " Percussit Ricardum
fratrem Ruum de quadam arma quae vocatur misericord, quae est in longum 3 pedum, et lata orope
hiltam a poUicum. et apud punctum dimidium pollicem. ' (Du Cange.) A weapon to despatcn (oe
when down and crying for mercy.
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A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
tres dies sequentes obiit. Et ^cus
Rot^tus simitr p debilitate cecidit ad
terra & dcportatus fuit ad q^ndam
domu contiguam tanqa de vita sua
despatus. Unde dicut pcise qd pdcus
Wiitus obiit ex plaga fdca sic casu
fortuito ei #ca Sc no aliquo insultu pdci
Rot^ti pmeditato seu malicia ^cogitata
I'o idem RotStus remittitr in custoct
marescai) ad ^m R. expectant &c.
Et q3 pdcus RoT^tus nondum plene
acquietaf de morte pdca, S3 ad gram R.
expectanct vt pdcm est, pdci Rofus de
Northalle 8c Rofus fit eius appellati de
missione A receptamento & abetto qui
mode vi (sic) p manucapcoem pdcam
requisiti quali? se velint de feloi5 pdcis
acquietar, Defend oem vim fcIoR &
quicquid est cont* pace R. Et qd in
Rllo sunt inde culpabiles de bono &
malo ponut se sup priam. Et pdci
Jurator ad hoc triati*^ dicut sup sacrm
suu qd pdci Ro§us & Ro§us, in iillo sut
inde culpabiles, nee vmqa se subt^xerunt
occone pdca. I'o ipi inde quieti, &c.
Postea dns Rex mandauit Justic hie qd
recordum & pcessum tangencia pdcm
Ro1$m fit Ro^i sibi mitterenf in Can-
cellar &c & ei mittif &c. Et sup hoc
dns Rex mandauit bre suu Justic hie in
hec verba.
Edwardus dei gra Rex Angt D'ns
Hitn <fe Dux Aquit ditcis <fe fidelibs suis
Henr le scrop & sociis suis Justic firis
ad ptita cora^* not tenend assigfi saltm.
Quia accepimus p recordu vrm in Cur
fira cora vobis hita quod cora nol5 in
Cancella? flra quibusdam 8tis de causis
venire fecim* qd Rol5tus fit Ro^i de
Northalle de Com Ebor captus & detents
in prisona marescalcie fire p morte Witti
le Wayte vnde appellatus est in^fecit
ipm Wittm p infortuniu, & no p felonia
was despaired of. Whence they say
that the said William died from the
said blow struck by chance, and not
from premeditated assault of Robert
or of malice aforethought. So Robert
is sent back to the custody of the
Marshal, to await the mercy of the king.
And because the said Robert is not
yet fully acquitted of the said death,
but put in custody as above said, the
said Roger de Northalle and Roger his
son are appealed for instigating, pro-
tecting, and abetting, and asked in
what manner they wish to defend them-
selves. They declare that they are
innocent of all violence, and, for good
or ill, put themselves on the country.
And the jurors tried for this purpose^*
swear to their innocence.
After this the lord king instructed
the justices to send the record and pro-
cess, matters touching the said Robert,
son of Roger, to him in Chancery, etc
These were sent, etc. On this the lord
king sent his writ to the justices here
in these words : —
"Exiward, by the grace of God King
of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke
of Aquitaine, to his beloved and £a.ithful
Henry le Scrop and his fellows, our
justices assigned to hold Pleas** before
us, greeting. Whereas we have heard
from your report that Robert, etc.,
now detained in the prison of our
Marshalsea for the death of William,
etc., did slay . . . through mischance,
and not through malice aforethought,
... we charge you that if the said
(23) That is, the jurors have been exposed to challenge.
(24) The Justices, of the King's Bench are Justices "ad placita coiam Rege tenenda."
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ant xnalida excogitata vot mandam" qd
si pdcs Rofetus inuefiit vol5 xij. ^bos
& leg hoies, qui eu manucapiant tiere
cora notS ad mandatu nrm ad stand
recto siqui versus eu inde loqui volQit
tuc ipm RolStm gdcis xij. in Vim Iradatis
in balliu sicut ^cm est. T. Adomaro
de Valencia Comiti Pembroch consan-
guineo flro apud Westm, x. die Julii
anno r. a. quartodecimo. Pretextu cui^
t^ris ^cus Rot^tus fit Ro^ dimittitr p
manucapcoem Ro^ de Ledes, Ro^i fit
eiusde Ro§i, Jotiis de kirketon, Hugofi
de Aljerford, Johis Ithum, Rici fit Ro^i
de Ledes, Ro§i de Shirburn, Wiiti de
Al)erford, Nictii tempest, Rol5ti Raude,
Thome fit Rogi de Ledes de Com
Ebor, & Simon de knyghwyt de Com
Norttit, qui manucepunt pdcm fit Rofi
hend eu cora R. in OctalJ sci martini
vbicumq5 &c. Et sic de die in diem
ad mandatu R. quousq3 &c. Postea ad
diem illu venit pdcus Rofctus p manu-
capcoem ^dcam & pfert liras dni
Reg patentes de pdonacone mortis pdci
Wiiti in hec verl)a. Edwardus dei gra
Rex Angt DRs Hitn & Dux Aquit
oniib5 Battis & fidlib5 suis ad quos psen-
tes tre puefiint saltm. Quia accepims p
recordu ditcor & fideliu Sror Henr le
scrop & socor suor Justic nror, ad ptita
cora nol5 tenend assignator qd Robtus
fit Ro§i de Northalle de Ledes captus
& detenf est in pisona marescalcie lire
coram nobis p morte Witti le Wayte
vnde appellatus est inVfecit if5m Wittm
p infortuniu & no p felonia aut malicia
excogitatam, nos pietate moti pdon-
auimus eidem Rotito secta pacis Rre
que ad nos ptinet p morte ^dca & firma
pacem ftram ei inde concedim*- Ita
tamen qd stet recto in Cur lira, siquis
^us cum inde loqui volQit. In cui« rei
testimoniu, has tras Tiras 4i fecimus
patentes, T. me ipo apud Westra xx. die
Nouembr anno r 71 quartodecimo ; pfert
ecia T5re dni Regis Justic hie qd ipm
Robert shall find you twelve worthy and
law-abiding men, to hold him against
our order in case any one shall wish to
say anything relating to the matter
against him, you may deliver him to
the twelve said men, etc.
** Witness : Aymer de Valence, Earl
of Pembroke, our kinsman, at West-
minster.
**July X., year of our reign xiv."
By reason of which writ the said
Robert, son of Roger, is dismissed,
under charge of Roger de Ledes, Roger
son of the same Roger, John de Kirke-
ton, Hugh de Aberford, John Ithum,
Richard son of Roger de Ledes, Roger
de Shirburn, William de Aberford,
Nicholas tempest, Robert Raude, Tho-
mas son of Roger de Ledes of county
York, and Simon de Knyghwyk, of
county Northampton, to be brought
forward on the octave of Saint Martin,
etc., and so on from day to day.
Afterwards, on that day, came
Robert, under custody aforesaid, and
produces letters-patent of the lord king
concerning pardon with regard to the
death of the said William, in the
following words : —
"Edward, etc., to all bailiffs, and
his faithful subjects, etc., Because we
have heard, etc., we, moved by pity,
have pardoned the same Robert, etc.,
and concede him our peace securely on
such terms, however, that he stand
according to order in our court, in the
case that any one shall wish to say
aught against him in the matter. In
witness of which thing we have caused
these letters-patent to be made. Wit-
ness myself, at Westminster, Nov. xx.,
year of our reign xiv."
He produces also a brief of the lord
king to the justices, that they should
cause Robert to be liberated without
delay from the prison of the Marshalsea
of the king in which he is detained,
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138
A BRAWL IN KIRKGATE.
RolStm a pisona mar R. qua detinet'
si ea ocoone & n5 alia detineaf in
eadem sine ditone delil5ar fac. Et
modo solempniF {^lamac siquis sit qui
^sus cu loqui volGit de morte ^ca, et
no est aliquis qui inde (^sus eum loqui
volQit. To idem RoT5tus fit Rogi inde
quietus. Et heat tJrc de pace sui
^lamanda ^ ^ & c.
Postea venit pdcus Ricus le Wayte
& line fecit cum dno Rege &c put patet
in rotulo de finib3 de 9mino sci michis,
anno regni Reg nuc qintodecimo. I'o
heat hre de supsed**&c.
** Coram Rege,
ffi *ia ' ** Mich, 15 Edw. II.
"Ebor. — Ricus le Wayte fine fecit cum
dno Rege, eo ^d no fuit ^secu^
appellu suu quod fecit ^sus Ro^m
fit Rogi de Northalle de ledes &
alios in bri R. orig^'' contentos de
morte Wiiti le Wayte f ris sui sicut
&C, illud incepit. Et admittit^^^
p fine di m*® pptm Rici de ledes
eodem Com. I'o heat hre de
sups."
supposing that for that matter and for
no other he is detained in the same.
And on this a solemn proclamation is
made to inquire if there be any one who
wishes to accuse him concerning the
said death. And there is no one who
wishes . . Therefore the same Robert,
son of Roger, is acquitted in the
matter, and let him have a writ for
proclaiming his peace.*'
After that came the said Richard le
Wayte and made a fine with the king,
as is recorded in the Roll of Fines of the
term of St. Michael, in the fifteenth year
of our king now reigning. Therefore let
him have a writ of supersedeas.*®
"Before the King,
"Michaelmas, 15 Ed. II, ^J' -
**Ebor.— Richard le Wayte made a
fine with the lord king, in that he
had not prosecuted his appeal that
he made against Roger, son of
Roger de Northalle de Ledes, and
others, contained in the king's
original writ*'' concerning the death
of William le Wayte, his brother,
as, &c., he did begin the appeal.
And he is admitted*® on fine of
half a mark, *® by surety of Richard
de Ledes, of the same county.
Therefore, let him have a writ of
supersedeas."
(as) That is, he is once more in the king's peace.
(a6) Richard, though he had bound himself to prosecute the murderers of his brother, did not
proceed with the case. Therefore he requires, and has to pay for, a writ of su/trsedtaSf which will
set aside all proceedings in his abortive prosecution.
(27) The writ which begins an action is an " original writ."
(a8) Sc. To the king's peace.
(ag) That is, 6*. W.
The original of the above is in the Public Record Ofl&ce, London.
The thanks of the Society are largely due to Prof. F. W. Mailland, Downing
Collie, Cambridge, for his kind assistance in the matter of explanation and
correction.
E. K.C.
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XEeetamenta Xeobteneta-
(Continued from page 16.)
Extracted from the Probate Registry at York by
WILLIAM BRIGG, B.A.
William Dyneley, the elder, gent.
(viL 17.)
Surtees Society. {TestEbor, iv. 246.)
John Davson.
(vii. 43.)
In dei nomine Amen, Anno domini m* d vij"° et die mensis
sepdmo Aprilis. Ego Johannes Davson compos mentis & sane
memorie, in hunc modum condo meum testamentum. Inprimis do
& lego deo omnipotenti & beate Marie & omnibus Sanctis ejus
animam meam & corpus meum ad sepeliendum infra cimiterium
ecclesie beati Petri Apostoli de Ledf. Item Vicario ejusdum ecclesie
meum optimum animal nomine mortuarii mei. Item do legoque
salutari salve xij^ Item do regie strate inter Ledf & Burlay iij* iiij**.
Item do Edmundo Bymson xl^ Item do altari xij**. Item do sacer-
doti uni ecclesie de Ledf ad visum curatoris mee unam nobulam.
Item do Agneti Parkyn unam ovem matricem cum agno. Item
Elizabethe filie mee terciam partem bonorum meorum que pars
extendit ad viginti marcas pecunie, pars meipso secunda pars Mar-
garete uxori mee et residuum mee partis do uxori mee funeralibus
meis deductis et aliis expensis in die sepulture mee. Tunc residuum
omnium bonorum meorum non legatorum do Margarete uxori mee
& Petro Davson quos constituo meos veros esse executores ut ipsi
disponant pro salute anime mee uti me vellent pro se in tali articulo.
Insuper & volo ut Petrus Davson habeat puerum meum quum
contigerit uxorem meam maritari & volo ut ille habeat eam filiam
meam cum porcione sua & custodiat ad utilitatem dicte filie mee
usque perveniat ad etatem maritalem. Hiis testibus, domino Jacobo
Wal capellano parochiali, Richardo Cottf, Ricardo Symson, Briano
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I40 TKSTAMENTA LEODIENSIA.
Thorneton cum multis aliis. Datum die & anno supradictus. —
\_Froved 4 July, 1508, by Margaret the relict, Peter, the other exor,y
having renounced.']
Thomas Sheffelde, of Leeds.
(viii. 6.)
In dei nomine Amen, anno domini millesimo quingentesimo nono
et ultimo die mensis Marcii. Ego Thomas Sheffelde de Ledf
compos mentis condo testamentum meum in hunc modum. In
primis do & lego animam meam deo omnipotenti, beate Marie ac
omnibus Sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum infra ecclesiam paro-
chialem sancti Petri de Ledf predicte. Item lego meum optimum
animal nomine mortuarii mei. Item lego pro decimis oblitis xij**.
Item volo quod xl solidi distribuentur circa corpus meum in die
sepulture mee. Item volo quod Thomas Sheffeld filius meus legitimus
habeat unum cotagium de vasto domini regis situatum in Marchlayne
in Ledf cum suis pertinentibus, sibi et heredibus suis de corpore suo
legitime procreatis et si dictus Thomas decesserit absque herede de
corpore suo tunc volo quod Johannes filius meus junior habeat pre-
dictum cotagium cum pertinentibus, sibi et heredibus suis ac assignatis.
Tamen volo quod uxor mea tenebit dictum cotagium pro termino
vite sue et tunc remanebit predictis filiis meis ut antedixi, et hoc est ex
consensu Juliane uxoris mee conjunctim datum cum stramine in manus
Ranulphi Wayde. Item lego Thome filio meo spurio centum garbas
ligni sagittarii et dimidiam partem instrumentorum meorum quibus
utor in hac arte. Residuum vero omnium bonorum meorum superius
non legatorum do et lego Juliane uxori mee quam constituo meam
executricem ut disponat pro salute anime mee. Hiis testibus, Willelmo
Mathew, Ranulpho Wayde, Jacobo Wales cum aliis. — \_Froi'ed 15 Apr.
1509, by executrix.']
Robert Morresse, of Leeds.
(viii. 31.)
In dei nomine Amen, Anno domini m"** quingen"** nono. Ego
Robertus Morresse parochie de Ledes, die sancti Mathei Apostoli
[Feb. 24] anno domini supradicto condo & ordino meum testamen-
tum sive ultimam meam voluntatem in hunc modum sequentem. In
primis do & lego animam meam deo omnipotenti beate Marie virgini
& omnibus Sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum fore infra cimiterium
ecclesie parochialis de Ledis. Item do meum optimum animal vicario
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TESTAMENTA LEODIENSIA. I4I
ecclesie antedicte nomine mortuarii mei. Item do summo altari ejus-
dem ecclesie xij**. Item do & lego quinque solidos pro uno trentali
pro salute anime mee faciendo. Item do Willelmo Morres meam
optimam togam et tres ulnas panni lanei. Item do Gilberto Morres
unam juvencam & Johanne Morres aliam juvencam. Item do Willelmo
Morres antedicto sex oves. Residuum vero omnium bonorum meorum
superius non legatorum, debitis meis persolutis et expensis meis funerali-
bus perimpletis, do & lego Jacobo filio meo, salva semper tercia parte
Isabelle uxori mee. Item ordino facio & constituo Jacobum Morres
& Robertum Morres filios meos, meos veros executores hujus mee
ultime voluntatis ut ipsi disponent & ordinent pro salute anime mee
prout eis melius videbitur expedire et deo placere. Hiis testibus,
Domino Willelmo Richardson capellano suo confessore, Domino
Thoma Carlile capellano, Johanne Fladere, Roberto Morres & Johanne
Kyng cum multis aliis. — \_Froved 15 Feb, 1509-10.]
Richard Banys.
(viiL 90.)
Surtees Society. {Test. Ebor. v. 24.)
William Burton.
(viiL 94.)
In dei nomine amen, I, Wittm Burton, of hole mynde and gud
will, makf my testament In this maner, ffrist I bequeth and wit my
saule to god almyghtie, to our lady Saynt Mary, and to all the sayntf
of hevyn, and my body to be buried in leedf kirke. Also I wit for
my mortuarye my horse. Also my will is forto haue A preste to syng
for me a yere in the pishyng of Mashin. Also I wit to the fover
ordourf of freirs to eu'e order v*. Also I wit to eu'y preist leedf
kirke iiij*. And to eu'e clarke havyng a surples, a penny. Also wit
to the kirke of ledf for to lyem the kirke iij' iiij**. Also I wit to
the hie alter at Leedf xvj*. Also I wit to Jennet Gierke vj* viij**.
Also I wit to Elesabeth Richardson xij**. Also to Agnes Hunton
wedoo vj*. Also to Elyne lylly vj**. Itm to Agnes Stokdale iiij**.
Also I put the Residue of all my goodf to be at the disposicion of
my executors, witche shalbe my syster Agnes Beiston, wedoo, and
Richard Burton, my Cosyn. Also I make my lord Scrope of Vpsall,
M' John Scrope his Brod', and M' Xpofer Danby Esquyer, to Sovyers
of my will, thes being witnesses, Roger doddisworth, gentilman, Sir
Brian Hardy, preist. Sir John Barnard, preist et Alii. — \^No date 0/
proof. Query ^ 151 2.]
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143 testamenta leodibnsia.
Thomas Paslew, of Leeds.
(viiL 105.)
Commission directed to the Dean of the Ainsty & to Sir John
Herrison, Chaplain, to collect and administer the goods of Thomas
Paslew, late of Leeds, deceased. Dated at York, 22 May 15 13.
William Musgrave, of Leeds.
(ix.%