Edward Herdson
Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 21 May, 38 Eliz. [1596],
before Nicholas Morgan, esq., deputy escheator, William Necton,
esq., feodary of the said City, and John Lowman, esq., commissioners,
after the death of Edward Herdson, by the oath of Thomas Sewell,
William Crowche, James Robinson, John Jennynges, James Tailor,
Robert Durant, Stephen Porter, Michael Crowche, Robert Sawnders,
Edward Catcher, James Felles and Humphrey Hooper, who say that
Long before the death of the said Edward Herdson a certain John
Reynoldes, citizen and skinner of London, was seised in his demesne
as of fee of 2 messuages lying in the parish of the Blessed Mary St.
Gabriel [sic] in Fanchurch street within the said City, now or late in
the several tenures of Arthur Gervis and Gilbert Saie.
So seised the said John Reynolds by charter dated the last day of
February, 16 Eliz. [1574], granted the said premises to the said Edward
Herdson and Bridget then his wife: to hold to them and the heirs of
the said Edward for ever, by virtue whereof they were thereof seised,
to wit the said Edward in his demesne as of fee, and the said Bridget
in her demesne as of free tenement.
The said premises are held of the Queen in chief by knight's service,
but by what part of a knight's fee the jurors know not, and by the
yearly rent of 6s. 8d., and are worth per ann., clear, £4.
Edward Herdson died 18 February, 26 Eliz. [1584]; after his death
the reversion of the said premises descended to Thomas Herdson his
son and heir, who was aged 16 years on the 7th day of this instant
month of May last past.
The said Bridget late the wife of the said Edward still survives.
Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 245, No. 41.
Thomas Castell, Junior.
Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 3 October, 36 Eliz. [1594],
before Richard Martin, knight, Mayor and escheator, after the
death of Thomas Castell, junior, son of Francis Castell, deceased, by
the oath of Thomas Sewell, William Harvye, William Crowche, James
Robinson, Robert Durrant, Stephen Porter, Nicholas Maddox, Richard
Milles, Cuthbert Lee, Robert Saunders, Richard Rogers, Andrew Feildes,
Richard Kirkby, Henry Best, Michael Crowche, and Edward Katcher,
who say that
Thomas Castell long before his death was seised in his demesne as
of fee of 1 messuage and 1 shop called the Smythes Forge alias the
Ferrars Howe, now in the tenure of Thomas Garrent and Joan Walbatt,
widow; 1 messuage now in the tenure of Isaack Tucker; 1 messuage
now in the occupation of William Longe; 1 messuage now in the
tenure of Thomas Trymlett; 1 tenement now in the occupation of
Henry Neale; 1 messuage now in the tenure of William Breadstrete;
I tenement in the occupation of Thomas Poole; 1 messuage in the
tenure of George Sparrowe; 1 tenement in the occupation of Richard
Robertes; 1 messuage in the tenure of Thomas Okeman; 1 messuage in
the tenure of William Parker; 1 tenement in the occupation of Edward
Hollie; 1 messuage in the tenure of Henry Coxe; 1 messuage in the
tenure of John Gryffyn; 1 tenement in the occupation of — Muckett
widow; 1 messuage in the tenure of — Hackins, widow; 1 tenement
in the occupation of Thomas Draynefeild; 1 messuage in the tenure of
— Cooke, widow; 1 messuage in the tenure of — Toppinge; 1 tenement in the tenure of Ciprian Luker; 1 messuage now in the tenure of
James Willyams; 1 messuage in the tenure of Anne Fulwood, widow;
and one stable in the tenure of Rowland Wodbridge: which said
messuage and shop are situate at the west end of the lane called Longe
Lane within the parish of St. Sepulchre in the suburbs of the City of
London: and all the said messuages and tenement lie in Longe Lane,
aforesaid in the said parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate.
All the said premises are held of the Queen in chief by knight's
service, but by what part of a knight's fee the jurors know not, and are
worth per ann., clear, £40.
Thomas Castell died 1 January, 24 Eliz. [1582]; Alice Crewes, wife
of Lancelot Crewes, is his kinswoman and next heir, viz., daughter of
Thomas Castell, senior, father of the said Francis Castell, father of the
said Thomas Castell [named in the writ], and was aged 40 years and
more at the time of the death of the said Thomas Castell.
Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 245, No. 53.
John Tamworth, Esquire.
Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 22 November, 28 Eliz.
[1585], before Stephen Slany, Mayor and escheator, after the
death of John Tamworth, esq., by the oath of Thomas Seawell, William
Crowche, Oliver Skynner, Edward Pilsworth, Robert Durrant, Stephen
Porter, Robert Saunders, Edward Katcher, Cuthbert Lee, Richard
Milles, James Tailor, Christopher Askwith, Henry Earsley and William
Harvye, who say that
John Tamworth was seised in his demesne as of fee tail, to him
and the heirs male of his body of 1 capital messuage in the parish of
St. Botolph without Aldesgate in the suburbs of the City of London;
15 other messuages, 14 gardens and 2 alleys in the said parish of St.
Botolph; the manor of Norton in co. Radnor and divers lands and
tenements in Norton; the 4th part of a house newly built upon a close
called St. Mary Close in Clerkenwell in co. Middlesex, and upon the
high way lying in a certain street called St. John's Street in Clerkenwell; the 4th part of the ground whereupon the said house is built;
and the 4th part of the water course and viaduct there.
The said John Tamworth and Dorothy his wife were seised to them
and the heirs of the said Dorothy in right of the said Dorothy of the
reversion after the death of Elizabeth Mullyns, wife of Michael Mullyns,
knight, of the moiety of all that lordship or manor of Sherfield Super
Lodon in co. Southampton and certain lands in Sherfield called
Downes Landes; and of the reversion after the death of the said Elizabeth of the manors of Cardington and Escottes in co. Bedford, except
2 water mills late in the tenure of John Wolriche, and certain closes
or pastures called Longfeildes and Huntresfeilds in Cardington and
Escottes.
The said John and Dorothy were seised in their demesne as of fee,
to them and the heirs of the said Dorothy in her right of the said 2
water mills and the said closes or pastures called Longfeilds and
Huntresfeilds, and of the whole barony of Bedford.
So seised, an indenture was made 20th October, 32 Eliz. [1590]
between the said John Tamworth of Haltsted in co. Leicester, esq.,
and Dorothy wife of the said John and sole daughter and heir of
Thomas Colbie, esq., deceased, of the one part, and Thomas Farmor of
the Middle Temple, London, esq., and John Lutwich of Lincoln's Inn
in co. Middlesex, gent., of the other part, whereby the said John Tamworth agreed that before the end of 1 year next ensuing he by fine
would assure to the said Thomas Farmer and John Lutwich the lordship or manor of Hallsted and the rectory and parsonage of Tylton, and
the rectories and parsonages of Halsted, Tylton and Marfield South
with their rights and members, in co. Leicester, to the late dissolved
Priory of Launde sometime belonging, also all those his lands and
tenements in Tylton and Halsted, sometime parcel of the lands of the
late dissolved monastery of St. James near Northampton, the advowsons, gifts and rights of patronage of the vicarages of the parish Churches
of Halsted and Tylton, and all the messuages, mills, lands, commons,
woods, tithes, rents, fees, leets, &c., &c., in Halsted, Tilton, Marfield
South and Whadboroughe in co. Leicester: and that by another fine he
would assure to them all the barony of Bedford and the manors of
Cardington and Escottes alias Cotton, lying in the fields, parishes and
precincts of Cardington in co. Bedford, and the several fishings in the
water and river of Owse on both sides of the said river as well in
Newenham al[ia]s Newneham as in Cardington Escotes al[ia]s Cotton, Fenlake and Harowden, and all the messuages, mills, farms, lands, rents,
woods, commons, waters, rivers, fishings, warrens, courts leet, &c., &c.,
lying in Cardington, &c., or elsewhere in England wherein the said
Dorothy has any right in possession or remainder; the moiety of the
lordship or manor of Sherfield al[ia]s Shirfield upon Lodon in co. Southampton, and the moiety of all the messuages, lands, warren, park,
"deare," rents, &c., to the said manor of Sherfield belonging, together
with the moiety of those lands and tenements in Sherfield called
Downes, and all other the messuages, lands and tenements in Sherfield, Brameley, Basing, Cowich, Silchester, Stratford Saye, — Stratfeld Mortymer, Turgis, Hartley, Odyham and Rotherwick in co.
Southampton, late the inheritance of the said Thomas Colbye. And it
is further agreed that the said Thomas Fermor and John Lutwich and
their heirs shall be seised of the said premises to the uses following,
viz., all the lands in Halsted and Tylton hereafter particularly mentioned,
that is, the close or pasture called the Lounde late in the tenure of
Thomas Cotton, esq., the field or pasture called the Sladfeild late in the
tenure of Valentyne Allen, George Lightfoote and Thomas Stanford, the
field called the Brooke field late in the occupation of Roger Smythe, esq.,
the field called Newfeild in the tenure of the said Thomas Cotton—to
the use of the said Dorothy Tamworth for her natural life for her
jointure. And as to all the residue of the said lordship and manor of
Halsted and the parsonages of Halsted and Tylton, and all other the
messuages, lands and tenements there—to the use of the said Dorothy
during her natural life; and after her decease then as to all the said
premises so limited to the said Dorothy to the use of the said John
Tamworth for his life; after his decease, to the use of Arthur Tamworth, 2nd son of the said John and Dorothy, and of the heirs male of
his body; for default, to the use of such other son of the said John and
Dorothy as shall be born and the heirs male of his body; for default,
then to the use of the heirs male of the body of the said John Tamworth by any other wife whom he shall marry after the decease of the
said Dorothy; for default, to the use of Colbie Tamworth and the heirs
male of his body; for default, to the use of the first son of the body of
Henry Tamworth, brother of the said John, and of the heirs male of his
body; for default, then to the use successively in tail male of the 2nd,
3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th sons of the said Henry; for default, to the use
of the heirs male of the body of the said Henry; for default, to the use
of the 1st son of the body of Christopher Tamworth, another of the
brothers of the said son and of his heirs male; for default, then to the
use successively in tail male of the 2nd to the 6th sons of the said
Christopher; for default, to the use of the heirs male of the body of the
said Christopher; for default, to the use of the heirs female of the
bodies of the said John and Dorothy; for default, to the use of the
heirs of their bodies; and lastly, for default, to the use of the right heirs
of the said John Tamworth for ever, provided always that if the said
John and Arthur Tamworth shall die without heirs male of their bodies,
the said Dorothy being alive, that then the said fines concerning the
said premises in co. Leicester shall be and the cognizees therein shall
be seised of the close called Tamworth close late in the tenure of John
Frysbye, the close called Honye land near to the Pynfold in Halsted in
the tenure of Anne Turnor, widow, a close called Paradize late in the
tenure of John Walker, and 1 close called the Cawsey close in Halsted
and of the tithes of corn and grain in Halsted, Tylton and Marfield to
the use of the said Dorothy for her life and afterwards to the uses before
mentioned [here follows numerous other agreements and provisoes].
Afterwards, to wit, in the octaves of St. Martin, 33 Eliz. [1590], the
said John and Dorothy by fine conveyed the moiety of the manor of
Sherfeild super Loden . . . (fn. 1) and Escotes and the barony and other the
premises in co. Bedford and the said mills . . . and the heirs of the
said Thomas for ever: which said fine was levied to the uses specified
in the said indenture. . . .
The said John Tamworth was seised in his demesne as of fee of
the manor or lordship of Halsted in co. Leicester and of divers lands
and tenements in Halsted, Tylton, Marfield South and Whatborough
in co. Leicester.
So seised, an indenture was made 23 December, 33 Eliz. [1590],
between the said John Tamworth of Halsted and the said Thomas
Fermor and John Lutwich, whereby after reciting the said Indenture of
20 October, 32 Eliz., the said John agrees that he before the end of 1
whole year by fine will convey to the said Thomas Fermor and John
Lutwich the said last mentioned premises, and the rectories and parsonages of Halsted, Tylton, Marefield South and Whatborough, and all the
messuages, lands, mills, &c., &c., thereto belonging, to the use of the
said Dorothy Tamworth wife of the said John for her natural life in the
name of her jointure, with remainders as above. [The provisoes cover
2 very large membranes.]
The said Arthur Tamworth died at London in the lifetime of the
said John without issue of his body.
The messuage and other the premises in London are held of the.
Queen in chief by knight's service, and are worth per ann., clear, during
the life of a certain Christiana Tamworth, widow, 1 grain of pepper and
not more by reason of a prior demise thereof made to the said Christiana,
and after her decease they will be worth per ann., clear, £13 6s. 8d., of
whom or by what service the 4th part of the house and other the
premises in co. Middlesex are held the jurors know not: they are worth
per ann., clear, 12d. The moiety of the manor of Sherfield and of other
the premises in co. Southampton is held of the Queen in chief by the
great serjeanty of being marshall of the courtesans (meretricibz) in the
King's household, and of dismembering condemned malefactors and of
measuring the gallons and bushells in the King's household, and is
worth during the life of the said Elizabeth Mullins, who still survives,
nothing, and after her decease it will be worth per ann., clear, 66s. 8d.
The manors of Cardington and Escottes, the said barony and other the
premises in co. Bedford are held of the Queen in chief by knight's
service, and are worth, except the said mills and closes called Longfield
and Huntresfield, during the life of the said Dorothy nothing, and after
her decease £13 6s. 8d. The said mills and closes in co. Bedford are
worth per ann., clear, £6 13s. 4d. The manor of Norton and other the
premises in co. Radnor are held of the Queen in chief by knight's service,
and are worth per ann., clear, £45. The manor of Halsted and other
the premises in co. Leicester are held of the Queen in chief by the 100th
part of a knight's fee, and are worth per ann., during the lifetime of the
said Dorothy, nothing, and afterwards £67.
John Tamworth died at London 18 February, 36 Eliz. [1594], the
said Colbie Tamworth is his only son and next heir, and was aged 8
years on the 7th day of April last past.
The said Dorothy Tamworth still survives.
Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 246, No. 112.
Thomas Whitebrooke, Gentleman.
Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 5 January, 38 Eliz. [1596],
before Stephen Slany, Mayor and escheator, after the death of
Thomas Whitebrooke, gent., by the oath of Thomas Sewell, William
Harvie, William Crowche, Hugh Leighe, James Robinson, Hugh Ingraham, Robert Durant, Robert Saunders, Stephen Porter, Andrew
Feilde, Humphrey Hooper, Richard Milles, Henry Best and Henry
Earsley, who say that
Long before the death of the said Thomas Whitebrooke, a certain
Thomas Lownde, late citizen and grocer of London, deceased, grandfather of the said Thomas Whitebrooke, was seised in his demesne as
of fee of 1 capital messuage or hospice, called the George in Lumberdstreete in the parish of St. Edmund; 2 messuages situate in the said
parish of St. Edmund on the west part of the said capital messuage; 2
other messuages in the said parish of St. Edmund on the east part of
the said capital messuage, now or late in the tenure of Robert Decreo (?);
1 messuage with sollars, cellars, buildings, &c., called the Corner Howse
and now called the Signe of the Bell, lying in the parish of St. Mary
Magdalene, London, at the end of the street called Milkestreete, and in
the street called Cheapside on the west side of the said Milkestreete,
late in the tenure of Leonard Docester; 1 garden with a house built
thereupon, lying in the parish of St. Giles without Creplegate, London,
late in the tenure of Rowland Watson.
So seised, the said Thomas Lownde made his will the 17th day of
May, 7 Edw. 6 [1553], and thereby bequeathed the said tenements to
Catherine, then his wife, for the term of her life, the remainder, after her
decease to Margaret Lownde, daughter of the said Thomas, and to the
heirs of her body; for default, the remainder thereof to the Mayor and
Chamberlain of the City of London and to the governors of the Hospital
of St. Bartholomew in West Smithfield and their successors for ever
for the relief and maintenance of the poor in the said hospital.
Afterwards the said Thomas Lownde died so seised in London, after
whose death the said Katherine entered into the said premises. While
the said Katherine was so thereof seised the said Margaret married
John Whitebrooke, gent., and they had issue the said Thomas Whitebrooke (named in the writ) and John Whitebrooke.
The said Margaret died 21 November, 22 Eliz. [1579], after her
death the said remainder descended to the said Thomas Whitebrooke
as her son and heir.
The said Thomas died within the age of 21, without issue of his
body, during the lifetime of the said Katherine, after whose death the
said remainder descended to the said John Whitebrooke, junior, as
brother and next heir of the said Thomas.
The said Katherine died 12 August, 34 Eliz. [1592], and after her
death all the said premises descended to the said John Whitebrooke,
junior.
The capital messuage called the George in Lumbertstreet and the
messuages lying on the west and east sides thereof are held of the Queen
by fealty only in free burgage of the City of London and not in chief,
and are worth per ann., clear, £8. The messuage called the Corner
House, now the Sign of the Bell in Milkstreet is held in free burgage,
and is worth per ann., clear, £4. The garden with the house thereupon
built in the parish of St. Giles without Creplegate are held of the Queen
by fealty only in free burgage and not in chief, and are worth per ann.,
clear, 26s. 8d.
Thomas Whitebrooke died 8 August, 29 Eliz. [1587], the said John
Whitebrooke, junior, is his brother and next heir, and was then aged
13 years and 7 months.
Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 246, No. 126.
Hester Wotton.
Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 22 December, 39 Eliz. [1596],
before Thomas Skynner, Mayor and escheator, after the death
of Hester Wotton, late the wife of Edward Wotton, esq., now knight,
by the oath of Thomas Sewell, William Crouch, Andrew Feilde, Robert
Durant, Michael Crouche, Humphrey Hooper, Richard Mylles, Henry
Best, John Adlyn, Edward Catcher, Henry Earsley, James Fell, Peter
Noxon, Edward Pilsworthe, Hugh Ingram, Robert Saunders, Christopher Askwithe and William Harvie, who say that
Hester Wotton long before and at the time of her death was seised
in her demesne as of fee-tail, viz. to her and the heirs of her body of 1
large messuage situate in the street called St. Mary at Axe, late in the
parish of the Blessed Mary at Axe and now in the parish of St. Andrew
Undershaft within the City of London, and 1 large garden thereto adjoining, which said messuage and garden were in the occupation of the
said Edward Wotton at the time of the death of the said Hester; 1
other messuage and 1 cottage in the said street, and 1 garden thereto
adjoining lying on the north part of the said large messuage; a certain
parcel of land now being a garden and orchard, late in the said parish
of St. Mary at Axe and now in that of St. Andrew Undershaft lying on
the south part of the said large messuage, upon which said parcel of
land, now a garden and orchard, 3 messuages with gardens and orchards,
yards and wells belonging to the said messuages were situated, and
were formerly in the tenure of Thomas Wittingham, citizen, barbersurgeon and surgeon of London, and are now in that of the said
Edward Wotton, knight; also the house and site of the late abbey or
monastery of Bella Landa alias Byland in Biland in co. York, now dissolved, and all the messuages, houses, granges, stables, barns, &c., &c.,
within the site and precinct of the said abbey; 1 water mill within the
site of the said late monastery, and 1 small close of land to the said
mill adjoining, containing by estimation 2½ a., and 1 dovecote being
within the said close; 1 close of land called Backhowse garth, containing 3 a. to the said mill adjoining; 1 other close of land and
pasture called Bailiff Ing. containing 2 a.; 1 close of land, meadow and
pasture called Thabbott Ing, containing 3 a.; 1 close of land and
pasture called Waitgarth, containing 2 a.; 1 close of land and pasture
called Banke Ing, containing 4½ a.; 1 house or cottage called Caltarhouse and 2 closes of land thereto adjacent; 1 meadow called Caltarhowse Ing, containing 4 a.; 1 meadow called Appulgarth containing 4
a.; 1 orchard and 1 small close of land, closely adjoining the said
orchard, containing 1 a.; 1 meadow called Hol Ing, containing 6 a.; 1
close of land or pasture called Horse londe, containing 3 a.; 1 meadow
called Chappell garth containing 1½ a.; 1 close of land or pasture called
Rede Myers containing 3 a.; 1 close of land and pasture called the
Orchard, containing 8 a., adjoining the room which was late of the
Abbot of the said monastery; 1 close of land called Southseller Ing,
containing 2½ a.; 1 close of land called Smithie garth containing 1 a. in
the parish of Cuckolde in the said county of York; 1 messuage called
Newhowse in the said parish of Cuckolde, with all the orchards, gardens,
curtilages, lands, waters, fishings, &c., in the said parish of Cuckolde or
elsewhere to the said messuage in any way belonging; 1 close of land
called Newlathfeild containing 40 a.; 1 meadow called Cloughkeldbuske
containing 3 a.; 1 close of land and pasture called Conygarthfeld containing 20 a.; 1 close of pasture called Conygarth leez containing 10
a.; 1 close of land called Litlefeilde containing 4 a., 1 small close of
waste land containing ½ a. to the said close called Litlefelde adjoining;
1 close of pasture called Render Close containing 5 a., and 1 close of
land called Synkliffe close containing 1½ a. in the said parish of Cuckolde; 2 fishings in the rivers called Kilbourne River and Synkliffe
River in the parish of Kilbourne and Cuckolde in the said county; 2
small messuages or cottages there and 1 small close of land thereto
adjoining containing ½ a. of land in the said parishes; 1 close of land
and pasture called Hogesons wiffes close containing 4 a.; 1 close of
arable land called Tiler Marre containing 5 a.; 1 close of land called
Olestedfeilde, containing 10 a. of land; 1 meadow called Helome Ing,
containing 13 a.; 1 wood called Helome Hagge; 1 wood called Hoode
Hagge; 1 wood called Lymekyln Hagge with the lands and grounds of
the said woods in the said parish of Cuckolde; 1 close of pasture called
Turnpyngstanke containing 1 a.; 1 meadow called Stanke containing 2
a.; 1 meadow called Thourneclose containing 3 a.; 1 wood called
Thabbye Banke; 1 wood called Pipedale; 1 wood called Londe Banke;
1 wood called Duckedale; 1 wood called Kydderstie banke; 1 wood
called Cheritree Slake; 1 wood called Esshet; 1 wood called Wane
parke, 1 wood or le Skare, called great Burtostis; 1 small wood or le
Hagge called Calff Parke; 1 other wood called Robinsons Hagge; 1
wood called Sproxton Hagge; and 1 large wood called le Parke with all
the lands and grounds of the same lying in the said parish of Cuckolde;
1 meadow called Skymerlande, containing 3½ a.; 1 meadow called Benfelde containing 5 a.; 1 close of land called great Lawnde containing
11 a.; 1 meadow called le Holte containing 8 a.; 1 meadow called
Walkemill damme containing 4 a.; all the wood called Westhagge
containing 20 a.; and 1 wood called Came shed containing 4 a., together with all the lands and grounds of the said woods in the said
parish of Cuckolde; also the grange and tenement called Newsted
grange in the said parish of Kilbourne, with all the lands, tenements,
meadows, &c., to the said grange belonging; 1 close of land called
Calfe close containing 2 a.; 1 close of land and pasture called Mere
close containing 40 a.; 1 close of land and pasture containing 5 a. at
le Washinge Stane; 1 close of land called Litlefeilde containing 7 a.,
lying behind the house there; 1 close of land and pasture called Rigwey Ing containing 10 a.; and all that wood called Rigwey Hagge with
the land and soil of the said wood in the said parish of Kilbourne; 1
close of land and pasture called Stothill containing 8 a.; 1 close of land
and meadow called Hanerfelde containing 5 a.; and all that wood called
Crackling with the land and soil of the said wood in the said parish of
Kilbourne; 1 close of land lying under the barns there and 1 parcel of
land thereto belonging, lying within the lane there, containing 4 a.; 1
meadow called Wasse Ing and 1 wood called Est Cawcardale in the
said parish of Kilbourne; 1 tenement, 1 fulling mill and 1 close of land
called Walkemill close; 1 close of land called Crackling Ing; 1 close
of land called High close; 1 close of land called Tenter close; 1 close
of land called Laning leading towards the said late monastery; 1 other
close of land called Lane Ing leading towards Cracling close; and 2
small orchards and 1 small close of land called little Tenter close,
formerly demised to Robert Roper and Agnes his wife in the said parish
of Cuckolde; all that tenement or grange of Est cambe in the said
parish of Kilbourne, with all the lands, tenements, meadows, &c., thereto
belonging; 3 closes of arable land and 1 meadow called Northte Ing;
and all the other closes of land and meadow called Snawe Ing, Lath
garth, South Ing, Calff close, Bere (?) close, Stilerig Pipedale close and
Abbey Banke, and all that le Hollin and common in Sneverstie, and
all those closes of land lying within Thorpe and Willowes called Pill
the waite Rigweye leez le Throughe Thorpe Stabling and Chafer close;
2 closes of land, meadow and pasture called lez . . . and 1 other close
of land and pasture [called] Howethwaite Ing in the said parish of
Kilbourne, formerly demised to James Foxe; all that grange or tenement called West cambe in Kilbourne, formerly demised to James
Moysier, with all the lands, &c., therewith demised; all those closes of
land called Litle Ing, Brode Ing and Dere bolte, 2 small closes of
arable land parcel of Dere bolte, 1 other close of land called Tuppclose, 1 close of pasture called Bent close, 1 parcel of land called
Smithie Grene in Cawkardale Hagges, and all that wood called Westcawkardale with the commons thereof in Kilbourne aforesaid; 1 messuage called Cowhowse situate in Oldstede in the said parish of
Kilborne; 1 meadow called Barbourclosse, containing 3 a.; 1 meadow
containing 4 a., lying near and before the gate of the said messuage
called Cowhowse; 1 close of land and pasture called Collierhowse close
containing 5 a.; and 1 other close of land and pasture called Higheclose,
containing 3 a.; 4 a. of meadow in Helome Ing; 1 small le Hagge and
the wood and pasture called Maltehowse Banke and 1 other close of
pasture called Cowclosse; 1 small hill or piece of land and pasture
called Skalehill; 1 close of pasture called Drape leez containing 20 a.;
1 close of pasture called Hagg leez, containing 10 a.; 1 wood called
Middlebarghe containing 12 a., with the land and soil thereof, 3 a. of
meadow called Helome Ing in Oldstede in Kilbourne aforesaid; all
that messuage or grange called Oldstede, with the lands, &c, thereto
belonging in Kilbourne aforesaid; 1 messuage called Whitestone Cote;
1 meadow lying next or near that messuage; 1 small close of land in
the parish of Keyrbie in co. York; the 1st crop of 7 a. of meadow in
Skaling Ing in the parish of Thirste in the said county belonging to
the said tenement called Whitestone Cote; all that messuage called
Old Byland Cote in the parish of Old Bylande in the said county; 1
close of land called Gylgarthes; 1 close of pasture called Lounne
close; 1 close of land and meadow called Tuppinge, 1 close of land and
pasture lying in 3 several parcels called Essheburie Closse and the 1st
crop of 1½ a. of meadow within the close called Raines, and with
pasture for 4 beasts, and all the common there in the said parish of
Old Bilande, with all the lands, &c., to the said messuage called Old
Bilande Cote belonging; all those woods and underwoods called Essheburie Hagges and Raines in the said parish of Old Bilande; all that
messuage called Cornemill in the town of Old Bilande; 1 close of land
and pasture called Curdall Inges; 1 messuage near the cemetery of Old
Bilande together with 1 toft and 1 croft thereto adjoining; 1 close of
land and meadow called Marie Ing; 1 close of land and meadow called
Skawton Ing; 2 closes of land and pasture called leez Raynes; all that
wood and woodland called le Raynes, and of land and wood called
Kidbanke; all that wood called le Hagge, with the land and soil of the
same; 1 half acre of meadow in Toune Inne (?) closes, and 1 parcel of
meadow in Oxendale, in Old Bylande, together with pasture for 1 beast
in the Ox pasture, and half 1 bovate of land in each field there, together
with common of pasture to the said premises belonging, all those lands,
meadows, woods, &c., formerly demised to Robert Powton being now or
late in his tenure in the town of Old Bylande; 1 meadow called le
fiftene acres lying in le Flatt in a certain field called le Estfeilde of
Iselbecke in the parish of Thurkilbie (?); all those lands called le
leez late in the tenure of William Fulthorpe in the parish of Thurkilbie
aforesaid; the manor of Oswaldkirke in co. York; 12 messuages, 20
cottages, 3 tofts, 1 dovecote, 10 barns, 34 gardens, 10 orchards, 100 a.
of land, 50 a. of meadow, 150 a. of pasture, 200 a. of wood, 200 a. of
furze and heath and 10s. rent in Oswaldkirke and Stangrave; and
common of pasture for all beasts there; 10 a. of land, and 8 a. of
meadow in Stangrave; 2 messuages, 20 a. of land, 12 a. of meadow
and 40 a. of pasture in Southbourne; and 1 cottage, 1 garden, and 8 a.
of land and meadow in Bidlonne.
So seised, the said Hester had issue by the said Edward Wootton
her husband, Pickeringe Wootton, Thomas Wootton and Philippa
Wootton now the wife of Edward Bacon, esq., who still survive at
London.
The large messuage and the large garden thereto adjoining lying in
the street called St. Mary at Axe and now in the said parish of St.
Andrew Undershaft are held of the Queen in chief, viz., by the 10th
part of 1 knight's fee and by the yearly rent of 5s. 3d., and are worth
per ann., clear, £4. The other messuage and 1 cottage and 1 garden
in the said parish are held of the Queen in free burgage of the City of
London, and are worth per ann., clear, 20s. The said parcel of land
now an orchard and the 3 messuages thereupon built in the said parish
are held of the Queen in free burgage of the City of London and are
worth per ann., clear, 20s. The house and site of the said late Abbey
or monastery of Bellalanda alias Bilande and all the said manors,
granges, lands, woods, &c., in Cuckolde, Kilbourne, Kirbie, Thurske,
Old Bilande and Thurkelbie are held of the Queen in chief by the
service of the 10th part of a knight's fee, and paying yearly for the said
house and site, the tenement called Newhowse, the grange, messuage
and tenement of Estcambe and Westcambe, the grange called Oldestede Cote, the tenement called Cowhouse, and all the said messuages,
lands, &c., in Cuckolde and Kilbourne 74s. 11d.; for the said tenement
called Whitestone Cote and the said lands thereto belonging 2s.; for
the messuage called Olde Bilande and the lands thereto belonging, and
the wood called Assheburie Hagge 4s.; for the messuage called Cornemill and the lands thereto belonging and the wood called le Raines in
Old Bilande 6s.; for the said meadow called leez fiftene acres, and le
leez in Iselbecke in the said parish of Thurkilbie 4s. The said house
and site of the said late abbey of Bella landa, and all the granges,
messuages, lands, &c., in Cuckolde, Kilbourne, Kirbye, Thurske, Old
Bilande and Thurkilbie are worth per ann., clear, £38. The manor of
Oswalkirke, and the said 10 messuages, &c., in Oswaldkirke and Stangrave, the common of pasture for all beasts in Oswaldkirke and Blackmore and the advowson of the Church of Oswaldkirke are held of
Edward Earl of Rutland by knight's service, and are worth per ann.,
clear, £13 6s. 8d. The 10 a. of land, &c., in Stangrave are held of the
Queen as of her manor of Stangrave by fealty and rent, and are worth
per ann., clear, 5s. The premises in Southbourne are held of the Queen
in chief by knight's service and are worth per ann., clear, £3 7s. 8d.
Hester Woolton died 8 May, 34 Eliz.; the said Pickeringe Wootton
is her son and next heir, and was then aged 9 years and more. Immediately after the death of the said Hester the said Edward Wootton
entered into all the said premises and was thereof seised in his demesne
as of free tenement for the term of his life by the "curtisie of Englande" and took and still takes the profits thereof: the said Edward
still survives in London.
Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 248, No. 47.