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WILLIAM LEGH , SON AND HEIR OF WILLIAM LEGH KNIGHT
334 Writ de etate probanda .‡ 8 May 1445. [Bate]. By royal grant [CFR 1437–45, pp. 115–16], the lands and tenements from his inheritance are in the custody of Thomas, lord Dacre , who is to be warned. [Dorse:] He was warned [date and place as below] by John Gilleslond , John Symson , William Harryson , and John Cook .
CUMBERLAND. Proof of age. Penrith. 18 May 1445. [Crakanthorp].
The jurors swear that he was born at Skelton on the feast of the Invention of the Cross [ 3 May ], and baptized in the church of Skelton, and was 21 and more on 3 May last. They know and recall this for the following reasons. Hugh Louther , aged 50 and more, was in the church to hear mass, and saw him baptized and lifted from the font. William Stapilton and Thomas Musgrave , each aged 60, separately examined, recall because Alice, daughter of Thomas Smyth , was espoused to John Tod in the same church on the day of the baptism. They were present at the espousals and saw the baptism.
William Louther of Rose and Robert Sandford, each aged 60 and more, separately examined, rode in the high way between Greystoke castle and the church of Skelton on the day of the baptism, and met various men and women carrying the heir to the church to be baptized.
Hugh Salkeld , and John Hoton of Penrith, each aged 50 and more, separately examined, recall because John Skot was buried in the same church on the day of the baptism. They were present to bury the body and saw William raised from the font. Robert Lancastre and Thomas More , each aged 46, recall because John Lamonby was killed by the king’s enemies the Scots at Skelton, and was buried at the same church on the day of the baptism. They were present for the burial and saw the baptism. Henry Stirkeland , aged 60 and more, on the day of the baptism jumped over a great ditch outside the cemetery of the church. He fell over and broke his right shin. Robert Salkeld , and William Louther of Crookdake, each aged 48 and more, separately examined, were at the church for a love-day concerning various disputes between John Lambert and Thomas Hudson . They brought them to agreement (ipsos ibidem concordaverunt) and saw William carried from the church after the baptism.
C 139/120/37 mm. 1–2