Holdings
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Great Orton, 1/3 manor, held
as a whole of
Richard
Kyrkbryde
,
service unknown. There is a capital messuage, worth
nothing yearly above maintenance; an adjacent garden, worth 2s. yearly; 2 carucates of
demesne land, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20
messuages held by various tenants at terms of years, each demised for 12d. yearly; 8
cottages held by various tenants at terms of years, each demised for 8d. yearly; 8
carucates of land, held at terms of years by the tenants of the messuages and cottages,
each demised for 13s. 4d. yearly; a vachery called ‘le Bowgh’, worth 26s. 8d. yearly;
400 a. moor, worth nothing yearly as common pasture for the tenants of the vill of
Great
Orton; 200 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above the fee of the keeper because there is no
cuttable wood, the herbage is worth nothing yearly, and it cannot be demised to anyone;
and perquisites of a court, worth nothing yearly above the fee of the steward and clerk.
The manor is burdened with £8 rent, payable to
Ralph
Blanerhayset
, still living, at
Pentecost and Martinmas equally, which £8 is deducted from the total sum.
Great Orton,
1/3 advowson of the church. The next presentation belongs to the heirs of
William
Legh,
knight
. The current chaplain is
William
Shortered
.
Wiggonby, 1/3 manor, held as a whole
of
Thomas, Lord Dacre
,
service unknown. There is a capital messuage with various ruinous
houses, worth nothing yearly above maintenance; an adjacent garden, worth 2s. yearly; 2
carucates of arable demesne, each worth 10s. yearly; 6 a. demesne meadow, each acre
worth 8d. yearly; 8 messuages, held by various tenants at terms of years, each demised
for 12d. yearly; 2 cottages, each demised for 8d. yearly; 4 carucates of land, held by
various tenants at terms of years, each demised for 10s. yearly; 200 a. moor, worth
nothing yearly because it is common pasture; and perquisites of court, worth nothing
yearly above the fee of the steward and clerk.
Carlisle, 1/3 messuage in the city, held
as a whole of the king in
free burgage, as all the city is held, worth 6s. 8d.,
and rendering 2d. house-gavel yearly to the king on the feast of St Peter
in Chains.
Stainton within the barony of Greystoke, a third of the following: 10 messuages, each
demised for 12d. yearly; 3 carucates of land, held by various tenants at terms of years,
each demised for 13s. 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, held by various tenants at terms of
years, each acre demised for 12d. yearly; and 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly but its
herbage worth 3s. 4d. yearly, held of the king
in chief as
1/28 knight’s fee and
rendering
3s. 6d. cornage to the king’s exchequer at
Carlisle.n179
There is common
pasture for all his animals and 1/3 common pasture for the animals of men of
Stainton,
worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
[1]+He held the whole of the manors, advowson, messuages, land,
meadow, wood, and pasture in common with
John
Midelton, chevalier
, and Joan his wife,
both still living, and
John
Belasseys
and Alice his wife, also both still living:
William held his third from his own inheritance, and
John
Midelton
and Joan, and
John
Belasseys
and Alice held the other two parts, in respective right of Joan and Alice.+[1]
He held the following in common as above with
John
Midelton
and Joan his wife, and
John
Belasseys
and Alice his wife, in demesne as of fee.
Waverton, one messuage, 3 a. land,
and one acre of meadow, worth 2s. yearly. Of whom they are held and by what service,
unknown.
He held the following jointly
n180 with Isabel his wife, still living, to them
and the heirs of their bodies, by grant of
William
Legh, knight
, to William, named in
the writ, and Isabel. The grant was made by indented charter, dated at
Carlisle on
5 February 1424 and shown to the jurors. William and Isabel were
described as
William
Legh, knight
, son of
William
Legh, knight
, and Isabel his wife,
daughter of
Robert
Louther, knight
. The lands were described as all his lands and
tenements held severally in
Blindcrake by
William
Scott
,
John
Taillour
,
William
Parott
,
Robert
Stell
,
William
Shepherd
,
John
Wylson
Shepherd,
William
Raper
,
Thomas
Husthwayt
,
William
Benson
,
John
Raper
,
William
Northend
,
John
Marshall
,
John
Shepherd
,
John
Northend
,
John
Wylson
Bernard
,
William
Robynson
,
William
Redemane
[ms faded],
Nicholas
Thomson
,
Thomas
Shepherd
,
Agnes
Patonwys
, Joan daughter of
Thomas
Robynson
,
William
Vllayk
, and
Edward
Plumland
; all his lands and tenements lately held severally of him by
Patrick
Story
,
William
Shepherd
, and
John
Thomson
; certain
wastes called
‘Blencrakemore’; and reasonable estovers, viz., ‘husbute’ and ‘haybute’, in his park of
Isel
by view of the keeper of the same.
Blindcrake, 20 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 4
cottages, each worth 8d. yearly; 300 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each
acre worth 12d. yearly; and 600 a. moor, worth nothing yearly as common pasture. The
estovers are worth 2s. yearly. The messuages etc. are parcel of the manor of
Isel and, with
the manor, are held of
Thomas, Lord Dacre
, by
homage and service of rendering
33s. 4d.
at Michaelmas to Thomas and his heirs.
Blindcrake, 4 marks rent taken from the mill,
called ‘Isalemylne’, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas equally. The mill is parcel of the
manor of
Isel and worth 13s. 4d. yearly above the rent.
He held the following in demesne as
of fee.
Isel, the manor, with members and appurtenances extending to
Blindcrake,
Isel,
Sunderland,
Redmain,
Ward
Hall
,
Plumbland, and
Bassenthwaite. With the messuages, cottages,
land, meadow, and moor in
Blindcrake [above], it is held of
Thomas, Lord Dacre
, by
homage
and service of rendering
33s. 4d. yearly at Michaelmas to Thomas and his heirs. There is the
manorial site with a tower and other houses, worth nothing yearly above maintenance; 2
carucates of demesne land, each worth 20s. yearly; 40 a. demesne meadow, each acre worth 4d.
yearly; a park called ‘le Newpark’, its herbage worth 6s. 8d. yearly and no more above the
parker’s fee and maintaining the beasts; and a park called ‘le Aldepark’ in which there are
15 dwellings, each with a small close, each dwelling and close worth 6s. 8d. yearly. There
are 100 a. wood outside the parks, worth nothing yearly above the keeper’s fee because there
is no cuttable wood; 28s. 8 1/2d. taken yearly from the following free tenants who held of
William
and his heirs by
homage,
fealty,
cornage and
suit of court, viz., from
Richard
Redemane
and his heirs for a tenement in
Redmain, 4s. 4d. yearly; from
William
Dykys
and his
heirs for a tenement in
Ward
Hall
, 13s. yearly; from
James
Kelom
and Katherine his wife, and
Eleanor, daughter of
Robert
Roos, knight
, for a tenement in
Plumbland, 6s. 8d. yearly; from
Robert
Warcop
for a tenement in
Blindcrake, 5d. yearly; from
William
Wynder
for a tenement
in
Blindcrake, 9 1/2d. yearly; and from
Thomas
Sandes
for a tenement in
Blindcrake, 3s. 6d.
yearly. There is also a court held every 3 weeks, worth 6s. 8d. yearly above the fees of the
steward and clerk; and a moiety of a weir and two free and several fisheries, worth 4s. 4d.
yearly, viz., the moiety of the weir is worth 3s. 4d. yearly, and each of the fisheries is
worth 6d. yearly. They are described below. There is the abovesaid mill of
Blindcrake called
‘Isalemylne’, worth 13s. 4d. yearly above the rent of 4 marks; and, in
Sunderland, there are
12 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 4 cottages, each worth 8d. yearly; 60 a. land, each
acre worth 3d. yearly; and 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly.
William and his
ancestors, lords of the manor of
Isel, and all others whose estate William and his ancestors
had, were successively seised in sole and free tenement of a moiety of a weir called
‘Vsegarth’ in
Bassenthwaite Lake from time immemorial by reason of their lordship in
Blindcrake,
Isel, and
Redmain. The moiety was held by William at the time of his death. It
extended from the northern side of Bassenthwaite Lake to the middle of the river and from
there to the issue and descent to
Derwent Water. The other half of the weir was held, by
reason of his honour and lordship, in sole and free tenement by
Henry, earl of
Northumberland
, lord
of the honour and lordship of
Cockermouth, on the southern side of
Bassenthwaite Lake to the middle of the river and from there to the descent to Derwent
Water.
William and his ancestors, lords and holders of the manor of Isel and the lordship of
Blencrake, Isale, and Redmain, were similarly seised from time immemorial, by reason of the
manor and lordship, of a free and several fishery in the moiety of
Bassenthwaite Lake on the
northern side, extending to the middle of the river from the higher end of the weir to the
descent and, from there, to the middle of
Derwent Water on the northern side, to the middle
of the river and, from there, to the boundaries between the lordship of
Blindcrake,
Isel,
and
Redmain, and the lordship of
Bridekirk. They freely and peacefully took and had, and so
should they, as parcel of the manor of Isel and the lordship of Blindcrake, Isel, and
Redmain, a moiety of whatever fish were taken in whatever way at the weir, at the descent to
Derwent Water, and at the lower side of the weir, and also salmon and eels, and all manner
of fish in the moiety of Derwent Water on the northern side, within the said limits and
bounds, just as the earl and his ancestors, lords of the honour and lordship of Cockermouth,
took and had the other moiety of fish caught at the sluice, at the descent, and at the lower
side of the weir, and also all manner of fish caught in the southern part of Derwent Water,
and so should they by reason of the honour and lordship of Cockermouth.
Long before his
death, he granted by charter £20 rent from the manors of
Isel,
Great Orton, and
Wiggonby,
the tenements in
Stainton, and from the manor of
Surlingham in Norfolk, to William his son,
and Isabel his wife, daughter of
John
Boulde, knight
, still living, for their lives, the
rent to be taken yearly at the feasts of Pentecost and Martinmas equally, with a clause of
distraint if it is not paid in part, or in total, within 40 days after any term of payment.
William, son, and Isabel were thus seised and possessed of the rent in demesne as of free
tenement long before the death of William, father, and at the time of his death.
