‹ E-CIPM 25-249: WILLIAM LEGH, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

He held the following in demesne as of fee tail to him and the heirs of his body. They are held of Thomas Dacre, Lord Dacre, knight , in socage by service of rendering an unmewed sparrow-hawk yearly for all services. He held them by grant of Henry Preston and William Sandes to his father, William Legh, chevalier , and Agnes his wife, and to the heirs of the body of William, father. The grant was made by a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Hilary 1417 [CP 25/1/169/185, no. 28], before Richard Norton and his associates, then king’s justices, between Henry Preston and William Sandes, querents , and William Legh and Agnes, deforciants . The manor, knights’ fees etc. were described as the manor of Surlingham and advowson of the church of Bramerton.

Holdings

He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. [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. He held the following jointlyⁿ¹⁸⁰ 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. He held the following in demesne as of fee. 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.

Holdings

He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. He held the whole rent of 40s. as 250+[1] in common with John Midelton and Joan his wife, and John Belasseys and Alice his wife.