Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
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− | ''Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire'' | + | '''Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire''' by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, Copyright 2010 |
==The Manor House== | ==The Manor House== | ||
− | DG39/212-13 | + | The Manor House was evidently in the hands of [[Thomas Smythe]] and his wife Margaret, when in 1562, for 280 pounds they sold it to [[Francis Cotton]]. Seven years later, in 1569, Francis Cotton and his wife Alice convey it to [[Brian Cave]] much improved. Brian Cave and his wife Bridget Skipwith[http://books.google.com/books?vid=0HrP2TKGW9XneD_m&id=oGMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22Brian+Cave%22], of Ingarsby, feoff the Manor to [[William Brocas]] in 1573. By 1590 when there is a recovery by [[John Gobart]], the manorlands have been much reduced, in fact it would appear perhaps that they have been divided in two albeit unequal portions. A few years later in 1593/4 John Gobart and his wife [[Lucy Smyth]] convey their interest to [[Erasmus Smyth]] and his son [[Roger Smyth]] for a total of 1600 pounds. In 1597, a pre-nuptial conveyence from Erasmus Smyth to his son Roger Smyth his bride [[Jane Heron]] and their issue. |
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+ | <pre>DG39/212-13 | ||
Creation dates: Easter Term 1562 | Creation dates: Easter Term 1562 | ||
Scope and Content | Scope and Content | ||
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(ii) Thomas Smythe gent. and his wife Margaret deforciants | (ii) Thomas Smythe gent. and his wife Margaret deforciants | ||
William and Richard Stokes gents. deforciants | William and Richard Stokes gents. deforciants | ||
− | + | (ii) to (i) manor of Bosworth, with 4 messuages, 3 cottages, 8 tofts, a watermill, a horse | |
− | (ii) to (i) manor of Bosworth, with 4 messuages, 3 cottages, 8 tofts, a watermill, a horse mill, a dovehouse, 10 gardens, 50a. land, 300a. meadow, 300a. of pasture, 20a. of wood with 200a. of furse and brushwood, etc. in Bosworth. | + | mill, a dovehouse, 10 gardens, 50a. land, 300a. meadow, 300a. of pasture, 20a. of wood with |
+ | 200a. of furse and brushwood, etc. in Bosworth. | ||
Consideration: £280. | Consideration: £280. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/214 | ||
+ | Creation dates: Easter Term 1569 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Final Agreement | ||
+ | (i) Brian Cave esq, querent. | ||
+ | (ii) Francis Cotton gent and his wife Alice, deforciants. | ||
+ | (ii) to (i) manor of Bosworth, with 6 messuages, 5 cottages, 12 tofts, 1 watermill, 1 windmill, | ||
+ | 1 horsemill, 1 dovehouse, 16 gardens, 400a. land, 300a. meadow, 400a. pasture, 4a. wood, 600a. | ||
+ | furse, with 40s. rent. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/217 | ||
+ | Creation dates: 12th December 1573; 25th December 1573 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Feoffment | ||
+ | (i) Brian Cave, esq., Ingarsby and his wife Bridget. | ||
+ | (ii) William Brocas, gent., Tur Langton and his wife Elizabeth. | ||
+ | (i) to (ii) Manor of Husbands Bosworth with appurtenances. | ||
+ | Witnesses: Francis Cotton, Thomas Storie, John Dalbye, Humfrey Harvey. | ||
+ | Endorsed with livery of seisin in the presence of Francis Cottone, Randall Ward, Thomas and | ||
+ | William Burdet, William Palle, Thomas Carter, Thomas Knight, John Rowlett. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/218 | ||
+ | Creation dates: 27th May 1590 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Exemplification of a Common Recovery | ||
+ | (i) Leonard Blanchard and Owen Lochard, tenants to the praecipe. | ||
+ | (ii) John Gobert gent, demandant. | ||
+ | (iii) William Brocas esq. and his wife Elizabeth, vouchees. | ||
+ | ----- the Manor of Husbands Bosworth, 2 messuages, 12 tofts, 1 watermill, 1 windmill, a | ||
+ | dovehouse, 6 gardens, 200a. land, 200a. meadow, 200a. pasture, 4a. wood, 600a. furse, 40s. rent. | ||
+ | Seal fragment. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/219 | ||
+ | Creation dates: 1st November 1593 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Bargain and Sale | ||
+ | (i) John Gobert, gent., Bosworth and his wife Lucy. | ||
+ | (ii) Erasmus Smyth, gent., Bosworth. | ||
+ | Roger Smyth son of Erasmus. | ||
+ | (i) to (ii) Manor of Husbands Bosworth with all appurtenances, with 12 yardlands etc. save 1 | ||
+ | rood of leys in Hall Lees sold to John Rowlett. | ||
+ | Witnesses: Richard Estwicke, James Smyth, Thomas Davenporte, David Chapman, Roger Haddon, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Erasmus Gille. | ||
+ | Signatures and seals of (i). | ||
+ | Consideration: £1300. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/220 | ||
+ | Creation dates: Easter 1594 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Final Agreement | ||
+ | (i) Erasmus Smyth esq. querents | ||
+ | Roger Smyth gent. querents | ||
+ | (ii) John Goberte gent. and his wife Lucy deforciants. | ||
+ | (ii) to (i) the manor of Husbands Bosworth with appurtenances, 3 messuages, 3 cottages, a | ||
+ | watermill, a windmill, a dovecote, 6 gardens, 200a. land., 100a. meadow, 100a. pasture, 300a. | ||
+ | furze, with 40s. rent. | ||
+ | Consideration £200. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/221 | ||
+ | Creation dates: 4th October 1597 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Marriage settlement | ||
+ | (i) Erasmus Smyth, esq., Husbands Bosworth. | ||
+ | (ii) Edward Heron, serjeant at law, Stamford, Lincs. | ||
+ | (iii) Roger Smyth, son of (i). | ||
+ | Jane Heron, daughter of (ii). | ||
+ | ----- whereas a marriage is intended between (iii), now (i) conveys to (ii) Manor of Bosworth | ||
+ | with appurtenances with the capital messuage, to the use of (i) for life, then to (iii) and | ||
+ | their heirs. | ||
+ | ----- recital of grants of annuities of £50 to Jane and £100 to Roger by (i) by deeds of | ||
+ | |||
+ | previous day. | ||
+ | Witnesses: Robert Lawsonn, John Gobert. | ||
+ | Signature and seal of Edward Heron. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/222 | ||
+ | Creation dates: Martinmas 1607 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Final Agreement | ||
+ | (i) Sir William Smyth querent. | ||
+ | (ii) Roger Smyth, esq. and his wife Anne deforciants | ||
+ | Walter Halliley, gent and his wife Elizabeth. deforciants | ||
+ | (ii) to (i) the manor of Bosworth with appurtenances, 4 messuages, 8 cottages, 2 mills, 1 | ||
+ | dovecote, 300a. land, 50a. meadow, 300a. pasture, 1a. wood, 30a. furze, with the advowson of | ||
+ | Bosworth church | ||
+ | ----- 10 messuages, 2 cottages, a stable in St. Botolph by Aldgate, London. | ||
+ | ----- 8 messuages, 14 cottages, a mill, 2 barns, 10 stables, 45 gardens, 42a. pasture, in | ||
+ | |||
+ | Whitechapel and Stebinheath, Middlesex. | ||
+ | Consideration: £640. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Reference: DG39/223 | ||
+ | Creation dates: Trinity 1617 | ||
+ | Scope and Content | ||
+ | Final Agreement | ||
+ | (i) George Walker, gent, querent. | ||
+ | (ii) Roger Smith esq. and Ann his wife, deforciants. | ||
+ | (ii) to (i) the manor of Boresworth with appurtenances and of one messuage, 2 cottages, 2 | ||
+ | watermills, a dovecote, 2 gardens, 120 acres of land, 50 acres meadow, 100 acres of pasture | ||
+ | and 100 acres of furze and heath and five shillings rent with rent of a pound of pepper and a | ||
+ | pound of cinnamon and view of frankpledge but not the advowson of the church of Boresworth. | ||
+ | Consideration: £320. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
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+ | [[Category:England]] |