Part 2
(=1414-15=) Sunday in the feast of the purification of the blessed Mary (2nd February), in the 2nd year of Henry V. =Deed of exchange= (Lat) dated at Kenworthy and made between William de Tatton of the one part and William le Hunte and Margaret his wife of the other part; whereby the said William de Tatton ... demised and by that then present indenture confirmed to William le Hunte and Margaret his wife and their heirs for ever, a certain parcel of land lying in Kenworthy called Lamputtes, in exchange for another parcel of land lying near the house of William de Tatton called Ruyssihey; to have and to hold the said parcel of land called Lamputtes to the said William le Hunte and Margaret his wife and their heirs for ever, making to the chief lord services etc; warranty of title. =Witnesses=: Thomas de Legh of Bagulegh, Roger le Massy of Sale, Robert de Hull'. =Vellum=: one skin 11A1/2 A-- 3A1/2, seal missing. =Notes=: this deed is indented and possibly the other part contained a grant or demise of Ruyssihey or Rushyhey to William de Tatton completing the exchange. In this deed the words of grant are illegible except aEurooedemise"; and the deed only effects one part of the exchange.
=Genealogy deduced.=
WILLIAM LE HUNTE = MARGARET both living 2 Feb 1414-15
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(=1425-6=) in the feast of saint Vincent martyr (22nd January), in the 4th year of Henry VI. =Release and quitclaim= (Lat), dated at Over Haddon, from William de Brodehurst, son of William de Brodehurst, of Over Haddon to John Brodehurst his brother his heirs and assigns; of all right and claim of right which he had, in one messuage and eighteen acres of land, with the appurtenances, lying in the said town and fields of Over Haddon, which same messuage and eighteen acres of land, with the appurtenances, the said John his brother had from the gift and grant of Cecilie their mother by a certain charter etc. =Witnesses=: John de Farefeld (?) of Over Haddon, John ... of the same town, John de Gyte, Nicholas Pygges (?), Thomas de ... =Vellum=: one skin 10 A-- 3A1/2, seal missing. =Notes=: this deed is in bad condition and the writing is much faded, many words and sentences being illegible; but the general outline and date are clear and doubtful names are indicated in the above abstract. One of the witnesses John de Gyte of Over Haddon is mentioned as purchaser of land in Over Bondsale 3 Hen VI (1424), in a grant abstracted in Jeayes" "Derbyshire Charters" No 317.
=Genealogy deduced.=
WILLIAM DE BRODEHURST = CECILIA | ------------------ | | WILLIAM of JOHN Over Haddon all living except perhaps Cecilia 22 Jan 1425-6
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(=1426=) November 6th, in the 5th year of Henry VI. =Letter of attorney= (Lat), dated at Ouerhaddon, from Richard son of John Walker of Ouerhaddon to William de Brodhirst senior and John his son, to give seisin to William de Brodhirst junior and Margorie his wife, in one messuage and xxvi acres of land and meadow, with the appurtenances, in Ouerhaddon, following the form and effect of a certain charter of the said John Walker to the same William de Brodhirst junior and Margorie. =Vellum=: one skin 12 A-- 1A1/2 seal missing.
=Genealogies deduced.=
(i) JOHN WALKER = ...... of Ouerhaddon | | RICHARD both living 6 Nov 1426
(ii) WILLIAM BRODHIRST = ...... senior | | -------------- | | JOHN WILLIAM = MARGORIE junior all living 6 Nov 1426
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(=1565=) July 12th, in the 7th year of Elizabeth. =Award= (Engl) of Gregorye Reyvell of Stanyngton, Robert Hawksworthe of Thornsett, Phyllyppe Morton of Ughyll and Thomas Greyve of Westnall in the countye of Yorke yomen. Reciting that where certayn debate contraversye and varyance then of late had been dependynge betwene Henry Gelat of Wygtuysle in the countye of Yorke yoman of the one partye and Henry Morton and Henry Ibotson of the same Wygtuysle in the same countye yomen of the other partye, and especyally of for and concernynge the occupacion of certayne Byredole lands in Wygtuyslee afforsayd, in so muche as bothe the sayd partyes had submytted them selffs to stand to and adyde obserue performe fullfyll and kepe the award arbytrament order rule dome and judgement of them the sayd Gregorye Reyvell etc arbytratourers indefferently electe and chosen betwene the sayd partyes to arbytrate award etc, of in for and uppon almanner of matters accyons suyts grudges trespasse quarrells detts and demaunds what so euer they be had moved styrred and in any wyse dependynge betwene the sayd partyes, frome ye begynynge of the worlde unto the day of makynge heroff for the pacyffyenge wheroff they the sayd arbytratourors had takyn uppon them the offyce and aucthoryte of arbytrament at Wygtuysle affor sayd and then and there awarded etc, in manner and form foloynge; Fyrste, we award etc, that the sayd partyes shall frome hencefurthe be faythefull lovers and friends and deale as lovynge nebors ought to do; also we award etc, that the sayd Henry Morton and hys heyrs shall at all times herafter haue hold occupye and enyoye one parcell of wodd ground wch he haythe heretofore claymed, set lyenge and beynge in a place called the nether croft and commonly called the cloyghe without let trouble or ympedyment of the sayd Henry Gelot and hys heyrs etc; and further we award etc that the sayd Henry Gelot and his heyrs shall at all tymes herafter haue hold occupye and enyoye one parcell of land lyenge in the nether end of one close called the hallowes, as yt ys now devyded and meared by hus, without vexacion let trouble or ympedyment of the sayd Henry Morton and Henry Ibotson and ther heyrs etc; and further that all other mears and balks shall at all tymes herafter be kept and used contenually as they be now appoynted by hus; and further we award that bothe the sayd partyes at all tymes herafter in tyme of mast shall gether all the mast that shall fall frome ther own trees, where so euer the same shall fortune to fall, without let etc, and that all swyne of bothe partyes in mast tyme shall have all ther swyne to go at libertye throughe out all the byredole lands, belongynge to the Town of Wygtuysle without lett or harme. =Vellum=: one skin 13 A-- 7, seals missing. =Notes=: the deed is indented, there are no witnesses. Mast is the fruit of beech and forest trees, food for swine.
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=1568= October 24th, in the 10th year of Elizabeth. =Grant= (Engl) made between Vincent Munday of Marketon in the county of Derby esquire and Edward Mundy (_sic_) gentleman, son and heir apparent of the said Vincent, of the one part and John Weston of Mackworth in the county aforesaid gentlemen of the other part; whereby the aforesaid Vincent and Edward, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred pounds paid to the said Vincent and Edward by the said John Weston, delivered gave granted sold bargained released and confirmed to the said John Weston and his heirs executors and administrators, all that messuage or tenement, with the appurtenances, situate lying and being in The Highe Frith within the parish of Alstonefield in the county of Stafford and being part parcel and member of the manor of Alstonefield aforesaid and thereafter named; following and more at large expressed; to wit all that messuage farm or tenement called Hawkesyarde or otherwise Hawkesearthe, then in the tenure or occupation of Raphe Bradburye and Maud his wife: then follows a full description of the outbuildings lands etc, with extracts from the deed of covenant of the 15th May 1399 hereinbefore abstracted and a full copy of which grant is given in the appendix hereto. =Witnesses=: John Walker, Thomas Mundye gent, Thomas Brunt, John Oakes yeoman and Thomas Mundy. =Vellum=: one skin 16 A-- 12, two round seals of yellow wax, each 1A1/2 inches in diameter and bearing a cross flory, probably not armorial. =Notes=: photographic reproductions of this deed and the two seals are given in the appendix. There is a memorandum endorsed recording the giving of possession on the 24th November in the 10th year of Elizabeth in the presence of the same witnesses, except John Walker.
=Genealogy deduced.=
VINCENT MUNDAY = ...... of Marketon a", co Derby a", esquire a", a", EDWARD s & h ap gent both living 24 Oct 1568
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(=1625=) July 25th, in the 1st year of Charles I. =Deed of covenant= (Engl) made between John Ibotson of Wigtwisle in the county of York clerke on the first partye, William Ibotson of Nether Combes in the said county yeoman on the second partye and Richard Ibotson of Worral in the said county yeoman on the third partye; witnessed that the said John Ibotson for divers good causes and considerations him moving did covenant grant conclude and agree to and with the said William Ibotson and his heirs by those presents, that he the said John Ibotson should and would before the feast day of saint Michael the archangell, then next ensuing the date thereof, by his deed of feoffment, by him to be sealed and delivered and with "liverye of seizen" lawfully executed give grant enfeoffe and confirm unto the said William Ibotson and his heirs for ever; all that messuage or tenement in Wiggtwisle (_sic_) aforesaid, which was sometime the tenement of one Henry Morton deceased; and all houses buildings lands tenements meddowes pastures woods under-woods commons comodityes and hereditaments of him the said John Ibotson in Wiggtwisle aforesaid, whichever were the lands tenements and hereditaments of the said Henry Morton in Wiggtwisle aforesaid, with all their appurtenances whatsoever; to the only use and behoofe of the said William Ibotson and of his heirs for ever; to the end that the said William Ibotson might be adjudged and taken to be perfect tenant of the freehold of all the said messuage and other the said premises, until a perfect recovery might be had and executed of all the said premises against him the said William Ibotson; and it was also covenanted and agreed by and between all the said partyes to those presents that a writt of entery _sur disseisen in le post_ should be brought for the said premises, at the cost and charge of the said John Ibotson, in the name of the said Richard Ibotson, against the said William Ibotson; by the name or names of one messuage one garden one orchard an hundred acres of land thirty acres of meddowe twenty acres of pasture four acres of wood and forty acres of more (moor), with thappurtenances, in Wiggtwisle alias Wyghtwysill Bradfeild; or by such the name or names as to the said John Ibotson should be thought meet and convenient, according to the use of common recoveries in such case used; and that the said William Ibotson should vouch to warrant the said John Ibotson who should enter into the said warranty and vouch over the common vouchee, who should appear and make default; also that a perfect recovery may be had and judgement thereupon given, in his MajestyaEuro(TM)s court of common plees at Westminster, against the said William Ibotson who should recover in value, against the said John Ibotson and the common vouchee, to be in mercye; and it was likewise further covenanted etc by and between all the said parties, that after the execution thereof of the said recovery, the same should be and enure, and the feoffee named in the said feoffment and recoverer named in the said recovery, should at and ever after the executing of the said feoffment and at and ever after the said recovery, soe had as aforesaid, stand and be seized of the said messuage etc; to the only use and behoof of the said John Ibotson and of his heirs and assigns for ever, and to noe other use intent or purpose whatsover. =Witnesses=: Richard Ibotson, Will' Woodson, John Potter. =Vellum=: one skin 21 A-- 10, three seals obscure. =Notes=: John Ibotson signed, the other two were marksmen. It is interesting to note that Wyghtwysill is given as the _alias_ for Wiggtwisle. According to Hunter, John was the son of Henry Ibotson of Wightwisle and Mary Morton daughter of Henry Morton of Wightwisle, referred to in this deed. John is said to have had a living in Norfolk. His eldest daughter Mary married Christopher Wilson of Broomhead. William and Richard Ibotson were probably related to John whose grandson Charles Wilson was vicar of Sheffield. See F.M.G. vol II, page 650.
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=1625= July 30th, in the 1st year of Charles I. =Feoffment= (Lat) from John Ibotson of Wigtwisle in the county of York clerk to William Ibotson of Nether Coombes in the said county of York yeoman and his heirs for ever, of all that his messuage or tenement in Wigtwisle aforesaid, which then formerly was the tenement of Henry Morton, then deceased; and all his outhouses and buildings gardens orchards lands tenements meadows pastures woods underwoods rights of common profits and hereditaments in Wigtwisle aforesaid, with their appurtenances; to holdun to and to the use of the said William Ibotson his heirs and assigns for ever, of the chief lord etc, by services etc; warranty of title. =Witnesses=: Henry Ibotson, William Wodson (the tenant), John P.... =Vellum=: one skin 12 A-- 5A1/2, round seal of red wax bears a dolphin, probably not armorial. =Notes=: there is a good signature of "John Ibotsone."
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=1633= May 13th, in the 9th year of Charles I. =Grant= (Engl) made between John Ibotson of Wigtwisle in the county of York clerk of the one part and Christopher Willson of Wigtwisle in the said county yeoman of the other part; whereby the said John Ibotson, for and in exchange with the said Christopher Willson granted etc unto the said Christopher Willson his heirs and assigns for ever, one way for passage with drift cart and carriage then or theretofore used and accustomed, unto and from a messuage or tenement at Wigtwisle aforesaid then in the occupation of William Odeson, through a close of him, the said Christopher Willson, called the Walls and thence into and from the nether croft, belonging to the said messuage or tenement; to hold the abovesaid way etc, and all the right interest and demand of him the said John Ibotson thereto unto and to the use the said Christopher Willson his heirs and assigns for ever; warranty of title etc; and the said Christopher Willson in lieu and exchange of the above etc, granted etc unto the said John Ibotson his heirs and assigns for ever, one like way etc henceforth and for ever thereafter to be used, unto and from the said messuage, then in the occupation of the said William Odeson, to and from the nether crofts, lee and nether hollin carr, belonging to the said messuage, by and "thorow" the fouldstead of the said Christopher Willson on the south side of his house at Wigtwisle aforesaid and from thence "thorow" the nether yeard and so to and from the three closes last above mentioned; to hold unto and to the use of him the said John Ibotson his heirs and assigns for ever; warranty of title etc. =Witnesses=: William Garlicke, William Odeson. =Vellum=: one skin 10A1/2 A-- 9A1/2, seal missing. =Notes=: both Christopher Willson and William Garlicke, the witness, were sons-in-law of John Ibotson, see Hunter's F.M.G. vol II, page 652. The word Wigtwisle when used to describe the residence of Christopher Willson has been written on an erasure.
APPENDIX.
Reprint from _Transactions_ of The Hunter Archaeological Society.
HAWKSYARD.
BY T. WALTER HALL, Hon. M.A. (SHEFFIELD), F.R.Hist.S.
Place-names, obvious in their meaning but suggesting a remote origin and a forgotten past, attract the historian, if not the philologist.
Hawksyard is one of these; its import is Hawksland but its history lies hidden in the records of past centuries; it excites our curiosity and quickens our imagination.
We instinctively recall scenes of English sport in bygone days; of kings and nobles, knights and ladies, riding across the unfenced country; over moorland and waste, through fen and ford, with hooded falcon and stooping hawk, enjoying what was for nearly a thousand years the national sport of England.
Such a scene was brought to mind by the perusal of two musty parchments with imposing seals and faded script, quarried from the lower _strata_ of time-worn muniments, in the office of Colonel Brooke Taylor of Bakewell.
The earlier of these deeds takes us back to the death of John of Gaunt and the resignation of Richard II in the closing year of the 14th century; the later one was sealed and delivered in the less tragic days of Queen Elizabeth.
They both relate to Hawksyard, situate in that part of The Moorlands of Staffordshire known in the middle ages as Highe Frith of Malbanc Forest; south of Buxton and east of the church at Newtown near Longnor.
The deed of John of Gaunt bears date the 15th May 1399, in bold Arabic numerals; it is written in a jargon intended to be Latin and measures 15 A-- 8A1/2 inches; its round pendent seal of green wax has a diameter of three and a half inches and is nearly an inch thick. The parchment is dark in colour, coarse in texture and much crinkled; the writing is not uniform in character, parts being in a flowing hand suggesting a date long subsequent to the Plantagenets. The deed begins with the word _Conventum_, meaning a covenant or agreement under seal; but, from the concluding paragraph, it was evidently intended to operate as a deed of gift or grant in fee simple of the lands called Hawksyard.
The following is a transcript with the contractions indicated but not extended:--
Conventum inter Johan' Gaunte Duc' Lancast' quart' fillius Regy' Edvardi tert' et Edvardum Mundy de Marton in Comitatu Derb' equit' Joh'es Ga'nt Dux Lancast' p'mittebat Domin' Edvard' Mundy visere ap'd Marton in Comitat' Derb' p'd q' pariter prestabat Et etiam Dominus Edvardus Mundy iterfaciebat Duc' Lancast' Comitibusq' ejus in Highe Frith parochia Allstonefield Comitatu Staffordiae Cum in eum locum pase (?) publice p'venirent qui nuncupatur Lady Edge cujus defugabant (?) excitabant Gallos palust' ad quos illico accipitres evertebant apud quos accipitres fuga petebant int' illos Limites ut posthac mention's siant hoc Termino qui expositus erat Avibus volantibus ultro citroq' ad viam publica' qua abduit ab Longnor ad Leeke al' parte circunt quo accipitres pred'am apprehendebant parte juxta mediam circuituo juxta convallem Orient' Decim' Die May' Ann' Dom' 1399 Quamobre' Joh'es Gaunt ei dabat Titulu' nomenq' Hawkesyerd alias Hawksearth propter pred'a apprehensa' inter Limit' qui posthac mentionem fit qui non antehac nuncupabatur ... Aliquae pauce Fundi Partes que posthac mentione' fiunt Viz' alia pars Fundi nuncupatur Harrisons Intake al' pars Fundi nuncupat' House-Fielde quo parva vel Domus stabat al' pars Fundi nuncup' Little Meadow quae ex part' meridional' inter jacet Locu' nuncup' Boothesley Grange al' pars Fundi nuncup' Spart (? Spout) Meadow fluvio adjacans erga Occidentam al' pars Fund' nuncupat' Killn Croffte fluvio adjac' erga Occidente' al' pars Fund' nuncup' Spart (?) al' pars Fundi nuncupat' Rye Pingle erga Occidentem sequia secale illo p'senti anno Cresscebat Limes Hawksyerd alias Hawksearth jacens positusq' in Highe Frith Parochia Allstonefield Comitatuq' Staffordie exposit Johan' Gaunt Duc' Lancast' p'd' inter tales Metas qual' posthac mentione' fiunt attin' illi soli Domo predi'oq' nuncup' Hawksyerd alias Hawksearth p'd ubi est convallis oriental' ejus part' Fluviusq' Curans erga merediem juxta Fluvium int' ilium et Locum nuncup' Banke aut al' Over boothesley Etiam parte meridional' convallus ... et Fluvius currens erga Orient' juxta Fluviu' int' illu' Locumq' nuncup' Bauthsley (_sic_) Grange illaq' ascendit part' meridional' Funi qui nuncup' Rye Pingle quia jacet erga Occident' et setendit directe ad fugum q'd nuncup' Lady Edge jacens positusq' in Highe Frith Parochia Allstonefield Comitatuq' Stafford' et tunc transjugu' q'd est erga septentrionem directe ad viam publica' quae abducit ab Longnor ad Leeke Etiamq' publica' juxta via' erga Orient' usq' du' directe p'venit ad Convalla' Termino Orientali Tractus praedi'i expositus primo Ann' Regni Regis Henrici Quart' assignabat Limat vel Expellere includere vel admittere ad Sol' proprium usu' Comodumq' illius Domus predi'iq' nuncu'q' Hawksyerd al' Hawksearth p'd etiam Libertinuanu' publi' pascu' jusque effodiendi Cespites p' Desertu' Domin' Allstonefield Dom' Edvardus Mundy de Marton in comitat' Derby (_sic_) p'd' favore unum suplicabat Joh'es Gaunt Du' Lancastriae quem dicebat consideret Si illi esset postestas Dom' Edvardus ilium orabat et ei daret predi'u' nuncup' Hawksyerd alias Hawksearth p'd' Et Joh'es Gaunt libere Largiebatur et concedebat illi et posteris in Aeturnu' Dom' Edvardus Mundy profesiebatur Joh'e Gaunt Comitibusq' eum visere apud Castrum Lancast' quo Joh'es Gaunt sigillabat Subscribebat et in potestatem Domin' Edvardi Mundy Premis' tot' tradebat decimo quint' Die May Anno D'm' 1399 coram William Stanley Gent John Porter Gent' James Lewis Gent' Wi'm Stanley Gent' Tho's Mundy Gent' John Thornicroft Attorney.
It is not easy to give a true interpretation of this unconventional deed; the operative part, which should be clear and precise, being vague and inconclusive. The following is what may be accepted as a free translation conveying a general idea of the purport and effect of the deed:--