History of the Parish of Ecclesfield; In the County of York (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...Burned House, and a close called OobcroftJ Half a bovate called the Storth, and a close ) _, TT, _ called Sterlynge Croft. Thos. Houmlok.. T # A rentcharge 011 the Holmes Robert Groube.. 12 Do on two crofts near to Nether Hartley Thos. Barneby.. 16" Do on Pykepese Croft John CoUe... 20' Do on lands called Hobzerd.... j Cregk mo.i 124 A cottage, with small croft Wm. Lounds.. 5 4 A cottage, with garden Rob. Groube's wife. 2 4d Do do R. Broune's wife. 3 Do do Wm. Turnlay.. 2' Do do Rob. Dawyre.. 3' 4d Do do Wm. Mold... 3" i Do do Robert Seeker.. 3" Do do Wm. Holden.. 3-8 Do do Nich. Philipe.. 3 & Do do Thomas Stevinson. 2" 10d A small meadow at Chapell Hall's wife... 2 In another hand: --One messuage with appurtenances, one bovate Rich. Browne.. 33' 4d A close called Longryddyng 10" 4d Of John Rodd 12d Of Thomas Bullus 3" Of Willm. Hyed (gyvyn by Herre Hyde of a howse in Graynau). 12d Two shopps by the kyrke stele 4 Of on shoppc holdyn off John Parkar, xijd after his death as he says 12 A cotage gyvyn to Rob. Maryot wyff by S' Thos. Clerke the Vicar 2 Vicar Steer, in his MS. account of the parish charities, says that the earliest title-deed of the trust is a memorandum by Sir Thomas Gargrave; and there is in the churchwardens' book an ancient copy of such a memorandum, probably the very one to which he refers. It runs as follows: --" M4 that I Thomas Gargrave, Knight, am content to sell & give all 3 landes remaning in my handes at Eglesfeld to y pochioners of Eglesfeld which extend to y value of iiij" or therabowts, to y vse of the pishe, vidz. to theutent the profetts therof shall yerly be bestowed by y discretion of xiiij feoffes to be therin placed, to y mayntenance of divine s'vice in y...