King’s College Estates Records
WARWICKSHIRE
Contents
KCAR/6/2/008 Atherstone, Warwickshire 3
KCAR/6/2/008/1 Court rolls 3
KCAR/6/2/008/2 Manorial accounts 4
KCAR/6/2/008/3 Early charters and deeds 5
KCAR/6/2/008/4 Title deeds 6
KCAR/6/2/008/5 Leases 6
KCAR/6/2/008/6 Estate correspondence 7
KCAR/6/2/008/7 Evidences 7
KCAR/6/2/008/8 Legal papers 7
KCAR/6/2/008/09 Other catalogues 9
KCAR/6/2/103 Long Compton, Warwickshire 10
KCAR/6/2/181 Wootton Wawen (including Mockley, Ullenhall, and Conches [France]), Warwickshire 12
KCAR/6/2/181/01 Priory 12
KCAR/6/2/181/01/01 Papal documents 12
KCAR/6/2/181/01/02 Title deeds 13
KCAR/6/2/181/01/03 Cartularies 25
KCAR/6/2/181/01/04 Priors 25
KCAR/6/2/181/01/05 Administration 26
KCAR/6/2/181/01/06 Accounts 29
KCAR/6/2/181/01/07 Receipts 30
KCAR/6/2/181/01/08 Timber 34
KCAR/6/2/181/01/09 Tithes 35
KCAR/6/2/181/01/10 Legal papers 35
KCAR/6/2/181/01/11 Benefice 67
KCAR/6/2/181/01/12 Taxation 67
KCAR/6/2/181/02 Court rolls 77
KCAR/6/2/181/03 Rentals 80
KCAR/6/2/181/04 Manorial accounts 81
KCAR/6/2/181/05 Receipts 82
KCAR/6/2/181/06 Surrenders 83
KCAR/6/2/181/07 Court extracts 85
KCAR/6/2/181/08 Title deeds 85
KCAR/6/2/181/09 Leases 87
KCAR/6/2/181/10 Surveys 90
KCAR/6/2/181/11 Terriers 92
KCAR/6/2/181/12 Valuations 95
KCAR/6/2/181/13 Maps and plans 96
KCAR/6/2/181/14 Estate administration 101
KCAR/6/2/181/15 Estate correspondence 102
KCAR/6/2/181/16 Accounts 103
KCAR/6/2/181/17 Bonds 104
KCAR/6/2/181/18 Timber 104
KCAR/6/2/181/19 Sale particulars 105
KCAR/6/2/181/20 Inclosure 105
KCAR/6/2/181/21 Legal papers 106
KCAR/6/2/181/22 Benefice 106
Catalogue compiled by Jude Brimmer from a card catalogue by Michael Stansfield at the King’s College Archive Centre, Cambridge, as part of the ‘Promotion of Public Access to the King’s College Estates Records’ project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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kcar/6/2/8 Atherstone, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/8/1 Court rolls
KCAR/6/2/008 Atherstone, Warwickshire
Documents relating to College lands in Atherstone, Warwickshire. Includes ATH/1-/31.
Atherstone manor in Warwickshire was part of the estates in England owned by the Abbey of Bec, and as such was passed to King's College at the Foundation by King Henry VI in the 1440s. The land was later sold to the Carthusian priory of Mountgrace in Yorkshire in 1462, for which the College was compensated with an annual pension of £16 from 1505. Papers concerning the dispute between the College and the priory over the land are kept under KCAR/6/2/8/8 Legal Papers. In the sixteenth century the manor became the property of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk who, as father of Lady Jane Grey, was executed by Mary I for High Treason.
1161-1812
½ box
KCAR/6/2/008/1 Court rolls
1316-1350
Further court rolls relating to Atherstone manor are kept with records for the Abbey of Bec, KCAR/6/1/0 BEC/2, 6-7, 9-10, 13 and 39. Further court rolls for Atherstone are held by the Warwickshire Record Office - a list is kept under KCAR/6/2/8/9 Other catalogues ATH/31.
ATH/4 Court rolls
Court records for Atherstone manor.
1336
(Former reference: Comp H4)
6 items
parchment
In Latin
ATH/5 Court rolls
Court records for Atherstone manor.
1346-1350
(Former reference: Comp H4)
8 items
parchment
In Latin
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kcar/6/2/8 Atherstone, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/8/1 Court rolls
kcar/6/2/8/2 Manorial Accounts
ATH/26 Court rolls
Court records for Atherstone manor.
1316-1321
(Former reference: CC282)
1 file (8 items)
parchment
In Latin
KCAR/6/2/008/2 Manorial accounts
1308-1461
ATH/21 Bailiff's account
Part of an annual account by John Atherstone, bailiff.
1457
(Former reference: Box Aa179)
1 item
paper
In Latin
ATH/23 Accounts
Compoti for Atherstone manor.
1308-1310
(Former reference: CC22b-d)
3 items
parchment
In Latin
ATH/24 Collector's account
Compotus of Clement Derper [?], rent collector for Atherstone.
29 Sep 1435
(Former reference: CC189)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
ATH/25 Bailiff's account
Compotus of John Atherston, bailiff.
29 Sep 1458
(Former reference: CC198)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
ATH/27 Bailiff's account
Onus for John Atherstone, bailiff.
1459-1461
(Former reference: CC358)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
ATH/28 Bailiff's account
Compotus of John Atherstone, bailiff, with an account for Wenlock priory.
c. 29 Sep 1446
(Former reference: X)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
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kcar/6/2/8 Atherstone, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/8/2 Manorial Accounts
kcar/6/2/8/3 Early Charters and Deeds
ATH/29 Bailiff's account
Compotus of John Atherstone, bailiff, with an account for Wenlock priory.
29 Sep 1457
(Former reference: X)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
KCAR/6/2/008/3 Early charters and deeds
1161-1308
ATH/1 Bishop's confirmation
Confirmation by Richard Bishop of Coventry of an agreement between the Abbey of Bec and the Church of Manchester concerning Atherstone Chapel.
1161-1182
(Former reference: Comp H1)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
This document has been published in William Dugdale _Antiquities of Warwickshire_ (London, 1730), pp. 1084-5, and in Marjorie Chibnall (ed.) _Select documents of the English lands of the Abbey of Bec_ (London, 1951), p. 26.
ATH/2 Release
Release of land in Atherstone held of the Abbey of Bec by Jordan Gifford to his brother Orm. A white seal is attached.
c. 1225
(Former reference: Comp H2)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
ATH/3 Release
Release of Atherstone manor by Robert Ferrars, Earl of Derby, to the abbot of Bec. A seal is attached.
1254-1266
(Former reference: Comp H3)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
ATH/20 Obligation
Bond of obligation for £28, 15 s. 1 d. from Robert, son of Adam Russel of Ogbourne to the Abbey of Bec from court profits.
2 Dec 1308
(Former reference: Box Aa88)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
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kcar/6/2/8 Atherstone, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/8/4 Title deeds
kcar/6/2/8/5 Leases
KCAR/6/2/008/4 Title deeds
1326-1812
ATH/7 Surrender
Surrender of the reversions of Atherstone and Weedon Bec manors by the feoffees of lands of the alien priories, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to Henry VI. Ten seals are attached.
23 Aug 1443
(Former reference: Comp H6)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
ATH/16 Copy sale
Copy of a bargain and sale of Atherstone manor as forfeit by the late Henry, Duke of Suffolk, [the Duke was executed for High Treason by Mary I in Feb 1554] to William Devereux, reserving a pension to King's College.
1554-1555
(Former reference: Comp H15)
1 item (4 pages)
paper
In Latin
ATH/19 Draft
Draft conveyance of Atherstone rent charge by King's College to Stradford Dugdale.
1812
(Former reference: Comp H17)
1 item
paper
In English
ATH/30 Release
Release of Alan Beragon [?] of South Killingworth from all debts as woodward of Atherstone, appointed by Richard de Beseval, prior of Ogbourne.
29 Jan 1326
1325/6
(Former reference: Ogbourne box 3)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
KCAR/6/2/008/5 Leases
1310
ATH/22 Lease
Lease of Atherstone manor by William de Pont L'Eveque, prior of Ogbourne, to John le Taleur, John le Bonerer, Richard le Taverure, Robert le Taylur, Ralph Pistur, Richard le Moner, Robert le Moner and William le Bret.
14 Apr 1310
(Former reference: CC22a)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
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kcar/6/2/8 Atherstone, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/8/6 Estate Correspondence
kcar/6/2/8/7 Evidences
kcar/6/2/8/8 Legal Papers
KCAR/6/2/008/6 Estate correspondence
1570-c. 1750
ATH/17 Pension correspondence
Letters to Roger Goad, Provost of King's College, concerning receipt of the pension from Atherstone.
1570-1610
(Former reference: Comp H16)
2 items
paper
In English
ATH/18 Pension correspondence
Bundle of correspondence with some related accounts concerning the Atherstone pension.
c. 1700-c. 1750
(Former reference: Comp H17)
1 file (25 items)
paper
In English
KCAR/6/2/008/7 Evidences
1436
ATH/6 Inquisition
Inquisition taken at Warwick upon the death of John, Duke of Bedford [Uncle to King Henry VI], to whom the manor of Atherstone, as a parcel of Ogbourne priory, had been granted by his father King Henry IV.
28 Jun 1436
(Former reference: Comp H5)
1 item
paper
In Latin
KCAR/6/2/008/8 Legal papers
1490-1542
ATH/8 Dispute
Dispute between King's College and the prior of Mountgrace over Atherstone manor.
c. 1490
(Former reference: Comp H7)
1 item (3 pages)
parchment and paper
In English
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kcar/6/2/8 Atherstone, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/8/8 Legal Papers
ATH/9 Prior's plea
Plea and replication of the prior of Mountgrace vs King's College over Atherstone manor.
c. 1490
(Former reference: Comp H8)
2 items
parchment
In English
Rolled material
ATH/10 Title affirmation
Consideration and affirmation of King's College's title to Atherstone, with a note that the same is to be pleaded to the prior of Charterhouse for Ogbourne, the abbot of Tewkesbury for Compton, Preston and Welneford and the Master of Ashford College for Dunton Waylett.
c. 1490
(Former reference: Comp H9)
1 item
parchment
In English
Rolled material
ATH/11 Pleadings
Pleadings between the abbot of Merryvale and the prior of Mountgrace over Atherstone manor.
c. 1490
(Former reference: Comp H10)
1 item
paper
In English
ATH/12 Prior's bond
Bond by Henry Hecelstone, prior of Mountgrace, to King's College, agreeing to stand by the arbitrators' award. A seal is attached.
23 Aug 1500
(Former reference: Comp H11)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
ATH/13 Award
Arbitrators' award for Mountgrace and King's College to buy out the Merryvale claim to Atherstone manor. Two seals are attached.
26 Jan 1505
1504/5
(Former reference: Comp H12)
1 item
parchment
In English
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kcar/6/2/8 Atherstone, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/8/8 Legal Papers
kcar/6/2/8/9 Other Catalogues
ATH/14 Settlement
Settlement of the disputes over Atherstone, Ogbourn and Dunton Waylett in favour of King's College, in return for the grant of pensions to the priors of Mountgrace and Charterhouse and the Master of Ashford College, according to the arbitrators' award.
2 May 1505
(Former reference: Comp H13)
1 item (10 pages)
paper
In English and Latin
For a detailed description of this document, see the original King's College Muniment Catalogue, CAT/1/1 pp145-7.
ATH/15 Royal decree
Exemplification of King Henry VIII of the court of augmentation's decree over pensions from Mountgrace priory in Yorkshire (£16), St Katherines priory near Lincoln (10 s.), Langley Abbey in Norfolk (£1, 6 s. 8 d.) and Old Malton monastery (13 s. 4 d.) to be paid to King's College. A small seal is attached.
1541-1542
(Former reference: Comp H14)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
KCAR/6/2/008/09 Other catalogues
1934
ATH/31 Court rolls inventory
Received from Mr G.M.D. Booth of the Warwickshire County Record Office on 25 Aug 2005.
Photocopy of the catalogue to the Atherstone court rolls held at the Warwickshire Record Office. Describes 45 manorial rolls covering 1334-1601.
30 Jul 1934
1 item (6 pages)
paper
In English
The court rolls themselves were purchased by the Record Office in 1934 from H.R. Moulton, a dealer, who acquired them through the estate of Sir H.F. Burke, Garter King of Arms, and are kept under reference code MR 13 at the Warwickshire Record Office (information supplied by Mr Booth).
For further details please contact Warwickshire Record Office, Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick, CV34 4JS, e-mail , tel 01926 738959.
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kcar/6/2/103 Long Compton, Warwickshire
KCAR/6/2/103 Long Compton, Warwickshire
Manorial accounts for Long Compton in Warwickshire.
1406-1461
9 items
CMP/1 Account
Annual account for Compton manor.
1450
(Former reference: Box Aa142)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
CMP/2 Reeve's account
Compotus for John Ingham, reeve for Compton manor.
30 Sep 1446
(Former reference: Box Dd 'Ancient Rolls')
1 item
parchment
In Latin
Rolled material
CMP/3 Collectors' accounts
Compoti of Thomas Tailour, rent collector for Compton and Thomas Jeffs, collector for Preston, Gloucestershire.
29 Sep 1461
(Former reference: Box Dd9)
1 item
paper
In Latin
CMP/4 Bailiff's account
Incomplete account for Thomas Geffes, bailiff for Preston manor, Gloucestershire.
29 Sep 1446
(Former reference: CC340)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
CMP/5 Collector's account
Compotus of Thomas Tayllor, rent collector.
29 Sep 1452
(Former reference: CC344)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
CMP/6 Reeve's account
Compotus of Nicholas Godfrey, reeve for Preston manor in Gloucestershire.
30 Sep 1406
(Former reference: WB2)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
Rolled material
CMP/7 Collector's account
Compotus of Thomas Geffes, rent collector for Preston manor in Gloucestershire.
29 Sep 1450
(Former reference: X)
1 item
parchment
In Latin
Rolled material
CMP/8 Collector's account
Onus of Thomas Jeffe, rent collector for Preston manor in Gloucestershire.
1453-1454
(Former reference: X)
1 item
paper
In Latin
Rolled material
CMP/9 Collector's account
Compotus for a rent collector in Compton manor.
29 Sep 1460
1 item
parchment
In Latin
Rolled material
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kcar/6/2/181 Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/181/1/1 Priory: Papal documents
KCAR/6/2/181 Wootton Wawen (including Mockley, Ullenhall, and Conches [France]), Warwickshire
Documents relating to the priory and manor at Wootton Wawen in Warwickshire. Includes WOW/1-/661.
Wootton Wawen and Mockley manors were granted to the College at the Foundation by King Henry VI, and the College also took control of the rectory and advowson there. Through this arrangement, the College came into possession of the records accumulated through the everyday business of Wootton Wawen priory, a significant institution in its own right, being the daughter house of the Abbey of Conches (or Castillion) in France. Documents kept by the original administration of the priory are listed under KCAR/6/2/181/1.
c. 1125-c. 1924
12 ½ boxes
A microfilm of some of the Wootton Wawen records is held at the Warwickshire County Record Office.
KCAR/6/2/181/01 Priory
Documents originally held by Wootton Wawen priory, daughter house of the abbey of Conches.
c. 1125-c. 1550
KCAR/6/2/181/01/01 Papal documents
c. 1450-c. 1510
WOW/226 Bull
Copy of a papal bull concerning Wootton priory.
c. 1510
Original dated 17 May 1503
(Former reference: Box H)
1 item
paper
In Latin
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kcar/6/2/181 Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire
kcar/6/2/181/1/1 Priory: Papal documents
WOW/634 Copy bull
Copy of a papal bull of Martin V (1428) to the abbot of Winchecombe concerning a petition by Sir Ralph Boteler and the burghers of Henley-in-Arden about the prior of Wootton.
c. 1450
(Former reference: FLC Collection)
1 item
paper
In Latin