Giggleswick Parish Rental c1550Ref DD/121/29/2
GiggleswickTownship
Gersum 43s ¾d Richard Ratclyff holds one messuage,one bovateand one parcel of arable land by the lord’s warrantfor the term of the lord’s life and that of the said Richard, and that of his wife during her widowhood and renders per annum 28s 8d
Gersum 24s and he pays to the vicarof Skipton 12s James Brown [holds] one messuage with gardenand half an acre of arable land by the lord’s warrant and renders per annum 6s
Gersum 15s Richard Payley holds one messuage and one bovateand a half , with the appurtenances, by the lord’swarrant, and renders per annum 10s
Note. For the son. Gersum 34s 6d paid Richard Brayshay holds one messuage with the appurtenances in the same place by the lord’s warrant and renders per annum 23s
Gersum 42s 6½dWilliam Banke holds one messuage with theappurtenances in the same place by the lord’swarrant as before and renders per annum28s 4½d
At willJohn Webster holds one tenement with theappurtenances in the same place at the will of the lord and renders per annum 24s 8d
Gersum 24sThomas Brashay [holds] one messuage with theappurtenances in the same place by the lord’swarrant and renders per annum 15s 11d
Gersum William Preston senior holds one messuage andone bovate of land and a parcel of demesne land and renders per annum 23s 11½d, and one cottageand renders per annum 3s, and two parcels of landcalled Thakthwayte per annum 22d by the lord’s warrant and by his commission, and he renders 28s 9½d perannum in total
Gersum 20sThe same William holds the fourth part of a fullingmill by Indent warrant of Commissaries of the lord and renders per annum 3s 4d
Gersum 30sRoger Claphamson holds one messuage, one bovateof land and one parcel of demesne land, with the appurtenances, by the lord’s warrant, and renders per annum 20s
Gersum 42s Reginald Wilson holds one messuage, one bovateof land and one parcel of demesne land, by thelord’s warrant, and renders per annum 21s 4d
Gersum 6s 8dWilliam Saylbanke holds one cottage in the sameplace by the lord’s warrant and renders per annum6d
Gersum £5 10sWilliam Foster holds one tenement with theappurtenances in the same place by the lord’s warrant as before and renders per annum22s
Gersum 20sRandolph Newhouse holds one fulling mill in thesame place by the lord’s warrant and renders per annum 3s 4d
Gersum 8sThomas Tailour holds one tenement with theappurtenances in the same place by the lord’swarrant as before and renders per annum4s 7d
Gersum 15s 6dRobert Taillour holds one messuage and onebovate of land with the appurtenances in the same place by the lord’s warrant and renders per annum 10s 4d
And Anthony Dale was paid 5s, Richard Ratclyffe5s, John Caterall esq 5s 4d and Thomas Lyster 2d
Gersum 20sThomas Claphamson holds one cottage with theappurtenances by the lord’s warrant and rendersper annum 2s 4d
Note. For the son.At will John Rome senior holds one messuage and one bovate of land with the appurtenances in the same place and a parcel of demesne land at the will of the lord, and he says that he has lost the lord’swarrant, and he renders per annum 20s 9½d
Gersum 18dThomas Brennande holds one cottage by the lord’swarrant and renders per annum6d
Fine. Warrant and fine 20s Richard Foster holds one messuage with theappurtenances at the will of the lord but says thathe delivered his warrant to the lord’s counsel, andrenders per annum6sAnd he has taken the premises from theCommissaries for a gersum of 20s
Note. At the lord’s will. Dead. Thomas Payley holds one messuage and onebovate of land at the will of the lord and rendersper annum10s Dismissed for a fine
William Payley his son has taken the said messuagefrom the Commissaries for a fine of 40s
Gersum 2s 2½dJohn Chew holds one cottage and garden inthe same place by the lord’s warrant and renders perannum17d
Gersum 40s Hugh Newhouse holds one cottage with gardenand two small closes and the moiety of a fullingmill by warrant of the lord’s Commissaries andrenders per annum6s 8d
Gersum not appraised Randolph Newhouse the son of John holds a smallmessuage, one bovate of land and a parcel ofdemesne land by the lord’s warrant and rendersper annum22s 6d
Gersum 3s 6d Note. For the son.Agnes Craven the relict of Richard Cravenholds one cottage by the lord’s warrant during herwidowhood and renders per annum2s 4d
Gersum 25s Note. For the sonSibyl the relict of John Falthorpe holds one tenement with the appurtenances in the same placeto Anthony Daleby the lord’s warrant during her widowhood andrenders per annum16s 8d
Rathmell
Gersum 14s Note. For the son.Giles Houghton holds one messuage with theappurtenances in Raithmell by the lord’s warrantand renders per annum9s 4d
Gersum not appraised Oliver Houghton holds one messuage with theappurtenances in the same place by the lord’swarrant as before and renders per annum8s 8d
Note. At the lord’s will Alan Carr and Jane Carr widow hold one messuagewith the appurtenances in the same place withoutwarrant and renders per annum17s
And he says that he has paid 12s 9d to Anthony Daleand Richard Ratcliff for a warrant of half a tenement
Gersum 17s 4d.John Houghton holds one messuage with the 7s.appurtenances in the same place and he rendersper annum8s 8d
Paid 7s to Anthony Dale
Greesam 3sRoger Craven holds one parcel of land calledHudholme by the warrant of Anthony Dale,Commissary, and renders per annum18d
Giggleswick cont
Roger Armysted the son of Randolph holds onemessuage with the land appertaining to the sameat the will of the lord and renders per annum10sAnd he took the aforesaid tenement from the lord’sCommissaries by warrant for a fine of 4 marks
Gersum 15s whereof unpaid 10s Roger Armysted senior holds one messuage withthe land appertaining to the same by the lord’swarrant and renders per annum10s
Gersum 3s The relict of Hugh Smyth holds one cottage by thelord’s warrant during her widowhood and rendersper annum2sAnd the said relict released title etc in the following form. for a fine of 6dLawrence Smyth took the said cottage by thelord’s warrant provided that he permits the saidrelict to occupy half of the said cottage during herwidowhood and that he should pay to the said relictevery week during her natural widowhood, 1d.
Gersum £3 paidRobert Tailour holds one messuage with the landappertaining to the same by the warrant of lord’s Commissaries and renders per annum21s
Robert Payley holds one messuage with the landappertaining to the same in the same place [blank]and renders per annum30s 4d
Who says that his warrant is in the keepingof his brother
Gersum 24s 6dThomas Brown holds one messuage and the landappertaining to the same, and two acres of demesneland, by the lord’s warrant, and renders per annum16s 4d
Gersum 22s 6d Margaret Foster widow holds one messuage andthe land appertaining to the same in the same placeby the lord’s warrant during her widowhood andrenders per annum15s
Gersum 8s James Jackes holds one tenement with the landappertaining to the same by the lord’s warrant and renders per annum12s
Gersum 60s Adam Carr holds one tenement with the landto Thomas Lysterappertaining to the same by the lord’s warrant andrenders per annum12s
Gersum 40sRichard Burton junior holds one toft and one croftwith the appurtenances by the lord’s warrantand renders per annum4s
Gersum 6sWilliam Lyndsey holds one cottage and gardenby the lord’s warrant and renders per annum2s
Note for the sonJohn Brown holds one tenement with the landAt willappertaining in the same place at the will of theand renders per annum21s
Fine 63sAnd he says that he paid gressum to Anthony DaleDismissedBarnard Brown took the said tenement through thedeath of his father and he renders gressum of £3 3s
Gersum 63s paidRoger Carr holds one messuage and certain landto Richard Greneappertaining to the same by the warrant of thelord’s Commissaries and renders per annum21sThomas
Robert Stackhouse holds one tenementwith garden and croft in the same place [blank]and renders per annum7s 4dIt is reported that he is in London.
Gersum 18s paidJohn Brashay holds one cottage and garden withto Richard Grenethe appurtenances by the warrant of the lord’sCommissaries and renders per annum3sThe same John holds the third part of one fullingmill by [blank] and renders per annum12d andthe thirdpart of 1d
Peter Iveson holds one cottage with garden in thesame place by [blank] and renders per annum2s
William Preston junior holds one cottage withgarden in the same place [blank] and renders perannum2s
Fine etcRichard Newhouse holds 2 cottages parcels ofWarrant mademeadow close by Hunthwayte Thornes by the lord’s warrant after the widowhood of IsabelPayley widow and renders per annum6dAnd the same Richard Newhouse released the premises to a certain Adam Carr, to have in the formaforesaid after the widowhood of the said Isabel, andthe aforesaid Adam took the said parcel of land fromthe Commissaries aforesaid for a fine of 10s
The relict of Roger Tailour holds one messuagewith the lands appertaining [blank] and rendersper annum13s 4d
Roger Wilson the son of John holds one tenementwith the lands appertaining by [blank] and rendersper annum10s
The relict of John Newhouse holds one cottageper annum4d
Gressum 4s 8d paidThomas Cooke <and Robert Somerscale> holdsto Anthony Daleone fulling mill by the lord’s warrant and rendersper annum3s 4d
Henry Tenaunt holds one cottage in the same placeby [blank] and renders per annum2sThe same Henry holds one messuage with gardenand one close called Newfield by [blank] andrenders per annum28s 8dThe same Henry holds a grain mill in the sameplace by [blank] and renders per annum66s 8d
Gersum 13sRichard Banke holds two parts of one fulling millGersum 6sand John Brashay holds the third part of the saidreceived bymill by the lord’s warrant and renders per annum3s 4d
Free Tenants
John Banke renders freely per annum1 lb of
pepper
Ralph Proctour renders for his land per annum2s
William Armisted renders for his land per annum16d
Thomas Lyndsey renders for his land per annum3s 4d
Richard Tennaunt, John Tennaunt and John12½d and
Kettelwell render per annum1 lb of
pepper
Peter Proctour renders per annum for his land12d
Oliver Armysted renders per annum12d
Richard Stackhouse Armysted renders per annum3d
William Scarburgh and Roger Newill and the heirs
of William Gaysgill render per annum2s 3d
The late Abbot of Fornace for one carucate of land
in Stakhouse[blank]
The Prior of Fynkill for two carucates of land[blank]
The tenants of Stakhouse as a fine for the escape
of their beasts from Howriddinge as far as the
village18d
Settle 1550
Agnes Wylden Wildman widow, late wife of Miles}Wildman, holds one tenement messuage with the}appurtenances in the same place by the lord’s}warrant in the name of Henry Clyfford Lord}Clyfford during her widowhood and renders per}annum}27s
The relict of Robert Somerscales holds one}tenement with the appurtenances by the lord’s}warrant as above <12s for gersum> and renders}per annum}8s
John Foster holds The Tolle Both in the same place}by the lord’s warrant as above for the term of the}life of the lord and the lives of the same John and}his assigns <gersum not appraised> and renders}per annum}8d
Gersum £40Thomas Somerscale and Peter Iveson hold a grain}mill in the same place by the lord’s indenture for}the term of 21 years and renders per annum}£3 6s 8d
At the lord’s willRichard Cam holds one cottage with garden in the}same place and five roods of land at the will of the}lord and renders per annum}6sBut he shows a billet from Thomas Lyster for 18s paidNote that he is very old
Gersum 46s 10d William Carr holds one messuage with theappurtenances in the same place by the lord’swarrant as before for the term of the life of the lordand the life of the same William and that of hiswife during her widowhood and renders per annum 27s 7dAdam Carr, son of the said William, married, refusesto accept it.
Gersum notAnthony Knolles holds one ten messuage with the}appraisedappurtenances in the same place by the lord’s}warrant as before and renders per annum}50s
Gersum 2s 6d paidThe same Anthony Knolles holds one shop in}Settle by the lord’s warrant as before and renders}per annum}2d
Gersum 9s 3d paidWilliam Brown holds one tenement and the fourth}to Anthony Dalepart of a tenement in the same place by the lord’s}warrant and renders per annum}6s 6d
At the lord’s willChristopher Brown holds one messuage and the}third part of a tenement with the appurtenances at}the will of the lord and renders per annum}19s 6d
Gersum £6Henry Hulson holds one tenement with the}paid to the lordappurtenances in the same place by the lord’s}warrant as above and renders per annum}28s 8d
Aged.Richard Heyton holds one tenement and one bovate}At the lord’s willof land with the appurtenances in the same place}at the will of the lord and renders per annum}26s 10dWilliam Heyton his son refuses to accept it.
Gersum 22dWilliam Watkynson holds one cottage and one}and paidgarden with the appurtenances by the warrant of}the lord’s Commissaries for the term of the life of}the lord as above and renders per annum}15dAged.
George Coykson holds one tenement and one}At the lord’s willbovate of land with the appurtenances in Newfield}at the will of the lord and renders per annum}27sRichard Coykson his son, unmarried, refuses to accept it.Note. Aged.John Coykson holds one tenement and one bovate}Gersum 44s 6dbovate of land with a parcel of demesne land and}paid to Anthonyparcel of Newfield by the lord’s warrant as above}Daleand renders per annum}29s 8dRichard Coykson his son, married, refuses to accept it.
Note. For the son.James Cam holds one tenement and one bovate}Gersum 18s paidof land and a parcel of demesne land in Newfield}to Anthony Daleby the lord’s warrant as before and renders per}annum}12sThomas Cam his son, married, refuses to accept it.
At the lord’s willAdam Somerscale holds one tenement and one}bovate of land and a parcel of demesne land in}Newfield at the will of the lord without warrant}and renders per annum}14s 8dBut he says that Anthony Dale has received 22sfor gersum.
Gersum 2s 4d paidEd’ Watson holds one cottage in the same place}to Anthony Daleby the lord’s warrant and renders per annum}18d
At willThomas Lawson holds one tenement with the}appurtenances in the same place without warrant}and renders per annum}26s 6dAnd he says that Anthony Dale has received 25s fora fine, and he says that he has the lord’s warrant anddelivered it to Richard Grene esquire, witnesses beingAnthony Knolles and Hugh Lawson.
At willRichard Preston junior holds one tenement with}the appurtenances without warrant and renders}per annum}16s 8dAnd he says that Anthony Dale has received 25sfor gersum.
Gersum 2s 6d paidThe relict of Christopher Walker holds one cottage}to Anthony Daleby the lord’s warrant during her widowhood and}renders per annum}20d
Gersum £8 paidChristopher Lawson of Lodge <holds> one}to Edwardtenement with the appurtenances in the same place}Pekyringeby the lord’s warrant after the death or widowhood}of the relict of John Wiglesworth and renders per}annum}11s 8d
No gersumThe same Christopher holds one two acres of land}lately enclosed, according to the measure of}yard-land used in Settle, by the lord’s warrant and}renders per annum}2sAt willThomas Cletherowe holds one cottage and garden}garden with the appurtenances without warrant and}renders per annum}4sAnd he says that he has the lord’s warrant and}delivered it to Thomas Proctor, and the same}Thomas holds certain other parcels of land and}renders per annum}4s[Page 15]SettleNote. Aged.Roger Payley holds one tenement with the}At willappurtenances at the will of the lord and renders}per annum}14s 8dAnd he says that he has paid to Anthony Dale 3s 4dfor gersum.Aged.Richard Althame holds one tenement and one}At willbovate of land with the appurtenances at the will}of the lord and renders per annum}12sRobert Althame his <2nd> son refuses to accept it.Cristopher Lawson of Lodge holds one tenement}with the land appertaining to the same by [blank]}and renders per annum}26s 6dNote. At theThe relict of Richard Preston senior holds one}lord’s willtenement at Merebeke with the appurtenances at}the will of the lord <during her widowhood> and}renders per annum}33s 4dAnd she says that the aforesaid Richard had the lord’swarrant and delivered it to Richard GreneNote that a date has been given to ChristopherPreston, the elder/eldest son of the said Richard, toaccept the said tenement; within one month nextfollowing.
At the lord’s willHugh Lawson holds one tenement with the land}appertaining to the same in the same place at the}will of the lord and renders per annum}37sAnd he says that Anthony Dale has received 20s forgersumAt willRobert Lawson holds one tenement cottage with}<the land> appertaining <to the same and one}[?]water-sewer [geb’ aque] in [?]Afibble [NB this}may be ib[ide]m “in the same place” written on top}of another word] at the will of the lord and renders}per annum}5sAnd he says that he has paid Master Berry 7s 6dAt willThomas Foster holds one toft with the}appurtenances in the same place at the will of the}lord and renders per annum}6sFine 18sAnd he says that Anthony Dale has received 19s forgersum. And the same Thomas has resigned for [?thetenant of?] Christopher Lawson who has taken the saidcottage from the Commissaries for a fineAt willThomas Iveson holds one cottage and garden with}the appurtenances at the will of the lord and renders}per annum}5sGersum notRandolph Newhouse the son of John holds a small}appraisedmessuage, one bovate of land and a parcel of}demesne land by the lord’s warrant and renders}per annum}22s 6d