whom or by what service the 4th part of the house and o her the premises in co. Middlesex are held the jurors know not: they are worth per ann., clear, 12d. The moiety of the manor of Sherfield and of other the premises in co. Southampton is held of the Queen in chief by the great serjeanty of being marshall of the courtesans (meretricibz) in the King's household, and of dismembering condemned malefactors and of measuring the gallons and bushells in the King's household, and is worth during the life of the said Elizabeth Mullins, who still survives, nothing, and after her decease it will be worth per ann., clear, 66s. 8d. The manors of Cardington and Escottes, the said barony and other the premises in co. Bedford are held of the Queen in chief by knight's service, and are worth, except the said mills and closes called Longfield and Huntresfield, during the life of the said Dorothy nothing, and after her decease £13 6s. 8d. The said mills and closes in co. Bedford are worth per ann., clear, £6 13s. 4d. The manor of Norton and other the premises in co. Radnor are held of the Queen in chief by knight's service, and are worth per ann., clear, £45. The manor of Halsted and other the premises in co. Leicester are held of the Queen in chief by the 100th part of a knight's fee, and are worth per ann., during the lifetime of the said Dorothy, nothing, and afterwards £67.

John Tamworth died at London 18 February, 36 Eliz. [1594], the said Colbie Tamworth is his only son and next heir, and was aged 8 years on the 7th day of April last past.

The said Dorothy Tamworth still survives.

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Thomas Whitebrooke, Gentleman.

nquisition taken at the Guildhall, 5 January, 38 Eliz. [1596],

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before Stephen Slany, Mayor and escheator, after the death of Thomas Whitebrooke, gent., by the oath of Thomas Sewell, William Harvie, William Crowche, Hugh Leighe, James Robinson, Hugh Ingraham, Robert Durant, Robert Saunders, Stephen Porter, Andrew Feilde, Humphrey Hooper, Richard Milles, Henry Best and Henry Earsley, who say that

Long before the death of the said Thomas Whitebrooke, a certain Thomas Lownde, late citizen and grocer of London, deceased, grandfather of the said Thomas Whitebrooke, was seised in his demesne as of fee of 1 capital messuage or hospice, called the George in Lumberdstreete in the parish of St. Edmund; 2 messuages situate in the said

parish of St. Edmund on the west part of the said capital messuage; 2 other messuages in the said parish of St. Edmund on the east part of the said capital messuage, now or late in the tenure of Robert Decreo (?); I messuage with sollars, cellars, buildings, &c., called the Corner Howse and now called the Signe of the Bell, lying in the parish of St. Mary Magdalene, London, at the end of the street called Milkestreete, and in the street called Cheapside on the west side of the said Milkestreete, late in the tenure of Leonard Docester; 1 garden with a house built thereupon, lying in the parish of St. Giles without Creplegate, London, late in the tenure of Rowland Watson.

So seised, the said Thomas Lownde made his will the 17th day of May, 7 Edw. 6 [1553], and thereby bequeathed the said tenements to Catherine, then his wife, for the term of her life, the remainder, after her decease to Margaret Lownde, daughter of the said Thomas, and to the heirs of her body; for default, the remainder thereof to the Mayor and Chamberlain of the City of London and to the governors of the Hospital of St. Bartholomew in West Smithfield and their successors for ever for the relief and maintenance of the poor in the said hospital.

Afterwards the said Thomas Lownde died so seised in London, after whose death the said Katherine entered into the said premises. While the said Katherine was so thereof seised the said Margaret married John Whitebrooke, gent., and they had issue the said Thomas Whitebrooke (named in the writ) and John Whitebrooke.

The said Margaret died 21 November, 22 Eliz. [1579], after her death the said remainder descended to the said Thomas Whitebrooke as her son and heir.

The said Thomas died within the age of 21, without issue of his body, during the lifetime of the said Katherine, after whose death the said remainder descended to the said John Whitebrooke, junior, as brother and next heir of the said Thomas.

The said Katherine died 12 August, 34 Eliz. [1592], and after her death all the said premises descended to the said John Whitebrooke, junior.

The capital messuage called the George in Lumbertstreet and the messuages lying on the west and east sides thereof are held of the Queen by fealty only in free burgage of the City of London and not in chief, and are worth per ann., clear, £8. The messuage called the Corner House, now the Sign of the Bell in Milkstreet is held in free burgage, and is worth per ann., clear, £4. The garden with the house thereupon. built in the parish of St. Giles without Creplegate are held of the Queen by fealty only in free burgage and not in chief, and are worth per ann., clear, 26s. 8d.

Thomas Whitebrooke died 8 August, 29 Eliz. [1587], the said John Whitebrooke, junior, is his brother and next heir, and was then aged 13 years and 7 months.

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Hester Wotton.

nquisition taken at the Guildhall, 22 December, 39 Eliz. [1596],

before Thomas Skynner, Mayor and escheator, after the death of Hester Wotton, late the wife of Edward Wotton, esq., now knight, by the oath of Thomas Sewell, William Crouch, Andrew Feilde, Robert Durant, Michael Crouche, Humphrey Hooper, Richard Mylles, Henry Best, John Adlyn, Edward Catcher, Henry Earsley, James Fell, Peter Noxon, Edward Pilsworthe, Hugh Ingram, Robert Saunders, Christopher Askwithe and William Harvie, who say that

Hester Wotton long before and at the time of her death was seised in her demesne as of fee-tail, viz. to her and the heirs of her body of 1 large messuage situate in the street called St. Mary at Axe, late in the parish of the Blessed Mary at Axe and now in the parish of St. Andrew Undershaft within the City of London, and I large garden thereto adjoining, which said messuage and garden were in the occupation of the said Edward Wotton at the time of the death of the said Hester; 1 other messuage and 1 cottage in the said street, and 1 garden thereto adjoining lying on the north part of the said large messuage; a certain parcel of land now being a garden and orchard, late in the said parish of St. Mary at Axe and now in that of St. Andrew Undershaft lying on the south part of the said large messuage, upon which said parcel of land, now a garden and orchard, 3 messuages with gardens and orchards, yards and wells belonging to the said messuages were situated, and were formerly in the tenure of Thomas Wittingham, citizen, barbersurgeon and surgeon of London, and are now in that of the said Edward Wotton, knight; also the house and site of the late abbey or monastery of Bella Landa alias Byland in Biland in co. York, now dissolved, and all the messuages, houses, granges, stables, barns, &c., &c., within the site and precinct of the said abbey; I water mill within the site of the said late monastery, and 1 small close of land to the said mill adjoining, containing by estimation 2 a., and I dovecote being within the said close; I close of land called Backhowse garth, containing 3 a. to the said mill adjoining; 1 other close of land and pasture called Bailiff Ing. containing 2 a.; I close of land, meadow and pasture called Thabbott Ing, containing 3 a.; I close of land and

pasture called Waitgarth, containing 2 a.; I close of land and pasture called Banke Ing, containing 4 a.; 1 house or cottage called Caltarhouse and 2 closes of land thereto adjacent; I meadow called Caltarhowse Ing, containing 4 a.; I meadow called Appulgarth containing 4 a.; I orchard and 1 small close of land, closely adjoining the said orchard, containing 1 a.; 1 meadow called Hol Ing, containing 6 a.; 1 close of land or pasture called Horse londe, containing 3 a.; 1 meadow called Chappell garth containing 1 a.; I close of land or pasture called Rede Myers containing 3 a.; I close of land and pasture called the Orchard, containing 8 a., adjoining the room which was late of the Abbot of the said monastery; I close of land called Southseller Ing, containing 2 a.; I close of land called Smithie garth containing 1 a. in the parish of Cuckolde in the said county of York; 1 messuage called Newhowse in the said parish of Cuckolde, with all the orchards, gardens, curtilages, lands, waters, fishings, &c., in the said parish of Cuckolde or elsewhere to the said messuage in any way belonging; I close of land called Newlathfeild containing 40 a.; 1 meadow called Cloughkeldbuske containing 3 a.; I close of land and pasture called Conygarthfeld containing 20 a.; I close of pasture called Conygarth leez containing 10 a.; I close of land called Litlefeilde containing 4 a., 1 small close of waste land containing a. to the said close called Litlefelde adjoining; I close of pasture called Render Close containing 5 a., and I close of land called Synkliffe close containing 1 a. in the said parish of Cuckolde; 2 fishings in the rivers called Kilbourne River and Synkliffe River in the parish of Kilbourne and Cuckolde in the said county; 2 small messuages or cottages there and I small close of land thereto adjoining containing a. of land in the said parishes; I close of land and pasture called Hogesons wiffes close containing 4 a.; 1 close of arable land called Tiler Marre containing 5 a.; I close of land called Olestedfeilde, containing 10 a. of land; 1 meadow called Helome Ing, containing 13 a.; I wood called Helome Hagge; I wood called Hoode Hagge; I wood called Lymekyln Hagge with the lands and grounds of the said woods in the said parish of Cuckolde; I close of pasture called Turnpyngstanke containing 1 a.; I meadow called Stanke containing 2 a.; I meadow called Thourneclose containing 3 a.; 1 wood called Thabbye Banke; I wood called Pipedale; I wood called Londe Banke; I wood called Duckedale; 1 wood called Kydderstie banke; 1 wood called Cheritree Slake; I wood called Esshet; I wood called Wane parke, I wood or le Skare, called great Burtostis; 1 small wood or le Hagge called Calff Parke; 1 other wood called Robinsons Hagge; 1 wood called Sproxton Hagge; and 1 large wood called le Parke with all the lands and grounds of the same lying in the said parish of Cuckolde; 16

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I meadow called Skymerlande, containing 3 a.; I meadow called Benfelde containing 5 a.; I close of land called great Lawnde containing II a.; I meadow called le Holte containing 8 a.; 1 meadow called Walkemill damme containing 4 a.; all the wood called Westhagge containing 20 a.; and I wood called Came shed containing 4 a., together with all the lands and grounds of the said woods in the said parish of Cuckolde; also the grange and tenement called Newsted grange in the said parish of Kilbourne, with all the lands, tenements, meadows, &c., to the said grange belonging; I close of land called Calfe close containing 2 a.; I close of land and pasture called Mere close containing 40 a.; I close of land and pasture containing 5 a, at le Washinge Stane; I close of land called Litlefeilde containing 7 a., lying behind the house there; I close of land and pasture called Rigwey Ing containing 10 a.; and all that wood called Rigwey Hagge with the land and soil of the said wood in the said parish of Kilbourne; I close of land and pasture called Stothill containing 8 a.; 1 close of land and meadow called Hanerfelde containing 5 a.; and all that wood called Crackling with the land and soil of the said wood in the said parish of Kilbourne; I close of land lying under the barns there and I parcel of land thereto belonging, lying within the lane there, containing 4 a.; 1 meadow called Wasse Ing and I wood called Est Cawcardale in the said parish of Kilbourne; I tenement, I fulling mill and I close of land called Walkemill close; I close of land called Crackling Ing; I close of land called High close; I close of land called Tenter close; I close of land called Laning leading towards the said late monastery; 1 other close of land called Lane Ing leading towards Cracling close; and 2 small orchards and 1 small close of land called little Tenter close, formerly demised to Robert Roper and Agnes his wife in the said parish. of Cuckolde; all that tenement or grange of Est cambe in the said parish of Kilbourne, with all the lands, tenements, meadows, &c., thereto belonging; 3 closes of arable land and I meadow called Northte Ing; and all the other closes of land and meadow called Snawe Ing, Lath garth, South Ing, Calff close, Bere (?) close, Stilerig Pipedale close and Abbey Banke, and all that le Hollin and common in Sneverstie, and all those closes of land lying within Thorpe and Willowes called Pill the waite Rigweye leez le Throughe Thorpe Stabling and Chafer close; 2 closes of land, meadow and pasture called lez . . . and I other close of land and pasture [called] Howethwaite Ing in the said parish of Kilbourne, formerly demised to James Foxe; all that grange or tenement called West cambe in Kilbourne, formerly demised to James Moysier, with all the lands, &c., therewith demised; all those closes of land called Litle Ing, Brode Ing and Dere bolte, 2 small closes of