THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL AND ... (8...THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1896. Patrons, His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G., G.C.B. The Right Rev

THE LEICESTERSHIREARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL

SOCIETY, 1896.

Patrons,His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G., G.C.B.

The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH, D.D., D.C.L.

The High Sheriff of Leicestershire.The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester.His Grace the Duke of Somerset.The Most Noble the Marquis of Granby.The Right Honourable the Earl of Denbigh.The Right Honourable the Earl of Dysart.The Right Honourable the Earl Ferrers.The Right Honourable the Earl of Lanesborough.The Right Honourable the Earl Howe, C.B.The Right Honourable Lord Braye.The Right Rev. the Bishop of Leicester, D.D.The Right Rev. Bishop Mitcbinson, D.C.L., D.D., Archdeacon

of Leicester.Major the Honourable Montagu Curzon. Sir Henry St. John Halford, Baronet, C.B. Sir Frederick 1'homas Fowke, Baronet. Nathaniel Charles Curzon, Esquire. James Ellis, Esquire. William Unwin Heygate, Esquire.Edwin Joseph Lisle March-Phillips-de-Liale, Esquire, F.S.A. Harry Leycester Powys-Keck, Esquire. Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P.

VOL. VIII.

]8G LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITEOTUEAL

fflommittff.The Patrons.The Presidents.All Eural Deans (being Members).The Honorary Secretaries.All Professional Architects (being

Members).All Honorary Members. The Rev. C. W. Belgrave. H. R. Harding, Esq. T. Harrold, Esq. Thomas Ingram, Esq. The Rev. E. Jackson,

The Rev. A. 0. James. W. F. Johnson, Esq. The Eev. W. H. Marriott. Fred. R. Morley, Esq. G. C. Neale, Esq. The Rev. T. W. Owen. A. H. Paget, Esq. The Rev. A. M. Bendell. The Rev. Canon Sanders. The Rev. Canon Stocks. John Wade Wartnaby, Esq. The Rev. C. Henton Wood.

The Honorary Secretaries. The Eev, A. M, EendelL

Snb-Commftttt.I J. W. Wartnaby, Esq.

Ijonorarj lotsl Smrtsrits.Market Harboraugh District.

W. H. Barfoot-Saunt, Esq., Market Har- borough.

Lutterworth District.The Rev. Edmund Jackson, Gilmorton

Rectory.

Melton Mowbray District.The Rev. Richard Blakeney, Melton

Mowbray Vicarage.

Hinckley District.The Rev. Richard Titley, Barwell Rec

tory.

H?onorarg ffiomgponbbig fftemifr for ffiobmtrp. William George Fretton, Esq., F.S.A., Coventry.

Sftrttatits at tt)f Sdtfetp.Colonel G. C. Bellairs, The Newarke, Leicester. (Financial.) Major W. J. Freer, Stoneygate, Leicester. (Corresponding.) The Rev. William George Dimock Fletcher. F.S.A., S. Mic

bury. (Editorial.)hael's Vicarage, Shrews

librarian. C. J. Billson, Esq., M.A., S. John's Lodge, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester.

John Wade Wartnaby, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.The High Sheriff of Leicestershire. The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ely

(Lord Alwyne Compton), D.D., ThePalace, Ely.

Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, Bart, Canons Ashby, Byfield, Northampton shire.

James Neale, Esq., F.S.A., F.R. Insl. Brit. Archts., 10, Bloomsbury Square, Lon don, W.C.

H. J. Tomline, Esq., The Pre, St. Albnns.

AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 187

SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS, 1896.Alien, H. Geo., Esq., Oxford Street,

Leicester.Atkins, Hugh, Esq.,Thornicroft, Hinckley. Baker, Charles, Esq., Leicester. Barfoot, W., Esq., Leicester. Barfoot-Saunt, \V. H., Esq. (Hon. Local

Sec.), Market Harborougli. Harwell, Thos., Esq., Leicester. Bastow, The Kev. T. L'. V., M.A., Little

Peutling Rectory, Lutterwnrtli. Belgrave, The Hev. C. W., M.A., North

Kilwortb Rectory, Rughy. Bellairs, Col. G. C. (Hon. Sec.), The

Newarke, Leicester. Bell, James, Esq., Leicester. Bickley, J. W., Esq., Acacia House,

Melton Mowbray. Biggs, Jno. Thos., Esq., Leicester. Billson, Wm., Esq., Stoneygate, Leicester. Billson, C. J., Esq., M.A., (Librarian},

Clarendon Park Road, Leicester. Blakeney, The Rev. Richard, M.A. (Hon.

Local Sec.), The Vicarage, MeltonMowbray.

Bland, Chas., Esq., Gaddesby, Leicester. Bland, Edw., Esq., Leicester. Blunt, Mrs. G. H., Belmont Villas,

Leicester. Bowles, C. J., Esq., Loughborough Road,

Leicester.Bragg, W. B., Esq., Market Harborough. Brooks, Thos., Esq., Barkby Hall,

Leicester. Brown, George, Esq., jun., The Yews,

Great Glen, Leicester. Burder, A. W. N., Esq., The Elms,

Loughborough.Burgess, A. H., Esq., Leicester, liuszard, Marston C., Esq., Q.C., Lutter-

worth. Canner, T., Esq., Harcourt Street,

Leicester. Chaplin, C. W., Esq., Burrough-on-the-

Hill, Melton Mowbray. Chaplin, W. A., Esq., Wyndham Lodge,

Melton Mowbray. Clephan, Edwin, Esq., Southfields,

Leicester.Collins, E. J., Esq., Mere Road, Leicester. Corah, J. A., Esq., Oadby Hill, Leicester. Cooper, J. H., Esq., Evington Hall,

Leicester. Cott, The Rev. A. M., Ashby Magna

Vicarage, Lutterworth. Crewe, Hugo Harpur, Esq., Spring Hill,

Cowes, Isle of Wight. Crick,F.,Esq.,Houghton House,Leicester. Cundy, The Rev. H. G., D.D., Beeby

Rectory, Leicester.Curtis, R., Esq., Market Place, Leicester. Curzon, The Hon. Montagu, Clarges

Street, London.

Curzon, N. C., Esq., Lockington Hall,Derby.

Davis, Colonel S., Hinckley. Uickinson, The Rev. F. B., M.A., Manor

House, Ottery St. Mary. Dickenson, J. S., Esq., Leicester. Donaldson, A., Esq., Bitteswell, Lutter

worth.Draper, A. T., Esq., Leicester. Drummoud, Captain C. G. A., Enderbj

Hall, Leicester. Eden, Rev. C. P., M.A., KnightonVicarage,

Leicester.Elgood, Jno. E., Esq., Leicester. Ellis, Miss Susan, Stoneygate Road,

Leicester. Farmer, J. A., Esq., Stoke Golding,

Hinclfley.Fast, J. G., Esq., Melton Mowbray. Fawssett, The Rev. R., M.A., Smeeton

Westerby, Leicester. Fewkes, J., Esq., Great Glen, Leicester Fewkes, Miss T., Great Glen, Leicester. Fisher, Edward, Esq., Abbotsbury,

Newton Abbot. Fisher, The Rev. H., M.A., Higham-on-

the-Hill Rectory, Hinckley. Fletcher, The Rev. W. G. D., M.A., F.S.A.,

(Hon. Sec.,) St. Michael's Vicarage,Shrewsbury.

Flood, The Rev. Samuel, M.A., IbstockRectory, Leicester.

Fowke, Sir F. T., Bart., Lowesby Hall. Freer, Major W. J. (Hon. Sec.), Stoney

gate, Leicester.Garner, J. H., Esq., Leicester. Gleadow, Mrs. W., The Friars, Leicester. Goddard, Jos., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Leicester. Godson, The Rev. J., M.A., Ashby Fol-

ville Vicarage, Melton Mowbray. Goodacre, R. J., Esq., F.R. I.B. A.,

Leicester. Green, Mrs. George, 1, Sandown Road,

Stoneygate, Leicester. Grimsdick, G. J., Esq., Kibworth, Lei

cester.Hamel, Miss, 9, Abbey Street, Chester. Hanbury, The Rev. T., M.A., Churoh

Langton Rectory, Market Harborough. Hardcastle, Thos., Esq., Blaston Hall,

Uppingham. Harding, H. R., Esq., Kirby Muxloe,

Leicester. Harrison, S., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., St. Martin's,

Leicester. Harrold, Thomas, Esq., Castle Street,

Hinckley.Hartopp, Mr. Henry, Leicester. Hazell, W., Esq., M.P., Russell Square,

London. Herrick, Mrs. Perry-, Beaumanor Park,

Loughborough.

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Heygate, W. U., Esq., Roecliff, Lough- borough.

Hodges, G. H., Esq., Ondby, Leicester. Hodgson, Mr. J. G., Leicester. Holmes, E.. Esq., County Police Office,

Leicester. Holmes, liev. W. P., M.A., St. Peter's

Vicaroge, Leicester. Hunt. Mrs. Elizabeth, Stoneygate,

Leicester. Ingram, 'I lirm.. Esq., Wigston Magna,

Leicester. Jackson, Kev. Edmund, M.A. (Hon. Local

Sec.), Gilmorton Rectory, Lutterwortli. Johnson, Mrs. T. Fielding, Brookfield,

Stoneygate, Leicester. Johnson, W. F., Esq , Bank Buildings,

Leicester. Jones, Tbos., Esq., Bradenham, Enighton

Park Road, Leicester. Joyce, M. I., Esq., 4, Stone Buildings,

Lincoln's Inn, London. Judd, W. Stocktou, Esq., Portland Road,

Clarendon Park, Leicester. Keck, H. L. Powys-, Esq., S tough ton

Grange, Leicester. Kirby, J. H., Esq., Knighton Fields,

Leicester. Lanesborough, The Right Hon. the Earl

of, Swithland Hall, Leicester. Lb'hr, G. A., Esq., London Road, Lei-

cester. Marriott, The Rev. W. H., M.A., Thrus-

sington, Leicester.Martin, R. F., Esq., The Brand, Lough-

borough. Maxfield, M., Esq., 6, De Montfort

Square, Leicester. Mitcliinson, The Right Rev. Bishop,

D.C.L., D.D., Archdeacon of Leicester,Sibstone Rectory, Atherstone.

Moore, A. P., Esq., 76, Southfields,Leicester.

Moore, C. A., Esq., M.D., De MontfortStreet, Leicester.

Morley, F. R., Esq., De Montfort Square,Leicester.

Neale, G. 0., Esq., Skeffington, Leicester. Oliver, C. F., Esq., Hughenden House,

Kuighton Park tioad, Leicester. Oswin, R. B., Esq., Stoneygate Road,

Leicester. Owen, The Rev. T. W., M.A., Empiughrun

Rectory, Stiunford. Packe, Hussey. Esq., Prestwold Hall,

LouRhborough.Page, Mr. C. H., 10, New Street, Leicester. Pnget, Alfred H., Esq., F.K.I.B.A.,

Leicester.Paget, J., Esq., 88, Bolton Street, London. Palmer, Col. F., Withcote Hall, Oakham.

Palmer, The Kev. W. H., M.A., WanlipRectory, Leicester.

Parti-idge, S. S. Esq., Belvoir Street,Leicesteq.

Paul, J. IX, Esq., Knighton Drive, Lei cester.

Peach, A. E., E»q.. High Croft, Oadby,Leicester.

Peake, Dr. H. Pemberton, High CrossStreet. Leicester.

Pealce, The Kev. J. IX, Burnuigh-on-the-Hill Kei'tory, Melton Mowbray.

Peterborough, The Right Rev. the LordBishop of, D.D., D.C.L., The Palace,Peterborough.

Piercy, The Rev. J. M. W., M.A., SlawstonRectory, Market Harborongh.

Powers, G. W., Esq., M.A., Manor House,Barwell.

Pulman, W. G., Esq., Lutterworth. 1'ulteney, The Rev. A. W., M.A., Ashley

Rectory, Market Harborongb. Rendell, Tbe Kev. A. M., St. Margaret's

Vicarage, Leicester. Richardson, Col. J. G. F., Elmsfield,

Stoneygate, Leicester. Robinson, Chas. S., Esq., Knighton,

Leicester. Rodwell, Tbe Rev. C., B.A., R.D., Kimcote

Rectory, Lutterwortb. Rowley, Mrs. C. F. Dawson, Chichester

House, East Cliff, Brighton. Rutland, His Grace the Duke of, K.G.,

G.C.B., Belvoir Castle, Grantham. Salusbury, W. Llewellyn, Esq., Llanwern

Lodge, London Road, Leicester. Sanders, The Rev. Canon, LL.D., St.

Martin's Vicarage, Leicester. Sarson, Col. J. E., Stoneygate Road,

Leicester.Scott, C. Tollemache. Esq., Market Bos-

worth Hall, Leicester. Sforza, The Duchess of, c/o W. B.

Henton, Esq., Ragdale Hall, Leicester. Smith, H. A., Esq., 82, Queen's Gardens,

Bayswater, London, W. Smith, Dr. R. Bradshaw, Canning House,

Burbage, Hinckley.Snow, H. C., Esq., Holmedale, Stoney

gate, Leicester. Somerset, His Grace the Duke of, Burton

Hall, Loughborougl) (President). Spencer, Mr. C. A., Stoneygate, Leicester. Spurway, W., Esq., High Cross Street,

Leicester. Stevenson, G.,Esq., De Montfoit Square,

Leicester. Stocks, The Rev. Canon, M.A., R.D., St.

Saviour's Vicarage, Leicester. Symonds.The Rev. H.,ThorutonVicuraga,

Leicexter.

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Tabherer, G. O., Esq., The Holt, Stoney-gute, Leicester.

Tiiylor, J. W., E>q.. Louglihuroiigh. Tuylor, Mr. John II., 10U, Belgnive (iuie,

Leicester. Thomson. Clms. ^tunrt, \<',-f\.. Bnrrmv-riii-

Snnr, I oiiKhlMiriHigh. TlnmiMin, H. T. Arnnll, Esq., IBelgrnve.

Leicester. Titlev, The liev. R. Jl.A. (Hon. Local

Sec.), Banvell I'ecuiry, Hinckltjy. Toller. A. T., Ksq., Paper Buildings,

Temple, E.C Trollope, The Re\. A., Edith Weston

Recrorv, Stmiif'nrd. Twells, The Kev. (Jnmrn, M.A., [S.D.,

Thoiuleigli, Hounionioutl). Twining, Hichnnl, Esq., I'.ilteswell,

Luttenvoi th. Tnnbiiilge, A. \\., Esq., Saxe C'uburg

Stree;, Leicester. Viccars, \V. P., Esq., 2li, l)e Munltiirt

Street.. Leicester. Vincent, W. W., Esq., Knightnn Ha 1,

I .eicester.Walker, T. Esq.. Glen Hall, Leicester. Wand, Mr. S., Leicester.

\Vartnnby, J. \V., Esq., Stonejgate,Leicester.

Whetstone. W., Esq., Coalvillo, Leiceste!-. Wliitmnre, Cupt. T. C. D., (Jrêtt, Koin-

fncd, Essex.Williams. .I.H.. M^q.^toTipyfinl.-, I.eiceslcr. Wilmer, F. B ,E~q.,Narliorongli. Leicester. VVinekley, Rev. S. T., iM.A., Houghtnn.

nu-the-Hill Rectory, Leicester. Wintertim, F., h%q., liouncl Hill, Thur-

rnaston, Leicester.Withers, Mr. W.J., Silver Street, Leicester. Wood, Rev. C. Huiiton, M.A., Ticlibonie

Street, Leicester. Wood, K. H.. Ksq.. F.S.A., F.1I.I..S.,

Penrlios Uoii-e, Itiigby. Woodhouse, V. M., Esq., Oaltfield,

Syston, Leicester. Worswick, Cnl. R. W., Normanton Tur-

ville Hnll, Hincl-ley. Wright, Philip, Esq., Quorndon, T.ougli-

borough. Wykes, Jlrs., The Croft, Stoneygate Road,

Leicester. Young, Mr. Joseph, Gallon-tire Gate,

Leicester.

NEW MEMBERS ELECTED IN 189B.Bell, James, Esq., Town Clerk, The Town Hall, Leicester.Bland, Mr. Edmund, St. Martin's, Leicester.Burgess, A. H., Esq., Berridge Street, Leicester.Cott, The Eev. Arthur Mackenzie, M.A., Ashby Magna Vicarage, Lutterworth.Elgood, Mr. John E., 32, West Street, Leicester.Gee, Mrs. H. Simpson, Knighton Frith, Leicester.Hazell, Walter, Esq., M.P., 15, Russell Square, London.Partridge, S. S., Esq., Belvoir Street, Leicester.Peach, Mr. Robert, The Elms, Oadby, Leicester.Peake, The Rev John Dawson, M.A., Burnnigh-on-the-Hill Rectory, Melton Mowbray.Pick, S. Peikins, Esq., Millstone Lane, Leicester.Smith-Carington, Richard, Esq. F.S.A., Ashby Folville Hall, Melton Mowbray.Taylor, Richard, Esq., Kntcliffe Road, Leicester.Wright, James, Esq., Quorndon, Longhhoroiigh.

MEMBERS DECEASED IN 1806.Halford, Colonel Sir Henry St. John, Bart., C.B., V.D. (President).Alien, Mr. Henry, Leicester.Harwell, Mr. Thomas, Leicester.Trollope, The Rev. Andrew, 15.A. (Member of Committee), Edith Weston Rectory.

RULES.1. That the Society be called " THE ARCHITECTURAL AND AKCHZOLOGIOAI

SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER."2. That the objects of the Society be, to promote the study of Ecclesiastical

Architecture, General Antiquities, and the Restoration of Mutilated Architectural Hemains within the County ; and to furnish suggestions, so far as may be within its province, for improving the character of Ecclesiastical Edifices, and for preserving all ancient remains which the Committee may consider of value and importance.

190 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

3. That the Society be composed of Patrons, President, Treasurer, and Secre taries; and Honorary and Ordinary Members.

4. That the Members of the Society be privileged to propose new Member*, either by letter or personally, to be elected at the Committee Meetings; and that Honorary Members shall be gentlemen who have either rendered signal service to the Society, or are specially learned in the subjects the study of which it is formed to encourage, and shall be nominated by the Committee at one of their Meetings, and proposed for election only at the General Annual Meeting uf the Members to be held in the January of each year.

5. That Rural Deans within the County of Leicester be tx-officio Members of the Committee, on their signifying an intention to become Members of the Society.

0. That each Member shall pay an Annual Subscription of Ten Shillings, to be due on the first day of January in each year.

7. That the affairs of the Society be conducted by a Committee composed of the Patrons, Presidents, Rural Deans (being Members), all Secretaries of the Society, all Professional Architects (being Members), all Honorary Members, and not less than twenty Ordinary Members, of whom four at least shall have been Members of the Committee of the preceding year.

8. That the Meetings of the Members be held on the last Monday of every alternate month; that one of such Meetings to be held in the month of January be considered the Annual General Meeting, at which the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts be rendered and the Committee for the year be elected, and such new Rules or alterations in the Rules proposed and made as may be thought necessary: provided always that due notice of such new Rules or alteration in Rules be given by circular to each Member of the Society at least seven days before the Annual Meeting. That in addition to the Bi-Monthly Meetings—so including the Annual Meeting—Public Meetings for the reading of Papers, <fcc., may be held as provided for under Rule 11.

9. That the Committee (of whom five shall be a quorum) have power to add to their number, and to elect from the Society the requisite number of Secretaries.

10. That the Members of the Committee in any neighbourhood may associate other Members of the Society with themselves, and form Committees for Local Purposes in communication with the Central Committee.

11. That the Public Meetings of the Society be holden at such times and places as shall be appointed by the Committee.

13. That the Committee meet at the times and places which they may them selves appoint.

13. That the Secretaries be empowered, on the requisition of five Members of the Committee, to call a Special Meeting of the Society.

14. That Donations of Architectural and Antiquarian Books, Plans, <fcc., be received; that the Committee be empowered to make purchases and procure casts and drawings, which shall be under the charge of the Secretaries.

16. That when the Committee shall consider any Paper, which may have been read before the Society, worthy of its being printed at its expense, they shall request the author to furnish a copy, and shall decide upon the number of copies to be printed, provided always that the number be sufficient to supply each Member with one copy, and the author with twenty-five copies. All other questions relating to publishing Plans and Papers, and illustrating them with engravings, shall be decided by the Committee.

16. That the Committee may every year publish, or join with other Archi tectural and Archaeological Societies in publishing, for circulation among the Members, Transactions to contain descriptions and Papers connected with the objects of the Society.

IT. That on application being made to any Member of the Committee, or to the Committee collectively, for the advice of the Society in the restoration of any Church, a Sub-Committee be appointed (of which the Incumbent or Resident Minister be one) to visit the Church, and submit a report in writing to the General Committee!


18. That all Plans for the building, enlargement, or restoration of churches, schools. Sec., sent for the inspection of the Committee, be placed in the hands of one of the Secretaries of the Society, at least fourteen days before the Committee Meeting, for the Secretary to prepare a special report thereon.

19. That the Committee have power nt any Meeting to make grants towards the objects of the Society, provided that if such grant—other than that for carrying oat the objects contemplated in Kules 15 and 16—exceed 30s., notice be given in the circular or advertisement calling the Meeting.

The Bi-Monthly Meetings of the Society are held on the last Monday in January, March, May, July, September, and November,—-the Meeting in January to be the General Meeting for the transaction of business. Committee Meetings at 11.30 a.m.; Bi-Monthly Meetings at 12 noon, at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, Leicester.

NOTE.—The Society's Room is now at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester, where the Library is kept, and is open daily from 10 to 4 for the use of Members. Any Member borrowing a book is requested to enter the title and date in the book provided for that purpose.

Societies with which the Leicestershire Architectural and Archceological Society exchanges " TRANSACTIONS ":—

The Buckinghamshire Architectural and Archaeological Society.The Cambridge Antiquarian Society.The Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Essex Archaeological Society.The Kent Archaeological Society.The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.The North Oxfordshire Archaeological Society.The Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society.The Powys-land Club. (Montgomeryshire.)The St. Alban's Architectural and Archaeological Society.The Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Somersetshire ArcliEeological and Natural History Society.The Suffolk Institute of Archaeology.The Surrey Archaeological Society.The Thoresby Society of Leeds.The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.La Societe d'Archeologie de Bruxelles.

January 27th, 1896.

THE ANNUAL MEETING

of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society was held at the Library of the Old Town Hal), St. Martin's, Leicester.

THOMAS HAEEOLD, ESQ., in the Chair.

VOTES of thanks were received from the Edinburgh Architec tural Association, the Oxfordshire ArchsBological Society, the


Thoresby Society, and the Essex Archaeological Society respec tively for part 2 of Vol. VIII. of the Transactions.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Royal Archicological Insti tute for No. 208 of the Archaeological Journal, and to the Shropshire Archaeological Society for part 3, Vol. VII., of the second ssries of their Transactions.

Tho sum of A'2 2s. was voted to the Vicar towards the Restora tion of Thoruton Church.

It was resolved to subscribe £1 Is. per annum to the Parish Register Society, and 6s. per annum for the Official Year Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to M. I. Joyce, Esq., for his kind promise of a Transcript of the Early Leicestershire Survey, 1124-1129.

The following were then elected Members of the Society:— Rev. A. M. Cott, M.A., Ashby Magna Vicarage, Lutterworth; James Bell, Esq., Town Clerk of Leicester; Mrs. Lockheart, Stoneygate, Leicester; Rev. John Dawson Peake, M.A., The Rectory, Burrough-on-the-Hill, Melton Mowbray; Mr. John E. Elgood, 32, West Street, Leicester.

The Report of the Committee for the year 1895 was read by MAJOR FREER, Hon. Secretary, as follows :—

THE REPORT.IN presenting to our Members the Forty-first Annual Report of the Society, we liave to lament the loss by death of three Members: First, in Thomas Nevinson, Esq., the Society has lost an old and valued Member who took the greatest interest in Archaeology and in the formation of this Society, and to whom the restoration of St. Mary's Cliutch, Leicester, is mainly due. Secondly, in Mr. Samuel Knight we lose another Leicester man who attended most regularly the meetings of the Society, being present at the meeting in September, 1895, wheu he exhibited a Gold Rose Noble of Edward IV. He will be much imsaed. His valuable collection of English coins, about 1100 in number, has been left to the Leicester Museum. Thirdly, Mr. H. J. Betterton, one of the new Members of the Society, elected in November, 1893.

Mr. T. K. Catchpole (who has left the County) and the Rev. D. W. Lord have resigned their Membership.

During the past year the following 10 New Members have been elected :—In January. His Grace the Duke of Somerset, Burton Hall, Loughborough,

and a President of the Society.; V. M. Woodhnuse, Esq., 3H, 1'rincesg Street, Leicester; C. F. Oliver, Esq., Hughenden, Knighton Park Road, Leicester.

In March. Alfred W. N. Burder, Esq.. The Elms, Loughborough; Theodore Walker, Esq., Glen Hull, Leicester; Mrs. George Green, 1, Sandown Road, Stoney gate, Leicester; Mr. George Brown, jun., The Yews, Great Glen, Leicester.

In May. Henry C. Snow, Esq., Holmedale, Stoneygnte, Leicester.In July. The Rev. J. Godson, M.A., Ashby Folville Vicarage, Melton Mowbray;

Miss Susan Ullis, Stoneygate Road, Leicester.

REPORT. 193«

The Committee much regret tlint. only one short I'uper was lend lust jenr, vin , On Old Water Pip's found in tlie tfemarke and neighbourhood in Leicester, bj Col. G. C. Hellairs, Hon. financial Secretary, nml request Members to <lo their liest to increase the number of Papers read m future.

A considerable number of objects of interest Imve linen exhibited by si'verul Members at the Bi-Monlhly Meetings, and Cul. lielluirs has presented several interesting books anil prints to the Society.

The Annual Slimmer Excursion wns made to K\y on July 4th; nn m-coiint of the same will be published in the Society's Transactinns. About M Members mnl fiieuils took part in the same. Our thanks are especially due tn the Yen. Archdeacon Chapman and Mr. Roberts for their kindness in explaining the archiieutuial features of the Cathedral and Monastic liuildings.

During the past year the following Churches and Buildings have been added to or restored :—

Ashby-de-ln-Zouch, Parish Church.—A festal altar cloth, valued at £000, has been presented by the Misses Hemsley.

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Holy Trinity.—New schools and mission room, built at n cost of £1200.

Billesdon.—Sanctuary enlarged and re floored, with new steps. New folding oak doors have been placed in this church.

Bottesford.—The spire has been repaired at a cost of £78.Bowden Magna. —A clock has been placed in the tower, costing £80, and the

tenor bell re-hung. An iron and copper screen has been erected at a cost of £!K), in memory of Miss Howlatt. A vicarage has been purchased and repaired. Total cost, £940.

Branstone.—A painted reredos has been placed in the chancel by Mrs. James Murray, in memory of her husband.

Coalville.—The Parish Church has been restored and enlarged. A new organ erected and a new school built. Total cost, £3700.

Croxton, South.—In this year £700 has been spent in partially restoring this church.

East on Magna.—The church has been restored at a cost of £570. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners also repaired the chancel walls.

Ellistown.—The memorial stone of a new church was, on August 24th, laid by Mrs. Creighton.

Frisby-on-the-Hreake.—New oak doors have bean placed in the church and part of the floor has been relaid with tiles. A silver flagon has been given to the church.

Frowlesworth.—The tower has been restored at a cost of £75.Qarthorpe.—This church has been restored at a cost of £SOO. The Rev. \V.

Thorold, Rector of Stainby, carved and presented an oak reredos to the church.

Harby.—This church has been re-seated throughout.Hugglescote,—A new school and Master's house have been built at Bardon Hill

at a cost of X'1500, by Mrs. Perry-Herrick and Messrs. Ellis and Everard.Husbands Boiworth.- -The tower and spire have been completely restored at a

cost of £383.Ibstock,—A new school has been built, costing £000.Kibworth.—A new organ, costing £400, has been placed in this church.Langton, Church,—An oak rood screen has been placed in this church by Capt.

Warner, of Langton Hall, in memory of his father.Leicester, All Saints'.—£800 has been spent in restoring the tower of this

church.


Leicester, St. Barnabas', New Humberstone.—A two-manual organ has been given to this church by Mrs. Winterton, in memory of her husband and daughter. An oak (.ancillary chair from parishioners, and wrought-iron choir gates from Mrs. Mangan and Mr. Gerald Mangan, have been placed in tho church in memory of the late Rev. W. R. Mangan, the first Vicar of the Parish.

Leicester, St. Luke's.—A new silver chalice and paten have been given to this church.

Lubenham.—A silver paten, silver-mounted flagon, lamps and altar furniture have been given to this cluirch.

Lutterworth.—tê pinnacles rf the tower have been repaired, and Mr. L. T. Topham gave a brass eagle to this church.

Market Harborough.—This spire has been repaired at a cost of £100.Mowsley.—Three panels, painted by Mrs. Green, have been placed at the back

of the altar. A new oak door and two new seats for the choir have been placed in this church.

Nailstone.— £104 has been spent in restoring the organ and providing new furniture for the church.

Normanton-le-Heath.—The inside walls of the nave have been renovated at a cost of i'25.

Osnathorpe.— £9B has been spent on a new warming apparatus.Packington.—An oak organ screen, carved and presented by Miss Dewes, of

Ashby, and other furniture have been placed in this church.Quorn.—'The tower has been repaired and the battlements rebuilt at a cost

of £200.Batcliffe-on-the-Wreake.—The parapet of the tower thrown down by the hurri

cane in March has been rebuilt. Cost, £29.Sapcote.—One bell has been recast and two added, and a new belfry floor placed

in this church. Total cost, /2!)2.Shepshed.—The belfry has been restored at a cost of £500. The six old bells

have been re-hung and two new ones added. A clock with chimes has been placed in the tower.

Smeeton Westerby.—The roof of this church has been renewed and some other repairs effected at a cost of over £200.

Sminford.—£1200 has been spent in restoring this church, and a new chancel and porch added. A new stone pulpit and chancel screen have been given by Mr. Daft, and a new organ by Mr. R. Spencer.

Syston.—A silver processional cross has been given.Thorpe Arnold.—New lamps have been placed in the chancel and nave, and new

choir stalls and clergy seat have been provided.Wigston, South, St. Thomas'.—The parsonage, costing £1500, has been built.

Mr. T. Ingrain, of Wigston Magna, has given an organ to this church in memory of his wife. Cost, £500.

The following stained glass windows have been placed in the undermentioned Churches in 1885 :—

Branstone.—A large east window, by Mrs. James Murray, in memory of her husband.

Kirkby Mallory.—Lady de Clifford and her daughters have placed an east window in this church to the memory of Lord de Clifford and his two sons. The window in the south wall of the chancel, by the Rector, the Rev. and Hon. A. Byron, his son and brother, in memory of the Rector's father and mother.

Ldcester, St. John the Baptists', Knighton.—A three-light east window has been placed in this church. One light in memory of Misa Sarah Barlow, and the otber two lights given by Mr. II. Simpson Gee and Mr. Wm. Spencer.


Leicester, St. Margaret's.—A children's window has heen placed in the porch at a cost of 121.

Stoiiton Wyrille,—A stained window has heen placed in this church.Su'inford.—Six windows have lieen given by Jliss Clarice, Mr. R. Spencer and

his sisters, and Mr. It. \Vrijjlit.

Mr. J. W. Wartuaby presented the Accounts, on behalf of the Financial Secretary, Colonel Bellairs, which showed a balance ia hand of £59 Is. 9d., and of which the following is a Summary :—

TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.PAYMENTS.RKCEIPTS.

1895. Jan. 1. By Balance in Rank

from last year .. Subscriptions and Arrears

received during the year.. Year's Interest on Leicester

Corporation Loan..Sundries .. ..

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1895. £ ». d. To Printing and Publishing

Transactions, <ic. .. .. 42 2 8 Copying Documents in Public

Record Office, &c. .. 850 Subscriptions .. .. 328Rent of Room and Caretaker ft 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. 108Balance in Bank .. ..5719

12 5

Examined and found correct,JOHN WADE WARTNAIiY, Auditor.

It was RESOLVED that the Report and Accounts be adopted, printed, and circulated.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the retiring Committee and Officers for their services during the past year; and it was RESOLVED unanimously that they be reappointed.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the use of the room for Meetings, and to the Press for reporting the proceedings.

THE REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER, F.S.A., contributed a short Paper (which was read for him by MAJOR FREER), entitled :—

"SURVEY.OF LEICESTERSHIRE, 1124—1129."A VOTE of thanks was passed to Mr. Fletcher for the Paper, and

it was RESOLVED to print the same in the Society's Transactions, (See pages 142-144 ante.)

The CHAIRMAN exhibited a Certificate of a Burial in Woollen, and promised to send a copy of the same to the Secretary for entry in the Minutes.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Chairman for presiding.


March 30th, 1896. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Eoom, at the Old Town Hull Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

J. W. WARTNABY, ESQ., in the Chair.

MAJOR FREER was requested to write to the Society of Anti quaries conveying the purport of Mr. Hazell's letter on the subject of the Preservation of Ancient Buildings.

MRS. LOCKHART'S resignation was accepted.The Financial Secretary was directed to pay £2 10s. Od. to the

Leicester Corporation for the use of the Society's Room, Coal, Gas, etc., to 25th March, 1896.

It was RESOLVED to exchange Transactions with the Royal Academy of Belles Lettres of Stockholm, to include back publica tions.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Powis-Land Club for Vol. XXIX., part 1, of their Collections; and to the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal for parts 53 and 54 of their Transactions.

THE REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER communicated the following note on the late Rev. Andrew Trollope, which was read for him by MAJOR FREER :—

IN MEMORIAM REV. ANDREW TROLLOPE, B.A.

THE death just announced of one of our most valued and hard working members, the Rev. Andrew Trollope, at Rome, on March 24th, will cast a gloom over the Society. Mr. Trollope was a member of an old Lincolnshire family, the Trollopes of Casewick, and was a nephew of the first Lord Kesteven, and of the Right Rev. the Suifragan Bishop of Nottingham, so well known as a distinguished antiquary. He was born at Lincoln, on February 2nd, 1851, being the fourth child and second son of Captain Arthur Trollope by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Richard Lucas, of Edith Weston. He was educated at Uppingham School, and at Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1874 ; and was ordained Deacon in 1874 and Priest in 1875 by the Bishop of Lincoln, on a title to the Curacy of St. James', Great Grimsby. In 1879 he came into Leicestershire, having been appointed to the Rectory of Carlton Curlieu with Ilston-on- the-Hill, by the patron Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Bart. Here he remained until 1885, when he was appointed Rector of Edith Weston, by his uncle, Richard Lucas, Esq., and he remained in the same sphere of work until his death.

His connection with our Society began in 1879, when he was elected a member on July 28th. On January 29th, 1883, he was

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elected cm the Committee, and has since been re-elected on it every succeeding year. Whilst residing at Carlton Curlieu, iind some times since, he was a constant attendant at the Meetings of the Society, and a frequent exhibitor of antiquities and objects of interest. In May, 1884, he was one of a Sub-Committee appointed by the Committee to report on certain embellishments that were being done to Lutterworth Church : their Report, drawn up by Mr. Trollope, is printed in the 7 ransactions, Vol. VI., p. 99.

He also contributed to the Transactions some valuable "Notes on the Churches visited by the Society in July, 1887," (Vol. VI., pp. 314, &c.); and "Extracts from the Marriage Bonds of Lei cestershire," (Vol. VII., pp. 168, &c.) He also made a MS. Transcript of the Parish Registers of Edith Weston, from 1585 to 1836.

But his name will go down to posterity as the author of " An Inventory of the Church Plate of Leicestershire, with some Account of the Donors," published in 1890 in two quarto volumes; a truly magnificent work, by far the fullest and most elaborate of all the works on Church Plate that have ever been published. In the preparation of this work, Mr. Trollope visited every Church, and examined personally every piece of Church Plate in the County.

Mr. Trollope's strong point was his knowledge of Church Architecture; and in the course of our Summer Excursions he added very much to the pleasure of the members by his descriptions of the Churches visited by the Society. He was Local Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries for Rutland.

He was never married, but he lived with some of his sisters at Edith Weston Rectory a quiet useful life, and he leaves a gap which it will be difficult to nil. His death occurred very suddenly. He went to Rome with two of his sisters and a cousin on March 10th, stopping at Turin and Pisa on the way, and very much enjoying all he saw. He was then apparently quite well, except for a cough. On the 22nd, his medical attendant declared that he had bronchitis, and on the following day he developed congestion of the lungs and pneumonia. His heart was so weak, and his breathing so difficult, that after only two days' illness he passed away suddenly and quietly at mid-day on the 24th. On the 26th, he was interred in the English Cemetery at Rome.

The following Antiquities, &c., were exhibited :—

BY MR. J. KIRBY :—A Leicester siege ball, gun metal, weight about 7 Ibs., diameter 3£ inches, found in excavating Messrs. Raworth's factory in Leicester, near the river Soar. Also an old


Leaden plate, supposed to be either an Insurance or Coffin plate, in the shape of a mitre with a Koyal Crown on the top, impressed with the design of a building. It has been painted and gilt, and wis found in Newarke Street.

MR. FEWKBS presented the Society with a map of the Grantham and Nottingham Canal from Cropwell Butler to Bingham, dated 1792.

It was unanimously RESOLVED that the Excursion Sub-Com mittee be requested, if possible, to arrange for the Summer Meeting to St. Albans and Hattield in the first or second week in June.

VOTES of thanks to Mr. Fewkes, Mr. Kirby, and the Chairman were passed.

June 1st, 1896. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Boom, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

THE REV. A. M. RENDELL in the Chair.

The HON. SECRETARY reported the steps that had been taken by Mr. Wartnaby and himself in arranging for the Excursion to Hatfield and St. Albans, thirty-three names had been sent in up to date. A Programme was laid before the Committee.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the following Societies for Proceedings and Transactions :—Societie d' Archaeologie de Bruxelles, and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.

The HON. SECRETARY reported that he had purchased a copy of the " Official Year Book of Learned Societies" for 1896.

He also, on behalf of the Leicestershire County Council, presented the Society with two copies of a Return as to the Custody of Parish Documents relating to 305 Parishes, compiled by himself.

A VOTE of thanks was passed for the same.A letter from Mr. Bland, of Gaddesby, was read giving an

account of a recent discovery in the Church :—" Three windows have for some years been in a very bad state,

the mullions being broken away and in part replaced by wood and cement, viz:—the north west window of the north aisle, one of the south windows of the clerestory and the south east window of the south aisle, and previous to the Easter Vestry of 1895, the north west window was blown out by a gust of wind and it became necessary for something to be done; and therefore, before the Vestry, an estimate was got out for the three windows, and being


a large amount the Vestry would only undertake the repairs of the north west window and the Clerestory, which they decided to thoroughly repair and fill in with Cathedral glass. And being very anxious to see the south east window of the south aisle also repaired, I asked permission of the Vestry to allow me the privilege of restoring, which I thought I could do with the assistance of some friends interested in Church Architecture.

" The Society will remember that at the south east end of the south aisle there were some high pews or boxes approached by a stone step made into a sort of cosy corner, the walls being wains coted and covered with green baize, and in order to fit the boards properly to the wall the carpenter in his wisdom chopped off the tracery of a most beautifully worked piscina, and in after years someone who possessed more love for Architecture cut away the boards in order to show the mutilated piscina.

" In clearing away the high pews I thought I would remove the plaster also to the height of the window sill, and this I consider was a most fortunate idea, for in clearing off the plaster there was found in the centre of the east end under the window a pretty nearly square piece of brickwork 2 ft. 6 ins. by 2 ft., and of course we had to take out this brickwork, and to our great surprise and delight we found at the back of this the loose chippings and part of the bowl of the broken piscina, and this of course led us into extra work, for having found the pieces we were in duty bound to repair the piscina and the niche in which the pieces were found, for it was evident that at some date or other this had been used as a super-altar, for undoubtedly an altar had been there, for underneath the boarded floor was the stone step on which the table had been placed; so now the entire corner has been swept out, the plaster removed, the stone mullions repaired, the window filled with Cathedral glass, the walls tucked, the piscina restored, the super- altar opened, and new oak benches instead of the old high pews.

" I wish you would kindly alter, sometime, in the records of the Society, the mistake that was made in the reredos in our Church. The reredos was put in by myself in grateful remem brance of the late Mr. Cheney, and the east window was put in by Mrs. Cheney in memory of her late husband. It has been reported that both were put in by Mrs. Cheney."

It was RESOLVED that Major W. J. Freer and B. A. Smith, Esq., be appointed delegates to the Congress of Archaeological Societies in July next.

It was RESOLVED that the best thanks of the Society be given to G. H. Nevinson, Esq., for his valuable gift of a collection of tiles and other interesting relics from Leicester Abbey.


The following were duly elected Members of the Society:— S. S. Partridge, Esq., Belvoir Street, Leicester; and A. H. Burgess, Esq., Berridge Street, Leicester.

MAJOR FREER exhibited for S. Harris, Esq., two bound copies of petitions to Parliament in 1641 and 1G42 respectively, the latter relating to the Maga/iue and the reply of Lord Falkland on beliulf of King Charles I., dated from the Court held at the Castle of Leicester, on the 24th day of July, 1642.

THE ANNUAL EXCURSION.

THE Annual Excursion of the Society for the year 1896 took place on Thursday and Friday, June llth and 12th, 1896, to ST. ALBANS AND HATFIBLD.

Thursday, June llth.—Members and friends, about fifty in number, assembled at the Midland Railway Station, Leicester, on Thursday morning, and left by the 8.40 train, reaching St. Albans about two hours later. After lunch at the " Peahen Hotel," which was the head-quarters during the visit, the party proceeded to Hatfield, the well-known seat of the Marquis of Salisbury, K.Gr. After a pleasant walk through the grounds the Mansion was reached, which stands on an eminence in a very commanding position, and under the guidance of the Society's old friend and Honorary Member, Mr. Jas. Neale, F.S.A., and accompanied by the Housekeeper, a very interesting inspection was made. When all were assembled in the large dining hall Mr. Neale delivered an address upon "Hatfield House,'' or "Heathfield," as it was anciently called, derived from the character of the surrounding country. In the Anglo-Saxon period Hatfield belonged to the Crown. The plan of the building resembles a flattened "U," and the house is all built of red bricks and stone. The estimate for the Elizabethan building was £'2926 19s. Od., but by various additions, such as stone, which was obtained at Lyndon, the estimate was increased to £7000.

The ceiling of the great banqueting hall was built by one of Lord Salisbury's ancestors about 1600. The hall is 50 feet long by 30 feet wide and was formerly used as an armoury, but the armour is now arranged in order of date in the long gallery. Queen Elizabeth lived at Hatfield prior to her accession to the Throne, and a small private garden still remains where she employed many hours in recreation. It is quite possible that the apartments now standing might have been inhabited by this Princess. In 1835 the first Marchioness lost her life through a fire which consumed a portion of the Mansion.

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Portraits of Queens Mary and Elizabeth, Charles I., Wellington, Henry VIII. and his wives, and the horse upon which Queen Elizabeth rode to Tilbury, were especially noticed as were Queen Anne's Coronation Chair and Queen Elizabeth's curious old oak cradle.

Most of the rooms in the Mansion were visited, including the long gallery which contains the armour and some fine tapestry.

After tea the party walked through the park, which is beautifully wooded, and the tree known as " Queen Elizabeth's Oak," under which she is said to have been reading when the news of her Accession was brought to her, was seen.

Friday, June 12£/i.—At 10 o'clock on Friday morning the party visited St. Albans' Abbey. Mr. Neale again acting as guide, and his ample knowledge of the subject was greatly appreciated by those present.

The Tower first received attention. It is built of Roman bricks which, though nearly 2000 years old, are in a wonderful state of preservation. It was built in the reigns of William the Conqueror and William Rufus, being commenced about 1077 and finished in 1088. The bricks were obtained from the Roman City of Verula- mium, which was only a short distance from the Abbey and to the south west of the ancient City of St. Albans. The Tower is 144 feet high and about 50 feet square; in the middle ages it had a lofty lantern upon the summit, and high turrets at each of the four corners; these features were eventually removed and a short leaden spire was placed in the centre. The whole Tower was coated with plaster, but both have been removed.

Passing down to the great west front, the enormous length of the Abbey, which is no less than 550 feet, is very noticeable.

The great west front has unfortunately been entirely rebuilt by Lord Grimthorpe, at great cost. This is the third west front that the Abbey has had. The first, which was Norman, was 50 feet wider than the present one; the second front was built by Abbot John de Cella in the Early English style, but in the course of time became so insecure that it had to be entirely rebuilt. There is some very fine work in the three porches, the greater part of which is a reproduction of that of John de Cella, and some portions of the original work were observed to be incorporated with the new.

In the nave the view is blocked by the organ, and only glimpses can be caught of Norman arches and painted ceilings beyond. There is an interesting stoup or receptacle for Holy Water in the north aisle. There are nine arches, which were erected 650 years ago, and have not been materially altered or restored since. They were built by Abbot Trumpington between 1214 and 1235, and

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look remarkably new. There is also a series of ancient frescoes dated from the 13th or 14th century. These were discovered in 1869, and were coated with whitewash. On the north side of the nave are Norman bays, over 800 years old, erected by Abbot Paul de Caen, but it is noticeable that there are no similar ones on the other side. The Normans built them there, but two of the immense columns fell outwards demolishing the aisle and part of the cloisters, the damage being very great. The Abbot, Hugh de Eversden, cleared away the remains and erected the five bays now seen in the Decorated style.

The rood screen is a good specimen of this period, though considerably mutilated, and the organ is a fine one, having cost nearly £1500.

The choir ceiling is very interesting. During a recent restor ation this ceiling was accidentally found to have the 17th century colouring upon it, covering much older painting. The latter surface was removed and exposed the old ceiling as now seen. There are in all thirty-six panels, which are believed to be work of from 1368 to 1376.

The north transept ceiling is of deal, and quite recent, but in the floor of this transept are fine examples of ancient tiles.

The tower arches are 55 feet high and the ceiling 102 feet from the floor.

The high altar screen is a magnificent specimen of 15th century stonework, and was erected by Abbot William Wallingford about the year 1464. It has been restored recently by Mr. H. H. Gibbs at a cost of £10,000.

In the centre of the Saints' Chapel stands the shrine of Saint Alban, which is about 580 years old, having been constructed by Abbot John de Marynis in the early Decorated style. It is made of Purbeck marble and has very elaborate work upon it, and no doubt formerly presented an imposing appearance. About the time of the Reformation this shrine of Alban or Albanus, the first British Martyr, was broken up into hundreds of pieces, which were used as material for filling up the arches, &c., and for 330 years the shrine of St. Alban was lost. During the restoration, under Sir Gilbert Scott, the pieces were found, and by a most remarkable instance of restoration, in which Mr. Neale himself took part, the shrine was in a great part reinstated, and something like 2000 pieces were placed in position.

On the north side of the Saints' Chapel there is a watching gallery of carved oak about five centuries old.


The southern part of the Chapel is occupied almost entirely by the chantry tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the youngest son of Henry IV.

The shrine of St. Amphibalus, the teacher of St. Alban, stands in the north aisle of the presbytery. The Ante-Chapel and Lady Chapel were also visited.

It will be noticed that there is still much interesting old work to be seen in spite of modern restoration.

Leaving the Abbey with reluctance, Mr. Neale pointed out the site of the old Monastery buildings, and the party passed under the ancient gateway of the Monastery which, with the Abbey, are the only parts of the Monastic buildings now remaining. This gateway was built by Abbot de la Mare about 1362.

After luncheon the party drove to the Roman Causeway and paid a brief visit to St. Michael's Church, then returning to St. Albans en route for Leicester, which was reached about 7 p.m. Mr. Neale has kindly promised a Paper on " Hatfield," and if any Members require further information about the Abbey it is to be found in Mr. Neale's exhaustive and beautiful work on the "History of St. Alban's Abbey."

A short Paper by James Neale, Esq., F.S.A., entitled "Notes on the Abbey Church of St. Alban," will be found in the Associated Societies' Reports and Papers, Vol. XIII., pages 255-264. See also the Society's Transactions, Vol. V., pages 30-38, and 96-100. The Society visited St. Alban's Abbey, on July 19th, 1876.

The following list mentions in chronological order the works now to be found in St. Alban's Abbey from the earliest date to the middle of the 16th century.

ROMAN.The tiles from the ruined City Verulam, re-used in the building

of the Norman Church by Abbot Paul.

SAXON. The stone balusters in the transept, re-used in the Norman Church.

NORMAN.The eastern part of nave. Six bays on

north side ... ... ... Paul of Caen, 1077-1093.Choir. The bays on north and south

sides ... ... ... Ditto.Central tower ... ... ... Ditto.Transept. (Church consecrated 1115) Ditto. The arcades of the slype, on south side

of south transept ... ... Robert de Gorham,1151-1166.


EARLY ENGLISH.Part of north western porch

,, central western porch

„ south western porch Four western bays on north side of nave Five western bays on south side of nave Additions to choir windows Sanctuary and foundations of the

eastern chapels

Part of ante-chapel to lady chapel

DECORATED.Part of ante-chapel

Lady chapel; lower portion Part of ante-chapel

Completion of ante-chapel...

Lady chapel; upper portionFive bays on south side of nave. (Fell

down 1323. Rebuilding com menced by Eversdone. Clerestory was completed later) ...

The remains of the cloister wall-arcade

John de Cella, 1195-1214.Ditto.

William de Trumpingtone 1214-1235.

Ditto.Ditto.Ditto.Ditto.

John de Hertford,1235-1260.

Roger de Nortone,1260-1290.

John de Berkehamctede, 1291-1301.

Ditto. John de Marynes,

1302-1308. Hugh de Eversdone,

1308-1326. Ditto.

Ditto. Ditto.

„ „ „ Richard de Walyngforde,1326-1335.

,, ,, „ ... Michael de Mentmore,1335-1349.

Shrine of Saint Alban. Rood screen. Doorway in south aisle of choir (leading to east walk of cloister).

PERPENDICULAR.

Shrine of St. Amphibalus (erected byRalph Whytchwiche, sacrist) ... Thomas de la Mare,

1349-1396.Great gateway to the monastery ... Ditto. Triforium windows on north side of nave and choir. Watching loft. (About 1420.) Choir ceiling. High altar screen ... ... William Walyngforde,

1476-1484.


THE PRINCIPAL MONUMENTS.Early English tomb of the hermits Roger and Sigar. Brass of Abbot de la Mare (executed

in his lifetime) ... ... Thomas de la Mare,1349-1396.

Whethamstede's chapel ... ... John de$Whetharnstede,1420-1440.

Duke of Gloucester's monument (died1447) ... ... ... John Stoke, 1440-1451.

Abbot Ramryge's sepulchral chapel,about 1522 ... ... ... Thomas Ramryge was

Abbot from 'l492.

July 21th, 1896. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

T. HABROLD, ESQ., in the Chair.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to A. D. Weld French, Esq., of Boston, U.S.A., for his work on the Family of French in Eng land ; to James Gairdener, Esq., for a copy of his Paper on the Battle of Bosworth; to the Shropshire Archaeological Society for part 1, Vol. VIII., of the 2nd series of the Transactions; to the Royal Archaeological Institute for No. 1, Vol. III., of the 2nd series of the Archaeological Journal; and to the Essex Archaeo logical Society for part 1, Vol. VI., of the new series of the Transactions.

MAJOR FREER reported that forty Members and their friends visited Hatfield and St. Albans, on June llth and 12th, under the able guidance of James Neale, Esq., F.S.A., Honorary Member of the Society.

A hearty VOTE of thanks was given to Mr. Neale for his services.A letter was read from Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P., intimating

that the Chief Commissioner for Works might be able to take over the guardianship of the Jewry Wall, should the people of Leicester wish him to do so.

It was RESOLVED, " That in the opinion of this Society it was most desirable that the Jewry Wall should be placed under the guardianship of the Chief Commissioner of Works under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Act of 1882, and that a copy of this Resolution should be forwarded to Mr. Hazell with the request that he would present the same to Mr. Akers Douglas."

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The HONORARY SECRETARY reported that he duly attended the Congress of Archaeological Societies at Burlington House, on July 8th, an account of which Meeting will be duly published.

Mr. Edmund Bland, of St. Martin's, Leicester, was duly elected a Member of the Society.

September 28f/i, 1890. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

THE REV. C. HEXTON WOOD, M.A., in the Chair.

The correspondence was read.A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Shropshire Archaeological

Society for part 2, Vol. VIII., of the 2nd series of the Transactions.Mr. Walter Hazell, M.P., was duly elected a Member, and one

of the Presidents of the Society.MAJOR FREER exhibited for THOMAS BROOKS, ESQ., of Barkby

Hall, an Elizabethan sixpence, dated 1572, found in the garden; also a George IV. Colonial sixpence, dated 1822.

THE REV. W. G. D. FLETCHRR, M.A., F.S.A., contributed a short Paper (which was read for him in his absence by MAJOR FREER) on

"THE ESTATES OF THE EARLS OF CHESTER AND THE DESPENSERS IN CERTAIN LEICESTERSHIREMANORS."

A VOTE of thanks was passed to Mr. Fletcher for the same.

November 30th, 1896. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

THE REV. C. HENTON WOOD, M.A., in the Chair.

The correspondence was read.VOTES of thanks for part 3, Vol. VII., of the Society's

Transactions were received from the Society of Antiquaries, London; the Royal Avchraological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland ; and the Essex Archaeological Society.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Royal Archaeological Insti tute for No. 211 of Transactions; to the Shropshire Archoeological Society for part 3, Vol. VIII., of the 2nd series of Transactions; and to the Surrey Archaeological Society for Vol. XIII., part 1, of the Collections.

A grant of £5, on the application of THE REV. W. G. D. FLETCHEB, M.A., F.S.A., was directed to be paid after the Annual Meeting in January next, for further transcripts of Leicestershire documents from the Public Record Office, &c.

It was RESOLVED that a VOTE of thanks be given to M. I. Joyce, Esq., for his kind present of a photograph and transcript of the early Survey of Leicestershire, 1124-1129.

MAJOR FREER reported that negotiations were still going on with respect to the preservation of the Jewry Wall.

The following were duly elected Members of the Society :— Richard Smith-Carrington, Esq., F.S.A., Ashby Folville Hall, Mellon Mowbray; Mrs. H. Simpson-Gee, Knighton Frith, Lei cester; Mr. S. Perkins Pick, Millstone Lane, Leicester; Mr. Richard Taylor, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester; Mr. James \Vright, Quorndon, Loughborough; and Mr. Robert Peach, The Elms, Oadby.

The following interesting groups of war medals were exhibited by MAJOR FREER :—

Wm. Masters, 29th Foot.—1. Punjab; bars; Chiliauwala and Goojerat. 2. Sutlej; bar; Sobvaon (Ferozeshur in exergue).

Private Thomas Taylor, H.M. 16th Lancers.—1. Sutlej; bar; Sobraon (Aliwal in exergue). 2. Marajpoor; bronze star.

Sergeant J. Smalley, 78th Highlanders.—1. Indian Service; medal bar, Persia. 2. Indian Mutiny; bar, Lucknow.

Private W. Tomlinson, 80th Foot.—1. Indian Service ; bar, Perak. 2. South Africa,- bar, 1878-9. 3. Egypt, 1882. 4. Bronze Star, 1882.

Colour-Sergeant James Fullarton, 93rd Highlanders.—1. Crimea ; bar, Sebastopol. 2. Crimea; Turkish medal. 8. Indian Service ; bar, Umbeyla. 4. Indian Mutiny ; bars, Lucknow and Relief of Luoknow.

A very fine group.VOTES of thanks were passed to Major Freer and to the

Chairman.


THE ESTATES OF THE EAELS OF CHESTER AND THE DESPENSERS IN CERTAIN LEICESTERSHIRE MANORS.

BY PHK REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

HUGH LUPUS, Earl of Chester, a nephew of William the Con queror, enjoyed twenty-two manors in Leicestershire, besides almost the whole of Cheshire, and numerous lordships in other counties. Several of his Leicestershire manors, including Beau- manor, Loughborough, Knightthorpe, and others, chiefly in the Hundred of Goscote, early in the 18th century were held by the Despensers. It has long been a puzzle how these manors passed from the Earls of Chester to the Despensers. Mr. Edwin Goadby, who wrote in a local newspaper, 1864-1866, a most valuable " History of Loughborough from the time of the Britons to the middle of the 19th century," which unfortunately was never separately printed, suggested that it was by the marriage of Hugh Despenser with the widow of Geoffrey of Chester in 1206.* But Geoffrey of Chester did not belong to the family of Hugh Lupus at all; and it is very doubtful whether Despenser ever married Geoffrey's widow, for what King John gave Despenser was, not Geoffrey's widow in marriage, but the right of disposing of her in marriage, which of course gave him considerable emolument. I think, however, that the difficulty can be cleared up.

Two things demand attention. (1.) The Despensers were not, as has been generally supposed " despensers " or stewards to the King, but to the Earls of Chester. This is clear from the fact that they frequently witnessed charters of the Earls of Chester.t There seem to have been five brothers, who were "despensers " or stewards to the Earls of Chester, viz., Hugh, Thomas, Henry, Robert, and Geoffrey, who all occur as witnesses to charters. (2.) The Despensers were not chief lords of the fee at all, but simply mesne lords, holding under the Earls of Chester and their successors. The Testa de Nevill states that in 1240 Hugh Despenser held a fee in Loughborough of the fee of Hugh Daubeney (or de Albini). Evidently Hugh de Albini was then the chief lord, and Hugh Despenser the mesne lord. We have no record of any grant; but it seems to me clear that at some time, probably very early in the 13th century, the then Earl of

* See Close Roll, 8 John, mem. 5.t Chartulary of Whalley Abbey, published by the Chetham Society, Vols. X.

XI. and XVI.

THE EARLS OF CHESTER AND THE DESPENCKRS. 209

Chester (probably Ranulph, the fourth Earl) granted the manors of Loughborough, Beaumanor, &c., to his steward (probably Hugh Despenser), to be holden of the Earl by certain services.

The descent of the manors was probably as follows:—On the death of Hugh Lupus in 1101, his estates passed to his son Richard de Abrincis, second Earl of Chester. He died in 1119 without issue, and was succeeded by his first cousin Ranulph de Mes- chines, who was created Earl of Chester, and died in 1128. His son Ranulph, surnamed de Germons, succeeded as second Earl of Chester (of the new creation), and on his death in 1155 his son Hugh (Keveliok), third Earl of Chester, succeeded. Hugh died in 1181, and was succeeded by his son Ranulph, fourth Earl, on whose death without issue in 1232 his great estates devolved upon his sisters arid their issue, these manors passing to his second sister and coheiress, Mabel, widow of William de Albini, fourth Earl of Arundel. Hugh de Albini, fifth Earl of Arundel, succeeded to the manors; arid on his death without issue iii 1243 they seem to have passed to his second sister and coheir, Cecilie, wife of Roger de Monte Alto. They ultimately passed to his nephew Robert de Montalt, and on his death without issue in 1329, devolved (accord ing to a settlement) upon Queen Isabel, mother of Edward III., for her life, and afterwards to John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, her second son, in fee. On his death unmarried in 1336, they no doubt reverted to his elder brother King Edward III. This is probably the history of the chief estate.

As regards the mesne estate, the Despensers held the manors (evidently under the Earls of Chester and their successors) until the attainder and execution of Hugh " the younger Despenser " in 1325-6, when they were soon afterwards granted to Henry Lord Beaumont, in whose descendants they remained until 1460, when John Lord Beaumont was attainted. They were afterwards granted to the Hastings family. This distinction between the chief and mesne estates clears up, I think, what has long seemed a difficulty.

210 LKICESTERSHIRK ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

CALENDAR OF LEICESTERSHIRE WILLS,1559 TO 1649.

TRANSCRIBED BY HENRY HARTOPP.

(Continued from page 178.)

THE following pages contain references to upwards of 3000 Leicestershire testators' Wills proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester between 1588 and 1614, and which are still preserved in the Probate Registry at Leicester. Many important names of former Leicestershire residents will be found in the list. It is hoped to print the remainder of the Calendar to 1649 in the next part of the Transactions, and it is proposed to deal with the Administration Bonds for the same period, and the records of the Peculiar Courts now deposited at Leicester, in a similar manner afterwards.

As stated at page 82 of the present volume of these Transactions, there are preserved at Leicester a number of unproved Wills and papers relating to Administrations, which for various reasons were never completed. It has been thought expedient to print here a list of these for the period under our notice:—

No.1630. Barsbye, Robt.; Leicester .. 251639. Bent, Thos., sen.; Enderby .. 261626. Bird, Francis: Newtown Linford 381641. Brackhouse, Henry; Ashby de la zouch 81642. Byard, Elias; Ashby de la zouch 91643. Clarke, Jhane; Ashby de la zouch 401644. Dudley, Walter; Market Bosworth 611626. Fletcher, John ; Ansty .... 851644. Foster, Simon; Donnington (Executrix's 3ond) 721634. Hartoppe, George; Little Dalby (Copy) 1141643. Kempe, Thos.; Ashby de la zouch 1341625. Lewyn, Rich.; Glenneld (Copy) 1501625. Marshall, Humphrey ; Anstey .. 1601643. Narborrow, Ralphe ; Ashby de la zouch 1611605. Newton, Wm.; Humberstone (Copy) 1621643. Orton, Daniell; Ashby de la zouch 1691644. Phaxman, Thos.; Ashby de la zouch (Nuncupative 1741609. Pickard, Wm.; Leicester (Copy) 1971576. Pyme, Wm.; Lokyngton .. 1761633. Quarles, George Enderby (Copy) 1981632. Reyner, Bridget; Norborow .. 2071617. Scriven, Rich.; Nelston (Copy) 2471611. Sturges, Thos.; Husbands Bosworth (Copy) 2371643. Wallis, Eliz.; Ashby de la zouch (Nuncupative) 2641643. Wilders, Thos.; Ashby de la zouch (Nuncupative) 263

LEICESTERSHIRE WILLS. 211

1587.—Continued.No.

Smart, Wm.; Gilmorton 73Smith, Isabella; Ashby Parva 108Smith, Thos.; Coleorton 58Smith, Wm. ; Markett Boseworth 6 Smith, als. Rayner, Thos.; Ashby

Parva in—120Smithe, John ; Coston 21Spreckley, Wm.; Coston giStoks, George; Wycomb 49Stripling, Wm.; Gilmorton 132Sutton, John ; Bitteswell 71Swane, John ; Medborne 45Tales, Wm.; Plungar 48Tilson, Thos.; Peckleton 7Tilson, Thos.; Peckleton 93Tomson, Rich.; Earnsby 65Trentam, Thos.; Kerby Bellers 109Vincent, Roger; Lockington 10Ward, Wm.; Shanckton 62"Watha, Rich.; Appleby 37Watson, Eliz.; Harby 121Webster, Gilbert; Peckleton 13Webster,Wm.; Thornton 74White, John ; Wigston 19Wightman, Wm.; Lutterworth 113Wilkinson, John ; Leicester SoWood, Christopher; Walton 8Worth, Ralph ; Humberston 130Wyles, Thos.; Snarston 131

1588.

Abell,ab.Johnson,Joan; Leicester 44Acton, Thos.; Redmell 9Arnold, Richard ; Mountsorrell 139Arnolde, Thos.: Muston 19Atkins, Richard ; Slawston 88Barnes, Edw.; Ashbydelazouch 80Barton, Wm.; Seagrave 53Bate, Agnes ; Buckminster 115Beebey, John ; Hawstead 27Birde, Maria; Leicester 113Blowre, John ; Loughborowe 38Bodell, John ; Blougherby 30Boman, Thos;; Medborne 23Bramley, Thos.; Prestwold 49Browne, John ; Hinckley 83Burrowes, Henry ; Burrowe 45Butler, Thos. ; Appleby 90Callis, John ; Barrowe 119Catlin, Alice; Leicester 46Cawnte, Robt.; Abkettleby 20Chamberlin, Everat; Beebey 125Chapman, Rich ; Lutterworth 134Chapman, Robert; Horneinghold 86Chapman, Thos.; Dunton 5Chilwell, John ; Swepston 8Choyse, Joice ; Applebye 58


•Clarson, George; Bredon Cockin, Richard ; Muston 24 & 28 Cocks, John ; Wymotham 74 Coleman, Richard ; Lutterworth 133 Cook, als. Smith, John; Kerby bellers 69 Cooke, Thos.; parish of Broughton

Astley 60Coope, George; Ortori 41 Corser, John ; Ashby parva 131 Cost, William ; Buckminster 66 & 67 Costerdine,John ; rector of Lutter

worth 25Cowper, Wm.; Stonistanton 149 Croson, Edw.; Burstall 15 Dawkins, Rich.; Easton 148 Dent, Roger; Ashbydelazouche 42 Dudley, Wm.; Swepston n Eastwoode, Wm.; Bitteswell 35 Everitt, John ; Thirleston 36 Fawnt, Anthony Ar. ; Foston 73 Franck, Richard ; Burstall 118 Freak, Phillipp ; Leicester z Fryer, Wm.; Huncoat 22 Gilbart, Margery ; Appleby 99 Gilbart, Robert; Appleby 57 Glover, Christopher; Kerby bellers 72 Gorton, Edmund; Leicester 136 Gowrton, John ; Brannston in Groocock, Thos.; Shanckton 127 Harriatt, Margaret; Cleybrok 114 Harris, Henry; Gilmorton I Hayne, Robt.; Sysonby 98 Heckleston, Rich.; Lutterworth 117 Heafford, Wm.; Cosby 55 Heiffeilde, John ; Applebye 91 Hill, Nicholas; Herther 63 Hitchcock, Jone; Medborne 102 Holte, Roger; Thorparnold 105 Hood, Humphrey ; Coleorton 85 Hortopp, Stephen; Muston 94 Hubbard, John ; Frisby 52 Jackson, Fayles; Thorpe awker,

p. of Disbley 18Jakes, Robert; Worthington 107 Johnson, Thos.; Barkby 151 Johnson (see Abell). Lee, Robert; Asfordby 97 Leech, Edw.; Thrumaston 50 Linney, Law; Thorpedmeere 128 Linsey, John ; Leicester 39 Linsey, Margaret; Mountsorrell 120 Loton, John ; Seagrave 56 Lucas, Wm.; Northkilworth no Lytherland, Roger; Belton 122 Marson, Wm.; Bitteswell 31 Martin, Robert; listen 103 Mason, Henry ; Barkby thorpe 32

* A memorandum states that this is upon the file of Inventories for 1588, fo. 194.

VOL. VIII.



May, John; Sysonbye 108Meadowes, Wm.; Enderby 65Meadwell, Robt.; Wistowe 101 Morion, Nich.; Markett Boseworth 62Moseley, Thos.; Twicrosse 34Neadham, Rich.; Shepeshead 124Newton, John ; Houghton 33Norman, Robt.; Enderby 48Fallen, Alice; Wigston 51Palmer, Wm.; Dun ton 112Parker, Thos.; Frisby juxtaGalby 100Partrich, Alice ; Lutterworth 76Patchett, Thos.; Statherne 92Pate, John ; parish of Bredon 7Pickard, Robt.; Thrumaston 43Pickering, John ; Packington 87Pole, John ; Burstall 106Power, Wm.; Wymeswold 6Powltney, Robt.; Branston 68Pratt, John; Gilmorton 26Pratt, John; Gilmorton 29Roby, Thos.; Castledonington 79Rowe, Wm.; Bowthorpe 12Rustat, Wm.; Barrowe 104Scrivin, Joan ; Packington 14Sharp, Alice; Ashbydelazouch 82Sharp, Wm.; Brannston 95Shingleton, Margaret; Leicester 132Shipley, Henry ; Loughborow 77Smith, Thos.; Nelston 75 Smith (see Cook).Spencer, John ; Melton 96Starkye, George ; Tonge 140Stokes, John ; Abkettleby 21Stretton, John ; Ashbydelazouch 40Stretton, Thos.; Ashbydelazouch 13Sybe, Henry ; Ashbydelazouch 81Tallice, John; Rolston 17Taylor, Robt.; Ashbydelazouch 37Thornton, Wm.; Ashby parva 61Tilley, Edw.; Enderby 47Tomson, Ralph ; Belton 113Towers, Roger; Barston 130Turvill, Thos.; Sheasby 109Wakelin, Wm.; Bringhurst 89Wale, Wm. ; Peatling Parva 121Walker, Eliz.; Appleby 54Walker, Tobias; Somerby 138Weaver, Hugh ; Bilston 59Wells, George; Skeffington 129Wensley, Thos.; Sproxton 71West, Robert; Thrussington 137Whatton, Eliz.; Newtowne 3White, Richard; Sproxton 70Whiteing, Gregory ; Stonesby 16Wightman, Richard ; Shilton 10Winbey, Wm.; Beebey 116Woolman, Martin ; Lutterworth 135Wormewell, Thos.; Melton 78Worshipp, Thos.; Leicester 126


Worthington, Robt.; Lockington 40Wright, Edw.; vicar of Slawston 93Wright, John; Kegworth 84Wright, Richard; Appleby 64Wright, Wm.; Desford 4

1589.

Adnitt, Robert; Billensden 41Alsopp, Barthol.; Queniborow 50Anderson, Law; Saxulby 48Andrewes, Henry; Stretton 36 Baker, als. Smith, Rich.; Hinckley 12Baker, Thos.; Croxton 94Barrodale, Robt.; Syleby 88Barwell, Henry; Oddeston 97Bassett, Thos.; Sutton Cheney 16Baxter, Wm., senr.; Thurcaston 75Blackley, Wm.; Stapleton 63Blower, James; Garthorp 4 Brannston, Hy., senr.; Woodhonse 20Breerhurst, Nicholas; Syston 22Briggs, Wm.; Croxton 82Bright, Jone; Coates 57 Broughton, John ; Norton juxta

Galby 42Bucknall, Thos: Castledonington 69Burden, Rich.; Stapleford 72Burditt, John ; Bruntingthorp 30Clerke, Henry; Markefeilde 49Colton, Robert; Bagworth 13Cooe, Thos.; Sproxton 54Croson, Peter; Westlangton 14Crosse, Wm.: Eastwell 33Dawkin, Robert; Thurnby 81Dawson, Thos.; Leicester 3Dent, Thos.; Halloughton nDorman, Thos. ; Fleckney 46Erick, John, senior; Leicester 55Evington, John; Belton 52Fisher, Wm.; Thurmaston 74Freeman, Wm.; Stonton wyvell 96Frisby, Wm.; Tilton 99Fryer, George; Blaby 91Gaze, Thos.; Queniborowe 47Greene, Richard; Melton 65Griffin, Francis ; Woodhouse 51Hall, Wm.; Cottesbitch 93Harris, Eliz; Higham 6Harris, Thos.; Bitteswell 87Hartopp, Eliz.; Brannstone 44Heckstall, Nicholas; Barlston 2Henshawe, John; Loughborowe 101Higginson, Nicholas; Leare 60Hindman, John ; Higham 8Holland, Hugh; Congeston 73Hollingworth, Anna; Wytherley 24Holmes, Agnes; Wigston 15Home, Thos.; Sewsterne 78Horton, John; Saddington So

LEICESTEBSHIRB WILLS. 218


Iliffe, Edw.; Willoughby 25Innocent, John : Kibworth 43Jarram, Robert; Diseworth 70Knight, John ; Smeeton 10Ludford, Joan ; Syeston 19Mathewe, Robt.; Blaby 90Mathewe, Thos.; Carlton 39Melton, Edw.; Beeby 18Newbolde, Thos. ; Normanton 40Newton, Thos.; Harwell 98Oldershawe, James ; Kegworth 76Palmer, John ; Baresby 45Pares, Robert; Abkettleby 9Patchett, Roger; Ragdale 5Picke, John; Ashbyfolwell 34Pope, Thos.; Newton Burgeland 59Pullin, Hugh ; Sewsterne 79Ragg, George ; Remington 58Ramsden, George; Belgrave 31Raven, James ; Sewsterne 62Read, Christopher; Braunston 77 Reed, Rich.; Walton, p. of

Kylmecoat 29Reynold, Robert; Dunton 37Rodeley, Thos.; Sileby 89Rowse, George ; Hose 27Rowse, Thos.; Muston iSheene, Alice ; Bruntingthorp 71Siston, Christiana ; Shepeshead 64Slack, John ; Loughborowe 66Smart, John; Coats 86Smarte, Wm.; Holwell 28Smith, Thos.; Hinckley 83 Smith (see Baker).Smithe, Agnes ; Easton 21Sneath, Richard ; Waltham 35Staples, Richard; Coates 67Button, Richard ; Kegworth 7Tarlton, Wm.; Huncoat 32Tate, Anthony; Hobye 17Taylor, Margery; Leicester 68Toone, Wm.; Overseale 95Turlington, Henry; Thrumaston 53'Walker, Thos.; Tugby 26Wamesley, Thos.; ———— 92Ward, John ; Littlethorp 100Warde, Eliz.: Hatharne 61Williams, Christopher; Foxton 38Wilson, Ralph ; Carlton 84Wilson, Wm.; Barkby thorp 23Worsdale, Nicholas; Braunston 85 Wyldey, John; Attarton, p. of

Wetherley 56

1590.

Abbott, Mathew; Loughborowe 125Adcock, George; Burrowe 55Allatt, Thos.; Skeffington 97Almey, Henry; Dunton 33

1590.— Continued.No.

Alsopp, John ; Onelipp 79Armeston, Wm.; Burstall 89Ashby, Helena; Barwell 60Ashe, Robert; Shepeshead 107Baggeley, Thos.; Leicester 7Bakewell, John ; Donington 35Bale, Gilbert; Westarby 19Barnard, Robert; Kerby bellers 62Beeney, Robt.; Castledonington 68Berridge, Anth.; Barkby 72Bloxam, Morrice; Wigston 15Boden, Ottwell; Wymotham 86Boothe, Edw.; Hallowghton 93Boseworth, Edw.; Medborne 83Brears, Thos. ; Kibworth 103 Briningham,Thos.; Loughborowe 115Bruan, John : Seagrave 27Buckler, Robt. ; Shernford 4 Buckley (see Weaver).Burnby, Robert; Saltby 3Bussard, John; Smeeton 119Galley, John ; Stapleford 84Cawnte, Gabriel; Statherne 4Cawnte, Rich.; Sileby 40Charity, Hugh ; Muston 66Coles, John ; Thedingworth 20Coltman, Wm.; Earnsby 91Cowper, Godfrey; Leicester 127Coxon, Ellis; Wymeswolde 75 Coxon, Humphrey; p. of Kylmecott 50Cranwell, Thos.; Loughborowe 102Croson, Hugh; Humberston 106Dalby, Wm.; Stapleford 13Dennis, Wm.; Easlhorpe 123Denton, John ; Barton 124Dreycott, Robt. ; Loddington 71Dyes, Oliver; Catthorpe 100Fawlkener, Rich.; Stokerston 118Fletcher, Robt. ; Burstall 3Fowlks, Wm.; Thurcaston 109Foxe, Richard ; Kibworth 90Foxe, Richard ; Kibworth 94Frecking, Rich.; Bottisford nGarle, Roger; Shernford 23Gladwin, George; Barrow 6Glover, Henry ; Sewsterne 58Glover, John ; Buckminster 67Glover, Thos.; Buckminster iGodfrey, Robt.; Snibston 85Gooddale, Edw.; Ullesthorpe 73Goodman, John ; Snibston 36Greenam, Rich.; Bottisford noGreetham, Wm.; Bottisford 116Grove, Wm.; Prestwolde 77Gunnell, Edw.; Kegworth 18Hadden, Joan; Enderby 97Hall, Edmund ; Barlston 105Hall, Rich.; Bottisford 54Hardiman, Thos. ; Leare 80Harte, John ; Kerby bellers 76



Hatterley, Wm.; Ashbydelazouch 113 Hickson, Helen ; Barkston 120 Hood, Thos.. senior; Mountsorrell 38 Howton, Edmund ; Redmell 4 Ilston, Edw.; Tilton 26 James, Thos.; Shepeshead 112 Jarrarn, John ; Diseworth 126 Jorden, John; Gumley 114 Jowett, Rich: Kegworth 117 Kelham, Allin ; Thorp setchfeilde 45 Kelham, Eliz.; Croxton 64 King, John ; Cranhoe 99 Labidg, Nicholas; Saltby 108 Lacy, John ; Melton 3 Leak, Rich.; Norton juxtaTwicrose 42 Lenton, Sence; Wymotham 92 Linsey, Rich.; Mountsorrell 14 Mann, Robt.; Waltham 53 Marshall, Thos.; Bottisford 10 Maryett, Rich.; Hose 49 Mayne, John ; Fleckney 122 Moore, Wm.; Leicester 8 Morris, Robt.; Welbye 26 Mounck, Wm.; Mountsorell 46 Mowlte, Avys; Shepeshead 63 Muston, Thos.; Beebey 61 Myers, John ; Kegworth 65 Neale, Thos.; Stoughton 87 Vallett, Henry; Fleckney 81 Palmer, Wm.; Walton 128 Parker, Thos.; Sibbeston in Parnell, Thos; Willowby 41 Pell, Richard ; Plungar 25 Pollard, Robt. ; Loughborowe 101 Potter, Wm.; Heather 52 Pyme, Richard; Snarston 43 Radford, Wm.; Ashbydelazouch 24 Robarts, Henry ; Coston 51 Robinson, John ; Belton 48 Robinson, Wm.; Claxton 12 Roome, Wm.; Loughborow 95 Sannderson, Roger; Wheston 9 Savidge, Rich.; Belgrave 44 Sherwood, Eliz.; Nether Broughton

21 et 17 Sherwood, Geo.; Nether Broughton

30 et 16Short, Thos. ; Cleybrook 70 Skirmare, Thos.; Belton 47 Smithe, John ; Seagrave 78 Smithe, Thos.; Lawghton 69 Smithe, Thos.; Leicester 37 Stanbridge, Kath.: Cranhoe 28 Stephen, Wm.; Market Boseworth 121 Syde, Rich. ; Huncoat 96 Syston, Wm.; Walton on the wolds 81 Tallis, Wm.; Coates 56 Taylor, Wm.; Quarndon 130 Tomlinson, Isabella; Shepeshead 104 Tomson, Alice ; Lubbenham 129

1590. — Continued.No.

Towers, Wm. ; Easthorpe 2 Veysey, Rich ; Thurlston 88 Vynes, Rich. ; Othorpe 31 Ward, Thos. ; Earnsby 34 Warde, Thos. ; Earl Shilton 22 Weaver,a/s.Buckley,Wm. ; Thornton 5 Welch, James; Abbey gate,

Leicester 98Wellinger, Rich. ; Braunston 59 Whittle, Hugh ; Harbey 74 Williams, Nicholas; Foxton 59 Woodford, Edw. ; Baresby 32 Wright, Robt. ; Eaton 57 Wythers, Rich. ; Eaton 131

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Allatt, Thos. ; Ilston Allin, Thos. ; West langton Averus, Wm. ; Hinkley Baker, Nicholas ; Turvilleas Baker, Thos. ; Kerbye Barnard, Edw. ; Kibworth Batch, Lawrence ; DoningtonBate, John ; Lockington 37Bayley, Joan ; Castledonington 114Bayley, Joan ; Castledonington 129Bayley, John ; Smeeton 23Bayley, Wm. ; Seagrave 77Bee, Joan ; Bredon 95Bent, Thos. ; Walcoate 96Blackborne, Rich. ; Ilston 122Blunt, Isabella ; Segrave iBoote, Edw. ; Diseworth 130 Bosworth (see Greene).Brian, John ; Bitteswell nBrian, Rich. ; Smeeton 76Bright, Wm. ; Hoton 99Brooke, Edw. ; Bredon 98 Brownejohn; rector of Narborowe 104Buck, Rich. ; Loddington 19Burbadg, Wm. ; Barrowe 7 Burbag (see Harley).Burbidg, Alice ; Syston 70Burden, Thos. ; Croxton 74Burditt, Isabella ; Bruntingthorp 123Burrowes, Isabella ; Shepeshead 32Cave, Christopher ; Walcoat 57Caverley, Wm, ; Horneinghold 109Cawdwell, Eradice John ; Thorpe 108Cawnte, Rich. ; Statherne 59Chamberlin, Edw. ; Wykin 38Cleapole, Wm. ; Medborne 125Clerke, Joan ; Eastlangton 29Coles, Alice ; Mountsorell 5Coles, Thos; Stoughton 35Coxe, John ; Dadlington 53Cuffley, John ; Wheston 39 Dannett, Leonard ; Dannetts Hall 132Dickson, Rich. ; Newbolde 18



Dixon, Joan; Rolston 133 Edwyn, Margery ; Siston 56 Feildes, Thrustan; Ashbydelazouch 50 Fisher, John ; Burton on the Wolds 61 Fleminge, Thos.; Halloughton 9 French, John ; Lubbenham 134 Fryer, Robert; Stretton 44 Gamble, Wm.; Barrowe 62 Gawarde, Thos.; Thorp langton 64 Glossopp, Robt ; Huraberston 10 Goddart, John ; South croson 49 Greaveson, John ; Syleby 30 Greene, Joan ; Bottisford 15 Greene, als. Bosworth, Ralph ;

Norton juxta Twicrosse 45 Grosse, John ; Cosbye 2 Guye, Wm.; Claxton 12 Hall, Thos.; Heather 117 Hallarn, Wm.; Croxton 36 Hames, Rich.; Bruntinthorp 81 Harley, als. Burbag, Eliz.; Wood-

thorpe 92Harris, John ; Bitteswell 60 Harvy, Wm.; Harwell 126 et iti Herdson, Robt.; Loughborow 21 Hicklinge, Bartholomew ; Coates 119 Hide, Edw.; Leicester 135 Hill, Wm.; Shenton 116 Holmes, Thos.; Misterton 47 Hopkinson, John; Nether

broughton 72 et 58 Hutchinson, John ; Shepesheade 31 Imyn', Edmund ; Cosbye 120 Jacam, Thos.; Church langton 94 Jenkinson, Wm.; Loddington 20 Keyne, Rich.; Belgrave 65 Killingley, Thos.; Coston 90 Kinge, John ; Dadlington 52 Lacer, Thos.; Hoton 88 Leicester, Thos.; Upton 27 Lewyn, Nicholas; Syston 69 Lucas, Robt.; Walcoate 112 Mawnsfeilde, Thos.; Newton

Harcourte 71Needham, James; Cleybrook 78 Needham, Roger; Sutton, p. of

Broughton Ashley 131 Newby, Thos.; Slawston 16 Normanton, Robt.; Belgrave 115 Nurse, Robt., senior; Coleorton 68 Oram, Wm.; Sutton, p. of

Broughton Ashley 17 Osborne, Thos.; Congeston 73 Oswin, Lawncelott; Sileby 34 Pagett, Thos.; Statherne 63 Palmer, Nicholas ; Baresby 128 Parr, Margery ; Twicross 26 Paule, Jarratt; The Frith loo Paybody, John ; Lutterworth 41 Peak, Thos.; Lutterworth 102


Peck, Alice ; Knossington 87Pratt, John, senior ; Appleby 113Price, Henry ; Quarndon 106Pride, Rich.; Knipton 13Roberts, Wm.; Barwell 43Robey, John ; Castle donington 46Ridgley, George ; Foston 89Sansome, John ; Muston 124Seale, John ; Hinckley inSimkin, Wm.; Cold newton 54 Smithe, Thos.; rector of Swepston 25Smithe, Wm. ; Cottesbitch 66Sneathe, Rich,; Saltby 105 Stoken, or Stockton, Robt.;

Loughborowe 86 et 83Stretton, Joan ; Leare 6

•Tailor, Wm.; Barwell —Tallis, John ; Humberston 48Taylor, Rich.; Appleby 75Thornton, Robt.; Aston flavile 40Thorp, Hugh ; Quenniborowe 82Thorpe, Thos.; Quenniborowe 91Tomson. John ; Shepeshead 97Trowell, John ; Leicester 107Troweman, Wm.; Sileby 3Van, Rich.; Countisthorp 80Vann, Thos.; Rearsby 79Wade, George ; Hose 14 Walker, Rich.; Newbold, p. of

Bredon noWalton, Thos.; Bushbey 22Ward, John ; South croson 8Watts, Wm.; Ashby magna 67Wauden, Wm.; Diseworth 103Whilden, John ; Sheapeshead 33White, Henry ; Siston 51Winfeild, Robt.; Hoby 24Winterscale, Wm.; Leicester 28Woodford, Andrewe; Leicester 42Wrighte, Wm.; Seagrave 118

1592.

Alwoode, Henry ; Kibworthe 141Andrewe, Roger; Westlangton 101Anntill, John ; Quarndon 112Ashburne, John ; Cottesbitche 92Ashton, John; Walcoate 147Ashton, Thos.; Melton 188Baker, Alice; Bruntingthorpe 193Barke, Wm. ; Statherne 69Barnett, John ; Kibworth 80Bayley, Rich.; Earnsby 60Beebey, John ; Halstead 180Beede, John ; Cosbye 129Bennett, Agnes ; Ailstou 145Bent, Thos.; Cosbye 93Berry, Isabella; Scalford 88

* This Will is at the foot of the file for 1609.



Berry, Wm.; Glen magna 35 Bisshopp, Wm. ; Whitweek 42 Blunt, Michael; Walton on the Wolds i Blunt, Rich.; Wymeswold 99 Bonnett, Eliz.; Whitweek 143 et 54 Boseworth, Eliz.; Leicester 221 Bosworth, Robt.; Normanton 128 Boulde, Rich.; Netherseale 98 Bowdon, Wm.; Kibworth 217 Bradshaw, Wm.; Shepeshead 75 Brian, John ; Kibworth • 51 Brian, Wm.; Turlangton 17 Brigges, John ; MortonjuxtaGalbye 59 Bringhest, John ; Eaton 192 Bringhest, Wm.; Eaton 47 Bull, Rich.; Sproxton 134 Burnby, Nicholas; Edmondthorpe 36 Bussard, Roger ; Smeeton 218 Butler, Robt.; Leicester 107 Calcroft, Agnes ; Bottisford 33 Galley, Thos.; Sheapeshead 205 Chamberlin, Anth.; Humberston 190 Chapman, John; Hungarton 19 Chawndler, Thos.; Thorp awker 23 Chissall, John ; vicar of Barkston 73 Clerk, Thos.; Brentingby 29 Clerk, Thos. ; Congeston 6 Clerke, Law; Kibworthe 71 Coleman, Thos.; Eastlangton 210 Colley, James ; Harbey 216 Cooke, Wm.; Eaton 48 Coltman, Rich.; Blaby 196 Cowper, Agnes; Ashbydelazouch 113 Cowper, Edw.; Longwhatton 89 Cowper, Thos. ; Eastlangton 157 Coxe, Wm.; Hungarton 199 Craftes, Christopher; Loddington 149 Crosse, Nicholas ; Charley 52 Crosse, Wm.; Frisby sup wreak 200 Crosse, Wm. ; Kilby 30 Cunditt, Henry ; Colon 203 Dalby, Wm.; Normanton, p. of

Bottisford 133Dalbye, Robt. ; Billesdon 12 Dancy, Thos. ; Leicester 63 Deane, Mathew ; Southcroson 34 Debanck, George; Ashby magna 2 Dennys, John ; Normanton, p. of"

Bottisford 45Dilks, Edw.; Hinckley 148 Dowke, Thos.; Easton 125 Duckett, John ; Ashby parva 81 Duport, Thos.; Qnenniborowe 97 Erick, Rich.; Houghton 77 Evans, als. Humfrye, Henry ;

Wiggeston 117Fawlkner, Margt.; Stockerston 214 Foster, Wm.; Appleby 10 Foxon, Rich., senior; Foxon 121 Freby, Hugh ; Quenniborowa 139


Freeman, Henry ; Gumley 62 Frisby, Thos.; Twiford 46 Fryer, Thos.; Blaby 195 Gaddesby, Eliz.; Leicester 181 Gibson, John ; Normanton, p. of

Bottisford 130Gibson, Thos.; Saxbye 155 Gilbart, Rich.; Wymeswold 136 Glosse, Wm.; Loughborowe 164 Gollin, Robert; Croxton 122 Goodbarne, Wm.; Keythorp 220 Goodderidge, John ; Loddington 39 Goodderidge, Fardinando; Tugby 64 Goode, John; Frisby 124 Greene, Henry, senior; Foxton 144 Greene, Hugh ; Narborowe 118 Gulson, Henry ; Melton 162 Handley, Thos.; Redmell 198 Harbart, Wm.; Glen parva 159 Hardall, Robert; Claxton 53 Harris, Walter; Humberston 44 Harrison, Hugh ; Leicester 222 Harte, Christopher ; Tugby 106 Harteshorne, Thos.; Bitteswell 165 Hancocke, Wm.; Quarndon 189 Hawkins, John; Coldoverton 55 Hawkins, John; Coldnewton 127 Healey, Wm.; Burton Overy 154 Heane, Thos.; Thurcaston 211 Hecford, John ; Ashby magna 90 Hickson, Wm.; Waltham 94 Hopkin, Thos.; Thedingworth 171 Howett, John, senr.; Goodby 104 et 41 Hudson, Alice; Ullesthorpe 179 Hudson, Alice; Ullesthorpe 215 Hudson, Thos.; Melton 100 Humberston, John ; Wymeswolde 84 Humfrye (see Evans). Hyche, Wm ; Thrumaston 8 Jackson, Thos.; Freby 174 Jervis, Wm.; Eaton 207 et 183 Justice (see Perin). Kilburne, Thos.; Thrumaston 178 Kilpack, Thos.; Kibworth 50 Kenny, Roger ; Wheston 176 Langton, Wm.; Glen magna 79 Lawnder, Wm.; Normanton 140 Leadbeater, Joan; Quarndon 114 Lee, Robert; Melton 126 Lupton, Thos. ; Sproxton 56 Manby, Joan ; Leicester 168 Marshall, Anna; Ashbydelazouch 120 Marshall, Roger ; Orton 28 Mason, Margt. ; Quenniborow 166 Mathewe, Thos. ; Carlton 182 Measame, Alice; Barkby thorpe 68 Middleton, Wm. ; Normanton 201 Moore, Alice; Sysonbye 83 Moore, Thos. ; Sheasbye 173 Monncke, John ; Dalby parva 86



Neale, Thos.; Lubbenham 3 Neeld, Hamlet; vicar of Osgathorpe 16Newbold, Henry ; Leicester 213Norwell, Wm.; Kegworth 185Nutt, Valentine; Carlton 152Orton, Agnes; Waltham 9Orton, Rich.; Leicester 158Oswin, Thos ; Wistowe 170Oswin, Thos.; Cussington 184Palmer, John ; Brannston 96Parker, John ; Sibston 212Payne, Thos ; Thorp langton 163Pegg, Phillipp ; Cottesbitche 91 Perin, als. Justice, Wm.; Wistowe 95Pettye, Law; Loughborowe 135Phips, Roger ; Rearsby 66Plummer, Thos.; Burton sup'olds 191Pope, John; Burbage 24Porter, John ; Harbye 87Porter, Robt.; Newbolde 26 Powltney, Nicholas; RatcliffCulye 37Priors, John ; Twiford 21Radford, Eliz.; Ashbydelazouch 137Ratcliffe, Rich.; Saxbye 65Reeve, Wm.; Twiford 20Reeve, Valentine ; Twiford 102Ridgley, George; Countisthorpe 18Roads, Thos.; Blaby 194Rose, Nicholas; Goadbye 40Ruding, Joan ; Brunkingsthorpe 202Rudinge, Thos.; Brunkingsthorpe 204Ryvett, Robt.; Snarston 15Ryvett, Thos.; Snarston 25Sabine, Wm. ; Frolesworth 103Saddington, Wm.; Foxton 187Salte, John ; Swannington 82Sampson, Thos.; Hinckley 7Sarsin, Ralph ; Quenniborowe 169Sharpe, Rich.; Kibworth 70Shawe, Edw.; Barwell 85Shepey, Ellis; Frolesworth 116Sherman, Eliz.; p. of Bringhurst 209Sherman, Rich. ; Medborne 5Smart, John ; Lubbenham 186Smeeton, Robt.; North kilworth 108Smithe, George; Welham 115Smithe, Rich.; Kerbye 58Smithe, Wm.; Thorpedmeere 131Somerfeild, Thos., senior; Kerby 31Spencer, Thos.; Tilton 72Stallock, Miles ; Easton 43Standye, Anna; Kibworthe 153Stanedge, Robt.; Edmondthorpe 109Stanham, Rich.; Melton 142Staples, Wm.; Quarndon 27 Steward, Edw.; Burton sup le

Woldes 197Sturgis, Thos.; Thedingworth 156Sweetelad, Henry ; Narborowe 78Sweetna', Wm.; Barkbyethorpe 61


Syson, John ; Shepesheade 167 Tate, Robt.; Mountsorell 76 Taylor, Vincent; Sproxton 14 Taylor, Wm.; Frisbye juxtaGalby 160 Thekeston, Geo.; Loughborowe 150 Thomas, Edw.; Donington sup

le heathe 175Thorpe, John ; Stoughton 138 Tilley, Thos.; Enderby 4 Toone, Thos.; Stapleton 161 Varney, Wm.; Donington 177 Vicarstaffe, Anna; Shepeshead 174 Waker, Rich.; Newbold, p. of

Bredon 38Wamsley, John ; Cranhoe in Warde, Rich.; Enderby 132 Waring, Wm.; Thorp arnolde 146 Watchorne, Rich.; London 206 Webster, Alice; Barwell 151 Webster, Mathew: Cussington 119 Webster, Wm.; Frolesworth no Wels, Joan ; Peatling parva 13 West, George ; Orton 67 West, John ; Stonton 57 Whittle, Thos.; Plungar 32 Wigston, John; Ailston 105 Wildman, Chris.; Wymeswold 219 Willimatt, Robt.; Castle Don

ington 123Wright, Adam; East Langton 208 Wright, Thos.; Appleby n Yates, Thos.; Hinckley 22

1593-

Allin,Wm.; Dishley 82 Andrewe, Thos.; Owston 137 Ashbye, Edw.; Walton sup' olds i Banberrye, John ; North kilworth 140 Bancroft, Robt.; Castledonington 98 Baresby, Rich.; Thorpe setchfeild 117 Balling, Wm.; Dreyton no Bailing, Wm.; Dreyton 116 Bayley (see Parr).Bayley, Rich.; Wykin 128 Bayley, Thos.; Castledonington 93 Beebey, Wm.; Bottisford 40 Bennett, John ; Frisby sup' wreak 24 Bent, Nicholas; Cosbye 81 Birde, George; Thorpe setchfeild 73 Boman, Ralph ; Asfordby 48 Boy dell, Rich.; Blockfordby 78 Brannston, Robt.; Saddington 132 Browne, Francis; Wistowe 148 Butler, Alice; Leicester 44 Carter, John ; Barkby 17 Castor, Wm.; Noseley 80 Cawnte, Agnes; Abkettleby 145 Chamberlin, Geo.; Long whatton 65 Clarke, John; Coleorton 108


1593.—Continued.No 64Clerk, John; Sheepey

Clerk, VVm.; Shawell 12Clerke, Wm., senior; Church

Langton 43Collington, James ; Burton Lazars 86Cooke, Rich.; Ashbye folwell 58Cooke, Thos.; Halloughton 34Coward, Nicholas; Coldnewton 36Cowper, Tbos.; East langton 33Coxon, Edw.; Kerby bellers 123Coxon, Edw.; Kerby bellers 103Craftes, Robt.; Knossington 5Crosse, Eliz.; Baggrave 19Cryspe, Rich.; Burbadg 127Cumpton, Wm.; Burbag 35Dalliwater, Rich.; Harby 37Daniel!, John; Bredon 146Dawson, Agnes; Knipton 95Day, Wm.; Loughborowe 89Deacon, Nicholas; Kibworth 62Duckett, Peter; Barrowe 50Eare, Humphrey ; Barton loFreeman, Nich; Holwell 56Freeman, Valentine ; Barrowe 41Foster, Francis ; Wheston 46Fryer, Thos.; Stretton 124Geesing, Thos.; Ashby folwell 42Gimson, Katherine ; Bewmannor 141Glen, Wm.; Hoby 87Glover, Joan ; Slaweston 106Greeves, Robt.; Dalby chacombe 94 Hardiman, Rich.; Bitteswell 122 et 104Harrison, Rich.; Shilton 27Harrison, Thos.; Leicester 68Hawkins, Robt.; Bitteswell 144Heale, Henry ; Hawsteade 25Healey, Robt.1; Dalby parva 8Hewghes, Rich.; Markefeild inHeycock, Henry ; Cottesbitch 4Holmes, Rich.; Whitweek 115Hoore, Thos.; Thurcaston nHowton, Robt.; Enderby 61Hudson, Wm.; Welby 102Hulcock, John ; Hobye 135Hume ? Thos.; Foxton 18Iveson, Francis; Lowghborowe 89Jarratt, Nicholas ; Mountsorell 149Jorden, Hugh ; Tilton 114 Justice (see Perryn).Kerby, Rich ; Pickwell gKillingley, Margt.; Coston 100King, Humphrey; Dadlington 133Kinge, Rich.; Higham 92Kinton, George ; Markfeild 23Lardg, Thos.; Barlston 109Lole, Roger; Gilmorton 21Lorde, John ; Bitteswell 39Markby, Rich ; Leicester 79Mawnsfeilde, Robt; Woodthorp 63


Moore, als. Smith, John ; Turlangton 151

Oneby, John ; Newton Burgeland 147Orland, Robt.; Odeby 47Ormeston, Geoffrey; Stapleton 112Orton, Henry ; Shilton 26Orton, Thos.; Sheepey 139Osborne, Peter; Sapcoat 90Overend, Rich.; Leicester 136Palmer, Wm.; Hawstead 51Parr, als. Bayley, Wm.; Langton 105Parsons, John ; Billesdon 119Payne, John ; Medborne 118 Perryn, als. Justice, Eliz.; Wistowe 28Pight, Robt. ; Shepeshead 45 Presbery, Henry ; vicar of Pack-

ington 99Pratt, Robt.; Long whatton 66Purse, Wm.; Quarndon 97Pyme, Helen; Lockington 131Pywell, Stephen ; Markfeild 60Ramsden, Thos.; Leicester 138Raven, Roger; Shilton 67Reynolde, Robt.; Walton 91Ridinge, Joan; Ailston 16Rogers, Robt.; Mountsorrell 20Roote, Wm.; Cottesbitch 143Rowse, Thos.; Wheston 31 Ryley, Thos.; Newbolde p. of

Owston 52Sannders, Eliz.; Quenniborow 130Sansome, Hugh ; Thorparnold 83Saxbye, Edw.; rector of Galby 85Sharpe, Wm.; Pickwell 77Shawe, Rich. ; Bruntingthorp 13Sheane, Thos.; Wheston 29Sheane, Wm.; Wheston 30Shepperdson, John ; Welby 54Simkin, Thos.; Glen parva 96Simkin, Thos.; Burstall 74 Smith (see Moore).Smith, Thos.; Blaston 107Smith, Wm.; Quarndon 150Smithe, Thos.; Blaston 125Staton, Thos.; Kerby Bellers 7Stones, George; Burton sup olds 59Storer, Agnes : Thrussington 53Stringer, Thos.; Wymeswold 69Sutton, John ; Foston 120Taylor, Joan ; Longhbprowe 134Taylor, Thos.; Earlshilton 72Taylor, Wm.; Leicester 142Thurman, Eliz.; Whitweek 57Tinckler, John ; Saxby 15Tompson, Wm.; Eaton 22Towers, Robt.; Barkston 2Travis, Rich.; Statherne 84 Tubman, Wm.; Nether broughton 6Turlington, Robt.; Goodeby 49Walker, Gregory ; Pickwell 70



Walker, Gregory ; Pickwell 75Warde, Wm.; Southcroson 101Watchorne, Barthol.; Wickham 113Wayte.Thos.; Beebey 76Websflr, Dennis; Netherseale 32Webster, Thos.; Beebey 126White, Robert; Leicester 129Wilcox, Roger; Knossington 3Winbey, Bartholomew ; Beebey 38Winterton, Thos. ; Kylmecoat 14Wrighte, Rich.; Claxton 55

1594-

Bell, George ; ———— 54Bennytt, Rich.; Quennyboroughe 85Bent, Roger; Frolesworth 72Boulter, John; Blabye 12Bradley, Elena; Saxbey 81Bringbest, Dorothy; Eton 13Brokesbye, Wm.; Sproxton 20Brookes, John ; Hinckley 29Bryan, Christopher; Smeeton 59Bullard, Wm. ; Kerbye 55Calcrofte, Robt.; Loughborowe 68Callys, Catheren; Syeston 76Chawnder, Joan ; Barrowe 15Clarke, Wm.; Eston 18Clarke, Wm.; Wiggeston magna 53Claye, Robt. ; Fleckney 69Cockes, Agnes ; Nelston 42Cole, George; Breedon Parke 17Cowper, Robt.; Thrumaston iCullandbyne, Robt.; Glen magna 84Dowell, Rich.; ———— 63Dudley, Humphrey; Lutterworth 43 Durrand, Cecilia; St, Martin's,

Leicester ? 60Ellyott, Thos.; Peatlinge magna 70Fisher, Robt.; Edmondthorpe 24 Francke, Matilde, als. Maude ;

Wymeswold 22Freckingham, Wm.; Redmill 16Fryer, Thos.; Wheston 56Garvis, Robt.; Santon Woolvyll 35 Gilbart, Michael: Walton sup le olds 38Gilford, Robt.; Seagrave 7Glover, John ; Beebye 40Goode, Wm.; Shernford 41Gotche, John ; East langton 30Grante, Wm., senior; Kibworth 62Gregorye, Geoffrey ; Branston 52Hackett, Thos.; Twyford 65Hall, Henry ; Heather 19Hampson, Rich.; Quarndon 73Harrys, Thos.; Sewstern 45Haywood, Wm.; Lutterworth 34 Hore, Wm., senior ; Burton Nou'ye 2Hore, Wm.; Billesdon 14Hunte, John ; Harwell 75

J 594-—Continued.No.

Jakes, John ; Thornton 25 Jarvis, Thos.; Lowesbye 10 Joynson, Nicholas; Halloughton 71 Lardge, Wm.; Orton sup montem 47 Lowe, James; ——— 3 Lueton, Rich.; Coldorton 57 Luptone,Thos.; Walton sup le olds 44 Molde, Robt.; Leicester 66 Needham, Agnes ; Sutton n Newbread, Joan; Wheston 67 Newcombe, Wm,; Lutterworth? 64 Oxon, John ; Twyford 28 Parnill, Chris.; Willoughbye

Waterles 26Parsons, Thos.; Whartofte Grandge 86 Pye, Alice ; Burton Lazars 46 Quenyborowe, Hy. ; Quenyborowe 21 Rimmingtone, Thos.; Waltham

sup le olds 49Rydley, Wm.; Thorp awker 4 Sampson, Wm.; Hinckley 50 Shorthose, George; Peccleton 61 Smarte, Robt.; Claxton 74 Smarte, Wm.; Waltham sup le olds 48 Smith, Joan ; Quarndon 39 Stables, Wm.; Quarndon 5 Staffand, Rich.; Thromaston 37 Stanham, Rich; Harbye 6 Tallys,John; Humbevston 27 Taylor, Wm.; Earleshilton 80 Teyler, Edward ; Leicester 58 Tilton, Thos.; Narborowe 82 Tompson, Robt.; Shenton 9 Towensend, Wm.; Belton 78 Wade, Thos.; Sapcoate 23 Webster, John ; Cossington 33 West, Wm.; Kibworth 79 Wilkenson, Rich.; Kegworth 51 Willowes, Christopher; Ratherbye 36 Wilson, Miles ; Leicester 77 Woodlande, Rich.; Hinckley 31 Wraske, Thos.; Burton Nou'ye i Wutton, John ; Dyseworthe 8 Yates, George; Cosbye 83 Yonge, Wm.; Hungarton 32

1595-

Andrewe, Simon; Asbebye 59Blacke, Robt.; Quenyborowe 70Bland, Wm. ; Burton Lazars 72Boltbye, Robt.; Goodbye 32Bolye, Thos.; Cranoe 7Boothe, Nicholas; Goodebye 32Boser, Lancelot!; Shepeshead 89Boyar, Wm.; Thromaston ? 62Brett, Wm.; Ratherbye 85Browne, Rich.; Nether broughton 33Bryan, Maria; Smeeton Westerby 97



Buckelye, als. Weaver, Joan ;Thornton 75, 71

Burdett, Rich.; Mowesley 9 Bugurland, Wm.; Gilmorton 25 Burton, Isabella; Sylebye 4 Burton, Thos,; Sylebye 60, loo Bussard, Rich. ; Smeeton 28 Butler, Eliz.; Sapcoate 21 Calcrofte, Robt.; Bottesford 5 Campion, John ; Castell donmgton 108 Chamberlyn, Thos.; Humberston 37 Chamberlyn, Wm., junr. ; Leicester 6 Cocken, Rich. ; Enderbye 91 Collyns, Thos.; Overseale 93 Colman, Eliz.; Turlangton 66 Colman, Thos.; Foxton 10 Cooke, Wm.; Loughborowe 52 Currall, John ; Frolesworthe 58 Cutler, Edmund ; Willson 73 Dalbye, Robt., senior ; Lockington 64 Darker, Wm.; Lockington 82 Dernilowe, Thos.; Lockington 14 Dewce, John ; Leicester 18 Dewick, John; Frysbye sup le

wreake 81Dilks, Rich.; Kirkby i Dixon, Thos.; Loughborowe 34 Downes, Mawde; Melton Movvbrey 24 Duport, Cornelius ; Quennyborowe 12 Eslen, Robt.; Barwell 95 Farmer, Thos.; Twicrosse 83 Fletcher, John ; Onlipp 106 Franckland, Robt.; Whittweek 61 Freman, Michael; Swynford 94 Gardener, Robt.; Nelston 56 Garr, Thos., senior; Countisthorpe 104 George, Robt.; Branston 107 Glen, Alice ; Eaton 92 Gregsone, Kath.; Thorplangton 40 Grene, John ; Sapcoate 36 Handley, Robt.; Twycrosse 84 Hanson, Michael; Garowdon 22, 23 Hardiman, Thos.; Ullesthorpe 2 Hawks, Edmund ; Leicester I Hazard, Wm.; Barrowe 20 Hiclinge, Rich.; Claxton 46 Holdershawe, John ; Hemington I Horton, Wm.; Mowesley 109 Hovye, John : Dyseworth 90 Hurlebutt, Rich. ; South kilworth 69 Hurste, Thos.; Hollwell 13 Huthwitt, Christopher; Weston 96 Ilyfe, Rich. ; Gumbley 27 -Jackson, George; Waltham sup

le olds 50Johnson, George ; Heather 41 Kinge, Rich. ; Norborowe 45 Lago, Izabella ; Dadlmgton 16 Lagoe, Wm.; Dadlington 19 Lacye, Margery ; Hemington 102

1595.—Continued.No

Lord, Thos., senior; Bitteswell 105 Louth, John ; Burton Lazars 29 Meadowes, Wm.; Enderbie 79 Michell, Wm.; Newton Harcgurt 54 Moore, Edw.; Wytherlye 47 Moore, Thos.; Enderbye 98 Moreton, Roger; Ashbye Magna 48 Morryson, Thos.; Saxbye 88 Nelston, Robt.; Saxbye 76 Payne, Wm.; Thorplangton 74 Purefoy, Edw.; Dreyton 80 Radley, John ; Hobye 63 Rouse, Rich.; Croxton Kirryall 99 Sadler, John ; Branton 101 Sharpe, Wm.; Quenoborowe 30 Smalley, John ; Castell Donnington 78 Smarte, Wm.; Claxton 44 Smyth, Rich.; Tugbye 8 Smyth, Thos. ; Thorplangton 75 Smythe, Wm.; Bringhurste 39 Smythe, \Vm.; Claxton 43 Spicke, Wm.; Abkettlebye 53 & 86 Stoughton, Wm.; Bewmannor 77 Stretford, John ; Shawell 26 Tagg, John ; Enderbye 65 Tallis, Wm.; Loddington 51 Tarleton, Rich.; Sharnford 15 Thackewray, Peter; Ashebye

follwell iiTrigge, Rich.; Somerbye 55 Wakelye, Wm.; Huncoate 42 Walter, Rich.; Newton harcot 49 Warde, Rich.; Croxton Kerryall 3 Warren, Rich.; Ashbyedelazouche 35 Warren, Wm.; Barrow sup le sore 87 Weaver (see Buckeleye). Wheatlye, Rich.; Loughborowe 31 White, Wm.; Earnesbye 67 Whitbye, Robt.; Seagrave 103 Wrighte, Thos.; Sutton 68 Wutton, John; Dyseworth 17

1596.

Astell, Thos.; Wiggeston 85Awlmy, Robt.; Neither Cleybrooke 35Balthaser, John ; Sheepesheade 22Bealie, Wm.; Eaton 39Becke, Henry ; Upton 43Bentlie, Joan ; Sketchlie 24Bentlie, Robt.; Sutton 78 Bingham, Margery; Melton

Moberie 72Bisshope, Thos.; Quarne 50Bloxam, John ; Bruntingthorpe 4Boman, Henry ; Hobie 47Boulton, John ; Ibstocke 70Boulton, John ; Ibstocke 88Bosworth, Rich. ; Littlethorpe 28Briann, Peter; Dadlington? u



Bright, Jasper ; Humberston 83Buckstones, Robt ; Saddington 19Burdon, Miles ; Hoton 14Burbidge, Thos.; Freebie 87Byard, Rich.; Sewsterne 13Campion, Robt.; Castle donington 42Caverlie, Wm.; Harbie 60Clarke, Thos.; Sproxton 67Cleiton, Nicholas ; Harbie 53Cooke, Isabella ; Plunger 65Cowper, Margery ; Stonistanton 96Dafferne, Eliz.; ———— 15Dowman, Thos.; Hatherne 36 Fellowes, Wm.; Brodwaye, co.

Worcester 97Fullerton, Robt.; ———— 77Frone,a/s.Throne, Thos.; Hatherne 41Gearie, George; Congestone 10Good, John, senior; Galbie 26Granger, John ; Sybson 6Greene, Agnes ; Medborne 92Greene, Wm.; Muston 91Groves, Robt.; Seagrave 95Gumbie, John ; Narborowe 63Guye, Edw.; Claxton 68Hames, Thos. ; ———— 31Holland, Robt.; Congeston 16Holmes, Wm. ; Harbie 59Horton, John ; Saddington 71Hubberd, Alice ; Harbie 57Hutt, John ; Sapcoate 90Judge, Rich.; Dadlington 9Kinde, John ; Arnsbie 2Kirke, Hugh; Eaton . 61Knight, Thos.; Lutterworth 74Kynton, George; Castle donington 46Leighe, Barthol.; Stapleford 15Markant, Wm.; Smeeton Westerby 94Mason, Wm.; Breedon 79Mawson, John ; Peatling parva 20Michell, Joane; Newton 52Morton, Robt.; North Killworth 64Musson, Edw.; Frethbie nNoble, John ; Womandham 86Noone, George ; Walton INorth, Alice; Seagrave SoNorthan, Wm.; Galbie 54Orton, George; Twicrose 5Palmer, Wm.; Colon 48Patchett, Rich.; Musson 69Patchett, Rich.; Musson 81Pollard, John ; Foston 40Porter, Nicholas ; Burton Noverie 18Powley, Wm, : Melton Mowberie 84Pratt, Robt.; Worthington 75Raven, John, senior ; Coldoverton 3Reade, John ; Hobie 55 Redford,Wm.,senior; Womandham 73Reve, Jefferie; Glen magna 21Richardson, James ; Leicester 38

1596. — Continued.No.

Rosse, Thos.; Lubenham 32 Rowe,Wm.; Ingarsbye sup filo, 1597 6 Russell, Wm.; Melton Mowberie 8 Salburie, Eliza: Newton burgeland 7 Shawe, Rich.; Thrinkeson 37 Shepperd, Gregorie ; Kibworth 34 Skevington, Henry ; blabie 45 Smith, Dionise ; Wellan 49 Smith, Peter; Sewsterne 82 Stokes, Wm.; Beaumaner 58 Tailbie, John ; Wimotham 44 Thorlewell, Rich. ; Ashbie folwell 62 Throne (see Frone). Tornpson, Thos.; Heigham 17 Toolie, Thos.; Houghton 29 Tyers, Joane ; Twycrose 30 Tynslie, Hugh ; Harbie 76 Vlyott, Alexander; Muston 51 Vlyott, Alexander; Muston 93 Wale, Wm.; Walcoate 23 Warner, Wm. ; Galbie 27 Watts, Emmett; Leicester Forest 56

•Wetenhall, Rich.; ———— 66 Wiggens, Henry ; Horninghold 33 Wild, Joan ; Normanton 89

1597-

Allin, John ; Stapleford 141 Allin, Kenelm ; Thorpe 27, 33Alsoppe, Francis ; Wanleape 100Andrew, Edmond ; Ilston 161Andrew, Wm.; Ilston 52Andrewe, Joan ; Ilston 81Armeson, Thos.; Worthington 65Arnold, Rich.; Barwell 129Ballard, Wm.; Wymeswold inBallard, Wm.; Neithercoate 121Barloe, Margt.; Halloughton 3Barloe, Margt.; Halloughton 32Barwell, Thos.; Pickwell 146Barwell, Wm.; Lutterworth 32Beet, Ellys; Eaton 152Bent, Agnes; Cosbie iBent, John ; Cosbie 50Bent, John; Stanton 97Bond, Thos.; Redmell 138 Boulsworth, Robt.; Queniborowe 41 Browell, Wm.; Littlethorpe, p. of

Cosby 32Browne, John ; Cleybrook 24Browne, Thos.; Pickwell 20Buckworth, Edw.; Halloughton 132Bullevant, Wm.; Tylton 19Burton, John; Halloughton uBurton, John ; Loughborowe 53Burton, John ; Buckminster 154

* Testator is described as the son of Mar garet Wetenhall, of Stapley, co. Chester.



Button, Rich.; Craft 70Carver, Thos.; Whitweek 46Caunt, Wm.; Walton 35Chapman, Charles; Markfeild 54Charland, George; Saltbie 118Cook, John ; Coleorton 74Cook, Thos.; Statherne 44Cooper, Alice ; ———— 103Cowlson, Robt.; Wiggeston 114Cowlton, Rich.; Sheepshead 122Coxon, Grace ; Tilton 171Craft, Henry ; Pickwell 23Cromway, John ; Kegworth 55Croxall, Henry ; Kibworth 102Cubley. Henry, junior ; Croxton 64Darklie, Robt.; Stanton 148Davye, John ; Peatling parva 73Dawes, Peter ; Sutton 104

•Dawson, Christopher ; ———— 95Dennis, John ; Normanton 147Dennis, Robt.; Easthorpe 160Durden, Rich. ; Newbold 42Edwin, Rich.; Sylebie noFayrbarne, Thos.; Bottesford 116Flowar, Thos.; Seagrave 71Foden, John ; Nether seale 47Fowler, Clement; Loughborowe 130Foxton, Wm.; Thorplangton 108Francke, Thos.; Barkbie 106Francke, Thos.; Wymeswold 112Freeman, Wm.; Gumley 15Gamble, Anthony ; Hungarton 98Geest, Wm ; Ilston 169Greene, Bartholomew ; Foxton 85Groococke, Thos.; Rowlston 96Harberd, Thos.; Peatlinge 4Harbert, John ; Thrumaston 127, 143Healy, Margaret; Hallstead 86Henshaw, Nicholas; Loughborow 170Hill, Thos.; Loddington 91Hinman, Wm.; Stapleford ? 49Hodge, Thos.; Foxton 156Holmes, Ralph ; Sheepshead 16Holt, Henry ; Claxton 51 Howle (see Somerbee).Huccarbe, Rich.; Eastwell 18Ingleton, Thos.; Sproxton 38Iliffe, Thos.; Foston 157Jackson, Thos.; Huckescoate 9Jarrett, Thos.; Knoston 82Jervys, Wm.; Peatlinge 31Jimson, John ; Carlton 167Jinkinson, Elizth.; Loddington 165Jurdaine, Rich.; Gloreston 113Kempe, Rich.; Kirbie 125Kendall, Henry ; Orton of ye hill 101Kettle, Wm.; Atterton 60

* Servant to the Rt. Hon. Roger, Earl of Rutland, Belvoir Castle ; desires to be buried at Redmile.


Kinde, Millicent; Kibworth 158Kinge, Robt.; Cranoe 2Lacer, Alice; Wymeswold 126Large, Wm.; Markfeild 149Litchfeild, Joane ; Ullesthorpe 168Love, John ; Wymondham 115Marshall, John ; Bottesford 87Marshall, Thos.; Hungarton 80Mason, John; Redmill 119Mawson, Wm.; Desford 28Mellers, Rowland ; Knderbie 34Moorewood, Margery ; Shenton 162Mould, Henry; Leicester 155Newberie, John ; Hucklescoate 8Nedham, John; Hinckly 120 Nichols, Robt.; Neytherbroughton 17North, Alice ; Seagrave 94Osborne, Robt.; Sylebye 124Overinge, Edw. ; Lutterworth 109Paddy, Margery; Pickwell 135Palmer, Thos.; Walton 67Palmer, Wm. ; Dunton Basset 57Pare, Henry ; Leicester 43Parsons, Wm.; Aylston 133Patchet, Alice; Muston 79Pealton, Clement; Leicester 78Pecher. Wm. ; Applebie magna 107Person, Anthony ; Asfordbie 58Power, Robt.; Ashbydelazouch 166 Rowe, Wm.; Ingarsby sup filo 1596 6Scarborow, John ; Thorpe Arnold 151Scolie, Nicholas ; Foxton 56Shawe, Ellis ; Loughborow 153Shawe, Hugh : Freesbie 84Smart, Wm.; Cleybrooke 69Smith, Edw.; Loughborowe 63Smith, John ; Hollwell 62Smith, John ; Stanton wivell 136Smith, Phillip ; Neytherseale 48Smith, Rich.; Dreyton 59 Somerbee, als. Howle, Chris.;

Bottesford 140Southwell, Hugh ; Kibworth 131Squyer, Rich.; Ilston 10Stanly, Hugh ; Breedon 83Stanly, Wm.; Peatlinge 5Staples, Wm.; Leicester 36Stevenson, Edw.; South croson 142Strelly, John ; Weastlangton 25Stretton, Clement; Leare 90Stubbs, Henry ; Barkbie 61Sturdy, Thos.; Ashby follwell 45Sturgis, Margt.; Theddingworth 92Sturgis, John ; Theddingworth 13Swanson, Wm. ; Halloughton 89Sykes, Thos.; Markfeild 76Symkin, Joan ; Glenn parva 77Talbone, Henry ; Normanton 159Tatam, Francis ; Hobie 99Taylor, Rich.; Melton 40

LUICUSTERSHIRU WILLS. 223


Tonstall, Thos.; Allaxton 68Towars, Rich.; Barkeston 26Tower, Alice ; Barleston 123Turner, John ; Kerbe bellers 129Tutburie, Rich.; Bottesford 88Tylson, Wm.; Earleshilton 23Vann, Wm.; Much Peatling 21Wakelin, Wm.; Littlethorpe 30 Wallyce, als. Walley, James ;

Quarndon 39Walton, Thos.; Syston 163Ward, John, sen.; Wigeston 14Ward, Robt.; Markfeild 7Warren, Wm.; Normanton 139Watkin, Wm.; Markfeild 150White, Rich. ; ———— 66White, Robt.; ———— 128Wilsone, Thos.; Statherne 93Woodcocke, Robt.; Queniborowe 164Wykes, Rich.; Thurlston 137

1598.

Armeson, John ; Knipton 71Ashbie, George ; Thrussington 21Ashon, John ; Mountsorrell 109Atkins, Alice; Earleshilton 35Atkins, John ; Earleshilton 34Atterton, Thos.; Newbold 90Barnes, Robt. ; Leare 118Baskerfeild, Anne; Leicester 48Bate, Rich.; Goadbie 30Beales, Rich. ; Galthorpe 88Bell, Wm.; Skeffington 100 et 121Bennet, Thos.: Queniborowe iBennet, Wm.; Peatling magna 7Bent, Wm. ; Crofte 64Besson, John ; Thrussington 44Blunt, Henry ; Kilbie 19, 147Bosseworth, John; Countisthorpe 113Bradley, Wm.; Queniborowe 122Briggs, James ; Buckminster 20Brice, Alexander: Thorplangton 70Broome, Peter; Horninghold 12Bryan, Rich.; Siston 84Bryan, Rich.; Smeeton 94Bugg, Thos.; Leicester 3Burton, Luke ; Buckminster 36Butcher, Thos.; Kirbie 38Butler, Thos.; Broughton 79Butteris, Wm.; Horningold 129Cafforne, Wm.; Smeeton 87

•Carter, ——— ; Earleshilton 4Castledyne, John ; Easton 136Caunte, Robt. ; Statherne 66Chapman, John ; Gathorpe 128Chettle, Ralph ; Leicester 101Chettle, Thos.; Leicester 126

* Christian name obliterated in original Will.


Clarke, Agnes ; Eastlangton 89Clifton, Thos.; Muston 5Cockson, Michael: Kibworth 24Collin, Rich. ; Easton 67Cooke, Kdw.; Stokgildmge 43Cooke, Henry ; Thorpe 10 Cooke, Thos. ; Wibtofte 50, 81Cooper, Wm ; Thrumaston 135Coy, Robt.; Harston 143Crispe, Wm.; Weston 69Crosse, Margery ; Estwell 95Crowbarroe, Roger ; Kegworth 29Dann, Robt.; Houghton 16Dewye, John ; Redmill 105Dowkes, Robt.; Halloughton 13 Drecocke, Henry ; Buckminster 45Fox, John ; Wymeswold 131Fox, Rich.; Wymeswold 17 Freeman, Ralph ; Newark grange

near Leicester —Freeman, Wm.; Shanckton 86Frisbie, Michael; Scalford 53Gilbert, John ; Norton 82Goltare, Wm.: Smeeton 85Greene, Eliza; Redmill 117Grey, Alexander ; Eaton 49Gunston, Simon ; Enderbie 28Gylford, Robt.; Scraptofte 106Hackett, Rich.; Applebie 57Hall, Nicholas; Sheepy magna 104Halliocke, Thos.; Carlton 51Handy, Mathew ; Quarndon 56Harrison, Robt.; Sybesdon 32Hassard, John ; Barrowe 27Hatter, John ; Somerbie 108Heare. John ; Shenton 76Hewes, Ralph ; Ibstocke 75Hitchcocke, Thos.: Odebie 40Hogson, Ellen ; Syston 63 Houlton, Gabriel; Thorpearnold 47Hull, Robt.; Stapleford ? 72Hutchin, Robt.; Stoughton 92Ilife, Edw.; Foxton 140Jackson, John ; Neilston 9Jeffrye, Thos.; Hinckley 65Jeph, Henry ; Horningold 6John, Wm.; Whitweeke 14Johnson, Alice ; Barkebie 125Johnson, Henry ; Easton 91Johnson, John ; Seagrave 74Lee, Robt.; Walton 141Milner, Thos. ; Rearsbie 68Mitchell, Stephen ; Sheepshed 102Morbie, John ; Flecknie 120Mudd, Simon ; Loughborowe inMusson, George; Scalford 133Newbold, John ; Leicester 124Norman, John ; Leicester 31Nursse, Robt; Coleorton 103Orinne ? Thos.; Sheepshead 139



2Orsson, Henry; WalthamOrton, Robt.; Shakerston 77Palmer, John ; Market bosseworth 18Pancocke, John ; Barrowe 33Payne, George; Thorplangton 62Payne, Joan ; Medborne 130Payne, Wm.; Flecknie 52Pegg, James ; Cottesbatch 54Perce.John; Leicester 146Pollard, John ; Lockington noPole, Rich.; Dalbie 25Raynold, Eliz.; Leicester ng Rudinges, Michael; Braunston gate 96Rudings, Gray ; Brpmkinsthorpe 144Sanders, Wm.; Deisford 73Sanderson, Francis; Scalford 37Skelson, Hugh ; Thorpawker 142Snell, Edw.; Barlston 127 Sperne, Wm.; Neatherseale 46, 78Strannge, John ; Queniborowe 39Swanne, Thos. ; Horningold 60Syde, Wm.; Stretton parva 112Tallis, John; Gillmorton nTurland, Edw.; Glen magna 41Tyllie, Edmond; rector of Stanton 132Warricke, Thos.; Sybston 116Weale, Rich.; North kilworth 107Weight, Robt.: Norton 134Whitbie, Thos.; Seagrave ? 80White, John ; Busbie 22Whittle, Joyce; Knipton 55Whotofte, John ; Siston 99Wild, John ; Scalford 23Wildie, Robt.; Neilston 123Wilkins, Thos.; Heather 58Winckfild, John ; Kettlebie 42Woodford, George; Loddington 8Wright, Barthol.; Freebie 138

1599-

Acars, Elizth.; Barrowe 51Alsoppe, Wm.; Abkettleby 100Alte, Edmand; Sheepshead 73Annis ? Rich.; Foxton 97Arme, Roger; Norton 46Aucocke, Rich.; Muston 30Baker, Thos.; Easthorpe 102Ballard, John, senior; Kirby 63Bent, Wm.; ——— 79Billson, Robt.; Bilson 41Bollesworth, Wm.; Kirby 18Bowman, John ; Medborne 88 Brabston, Rich.; Husband bost-

worth 90Bradly, Edw.; Easton 22Brandon, Thos.; Thorplangton 31Brian, Robt.; Beteswell 10Brice, Thos.; Foxton 34Bringest, Robt.; Easton 9


Brisco, Wm.; Higham 121Browde, Alice; Norman ton 23Browne, Rich.; Wiggeston 117Brustace, Rich.; Scalford 45Catlyne, Edw.; Leicester 66Collyns,John; Seale 98Cooke, Hellen ; Melton 12Crafts, Robt ; Bruntingthorpe 95Crose, Edward ; Walton 40Cumpton, Thos.; Burbage? 114Dally waiter, Wm.; Harby 75Danne, Rich.; Wiggeston 39Dawkins, Rich.; ———— 15Daye, Wm.; Twyford 57Dexter, Wm.; Worthington inDickins, Thos.; Barkeston 98Eaton, Jeffrey; Worthington 136Eller, Mathew; Whetstone 132Fletcher, John ; Lubenham 36Fox, Thos.; Kibworth 77Frisbie, John ; Coton 21Gamble, John; Thrussington 35Gamble, Wm.; Asfordbye nGlenn, Thos.; Aylestonne 84Glover, George; Coson 113Goodman, Geyst; Ibstocke 103Goslinge, Margery ; Leicester 123Hall, Thos.; Eaton 8Harbie, Nicholas; Scalford 50Harris, Stephen; Stapleford 68Hartill, Robt.Junr.; Blackfordby 32Hawkin, John ; Querne 118He win, Nicholas; Siston 89Heycocke, Thos.; Cotesbeth 4Hicklinge, Elizth.; Coats 14Hill, Robt.; Kencott 58Hole, Henry; Claxton 104Howlt, Thos.; Eaton 80Howytt, John; Flecknye 64Huntwick, Wm.; ———— 112Hynthwayt, Edw,; Houghton 69Ithell, Jeffery; Tugbye 24Jones, Rich.; Earlshilton 53Kinne, Arthur; Lutterworth 59Lacie, Joyce; Wimeswold 120Lagoe, George; Dadlington 109 Litherland, Margaret; Garradon

Thorpe 87Lynthwaite, Edw.; Houghton 69 Measure, Roger; Melton Mowberie 70Messinger, Thos.; Sapcoate 5Morton, John; Northkillworth 71Neale, Robt.; Bitteswell 91Neale, Thos.; Cosbie 85Nichols, Wm.; Norbprow ? 65Norman, Elizth.; Leicester noParker, Thos.; Dalby Parva 61Peale, John ; Burrow 107Pegg, Thos.; Hathurne 96Pepper, Joan; Worthington 116


'~ Continued.

Platts, Thos. ; Donesthorpe Pollard, Wm. ; Thrumaston Porter, Rich. ; Shawell Porter, Robt. ; ———— Procter, Robt. ; Aylston Putt, Eliza; Lubenham Putt, Rich., sen. ; Lubenham Rigley, Mary ; Countisthorpe Rimington, Wm. ; Croxton Robinson, John ; Thrumaston Robyns, Wm. ; Osgathorpe Saddington, Edw. ; Slawson Scote, Wm. ; Cranhoe Sharpe, Wm. : Ashby delazouch Skipworth, George ;Smith, John Smith, Wm. Smith, Wm.

DiseworthHinckleyNeathersceale

Spencer, Nicholas; Onelippe Staresmore, Rich. ; Frolesworth Stone, Thos.; Kegworth Button, Robt,; Stapleford Swanson, Jonas; Normanton Swayne, Thos.; Appleby magna Tailbe, Wm.; Knipton Thornton, John ; Cotesbitch Thomas, John ; Witherly Thorpe, John ; Quenniborow ? Turner, Edw.; ———— Tylson, Margery; Owdby Underwood, John ; Leicester Walker, George; Thringston Walker, Thos.; Kirby bellers Wantyll, Thos.; Stanton Ward, Agnes; Barlson Ward, Amye; Markfeild Warner, Wm.; Snarson Watnall, Thos.; Thrumaston Watts, Wm.; Rearsbye Wells, Thos., sen.; Thrumaston Wells, Wm.; Frisby Wilford, Robt.; Lubenham Willson, Rich.; Barkbie Willson, Wm.; Enderbye Winter, Rich.; Thrussington Wright, Henry ; Woodthorpe Yate, Humphrey; Bagworth Yong, Christopher; Beeby

1600.

No. 42 52 78 74 44 60

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Aldred, Rich.; Appleby magna n Allmye, Christopher ; Much Ashby 14

•Asburie, Thos.; Diocese of Lincoln 42 Bakewell, John ; Normanton 62 Baley, Wm.; St. Martin's,

Leicester 128 Browell, Ralph ; Whetston 29

* Testator desired to be buried at Twicross.


Barkely, Wm.; Primthorpe 80Barnwell, Thos. ; Burbage 109Barsse, John ; Belton 68Bell, John ; Wheston 104Bent, Edw.; Huncoate 50Bent, Robt. ; Gumley 86Beriffe, Robt.; Cro\ton 37Besye, Wm. ; Ashton 21Blaxbye, Rich.; ———— 55Bloware, Thos.; Loughborowe 38Blower, Margt.; Garthorpe 126Bosse, Wm. ; Quarndon 107Bothwaye, Thos.; Glen magna 34Bovercoate, Margt.; Humberston 74Bradgate, Wm.; Gillmorton 101Bradgate, Wm.; Gillmorton 8Braham, Robt. ; Barrowe 99Brannson, Henry ; Woodhouse 113Brett, Simon ; Wiggeston 73Brooke, Thos. ; Tonge 98Browne, Robt.; Heather 79 Burnebie, Kenelme ; Haulloughton 65Cave, Henry ; ———— 96Cecill, Blase; Wymondham 45Cicell, Agnes ; Wymondham 114Clarke, John ; Eastlangton 77Cley, John ; Fleckney 32Colles, George ; Gillmorton 91Cooper, Joan ; Markfeild 125Cotton, Ralph ; Newbold 64Croson, Henry; Humberston 85Crosse, Roger ; Marston 60Cutler, John ; Willson 84Dalby, Robt.; Stapleford 15Darker, George ; Diseworth 12Day, John ; Twiford 26Eliote, George ; Blackfordby 24Fletcher, John ; Ayleston 129Forian, Thos.; Coton 19Foster, John ; Redmill 100Frere, Wm. ; Kibworth 105Fryer, George ; ———— 5Fulshawe, Thos.; Burbage 16Garland, Rich.; Bellgrave inGray, Andrew ; Barston 120Grococke, George ; Harbie 119Gryrne, Thos. ; Somerby 44Hall, Robt. ; Willsone 94Halpeny, Henry ; Leicester 3 Handley, als. Porte, Edw.; ———— 56Harley, Thos.; Sheepshead 95Hart, Wm.; Kirby bellers 124Haskie, Thos.; Ashby delazouch 23Heatherly, Robt. ; Hatherne 46Higgenbotome, Chas. ; Markfeild 57Hindman, Thos.; Barwell 63 et 117Hodson, James ; Thurkaston 31Hose, Wm. ; Harby 49Huitt, Thos.; Thurlaston 7Hurst, John ; Branston 106



Jackson, Thos.; Coldoverton 121Jarvis, John ; Eaton 48Jhonson, Thos.; Peatling raagna goLagoe, George; Dadlington 10Langame, John ; Kylbie 39 Leeson, Thos.; Thrumaston 35 et 82Lewytt, James ; Melton 59Leytherland, Wm. ; Thringston 58Little, Mathevv ; Pettleton 127Lord, Anthony ; Countesthorpe no Lowe, Phillip (see Nottall).Martnie, Henry ; Kerby 67Mesome, Rich.; Hobie 51Musson, Emmott: Scalford 30Newbold, Henry; Normanton 36Nicholson, John ; Castledonington 87North, Gartin ? Croxton 88Norton, Edmond ; Laughton 103 Nottall, James, als. Phillip Lowe;

Nether Broughton 108Olyffe, John ; Sherford 9Palmer, Rich. ; Lutterworth 47Palmer, Thos.; Horningold 118Parker, Wm.; Sheepshead 18Passants, Rich.; Saxbie 69Paule, Henry ; Walton 102 Porte (see Handley).Proudlove, Thos.; Knipton 72Ravens, Rich.; Eastlangton 93Rawlin, Wm. ; Woodhouse 131Read, Roger; ——— 40Russell, Joan ; Neatherseale 41Ryley, Rich.; Newbold 112Sherwood, George ; Bushby 92 Shilton, George; Market boseworth 28Smawlye, Robt.; Earnesby 53Storer, Alice; Shepshead 123Storer, Thos ; Sheepshead IStretton, Wm.; Branston 25Stubbes, Fran.; Hungarton 2Summere, Hugh ; Knipton 97Swanne, Wm.; Seagrave 70Symkine, Rich.; Humberston 78Tate, Jane; Goodby 33Thompson, Rich.; Earleshilton 81Thorpe, Robt.; ———— 122Thornton, Thos.; Cleybrooke 27Tompson, Robt.; Eaton 43Topcliffe, Fran.; Barwell 116Trenthame, Thos.; Hatheren 54Turlington, Hugh ; Stoughton 61Tylson, Thos.; Norton 22Vincentt, John ; Sheepey magna ? 115Walker, Charles ; Appleby parva 4Walker, Thos.; Statherne 66Waring, Raphael; Melton 6Watchorne, Wm.; Harbie 20Weaver, Rich.; Atterton 71Wells, John ; Medbourne 13Wildman, Erasmus; Beeby 52


Willowes, Wm.; Edmondthorpe 89 Wright, John ; Smeeton 75 Wright, Wm.; Leare 130 Wyar, John; Freebie 17

WILLS, 1600, &c.

Attached to the roll ot Wills for 1600 is a separate roll containing 66 records of various dates between 1557 and 1605, and labelled " Wills, 1600, &c." Most of these records appear to be duplicate transcripts of Wills proved between 1591 and 1605; a tew of an earlier date, and some of them were never proved. The date of Will is given in brackets, where the date of proof is not recorded on the Will. The following is the list arranged in lexicographical order.

No. [1605] Agard, Humphrey; Long

Whatton 37[1601] Allyn, Rich.; Thrussington 3 [1593] Androes, Wm.; Thorpe

Thomas 31 [1594] Ashton, Eliz.; Melton

Mowbray 33 1558 Barlow, Rich.; Ashbie de la

zouch 27[1591] Bate, John ; Thurlston 60 [1600] Berriffe, Robt.; Croxon

Curiall 341602 Blanckney. Wm.; Rotherbie 13

[N. D.] Bloxome, Wm.; Newtonharcourt 54

[1601] Blunt, Thos.; Wimeswold 15 [Illegible] Bower, Clement;

Loughborowe n1603 Boyer, Eliz.; Thurcaston i1598 Briers, Robt.; Stapillton 25

[1596] Browne, Thos.; Pickwell 501601 Carver, Rich, senior; Tonge 171567 Cater, George; Braunston 39

[1603] Cave, Rich.; Barrow supsoare 22

1602 Clarke, Robt.; Owdebie 241591 Cleapoole, Wm.; Medburne 32

[1603] Dilke, Eliz.; Kirkbie malorie 141604 Dowse, Robt.; Catthorpe 4

[1587] Dudley, Rich.; Swepston 48[1600] Fletcher, John ; Ayleston 57[1582] Flower, Oliver; Kerbie

bellers 36 & 671599 Fox, Thos.; Kibworth

harcourt 51 [1557?] Freere, Thos.; Burton Overy 631600 Frier, Rowland ; Burton

Noverie 53 [1598] Garford, Thos ; Thorp

Lanckton 46[1604] German, Thos.; Eaton 7

1603 Goodridge, John ; Roulston 5


WILLS, 1600, &c.—Continued.

1600 Grime, Thos.;No.

- 26*[ ] Hallam, Wm.; Owston 6 £1587] Heill, Henry; Lutterworth 42 £1603] Hitch, Robt.; Dunton Bassett 56 £N. D.] Homes, Wm.; Wigson 20 £1599] Hurst, John; Branston 45 1602 Knight, Lawrence; Lough-

borowe 12[1599] Lacie, Thos.; Wimeswold 35 1600 Lanckton, Joane; Walton

sup' Wolds 55[1601] Lowth, Henry ; Easton 61 1603 Mason, Rich; Witherley 62

£1603] Middleton, John ; MeltonMowbray 30

Millner (see Taylor). 1597 Overing, Edw. ; Lutterworth 44

[1583] Page, John ; Leicester 8 [N. D.] Pallmer, Rich. ; Shepshed 16 [1598] Parsons, Thos.; Whitwicke 59 [1603] Patchett,Thos.,jun.; Barwell

29 & 69*[ ] Rawlins, Wm.; Woodhouse 49 [1592] Ruding, Joan; Bromkins-

thorpe 40 [1592] Ruding, Thos.; Bromkins-

thorpe 231603 Rydinge, Robt.; Norborow 191604 Sannders, John; Lough borow 9 1589 Saunderson, Geo.; Billsden 41 1603 Smithe, Wm.; Burton Noverie 2 1603 Sowter, Rich.; Packington 21

[1579] Stanwedge, Hugh ; Claxton 47 [Illegible] Staresmore, Joane;

Barwell 651600 Stoones, Thos.; Anstie 10 1597 Stretton, Clement; Leare 38

[1591] Taylor, als. Millner, Agnes;Halloughton 43

[1604] Taylor, John; Scale 70[1589] Tompson,Alice; Lubbenham 681602 Tysley, Bart.; Loughborow 181599 Ward, Agnes; Barlston 52

[1589] Warde, Thos.; Carlton 28[1605] Wright, Rich.; Branstoij 66

1601.Acton, Walter, sen.; Thnissington 17Andrew, Rich.; Ilston ;2Awwood, Rich.; Kirby bellers 29Baker, Rich.; Appleby parya 22Ball, John; Barlston 45Barwell, Anne; ——•*-- 51Basse, Francis; Stapleford ? 43Batt, John; Leicester 70Beby, John; Osgathorpe 10Blower, Margaret; Loughborowe 31Blower, Rich.; Garthorpe 21

* Will missing.


Bonde, Francis; Cranhoe 13Boulton, Thos.; Worthington 42Brokesbie, George; Stapleford 54Burley, Henry; Osgathorpe 14Burton, Agnes; Loughborowe 50Callis, Jermane ; Hoton jCawnt, Wm.; Waltham 69Chauntler, Roger; Melton 30Chilwell, Walter; Swepston 63Coleman, Wm.; TurlaDgton 52Cowper, Rich.; Narborowe 6Coxe, John ; Foxton 38Crosse, Robt.; Hollwell 64Dixon, Andrew ; Barson 27Freckingham, Nicholas; Redmill 56Freisby, Wm.; Coldnewbon 49Gamble, Thos.: Asfordby 40Gasset, John; Gracedew 36Haddon, Rich.; Burbage 44Halley, James; Bowkby thorpe 4Hawley, Wm.; Melton 32Hettle, Wm.; Branston 35Hickling, Wm.; Claxton IHide, Robt.; Saxulby 9Hollingworth, Wm.; Bottisford 47Houghton, Mary; Thorpearnold nHowes, Eliza; Ibstocke 23Howley, James; Barkbythorpe i#Hyatt, Wm.; Leicester 28Imings, Edw. ; Boseworth 15Kirk, Agnes; Rolston 68Lynn, Robt,; Muston 60Masonc, John ; Scraptoft 41Messinger, George ; Barwell 19Messinger, Rich. ; Burbage 3Newbold, Anne; ———— 34Dates, Robt.; ———— 55Odame, Thos.; Dadlington 46Orton, Robt.; Barwell 53Pallet, Robt.; Stockgoldinge 61Palmer, Wm.; Husb' boseworth 62Parsons, Nicholas; Belton 48Pernell, Wm,; Leicester 20Procter, Rich.; Belton 24Rimington, George; Eaton 61Smart, Thos.; Loughborowe ±Speneer, Robt.; Hemington 26Stacie, Kellam ; Barrowe 5Tatnell, Thos.; Markfeilde 33Thornton, David; Sproxton i§Towars, Eliz. ; Barkston 25Varnam, Rich.; Lutterworth 8Wale, Philip; Asheby parva 66Walker, Robt.; Swannington 67Walter, Eliz.; Newton 57Wand, Rich,; Coston 37Ward, John ; Thorparnold 59Webster, Wm.; p. of Prestwold 58Weightman, Thos.; Earleshilton 65Wight, James; Donington 33

VOL. VIII.


1602.No.

Abney, Robt.; Newton Burguland 50 Alien, Rich. ; Thrussington 82 Allyn, Wm.; Fleckney 85 Ashe, Rich.; ———— 134 Attkins, Rich.; Coleorton 12 Attkins, Wm.; Ashebie delazouche i Ball, Nicholas ; Osbaston 119 Baule, Custannce ; Osbaston 73 Baylie, Thos.; Kirbie Sellers 70 Beck, Dorothy ; Kimcotte 55 Beeford, Katherine ; Leicester 137 Bende, Rich.; Branston 58 Berriffe, Francis; Croxton keriall 27 Billson, Wm.; Billson 20 Blanckney, Thos.; Plungar 81 Blanckney, Wm.; Rotherbye 2 Bollton, Joan ; Ibstocke 106 Borrowes, Wm.; ———— 77 Bower, Clement; Loughborowe 44 Brandrel, Joan ; Lubbenham 105 Browne, Robt.; Shepshed 103 Burbage, George; Ratcliffe sup

wreake 68Burgeine, Joseph; Sproxton 118 Burnebye, Thos.; Edmondthorpe 101 Burroughes, John ; Hoton 65 Burton, John ; Shenton 130 Butler, Thos.; Huntcoate 56 Garner, Rich.; Tonge 9 Carter, George ; Bottesford 91 Chambeleine, Wm.; Shawell 21 Charetie, Wm.; Bottisford 33 Clarke, John ; South Marfeild 25 Clarke, Robt.; Owdeby 80 Clarke, Wm.; Glen parva 17 Cliffen, Francis; Branston 34 Coleman, Henry ; Turlanckton 30 Corbett, Thos.; Packington 19 Cotton, Margery; Newbolde 95 Cowper, Thos.; Barkebie 7 Cowper, Thos.; Kirkbie Malorie 39 Cradge, John; Bottesford 136 Craxall, Robt.; Norton juxta

Twicrosse 3Crosse, John ; Brannston 14 Dalbie, Thos.; Knoston, als.

Knossington 29Daye, Thos.; Twyforde 47 Downes, John ; Tugbie 87 Drake, John ; Bottesford 10 Eastwood, Thos.; Kibworth 92 Farmer, Eliz.; Ratclifie culie 59 Farmer, Lawrence ; Higham 72 Fisher, John ; Kirbie 122 Foxe, Thos.; Wimeswoid 36 Frances, Thos.; Barwell 115 Frannces, Thos.; Barwell 132 Freeman, Thos.; Swinford 129 Frier, John, sen.; Glen magna 100 Fryer, Henry ; Frisbie, p. of Galbie 75

1602.—Continued.No.107 98 54 83 57 5

Gamble, Wm., sen. ; Asfordbie Garvis, John ; Ayleston Gilbert, Eliz.; Barwell Gilbert, Henry; Barwell Gilbert, Robt.; Scalforde Goode, Thos.; Stretton parva Goude, Margery ; Frisbie, p. of

Gaulbie 74Haddon, Margaret; Burbage 127 Handie, Mathewe; Quarnden 125 Harryson, John ; Breedon 89 Heyne, Thos.; Sysonbie 64 Holmes, Wm.; Wigston 116 Hopkins, Henry ; Boresworth 94 Hull, Isabel!; Stapleford 66 Hunte, Robt.; Dunton Bassett 8 Isatt, als. Pride, Agnes; Knipton 138 Janson, Wm. ; Hothorpe 26 Jaques, George ; Ibstocke 43 Jaques, Robt.; Desforde 22 Johnson, Wm.; Wigston 42 Joice, Henry; Blackforbie 60 Kellam, Hugh; Thorp Arnold 51 Kellam, Wm.; Melton Mowbray 113 Kinde, Robt.; Kibworth harcourte 90 Kinge, Edw.; Norton juxta

Twicrosse 11Knighte, Lawrence; Loughborowe 6 Lanckton, Wm.; Wigston magna 140 Laser, John, sen.; Syston, als.

Sitheston 67Lee, John ; Hinckley in Loune, John ; Hinckley 41 Lowthe, Henry ; Easton 63 Ludlam, John; St. Nicholas',

Leicester 117Marryett, Isabell; Hose 23 Mason, Arthur ; Newton Lenford 52 Meare, Rich. ; Kegworth 28 Molesworth, Henry; ———- 126 Newton, Thos.; Houghton 62 Orton, Robt.; Shakerstonne 124 Osborne, Anne ; Castle Don-

ningtonParsons, Henry; Frebey Parsons, Robt.; Hatherne Parsons, Wm.; ———— Peale, Robt.; Hatherne Phillip, Mary;

4133

1549

108966131

Picke, Ralph; Baresbee Presburie, John; Packington Pride (see Isatt). Pywell, Robt.; Coleorton 121 Reade, Thos., sen.; Stoney stanton 18 Redferne, James ; Lutterworth 86 Redleye, Rich. Foston 71 Reynold, Wm. Loughborowe 88 Reynold, Wm. Loughborowe 104 Riddyate, John, sen.; Nether Seale 48 Rowell, Roger; Over Seale 32



Rudinge, Robt.; Norborowe 46 Sampson, Thos., sen.; Hinckley no Scale, Robt.; Brentingthorpe 76 Slater, John ; Ayleston 16 Slater, Rich.; Easton parke 141 Smarte, John ; Ullesthorpe. p. of

Cleybrooke 84Smithe, Rich.; Redmile 93 Spencer, Nicholas ; Thedingworth 139 Stacie, Win.; Thorpsetchfeild,

p. of Twiford 38Stevens, Rich.; Glen parva 24 Strange, John ; ———— 128 Syddon, Abraham ; Bosworth 45 Tomkin, Valentyne ; Glooston 112 Tompson, Robt.; Withecocke 69 Tomson, John; Barbie 109 Townsend, John ; Newbold 114 Twell, John ; Castle Donniugton 52 Tysley, Barthol.; Loughborowe 35 Vesie, Robt.; Earle shilton 102 Waite, Thos.; Plungar 135 Walker, John ; Earle shilton 13 Warner, Margery ; Galbie 120 Webster, als. Weaver, John ;

Nelston 131Wells, Thos. ; Glen magna 37 Weston, Robert; Burton overie 40 Wigley, Edw., sen.; Scraptofte 97 Williamson, Robt.; Dyseworth 142 Wollands, Nicholas; Lough

borowe 123

1603.

Adcock, Isabell; Coldoverton 121 Armeson, Thos.; Markett Bosworth 21 Armeston, Edw.; Markett Bosworth 79 Aulte, Eliz.; Shepshed 40 Barfoote, Nicholas; Tonge, p. of

Bredon 74Barton, Margaret; Quarndon 69 Beale, George; Bitteswell 59 Beamont, Alice; Houghton 54 Beebie, Anne; Halsted 19 Bent, Steven ; ——— 35 Blunte, Thos ; Wimeswold n? Boultbie, Eliz,; Godebie 7 Bowar, John ; Bottisforde 20 Boyer, Eliz.; Thurcaston 61 Brett, Thos.; ———— 31 Briggs, Bartholomew ; Burrough 64 Brooke, Katherine; Waltham 126 Browne, Win.; Loughborowe 73 Burrowes, Robt.; Bellton 8 Carter, Wm.; Kibworthe harcourte 77 Cattle, Robt.; Lutterworth 37 Catton, Wm.; Carlton 44 Cave, Francis; Leicester 76 Chare, Rich.; Sitheston, als. Syson 68


Cherribough, John; CastleDonington 72

Clarke, Rich.; Shawell 90 Clarke, Wm.; Thurnebie 124 Cley, Rich.; Arnesbie 27 Cope, Rich.; Orton sup montem 33 Cope, Wm. ; Orton sup montem 55 Cotes, John ; Aylston 84 Cowper, Thos.; Eston 14 Crosse, John ; Melton Mowberie 108 Dawes, John ; Sherneford no Dickens, Walter; Kirbie bellers 45 Dickens, Walter; Kirbie bellers 114 Dilke, Eliz.; Kirbie Malorie 112 Dillingham, Wm.; Cottesbitch 134 Dodesley, Christopher; Bottesford 25 Dominicke, Swinglius; Burley

parke 12Drecott, Thos.. sen.; Thorp Arnold 116 Eckersall, Peter; Twicrosse 41 Eckersall, Peter; Twicrosse 113 Edneborowe, John; Hoose 130 Flower, Francis ; Wigston, als.

Wikingston 48Forgham, George ; Croxton Keriall 43 Fowler, Robt.; Bottesford 10 Fowler, Wm,; Bottisford 4 Foxe, Thos.; Wigston 94 Francke, Rich.; Lughborowe 95 Franke, Robt.; Wimeswold 26 Frannces, John ; Eaton 118 Fro wen, Agnes; Willoughbie

waterless 123Frowne, Thos.; Dunton Basset 81 Gibson, Mary ; Saxbie, p. of

Stapleford 107Godderd, Thos.; Beebie i Goodman, Rich.; Snibston,

p. of Packington g Goodwin, Edmund; Stapleford 88 Greene, Wm.; Redmell 131 Greenwaie, Thos.; Desford 114, 133 Grenwaie, Dorothy; Desford in Grococke, Thos.; Barkson 96 Guttridge, John ; Rolson 129 Hackett, Nicholas; Branston 102 Harbert, Mawde; Thrumston Sz Harvie, Ellen ; Leicester 86 Hatchkett, Rich.; Applebie 122 Hefferd, Wm.; Whestone 56 Hillam, Wm.; Ouston 39 Hordall, Rich.; Estwell 5 Horpud, Thos.; Ashbie parva 52 Jarram, Clement, sen.; Diesworth 89 Judson, Wm.; Barrowe sup soare 132 Kendall, Margt.; Norton juxta

Twicrosse 60Knight, Rich.; ———— 104 Lanie ? John ; Thorp haker 66 Lesson,Rich.; Claxton.aJs.Clawson 42


1603.—Contin ued.No.120

29

99

Lorde, Wm.; Saltbie Ludlam, Wm.; Leicester Mason, Rich.; Witherley Michell, John ; Coson 57 More, Katherine ; Hollwell 63 Morrice, Edw.; Branston 128 Nedham, Christopher ; Leicester 98 Nixe, Wm ; Higham 17 Norman, Roger ; Ashebie parva 103 Norman, Wm.; Frolesworth 83 Orton, Rich., jun. ; Lea Grange 34 Oswine, John ; Sitherston, als.

Sixon 101Page, Rich.; South Killworth 47 Pallmer, Rich.; Shepshed 67 Pallmer, Rich.; ———— 87 Pate, Bridget!; Ekettelbie 58 Peake, Rich.; Thorp acre 3 Pepper, Thos.; Cosington 2 Perkin, John ; Ashebie parva 15 Pilkenton, George ; Barkston 70 Potter, Edw.; Blafferbie 65 Read, Robt.; Thornebie 125 Roberts, Rich.; Halloughton 49 Rodes, John ; Leicester 131 Roote, Eliz.; Cottsbathe 50 Rowse, Wm.; Coston 6 Royley, Francis; Ashebie

delazouch 38Saire, Ambrose; Plungar 11 Smalley, Christopher; Woodhouse

Eaves 91Smarte, Wm.; Lubbenham 62 Smyth, Wm.; Tuggbie 23 Smythe, Wm.; Burton Noverie 102 Sowter, Rich.; Packington 71 Spencer, Gregory; Hoose 46 Sprigg, Wm.; Lubbenhum 92 Stringer, Agnes ; Leicester 127 Sutton, John ; Kegworthe 24 Syson, Rich.; Shepshed 13 Taylor, Wm.; Wimeswold 36 Thurman, John; Mountsorrell 75 Topper, Thos.; Foston 53 Waite, George; Pickwell 18 Wallin, Roger; Roulston 32 Warde, Wm.; Loughborowe 78 Wellinger, John ; Branston 22 Whittle, Hugh ; Plungar 28 Williams, John; Halloughton 51 Willocke, Kath. ; Lughborowe 109 Willowes, Thos.; Sitheston,

als. Syson 80Willson, Wm.; Barkebythorpe 93 Willston, Matthew; Dreaton 85 Winter, John ; Wigston magna 105 Winter, Thos.; Owdebie 100 Woodhall. Oliver; Bottisford 106 Worsdale, Anne; Branston 16 Wright, Robt.; Breedon 97

1604.No.

Abbott, Thos.; Cranoe 88 Adcocke, Barthol.; Donnington 45 Alien, Gregory ; East Norton 82 Arrowesmith, Thos.; Earle shilton 34 Ashton, John ; Mountsorrell 55 Baley, John ; Walcote 122 Barnytt, John ; Peckleton 9 Barrs, Rich.; Markett Bosworth 31 Bartle (see Cooke). Bennytt, Robt.; Burstall 13 Bolton, Thos.; Peatling parva 118 Bothwaie, Wm.; Glen magna 35 Bowley, Margt.; Long whatton 80 Bownde, John; Drayton 40 Brasegirdle, Thos.; Ashebie parva 21 Brawnston, Leonard; Foxton 2 Brodhurste, Rich.; Woodhouse

Eaves 29 Browne, Thos.; Syston, als.

Sythston 86Buckler, Wm.; Shernford 77 Buckstones, Rich.; Barkbie 47 Bull, Agnes; Sproxton, als.

Sprauson 83Burdett, Thos.; Earleshilton 39 Byrd, Rich.; Waltham in le Woulds 91 Cattle, Rich.; Lutterworth 50 Chamberline, Thos.; Husbands

Bosworthe 28Chartwright, John ; Ayleston 63 Coallson, John ; Sbeepey parva 52 Collumbyne, Agnes; Glen magna 121 Cooke, Thos.; Easton? 49 Cooke, als. Bartle, Thos.; Burton

Lazers 81 Cowley, als. Dannowe, Wm.:

Castle Donnington 16 Crosbie, Robt.; Leicester 78 Crose, Thos.; Applebie 6 Dalbie, Henry ; Somerbie 95 Dalbie.Hugh; Pickwell 107 Dannowe (see Cowley). Dickens, Wm.; Burton Lazers 66 Dowse, Robt.; Catthorpe in Dowse, Wm.; Bitteswell 70 Erpe, Rich.; Applebie magna 18 Estwood, Margt.; Kibworth 71 Fearebarne, Wm.; Sproxton, als.

Sproson 57Finderne, Thos.; Kirkbie Malorie 60 Forman, Georga ; House 89 Foxon, Rich.; Blabie 46 Franke, Eliz.; Wimeswold 14 Frend, Robt.; Congeston, als.

Connson 56Frisbie, Robt.; Bringhurste 17 Gamble, Eliz.; Asfordbie 42 Greene, Thos.; Somerbie 5 Groococke, John; Broughton

Asheley 38


1604.— Continued.No.84

"543

105

Gunbie, Margaret; Stapleford Guye, Robt,; Claxton Halliocke, John ; Glen magna Harberd, Joane; Whetston Hardinge, Wm.; Ortonsupmontem 74 Hargrave, John ; Peckleton 76 Hasledyne, als. Tarter, Anthony ;

Roulston 102Heales, Wm.; ——— 85 Heywood, Wm.; Cleybrooke magna 51 Houghton, John ; Hoton 97 Houlte, John ; Nether Broughton 37 Howcoute, Robt. ; Brentingthorpe 30 Hunt, Humphrey ; Burbage 114 Ives, Thos., Whetston 120 Jackson, Robt.. sen.; Lughborowe 32 Kendall, Alice; Norton juxta

Twicrosse 65Kiddier, Rich. ; Bellton 4 Kirtleton, Alexander; Hinckley 92 Lacer, Henry ; Wimeswold i Laser, Wm.; Sitheston, als. Syson 72 Lawe, John ; Wigston magna 24 Louth, Alice; Burton Lazars 68, 121 Louth, Thos.; Burton Lazars 67 Lowe, Henry ; Ashbie de lazouch 106 Merton, Thos.; Loddington 8 Mew, Hugh; Walcote 113 Mew, Randall; Lutterworth 119 Millner, Edw.; Ullesthorpe, p. of

Cleybrooke 15Moore, Thos., jun. ; Eston 96 Morrey, Robt.; Thrumaston 22 Morton, Thos.; Kibworth 93 Needham, Christopher ; Leicester 58 Newton, Wm.; Tugbye no Oldner, Wm.; Orton subter Arden 41 Parre, Thos.; Melton Mowbray 69 Parsons, Robt.; Roulston 64 Paule, John ; Ashbie parva 98 Paynter, John ; Bagworth 75 Pedge, Henry; Thornton ? 53 Pegge, Katherine; Hatherne 79 Pickwell, Katherine ; Bottisford 27 Robinson, Nicholas; Scalford 73 Sannders, John ; Lughborowe 20 Shanford (see Smythe). Sheene, Thos. ; Brentingthorpe 116 Sherwood, Martyn ; Bushebie 23 Simkin, George; Barton in le beanes 62 Slater, John ; Thorp lanckton 59 Smith, als. Wallton, James;

Dunton bassett 12Smith, Thos.; Humberston 117 Smythe, als. Shanford, Thos.;

Queniborowe 10Spenser, Robt. ; Leicester 112 Standley, Phillippe ; Lughborowe 101 Stannton, John ; Newton harcourte 61 Stringer, Agnes; Leicester 19

No. 108

1604.—Continued.

Sturgis, Gilbert; BilsdonTarter (see Hasledyne).Teate, Wm. ; Ashbie de lazouche 25Townesend, Anthony; Lughborowe 44Tyllson, John ; Earleshilton 33Vincent, Anthony ; Bottisforde 94Wallton (see Smith).Wallton (see Smith). Warren, Rich. ; Burton sup wolds 3 Watkin, Amye ; Burbage 26 Watson, Thos ; Saltbye 104

5499

atson, Thos ; atye Watson, Wm.; Loddington Welche, Wm.; Halloughton 99 Whalley, Eliz. ; Norton juxta

Galbie 103White, Ellen ; Boresworth 7 White, Wm., sen. ; Boresworthe 100 Whitehead, Robt. ; Lubbenham 87 Wildman, Nicholas ; Eaton 48 Winterton, Thos. ; Wallton n Wood, Henry ; Thornton 90 Woodcocke, Francis ; Sitheston

als. Syson 36 Wyatt, Christopher ; Earnesbye 109

1605.

Bacon, Margery; Lughborowe 63 Bale, Wm, ; Kibworth harcourte 79 Barnarde, Robt. ; Barrow sup Soore 31 Bell, Thos. ; Claxton. als. Clawson 21 Benet, Susan ; Husbands Bosworth 91 Bennett, Thos. ; Husbands Bores-

worth 64Bent, Rich. ; Cosbie i Black, Wm. ; Sonth eroson 100 Borten, Edw. ; Hasten 13 Bottersbee, John ; Sheepey 29 Boyfeild, Ralph ; Westerbie 69 Boylston, Thos. ; Longwhatton 75 Briers, John ; Lubbenham 9 Browne, Thos. ; Shanckton 42 Browne, Wm. ; Bellton 10 Burdett, John; Leare 35 Burne, Wm. ; Thrussington 37 Burton, Henry ; Buckminster 54 Byard, John ; Twycrosse 39 Bydle, Wm. ; Newton Burgeland 61 Byrde, John ; Queniborowe 81 Cave, Rich. ; Barrow sup Soars 32 Chamberlaine, Rich. ; Kilbie u Clare, Wm. ; Ibstocke 56 Clarke, Wm. ; Kibworth beachamp 95 Coken, als. Seagrave, Rich. ;

Norborowe 57Cooke, Eliz. ; Diseworth 101 Cooke, John, sen. ; Baresbee 92 Cooke, Rich. ; Earleshilton 74 Courtbie, Francis; Walton sup le

woulds 80. Darker, Nicholas ; Leicester in



Dove, Hamlett; Hoose 22 Dowse, Robt.; Catthorpe 109 Eaton, Robt.; Hatherne 45 Flavell, Robt. ; Leare 16 Fletcher, Annis; Burton overie 87 Poster, Arthur; Smyton westerbie 49 Francke, Rich,, sen.; Kirbiebellers 85 Freeman, als. Townsend, Cicely ;

Kirbe Sellers inFurnice, Edw.; Leicester 48 Gilbart, Rich.; Ullesthorpe 36 Coadebie, John ; Peatlinge magna 26 Gobbett, John ; Sheepy magna 24 Graie, Wm.; Wymondham 46 Grine, Humphrey ; Sysonbe 50 Grundfe, Wm.; Thornton 96 Hartshorne, Wm. ; Smeeton 73 Haskie, John ; Diseworth 5 Holmes, Wm.; ———— 99 Hopkins, Wm.; Wiggeston 52 Houghe, Robt.; p. of Bottesford 107 Houghton, Joane ; Seagrave 89 Howkin, Thos.; Kilbie 12 Howytt, James ; Scraptofte 84 Iliffe, Thos.; Peatling 88 Jarratt, John ; Mountsorrell 27 Kempe, Thos.; Frisbie supWreake 67 Lacie, Hellen ; Wimeswold 6 Lacie, Thomas; Prestwold 2 Lorde, Thos.; Kilbie 97 Lubbenham, Robt.; Owdbie 66 Marvin, Thos.; Thurlston 47 Mathew, Rich.; Carlton 83 Mee, John ; Diseworth 43 Menvell, Wm.; Barkbie 62 Millner, Thos.; Huckescotegrange 25 Moore, Rich.; Burton Noverie 8 Muncke, Eliz.; Sithston, als.

Syson 103Naylor, Richard ; Hungerton 68 Northerne, Wm.; listen 28 Northerne, Wm.; Illston go Nutt, Wm.; Skeffington 102 OrtOn, Bartholomew; Leicester 55 Orton, Rowland ; Peckleton 59 Otefeild, Thos.; Norborowe 72 Paybodie, Wm.; Bittiswell 40 Pollard, Christopher; Houghton 19 Richardson, Wm. ; Frisbe sup

wreake 94Salusburie, Henry ; Odston 58 Sannders, John ; Queniborowe 53 Savine, Rich.; Frolesworth 104 Sawnsam, John ; Muston 17 Seagrave (see Coken). Smith, Wm.; Marston 7 Smith, Wm. ; Marston 14 Spell, Valentine ; listen 51 Sprigg, Edw. ; Foxton 98 Sprigge, Alice; West lanckton 78


Staples, Wm.; Woodhouse Eaves 76 Stapleton, Joan; Burton sup Woulds 3 Stokes, Henry ; Hose 86 Stokes, John ; Abkettlebie 65 Tailor, Anthony; Bottesford 20 Taylor, Thos.; Owdbie 30 Thornton, Thos.; Heather 60 Tomkin, John ; Billsdon 70 Tomlinson, Wm.; Lughborowe 18 Townsend (see Freeman). Turlington, John ; Houghton 93 Turlington, Wm.; Houghton 33 Tyllie, Rich.; Bitteswell 71 Wallis, Wm.; ———— 82 Warde, Wm.; Sheasbie 105 Westone, Nicholas; Illston 49 Whitehead, Robt.; Lubbenham 108 Williams, John ; Wymondham 34 Woodward, Wm., sen.; Theding-

worth 77Wright, John ; Diseworth 41 Wright, Rich.; Brannston no Wright, Thos.; Brannston 4 Yates, John; Odston 15 Yates, Wm.; Skeffington 23

1606.

Abbot, Mawde ; Foxon 92Allatt, Robt.; Asfordbye 11 Andrew, Simon ; Churchlangton 16Barloe, Robt.; Halloughton 56Bartram, Robt.; Knipton 116Barwell, Wm.; Bringhurst 37Bay, John ; Halloughton 106Belton, Agnes; Wymeswold 49Blague, John; Plunngar 115Brittain, John ; Stokerston 101Brooke, Eliz.; Wilson 67 Browne (Widow); Loughborough 71Bryan, Robt.; Kibworth 64Burbage, Thos.; ———— 90Burden, John ; Bottisford 45Carter, Edward; Goadbye 24Cave, Eliz. ; Pickwell 40 Cave, Thos.. sen.; Thedingworth 102Cawnte, George ; Statherne 54Cille, Wm. ; ———— 70Clark, Thos.; Loughborow 112Clarke, Henry ; Buckminster 113Clarke, Rich.; Saddington 12Clarke, Rich.; Packington 80Coltman, Henry ; Fleckney 76Cooke, John ; Hungarton 42Cowper, Lawrence ; Easton 28Coye, Wm.; Buckminster 85Crampe, Rich.; Barrow 97 Cranwell, Rich.; Loughbor 93, 94Crosby, Margery ; Leicester 79 Dafferne, Humphrey ; Cleybrooke 3



Dannett, Christian ; Leicester 117Dawson, George ; Newbold 41Dodge, Anthony ; Belgrave 17Ducket, Thos.; Throinaston 6Eckersall, Anne ; Twicrosse 74Elliott, Kenelme ; Twiford 62Elwood, Hugh ; Melton 46Fancot, John ; Tilton 27Fleeming, John ; Wymeswold 68Gamble, John ; Burton Noverie 18Gamble, John ; Saxulby 84Gasset, Millicent; Belton 50Godfrey, Margaret; Snibston 65Graye, George; Halloughton 9Greene, Thos.; Sewsterne 21Hancocke, George ; ———— 95Heley, Margaret; Medborne 19Higgins, Timothy ; Cleybrooke 57Hill, Alice ; Ashby 8Holte, Wm.; Claxton 38Holte, Wm.; Holwell; 89Hubberd, Henry ; Billesden 69Ingilley, Thos. ; Wymotham 88Joanes, Wm.; Earles Shilton 91Johnson, Rich.; Barkby thorpe 86Justin, John ; Cosbye 99Kelham, Robt. ; Thorpe arnold 87Kempe, Rich. Kirbye 36Kendall, John Prestwold 31Knight, Thos. Stony Stonton 13Lole, Thos.; Ullesthorpe 26London, Wm.; Hungarton 20Martin, Henry; Quarndou 35Meane, Wm.; Fleckney 104Monke, Eliz.; Siston 15Neale, Wm.; Lubenham 107Newberry, Robt.; Welham 109Northan, Alice; Thurcaston 78Nutt, John; Skeffington 52Orton, Thos.; Orton sup montem 51Paybodye, Wm.; Bitteswell inPeckleton, John; Twyford 5Perkin, Eliz. ; Barow 105Perkins, Wm.; Barrow 22Perpointe, Nicholas; Eastwell 114Pettye, Wm. ; Harbye 34Picke, John ; Oadbye 58Picke, Wm.; Baresbye 23Pole, Rich.; Welham 60Reeve, John ; Harborow 98Remington, Nicholas ; Croxton 59Scarborow, Wm.; Thorp arnold 61Shawe, John ; Rearesbye 75Sheare, Robt.; Burstall 73Shittlewood, Thos. ; Wimeswold 77Smalley, George; Seagrave 29Smith, Wm. ; Brentingthorpe 39Smith, Wm. ; Paekington 59Somner, John ; Bottisford 66Spence, John ; Cosbie 7


Stevenson,Rich.; SmetonWesterby 14 Tailecote, Dorothy ; Tugbie 10 Tailer, Julian; Wimeswold 81 Tallis, Geoffrey ; Melton 47 Tatenill, Rich. ; Swannington 72 Walker, Thos.; Leicester 33 Wallis, Joan; Esthorpe 44 Walton, Andrew ; Castle Donington 32 Warburton, Rich ; Glen 103 Warner, Robt.; Galbye 30 Waters, John ; Tilton 100 Watts, Thos.; Turlangton i Watts, Thos.; Rearesby 25 Weale, John ; Bitteswell 96 Wightman, Valentine ; Hinckley 53 Wightman, Valentine ; Hinckley no Wild, Robt.; Long whatton 2 Wildman, Margt.; Wimeswold 48 Wilkinson, Wm.; Smeeton

Westerbye 63Wilson, John ; Appleby 82 Wood, Edmond; Harbye 55 Woolley, Thos.; Goadby 4 Worsdale, Thos.; Knipton 43 Wright, John ; Appleby 83 Younge, Michael; Cosbye 108

1607.

Allam, Alice ; Knipton 17Alsabrouke, Henry ; Loughborow 87Bate, Abell; Sproxton 6Bent, Thos.; Countisthorpe 52Birkehead, Nicholas ; Leicester 43Black, Wm.; Stableford 71Blakeley, Robt.; Stapleton 106Blithe, Rich.; Frolesworth 28Bolton, Robt.; Glen magna 62Bringhurst, Thos. ; Easton 30Briscote, Thos.; ———— 102Brooke, Robt. ; Thorpe SoBrowne, John ; Carlton 78Bull, Jacob ; Loasebie 34Burneby, Christian ; Halloughton 35Burton, Elinor; Easton 79Buswell, Wm.; Boresworth nButton, Frances; Crofte 26Callcrofte, Thos.; Bottesford 103Carlton, Thos.; Brawnston 70Clarke, Christopher; Knipton 32 Clarke, Rich.; Norton juxta

Twicrosse 37Collishaw, Rich.; Redmile 95Cooke, Simon ; Welbye 99Coppoye, Leonard ; Whitwicke 3Cotton, Frances ; Stonton 21Cotton, John ; Stonton 22Cox, George ; Stokegolding 61Croft, Thos.; Barwell 66Cubley, Henry ; Croxton keriall 69

234 LEICESTERSHIRE AfiCrtU'TECTCRAL SOCIETY.


Dale, als. Slawston, Thos.; Carlton 55 Dorman. Tbos.; Kilby 20 Dubbleday, Wm,; Harbie 33 Edlin, Wm.; Knipton 67 Fisher, Thos.; Hallougbton 8 Fletcher, Wm.; Dalby 31 Poster, Robt.; Scalf.ird 99 Frampion, Robt.; Sapcote 74

•Freeman, Rich.; Hucklescote 38 Grange, Matthew ; Pakeman haie 59 Greene, George; Burton lazars 102 Greene, John ; Redmill 97 Grococke, John ; Eastlangton 77 Grove, John ; Burton.sup wolds 46 Guttridge, Wm ; Wymondham 93 Hallam, Joan ; Croxon Keriall 68 Heath, John ; Huncote 72 Hoby, Margaret; Leicester 89 Howers, Wm.; Peatling 18 Humberstors, Alice; Asfordbie 14 Ingle, Tbos.; Cold overton 92 _ efcocke, Faustin; Satton 76 .'ohnson, Humphrey; Boreswortb 104 ] 'ohnson, John; Cleybrooke 80 ' [ohnson, Thos.; Barkbie thorpe 41 ' L,arge, Sampson ; Leicester 66 Litberland, Michael; Diseworth 19 Lockton, Clem.; Grimston, Test,

and Inv. in pede fill 1609 Marshall, George; Diseworth 45 Marvin, John ; Leicester 24 Measure, Matthew; Odeby 49 Middleton, Michael; Waltham sup

wolds 7Middleton, Thos.; Silebye 29 Neale, John; Abkettlebye 2 Noble, George ; Wymotham 58 Nuttall, John ; Asfordbye 98 Orme, Margery; Belton 82 Oswin, James; Frisbye 27 Pare, Thos.; Leicester 88 Parker, Francis; Packington 4 Pickering, Thos.; Ibstocke 85 Pight, Wm.; Long whatton 5 Puiefey, Ralph ; Wellsborow 40 Reyner, John ; Peatling magna 54 Richards, Eliz.; ——— 36 Roberts, Thos.; Redmile 42 Sansom, Thos.; Easthorpe 50 Shawcrosse, John ; Melton 94 Shepey, John ; Belgrave 39 Simpson, Henry ; Waltham sup

wolds 15Slawston (see Dale). Smith, John ; Ashby parva 25 Smith, John; Littlethorpe 81 Smith, Rich.; Claxton 101 Smith, Wm.; Hinckley 57

* This Will Is at the foot of the file for 1609.


Somerfeild, Joan; Lawghton 86 Soresbye, Robt,; Cattborpe 91 Squire, Wm,, sen.; Querndoo 73. Stephenson, Matthew ; Leicester 84 Sutton, Margery ; Kegworth 31 Sweetlad, Anthony ; BittesweU 9 Tailor, James; Cotes 60 Thorpe, Rich.; Queniborow 47 Tompson, Wm.; Kilby 16 Waldron, Matthew; Oadbye i Walker, Alice; Leicester 103 Ward, Wm.; Queniborow 12 Wells, Wm.; Blackbrooke, p. of

Sbepesheade 64Weston, Cicely; Silebye 65 Weston, Ralph; Norton juxta

Galbye 13White, Thos.; Easton 83 White, Wm.; Boreswortb 10 Wightman, Thos.; Earleshilton 53 Wigley, Henry; Scraptoft 63 Wood, Rich.; Nanebye 23 Worsdale, Thos.; Knipton 48 Wiight, John; East Langton 73

1608.

The roll of Wflls for this year is unfortunately lost. Copies of those marked with an asterisk are however, to be found in the Register Book for that year.

fAldridge, Wm.; Barton 58• Bacon, Wm.; Hinckley ' 26 Bagworth, John ; Wymotham 60 Bale, Robt.; Noseley 109

•Barnes, Thos.; Burstall 13 Barsbi, Wm.; Gaddesbi, Test, and

Inv. in pede fili 1609 Battersby, John; Woodhouse 56 Bentley, Hugh; Castle Donington 71 Blont, Edw., sen.; Wymeswold 102

•Blounte,————; ——— 4 +Blownte, John ; Seagrave 78•Boothe, Wm.; Barrow 31 Bowier, Rich.; Syston 49

•Bowman, Nicholas; Ashbydela-zouch 5

•Brannche, John; Mountsorell 22•Brawnston, Wm.; Thedingworth 24 Brewood, Robt.; Stapleton 57 Browne, John; Barrow 54 Browne, John ; Barrow 61 Browne, Margt.; Wigston 105

•Burdet, Geoffrey ; Billesdon 21 Butler, Ellen ; Leicester 103 Carver (see Thurman).

•Cave, Thos.; Hothorpe 15

t This Will is at the foot of the file for 1609.



Cave, Thos.; Thedingworth 52 Chapman, Robt.; Whatton 64 Choice, John ; Congeston 70 Cocks, Jane ; Ibstocke 95 Collison, John ; Dray ton 89 Cope, Alex.; Hinckley 36 Cowper, Margery; Langton 47 Cundey, Robt.; Tonge 53 Dadley, John ; Swepston no Dalby, James; Pickwell 50

•Divitte, Thos.; Barwell 7 Dodge, Steven, Heather 100

•Dowman, Anne; Hatherne i Eyricke, John ; Houghton 104

fFletcher, Thos.: Gaddesbie•Franke, Wra.; Wymeswold 18 Franke, Wm.; Wymeswold 63 Frisbye, als. Tailer, John ; Burton 87

•Garnatt, Edw.; Leicester 10 Glen, Thos.; Bilson So

fGoodwin, Thos.; Branston Gray, John ; Cold Newton 107

•Greene, Thos.; Redmile 32 Greene, Wra.; Burrowe 81 Greene, Wm.; Leicester 85 Hall, John ; Ashbie delazouche 55 Hatterley, Henry; Ashbydelazouch 44 Healey, Wm.; Norton juxta Galby 108 Heyford, Rich;; Cosbye 46

•Hodgkinson, Rich.; Burton supwolds 6

Hollwell, Agnes; Thrussington cum Testament, Jo. Blounte de Seagrave, in pede fili 1609

•Hore, Robt.; Humberston 8f'Howett, Rich.; Thromaston 12Hunt, Thos.; Leicester 68Jarram, Robt.; Long whatton 39Johnson, Rich.; Lughborow 41Johnson, Robt.; Packington 84Jurden, Rich.; Foxon 69

fKendall, Robt.; Rothley•Lane, Thos.; Kibworth 29Large, John ; Dadlington 91

'Lawrence, Thos.; Hatherne 2•Lewin, Wm.; Barkby 19 Litherland, Henry ; Neilston 42 Lubnarn, Alice; Owdbye 79 Lucas, Kinborow; Scalford 77 Man, Alice; Hinckley 51 Melborne, Ellenor ; Prestwold 30 Milnes, John ; Packington 48 Moore, Francis ; Boresworth 35 Moorecroft, Wm.; Loughburgh 88 Musson, Nicholas ; Scalford 76 Neale, Anthony ; Stoughton 33

•Neale, Anthony ; Stoughton 34•Newbie, Wm. ; Slawston 28

t This Will is at the foot of the file for 1609.

1608. - Continued.

Newton, John; Ragdale •Noble, George; Rearsby Noone, George; Rolston Olive, John ; Thorp Thomas Olive, Robt.; Enderby

No. 106

996948662Orton,John; Shilton

t Parker, George; Rotheley Partridge, Humphrey ; Billesdon 97

•Peg, Robt.; Stony Stonton 25•Penburry, Ellen ; Bosworth 14 Porter, Gabriel; Shawell 67 Prior, Thos.; Glen magna 38 Pypes, Humphrey ; Melton 74 Roberts, Adam ; Harbye 37 Rolson, Wm.; Belton 72

•Saddington, Eliz.; Foxton 3 Sanderson, Dunnold ; Humberston 73

•Sharpe, Kubin; Pickwell . 16 Sharpies, Austen ; Stapleford 40 Sheldon, Abraham ; Melton 75 Shepey, Thos.; Coleorton 90 Sirnson, Thos ; Knipton 92 Starky, Robt.; Packington 98 Starky, Robt.; Packington 101 Steile, George; Pickwell 65 Tailer (see Frisbye). Thomason, John ; ABkettlebye 93 Thurman, als Carver, Isabell;

Whitweeke 82 Thurman, als. Carver, Thos.;

Whitweeke 83 Tuffley, als. Waterman, Giles ;

Burstall 99•Wale, Hugh ; Sutton 20•Wallis, Cicely;———- 17 Wandley, Edw.; Leicester 45

•Warden, John ; Gill Morton 27 Waterman (see Tuffiey). Welch, ————; Halloughton 66 Wigley, George; Scraptofte 43

•Wood, Ellen; Naneby 23 Wraske, Robt.; Burton 59

•Wright, Robt.; Mountsorell n

1609.

Actonne, John ; Somerbee 57Arnolde, John ; Mountsorrell 82Astell, Wm.; Wiggeston 7Baker, John ; Barton in le beanes 105Ballarde, Eliz. ; Loughborrowe 25Banburie, Thos.; Sherneforde 77Barrett, Margt.; Wymeswolde 86Baule, Wm.; Rattcliffe 37Bell, Joan ; Skeffington 46Bellamey, Frances; Cosington 107Belton, Edw.; Barrowe 15Bent, Wm.; Cosbye 126

t At the foot of the file for the year 1609.



Blacke, Joan; Stapleford 55Blumfeilde, Thos.; Wymondham 79Blurton, Wm.; Thorpe Awker 36Bolande, Luce ; Lutterworth 34Bowley, Rich.; Hatherne izBright, John ; Smeeton 93Burden, Rich.; Ullesthorpe 32Burditt, John; Langton 112Buswell, Roger ; Bosworth 91Butler, Mathias ; Knoston 13Carleton, Rich.; Bottesforde 90Carter, Mary ; Allexton 84 Caster, Bartholomew; Glowstonne 52Cave, Phillipp; Barrowe sup sore 39 Ceaton, Nich.; Goldsmiths Grange 48Challande.'Robt.; Bottesforde 2Chamberlaine, Lybius; Leicester 21 Chesterton, als. Parson, Wm.;

Norton juxta Galbey 108Clare, Walter; p. of Swepson 50Clarke, Rich.; Freby 125Clarke, Wm.; Swynforde 116Coales, Margery; Stoughton 20Cookeson, John ; Bruntingthorpe 113Danninges, Isabella ; Gloreston 19Dawes, John ; Sharneford ? 101Deacon, Thos. ; Ilston 118Draper, Thos.; Sproxton 30Draycott, Rich. ; Loddington 65Eyricke, Agnes; Wiggeston 71Eyricke, Wm.; Wiggeston 10Faulkener, John ; Skeffington HIFlower, John ; Claxton 125Forster, James; Appleby magna 63Fowkes, Harrowlde; Sylebie 78Foxon, Thos.; Ashby parva 88Freeman, Alice ; Wigston ? 106Freeman, Rich.; Northkillworth 125Freir, Roland ; Burton Noverye 92Frisby, Edw.; Tilton 40Glenn, Wm. ; Wheston 33Grante, Rich.; Thurleston 76Greene, Henry; Statherne 123Grococke, Anne ; Barkeston 35Gyles, Thos.; Swinforde 31Hall, George ; Shakerston nHall, Rich.; Heather 70Hall, Robt.; Wiggeston 6Hampson, Wm.; Quarndon 14Hancocke, Robt.; Prestwoulde 43 Healey, Wm.; Norton juxta Galby 96Hexstall, Hugh ; Kirbie Malarie 97Hicklinge, John ; Loughborrowe 56Hill, Wm.; Hinckley 47Hoe, Thos.: Claxton 95Hollandes, Edmund; Ratherbee 45Hunter, Rich.; Snareston 99Isaacke, Wm. ; Halloughton 94Isarde, Roger; Ullesthroppe 68Jebbett, John; Shakerston 44

i6og.—Continued.No.

Johnson, Wm.; Packington 114. Kellam, Rich.; Stapleforde 54 Key, Wm.; South Croson 102 Knight, Wm.; Billesdon 83 Linsey, Valentine; Stonton Wyveil 38 Mason, Robt.; Frolesworth 104 Mitchell, Wm.; Rearesbey 75 Nashe, Thos. Leicester 24 Noone, Rich. ———— joo Norton, Wm. Loughborrowe 80

•Nucombe, Wm.; Lutterworth 3 Olyver, John ; Plungar 60 Orson, Rich.; Broughton inferior 59 Palmer, Jane; Dunton 85 Pancocke, John, senior; Barrowe 72 Parker, Wm.; Melton 61 Parr, Robt.; Leicester 81 Parson (see Chesterton). Pawnoe, Thos.; Sylebye 53 Payne, Robt.; Medborn 42 Presgrave, Wm.; Ullesthroppe 89 Pryor, Wm.; Eystorn by WoUond 4 Pycrofte, Edmond ; Burbage 87 Pynder, Eleanor; Musson 51 Reyner, Wm.; Narborrowe 74 Richardson, Thos.; Pickwell 64 Royle, Thos.; Norton juxta Twi-

crosse 28Sansome, Rich.; Muston 121 Scampton, Ralph ; Stoughton no Shalcrosse, Wm.; Melton 120 Shorlocke, Wm.; Belton 5 Smith, John; Leicester i Starky, Henry; Trinity Hospital,

Leicester 9Stevenson, Henry; Loughborrowe 117 Stevenson, Thos.; Muston 62 Stonne, Wm.; Worthington 119 Tayler, Wm.; Ashbie delazouch 26 Tayler, Wm.; Applebie magna 67 Terry, Thos.; Cebrooke 109 Tilson, Henry; Earle shilton 27 Tyler, Thos.; Ilston 18 Vicars, Thos.; Leicester 122 Vincent, John; Bitteswell 73 Wale, Wm.; Dunton Bassett 49 Walker, Thos.; Saddington 98 Warde, Reynold; Sproxton 58 Warrmer, Thos.; Barrowe 17 Watson, Wm.; Ashbie dalazouche 22 West, Robt.; Owdebey 41 White, Margt.; Bushbie 103 Wilde, Wm.; Barrowe sup Sore 23 Willocke, Wm.; Loughborrowe 16 Wolfe, Rich.; Walton, p. of

Kilmecote 8Woolley, John; Goadebey 124 Wright, John; Applebee parva 29

* Depositions of Witnesses are with this Will.


1609. — Ctnitimu'tLNo.

W right, John; Packington 115 Wright, VVm. ; Applebee parva 66

1610.

Adcocke, John ; Leicester 72 Allyn, Nicholas ; Woodhouse 143 Allyn, Thos ; Walton, p. of Kim-

coate 120Armestronge, Wm. ; Barrowe 66 Armestronge, VVm. ; Barrowe 73 Baker, Jerome ; Sproxton 146 Bale, John ; Shewsterne 12 Ball, John ; Upton, p. of Sibbesdon 41 Ballarde, Thos. ; Misterton 126 Barber (see Reynolds). Barfoote, Robt. ; Loughborrowe 128 Barsby, Robt. ; Thorpe Setchfeild 67 Bats, Thos. ; Ashby Dalazouche 131 Bayley, Luke ; Skeffington 104

•Bebye, John ; Barrowe sup soare Belton, Margt. ; Wimeswolde 96 Bentley, John ; Heigham 18 Blaby, Rich. ; Somerbey 21 Blithe, Hugh ; Rector of Applebey 76 Blocksome, Rich. ; Bruntingthorpe 82 Blower, Thos., sen. ; Sibbesdon 103 Bonde, John ; Heigham 150 Brickwoode, Wm. ; Billesdon 37 Brookesby, John ; Sproxton 92 Broughton, Thos. ; East norton 25 Browne, Margt. ; Carleton Cur-

leiue 142Browne, Thos. ; Barrowe 68 Bryan, John ; Boresworth 9 Bryan, Robt. ; Kibworth beacamp 123 Button, Edw. ; Crofte 60 Capenhurst,, Wm, ; Hinckley 138 Chambers, Thos. ; Horninghold 154 Charitie, Christopher ; Bottisforde 52 Chatterton, John ; Harborrowe 42 Chester, Wm. ; Theddingworth 27 Clarke, Wm. ; Eastnorton 113 Clarson, Edw. ; Breedon 117 Cowper, John ; Thorp Langton 135 Crafte, John ; Burton Overie 62 Dafte, Wm. ; Scalford 108 Dawson, Agnes ; Ratcliff sup

wreake 19Elkington, Wm. ; Bottisforde 99 Ensor, Robt. ; Orton sup montem 14 Everington, Wm. ; Bottisforde 50 Farmer, Alice ; Ratcliffe Culey 101 Feildeinge, Rich. ; Seagrave 78 Flamill, Wm. ; Walcoate 114 Flute, Simon ; Swinforde 124

* Vide commissarii Theophili Cave in hac pte fact 2 d° die Decemb'r, 1613.


Foster, John; Bushby 7,8 Francke, John ; Wimeswold 91 Freeman, Wm.; Gumley 115 Frenche, Rich.; Gillmorton 130 Frenche, Thos.; Gillmorton 132 Gallarde, Henry ; Glen magna 74 Garrett, Thos.; Ullesthorpe 28,127 Geffes, Robt.; ———— 148 Gibson, John ; Bagworth 38 Gilford, Rich.; Euderbey 45 Goodriche, Alice ; Thrumaston 79 Goodriche, Alice; Loddington 141

'Hall, Henry; Hinckley Hancocke, John ; Prestwoulde 24 Hickson, Alice ; Loughborrowe 6 Hilton, Wm.; Stouke gouldeing 97 Hitchcocke,Lawrence; Whittweeke 29 Hooke, Thos.; Neilson 32 Houghe, Wm.; Easthorpe 54 Houghton, Eliz.; Houghton 85 Hubbert, Rich.; Claxton 71 Hull, Wm.; Twicrosse 46 Hurst, John, senior ; Hinckley 107 Jacom, John ; Dadlington 31 Jeffes, Robt.; ———— 148 Johnson, Robt.; Hinckley 100 Johnson, Wm.; Wiggeston 61 Jones, Margt.; Shilton 156 Judd, John ; Loughborrowe 119 Julyon, Gregory ; Hose 49 Kemm, Wm. ; Melton 147 Kerchevall, Wm.; Bottesforrl 63 Kinge, John ; Hinckley 30 Kitchin, George ; Goadebey 57 Kyddye, Robt.; Osgathorpe 84 Kynge, Wm.; Rotherbey 77 Leeson, Wm.; Loughborrowe 3 Loomes, Thos.; Gillmorton 102 Love, Thos.; Saxbey 157 Lowde, or Lowth, Matthew;

Thurcaston 137Ludthorpe, Arthur; Oneleape no Marshall, Edw.; Breedon 116 Marshall, Margt.; Diseworth 59 Marshall, Wm.; p. of Bottesford 53 Matchett, John, senior ; ———— 13 Messenger, Wm.; Kibworth har-

courte 95Middleton, Hugh ; Longwhatton 125 Mitchell, Thos.; Diseworth 136 Neale, Thos.; Countesthorpe 26 Neale, Thos.; Blaston 109 Newby, Roger; Slawson 5 Newton, Thos., sen.; Quenniborrow 22 Noble, Robt. ; Scalforde 80 Noone, Jane ; Walton sup le olds 35 Nuttinge, Michael; Carleton 133

1609At the foot of the file of Wills for the year


1610.—Continued. 1610.—Cimtitiued.No44 69

'34

Obalde, Ralph : Aston Flamvile Orson, Thos.; Waltham Paine, Wm.; Lubbenham Parneham, Edw. ; Beckingthorp

p. of Bottesford 51 Parnell, Wm.; Peatelinge magna 145 Patchett, Andrew ; Barwell 158 Petty, Nicholas ; Loughborrowe 88 Pickard, Wm.; St. Leonard's,

Leicester 157Pole, Godfrey ; Glen magna 4 Poultney, Nicholas ; Ratcliff Culey 47 Powell, Francis ; Leicester 93

•Pycrofte, Eliz.; Burbage 75 Quenniborrowe, John ; Barrowe 140 Ragg, Peter ; Wiggeston 56 Ragg, Wm.; Diseworth 98 Reynolds, als. Barber, John; Twi-

crosse 152Rice, John ; Shakerston 36 Richardson, Wm.; Uptou 144 Robinson, Isaac; Barkeston in Rodeley, George; Ragdale 87 Sannders, John ; All Saints',

Leicester 112Sarson, Anthony ; Loughborrowe I Seagrave, Thos.; Broughton 90 Sharpe, Nicholas ; Owston 20 Simonds, Rich.; Swinford 122 Smeeton, Wm., senior; Kibworth

beachamp 39 Smith (see Walton). Smith, Rich.; Rotherbey 23 Smith, Thos.; Stapleton 2 Sperrie, Hugh ; Lockington 83 Spick, Rich.; Estwell 81 Starkie, Robt.; Packington 86 Stevenson, Wm.; South croson 64 Storer, Thos. ; Thrussington 17 Strumwell, Edw.; Ilarborrow 43 Sutton, Rich.; Dalby parva 70 Tackell, John; Sapcoate n Tallis, Robt.; Gillmorton 129 Tayler, John ; Cosby 121 Tayler, Robt.; Sheasbey 89 Thomson, Rich.; Claxton 153 Tomson, George ; Sharneford 58 Vale, John ; Wistowe 149 Vincent, Henry ; Easthorpe, p. of

Bottisford 118Vowe, Thos., sen.; Halloughton 155 Wallin, Wm.; Thurleston 15 Walton, als. Smith, John ; Brann-

ston 10Warde, Rich.; Hinckley 106 Warde, Rich.; Barsbey 55

* There is an account upon this Will where unto there is a Statute annexed which is upon the first file of Accounts, fo. 87, viJv original Index.

No. 40 65

Whattaphe, John; Syston•White, Thos.; Uarrowe White, Thos.; Heither Wild, Thos., sen.; Seagrave 16 Wild, Wm.; Barrowe 139 Willimott, John ; Longwhatton 34 Wilson, Thos.; vicar of Humber-

ston 105Wright, Rich.; Theddingworth 94 Wright, Robt.; Bottesford 33

fYats, John ; Leicester 48

1611.

Acton, als. Atton, John ; Hal loughton 14

Aiames, John ; Harbey 104 Ashton, Thos.; Bottesford 12 Aspinall, Wm.; Sibbesdon no Barrs, John ; Osbaston 5 Harwell, Edw.; Harborrowe 85 Bate, Henry ; Buckminster 27 Becket, Robt.; Norton juxta Galby 19 Bent, John ; Enderbey n Blower, John ; Barsbey 101 Bodicote, Wm.; Wheston 6 Bolesworth, John ; Shepeshead 87 Bostock, Wm.; Loughborrowe 98 Bowman, John ; Ragdale 56 Boyer, Robt.; Thrumaston 75 Branson, John; Barrowe 3 Broddell, John, sen.; Harbey 40 Brookesby, Geofirey; Lough

borrowe 55Browne, Henry; Leicester 2 Bruen, Eliz.; St. Nicholas',

Leicester 10Bruen, Thos.; Hoby 36 Burbage, Thos.; Silebey 49 Burditt, Wm.; Sheasebey 83 Butler, Thos.; Norton juxta Galby 21 Cara (see Feloe).Chettle, Nicholas; Thorneton 35 Claver, Helen ; Leicester 84 Collyshawe, Margt.; Redmell 13 Colton, John ; Bagworth 89 Conduyt, John ; Aston Flamvile 34 Cowper, John ; Kirby Malery 67 Darker, Stephen ; Billesdone 78 Dashe, John, jun.; Kimcoate 17 Dethick, Mary ; All Saints',

Leicester 109Dovye, John ; Burton lazars 82 Duckett, Alice ; Thrumaston 48 Evengton, Wm.; Loughborrowe 62 Feildeinge, Christopher; Seagrave 29 Feloe, als. Cara, Wm.; Shepeshead 51

* At the foot of the file for the year 1609. + Not in MS. Index.

LEICE8TI5BSHIUE WILLS. 239

No.93 go 80996918

1611.—Continued.

Flower, Thos.; Edmondthorpe Foster, Wm.; Buckminster Francke, Thos. ; Kerbie Sellers Freeman, Wra.; Harbey Freer, Bridget; Glen Frenche, Thos.; Gumley Fullove, Lawrence ; Loughborrowe 38 Gynnarde, John ; ———— 53 Halliocke, John ; Glen magna 68 Hauley, Nicholas; Redmell in Heaton, Thos.; Swinford 46 Heywood, Wm.; Cosby 102 Hicklinge, Robt.; Knighthorpe 70 Hickson.Wm , sen.; p. of Broughton 32 Hill, John ; Ratcliffe sup wreake 25 Hollis, Wm,; Harborrowe 20 Houghton, Rich.; All Saints',

Leicester 65

Jackson, John ; Hungarton 58 ames, John ; Harby 104 ennard, John ; ————• 53 obe (see Watkin).

Kilbye, Wm.; Norman ton 59 Kimberley, Robt.; Silebey 31 Kirke, Eliz.; All Saints' Leicester i Kirke, Wm.; Leicester 113 Kylbey, Robt ; Ratcliffe sup wreake 76 Lambert, James; Knossington 60 Lawrence, Robt-; Longwhatton 41 Lawrence, Robt.; Longwhatton 81 Loasbey, Henry ; ———— 37 Ludlam, Wm.; Leicester 57 Makepeace, Wm.; Brookesby 39 Marshall, Jane ; Sheasebey 73 Marshall, Thos.; Medburne 23 Mason, Robt.; Longwhatton 112 Mason, Thos.; Newbold Verdon 86 Maulson, Rich.; Peatelinge parva 64 Milnegate, Margery; Lough

borrowe 100Moseley, Thos.; Leicester 97 Norton, Arthur; Theddingworth 107 Olyver, Edmund ; Tugby 28 Paine, Mark; Lubbenham 8 Pares, Michael; Apekettlebey 77 Parsons, John ; St. Nicholas',

Leicester 2Patchet, Thos ; Statherne 61 Pawley, Wm.; Wigston 44 Peares, Eliz.; St. Nicholas',

Leicester 15Pollard, Wm.; Scalfprd 94 Reynolds, Robt., senior; Leicester 103 Robinson, Nicholas ; Claxton 71 Rowe, Agnes ; Loughborrowe 88 Rowell, Agnes; Kibworth beachamp 7 Sannderson, Wm.; Peatlinge

magna 50Sarson, Win., senior; Shakerston 47 Sarson, Wm., senior; Shakerston 54

1611.— Continued.

Sculthorpe, Wm.; Normanton p. of Botiesford

Sheepey, John ; Belgrave Simson, Alexander; LeicesterSmith, Joan Smith, John Smith, Wm.

Seagrave Carleton

No.

33663°

105106

74108

Packington Somerfeild, Stephen ; St. Nicholas',

Leicester 16Stacie, James ; vicar of Coldorton 24 Tebb, John ; Barsby 45 Thorpe, Thos., sen.; Mountsorrell 96 Tilley, Silvester; Willoughbie

WaterlessTomson, Wm.; Loughborrowe Tpoley, Peter; Odebey 4 Vincent, Anthony ; Easthorpe, p.

of Bottesford 26Warde, Wm.; Redmild 91 Watkin, ills. Jobe, Wm.; Leicester 9 Waze, Thos.; Rotherby 63 Wells, Wm.; Thrumaston 52 Whatton, James ; Loughborrowe 92 Whitworth, Wm.; Longwhatton 72 Wigley, John ; Dunton Bassett 42 Wright, Nicholas; Cottesbitche 79 Wright, Thos.; Hinckley 95 Wright, Wm.; Garthorpe 43

1612.

Alderman, John ; Hoton 74 Allsoppe, Wm.; Sproxton 6 Anstje, Nicholas ; Fenidreyton 131 Astle, Robt.; Wigston 73 Astle, Stephen ; Wigston 86 Awceter, John ; Leicester 70 Ball, Rich.; Nether Seale 78 Bancrofte, Hugh ; Hemington 116 Barfoote, Arthur; Shakerston 37 Barnes, Matilda; Osbaston 58 Bentley, Robt.; Sheepeshead 45 Biddle, Rich.; Snareston 106 Billings, Roger ; Osbaston 51 Boulde, Rich.; Seale 53 Bowman, George; Ragdale n Bradeley, Thos.; Ashbydelazouch 130 Brookesbie, Roger; Leicester 22 Brookesby, Jane; Loughborrowe 64 Broxam, John ; Claxton 95 Bugg, Rich.; Barkston 32 Butcher (see Chapleyn). Cave, Thos.; Walcote 27 Chamberlin, Humphrey ; Shawell 122 Chamberlin, Wm.; Wistowe 76 Chancey, alt. Gyles, Thos.; Bos-

worth 57 Chapleyn, als. Butcher, Wm.;

Dreyton I

240 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECT DUAL SOCIETY.


Chetle, Michael; Longwhatton 20 Clarke, Wm.; Leicester 142 Cowper, Alice; Cosby 52 Cowper, Rich.; p. of Whitwicke 38 Crooshawe, John ; Ratcliff Culey 48 Croson, Wm.; Longwhatton 104 Croson, Wrn.; Frisby 105 Dafte, Thos.; Garthorpe 34 Dickman, John; Burton 137 Durdan, Wm.; Stanton 97 Dynnis, Thos.; Turlangton 5 Ericke, Mary ; Leicester 25 Ericke, Mary, sen ; Leicester 26 Fernilawe, Edw.; Hobye 90 Fletcher, als. Reynolds, Greater;

———— 123Fowler, Rich ; Coldoverton 67 Garle, Wm.; Sharneford 96 Garner, Edw,; Bitteswell 140 Garram, Alice; Sheepeshed 46 Garrarn, Wm.; Sheepshed 108 Gibson, Isabella; Bagworth 99 Gigger, Lewis; Hose 44 Gilbert, Francis; Belgrave 50 Gillam, Robt.; Countisthorpe 40 Glover, Rich.; Thurcaston 72 Gosson, Nicholas; Disheley milne 79 Goulde (see Wright). Gowerd, Thos.; Est langton 126 Groce, als. Mealeman, John ;

Knipton 14 Gyles, (see Chancey). Hall, Wm.; Wimeswolde 69 Hames, Wm.; Bruntingthorp 100 Harteshorne, Wm,; Lubbenham 107 Hasslerigg, John ; Leicester 12 Hawes, Margaret; Leicester 56 Hawtin, Robt ; Carleton Curlew 94 Hawtofte, John; Harbye 13 Hayes, James ; Diseworth 120 Heckstall, Thos.; Castle Don-

ningon 116Henton, Wm.; Hobie 42 Heyrick, Mary; Leicester 25, 26 Houlden, Wrn.; great Appleby 143 Hutchinson, Wm.; Glen magna 30 Hutinson, Robt.; Sheepshead 109 Jarram, Alice; Sheepesheade 46 Jarram, Wm.; Sheepesheade 108 Jigger, Lewis ; Hose 44 Johnson, John ; Saddington 134 Kinge, Wm.; Billesdon 41 Kirke, Wm.; Woodhouse 91 Knight, Eliz.; Leicester 31 Lakin, Thos.; Orton sup montem 21 Laste, Robt.; Breedon 132 Leighe, Thos.; Pickwell 135 Litherlande, John ; Dyseworth 98 Mannsfeilde, John; Erleshilton 4

. — Continued.No.

Mariott, John, sen. ; Claxton 43 Marshall, Wm. ; Cussington 23 Marson, Nicholas; Brentingbee 118 Mason, John ; Bosworth 89 Mason, Wm. ; Queniborrowe 117 Mealeman (see Groce). Millner, Wm. ; Wimeswould 80 Moore, Francis ; Boresworth 133 Moore, Henry; Lubbesthorpe 196 More, John ; Claxton 35 Morris, Anne; Welby 119 Neale, John ; Willoughbie 60 Newton, John; Houghton 16 Nickolls, Humphrey; Snareson 84 Norman, Rich. ; Leicester 144 Norton, Clement; Theddingworth 101 Nuttall, Thos. ; Sisonbey 8 Olive, Wm.; Barkestone 113 Osseter, John ; Leicester 70 Oxon, Wm. ; Twyford 3 Paine, Cuthbert ; Hinckley 10 Parker. Rich. ; Easton 71 Patchett, Rich. ; Statheme 65 Pell, Edw. ; Roleston 2 Perrin, Robt. ; Croxton 15 Pickarde, Cicely ; Sheepie 18 Remington, Robt. ; Waltham 66 Reson, Rich. ; Leicester 125 Reynolds (see Fletcher), Richardson, Margaret ; Hatherne 77 Rise. Wm. ; Ashbydelazouch 82 Rogers, Stephen ; Heckington, co.

Lincoln 139Rowbotham, Thos. ; Woodhouse 9 Sharpe, Joan ; Pickwell 17 Sheffeild, Matthew ; Diseworth 88 Siddowne, Thos. ; Leicester 55 Smith, Mary ; Seagrave 49 Smith, Lawrence ; Thorpe langton 54 Smith (see White). Smith, Rich. ; Cussington 103 Smith, Wm. ; Loddington 81 Sneape, Thos. ; Lubbesthorpe 24 Stapleford, Bonney ; Woodhouse 93 Storer, Adrian ; Shakerston 112 Stretton, Peter; Narborrowe 87 Sturges, Martin ; Billesdon 102 Sturges, Thos. ; Boresworth 129 Sykes, Henry ; Sheepeshead 7 Tackle, Wm. ; Sapcoate 39

"Tailer, Rich. ; Sapcote Taylecote, Thos., senior ; Neilson 127 Thorpe, John ; Mountsorrell 75 Thorpe, Rich. ; Loughborrowe 63 Tompson, John ; Boresworth 92 Twels, Eliz. ; Castle Donington 136 Underwoode, Isabella ; Wilson 36

* At the foot of the file for the year 1609.

LKICESTERSHIBE WILLS. 241


Walker, Erasmus ; Billesdon in Wardin, Thos.; Gilmorton 59 Wartnabie, Robt.; Houghton 29 Watkin, John ; Boresworth 138 Weale, Joan; North killworth 115 Weale, Margaret; ———— 124 Webster, John ; Overseale 114 Whatophe, John ; Harbie 13 White, als. Smith, John ; Sharne-

ford 121Wilford, Edw.; Dalby parva 33

•Wilne, Thos.; Leicester Wilson, Wm.; Thorpe aker 28 Wilson, George; Branson in vale 62 Wood, Peter; vicar of Castle-

donington 83Wood, Wm.; Shawell 128 Woodford, Ralph ; Barsbey 85 Woodward, Thos.; Cosby 68 Worthington, Isabella; Twiford 19 Wright,«/s. Goulde, Robt.; Stathern 47 Wright, Thos.; Netherbroughton 61

1613.

Ainesworth, John ; Goadeby 130Allatt, Wm.; Wm.; Burstall 146Andrewe. Isabella; Garthorpe 131Askey, Wm.; Croxton Kerriall 6Astle, Jasper ; Rearesby 119Bacon, Robt.; Whitweeke 147Baker, Thos.; Saddington 10Baresby, Wm.; Thorpe 48Barrs, Rich., sen.; Burbage 18Barrs, Wm.; Burbage 12Bell, John ; Hoby 49Bent, Jane; Stony stannton 51Bent, John ; Countisthorpe 14Bent, Rich.; Stony stannton 17Bishoppe, John, clerk; Goadebey 66Bodell, Edw., sen.; Breedon 36Boughton, Wm.; Sapcoate 57Bradford, John, jun ; Enderbey 100Bratfeild, Wm.; Ashby magna 123Brookesby, Matilda; Sproxton 8Brooks, Joan ; Markett Bosworth 133Browne, Anthony ; Halsteade 4Browne, Robt.; Kilby 78Bruerne, Thos.; Belgrave 83Bryan, Thos.; Kibworth 56Buswell, Margaret; Boresworth zCalton, Edw.; Wimeswoulde 87Cave, John ; Cottesbitch 94Cawnte, Ralph ; Statherne inChamberlin, Thos.; Barwell 69Clarke, Wm.; Saxby 105Clifton, Robt.; Musson 76

* At the foot of the file for the year 1609.


Cotes, Everard ; Sproxton 93Cowper, Anthony ; Estlangton 82Coxe, Robt.; Sheepeshead 108Coye, Hugh ; Saxby 142Crampton, Eliz.; Remington 154Crofte, Wm.; Peckleton 61Cutler, John ; Cadebey 50Dafferne, Nicholas; ———— 132Dalby, John ; East Norton 160Darby, Francis ; Loughborrowe 16Dawson, Thos.; Burton goDay, Agnes ; Claxton 7Day, Edvv.; Burton sup olds 92Denny, John ; South Croson 164Dent, Wm , sen.; Halloughton 175Dorman, Thos.; Fleckney 181Dove, John ; Coston 31Evengton, Mary ; Loughborrowe 163Fletcher, Thos.; Norton 107Folds,John; Woodhouse 43Freers, Robt.; Ullesthorpe 68Frisby, Nicholas; Coton 113Frost, Thos.; Sheasebey 28Fullforth, Thos.; Asforby 26Garram, Thos.: Thringston 149Geake, Thos.; Sketchley 54Geste, Wm.; Ilston 124Glen, Christopher; Eaton nGlover, Rowland ; Glen magna 180Golliver, John ; Braunston 38Goodman, John; Higharn 183Goodwin, Geoffrey ; Shawell T35Greaves, Miles ; Leicester 162Greene, Wm.. sen.; Redmell 39Hall, Wm.; Northkillworth 52Handley, Wm.; Redmell 144Harberde, John ; Wheston 25Harries, Nicholas ; Belgrave 165Harteshorne, Edw.; Lubbenham 109Haskey, Wm.; Croxton Kerriall 6Hassard, Wm.; Ashby delazouch 177Hawkins, Wm. ; Seagrave 153Hawley, Humphrey; Stapleford 40Heyfford, Thos.; Ashby magna 161Heynesworth, John ; Goadby 130Hill, Thos.. clerk ; Cranehoe 67Hill, Thos.; Littlethorpe 75Holden, Wm.; Applebey 114Horsepoole, Wm.; Horninghold 176Hose, Lewis; Harbey 29Hunt, Edw.; Willoughbie waterles 139Hutchinson, George; Harbey 174 Iliffe, John ; Ashby magna 138, 140 Inkersall, Edw.; vicar of Little

Dalby 77Jackson, John, sen.; Freby 143James, John ; Thurcaston 3Jarram, John ; Ashby dalazouche 167Jarram, Thos.; Thringston 149


No.5438

158745532

1613.—Continued.

Jeake, Thos.; SketchleyJolliver, John; BrannstonKeen, Wm.; HinckleyKinde, John; ArnesbyLea, John ; Bag worthLight, Thos.; MussonLord, Robt. ; Loughborrowe forrest 99Lewder, Jobe ; St. Maries close 97Lowe, Robt.; Diseworth 166Marriatt, John, sen.; Lutterworth 81Matchett, John ; Castle Donington 102Mitchell, Thos.; Thringston 145Mole, Robt ; St. Nicholas',

Leicester 182 Moore (see Smith). Moreton, Christopher; Cleybrook 89 Mould, Thos.; Applebey 137 Murrall, Wm ; Orton 24 Newby, Wolfray; Ilston 118 Noone, Robt.; Wigston 112 North, Robt.; Croxton keriall 127 Nurse, Thos.; Leicester 45 Odeham, Thos.; Narborrowe 170 Orton, Wm.; Ley grange i Osborne, Wm.; Castle donington 13 Owston, Eliz.; Broughton 34 Page, Robt. ; North Killworth 157 Palmer, Robt ; Sapcote 19 Parker, Rich.; p. of Twycrosse 179 Parry, David ; Ashbydelazouche 62 Passande, John ; Burton sup le olds 91 Patcbett, Thos.; Harwell 33 Pauleson, Thos.; Bagworth 23 Perrin, Rich., sen.; Croxton 21 Petty, Katherine; Loughborrow 63 Pickard, Katherine; Sheepey 159 Pole, Lucy; Burstall 96 Pole, Thos.; Halloughton 44, 46 Porter, Lawrence ; Burton Overy 155 Pycrofte, Edw.; Frolesworth 115 Quoy (see Coye).Rawlin, Mary; Woodhouse 71 Richardson, Rich.; Desford 136 Robinson, Isabella; Scalford 129 Rypam, Mary ; Halloughton 122 Sannderson, Helen ; Humberston 79 Sansome, Henry ; Redmell 59 Sharpe, George; Frisby 47 Sheare, John ; Burstall . 95 Sheene, Rich.; Bruntingthorpe 70 Sheppardson, Henry; Abkettlebey 128 Shilton, Francis; Frolesworth 42 Shuttlewood, George; Leicester 86 Smith, John, sen.; Loughborrowe 5 Smith, John; Walton, p. of Kim-

coat 178 Smith, als. Moore, Thos.; Tur-

langton 172Smith, Thos.; Broughton 64 Smith, Rich.; Broughton 125


Smith, Wm.; Wigston 134Smith, Wm.; Seagrave 151, 152Sowter, Ralph; Disworth 148Spenser, Robt.; Odeby_ 15Starkey, George; Packington 103Steane, John ; Walcoate 27Stevenson, Robt.; Longwhatton 84Strange, Wm ; Long whatton 104Stretton, Thos ; Thorneton 173Stubbs, John; Countisthorpe 168Sucklinge, John, sen.; Witherley 41Sumner, Wm.; Thrumaston noTallis, Thos.; Ashby folwell 58Tayler, George: Cold overton 126Tayler, Mary; Cotes 117Thorpe, Alice; Loughborrow 156Thorpe, Thos ; Quenniborrowe 150 Tompson, Wm.; Ullesthorpe 85, 88Torksey, John ; rector of Barwell 171Tuckey, Wm.; Billesdon 35Vann, John ; Willonghbie 72Vesey, Edw.; Narborrowe i6gVincent, Wm.; Hemington 141Wakley, Rich.; Kilby 80Walker, Rich.; Swannington 22Ward, Edw.; Odebey 53Ward, George; Bruntingthorp 101Wartnabie, Robt.; Stapleford 30Whittle, Ralph; Plungar 9Willand, Rich., clerk; Blason 73Wilson, Wm.; Hoby 20 Wollands, Nicholas; Loughborrowe 37Wyatt, Robt.; Sheasebey 60Wyatt, Wm.; Bagworth 121Yonge, John ; Earle shilton 98Yorke, John ; Knipton 65Younge, John; Lutterworth 120

1614.

Alcocke. Henry ; Eaton 22Allin, Randulpb; Quarnedon 93Arnolde, Thos.; Mountsorrell 35Averie, Peter; Enderbey 98Ball, George; Billesdon 32Ballarde, Robt.; Cadeby 122Banister, Anthony; Bottisford 28Barcocke, Thos.; Quarne 63Basse, Zachary; Stapleforde 121 Bawdericke, Thos., sen.; Houghton 47Biller, Edw.; Leicester 69Bindley, Wm.; Walton 52Blackwin, Samuel; Sheaseby 77Blunte, Wm.; Wimeswoulde 65Bolesworth, Wm.; Newbolde 23Boser, Wm.; Sheepeeheade 103Boyer, Wm.; Thorp setchfeild 82 Bruerne, Christopher; Woodhouse 15Bryan, Thos.; Barkeby 34

THE LEICESTERSHIRE

ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL

SOCIETY,

1897.

Patrons,His Grace the DUKE or RUTLAND, K.G., G.C.B.

The Right Rey. the LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH, D.D., D.C.L.

The High Sheriff of Leicestershire.The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester.His Grace the Duke of Somerset.The Most Noble the Marquis of Granby.The Right Honourable the Earl of Denbigh.The Right Honourable the Earl of Dysart.The Right Honourable the Earl Ferrers.The Right Honourable the Earl of Lanesborough.The Right Honourable the Earl Ho we, C.B.The Right Honourable Lord Braye.The Right Rev. the Bishop of Leicester, D.D.The Right Rev. Bishop Mitehiuson, D.C.L., D.D., Archdeacon

of Leicester.Major the Honourable Montagu Curzon. Sir Frederick Thomas Fowke, Baronet. Nathaniel Charles Curzon, Esquire. James Ellis, Esquire. William Unwin Heygate, Esquire.Edwin Joseph Lisle March-Phillips-de-Lisle, Esquire, F.S.A. Harry Leycester Powys-Keck, Esquire. Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P.

VOL. VIII.


Committff.The Patrons.The Presidents.All Rural Deans (being Members).The Honorary Secretaries.All Professional Architects (being

Members).All Honorary Members. The Rev. C. W. Belgrade. H. R. Harding, Esq. T. Harrold, Esq. Thomas Ingram, Esq. The Rev. E. Jackson. The Rev. A. 0. James.

W. F. Jdhnson, Esq. The Rev. W. H. Marriott. Fred. B. Morley, Esq. O. C. Neale, Esq. The Rev. T. W. Oven. A. H. Paget, Esq. The Rev. A. M. Rendell. The Rev. Canon Sanders. George Stevenson, Esq. The Rev. Canon Stocks. Theodore Walker, Esq. John Wade Wartnaby, Esq. The Rev. C. Henton Wood.

The Honorary Secretaries. The Rev. A. M. Rendell.

fflitursion Sni-fflommitter.I J. W. Wartnaby, Esq.

Ijonorarg local Smrtarfea.Market HarborougTi District.

W. H. Barfoot-Saunt, Esq., Market Har- borongh.

Lutterworth District.The Rev. Edmund Jackson, Oilmorton

Rectory.


Mowbray Vicarage.


tory.

1$oni>rarj> ComaponiJins fSUmbtr for ffiobentrp. William George Eretton, Esq., F.S.A., Coventry.

Sionorarg Smttaries of tfje Sotiftg.Colonel G. C. Bellairs, The Newarke, Leicester. (Financial.) Major W. J. Freer, Stoneygate, Leicester. (Corresponding.)The Rev. William George Dimock Fletcher, F.S.A., S. Michael's Vicarage, Shrews-

bury. (Editorial.)librarian.

C. J. Billson, Esq., M.A., S. John's Lodge, Clarendon Park Boad, Leicester.

•aubttor. John Wade Wartnaby, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.The High Sheriff of Leicestershire. The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ely


Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, Bart., Canons Ashby, Byfield, Northampton shire.

James Neale, Esq., F.S.A., F.R. Inst. Brit Archts., 10, Bloomsbury Square, Lon don, W.C.

H. J. Tomline, Esq., The Pre, St. Albans.


NEW MEMBERS ELECTED IN 1897.

Everard, T. W., Esq., The Gables, St. Mary's Road, Leicester. Fellowes, F. Esq., 4, Little Church Street, Rugby, Odames, Mr. T. M., 14, Beaumont Road, Leicester. The New York Public Library, U.S.A.

MEMBERS DECEASED IN 1897.

Fowke, Sir Frederick Thomas, Bart., (President), Lowesby Hall. Curzon, Nathaniel Charles, Esq. (President), Lockington Hall. Sforza, The Duchess of, Ragdale Hall.

January 25th, 1897.

THE ANNUAL MEETING

of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society was held in the Society's Room at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

THE REV. A. M. RENDELL, M.A., in the Chair.

The Correspondence was read.VOTES of thanks were passed to the following Societies,

namely:—To the Thoresby Society for Vol. III. 1894, Leeds Registers ;

Vol. VI., part 1, 1894, Calverley Charters ; Vol. VII., part 1, 1895, Leeds Registers.

To the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology for Vol. IX., part 2, of the Proceedings.

To the Essex Archseological Society for Vol. VI., part 2, New Series, of Transactions.

To the Powys Land Club for Vol. XXIX, part 2, of the Historical and Archaeological Collections relating to Montgomery shire, &c.

The Chairman presented the Society with five additional Vols. of the " Gentleman's Magazine Library " ; and a vote of thanks was passed to him for the same.

George Stevenson, Esq., and Theodore Walker, Esq., were unanimously elected Members of the Committee to fill up vacancies.


The Report of the Committee for the year 1896, was read by MAJOR FREES, Hon. Secretary, and was adopted and passed, as follows:—

THE EEPOBT.

IN presenting to our Members the Forty-second Annual Report of tbe Society, we have to lament the loss by death of four Members. In the Rev. Andrew Trollope, the Society has lost one of its most valued Members, he was best known by his truly comprehensive work on "The Church Plate of Leicestershire"; and in Col. Sir Henry St. John Halford, Bart., C.B.. V.D., we lose an old and much valued President of the Society, Sir Henry's father was elected a Member in 1863, and on his death in 1808, his son became a Member and took considerable interest in the work of the Society. In Mr. Henry Alien who died at the age of 78, we have lost one of our oldest Members. We also regret the loss of Mr. Thos. Harwell, of Leicester.

Mr. J. T. Biggs has resigned his Membership.On the other hand we are glad to report that fourteen new Members have been

elected, namely:—In January. The Rev. A. M. Cott, M.A., Ashby Magna Vicarage, Lutterworth;

James Bell, Esq., The Town Hall, Leicester; The Rev. John Dawson Peake, Burrough-on-the-Hill Rectory, Melton Mowbray; John E. Elgood, Esq., 32, West Street, Leicester.

In June. S. S. Partridge, Esq., Belvoir Street, Leicester; A. H. Burgess, Esq., Berridge Street, Leicester.

In July. Mr. Edmund Bland, St. Martin's, Leicester.In September. Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P., 15, Russell Square, London; Mr.

Hazell was also elected a President.In November. Richard Smith-Carrington, Esq., F.S.A., Ashby Folville Hall,

Melton Mowbray; Mrs. H. Simpson Gee, Knighton Frith, Leicester; S. Perkins Pick, Esq., Millstone Lane, Leicester; Richard Taylor, Esq., Ratcliffe Road, Leicester; James Wright, Esq., Quorndon, Loughborough; Mr. Robert Peach, The Elms, Oadby, Leicester.

The following papers have been read during the year by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, F.S.A<, Hon. Sec., viz :—

In January. On a " Survey of Leicestershire, 1124 to 1129." In March. " In Memoriam Rev. Andrew Trollope."In September. " The Estates of the Earl of Chester and the Despensers in

certain Leicestershire Manors."The Society is much indebted to G. H. Nevinson, Esq., for his gift of

interesting relics from Leicester Abbey, collected by his late brother and himself.A number of objects of interest have been exhibited by several Members, at

the Bi- Monthly Meetings. Major Freer has on behalf of the Leicestershire County Council presented the Society with two copies of a very useful return, compiled by himself relating to the custody of Parish Documents in 305 Parishes in this County.

The Annual Summer Excursion was made to Hatfield and St Alban's under the able guidance of James Neale, Esq., F.S.A., (Hon. Member) who has promised a paper on Hatfield House. About 90 Members and their friends took part in the visit.

Through the kindness of Walter Hazel], Esq., M.P., the Chief Commissioner of Works has intimated that he is prepared to take charge of the Jewry Wall as an " Ancient Monument," and your Committee are glad to be able to report that they hope that the negociations that are now taking place, will in the end attain this much to be desired result.

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Prom time to time Manuscripts relating to Leicestershire, which elucidate the history and antiquities of the County, are offered for sale; sometimes to pographical, historical, biographical, or genealogical. Recently a number relating to the County Were put up for sale, part of Sir Thomas Phillipps's celebrated collections. These have been dispersed and scattered abroad, and have fqund homes where they are inaccessible to the student. It seems a great pity that some effort should not be made to secure some of these valuable local Manuscripts for the County, and deposit them in some central Library where they will be accessible to historians or students. The natural place in which to locate them would be the Leicester Free Library. This Library is singularly deficient in MSS.; indeed -there is but one MS. there, and that is Staveley's History and Antiquities of the Town of Leicester.

. To obtain local MSS. for public use, it would be neccessary to raise a special fund for the purpose. This has been done in other counties, with great success. Recently a Worcestershire Society raised by subscription nearly £150, and were able to purchase a largs number of local MSS. This last Summer a few Shrop shire gentlemen subscribed about £50, and purchased 20 to SO Shropshire MS. many of great value, which they gave to the Shrewsbury Free Library. If nn effort were made, no doubt a considerable sum oould readily be raised in Leicestershire, and many valuable local MSS. might be purchased, when they come into the market. It is very much better that MSS. should be preserved in a public Library, where they are accessible to students, and are safe for all time, than that they should be locked up in private Libraries, where their very existence is commonly unknown, and where they are of little use to anybody.

The Hon. Secretaries have been requested to communicate with the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on the subject.

During the past year the following Churches and Buildings have been added to or restored:—

Arnesby.—New offices have been built and some alterations made to the school, at a cost of £44. Brass candlesticks and other ornaments have been presented to the church.

y-de-la-Zouch.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davenport have presented to the church a new clock and chimes, costing upwards of £200.

Barlestone.—A piece of ground has been added to the churchyard and a reredos which was formerly in Market Bosworth church, has been placed in this church. Total cost, £56.

Billesdon.—The steeple has been restored, and the outside of the church thoroughly repaired, at the cost of £77. A new baptistry has been made at the west end of the north aisle, at a cost of £45, and a chiming clock has been placed in the tower costing £100.

Broughton, Nether.—This church has been repaired at the cost of nearly £200.Desford.—The churchyard has been enlarged, and £135 collected for building

a wall and adding a new gate.Diseworth.—The churchyard has been enlarged at a cost of £20, the land

being given by C. Shakespear, Esq., the schoolroom has been enlarged, and a porch built at a cost of £40. The tower and spire of the church has been restored at a cost of £136.

Ellistown.—The new Church of St. Christopher has been built at a. cost of £2000, and was consecrated on St. Mark's Day. Ellistown has now been made into a separate ecclesiastical district.

Foston.—This church has been renovated and decorated, including altar furniture by the Rector and Mrs. Wing, the cost being about £200.

Frisby-on-the-Wreake.—A lightniug conductor has been provided, and the church bells have been made secure.

Garthorpe.—The restoration of this church has now been completed, a sum of £185 having been spent in addition to the £600 spent last year. Oak choir stalls have been placed in the chancel at a cost of £20.


Gilmorton.—New stonework has been provided for six windows, at a cost of about £300.

Hemington.—New lamps have been provided for the church and churchyard gate.

Higham-on-the-Hill.—Three of the church bells have been rehung at a cost of £50.

Hinckley.—The parish church tower, spire and west door have been restored. A new lightning conductor has been erected, and the church clock and chimes have been repaired, at a cost of £1500. Miss Jane Ashford has spent £25 on the corona and gas fittings.

Hinckley, Holy Trinity.—This church has been painted and repaired at a cost of £40.

Hose.—The churchyard has been walled and railed in on the south side, and the exterior of the same side wall of the church has been refaced.

Houghton-on-the-Hill.—Some interesting repairs and improvements have been effected in this church. A beautiful oak chancel screen, (the work of Messrs. Jones and Willis of Birmingham) has been erected. It is generally geometrical in style so as to correspond with the choir stalls and reading desk, but with touches of decorated work, very similar to fragments of the screen it replaces. The old screen was taken down about 40 years ago. Seven of the windows in the body of the church have been reglazed, the glass used was various greenish tints of Ambetti, in diamond panes with a narrow yellow border. The colouring of the chancel has been much improved by new curtains, carpets, &c. Over the entrance gate to the churchyard, a lamp has been placed on an ornamental wrought-iron arch, the work of the village blacksmith. A litany desk has been given by Mrs. Glover.

Hugglescote.—A church clock and bell have been presented by a lady, at a cost of £139, and an organ has been placed in the church, at a cost of £480.

Keyham.—The chancel arch and walls of this church have been cleaned, and the original stonework exposed. The old screen, being in a very dilapidated state, has been removed with a view to its repair. Cost about £100.

Eibworth.—An oak reading desk has been placed in the church, costing £25.Kilworth, North.—A Glass-room has been added to the National School, by her

children in memory of their mother, Mrs. Charlotte Belgrave, costing £90.Kilworth, South.—Half an acre has been added to the school for a playground,

at a cost of £50.Langton, Church.—Three musgrave stoves have been placed in this church,

costing £90. The Rector has placed in the chancel an alabaster medallion of his great-grandfather, the Rev. W. Hanbury, a former Rector of the parish who died in 1T78.

Leicester, Aylestone.—A new fence to the churchyard has been provided, costing £32.

Leicester, Knighton.—The parish church has been cleaned and defective work restored at a cost of £300. The organ of St. John the Baptist's Church, Clarendon Park, has been completed by the addition of a "Choir" and "Echo" organ, at a cost of £700.

Leicester, Newfoundpool.—£250 has been expended on the enlargement of the temporary church, £155 having been contributed by the Leicester Church Extension Society.

Leicester, 8. Andrew's.—The Knighton Street mission and club rooms have been restored at a cost of £108. Mr. W. H. Macaulay has provided new sanctuary hangings, surplices, <fcc., at a cost of £52. The chancel has been decorated by Mr. T. C. Barfield.

Leicester, S. Leonard's.—Owing to the foundations of the church giving way, the roof and chancel arch have been made secure, at a cost of about £108.

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Leicester, S. Martin's.—A new altar for the daily prayers chapel, has been given by the nieces of the late Miss S. S. Nedham at » cost of about £100. Altar and other furniture have also been added.

Leicester, S. Matthew's.—An enlargement of the reredos has been made in this church.

Leire.—Two wrought iron gates with arch and lamp, have been erected in the churchyard at a cost of A'23 2s.

LougWiorough.—The new Sunday school rooms in St. Peter's district have been opened. Acoomodation for BOO children. Cost, ±'2400.

Lubbenham.—Church furniture has been given by Mrs. Holland, Mr. J. Ashton, and Mr. J. S. Perkins.

Lutterworth.—£50 has been spent in repairing the roof of the south aisle.Markfield.—The infant school has been enlarged and the vestry refurnished,

and church lamps provided, at a cost of £200.Melton Mowbray.—£500 has been spent on the church infants' school. A brass

lectern has been given to Frceby church and a new wall and fence provided for the churchyard.

Mowsley.—A south window in the chancel has been re-glazed at the expense of the Guild.

Newtown Linford.— A carved oak font cover has been given to the church by Mrs. W. Brockbank.

Osgathorpe.—Tne wooden spiral turret to this church has been repaired and some church furniture presented at a cost of £-10.

Overseal.—The tower has been restored and the bells rehung at a cost of about £100 by Mr. Singleton.

Packington.—The following have been given to this church: a prayer and reading desk by Mr. B. Pearce, a carved black oak super-altar by Mr. H. A. Prothero of Cheltenham, and other furniture.

Peatling Magna.—The tower and spire of this church have been restored at a cost of £280.

Peckleton.—Eight new lamps have been placed in this church.Batby.—The church bells have been restored. One new bell, the tenor recast,

and the other three retuued at a cost of £170.Saddington.—The church bells have been rehung at » cost of £150, and two

new lamps placed in the chancel.Sheepy.—£155 has been spent in repairing the damage done to the church by

the gale in March, 1895. New lamps have been provided.Sileby.—The granite wall round the churchyard has been fully restored at a

cost of £55, exclusive of the materials, which were given.Slawston.—Mr. J. Goddard has presented an oak font cover.Stoke Golding.—A carved oak pulpit after the pattern of the chancel screen,

has been placed in this church at a cost of £32. Mr. E. H. Robinson has given a lamp and bracket over the pulpit.

Stonton Wyville.—The roof of the chancel has been boarded between the rafters.

Syston.—A small portion of ground with walls obtruding on the tower, has been purchased and cut off, and a new wall built across, with the result of throwing more open the west end of the church.

Thornton.—£1100 has been spent on the partial restoration of this church, including a new oak roof on the south aisle.

Thorpe Arnold cum Brentingby.—A new heating apparatus has been fixed in the church. The roof of Brentingby church has been thoroughly repaired at a cost of £52.


Tilton,—The damage done to the steeple, <fec. in March, 1895, by the storm hag been repaired at a cost of £60.

Walton-on-the-Wolds.—The three old bells have been re-bung in a fine bell- frame costing £100. A new tenor bell has been added by subscription at a cost of £65, and a new treble at a cost of £33, presented by J. W. Taylor, bsllfounder, of Loughborough, who carried out the work.

Wartnaby-cum-Grimiton.—£30 ban been spent in repairs of the church.Welliam.—The churchyard wall has been repaired.Whatton, Long.—The chancel and sanctuary have been re-furnished and

re-lighted at a cost of £30.Whetstone.—On tbe work of repair and restoration of the church, much

damaged by the storm in 1895, £1000 has been spent.Wigston Magna.—£765 bas been expended on additions and improvements to

the National Schools, and £106 on repairs to the tower and spire of the parish church.

Witherley.—The tower and spire have been repaired at a cost of £500.Woodhouse.—A new vestry has been built on the south side of the tower, at a

coat of £300. A processional cross and on oak credence table have been given to the church.

Stained gloss windows have been placed in the undermentioned Churches:—Foston.—An east window by the Rector, and Mr. Wing.Gilmorton.—A window has been placed in the south aisle.Hathern.—A memorial window has been placed in the chancel. It represents

St. Peter kneeling at the feet of the Saviour and receiving the Lord's command to " Feed my Sheep." The lower panels of the window contain well executed figures of angels, and the inscription underneath is " To tho glory of God, and in memory of Edward Smythies 43 years Curate and Rector of this parish and of Elizabeth March, his wife, erected by their children A.D, 1896."

Heather.—New memorial window in the Parish Church.—A three-light memorial window to the late Mr. Henry Slater Woolley, of Heather, has just been erected by his sister, Mrs. Claye, of Macclesfield. It is tlie work of Messrs. Burlison and Grylls, of 23, Newman Street, W., and it has been most satisfactorily carried out, tbe design and colouring being admirable. The fact that Heather Church belonged to the Knight Hospitallers has been kept in view in designing the window. Their chapel at Jerusalem was dedicated to St. John the evangelist, whose representation therefore occupies the centre of the window, with St. Peter and St. James the Great on either side; the latter represented as a pilgrim. The Arms of tbe Order (a white cross on a black ground) are placed in the quatrefoil at the top of tbe window. In the two lower pieces of tracery a lamp and chalice are intro duced in allusion to the two principal duties of the Knights Hospitallers; to keep a lamp always burning night and day in the church, and to visit the sick and administer the Holy Communion. On three little scrolls in these pieces of tracery are the words: "Chastity—Poverty—Obedience"—the three vows of the Order. Tbe two lower pieces of tracery have on a scroll the text: "1 was sick and ye visited me." The figures are placed on richly coloured and diapered backgrounds, under short canopies in the style of the stonework of the window—Flamboyant decorated, circa 181)0. Under the window is a brass, as follows: " To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Henry Slater Wnoll«y, of Heather, this window is dedicated by his sister, Annie Gertrude Claye, 1896."

Hinckley Parish Church.—Miss Parlter has placed a window in the side chapel.Kibworth.—The Rev. J. L. M. Moore has given a window to this church

costing £65.Leicester, St. Andrew's.—The Sunday school children have placed a window in

the chancel at a cost of £36.Peckleton.—An east window has been placed in this church in memory of the

Rev. E. T. E. Chataway the late Rector.

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The following Statement of Accounts was presented by Mr. J. W. Wartuaby, the Auditor, (in the absence of Colonel Bellairs, Hon. Sec.), showing a balance in hand of ;£7 2s. 2d., and was adopted and passed :—

TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.RECEIPTS.

1S96. £ s. d. Jan. 1. By Balance in Bank

from last year .. 57 1 8 Subscriptions and Arrears

received daring the year .. 64 0 0 Interest on Investment with

Leicester Corporation .. 2188 British Record Society .. 10 0 0

1897. Jan. 1. Balance in Bank

£i3-i o 11

PAYMENTS.IPfld. £ s. d.

Williamson, for AssociatedSocieties' Volumes, 2 years 5i 3 10

Clarke and Hodgson, printingTransactions, etc., 2 years 52 3 5

Rent of Rooms <fe Caretaker 500 British Record Society .. S 0 0 Subscription to British

Record Soci.-ty .. .. 110 Expenses in connection with

Annual Excursion (to St.Albans.) .. .. .. 2 C 0

Subscription to ParishRegister Society .. .. 110

Mr. Hartopp, for transcribingLeicestershire W.lls .. 380

Balance in baud .. .. 722

0 11

^722 Examined and found correct,

JOHN WADE WARTNABY, Auditor.

The Reports and Accounts were ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the Members.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Committee and Officers of the Society for their services during the past year. The Com mittee and Hon. Secretaries and Auditor were re-elected for the ensuing year.

THE REV. C. H. WOOD having stated that he was unable to continue to act as Librarian, it was RESOLVED that MR. C. J. BILLSON, be requested to accept the office of Librarian. Mr. Wood stated that he would be happy to assist him in the work.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Mayor of Leicester for the use of the Library, and to the Press for reporting the proceedings.

MAJOR FREER then read anOBITUARY NOTICE OF THE LATE SIR HENRY HALFORD, •which was published by the Leicester Journal, and which he had re-edited. He also read an account of the Annual Excursion to St. Albans and Hatfield. It was RESOLVED that the same should be printed in the Society's Transactions, and a VOTE of thanks was passed to him for the same.


March 29th, 1897. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Boom, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

THE KEY. A. M. BENDELL, M.A., in the Chair.

The MINUTES of the Annual Meeting were read and confirmed.

APOLOGIES for absence were received from the Bev. £. Jackson and T. Harrold, Esq.

A LETTER of thanks was received from the Antiquarian Society of Stockholm, for parts 1, 2 and 3 of Vol. VIII. of the Tran sactions.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the following Societies, for their Transactions :—To the Stockholm Antiquarian Society, for parts 1887 to 1892, and parts of other Volumes; to the Shropshire Archaeological Society, for Vol. IX., part 1, Second Series; to the Somersetshire Archaeological Society, for Vol. 2., Third Series; to the Boyal Archaeological Institute, for Vol. III., No. 4., Second Series.

The Correspondence was then read.

The following were duly elected Members of the Society: The New York Public Library, U.S.A., care of B. F. Stevene, Esq. 4, Trafalgar Square, W.C.; F. Fellowes, Esq., 4, Little Church Street, Bugby; Mr. T. W. Odames, 14, Beaumont Road, Leicester.

It was RESOLVED that the Annual Excursion be made in June, to Stratford-on-Avon and District.

MR. FEWKES presented the Society with a copy of Wells on the Church, by Edward Wells, D.D., Bector of Cotesbach, Leicester shire, 1715, for which he was thanked. He also exhibited some old books.

MAJOR FREER exhibited a collection of Decorations and Orders belonging to a friend, as under:—

Small Badge of Tower and Sword of Portugal (gold).Large gold Badge of Tower and Sword.Star of ditto.Order of the Bath—Badge G.C.B.Star ditto—G.C.B.Old Order of the Bath—Military gold C.B.Star of ditto.Order of the Garter—Cloak Star.Ditto—Coat Star.Ditto—Lesser George. Pendant from the collar.The Garter. Belonged to the Duke of Cumberland.


Order of the Thistle—Star.Ditto—Jewel.Order of St. Patrick—Star.Order of Lion and Sun of Persia—Jewel.Order of the Osmanieh—Turkish.First Class Order of the Medjidie—Turkish.General Gordon's Star for Khartoum.Commander's gold Portuguese Cross for eight battles.Ditto—Gold Cross for four campaigns.

(Given to Colonel Richard Brunton.) Distinguished Service Order.Officers group of medals:—Copenhagen 1801; gold Badge

of Charles III. of Spain; Star of ditto.(Captain John Hackett, R.N.)

Badge of S. Anne of Russia. Star of Red Eagle of Prussia. Spanish gold Cross for Vittoria. Ditto—for Bilbao. Star of St. Ferdinand of Spain. Cross of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus. Gold Cross of St. John of Jerusalem—English. Badge of the Order of the Star of India. Gold Badge of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Gold Badge of the Baronets of Nova Scotia. Proposed Baronet's Badge (gold). Badge of Queen's Messenger.

A VOTE of thanks for the same was passed.

May Blst, 1897. Bi-Mouthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

THE REV. C. HENTON WOOD, M.A., in the Chair.

A letter from the British Record Society having been read as to the publication of the Queen's Record Year Volume at 5s.

It was RESOLVED that the Volume be ordered and added to the Library.

The remainder of the Meeting was taken up in considering the Annual Excursion which was proposed to be for the 28th June, the week after the Jubilee, to go by rail to Leamington and from there by road to Stratford-on-Avon, and to lunch at the "Red Horse " Hotel, The Excursion Committee to arrange, if possible.


July 26t&, 1897. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Eoom, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

GEORGE STEVENSON, ESQ., in the Chair.

VOTES of thanks to the following Societies for their Transactions were passed:—The Cambridge Antiquarian Society for No. 38 Transactions and List of Members; Shropshire Archaeological Society, Vol. IX., Part 2, Second Series; Essex Archaeological Society, Vol. VI., Part 3, New Series; Thoresby Society, Leeds Kegisters, Vol. VII., Part 2, and Miscellanea Vol. IV., Part 3; Stockholm Antiquarian Society, Transactions 1893.

It was reported that the Sub-Committee had found it impractic able to arrange the Excursion to Stratford-on-Avon this year.

The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Peterborough was elected Joint-President of the Society. T. W. Everard, Esq., of The Gables, St. Mary's Road, Leicester, was also elected a Member.

A LETTER was read from Colonel Palmer enclosing a cutting from the " Globe " Newspaper as to the opening of an old Barrow at Driffield, as follows :—

" The enclosed cutting from the ' Globe' paper may be of some interest to our Archaeological friends. It is of much interest to myself as the land in question belongs to my (Mrs. Palmer's) nephew. It is about four miles from Driffield. Her late brother, Colonel Broadley, M.P., would not sanction any disturbance of the graves which always went by the name of Danes. I have been to the place when staying at Welton, but it is many years ago. As you will see, a storm blew some trees down which opened out a portion of the burial ground. No doubt the Yorkshire Society will give some further account in their Associated Volume, as it has been in Canon Greenwell's hands."

There is a short notice of this in the Leicester " Journal" of Friday last.

MAJOR FREER exhibited on behalf of MR. T. W. EVERARD two old Leicester Race Cards dated 16th September, 1807, and Sept ember llth, 1833.

COLONEL BBLLAIES exhibited some Roman tesserae, and part of a Tile, also some 17th century pottery found in the Newarke whilst'


demolishing part of the West end of Trinity Hospital, and read the following notes :—

TRINITY HOSPITAL, THE NEWARKE.IN a Paper which I read some time ago to the Society on the Trinity Hospital*, I mentioned that I had often been told of a subterranean psssage which existed and was reported to have originally gone as far as Bradgate Park. From enquiries I was convinced of the existence of a passage and when the (lamented) destruction of the west end of the old Hospital was going on I mentioned the fact of the existence of the passage to Mr. Mawbey, the Borough Surveyor, who very kindly said that it should be looked for.

Some days ago the workmen forming some sewers broke into the existing end of this passage which was about 8 or 9 feet high and about the same width, built of rough granite stones and strongly arched. It is being further explored. It has been broken into often before as some sewers ran through it and I saw as well a part of a sewer man-hole; it evidently descended in the direction of the river and may have been a covered road to the water.

The pottery found in it was 17th century as far as I could see.

September 27f/?, 1897. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin's, Leicester.

J. W. WAETNABY, ESQ., in the Chair.ME. S. P. PICK explained what was being done to " Rupert's "

Tower to preserve it.In the unavoidable absence of MAJOR W. J. FREER, MR. PICK

reported that the Old Gateway on the south side of the Castle Yard had been endangered by removing some parts of the ancient fence walls adjoining it. The County Council, who own this relic of the past, have taken the matter in hand and certain work is being undertaken by them to prevent this mediaeval building from further damage. The stonework where badly perished is to be supported by a few pieces of rough stone, all the jointing is to be made good with cement, the upper portions of the walls are all to be properly coped to prevent the further disintegrating action of the weather, and certain ties and dowels are to be inserted to prevent any other of the ancient work from falling.

The Society were glad to know that such care was being exercised in the preservation of this Gateway, which is one of the few important relics of the Castle Yard remaining.

* See Transactions, Vol. VII., pp. 308-9.

25 6 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL

November 29th, 1897. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Boom, at the Old Town Hall Library, St. Martin'0, Leicester.

THOMAS HARHOLD, ESQ., in the Chair.

A LETTER of apology for his absence was received from Col. Bellairs.

A VOTE of thanks was received from the Cambridge Archaeo logical Society for their last part of the Transactions.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Shropshire Archaeological Society for Vol. IX., Part 3, Second Series, of their Transactions.

MRS. BLUNT'S resignation was accepted with regret.THE TREASURER was ordered to pay Mr. J. Page's bill for

£5 15s. Od.£5 was voted to the REV. W. G. D. FLETCHEB, F.S.A., for

obtaining Transcripts of Leicestershire Manuscripts from the Public Record Office, to come in next year's Accounts.

The REV. C. HENTON WOOD, M.A., and T. WALKER, ESQ., were appointed Delegates to the Archaeological Congress to be held at Burlington House on Wednesday next.

The following Antiquities, &c., were exhibited:—

BY MR. A. DRAPER :—Photograph of windows (14th century) found plastered up in Ibstock Church.

BY MR. J. FEWKES :—Statutes and Rules of Leicester Infirmary, 1771.

Probate of Will of Thomas Wilcock, in 1585, temp. Queen Elizabeth.

BY MR. JOSEPH YOUNG :— A silver medal struck by the London Mint to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty's unprecedented reign. Its weight is 1279'6 grains. Its diameter 2T3ff inches, or 55 millimetres. Plain edge, metal oxydized. On one side is the uncrowned young head of the Queen as she appeared on the earliest coins of the present reign. The date of her accession, 1837 in Arabic numerals, appears below the bust amidst a branch of laurel. Scattered over the " field" appears the following apt quotation from the Book of Proverbs, Chapter III.,V. 16 :——" LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS, ET IN SINISTRAGLORIA " ("Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand honor.") The reverse exhibits the diademed head of widowed


Queen to left, clothed bust with necklace, Star of the Garter on left breast. The legend encircling the edge of the medal reads :—" VICTORIA ANNVM HEQNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX.IVN MDCCCXOVII.," ("Victoria (thus) happily closes the sixtieth year of the reign, 20 June, 1897.")

Although an interesting souvenir of an unique reign, it is in the writer's opinion, probably, the poorest specimen of medallic art that has been issued by our Mint authorities for some centuries !

After full discussion it was unanimously agreed that it is desirable at the Annual Meeting in January next to alter the time of Meetings from 11.30 and 12, to 2 and 2.30.

THE KEV. W. G. D. FLETCHEE, F.S.A., contributed a Paper (which was read for him by MAJOR FREER)

ON THE EFFOKTS MADE TO CONVERT ARABLE LAND INTO PASTURE IN LEICESTERSHIRE IN THE 15TH AND 16iH CENTURIES.

A VOTE of thanks was passed for the same.


CALENDAR OF LEICESTERSHIRE WILLS, 1495 TO 1649.

TRANSCRIBED BY HENRY HARTOPP.(Continued from page •242.)

«SINCE the earlier portion of this Calendar was printed part of a volume of Wills proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester has been discovered by Mr. A. Gibbons among the miscellaneous records preserved in the Episcopal Registry at Lincoln. This volume doubtless originally formed part of the series of Register Books of Wills at Leicester, mentioned at page 87 of these Transactions; but how it got removed does not appear. It has this title and contains copies or parts of the following Wills:—

" BOOK OF WILLS FROM 9 Nov., 1528, TO THE SAME DAY 1529.W. BILLER."

1527. Almun, Margaret; Melton Mowbray1528. Blysse, als. Mothow, Thos.; Scalford1527. Bowsworuthe, Robt.; Everton1527. Branson, Thos. ; Sadington1526. Buttler, Thos.; Sowthkilworth1528. Caldok, Rich.; Schulton1523. Crosby, Thos., priest; Lowgborow1529. Dale, John; Hynkley ..1528. Glene, Robt.; Gaudebe1527. Goddert, John , Norton1528. Gregore, Wm.; Hasforby1527. Grenam, Nicholas ; Beby1528. Hand, Robt.; Lowgborow1528. Hiche, John; Birstall ..1527. Leey, Henry; Bagworth1528. Lyle, Johane; Leicester1528. Mamfyld, Robt.; Branston1528. Marchall, Henry ; Bottelworth1527. Nicholl, Thos.; parson of Crof1528. Prears, Mabill; Kirkby1528. Seborn, Wm.; Clebrowke1528. Terre, Wm.; Asforby ..1527. Toune, Robt.; Naylston1527. Tubman, Robt.; Gaudebe1527. Watur, John; St. Peter's. Leicester1527. Wilmar, Roger; Leicester?

95949881

104in99

10689

10182878592

1037490

IDS109"383

107no788497

In addition to the above, the following Leicestershire Wills are also preserved in the Bishop's Registry at Lincoln :—

1489. Barone, John ; All Saints', Leicester.1558. Bayley, Wm.; vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester.1558. Berydge, John; Leicester.

H. H.

LEIOESTEKSHIRE WILLS. 259

1614.—Continued.

Bryan, Wm.; Leare Bugg, Thos.; Barkeston Burdett, Katherine; Gillmorton Burrowes, John ; Coats Calcrofte, Joan ; Bottisford Carr, Thos., sen.; Countisthorpe Carr, Robt.; Morebarne Cave, Wm., esq.; Pickwell Chadwicke, Michael; Waltham Challande, Agnes ; Saltby Cooke, Isaac; Twycrosse Cooke (see Smith). Dawson, Wm.; Wimeswoulde Dixon, John ; Statherne Eperston, Wm. ; Musson Farmer, als. Johnson, Rich.;

ThornetonFinderne, Anne; Kerkby malorie Finderne, Wm. ; Kerkby malorie Flooyde, or Lloy.d, David ;

Lutterworth Flower, Robt.; Coston

No. 11483489

1912

58 12O

81723°

"5 11959

264546

43 96

Francke, Chris.; Melton Mowbery 95 Freer, Faith ; Blaby 88, go Freer, Wm., sen.; Burton Overie 76 Frisby, John ; Littlethorpe 106

'Gamble, Wm.; Stapleton 49 Godderd, John, sen.; Cleebrooke 109 Goodman, Thos.; Congeston 78 Griffith, Jasper; vicar of Hinckley 25 Gulson, Robt.; Melton 71 Healey, Chris.; Burton Overie 56 Hicklinge, John ; vicar of Hose no Higginbotham, Reginald ; Castle-

donington 17Hollis, John ; Packington 89 Howett, John; Branston juxta

Croxton 41Howorth, Robt. ; Enderbee 67 Inge, Simon ; Leicester 5 Jackson, Edw.; Harwell 55 James, Joan; Harby 75 James, John ; Thrumaston 21 Jelley, Henry ; Quarndon 100 Jervis, Wm.; Peatlinge magna 3 Jesson, Isabella; Melton 80 Jesson, Thos.; vicar of St. Nicholas',

Leicester 33 Johnson (see Farmer). Johnson, Thos.; Leicester 31 Judson, Grace ; Barrowe 101 Linney, Edw.; Claxton 18 Lloyd (see Flooyde). Lubbenham, Isabella; Leicester 50 Marshall, John ; Cold Newton 53 Measom, Julian; Loughborrowe 103 Mold, Rich ; Leicester 54 Moore, Nicholas; Burton Overie 113

* At the foot of the file of Wills for 1609. Q


Moore, Wm.; South Killworth 62 Moreton, Wm.; North Killworth i Morris, John ; Asforbey 8 Myles, Rich.; Thorpe, p. of

Broughton 85Neale, Thos.; vicarol Abkettlebey 51 Norton, Joan ; Charley 42 Ogden, Edw.; Tugby 99 Orson, Nicholas; Eaton 14 Ouldner, Geo.; Orton sup'montem 106 Palmer, John ; Loddington 86 Palmer, John, esq.; Kegworth 118 Picke, Anthony ; Baresby 92 Pickeringe, Chris.; Huaklescote 84 Poole, Anne; Leicester to Porter, Agnes ; Burton Overie 27 Reske, or Wreske, George ; Odeby 36 Rest, Alice ; Redmell 57 Ridgley, Joan ; Wheston 60 Rimington, Thos.; Buckminster 73 Russell, Thos.; Leicester 124 Sansom, Henry ; Barkeston 6 Sharpe, Rich.; Hinckley 112 Shawe, Wm.; Thringston 102 Shilton, George ; Appleby parva 39 Smith (see Swayne). Smith, Oliver; Stoke Golding 44 Smith, Paul; Burton sup olds 105 Smith, als. Cooke, Thos.; Kerby

Bellers 74Somerfeild, Eliz.; Tonge 38 Somerfeild, John ; Tonge 37 Stacye, Robt.; Hobye 13 Stretton, Joan ; Misterton ? 116 Stretton, Tbos ; Willoughby 16 Swayne, als. Smith, Joan;

Halloughton 2Tarry, Thos.; Somerby n Tilley, Rich.; of East Brent, co.

Somerset (vel Sheasby) 123 Timson, Anthony ; Skeffington 4, 7 Tompson, Thos.; Wimeswould 64 Toone, John; Ashbydelazouch 117 Waite, Thos.; Wymondham 40 Wayte, Wm.; Sysonbee 97, 125 Warner, Wm.; Markefeld 94 Waters, Thos.; North Killworth 68 Watts, Collette; Thrumaston 87 Webster, Hugh ; Coats 108 Welby, Augustine; p. of Bottesford 66 Weldon, Robt.; Siston 91 White, Thos.; Wigston 126 Wilde, Wm. ; Cussington 24

•Wilkinson, Thos.; Anstie Williamson, Lancelot; p. of

Whitwicke 104Woode, Wm.; Naneby 127 Worth, John; Rattcliffe Culey in

* At the foot of the file of Wills for 1609.VOL. VIII.



Wreske (see Reske). Wright, Thos,; Appleby parva 29 Wyatt, John ; Thrumaston 61 Yorke, Thos.; Loughborrowe 10

1615.

Allsoppe, Robt.; Abkettlebey 10 Ashby, Wm.; Wheston 38 Alton, Wm. Redmell 96 Ball, Rich.; Thrumaston 37 Ball, John ; Earlshilton 60 Barrows, Robt; Wyforbey 47, 48 Bayley, Joan ; Thrussington 3 Bennetl, Thos.; Barkby 29

'Berridge, Wm.; Leicester Bettridge, John ; Sheepey magna 28 Bishopp, John; Gillmorton 78 Bray, Wm.; Sharneford 140 Brewer, Watson ; Brannson 74 Brusfeilde, Wm.; Loddington 49 Bryan, Alice; Barkby 17 Burditt, John ; Billesdon 26 Burley, John ; Leicester 15 Buttrice, Joan ; Humberston 92 Cartwright, Cornelia; Ailson 50 Cawnte, Margaret; Statherne 131 Chalton, Catherine; Musson 128 Chamberlaine, John ; Brunting-

thorpe 81Chamberlaine.Thos.; Lutterworth 102 Cherry, John ; Killworth 59 Chester, Leonard; Blaby 65 Choice, Nicholas ; Charley Lane 12 Clarke, John ; Odeby 52 Clarke, Thos.; Kybworth

Beachampe 112Clements, Robt.; Leare 97 Cooke, Leonard; Halloughton 103 Cooke.Wm.; Kybworth Beachampe no Cosby, George; Sheepeshead 34 Coye, Isabella ; Buckminster 130 Crampe, John ; Barrowe 44 Dalby, John ; Glenfeilde 46 Dale, als. Slawson, Mary ; Carlton

Curlewe 4 Dickens, Thos.; Barkby 40

•Easton, Wm. ; South Kilworth Elam, Robert; Lutterworth 109 Eperston, Wm.; Musson 129 Farmer (see Warde). Fillingham, Bartholomew;

Bottesford 54Flower, Michael; Claxton 93 Foster, Wm.; Buckminster 85 Foxe, Christopher; Loughborrowe 132 Foxe, George; Lubbenham 138

* At the foot of the file of Wills for 1609.


Freer, Wm., sen.; Wiggeston 79 Garland, Rich.; Ratcliffe sup wreake 66 Garland, Wm.; Barleston 137 Gent (see Greene). Gest, Anne ; Ilston 5 Godfray, John ; Sheepeshead 117 Gollin, Wm.; Croxton Keriall n Goodman, Thos.; Quenniborrowe 19 Greene,Christopher; Wymondham 90 Greene, Margaret; Redmell 123 Greene, Peter ; Redmell 133 Greene, als. Gent, Rich.; Twycrosse 57 Greene, Rich. ; Thrinston 36 Holte, John ; Odebey 23 Hubbard, James; Harby 104 Hutchinson, Joan ; Sheepesheade 64 Incke, Robt.; Leicester 32 Inge, Rich., clerk; Odebey 68 Jefferey, John ; Burton Overie 135 Johnson, Nicholas ; Claxton 70, 71 Johnson, Thos.; Sibbesdon 105 Kellam, Catherine ; Stapleford 43 Kempe, Brian ; Hungarton 76 Kilby, John ; Quenniborrowe 84 Kisse, Alice ; Witherley 101 Knight, Eliz.; Newbolde 134 Knight, John ; Leicester 63 Knott, Robt.; Claxton 120 Langley, Rich.; Wimeswoulde 41 Leake, Thos.; Saltby 73 Leland, Matthew ; Barkeston 126 Leland, Richard ; Barkeston 125 Lickerishe, Rich. ; Wheston 113 Lilforth, Henry ; Tilton 89 Lolle, Rich.; Ullesthorpe 111,121 Lovatt, Anne ; Prestwould i Loveday, Wm.; Kirkby 22 Marshall, John ; Barrowe 25 Mason, Wm.; Stoughton 106,115 Maxcey, Wm.; Wymondham 95 Messenger, John ; Leicester 62 Milner, John ; Harston 127 Millner, Eliz.; Harston 30 Nashe, Helen ; Leicester 33 Nashe, Robt.; Leicester 31 Nicholson, Eliz.; Castle donn-

ington 24'Nurse, Thos.; Leicester Orme, Eliz.; Newbold 67 Orme, John ; Orton sup montem 21 Paine, Wm., gent.; Medburne 114 Painter, George ; Plungar 86 Pallett, Thos.; Brannston 139 Pare, Eliz.; Leicester 72

'Pawley, Wm.; Wiggeston Peate, Rich.; Wilson 39 Pell, Edw.; Branston ? 108 Pell, Thos.; Braunson 94




Picke, John ; Waltham sup olds 69 Poxson, Thos. ; Normanton le

heath giPoynton, John; Orton sup montem 99 Pratt, Thos.; Leare 107 Preston, Thos.; Sileby 18 Price, Lewis; Staunton Wivell 119 Reske, Francis ; Cussington 83 Reyner, Wm.; Wiggeston 14 Richardson, John; Rattcliffe Culey 42 Rowse, Wm.; Littlethorpe 82 Sarson, John ; Shakerston 55 Savage, Wm.; Belgrave 116 Sawcey, Emery ; Charnewood 27 Sheppardson, Wm.; Abkettlebye 141 Slawson (see Dale). Smith, Erasmus; Boresworth 77 Smith, Wm.; Broughton Ashley 35 Sneath, John ; Waltham sup olds 61 Sparks, George ; Easton 118 Sperry, Wm.; Lockington 58 Stretton, Rich.; Cleybrooke 51 Striplinge, Wm. ; Gillmorton 136 Sturgis, Anne; Billesdon 80 Tookey, John ; Sheepey I Walker, George; Coleorton 88 Warde, ah. Farmer, Thos.;

Hucklescote 45Watkin, Wm.; Broughton 124 Webster, Gabriel; Woodhouse 100 Welche, Wm.; Belgrave 87 White, Rich.; Mountsorrell 122 Wightman, John ; Hinckley 75 Wilcoxe, Thos.; Leicester 2 Wilkyns, John ; Hoby 98 Winsor, Hugh ; Hungarton 16 Wood, Rich.; Billesdon 3 Woodland, John ; Hinckley 20 Worth, Wm.; Houghton 6 Wotton, Wm., sen.; Dyseworth 7 Wreske, Francis ; Cussington 83 Wright, John ; Woodthorpe 8 Wright, Rich.; Broughton 56 Wright, Robt.; Stapleford 9 Wright, Wm.; Broughton 53

1611—1615.

Wills proved before Christopher Wivell, Chancellor of the Diocese, during inhibition, 1611, 1613, 1613, 1614, and 1615.

Abbott, John ; Medburne 8Abbott, Robt. ; Medburne 42Allin, James ; Belton 49Atkins, Wm.; Ashbydelazouch iBarnes, Margaret; ———— 108 Barradall, George ; Mountsorrell;? 99Barry, Leonard ; Stoke 31Harwell, Wm.; Churchlangton 2

1611—1615.—Continued.No.

Basden, Joan; Coldoverton 69 Branston, Eliza; Theddingworth 30 Brewerne, Ralph; Woodgate,

Leicester 28Bright, Wm.; Scraptofte 86 Byard, Thos.; Ashbydelazouch 40 Cade, John ; Eastlangton 35 Cave, Eliz.; Hoothorpe 20 Cave, Rich.; Hoothorpe 21 Chapman, Edw. ; Foxton 3 Clare, Eliz. ; Ibstocke 70 Cockes, Thos., sen.; Foxton 46 Cooke, Francis ; Ratcliffe Culy 105 Cooke, Wm.; Broughton no Cowper, John ; Holte 43 Cowper, Wm.; Holte 12 Coxe, Robt.; Bowden magna 65 Croxall, Thos.; Norton juxta Twy-

crosse 83Dalby, Dorothy ; Lockington 45 Davy, Grace; Loughboroughe 100 Dawkinge, John ; Horninghold 94 Day, Rich.; Bowden magna 74 Dye, Thos.; Bowden magna 71 Emines, Wm.; Husbands Bores-

worth 78Everard, Stephen ; Heather 6 Fowler, Wm.; Hoothorpe 58 Fowlezer, Roger ; Leicester 92 Frith, Edw.; Heather 44 Frone, Thos.; South Kilworth 89 Garland, John ; Stoughton 90 Gibson, Isabella ; Bagworth 104 Gilbert, Robt.; Ashby magna 23 Greaves, Alice ; Leicester 60 Greene, Thos.; Congeston 47 Grensall, John ; Leicester 22 Griffith, Walter ; Woodhouse 91 Grynne, Thos.; Norton juxta Twy-

crosse 98Hall, Agnes; Stanford 102 Harpur, Myles; Bowden magna 13 Harpur, Rich.; Bowden magna 27 Harris, Wm.; Guildmorton 29 Harrison, Joan; Breedon 36 Hill, Eliz.; Harborough 48 Hitchcocke, Ralph ; Foxton 61 Hood, John ; Normanton sup

'Heath 109 Hopkins, Chris.; Castle

Donnington 41Hopkins, Thos.; Theddingworth 25 Hugglcscot, Edmund ; Blaston 97 Imyngs, Robert; Saddington 56 Johnson, Rich.; Sheepesheade 84 Johnson, Thos.; Leicester 93 Kidier, Nicholas; Osgathorpe 85 Kilpacke, Eliz.; Saddington 75 Lambert, Roger; Disworth 81 Large, Agnes; Dadlington 76


1611—1615.—Continued.No.

Laxton, Blaze ; Burbage 67 Loe, Wm.; Snarston 54 Marvin, George; Thurlston 77 Marson, Wm.; Bowdon magna 53 Mead, James; Narborough 15 Mead, Mary ; Narborough 16 Meadowes, Anthony ; Draiton 9 Morris, Thos.; Claybrooke 4 Moulde, Wm.; Appleby 107 Moumfort, Joan ; Overton, p. of

Ibstocke 72 & 88Munke, Davy; Lubenham 33 Newberry, Robt.; Markefeild no Orton, Rich.; Twycrosse n Packe, Mark ; Harborough 51 Pawley, Wm.; Foxton 59 Pratt, James; Heather 96 Pratt, John ; Appleby 95 Presse, Francis ; Kegworth 79 Richardson, Wm.; Hatherne in Russell, Robt. ; ———— 63 Russell, Thos.; Harborough 14 Saunders, Bridget; All Saints',

Leicester 87Shepheard, Edw.; Belton 55 Shewter, Margery ; M. Harborough 68 Smalley, Eliza ; Castle Donington 80 Smith, Edw.; Stony Stanton 66 Smith, Rich.; Sheasby 5 Smith, Wm.; Fenny Drayton 17 Strelly, John ; West langton 101 Strongitharme, George ; vicar of

Lubenham 57Swaine, Anne ; Halloughton 10 Thomas, Alexander; Earleshilton 113 Thomas, Wm.; Earleshilton 112 Tillson, Wm.; Earleshilton 50 Towkye, John ; Sheepy parva 18 Townesend, Geoffrey; Market

Harborough 26Turner, Mary ; Bowden magna 37 Turvile, Henry ; Narborough 19 Varney, Robt.; Worthington 24 Walker, Margery ; Markett Har-

borongh 34Walker, Thos.; Markett Har

borough 103Ward, Rich.; Boresworth 62 Warden, Edw.; Grime Dame 43 Webster, Robt.; Claybrooke magna 64 Weymont, Frances; ? Bringhurst 106 Whately, John ; Shakerston 38 White, John ; Glenmagna 39 Wignell, Rich.; Easton 7 Wikes, Rich.; Earleshilton 73 Wilcoxe, Edith ; St. Mary's, Lei

cester 6Woollands, Robt.; Loughborough 83 Wyar, Edw.; Sheepsheade 8.2 Yeare, Wm.; Thrinkston 32

1616.

Wills proved before Edward Clarke, M.A.,Anno. Dni. 1616.

No. Abbott, John; Walton, p. of Kim-

coate 54Alien, Thos.; Tugby 96 Ballard, Thos.; Misterton 87 Barrodale, Thos.; Silebey 62 Barrodell, Lancelott; Silebey 5, 52 Baxter, John ; Thrussington 9 Bayley, Wm.; Eaton 103 Belton, John ; Beebey 50

•Best, Francis; Leicester Birmingham, Anthony; Markfeild 29 Blacke, Robt.; Twycrosse 37 Booth, Anthony; Barrowe sup

Soare 57Botham, Rich.; Burbage 49 Brawnston, Eliz.; Bitteswell 108 Bridges, Bartholomew ; Burrowe 80 Brooks, Hugh ; Dyseworth 21 Browne, Eleanor; Oneleapa 66 Browne, Francis; Normanton 7 Broxam, Martin ; Plungar 93 Burrowes, Alice ; Coates 79 Caunt, Wm.; Waltham 85 Chamberlin, Hugh ; Silebey n Chame, Wm.; Asfordby 46 Charitye, Wm.; Bottisford 98 Chatterton, Wm.; Shepeshead 58 Clariston, or Clauson, Thos.;

Dalby parva 94Clarke, Thos.; Swinford 36 Clarke, Wm.; Thringston ? 60 Clarke, Wm. ; Lutterworth 17 Collin, John ; Easton 106 Colon, Thos., sen.; Kilmecoate 100 Coxe, Thos.; Ashby parva 61 Cubley, Roger ; Croxton 15 Dafte, John ; Claxton 41 Danne, Edw.; Peckleton 6 Dixon, Peter; Barkeston I Dixon, Rich.; Barkston 101 Dod, John ; Frolesworth 30 Dowell, Peter, sen.; Higham 20 Dutton, Francis ; Sibbesdon 45 Dutton, John; Sibbesdon 95 Fowler, Mary ; Coldoverton 109 Foxe, Wm.; Claxton 40 Fryer, John ; Wigston 24 Gamble, Wm. ; Ashby 27 Greene, George ; Woodhouse 68 Greene, Wm.; Leicester 69 Grey, Thos.; Castledonington 71 Harris, John ; Quarne 53 Harrison, George ; Leicester 83 Hawkins, Robt. ; Quenniborrowe 25 Hoise, John ; Knipton 35 Holman, Leonard ; East Norton 65

* At the foot of the file for 1609.

LEICESTEESHIRK WILLS. 263


Hose, Seth; Waltham 16Howe, Ellen ; Bagworth 72Howe, Thos.; Bagworthe 91Hurbutt, Stephen ; Kerby Sellers 3Jaques, \Vm.; Worthington 32Kendall, Rich.; Orton 38Kinge, Margaret; Hinckley 33Lacer, Wm. ; Siston 82Lade, John ; Hemington 19 Lane, Rich.; Kibworth Beachampe 48Langley, George ; Loddington 2, 4Lorde, Robt.; Wibtoft 73Marston, Thos.; Quenniborny-'e 10Mawson, Thos.; Gillmorton 26Meade, James; Narborrowe 56Milner, James ; Frisby sup wreak 104Mosse, John; Thurmaston 12Muncke, Wm.; Knossington 47 Needham, Christopher ; Leicester 81Newton, John ; Branston 13Paine, Thos.; Castle donington 76Palmer, Peter; Leicester 88Parke, John ; Twycrosse 75Pawlley, Zachary ; Wigston 51Perkins, Rich.; Ullesthorpe 22Perrye, Thos.; Shakerston 90Phynes, Clement; Claxton 39Pickard, John ; Willowbie 86Plumbe, John, esq.; Marston 55Poyner, Thos.; Leicester 78Ragsdale, John ; Normanton 92Roberts, Wm. ; Belton 102Ryder, Cornelius; Cosington 99Sanderston, Thos.; Wheston 59Sarime, Rich.; Frolesworth 84Sewer, John ; Eaton 14Sharpe, Wm.; Pick-well 23Smalley, John ; Odebye 107Smith, John ; Tugby 63Summer, Mary; Thurmaston 31Button, John; Loughborough 70Tarrey, Margery; ———— 67Tayler, John ; Quarne 8Tole, John ; vicar of Barkebie 28Trewman, Thos. Hinckley 74Turvile, Thos.; Narborrow 44Veysey, George; Narborowe 105Wale, Joseph ; Ashby parva 89Wells, Wm.; Bitteswell 18Wilford, Roger; Kerby Bellers 34Wilkins, Wm.; Orton Sawcey 97 Woodford, Anne; Musson 42, 43Wright, Rich.; Barwell 77

1616.

Wills proved before Dr. Lambe, and before Edward Clarke, M.A. Anno. Dni. 1616,

Allyne, Robt.; Shawell 28 Armeston, Thos.; ———— 129


Bennett, Agnes; Loughborowe 7 Bennett, Chris.; Loughboroughe 131 Bincks, Wm.; Scalford 132 Boothe, James; Barrow sup Sore no Burrowes, Leonard ; Belton 123 Button, Wm,; Kimcott 16 Carter, Wm.; Barkby 8 Chapman, Nicholas; Stockerstone 121 Choyse, Thos.; great Appleby 120 Coxon, Thos.; Castledonington 130 Dawson, John ; Loughboroughe 115 Dillward, Wm.; Leicester 118 Dorman, Anthony; Norton n Ellett, Wm.; Kirbie 19 Farmer, Rich., sen.; Twicrosse 127 Farmer, Wm.; Twicrosse 119 Fox, Arthur; Lobenham i Francis, Wm. ; Kirbie 13 Freeman, Mary ; Borsworth 2 Gillott, Robt.; Leicester 24 Greene, Wm. ; Dunnington 113 Hewes, Thos.; Overton, p. of

Ibstocke inHodgekin, Henry ; Castle Don

ington 31Holman, Leonard ; East norton 29 Horton, Joseph ; Mowslie 17 Johnson, Thos.; Melton 18 Laurence, Jane ; Longwhatton g Leyghe, Thos.; Husbands

bosworth 14Marshe, James; Shenton 128 Mattocke, Walter; Thorpe Lane-

ton 31Mercie, Grace; Ashbie 22 Morris, John ; Frisbie 23 Peale, Dorothy; Burrowe 27 Purse, Nicholas ; Quarendon 21 Ripfam, Eliz.; Hallowton 6 Rowe, Thos.; Odston 124 Salisburie, Robt.; Blouferby 20 Sherwood, Hugh ; ———— 125 Smaly, Humphrey; Woodhowse 4 Smith, John; Shawell 30 Spenser, John; ———— 114 Squire, Francis; Woodhowse 5 Staples, Francis ; Quernedon 117 Taylor, John; Ashbie folwell 25 Tomkins, Isabell; Billesdon 122 Vaugnell, Henry; Barrowe Sup

Sore 116Walker, Hester ; Leicester 126 Watkin, George; Knosington 10 Weston, John ; Burton overie 26 Wildman, Rich.; Melton 33 Wilson, Wm.; Laughton ? 3 Winbie, Martin ; Kirbie Bellers 12 Withers, Nicholas; Melton 15 Worsdale, Rich., Croxton

Keriall iij


1617.

Wills proved before Edward Clarke, M.A. Anno. Dnl. 1617,

No.Abell, Rich.; Harwell Adcocke, John; Donington Andrewe, John;

264559

852988

90, 102154III 2052518614614935276

1241535715013283476280

Assett, Anne; Queniborowe Atherlie, Hugh; Stoughton Bainbrigg, Wm.; Lockington Ball, Robt.; Overseale Ballard, Anne; Kirbie Ballard, Thos.; Wimeswold Baly, Christopher; Belgrave Barke, Wm.; Statherne Bate, George; Earleshilton Baxter, Margt.; Donington Bennett, Robt.; Bagworth Bennett, Thos.; Ailston Bent, John; Loughborowe Bickerstaffe, Wm.; Claxton Bird, Bridget; Loughborough Blanckley, Simon; Diseworth Blockley, Hellen; Wigeston Blount, Robt.; Walton Blunt, Eliz.; Walton Blurton, Rich.; Coatts Boate, Nicholas; Bagworth Bond, Agnes; Higham Bonde, Henry; Higham Bone, Leonard; Oadeby Bore, Henry; Plungar Bonnett, John; Leicester 71 Boyer, Thos.; Siston 133 Boylson, Hugh ; Thrusington 54 Bradforth, John ; Dadlington 138 Breedon, Henry; Normanton 89 Browne, John ; Sison 5 Browne, Thos.; Nether broughton 33 Browne, Joan; Orton 151 Bugge, John ; Leicester 66 Burrowes, Rich.; Prestwold 78 Cater, John; Leicester 99 Challand, Wm.; Normanton 39 Chamberlin, John ; Croson 95, 105 Clarke, Henry ; Leicester 63, 64 Clarke, Wm.; Claxton 108 Coachman, Ezechiell; rector of

Ibstocke noCowper, Anne; Narborowe 31 Cox, John; Dadlington 94 Coxe, Alice ; Hinckley 96 Crocksall, Dorothy ; Scraptofte 122 Croson, Thos.; Humberston 18 Dewicke, Thos.; Saxelbie 134 Dextar, George; Worthington 91 Dodeslie, Robt.; Bottesford 156 Eden, Thos.; Oadbie 40 Elliott, John ; Leicester 60 Ellys, James; Leicester 98 Everard, Robt.; Donington 53 Farlie, Dennis; Thrusington 104, 106

1617.—Conlinutd,No.

Paukes, Edw.; Claxton 36Fowlezar, Eliz.; Leicester 67Franke, Anne; Wimeswold 21Franke, Thos.; Wimeswold 100Freare, Hellen ; Wigeston 144Freare, Thos.; Bebie 136Freare, Wm.; Wigeston 125Freeman, John ; Frisbie 76Gamble, Joan ; Loughborowe 61Gamble, Wm.; Saxelbie 142Geale, Christopher; Botesford 70Geale, Henry ; Botesford 147Gibson, Thos.; Barkebye 48Gilson, Ralph ; Barsbie 3Greene, John; Whitweeke 79Gregorie, Mary; Branston 12Gregorie, Wm.; Branston 13Guy, Rich.; Claxton 46Hall, Leonard; Heather 44Hassall, Rich.; Froseworth 58Heaford, Wm.; Cosbie 127Heapes, Wm.; Claxton 116Heyes, Wm.; Sproxton 81Hicklinge, Thos.; Wimswold 17Holmes, Robt.; Shepeshed 121Holmes, Thos. ; Wigeston 118Hunt, Wm.; Burstall 72Hurst, Wm.; Claxton 114Hutton, Samuel; Botesford 56Iselande, John; Leicester 145Jackson, Thos.; Countesthorpe 137Jar rat, George; Mountsorell 2Jorden, John; Thrusington 109Kin ton, Rich.; Markefeild 32Kinton, Robt.; Markefeild 15Knight, Rich..; Ullesthorpe 7Lagoe, Francis; Congeston 23Lester, Thos.; Longwhatton 128Lord, Robt.; Wibtaphe 8Lord, Wm.; Bitteswell 22 Lowe, Nicholas; Thorpeawcker 25Lyne, Richard ; Saxbie 34Manchester, Thos.; Claxton 143Martin, Robt.; Congeston 41Morris, John; Hoton 77Morris, Wm.; Hinckley 112Mugg, Wm.; Barsbie 42Needham, Edw.; llston iNoble, Katharine; Rearsbie 119Nurse, Eliz.; Leicester 9Orson, Michael; Botesford 115Pabodie, John ; Bitteswell 69Palmar, Humphrey ; Oadby 135Palmer, Wm.; Croson 107Patchett, Emmott; Statherne 37Perrin, Rich.; Croxton 38Powne, Wm.; Worthington 84Powterell, John ; Kegworth 55Presbery, Wm.; Packington 14Presse, Wm.; Thorpe garadon 126


1617.—Continual.No.

Rallat, Margery; Barlestone 139 Rase, John ; Leicester 97 Reeve, Thos. ; Sharneford n Rice, Thos.; Longwhatton 129 Richmond, John ; Silbie 148 Samson, Thos ; Hinckley 28 Sarson, Wm.; Shackerson 152 Smith, James ; Huncott 73 Smith, John ; Redmille 82 Smith, Rich.; Markett bosworth 155 Smith, Robt.; Segrave 141 Smith, Thos.; Kirbie 49 Smith, Wm.; Bitteswell 140 Smith (see Walton). Sprigg, Wm.; Burbage 50 Steevenson, Christopher; Castle

donington 68Summers, Thos.; Thromasten 43 Sutton, John ; Kegworth 19, 130 Swaine, Thos,; Shepeshead 93 Swifte, Robt.; Loughborowe 10 Thorpe, John ; Queniborowe 75 Toone, Edward; Coldoverton 65 Vann, John ; Wigeston 74 Walton, als. Smith, Thos.;

Braunston 78Ward, Rich.; Queniborowe 14 Ward, Wm.; Knipton 123 Warde, Thos.; Sheepeshead 92 Waren, John; Burbage 16 Watts, Rich.; Leicester 101 Wells, Alice; Thurmaston 113 Wires, Thos.; Thurmaston 30 Woodford, Wm.; Muston 102 Wright, Rich.; Coatts 120

1617.

Wills proved before Dr. Lambe, Commissary, Anno. Dni 1617.

Alleyn, Hugh; Dalbie parva 43Baker, Christopher; Waltham 44Baxter, Nicholas ; Easton 28Blithe, Thos.; Melton 55Blockely, Thos.; Walton 22Bringhurst, Wm.; Easton 23Browne, Wm,; Tugbie 27Burges, Thos.; Turlancton 64Burton, John ; Easton 17Chambers, Agnes; Welham 56Collin, John ; Easton 49Collin, Robt.; Easton iCurrin, Lawrence ; Walton 35Deacon, Henry ; Thedingworth 9Desborowe, Robt. ; Siston 6Earle, John ; Kilbie 30Eearle, Edw.; Kilbie 32Farmer, Henry ; Easton 24Foster, Thos. ; Smeton 39


Foxon, John ; Fleckney 7 Francis, Wm.; Kirbie 4 Grannie, Joan ; Kibworth 36 Grannie, Wm.; Kibworth 34 Horton, Joseph ; Mousley 68 Humberston, Wm.; Kirbie 46 Iliffe, Agnes ; Ashbie 45 King, Rich.; Buckminster 41 Kinge, Anne; Bilson 33 Kirbie, George ; Drayton 48 Kirbie, Thos.; Easton 18 Kitchin, Randle; Kirbie Sellers 52 Knight, Thos.; West Lancton 29 Knight, Thos.; Eastnorton 61 Lambert, Wm.; Easton 25 Losbie, Francis; Thorp Satchfield 3 Loverne, John ; Easton 19 Marson, John ; Gilmorton 63 Mason, Edw.; Sisonbie 62 Medowe, John ; Bringhurst 8 Morion, Grace; North Kilworth 51 Norton, Anthony; Thedingworth 10 Parsons, Rich., jun.; Great Bowdon 40 Peale, Wm.; Burrowe 58 Pine, Wm.; Stapleford 2 Pole, Margery ; Hallowton 60 Pridmore, Nicholas ; Stockerson 38 Reade, Wm.; Waltham 54 Reeve, Wm.; Newbold 13 Rilie, Margaret; Newbold 59, 67 Sheffeild, Anthony ; Medburne 12 Smith, Miles, sen.; Great Bow

don 53Stane, Christopher; Loddington 21 Steane, Wm,; Eysnell, p. of

Monks Kirby, co. Warwick 65Tafle, John ; Waltham 20Taylor, Eliz,; Coldoverton 42Turner, Wm.; Wymondham nVickers, Rich.; Kilbie 15Walton, John ; Lutterworthe 47Warde, John ; Bowden 66Watts, John ; Skeffington 37Wenslowe, John ; Edmundthorpe 16White, Robt.; Easton 26Wiggins, Thos. ; Thorpe Lancton 57Wilson, Henry ; Leesthorpe 50Wright, Francis; Smeton 14Yorke, Wm. ; Shawell 5

1618.

Allatt, Wm.; Pickwell 143Alleyn, Ralph ; Wheston 25Allsopp, Anne ; Oneleape 9Arnold, Leonard ; Loughborrow 99Arnolde, Thos ; Foxon 148Baccus, Walter ; Applebey parva 18Barrodale, Thos.; Silebey 96Barrowes, Roger; Goadebey 127



Barrs, Miles ; Bowdon 164 Bayley, Wm.; Narburrowe 3 Bennett, Agnes; Cosby 69 Bennett, Thos.; Ailston 47, 104 Berridge, John ; Bowdon parva 162 Billston, Agnes; Bilston 13 Bingley, Matthew; Lubbenham

129, 145Blanckley, George; Harbey 58 Bloare, Robt.; Dalby Chacombe 157 Boughton, Robt.; Markefeild 105 Brandon, Charles; Quarne 59 Brooke, Henry ; Waltham 134 Browne, Christian; Asforbey 15 Browne, John ; Barrowe 49 Browne, Joseph ; Wymondham 135 Bryan, Anne; Coston 123 Bucknall, Rich.; Castledonington 63 Burrowes, Thos. ; Hoton 81 Buttris, John ; Barrowe 70 Cade, John ; Billesdon 128 Came, Thos.; Harby 31 Chambers, John ; Bowdon magna 139 Churchman, Agnes; Hinckley 35 Clarke, Thos.; Thorneton 4 Clarke, Thos.; Cburchlangton 140 Cley, Thos.; Rearsbey 79 Clifton, Robt.; Leicester 51 Cobley, Henry ; Cranehoe 156 Collins, John ; Feny Dreyton 40 Coltman, John ; Saddington 149 Cooke, Thos.; Halloughton 154 Cooke (see Smith). Cotton, Edw.; Laughton 126 Cuppyn, John ; Ratcliffe 20 Davenport, Thos., clerk; Harston 84 Derry, Henry; Kirby bellers 115 Dethicke, Mary; Leicester 37 Dickons, John ; Peatlinge parva 21 Dipse, Robt.; Packington 41 Dixon, George; Statherne 45 Dobson, Magnus; Woodthorpe 52 Exson, Hugh ; Diseworth 102 Fann, John; Laicester 12 Parley, Agnes; Thrussington 106 Feildeinge, Wm.; Seagrave 23 Flower, Chris.; Dalby Chacomb 132 Forman, Eliz.; Hose 71 Foster, Robt.; Bushby 43 Freman, Nicholas ; Sheepey 30 Garrett, John ; Ullesthorpe n George, Edw.; Branston 44 Gilbert, John ; Wistowe 113 Glose, John ; Loughborrowe i Goodwin, Eliz.; Sheapeshead 36 Goward, Rich.; Thorpe langton 155 Greene, John ; Desford 33 Grey, Rich.; Normanton sup heath 60 Hampson, Bartholomew; Frisby 28 Harryman, Geoffrey; Loughborow 22

1618.—Continued.No,

Harteshorne, Thos.; Lubbenham 138 Hassard, John ; Blougherbey 56 Heare, John ; Thringston 34 Hericke, Robt.; Leicester 167 Hindman, Oliver; Stoke goldeing 5 Hinton, Rich.; Thurleston 53 Hodges, Wm.; Gaddesby 17 Holmes, Isabella; Shepeshead 50 Holmes, Wm.; Noseley 92 Howett, Thos.; Waltham 107 Hunt, John; Thurcaston 62 Iliffe, Edw.; Billesdon 159 Jarratt, John ; Ullesthorpe n Jarvis, Henry; Sewsterne 160 Joanes, David; Narborrowe 100 Johnson, George; Dalby Cha

combe 141Johnson, Thos.; Ashbydalazouch 16Joyce, Wm.; Blougherbey 29Kilpacke, Edw.; Cattborpe 136Kilpecke, Francis; Thorpe . noKirkman, Wm.; Hemington 26Lambart, John; Burstall 73Lightfoote, Eliz.; Glooston 137Linthwaith, Thos.; Oadebey 89Lowth, Rich.; Easton 142Lowthe, John; Twyford 120Marshall, Thos.; Loughborrowe 10Martin, Agnes; Enderbey 72Mason, Alice; Burstall 95Measom, John; Quame 54Mellers, Katherine; Breedon 86Middleton, Wm.; Silebey 2Moore, Thos.; Enderbey 14Moore, Wm.; Staunton Wivell 117Neale, Wm.; Lubbenham 166Newbey, Laurence; Welham 133Newton, Rich.; Houghton 94Noone, Robt.; Humberston 8North, John; Seagrave 85Oker, John; Lockington 55Orton, John; Dalby Chacombe 147 Parker, Alice; Norton juxta Twy-

cross 97Parker, Richard; Dalby Chaeombe 131Payne, Amye; Thorpe langton 146Pearce, John ; Sysonbey 122Pell, Wm.; Plungar 57Penn, John ; Churchlangton 153Picke, Eliz.; Dalbie Chacombs 161Pole, Robt.; Hungarton 91Pope, Thos.; Earnesby 68Presson, John ; Thurmaston 65 Pridmore, Nicholas; Halloughton 112Putt, Daniel; Lubbenham 108Pywell, Wm.; Thorpe Thomas 150Reeve, Wm.; Loddington 152Reynold, John ; Cosbye 7Reynolds, Henry ; Knigthorpe 101Robinson, Jasper; Hose 67



Salisbery, Margery ; Ullesthorpe 38 Scatlie, \Vm.; \Voodhouse go Serjant, Peter ; Kibworth 118 Sheppard, George ; Coldoverton 124 Shilton, John ; Frolesworth 61 Sketchley, Rich.; Newtowne 19 Smarte, Giles ; Nether Cleybrooke 88 Smith, als. Cooke, John ; Kerby

bellers 119Smith, John ; Sibbesdon 64 Spick, Anne ; Estwell 24 Sproxton, Katherine ; Turlangton 114 Sproxton, Katherine ; Turlangton 165 Stanley, Thos.; Hoton 42 Stubbs, Anne ; Hungarton 48 Stubbs, Francis ; Hungarton 76 Tatenell, Roger ; Sharneford 74, 75 Tayler, Agnes ; Hemington 103 Taylis, Wm.; Roleston 144 Temple, Edmund ; Wellesborrowe 77 Tompson, John ; Neilston 87 Towers, John ; Branston 46 Turpin, Sir Wm., knt.; Knaptoft 168 Vincent, Thos.; Beckingthorpe 82 Waldram, Rich.; Charley 32 Walker, Nicholas; Glenfeild 83 Ward, John ; Kibworth in Ward, Maurice ; Lubbenham 151 Ward, Thos.; Leicester 66 Waterfeild, Matthew; Easton 130 Webster, Anthony ; Leicester So Webster, John ; Melton 116 Webster, John ; Melton 163 West, Rich.; Lubbenham 109 Wheston, Thos.; Stoake Goldeinge 6 Whittaphe, Wm.; Rearsbey 78 Wild, Thos.; Normanton 27 Wollman, John ; Lutterworth 158 Wood, Rich. ; South Croson 93 Wood, Rich.; Bilston 98 Wymant, Roger; Bowdon magna 121 Vates, Agnes; Tilton 125 Yonge, Wm. ; Enderbey 39

1619.

Adcocke, Rich.; Garthorpe 141Alderman, Edw.; Loughborowe 136Allsopp, Thos.; Shepeshead 2Armeston, Wm.; Sutton 114Atkins, Robt.; Ashbydalazouche 116Atton, Robt.; Leicester 161Barrett, Isabella ; ———— 149Barrowe, Eliz.; Melton 101Barrs, Timothy ; Belton 22Basse, George ; Dalbie Chacombe 67Bawdricke, Thos.; Houghton 21Betteridge, John ; Sheepey 40Biggs, Wm.; Leicester 90Boddington, Thes.; Burbage 30


Boughton, Thos.; Sapcote Co Boyfeild, Wm.; ———— 18 Bradshawe, Francis; Quarne 1^3 Brandiron, Walter ; Quarne 103 Brian, Grace ; Melton Mowbrey 87 Brookesby, Joan ; Southcr<>son n Browe, Margaret; All Saints',

Leicester 20Browne, Agnes ; Tugbye 59 Brownston, Rich.; Great Bowden 44 Bruan, Eliz. ; Diseworth 94, 95

*Bruan, Wm. ; ———— 49 Bull, John ; Brascote 122 Burden, Mary; Arnesbye 16 Burrowes, John ; Ashby follwell 84 Burstall, Rich. ; Leicester 3 Button, Humphrey ; Kimcote 86 Buxtons, Robert; Leicester 25 Carter, Humphrey ; Lockington 76 Cartwright, Thos., sen.; Owdbey 159 Clarke, Roger ; Swinford 100 Cleepoole, Libbias ; Medburne 115 Coleman, John ; Turlangton 51 Cooke, Anthony ; Walton sup olds 79 Cowper, Robt.; Lubbenham 45 Cureton, Roger ; Theddingworth 34 Dawes, Eliz.; Waltham 147 Dickman, Joice ; Melton 87 Dowell, John ; Heigham 64 Dynes, Rich.; Loughborrow 4 Erbie, John ; Wymeswould 128 Exson, Thos.; Mus>son 62 Finderne, Thos., Kirkbye 112 Francke, John ; Dalbie Chacombe 81 Franke, Thos.; Wimeswould 137 Greene, Henry ; Hoton 106 Greene, Wm.; Donington 13 Grove, John; Harbye 130 Grundie, Anne and Margery ;

Thorneton no, in Gunthorpe, Erasmus;

Wymondham 107 Hall (see Somerbey). Hardyman, John ; Kibworth 33 Harryman, Thos ; Lough-

boroughe 160Hassellwall, Nicholas ; Goadby 158 Hawkins, Barbara ; Bowden 43 Higgs, Margaret; Leicester 19 Hollingworth, Emme; The

Newarke 35Holmes, Prudance ; Harbie 124 Holmes, Thos. ; Worthington 118 Houghe, Rich.; Bottisford 38 Hubberd, James ; ———— 7 Hull, Anne ; Boresworth 150 Hunte, Rich.; Thello, co. Chester 156 Hurboote, Mary ; Kerby Bellers 99

* This Will is missing.



Jenkinson, Henry ; Shewsterne iJohnson, Edw.; Burbage 50 Johnson, Nicholas; Brunting-

thorpe 142Judson, Wm.; Barrowe 140 Kendall, John ; Norton juxta

Twycrosse 83Kestian, Thos.; Bowden 126Kinde, Edw.; Earnesbye 17Kinde, Katherina ; Kibworth 32Kinge, Thos.; Hinckley 135Kitts, Thos. ; Belgrave 96Lewen, John ; Siston 28Lichfeild, John ; Ullesthorpe 8Little, Margaret, Peckleton 56Marshall, Wm.; Sheasebey 117Martin, Robt.; Kirby Muxloe 46Mason, Thos.; Branston 108Maston, John ; Thringston 23Mawnde, Walter; Ashby follwell 143Mawson, Rich.; Peatlinge 66Meadecalf, Anne; Quenniborrow 131Meeke, Henry ; Kyrbe bellers 157 Middleton, Robt.; Waltham sup

olds 75Milner, Wm.; Harston 80Moore, Thos.; Staunton Wivell 15Moore, Rich.; Melton iMorley, Henry ; Loughborrowe 129Morris, Rich.; Loughborrowe 85Moulde, Robt.; Heather 113Moulde, John ; Applebey 42Moureton, Thos.; Kibworth 132Murcote, Robt.; Ullesthorpe 146Mutchell, Thos.; Kegworth 73Odams, Humphrey ; Hinckley 91Orton, Thos.; Ashby parva 104Ownds, Jane ; Barkby 10

•Parker, Edw.; Thrussington 72Parre, Thos.; Dalbye 133, 134Parsons, Wm.; Hatherne 103Pellett, Frances; Foxon 82Pellett, Robert; Foxon 102Petcher, Matthew ; Applebey 61Phillipps, Wm.; Narborrowe 36Pick, Wm.; Dalby Chacombe 109Price, Agnes ; Stanton 55Proctor, Peter ; Broughton 88Rathbon, Peter; Wimeswould 97Reare, Thos.; Redmell 127Reynolde, Agnes ; Loughborrowe 120 Salisburie, Edw.; Newton Bur-

goland 4Seaton, Thos.; Harborrowe 52Simson, Wm.; Leicester 89Smith, Margaret; Kibworth 153Smith, Rich.; Seagrave 138Smith, Robt.; Turvile leyes 29

* Porter in original Will,

1619,— Continued.No.

Smith, Thos.; Bowdon magna 12 Smith, Wm.; Netherseale 105 Sneath, Robt.; Woodhouse Eaves 155 Somerbey, als. Hall, Robt.;

Bottisford 2, 71Spenser, Henry ; Oneleape 57 Stretton, Wm.; Leicester 27 Tayler, Hellen ; Stapleford 151 Tayler, John ; Earleshilton 154 Tayler, Robt.; Nether broughton 70 Tayler, Robt.; Bottesford 92 Tayler, Thos.; Stapleford 9, 58, 78 Tayler, Wm.; Skelchley 139 Throne, John ; Bitteswell 63 Tilley, Wm.; Enderbey 47 Toughe, Thos.; Cossington 41 Trentam, Robt.; Kerby bellers 98 Trewman, als, Tutley, Dorothy;

Hinckley 119Turner, Wm.; Kerby Bellers 152 Turvile, Edw.; Thurlston 125 Tutley, (see Trewman). Twigden, John ; Boresworth 5 Tymson, Eliz.; Medburne 77 Underwood, Eliz.; Wilson 39 Walker, Cassandra ; Gowns, co.

Cardigan 53Walker, John ; Ashby parva i Wallin, Thos.; Thurleston 123 Wallis, Eliz.; Leicester 54 Wallis, Francis ; Quarne 65 Wallis, Wm.; Quarne 26 Warbarton, Wm.; Glen magna 31 Warriner, Thos., clerk; Hum-

berston 24Webster, Rich.; Hose 37 West, John ; Leicester 145 Wilde, Mary ; Longwhatton 48 Wilford, Adrian; Dalby Chacombe 121 Winterton, Robt.; Lutterworth 74 Wiseman, Wm.; Statherne 68 Wood, Rich.; Bilson 144 Wright, Ralph ; Nether Broughton 69 Wymant, Francis; Market Har-

borrow 148 Yarwood, Thos.; Eaton 93

1620.

Abbott, Thos.; Lockington 104Adcocke, John ; Osgathorpe 134Amery, John ; Ashbydelazouch 144Anderson, Mary ; Asfordby 29Ashe, John ; Heather 30Aucocke, Wm.; Musson 53Ballhead, John ; Bushby 28Bardsey, Nevill; Scalford 95Becke, Pierce; Bilston • 122Biddle, Eliz.; Newton Burgeland 133Binkes, George; Dalby parva 146


1620.—Continued,No

Bonnitt, John ; Melton 7, 137 Brewin, Simon ; Thurcastou ? 77 Brooke, Carey ; Lubbenham 64 Browne, Thos.; Woodhouse 74 Bucke, Thos.; Thornton 51 Burrowes, John ; Belton 113 Burton, Ralph ; Lindley 39 Burton, Wm.; Barrowe So Bussard, Wm.; Churchlangton 44 Cademan, Margaret; Leicester 49 Carver, Thos ; Normanton sup

le Heath 21Cave, Thos.; Walcoate 48 Chapman, Anthony; Welham g Cherry, Henry; North kilworth 13 Chillwell, Wm.; Swepston 8 Clarke, Joseph ; Blaby 58 Coleman, Wm.; Kibworth 78 Collins, Wm.; Peckleton no Cooke, Abraham ; Burbage 69 Cooke, Anne; Sileby 12 Cooke, George ; Knoston 81 Cooke, Mary ; Bowden magna 126 Cooke, Thos.; ———— 43 Cooke, Wm.; Wheston 116 Coxe, Bennitt; Overseale 132 Crispe, Wm.; Anstey 141 Cumberland, Edw.; Coleorton 107 Dashe, Thos.; Wigston 139 Dawes, Isaac ; Stapleton 103 Dunisthorpe, John ; Wilson 123 Button, Wm.; Dunton Bassett 47 Edmunds, Robt.; Cleybrooke 3 Ettopp, Edmund ; Harston 100 Flower, Matthew; Ashbydelazouch 24 Fowler, Francis ; Billesdon 114 Fowler, Nicholas ; Mountsorrell 82 Gamble, John ; Melton 73 Geale, Joan ; Waltham 136 Gill, Anthony ; Bottesibrd 68 Gladwin, Wm. ; Ashbydelazouch 94 Goodman, Edw. ; Medburne 147 Greene, James; Redmill 140 Greene, John ; Osgathorpe n Greene, Rich.; Shankton 108 Gupwill, Cuthbert; Shawell 143 Happenny, Rich.; Callis, p. of

Ashbydelazouch 127 Hawfeild, Roger; Leicester 22 Hebb, John ; Waltham 96 Hendman, Wm.; Satchfeild 91 Hewitt, Edw.; Croxton Kyriall 101 Heyfeild (see Robinson). Hickson, Thos.; Dunton 6 Hoden, John ; Humberston 31 Hodge, Francis ; Halloughton 46 Hodge, Francis ; Halloughton 149 Hodge, John; Eastlangton 4 Hollingworth, Robt.; Bqttisford 97 Hovie, Isabella ; Burton sup wolds 138

1620.— Cimtittueil.No.

Howitt, John ; Wifordby 112Iliffe, Robt.; Billesdon 62 Iliffe, Wm.; Walton, p. of Kimcoate 142Illson, John; Gumley 129Jacombe, Rich. ; Glen parva 26Jacombe, Wm.; Glen parva 26James, George ; Barkby 13Jellye, John ; Evington 153Jemson, Wm. ; Halloughton 16Johnson, Rich.; ———— 50Kempe, Ludwick ; Harby 55 Kitchen, als. Steele, Edw.; Kerby

bellers 37Knight, Dorothy ; ———— 14Knipton, Rich. ; Loughborowe 89Lambard, Henry ; Easton 84Lee, Robt.; Swinford 121Loe, Thos.; Disworth 66Mabel], Anne ; Stoake golding 32Marshall, Edmund ; Medburne 45Marshall, Margaret; Disworth 92Morton, Wm. ; Leicester 54Musson, Wm. ; Dalby parva inNewton, John ; Humberston 41Noone, Thos.; Leicester 131Normanton, Wm.; Shesby 105Oatefeild, Mary ; Narborowe 76Odam,John; Dadlington 98Oldam, Wm.; Cadeby 27Olives, Wm.; Tugby 93Orton, Mary ; Belton 119Osburne, Nicholas; Disworth 63Osburne, Wm.; Worthington 156Owndell, Thos.; Melton 2Painter, James ; Bottisford iPanke, John ; Leicester 70Parsons, Mary ; ———— 130Parsons, Rich.; Bowden magna 124Parsons, Rich.; Bowden magna 128Pebody, Thos. ; North kilworth 125Pickering, Edw.; Belton 135Pittman, Andrew ; Harborowe 79Plummer, Robt.; Syston 117Pratt, Thos.; Lutterworth 85Reade, Thos.; Thurnby 65Reare, Rich. ; Bottisford 86Ridgley, John ; Narborowe 75Ridgway, Roger ; ———— 20 Robinson, als. Heyfeild, Avery;

Claxton 5, 83Rose, George ; Statherne 57Rowse, Thos.; Saltby 36Ryley, Wm.; Newbold 87Simpkin, John ; Burstall 106Smith, John ; Shepshead 34Smith, Margaret; Kibworth 99Sprigge, Robt.; Foxton 151Stanage, Hugh ; Easthorpe 10Stanley, Wm.; Leicester 115 Steele (see Kitchen).


i62o.—Continued.

Stevens, Rich.; Croxton Kyriall Storer, Rich.; Breedon Swifte, Rich.; Burbage Temple, Jonathan ; Temple juxta

Wellesborowe, p. of Sibesdon Thornton, Eliz.; Sproxton Thrumpton, Ralph; Statherne Tompkins, Chris.; Medburne Tompson, Wm.; Eaton Turlington, Joyce; Thurmaston Turlington, Thos.; Cossington Turner,/ohn; Shernford Turner, ] ohn; Howthorpe Turner, ^ ohn ; Wimeswold Turner,' Jrsula ; Kerby Bellers Tylecote, John ; Narborowe Vittell, Humphrey ; p. of Knaptofte 38 Walkar, Thos.; Glenfeild 23 •Warren, Wm.; Bottesford 35 Warren, Wm.; Earlshilton 145 Webb, Thos.; Bitteswell 40 Weston, Hugh ; Carlton 67 Wilkins, John ; Appleby 42 Williams, John; Medburne 120 Wilson, George ; Diseworth 154 Woodford, Anthony ; Billesdon 88 Wootton, Wm.; Disworth 61 Worth, Robt.; Houghton 60 Wright, Thos.; Stapleford 72 Yates, Anthony; Ashby follwell 118

1621.

No. 1871109

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Adcocke, John ; ——— noAndrewe, Peter; East Langton 106Armeston, Edw.; Hinckley 90Atkins, Robert; Laund Abbey 131Ball, John; Newbold 67Ballard, Wm.; Newton Burgland 73Bancks, Edw.; Peckleton 40Barrowe, George; Statherne 21Baxter, John ; Stanton 29Bennett, George; Sheapeshead 22Bennett, Thos.; Quenmborow 60Bente, Nicholas; Sapcote 39Blithe, Alice; Aplebey 13Blithe, Eliz.; Belgrave 61Brooks, Henry ; Lougheborow 46 Brootherhood, Robt.; Thringston 55Browne, Edmund ; Sharneford 72Burdet, Thos. ; Skevington 128Byerley, John ; Leicester 26Canner, Thos.; Long Whatton 44Cappennars, Ralph ; Uptpn 38 Carter, als. Robins, Dennis;

Bowdon 137-Carvar, Thos.; ———— 65Cawke, Wm.; Bagworth 82Chawney, Francis; Quarndon 9Coley, Robt.; Bushbey 68


Collin, Rich.; Easton 127 Cooke, Rich.; Halloughton in Cooke, Tbos.; Bowdon Magna 117 Cooper, Lucy; East Langton 105 Cosbey, Wm.; Mountsorrel 79 Crosse, Thos.; Harston 2 Crosse, Thos.; Harston 140

*Croxall, Rich.; ——— Dalbie, John; Belgrave 51 & 77 Dennis, Eliz.; Baresbie 37 Dobson, Wm.; Newton Linford 16

*Dodworth, Mary; Swithland Farmer, Nich.; Leemath, p. of

Thornton 78Flavell, Isabella; Leyre 92 Fletcher, John ; Newbolde 10 Forde, Ehz.; Barlston So Foxon, Rich.; Foxton 104 Frenche, Sylvester; Dalby

Chacombe 125Gallarde, Alice; Leyre 8 Garlande, Dorothy; Ratcliffe

super wreake 25Gibbons, Edw.; Halloughton 136 Glascott, Robt.; Bilston 74 Goddarde, John ; Syston 95 Goude, Roger; Frisby juxta Galbie 3 Grant, John ; Wheston 57 Greene, Robt.; Lutterworth' 133 Greene, Wm.; Lubenham 113 Groves, Alice; Baresbie 64

fGrove, Emmott; ———— 27 Hackett, Chris.; Loughborowe 43 Hames, Joan; Lougbborowe 89 Hawforth, Henry; South

Kilworth 114Hawkins, Robt.; Frithbie 130 Hindman, Rich.; Barwell 52, 94 Hodd, Walter; Normanton 81 Hodge, Mary; Foston 49 Hodge, John ; Foston 85 Howit, John; Stapleford 118 Hunte, Eliz.; Willowbie 24 Hunte, Henry ; Ratbee 66 Hunte, Rich.; St. Nicholas1 ,

Leicester 53 listen, Agnes; St. Margaret's,

Leicester 86 Jackson, Eliz.; Leyre 56

*Jaqu»s, Henry; ———— Joenson, John; Mowsley 123 Johnson, Eliz.; Boresworth 119 'ohnson, John ; Hinckley 36 ohnson, Wm.; Sadington 135

_ ohnson, Wm. ; Wigston 87 ' Cendall, Rich.; Norton juxta

Twycrosse 99

* At the foot of the file of Wills for 1609. t Gorson in original Will.

LEICESTEKSHIRB WILLS. 271


Kinton, Katherine ; Markefeilde 6 Kirke, John ; Burton sup wolds 32 Lee, Thos.; Medburne 107 Loasbie, John ; Arnesbie 4, 5 Middleton, Wm.; ———— 138 Morris, Edw.; Barrowe upon

Scare 102Muggleston, Wm.; Tonge 97 Neale, John; Lutterworth 132 Needham, Humphrey ; Hinckley 19 Newton, Grace ; Leicester 17 Ofeild, John ; Thorpe arnold 109 Oldrenshawe, Peter; Sheapshead 54 Palmer, John ; ShefEngton 124 Parker, Thos.; Charley 23 Parre, Robt. ; Belgrave 58 Payne, Henry; Medburne 129 Petcher, John ; Applebie 91 Pitts, Wm.; Garthorpe 126 Plant, John ; Shackerston 71 Poulson, Wm.; Sheapshead 47 Proudman, Wm.; Applebie 88 Pusie, Rowland ; Leicester 75 Pymme, John; Snareston 31 Pymme, Thos.; Snareston 30 Ragge, Eliz.; Long whatton 33 Reade, Agnes; Thurnbie 69 Renoldsjohn; Billesdon 108 Ridge, Wm.; Donnington sup Le

heathe 15 Robins (see Carter). Rouse, Francis ; Easton 112 Salte, John ; Swannington 96 Sanderson, Wm.; Bilsdon 122 Scotte, Robt.; South Kilworth 103 Shawe, John; Billesdon 120 Smith, John ; Halloughton 116 Smith, Thos.; Shangton 59 Smithe, Wm.; Stoke goldinge 84 Stanforde, John ; Leicester 63 Starchy, Agnes ; Packington 98 Stretton, Thos.; Wibtofte 35 Stretton, Wm.; Cleybrooke 50 Taylor, Hugh ; Market Bosworthe 76 Tompson, James; Quarndon 93 Tompson, Margery ; Ulles-

thorpe 28, 45Tompson, Thos.; Glenfeild 7 Tompson, Wm.; Belgrave 4 Trimnill, Basil; Stoake goldinge loo Wagstaffe, Stephen ; Peckleton n Walker, Thos.; Leicester 70 Walton, Rich.; Rearsbie 62 Walton, Joseph ; Lutterworth 139 Warde, Hugh ; Kasthorpe 14, 42 Warde, Wm. ; Aston Flamvill i Waters, Christopher ; Billesdon 134 Wells, Wm. ; Oadebie 101 Wheldon, Peter ; Sheapshead 48 Wilcocke, John ; Odston 83

1621.—Continued.No. 121 34

Wilcox, Lionel; OwstonWildie, Rich.; BranstonWillson, Anne ; Hobie 12Wimant, Thos.; Bowdon magna 115Worrall, Francis ; Braunston 41

1622.

Abell, Robt.; Groobie Alien, Thos. ; Wheston Alien, Wm.; Glen parva Archard, John ; Diseworth Archard, John ; Diseworth 71 Ashbye, Edw.; Freisby 9 Assline, Michael; Osgathorpe 13 Bakewell, Wm.; Atterton 75 Bakewell, Wm.; Atterton 86 Baylie, Wm.; Barosbie 78 Bierlye, Robt.; Glen magna 101 Binckes, Wm.; Scalford

3° 37 287071

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10135

uincices, wm.; bcaltora Bird, Robt., sen.; Freaby

ooth, Eliz.; Barrow sup Sore 67 Bosse, Wm. ~ ' -•

jDira, JL\ODI., sen.; rreaoy Booth, Eliz.; Barrow sup Sc Bosse, Wm.; Wood Thorpe 24 Botham, Rich.; Leicester 88 Boulter, Thos.; Abbey gate juxta

Leicester 26 Bray, Thos.; Shernford Brisbie, Wm., clerk; Tugby 114, Carter. Rich. : Cadebie

56"5 54 85

128"5 '7 74

121118

tinsoie, wm., cierK ; L Carter, Rich. ; Cadebie Carver, Wm.; Stanton Chapman, Robt.; Halloughton Chatterton, Lucy ; Harborrowe Clarke, Wm.; Croxton kerriall Cliffe, Thos.; Hose Coles, John ; Thedingworth Cooke, Thos.; South Kilworth 118 Corbitt, John; Markett Bossworth 22 Coton, Eliz.; Kimcote 131 Crosse, Thos. ; Wymeswold Crosse, Wm. ; Aston Flamvile Dadslye, Agnes ; Bottesford Dafte, Rich.; Sheapeshead Dalbie, Edw.; Claxton, als. long

Clauson 31Davye, Eleanor ; Whitwicke 18 Deacon (see Smith). Deane, Robt.; ———— 107 Dent, Wm.; Hungerton 60 Eastwood Joseph; ———— Eirpe, Henry; Applebie Fishe, John ; Bowdon magna Fisher, Semer; Thedingworth Fletcher, John, sen.; Ratbie Foster, Frances; Rowlston Fox, Wm.; Glen magna Foxon, Thos. ; Swinford Gilford, John ; Higham i Goodman, Wm.; Clipston 94 Haddon, Isabella ; Bossworth 92 Hallioke, John ; Bowdon magna 122

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10952

IO2 127

4498

126116


1622.—Continued,No.

Halliocks, Miles; Thrussington 66 Halloday, Rich.; Lubenham 119 Hargrave, John ; Peckleton 7

'Hartshorn, Rose; Guraley Hawkyn, Wm.; Asfordby 34 Heath, Sampson ; Desford 5 Hickson, John ; Primethorpe, p.

of Broughton Astley 19 Hill, Martin ; Asfordby 62 Holmes, Thos.; Blaston 95 Holmes, Wm.; Hemington 76 Hore, John ; Stableton, p. of

Harwell 79Hunt, Robt.; Ashbie magna 99, 103 Hutchinson, Anne; longeWhatton 14 Innocent, Wm.; Kibworth 134 Ireland, Rich.; Leicester 69 Johnson, Thos.; Heigham 21 Judson, John ; Ashby de la zouche 38 Julian, Rich.; Hose 87 Kinge, Robt.; Harwell 23 Kinge, Thos.; Leicester 49 Leake, Alice; Saltby 16 Leake, Edw.; Wymswold 6 Leicester, Roger; Sileby 84 Light, Katharine ; Muston 33 Lilly, Thos.; Barrow sup Sore 80 Marshall, John ; Slawston 129 Marston, Edw.; Lodington 104, 105 Moring, Robt.; Burton Lazers 97 Mosse, Agnes; St. Martin's,

Leicester 8 Muggleston, Wm.; Tongue, p.

of Breedon 48Newton, Grace; Leicester 57 Newton, Wm.; Callis juxta

Ashby de la zouch 93 Nicolson, Hugh; Callis, ah. Nerther-

thorpe, p. of Ashby de la zouche 25 Noone, Thos.; Evington 55 Nuttinge, Anthony ; Swanington 58 Oldfeild, John; Kirby Sellers 136 Orson, Mary ; Waltham 96 Osburne, Oliver; Glen magna 123 Ottye, Christian ; Sheepey 2 Pallatt, George; Brawnston 27, 72 Parker, Edw.; Dreaton 130 Parker, Joan ; Packington 73 Payne, Benjamin ; Sheapie parva 39 Peane, Thos.; ———— 120 Phillipps, Frances; Barton in le

Beanes 68Pratt, Mary ; Appleby magna 46 Pyvinch, Kath.; Stoke gouldinge n Pyvinch, Wm.; Stoke gouldinge 50 Ragge, Margaret; Hemington 3 Rener, Alice ; Market Bosworth 51 Roberts, Thos.; Whitwicke 43 Rothley, Wm.; Siston als. Sytheston 12


1622.—Continued,Mo.

Rudkin, Robt.; Tugby 106 Rumbould, Robt.; Burbage 45 Sadington, John, sen.; Foxton in Segreave, Ralph ; Burstall 82 Sharpe, John ; Ashby de la

zouche 40, 41Shipward, George; Coulde Overton 63 Simpson, Joan ; p. of Sithestpn,

als. Siston 65Smarte, Wm.; Lubnatn no Smith, a/5. Deacon, Thos.;

Hinckley 142Smyth, John; Wheston 20 Smyth, Thos.; Wheston 61 Somerfeild, Joan ; Laughton ? 112 Sprigge, Henry; Lubenham 108 Swingler, John ; Roulston 117 Taller, Henry; Sheepie magna 91 Thorne, Francis, clerk; Nether

Broughton 59Tillie, John ; Lutterworth 132 Tookey, Thos., sen.; Galbie 90 Towers, Thos.; Statherne 42 Tubman, Wm.; Hose 32 Turner, Barnabe ; Billesdon 113 Waite, Thos.; Walton sup Woulds 81 Ward, John; Earle shilton 53 Ward, John; ———— 95 Wells, Edmund; Castle Dunington 89 Whottafe, John; Siston 77 Wikes, Robt.; Frolesworth 47 Wilde, Rich.; Normanton, p. of

Bottesford 36Willmore, Roger; Enderby 35 Wilne, John ; Leicester 83 Wimont, Edw.; Thedingworth 100 Worthington, Thos.; Har.tton 137 Wright, Thos.; East Langton 124

1623.

Allam, Rich.; Melton 130Alien, Eliz.; Whetston 48Allmye, Thos.; Dunton 73Atton, Mary ; Halloughton 152Andrewes, Edw.; Stretton parva 91Androus, Fabyon; Stretton 141Armson, Eliz.; Flecknie 156Armston, Henry; Stapleton 27Armstronge, Thos.; Hobie 94Astell, Agnes; Bagworth 72Bailie, Wm.; Castle Dunington 78Barford, Joan ; Loughborrowe 98 Barnard, Rich.; Barrow sup soare 29Barrs, Rich.; Burbage 12Bason, Ralph ; Coston 113Baume, Lawrence ; ———— 71Baylie, Wm.; Clawson longa 47Baylie, Wm.; Skalford 53Beale, John ; Cleabrooke magna 26



Belton, Robt.; Nether Broughton 19 Benskyn, John ; Oneleape 34 Botham, Hugh ; Leicester 2 Bradgate, Susanna; Bosworth 142 Briggs, Edw.; Croxton Kerriall 39 Broddell, John; Nether Broughton 16 Brodesse, Anthony; Woodhouse

Eaves 28Browne, J?ne; Horninghold 154 Broxam, Wm.; Burton Lazers 145 Buning, Zach.; Harborowe 149 Burbage, Edw.; Ratcliffe sup

Wreake 92Burgon, Peter; Sproxton 14, 15 Burrowes, Thos.; Swepston 60 Burrowes, Wm.; Wymeswold 103 Canser, Francis; Ashby parva 7 Carter, Eleanor; Melton Mowbray 8 Cave, Thos.; Kimcote 128 Chapman, Thos., sen.; Foxon 133 Chapman, Wm.; ———— 132 Church, Thos.; Silebie 13 Clarke, Nathaniel; Ashbie dela-

zouch 61Clarke, Robt. ; Ashbie delazouch 32 Clarke, Wm.; Church Langton 155 Coats, Agnes ; Ailston 37 Cooke, George ; Lubenham 136 Cooke, James ; Lockington 70 Cooke, Wm.; Baresbie 96 Cooper, Rich. ; Desford 102 Croxall, Rich.; Kilby 115 Cuflin, Ralph ; Blabie 79 Cuflyn, Margaret; Blabie 85 Denston, Wm. ; Stony stanton 95 Dincke, Robt.; Welby 129 Draper, Wm., sen.; Hemington 3 Dudley, Rich.; Swepston 6 Dunckley, Henry ; Borsworth 122 Elliot,Wm.; Walton, p. of Kimcote 119 Fauster, Eleanor ; Scalford 64 Finney, Wm.; Tugby 118 Foxe, Wm.; Wymeswold 23 Gearye, Nicholas ; Congeston, als.

Conston nGervice, Wm. ; p. of Ailston 93 Gilbert, Robt. ; Leicester 87 Glen, Rich. ; Statherne 68 Gollin, Jane ; Croxton kerriall 40 Goodburne, John; Husbands

Boresworth 121Goodman, Wm.; Clipson 123 Goodwin, Wm. ; Loughborrowe 41 Grococke, Dorothy ; Bowdon

magna 124Grococke, Matthew ; Saltbie 91 Gulston, John ; Saltbie 18 Harper, Eliz.; Bowden magna 139 Harper, Thos ; Bowden magna 138 Harrison, Helen ; Melton 144


Heafford, Thos.; Cosbie 42 Hicklinge, John ; Claxton 5 Hicklinge, Wm.; Hose 17 Hickson, Roger ; Barkeston 4 Hoalt, Ralph ; Eaton 66, 76 Hopkins, Robt.; north kilworth 125 Iliffe, John ; Westcoats 108 Jarvice, Alexander ; Eaton 65, 77 Jorden, Wm.; Kirbie 44 Joyce, Rich,; Blackfordby 67 Joyce, Rich.; Wodcotte 114 Kestian, John ; Bowden magna 143 Knight, Wm.; Willoughbie

Waterlies 49Langley, Anne ; Sutton Cheney 38 Langton, Robt.; Glen magna 131 Lawnder, Wm.; Normanton 20 Lee, Mary ; Walton sup le Wolds 83 Lichfeild, John ; p. of Cleybrooke 21 Mabbs, John, sen.; Leicester 107,109 Mackley, Robt. ; Congeston 101 Marshe, John ; Bagworth 52 Martyn, John ; Thrinckson 30 Marvyn, George; Thornton go Mathewes, Robt.; Claxton 46 Millner, George; Barkston 106 Millner, John ; Wymeswold 112 Moore, George; Whitwicke 31 Moore, Thos.; Eaton 54, 55 Moore, Wm.; Ashbie Folveile 33 Morecrofte, Thos.; Loughborrowe 35 Morrice, Kath.; Loughborrowe 105 Muncke, John ; Stanton Wivell 134 Ogden, Henry ; Tugby 126 Ollerenshawe, Alice; Sheapeshead 56 Oswyn, John ; Cussington 162 Oswyn, Rich.; Cussington 82 Oswyn, Thos.; Silebie 100 Parker, Jerimi; Earle shilton no Parker, John ; ———— 148 Parker, Thos.; Leicester #4 Parker, Wm.; Easton rao Parsons, George ; Siston 25 Phillipp, Wm.; Broughton Astley 43 Ragge, Wm. ; Wigston magna 57 Randle, Everard; Thorpe Thomas 116

'Robinson, Robt.; Swannington Robinson, Thos. ; Coldoverton 157 Rotheley, Wm, ; Siston 45 Sadington, Rich.; Foxton 117 Samon, Wm.; Belgrave 59 Sanson, Anthony ; Stapleford 140 Sharpe, Wm.; Siston 75 Sheene, Joan ; Whetston 58 Shitlewood, Wm.; Wymeswold in Sibson, Henry ; Kegworth 10 Stanley, Francis ; Quai ndon 88 Stevenson, Wm.; South Croxton 80

* At (he foot of (he file for the year 1609.



Sumter, John ; Belgrave 62 Sutton, Frances ; Kegworth 89 Swetnam, Wm.; Scraptopht 84 Tailer, Wm.; Freaby 151 Tallis, Thos.; Sproxton 81 Thornton, Wm.; Newton harcourt 160 Timson, Thos.; Goadby 135 Townsend, Helen ; Harborowe 153 Turner, Thos.; Bredon 86 Villiers, Thos.; Hobie i Ward, Abraham ; Whetston 22 Watkyn, Rich-.; Burbage 50 Watson, John ; Stapleford 147 Williams, Edw.; Enderbie 9 Winckler, Rich.; Gilmorton 158 Wood, James; Thornton 51 Woodhouse, John ; Tugby 127 Wright, John; Melton

Mowbray 146, 150Wright, Wm.; Saltbie 99 Wright, Wm.; Shesbye 137 Yates, Nicholas ; Barrowe 63 Yonge, James; Sutton, p. of

Broughton Astley 36

1624.

Acton, Mary ; Halloughton 122 Adams, Wm.; Smeeton 81' Alwood, Thos.; Kibworth 114 Atkin, Thos.; Ailston 6 Bacon, Francis; Borsworth 48 Ballard, Wm.; The Newarke,

Leicester 5Binckes, Wm.; Scalford 7 Bishopp, Gilbert; Asfordby 42 Bosworth, Henry; Medburne 123 Bradford, John ; Enderby 9 Bromley, Roger; ——— 27 Budge, Thos.; Long Whatton 51 Bugge, Henry; Barkeston 73 Burnam, John ; Clebrooke 19 Campion, Rich.; Leicester 58 Cattle, Rich.; Reresby 41 Charte, John ; Siston 12 Cheriboughe, John ; Blackfordby 20 Clarke, John; Wigston 28 Clarke, Robt.; Swinford 95 Clarson, Robt.; Breedon 71 Clements, James; Frolesworth 17 Coates, Henry; Abbey Gate, juxta

Leicester 47Compton, John ; Garthorpe no Cooke, Alice; Owlston 90 Corby, Francis; Melton 129 Corby, Nicholas; Turlangton 78 Corner, Randulph; Dalby

Chacombe 102Davie, Francis ; Gildmorton 120 Davie, Wm.; Twiford 103

1624.— Continued,No.

Dawe, Thos. Breedon 13 Dod, George Barton 8 Flavill, Wm. Leire 61 Francis, James; Waltham 104 Franke, Rich.; Kirby hellers 99 Gadsbie, Rich.; Kegworth 24 Gamble, Wm.; Stretton 68 Geesings, Robt.; Shanckton 98 Gennerd, Michael; Kegworth 116 Goadbie, Oliver; Erlesbilton 25 Goodman, Tbos.; Frisbie 29 Gunthorpe, Joan ; Womandham 87 Hames, Wm.; Kibworth 107 Hartington, Thos.; Bourdon 77 Hearne, Eliz.; Bowdon 127 Heiricke, John ; Queniborowe 21 Hericke, Thos.; Belgrave 40 Hiche, Wm.; Willoughbie 45 Hickson, Wm.; Melton 79 Higginson, John ; Clebrooke i Hill, Anne; Harborowe 119 Hill, Thos.; Odby 43 Hodgson, Thos.; Musson 23 Holdin, Ralph; Mountsorrell 35 Holmes, John ; Newbold 50 Horton, Barn.; Mowsley in Howet, Peter; Abkettleby 46 Hunne, John; Dalbie parva 109 Jackson, Wm.; Bottesford 63, 65 James, Edw.; Barkby 44 Jannell, John ; Stokerston 52 Jenkinson, Thos.; Allaxton 85 Johnson, John; Harborowe 128 Johnson, Margaret; Thornton 3 Keene, Thos,; Belgrave 53 Leighe, George; Pickwell 118 Leland, John ; Plungar 67, 72 Lord. Wm.; Countisthorpe 64 Loseby, Thos.; Leicester 124

-; North Kilworth 126 60 86 70 84

"3108

Lumbley, -Madget, John; Barwell Marshall, Eliz.; Slawston Mathewes, Robt.; Claxton Measure, Rich.; Dalby Moncke, Edmund ;Morbie, John; FleckneyNeale, Edw.; Lutterworth 100Neale, Nich.; Branston 32 Needham, Christopher; Leicester 58Nicholls, Robt.; Stokerston 97Nurse, John ; Leicester 54Parker, Wm.; Lutterworth 106Parnell, Wm.; Frolesworth 37Paulet, John ; Wigston 22Payne, George; Thorplangton 91Perins, Thos.; Ashby Delazouch 66Potter, Jerome; Waltham 101Raine, Robt.; Lodington 14Randle, Robt.; Norton 36Raven, John; Erleshilton 30


1624.— Continued,No.

Readishe, John ; Buckminster 93 Riley, Rich.; Kibworth 76 Savage, Ralph ; Hatherne 49 Simkin, Peter; Carlton 4 Smally, John ; Burton 10 Smith, Alice ; Skevington 74 Smith, Anne ; Burton 117 Smith, John ; Burbage i, 62 Smith, John ; Leicester 18 Smith, Robt.; Burstall 55 Smith, Thos.; Halloughton 89 Stevens, Robt.; Kirbie belters 92 Streaton, Anne; Thornton 16 Swanson, Leo; Halloughton 82 Tailer, Lawrence ; Erie shilton 34 Tailer, Wm.; Welham 105 Tarry, Gilbert; Newbolde 94 Thomas, Humphrey ; Swinford 83 Thornton, Wm.; Newton Harcourt 96 Thorton, Thos.; Wigston 38 Tomson, Wm.; Long whatton 31 Toone, Thos.; Thornton 33 Trentham, Helen ; Kirbie bellers 130 Turlington, Joyce; Thurmaston 69 Vessey, Thos.; Barwell 13 Vincent, George ; Bitteswell 26 Watkin, Robt.; North Kilworth 80 Watts, Henry; Kibworth 121 Webb, Nicholas; Evington 56 Wells, Mary ; Loughborowe 57 White, Wm.; Burton 125 Whitehead, Thos.; Holte 112 Wight, Eliz.; Pickeringe grange,

p. of Ibstock 75Wilcocks, John ; Leicester 39 Wildbore, Rich.; Leicester n Wood, Robt.; Ashby magna 88

'Yorke, Hugh; Lamport

1625.

Adcocke, Rich.; Hinckley 9Allot, Wm.; Barkby 28Ascoughe, Alice; Croxton inAshbey, John ; Horningholde 43Atkins, Joan ; Ashbydelazouch 31Bache, Mary; Heather 103Baily, Thos.; Frowlesworth 3Baker, John ; Sproxton 65Baker, John ; Sproxton 129Baylie, George ; Sapcoate 20Beebie, Wm.; Burbage 53Beedle, Wm.; Roulston 66Beeson, Eliz.; Burton 23 Belie (see Mason).Blackleech, Thos.; Ashbie 6Blanckley, Peter; Siston 76Bond, John ; Higham 79Boston, Ann; Stanton 60



Bradley, Eliz.; Ashbie 123Brooke, John ; Leicester 69Browne, Thos.; Ullesthorpe nBurgis, Rich.; Broughton 4 Burrowes, Thos.; Bruntingthorpe 85Chambers, Wm.; Turlangton 125Chapman, Thos.; Bringhurst 61Chare, John ; ——— noChester, John ; Harbie 112Coleman, Alice; Peatling 104Collins, Alice; Fenny Drayton 56Coltman, Margaret; Odbie 37Coxon, John; Castle Donington 34Ensworth, Thos.; ———— 81Ericke, Thos.; Leicester 13Erington, Hugh ; Belton 107Faukes, Francis; Claxton 113Freake, John ; Leicester IFrenche, Chris.; Langhton 21Frisby, Wm.; Twiford 74Fryer, Robt.; Wigston 38Fryer, Robt.; Wigston 121Garret, Wm.; Castle Donington 83Gibson, John; Bottesford 80Gilbert, Henry; Coleorton 84Golding, Wm.; Newbolde 62Goodman, Edw.; Houghton 15Greene, Robt.; Barkeston 45Greene, Wm.; Redmill 48Grime,Wm.; Barwell 63Gulston, John ; Shawell 67Hacket, John ; Somerby 24Hall, Anne; North Kilworth 50Hall, Margaret; Cosbie 120Halliocke, Thos.; Garthorp 99Hardie, Robt.; Thringston 33Harston, John; Hose 115Hawly, Rich.; Claxton 47Heard, George ; Fenny Drayton 14Heiford, Mary; Sheresbie 127 Higginbotham, Anthony; Don

ington 82 Hinman, Michael; Ratcliffe upon

the Wreake 58Hobson, Robt.; Shilton 88Hunton, Rich.; Buckminster 59Ilife, Wm.; Kibworth 35listen, George; Rotherbie 7Jacombe, Alice; Blaby 39Jannell, John ; Stokerston 131Jeffrey, George; Leicester 5Joice, George; Blackfordby 41 Killpacke, George; North Kilworth 55Kitchin, George; Saltby 116Lambert, Roger; Melton 119Lee, Susan ; Tilton 25Leeke, Wm.; Wimeswolde 57Loe, Francis; Thorpe 36Lorington, John ; Saxbie 117Marson, Wm.; Dadlington 109

VOL. VIII.

276 LEICESTERSHIRE) ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.


Mashe, Barthol.; Mowsley 89 Mason, als. Belie, Hamlet; Osga-

thorpe 78Mason, Rich,; Queniborowe 68Melburne, Joseph ; Burton 54Mitchell, Wm.; Thringston 42More, Rich,; ———— 22Morley, Joan ; Loughborowe 108Morton, Rich.; Kilworth 130Noble, Thos.; Rearsbie 30Norman, Nich.; Enderby • 128Orton, Wm.; Waltham 126Page, Rich.; North Kilworth 19Palmer, Anthony ; Horningholde 44Payne, Wm.; ———— 87Pollard, Rich.; Burton Overy 124Porter, Rich.; Edmundthorpe 52Pridmore, Chris.; Halloughton 51Reeve, John; Twiford 118Rouse, George; Hose 114Rudings, Dorothy ; Leicester 102Salisburie, Robt.; Blowerbie 91Settle, John ; Loughborowe 18 Sheene, Wm.; Wheston 100, 101Shepherd, Wm.; Thrussington 94Sherwood, Cicely ; Busbie 2Sperry, Robt.; Hemington 46Smith, Anthony ; Groby 122Smith, George; Shepeshed 26Smith, John ; Burton 40Smith, Wm.; Claybrooke 32Storer, Alice ; Thrussington 98Sturgis, Mary ; Boresworth 86Swan, Wm.; Carlton 29Swancot, Thos.; Lutterworth 92Tayler, Nich.; Barlston 77Venables, Thos.; Loughborowe 16Walker, Ellen ; Bagworth 70Walton, Ambrose; Roulston 90Ward, John ; Baresbie 49Ward, Robt.; Melton 75Ward, Rowl.; Kibworth 73Warden, Robt.; Kilmorton 8Wats, John ; Enderbie 17 Wells, Francis; Bowdon 71. 72Westcote, Thos.; Stapleford 93Wilde, Thos.; Whatton 12Wing, Eliz.; Redmill 27Wollie, James; Hemington 64Woodruffe, Eliz. ; Burton 23Wreske, George ; Owdbie 10Wright, Robt.; Garthrop 95

REGISTER BOOK, 1626 and 1627.1626.

N.B.—The Nos. refer to the pages in the Register Book and not to the roll.

Page.Abbott, Wm.; Wigston 117 Armestrong, Goodith ; Howbie 256

1626.— Continued.Page.

Astell, Wm.; Wigston 82 Barrie, Robt.; Glenne magna 273 Barrie, Thos.; Glenne magna 257 Baseley, Edw.; Smeeton Westerby 232 Bason, Margt. ; Market bosworth 250 Basse, Phillip ; Stapleford 99 Bayley, John ; Ashbie magna 6 Beeby, Chris.; Halsted 48 Bell, Thos.; Harbie 54 Bird, Thos.; Freaby 140 Blockley, Thos.; Shawell 65 Bottom (see Smyth). Boulter, Wm ; Wigston magna 43 Breedon, Rich.; Normanton 270 Brewen, Anthony; Wigstonmagna 204 Brewin, Hugh ; St. Leonard's,

Leicester 29Bright, Thos.; Humberston ' 237 Bringest, Wm.; Goadby 81 Browne, Rich.; Orton super

MOD tern 77Browne, Rich.; Bottesford 190 Bruerne, Thos.; Leicester 272 Bryan, Anthony ; Bosworth 40 Bryan, Robt.; Husbands bosworth 240 Bugg. Henry ; Plungar 144 Burgland, John; Leicester 210 Burton, Rich.; Halloughton 157 Burton, Rich.; Halloughton 194 Bushopp, Wm.; Gildmorton 225 Casey, Abraham ; Ashbydelazouch 27 Cave, Edw.; Hootborpe 131 Chamberlin, Eliz.; Rearsbie 38 Chamberlin, Joan ; Burrowe 90 Chamberlin, Rich.; Hinckley 2.06 Chaundler, Barnard; South

kilworth 69 Checkley, John; Husbands

bosworth 252Chester, Chris.; Croxton Keriall 241 Chiswell, Thos.; Ashby Delazouch 18 Clarke, John ; Glenne magna 39 Coleman, Henry ; Kilbie 123 Coleman, Thos., jun.; Turlangton 233 Collin, Wm.; Easton magna 84 Colson, Rich. ; Bosworth 251 Coningworth, Wm.; Stapleford 62 Cooke (see Smyth). Copson, Humphrey ; Conieston 41 Corney, Wm.; Shanckton 69 Crampe, Margaret; Barrow 216 Crosse, Thos.; Orton 238 Dawson, John ; Silebie 31 Dickens, Henry ; Sewsterne 245 Dilke, Thos.; Goadbie 22 Dillingham, Henry ; Cottesbatch 50 Ding, Edmund ; Garthorpe 66 Dodson, John ; Bringhurst 5 Drew, Wm ; Knoston, als. Knoss-

ington 199


1626.—Continued.Page.

Eaton, Wm.; Sileby 142 Edmunds, John; Coldoverton 161 Everard, Thos.; Norton juxta

Twicrosse 59Fairebarne, Mary ; Eastthorpe 83 Foulde, Thos.; Woodhouse 219 Frear, Robt.; Wigston 125 Freer, John ; Blaby 167 French, Robt.; Lubnam 24 Fynnyes, Margery; Ashby 261 Gamble, Henry ; Stableton 242 Garland, Rich.; Ratcliffe 189 Garrett, Wm,; Hose 234 Gillam, John; Countesthorpe 14 Godfrey, Francis ; Shepshead 93 Goodwin, Roger; Claxton 98 Greene, Henry; Welham 26 Grosse, Geoffrey ; Wheston 29 Guy, Hugh; Freaby . 57 Hackett, Humph.; Wymondham 165 Hall, Eliz.; Leicester 119 Hames, Eliz.; Blaby 170 Hames, John ; Blaby 179 Hand, Gregory; Hose 224 Handley, Thos.; Billston 222 Harris, John ; Stapleford 127 Haskie, Nich. ; Ashby delazouch 10 Hassall, Hugh ; Leicester 236 Hawkins, Wm.; Skeffington 104 Hay, Thos.; Longwhatton 64 Hemming, Henry ; The Newarke,

Leicester 133Hindman, John ; Barwell 227 Holte, John ; Barkeston 271 Hubberd, Jane; Allaxton 95 Hubbert, John ; Seagrave 274 Ives, Robt.; Mountsorrell 96 Jackes, Alice ; Higham 244 Jackson, Edward ; Freaby 208 Jackson, Ellis ; Husbands Bos-

worth 116,'effe, John; Narborough 118 _ effrey, Wm.; Shawell 21 . elleybrand, Wm.; Barkby 229 _ ohnson, Robt.; Aylston 63 Jones, Wm.; Skeffington 235 Kant, Robt.; Pickwell 149, 151 Keene, Margery ; Belgrave 218 King, Margaret; Saxbie 112 King, Margaret; Saxbie 262 Lacey, Wm.; Humberston 214 Ladkins, Thos.; Swinford 184 Langley, Robt.; Diseworth 186 Linnett, Isabel!; Husband Bosworth 44 Marlor, Edw.; Sibbesdon 187 Marshall, Hugh ; Burbage 243 Marson, Robt.; Wiverby 52 Marson, Thos.; Hinckley 249 Martin, Edw.; Hathorne 178 Mason, John; Burton Lazers 121


Mawson, Wm.; Peatling parva 6 Miles, Francis; Leicester 151 Miller, Alice ; Rearsbie 159 Mills, Margery; Hinckley 254 Moore, Wm.; Dunton Bassett n Musgrave, John ; Scalford 120 Nicholls, Catherine ; Stockerston 103 Nichols, Robt.; Cleybrooke 136 Nicolson, Roland ; Burton lazers 114 Noone, Francis; Walton sup le olds 45 Noone, Joane ; Stoughton I Olwood, Edw.; Kibworth harcott 259 Orton, John; Barwell 113 Osopp, Thos.; Freaby 203 Parsons, Thos.; Glenne magna 223 Paybodie, George; Ullesthorpe 212 Pope, Clement; Bowden parva 61 Pope, Francis; Lutterworth in Potterton, Euseby ; Halloughton 15 Potterton, John ; Halloughton 115 Rasse, Wm.; Norton juxta Galby 128 Rawlatt, Wm.; Barleston 53 Richmond, Thos.; Sileby 217 Riddington, Thos.; Stretton, p.

of Norton 56Roberds, Wm.; Coston 86 Roberds, Wm.; Coston 174 Roberts, Sarah ; Whitwicke 72 Roome, Ralph; Barrow sup soore 16 Ryley, Henry ; Barkby 230 Sacheverell, Thos.; Leicester 33 Sannsom, John ; Easthorpe, p.

of Bottisford 221Scampton, Wm.; Stonystanton 106 Sewell, Dennis; Harston 246 Shaw, Thos.; Barwell 247 Smyth, ah. Bottom, Margaret;

Coson 275Smyth, als. Cooke, Thos.; Melton 153 Smyth, John; Barwell 109 Smyth, Wm.; Coston 75 Spencer, Rich.; Onelipp 68 Sprigg, Edw.; Foxton 231 Stanbridge, Thos.; Halloughton 79, 88 Stanbridge, Wm.; Halloughton 163 Sturges, John ; Bosworth 239 Sturges, Rich.; Rolston 197 Tayler, Wm.; Bosworth 251 Tillie, Robt.; Blabie 101 Tomlinson,John; Ashbydelazouch 172 Tomlinson, John ; Snibson 129 Tompson, Henry ; Ullesthorpe 195 Tyssall, Thos.; Barwell 139 Varnarn, Wm.; Cossington 248 Vicars, Thos.; Blaby 191 Walker, Randall; Stathorne 73 Wallace, John ; Melton 4 Wand, Robt.; Coston 176 Wand, Robt.; Coston 178 Ward, Edw.; Hathorne 201

278 lEICUSTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

i6»6.—Continued.Page.

Waterman, Thos.; Hungarton 255 Watson, Ambrose; Saltby 108 Weeat, John ; Dalby parva, 182 Wilkinson, Benedict; Applebie 253 Wilkinson, Arthur; Higham

super rnontem 258Willowes, Robt.; Syston 15.5 Winter, John : Croxton 147 Wright, Robt.; Woodhouse 67

1627,N.B.—The Nos. refer to the pages in tfie-

Register Book.

Alien, Thos.; Mountsorrell 113 Allott, Thos.; Dalby Chacombe 144 Alsopp, Henry ;, Ashby old parke 112 Andrew, James-; Leicester 6 Arnold, Avicia ; Foxton 31 Bacon, Rich., Hinckley - 57 Ball, Eliz.; Billesdon 78 Barford, John ; Swinford 38 Bariss, Roger ; Thornton 148 Benbrooke, Wm.; Humberston 58 Bennett, Thos.; Nelstpn 132 Berridge, John ; Tugbie 28 Billing, John ; Husbands Bosworth 87 Blackshaw, Thos,; Leicester 145 Blunt, Margaret; Walton sup olds 24 Blunt, Margaret; Walton sup olds 122 Blunt, Nicholas; ———— 63 Bolesworth, Thos.; North Kil-

worth 103Bonnett, Mary; Leicester 74 Bott, Lawrence; Thornton 29 Bradgate, Rich.; Higham 37 Bradwell, Wm.; Barrow sup soare 61 Braham, Eustace; Quarndon 48 Brice, Wm.; Foxton 86 Bricklebanckes, Thos. sen.;

Sheepie i Buckbie, Wm.; Markett har-

borough 127Butler, Henry ; Ashbydelazouch 124 Butt, Lawrence ; Thornton 80 Burges, Agnes; Brougbton Ashley 149 Burges, John ; Dunton bassett 151 Cade, Thos.; Halloughton 73 Carter, Mary ; Lockington 50 Caunt, John ; Thorpe Arnold 75 Cave, Edw., clerk; Baulderton

co. Nottingham, late of 'Barrowupon soare 32

Cawnte, Gabriel; Statherne gz Cawnte, John ; Thorpe Arnold 137 Chare, Eliz.; Siston 72 Chawner, Joan ; Burrough 83 Chester, Augustine ; Blaby 143 Clarke, Edmund ; Church Langton 09 Clowse, John ; Ashby magna 89


Cooper, John ; Prestwold 49 Cox, Wm.; Dadlington 90 Crispe, Robt.; Wheston 60 Cromptcm, Arthur ; Leicester 36 Crooke, Thos,; Stoke goldingt 45 Day, Alice; Bowden parva 26 Dennis, Avis; Sibbertoft 25 Dickens, Robt.; Dalby Chacombe 129 Dixie, Thos.;. Markett Boswortb 55 Elston, Wm.; Musson 47 Evans, John; Wigston magna 146 Fawkes, Wm.; Melton Mowbray 54 Fletcher, John ; Woodhouse 64 Fludd, Randall; Dunton 134 Franke, Thos.; Burton lazers 85 Frauncis, Robt.; Dalby Chacombe 108 Freeman, Wm.; Goadby p, of

Billesdon 14Fryar, John ; Syston 16 Fryar, John ; Turlangton 119 Gamble, Wm.; Church langton 93 Garland, Francis; Nelston 42 Goodacre, John ; Glenne magna 82 Goodwyn, Francis; Barkestoo 102 Greene, Henry ; Galby 41 Greene, Thos.; Kegworth 30 Hall, Anne; Heather 62 Hames, Rich.; Barwell 17 Hayes, Robt.; Kegworth 125 Hease, George; Lockington 136 Hensxm, Margaret; Diseworth 138 Heyford, Wm.; Glenne magna 140 Heyricke, Tobias; Houghton 52 Hill, Wm.; North kilworth 33 Hilton, Rich.; Stokegolding 150 Hind, Edw.; Tbringston 3.5 Hodges, Robt.; Glenne magna 71 Houghton, Wm. r Walton sup olds 23 Jackson, Mark; Melton Mowbray 2 Jarram, Margaret; Ashbydelazouch 43 Johnson, Robt.; Leicester 10 Kellam, James; Sewsterne, p. of

Buckminster 126Lount, Rich.; Kibworth 120 Marrett, Francis ; Loughborough 117 Marsey, John; Earleshilton 116 Marshall, Rich.; Oadby 19 Marshall, Wm.; Redmile no Mansfeild, Anthony; Market

Bosworth 147 Meddowes, Lawrence; p. of

Bringhurst 142Mee, Thos.; Castledonnington 67 Moles, Joan; Hinckley 115 More, Margaret; Dunton 141 Mortimer, John ; Stony Stanton 94 Morton, Robt.; Houghton. in Mylnes, Thos.; Hinckley 133 Narrington, Vincent; Houghton 95 Newton, Thos.; Fleckney 79


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1061184670

1627.—Continued.

Nixon, Edw.; ShernfordOliver, Wm.; BraunstonPalmer, Eliz.; BosworthPalmer, John; LeicesterParleby, Robt.; BuckminsterParr, Cassander; Melton Mowbray 3Payne, Robt.; Stockerston 18Peake, Wm ; Houghton 69Picke, Edw.; Dalby chacombe 109Pike, Edw.; Coulson bassett,

CD. Notts. 53Pole, Wm.; Barkby 12 Potter, Rich.; Blaston 81 Randall, Rowland ; Cleybroo'ke 66 Redford, Wm.; Wymondham 121 Reynold, Edw.; Houghton 131 Rishford, Edw.; Bowden parva 68 Rodely, Isabella; Dalby chacombe 77 Rudiard, Wm.; Leicester 114 Sharratt, Matthew; Wilson, p.

of Bredon 123Smith, Robt.; Stanton Wivell 104 Smyth, Rich.; Broughton Ashley 13 Smyth, Rich.; Thorntoa 15 Srnyth, Rich.; Thornton 40 Somerfeild, Peter; Barwelt 8 Sprigg, Thos.; Burbage 98 Stanton, Wm.; Swinford 34 Stretton, Anne; Broughton Ashley 139 Stretton, Thos.; Broughton Ashley 9 Stretton, Thos.; Broughton Ashley 96 Sturges, Catherine ; Billesdon 4 Swanson, Alice ; Halloughton 88 Tarry, Gilbert; Asfordby 51 Taylor, Christopher; Sproxton 130 Taylor, Eliz.; Allexton 59 .Taylor, Wm.; Harborough 100 Thornton, John ; Wimondham 105 Tilly, John ; Turlangton 153 Tompson, Eliz.; Whatton milne 27 Tompson, Mark; Shepshead 128 Tompson, Wm.; Borstal! 76 Trowell, Robt.; Ashbydelazouch 107 Wakelyn, Chris.; Bringhurst? 152 'Walker, Eliz.; Market Harborough 101 Wallace, John ; Melton 44 Ward, Wm.; Whetston 8 Watchorne, Francis; Melton 39 Welch, John ; Earleshilton 56 Wheatly, Francis; Sewsterne, p.

of Buckminster 7 White, Wm.; Barkeby 97 Wilcox, Francis; Melton 22 Wilforth, Edw.; Kirby Bellars 5 "Wilson, Wm.; Cadeby 91 Wood, George ; Statherne 135 Worthington, Edw.; Lockington 21 Wright, George; Foxton 20 Wright, George; Foxton 84 Wyatt, Wm.; Newton harcott 65

REGISTER BOOK.

1628 and 1629.

N.B.—The Nos. refer to the pages in the Register Book.

Page.Abbott, John ; North kilworth 319 Adams, Chris.; Mowseley 275 Adcock, Wm.; Coldoverton 109 Alien, James ; Bottesford 197 Almy, Wm.; BUteswell 318 Andrew, Edw.; ———— 247 Andrew, Wm.; Church Langton 75 Archer, Wm.; Melton 60 Armeston, Pearse; Thorneton 243 Ashe, Robt.; Shepeshead 300 Badley, Edw.; Gumbley 174 Baker, Wm.; Stableford 118 Bale, The Lady Frances;

Saddington 67Barrowes, Thos. ; Hathorne 309 Batch, Wm.; Sheepie 392 Bateman, Robt.; Long Claxton 345 Baylie, John ; Holwell 219 Beby, Wm.; Kerbie bellars 35 Berridge, Wm.; North kilworth 84 Bithway, Anne; Melton Mowbray 268 Bitterley, Alexander; Lutterworth 140 Blisse, Philip; Market! Har

borough 116Blougter, Rich.; Dalby chacombe 85 Blount, Edw.; Wimesold 299 Blount, Eliz.; Wymeswold 262 Boddington, Humphrey ; Leire 168 Bond, Jane; Highara 267 Bond, Wm.; Horninghold 185 Bosworth (see Greene). Bounsall, John; Castle donnington 307 Braunston, Henry; Smeeton 288 Bromley, Francis; Shepshead 346 Brookesbie, Thos.; Sproxlon 123 Browne, Thos.; Wigston 357 Bugbie, Rich.; Lubenham 278 Burton, Thos.; Loughborough no Buswell, John; Husbands Bos

worth 99Carter, Eliz.; Earl shilton 55 Cave, Eliz.; Somerby 294 Cave, John; Pickwell 130 Cherebougb, Thos.; Castle don-

ington 179Chester, Anthony ; Ilston 256 Chester, Hugh; Eastnorton 25 Chester, John ; Blfyie 19 Chettelton, Thos.; Humbarston 181 Clarke, John ; Peckleton 13 Clemens, Thos.; Sutton 343 Clifton, Laurence; Walton sup

woulds 304Coats, Wm.; Leicester 68 Cockram, Eliz.; Kegworth 331


1628 and 1629.—Continued.Page

Coleman, Agnes ; Gilmorton ? 249Coleman, Robt.; Gilmorton 152

•Coleman, Thos.; TirlangtonCollin, Wm.; Easton ' 82Coltman, Agnes; Wigston magna 285Conningworth, Judith ; Stapleford 96Cooke, John; Sheepie 344Cooke, Thos.; Loughborough 62Cooke, Wm.; Shenton 328Cooper, Rich.; ——— 143Copstake, Ralph ; Barrowe 360Coward, Wm.; Coldoverton 350Cowdale, Michael; Thurleston 6Cox, Thos,; Sproxton 200Crofts, Wm.; Burstall 159Crosse, Robt.; Plungar 2Curtis, Thos.; Hinckley 359Daft, Rowland ; Easton magna 16Dawkins, Edw.; Kerby mallerie 81Day, Dennis; Bowden parva 335Digby, Everard ; Holwell 37Dod, Thos.; Eastwell 103 Drakeley, Henry ; Peatlinge magna 259Dunnisthorp, Wm.; Desford 156Dye, Eliz ; Bowdoii magna 5Eagell, Thos.; Westlanghton 296Elliott, John ; Ashby Delazouch 30Elliott, Thos.; Walton 149Ellis, Edw.; Bowdon magna 190Ellwood, John ; Goadeby 167Fisher, Robt.; Edmundthorpe 173Fludd, Henry ; Ashby parva 305Foreman, George ; Stoughton 77Foreman, Thos.; Sproxton 198Franck, Edw.; Wimeswould 244Franck, Robt.; Braunston 47French, John ; Lutterworth 107French, Wm.; Foston 170Gilbert, Wm.; Barwell nGilbert, Wm.; Newton Harcourt 57Gilpynn, Eliz.; Leare 235Goddard, Collett; ———— 289Goodman, Katherine ; Houghton 276Gravener, Nicholas; Leicester 166Gray, Dorothy; Somerby 182 Greene, a/5. Bosworth, John ;

Shacraston 10Greene, Ralph ; Shepshead 338Grocock, Rich.; Earnesbie 308Haddon, John; Enderby 212Halford, Joane ; Turlanghton 231Hall, Robt.; Breedon inHall, Thos.; Walton 222Hallam, Thos.; Quarne 229Hardall, James ; Eastwell 48Hardall, Michael; Long Claxton 293Harding, Wm.; Shenton 146Harris, Wm.; Theddingworth 349

* Viie fllo 1629 in pede ejusdem non regratur.

1628 and 1619.—Continued.Page.

Harrison, Thos. sen.; Tonge 330 Hebb, Robt.; Loughborough 263 Hemsley, Wm.; Newbold 311 Herrick, Robt.; Leicester 265 Hewes, John ; Burstall 250 Heyford, John; Cosby 252 Hicklyn, Chris.; Wimeswould 214 Hinman, Eliz.; Barwell 45 Holland, Thos.; Desford 277 Holte, Margery ; Thorpe Arnold 41 Holwell, Wm.; Wymondham 202 Holyland, Chris.; Desford 326 Hooker, Robt.; Waltham 294 Houghton, George; Broughton

Ashley 248Howett, Wm.; Ashby delazouch 4 Howitt, Rich.; Hemington 226 Iliff, Thos.; Kibworth 238 Imyn, Wm. ; Ibstock 165 Ireland, Ambrose; Lutterworth 154 Jackson, Joan ; Neather broughton 334Johnson, George; Shepshead Jorden, Eliz.; Smeeton Jorden, Wm.; Smeeton Julian, Rich.; Hose Kerne, Robt.; Kerby bellers Kinge, \Vm.; Silbie Kintch, Rich.; Huclescoat Kirke, Gilbert;

9*33533612535 1

44260

24267

53Kirke, Rich.; Goadeby Kirkman, Wm. ; Belton Kitchinge, Isabell; Kerkby bellers 112 Knight Wm.; Leicester 254 Knight, Wm.; Leicester 363 Knoles, John ; Ashbydelazouch 269 Lacer, Rich.; Siston 138 Lacy, Frances; Halloughton 9 Lambert, Ann; Easton 89 Lee, John ; Swinford 147 Lilley, Rowland ; Disworth 7 Loasbie,-Francis; Dalby parva 176 Lord, Robt.; Bitteswell 313 Lucas, Rich.; North Kilworth 105 Man, Robt.; ———— 101 March, Wm.; Enderby 32 Marshall, Thos.; Barkeby 27 Mason, John; ———— 76 Mason, John ; Osgathorpe 327 Mason, John ; Redmile 342 Massey, John ; Leicester 142 Mellers, Robt.; Shepshead 69 Michell, Margaret; ———— 353 Michell, Thos.; Coson 216 Miles, Chris. ; Blason ' 29 Moore, John; Shackerston 22,234 Moore, John ; Conieston 263 Moorton, Ann ; ——— 302 Mosendew.John; Overton sawcey 348 Mould, Thos.; Applebey 58 Muxlow, Thos. ; Desford 114

LEICESTERSHIRE: WILLS. 281


Needham, Frances; Burton Overy 49Nicolls, Ellen ; ————— 3Ogden, Edw.; Bilson 15Oldner, Rich.; Newbould 36Orton, John ; Shackerston 362Pawley, Walter ; Wigston magna 128 Pawlson, Stephen ; Loughborough 31Peale, George ; Sheapshead 304Peale, Rich.; Sheapshead 215Pepper, John ; ———— 8Pickwell, Rich. ; Edmundthorpe 47Pinder, Wm.; Packingeton 191Plummer, Thos.; Hinckley 195Pole, Agnes; Barkby 108Poole, Thomazin ; Burton overy 218Ragg, Thos.; Prestwould 272Ragg, Wm.; Prestwould 87Reade, Thos.; Sapcott 329Richardson, Chris.; Garthropp 193Robinson, Agnes ; Plungar 221Rudiard, Margaret; Leicester 42 Salisburie, Rich.; Newton

burgeland 223Scampton, Wm.; Thurmaston 187Scarborowe, Root.; Twiford 162Seale, Robt.; ———— 348Seddowe, Geo.; Market bosworth 17Sharps, Thos.; Horningehold 151Sheffeild, Margaret; Thrumaston 310Shepheard, Clement; Whitwick 285Sherman, Miles; Bringhurst 106Simpson, Francis; Barkston 296Simson, Wm.; Market bosworth 64Skellington, Wm.; Easton 90Skermer, Margaret; Belton 51Sketchley, John ; Kegworth 287Slater, John; Leicester ISmart, Jane; Claybrooke 126Smart, Mary ; Lubenham 246Smith, John ; Kilby 301Smith, Nicholas ; Bowden 163Smith, Robt.; Lockington 291Smith, Thos.; Kegworth 306Smith, Wm.; Belgrave 241Smith, Wm.; Lutterworth 261Spencer, Wm.; Tilton 71Spreckley, Wm.; Freeby 333Stafford, Wm.; Stonie stanton 269Staples, Margaret; Woodhouse 189Steele, Wm. ; Pickwell 236Storer, Katherine; Sheaphead 298Sumner, Francis; Bottesford 73Sutton, John; Wigston 102Swetlad, Rich.; Cosbie 356Swetnam, Edw. ; Thurmaston 71Taylor, Wm.; Willowby Waterleas 242Templeman, Rich.; Redmile 82Thornton, Rich ; Walton 325Timson, John ; ———— 46Tomson, Henry; Pickwell 251


Tomson, Thos.; Newbold 33Tooley, Robt.; Goadbey 188Townsend, Isaac ; Burbage 210Trigg, Wm.; Somerby 284Vigars, Abraham ; Breedon 28Vinson, Robt.; Bowden magna 237Walker, Alice ; Thrushington 183Walker, Robt.; Twiford 354Ward, Bridget; Mouseley 341Ward, Wm. ; Bosworth 94Watkin, Thos.; Wimswould 274Watkyn, Ann ; Wistowe 178Watsonn, Jane; Ashby parva 169Webster, Henry ; Nailston 347Whatley, Thos.; Norton 225Widmerepoole, George ; Wysall 205Wigfall, Wm.; Loddington 273Wood, Thos.; Whitwick ±9Worth, Thos.; Houghton 229Wright, Hugh ; Breedon 98Wright, James; Duningeton 281Wright, Thos.; Bosworth 120Wright, Thos.; Ashbydelazouch 264Yeomanson, Joyce; Melton 279

REGISTER BOOK.

Part of 1628, and for the years 1630 and 1631.

N.B.—The 'Nos. refer to the pages in the Register Book. In Four cases marked (*) the pages are not given.

Abbott, Rich.; Cleybrooke 147 Adcocke, John; Colon, p. of

Markett Bosworth 249 Aldrett, Rich.; Apleby 16 Alwood, Eliz.; Kibworth 367 Anderson, Mary ; Ashfordby 361 Andrewe, Thos.; Turlangton 5 Andrewes, Edw.; Elston 18 Archer, John ; Markefeild 301 Armeston, Rich.; Knipton 70 Arnold, John ; Walton 369 Ashe, John; Ashbydelazouch 28 Astey, Robt.; Kegworth 378 Bagley, Joica; Leicester 46 Bakely, Joseph ; Stapleton 316 Baker, Isabell; Barkeston 193 Baker, Robt.; Eaton 17 Ball, Wm.; Upton 7 Barnewell, Ann ; Markett Har-

borough 195Barracloath, James ; Wheston 222 Harwell, John ; Drayton 372 Basse, Edw.; Stapleford 401, 403 Bates, Wm.; ——'•—— 189 Bayly (see Mason). Bell, John ; Leicester 359


1628, 1630, 1631.—Continued.Page.

Bend, Henry; Redmile 241 Bennit, Wm.; Odston 42 Bennitt, Wm.; Queniborough 336 Besson, Wm.; Cosipgton 251 Beswick, Rich.; Leicester 121 Bigge, Wm.; Shorneford 56 Billington, Robt.; Lutterworth 172 Binge, Wm.; Bottesford 147 Bird, John; Queneborough 84 Blacke, Michael; Snarston 181 Blunt, Rich.; Quarne,.<tk.

Quarnedon 370Bodell, John; Breedon 420 Bosden, als. Bossome, Geo.; —— 308 Boyer, Wm.; Leicester 331 Brabson, Edw.; Hoothorpe 219 Bredford, Thos.; Enderby 246 Brewer, John ; Braunston 13 Brewin, Thos.; Loughborough 216 Brewood, Robt.; Stapleton 301 Brookesby, Edw.; Stoake

Goldinge 10Broumley, Val.; Thedingeworth 277 Browne, George ; Pickwell 371 Browne, George; Loughborough 157 Browne, Joan; Deresford 66 Browne, John ; Loughborough 155 Browne, Thos.; Pickwell 362 Browne, Wm.; Claxton 161 Bryan, Henry ; Saddingeton 236 Bull, Rich.; Loddington 184 Bullard, Eliz.; Charley 154 Burdet, Edw.; Nuneaton 152 Burditt, Eliz.; Wykin 414 Burrowes, Thos.; Hathorne 270 Buswell, Margery; Husbands

Bosworth 443 Butterfeild (see Wright). Byard.aZs. Smith, Agnes; Claxton 3,60 Calcrofte, Simon; Bottesford 74 Campion, George; Castle Don-

ington 125Campion, John; Leicester 431,433 Carver, Hugh ; Ratcliffe culey 370, 397 Cave, Edw. ; Theddingeworth 151 Cave, Mary; Theddingeworth 53 Chamberlin, Francis; Newton

Harcourt 365Chamberlin, Val.; H umbers ton 309 Chippingedale, John ; Leicester 75 Clarke, Anne; Hungerton 46 Clarke, John; Ashbydelazouch 25 Clarke, John; Leicester 86 Clarke, Wm,; Ashby parva 343 Clements, Eliz.; Primethorpe 145 Coates, John; Sproxton 148 Coles, Rich.; Smeeton 80 Collier, Dorcas; St. Martin's

Leicester 256 Coltman, Rich.; Wigston magna 70

1628, 1630, 1631.—Continued.Page.

Colton, Nich.; Markfeild 382Cooke, John ; Welbye 348Cooke, Thos.; Halloughton 423Cooke, Wm.; Houghton 223Cooper, John; Desford 295Cooper, Joice; Thrumaston 61Cooper, Phillip; Leicester 234Cooper, Robt.; Houghton 12Cotes, Ralph ; Braunston 23Cotton, Wm.; Laughton 194Cox, John ; Saxbie 232Cox, Margaret; Siston 305Cox, Nich.; Loughborough 446Cox, Wm.; Sitheston 168Crispe, John; Belton 152Crofts, Thos.; Pickwell 149Crofts, Val.; Tilton 66Daft, Wm.; Garthorpe 145Dalby, Thos.; Skeffingeton 421Dalman, Thos.; Durrandsthorpe 153Dand, John ; Galby 447Dand, Wm.; Belgrav'e 26Davis, Edw.; Lutterwprth 146Davye, Edw.; Thurcaston 344Dawson, Joice; Sileby 450Dawson, Thos.; Queniborough 128Dawson, Wm.; Melton 90Deacon, Cecily; Bowden magna 275Deacon, John ; ———— 207Deacon, Margaret; Kibworth 203Deane, Andrew; Ratclifie 312Deane, Cave; South Croson 171Dent, John; Hungerton 94Dixon, John ; Barkeston 24Dowell, Nich.; Higham 217 Dracutt, Edw.; Melton Mowbray 49Draper, Thos.; Claxton 43Drewrie, Robt.; Twyford 290Dunisthorpe, Nich.; Bagworth 293Durrande, John ; Wyverby 57Elliott, John ; Peatlinge 396Evatt, Edw.; Loughborowe 183Fawkes, Thos; Seagrave 278Fearbarne, Thos.; Bottesford 15Feildinge, Wm.; Seagrave 307Fellowe, Thos.; Foxton 441Fellowe, Wm.; Foxton 87Fellowes, Thos.; Gumley 62Fewkes, George; Prestwould 153 Fishe, Margaret; Bowdon magna 106Fisher, Michael; Eaton 147Fletcher, Wm.; Shacraston 315Flud, Eliz.; Dunton 104Fox, John ; Tbrumaston 363Foxon, Robt.; Fleckney 320Foxton, Henry ; Wigston 83Franckner, Thos.; Melton 288 Freeman, Robt.; Husbands bos-

worth 274Gamble, James; Whetston 88


1628, 1630, 1631.—Continued.Page.

Gamble, Wm.; Countesthorpe 379Garle, Thos.; Aston Flamvile 424Garner, Thos ; Burton 184Garrett, John ; Whetston 339Garton, Francis; Thrushington 51Geary, Charles ; Thorneton 318Gilbert, Ralph ; Scalforde 60Gilbert, Wm.; Narborough 4Glover, Thos.; Garthorpe 78Goatby, Robt.; ———— 423Goddard, Wm.; Liston 346Goodithe, Godfrey; Newbold 28Goodrich, Rich ; Neather Seale 26 Goodridge, Michael; Ashby de

lazouch 286Goodwyn, John ; Ashbydelazouch 419Greene, Wm.; Shacraston 243Gregorie, Thos.; Peckleton 327Guill, Eliz.; Claxton 368Gulston, John ; Melton Mowbray 23Gunby, Wm.; Stapleford 419Hall, Eliz.; North Kilworth 140Hall, John ; Waltham 449Hampe, John ; Quarndon 40Hands, John ; Lutterworth 127Hargrave, Isabell; Peckleton 189Harison, Rich.; Melton 150 Harriman, Thos.; Loughborough 34Harrison, Edw.; Bytteswell 434Harrold, James ; Statherne 52Hart, John; Claxton 368Harwood, Edw.; Sapcoate 109Hawkins, George; Queniborough 41Heaward, Robt.; Leicester 113Heiford, Francis; ———— 313Heyford, Thos.; Langhton 340Heyse, James; Swepston 8Hickson, Wm.; Saltby 50Hodges, Edw.; Gadesby 364Holden, Charles ; Apleby 428Holwell, John ; Rearsby 308Holwell, John ; Twiford 186Holwell, Rich.; Thrushington 285Hooton, Ralph ; Markefeild 56Hopkins, Joan ; Ashbydelazouch 17Hopkins, Matthew ; Hinckley 157Hopkins, Rich.; Kegworth 68

•Howkins, Robt.; Bitswell —Hulse, Thos.; Cussington 288 Humfray, Thos.; Croxton Kerriall 6Hunt, Rich. ; Burbidge 267Hurst, Rich.; Barwell inHutchinson,Joan; Loughborough 372Hutchinson, Rich.; Sheepshead 377Iliff, Barbara ; Carleton 174 Imin, als. Imayne, Thos.;

Turlanghton 81Isard, John ; Ullesthorpe 297Jackson, Robt.; Barrowe 362Jaques, Rich.; Sketchley 438

1628, 1630, 1631.— Continued.Page.

Johnson, Robt.; Mountsorrell 214Johnson, Thos.; Melton 201Juce, Thos.; Leare 345Judd, Clement; Burton Overy 82Kenny, Thos.; Whetston 330Kerby, Chris.; Bowdon magna 317Kestin, John ; Bowdon 276Kestin, Thos.; Bowdon 166Key, Mary ; Pickwell 436Kiddier, Rich.; Belton 31Kilby, Alice; Ratcliff 113Kinge, Eleanor ; Slauston 412Kinton, Edw.; Nelston 185 Kirke, Cassander; Ashbydelazouch 338Kirke, Jane ; Leicester 445Knight, Peter ; Rearsby 14Knight, Thos.; Willoughby 335Langham, Henry ; Ullesthorpe 429Langley, Wm.; Wimeswould 19Lawrence, John ; Loughborough 89Leake, John; Claxton 191Lewen, Edw.; South Croson 331Licorishe, Robt.; Saddingeton 306Light, Rich.; Muston 49Litherland, Hugh ; Osgethorpe 190Lole, Wm.; Catthorpe 314Loue, Thos.; Stonesby 306Ludlam, Wm.; Leicester 35Maine, Robt.; Bowdon parva 437Mandefeild, Thos.: Stapleford 418Mann, John ; Wymondham 71Mansfeild, Mary; Earle shelton 302Mansfeild, Ralph ; Sibbesdon 165Mansfeild, Rich.; Arnesby 291Mansfeild, Rich.; Odeby 135March, Anthony ; Waltham 149Margells, Robt.; Edmundthorpe 77Marler, Christopher; Dunton 280Marritt, Robt.; Hose 59Marston, Gilbert; Slauston 63Martin, Nicholas; Frolesworth 231Marvin, Walter; Thorneton 64 Mason, als. Bayly, Edw.;

Swannington 313Mattock, Thos.; ——— 199Middleton, Eliz ; ———— 376Middleton, John ; Normanton 252Middleton, Thos.; Loughborowe 129Miller, Thos.; Bowdon 78Milner, Robt. ; Harston iMoore, Eliz.; Turlanghton 58Moore, Henry ; Halloughton 203Moore, Henry ; Stanton 167Moore, John ; Burton Overy 360Moore, Wm.; Welby 126Moore; Wm. ; Easton 159More, Rich.; Bowdon magna 347Mulshoe, Rich.; Barrowe zMunck, Bryan ; Bowdon magna 220

•Munck, Dorothy; Loughborowe —


1628, 1630, 1631.—Continued.Page.

224 329201

72

Muncke, Mary; Stanton Musson, Hugh; Ashby magna Newby, Wm.; Ilston Newton, John; Tugby Newton, Nicholas; Stanford,

co. Notts. 257Nicholls, Mary ; Stonesby 296 Nicholls, Mary ; Dunton Bassit 186 North, Henry; Whitwick North, Thos.; Siston Oldershawe, John ; Kegworth Oram, Edw.; Ashby magna Ore, John ; Loughborowe Orton, George; Belgrave Orton, John ; Newbolde Orton, Wm.; Barwell Ostin, Thos.; Burton Pagett, Harrold ; Halloughton Palmer, John ; Kerby bellers Palmer, Rich.; Ashbydelazouch Pares, John ; Abkettleby Parsons, Geoffrey; Bowdon Patchett, Wm.;

3" 85

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160 290 183

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Pawley, Simon ; Wigston Peake, Joan; Mountsorrell Peake, Thos. ; Mountsorrell

•Pecke, Wm.; Barsby Peeg, Eliz.; Bagworth 165 Peers, Adrian ; Dalby Chalcombe 291

*Pendrie, Edw. ; Melton — Penry, Edw. ; Melton 287 Pochin, John ; Barkeby 107 Pollard, John; St. Mary's, Leicester 294 Pollard, Thos.; Siston 170 Poole, Robt. Lutterwerth 395 Poole, Thos. Loughborowe 158 Porter, Wm. Shawell 29 Porton, Wm.; Stockerston 205 Presson, Thos.; Oneleape 319 Pusey, Ann ; Leicester 391 Putt, Wm.; Lubenam no Pycroft, Thos.; Wistowe 73 Rampion, Margaret; Husbands

bosworth 9Raven, Thos.; Stonesby 292 Rawlins, Ambrose ; Leicester 237 Rawlins, Thos.; West langhton 448 Raye, Samuel; Neather broughton 204 Reade, Henry ; Redmile 241 Reade, Thos.; Stonie Stanton 112 Reaner, John ; Narborowe 295 Renold, Henry; Gilmorton 327 Reynold, Robt.; Cosby 216 Richardson, Edw.; Market Har-

borough 240Riddingeton, Richard ; Laughton 409 Ridgley, Wm.; Narborowe 221 Robbins, John ; Thrinkston 198 Robertes, Robt.; Leicester 27 Roberts, Grace ———— 42

1628, 1630, 1631.—Continued.Page.

Roe, Thos.; Prestwould 262 Rouse, Rich.; Statherne 39 Rudkin, Thos.; ———— 225 Rudyard, Joseph ; Leicester 91 Salte, Nicholas; Snareston 54 Salte, Nicholas; Snareston 69 Samson, John; Stapleford 398 Sarson, Wm.; Queneborough 279 Sarson, Wm.; Queneborough 279 Saundets, Cuthbert; Hungerton 58 Scooley, John ; Theddingworth 250 Sharpe, Wm , sen.; Scalford 399 Shawe, John; Tonge, p. of Breedon 54 Shechell, Fobt.; Horningehold 440 Sheepheard, Thos.; Woodhouse 172 Sheepie, John ; Leare 167 Sherman, John ; Leicester 64 Sikes, Wm.; Kirkeby Mallorie 442 Simpkin, Wm.; Barkeby 422 Simpson, Wm.; Sitheston 38 Skipwith, The Lady Jane ; Coates 132 Slater, Eliz.; Eaton 148 Smalcber, Thos.; Ashby De la

zouch 420Smalley, Edw.; Castle Doningeton 328 Smeeton, Wm.; Kibworth

beachampe 188Smith, Edw.; Glen magna 305 Smith, Eliz.; Sewsterne 325 Smith, John ; Ibstock 174 Smith, Rich. ; Market bosworth 63 Smith, Wm. ; Loughborow 167 Smith, Wm.; Thorpe Langhton 364 Smith (see Byard). Somerfeild, Ann ; Kerby 190 Somerfeild, Joseph ; late of Ashby

delazouch 208Spencer, Thos. ; Melton 108 Stables, Ann ; Quarnedon 206 Stacye, Michael; Twiford 47 Steele, Roger ; Abkettleby 32 Stockton, John ; Kilmecoate 444 Stones, Thos.; Walton upon the

woulds 21Strange, James ; Loughborowe 381 Streete, Wm.; Wimeswoulde 19 Sutton, Agnes; Kegworth 67 Sutton, John ; Loughborow 212 Swaine, Henry ; Sheepie 93 Swan, Thos.; Leicester 321 Tales, Thos. ; Barkeston 74 Tallis, Walter ; Siston 381 Tallis, Wm.; Ashby Follvell 162 Tarleton, George ; Tugby 157 Tayler, Thos.; Callis, p. of Ashby

Delazouch 273Tompson, John ; Belgrave 61 Tompson, George ; ———— 185 Tomson, Wm.; Barrowe sup le

Sore 337


1628, 1630, 1631.—Continued.Page.

Toole, Robt. ; Belton 50 Venables, Eliz.; Loughborowe 393 Villiers, Thos.; Howbey 451 Wagstaff, Frances ; Thedding-

worth 211Waine, Rich.; Bagworth 72 Wakers, John ; North Kilworth 210 Walker, Thos. ; Kimpcoate 29 Ward, Rich. ; Hinckley 75 Warden, Wm.; Gilmorton 373 Warren, John ; Medbornc 439 Warren, Rich. ; Kerkby mallorie 37 Watson, John ; Harby 150 Watts, Frances; Ashby magna 130 'Watts, Wm.; Bowdon 260 Weale, Wm.; Packingeton 413 Weate, Henry ; Barkby 289 Weate, Chris. ; Knipton 259 Webb, Margaret; Market Har-

borough 105Wells, John ; Market harborough 22 Whattoft, Wm.; Siston 169 Wightman, Wm.; Shilton 287 Wignall, Wm.; Easton 436 Wignall, Wm.; Packingeton 411 Wildy, Grace ; Braunston 394 Wilkins, Robt.; Cussingeton 421 Williamson, Wm.; Kibworth 258 Willson, Wm.; Rotherby 424 Wood, George; Statherne ? 135 Wood, Nathaniel; Cadeby ' 48 Wood, Robt.; Leicester 285 Woodford, Rich.; Billesdon 361 Worsdale, Robt.; Stapleford 436 Wright, Joane ; ———— 255 Wright, als. Butterfeild, Kath.;

Wimeswould 430Wright, Sampson ; Welby 332 Wyatt, Chris. ; Arnesby 92 Wylde, Edw.; Sileby 187 Wymente, Margery; Bowdon

magna 34 1632.

No.Abbott, Christian ; Medburne 82Adcock, Rich.; Newbold Verdon 122Adcock, Thos.; Hinckley 20Alien, Wm.; North Kilworth 25Allyne, Isabella ; Mountsorrell 116 Atterton, George; Newbold Verdon 66Bacon, John; Shepshead 71Bate, George ; Sibson 45Bayly, Henry ; Skeffingeton 35Beale, Nicholas; Swepston 135Bealifeild, Wm.; Quarndon 102Biddle, Henry ; Leicester 80Blunt, Wm.; Wimeswould 93Bonnett, John ; Leicester 106Boulton, Lawrence; Glen magna 145Boxall, John; Leicester 144


Bradford, Robt.; Le Grange 44 Bradly, John ; Ashby de la zouch 137 Bradwell, Michael ; Kegworth 90 Bromley, Henry ; late of Cops-

ton, co. Warw. 21Browne, Rich.; Earleshilton 70 Bull, Rich.; ———— 123 Burmby, Thos.; Halloughton 115 Burrowes, Eliz ; Breedon 100 Carr, John ; Countesthorpe 31 Carter, Wm.; Burbage 143 Carver, Edmund; Lockingeton 17 Carver, als. Therman, John ;

Whitwick 194'Chapman, John ; Kibworth no Cheny, Thos. ; Huncoate 16 Cheny, Thos.; Huncoate 88 Clarke, Sarah ; Cleybrooke 32 Cotterell, Wm.; Ashby delazouch 113 Cooke, Miles ; Bowdon magna 7 Cooper, Edmund ; Frowlesworth 148 Cooper, Edw.; ———— 152 Cooper, Francis ; Osbaston 67 Cooper, Thos.; Stretton magna 23 Coultman, Geo.; Bowdon magna 103 Crispe, Alice; Wetston 46 Cross, Robt.; Harston 114 Dale, als. Slawson, Thos.; Carleton 64 Danvers, Bridget; Leicester 84 Davye, Thos.; Leicester 125 Dawman, Ralph ; Breedon 5 Dawson, John ; Ratcliff 65 Dickman, Edgar; Halloughton 159 Dilke, George ; Kerkby Mallorie 36 Dod, Jane; Sproxton 87 Dowce, Wm.; Wibtoft 133 Dunckley, Rich.; North kilworth 2 Elwood, John ; Leicester 86 Exon, Alice ; Harston 39 Exton, Thos.; Thrinkston 139 Fancoates, John ; Long Claxton 4 Farmer, Wm. ; Ratcliff Culy 127 Farneham, Adrian ; Quarnedon 59 Flodd, Wm.; Buckminster 95 Franck, Hugh ; Wimeswould 49 Franck, Thos.; Quarndon 61 Freer, Ann; Peckleton 156 Freere, Wm.; Peckleton 157 French, Rich.; Hinckley 98 'Frere, Rich.; Counteslhorpe 30 Fryer, Robt.; Wigston 132 Gamble, Thos.; Burbage 51 Gibbin, Rich. ; Plunger 12 Good, Thos. ; Leicester 79 Goodwin, John ; Bardon 52 Goodwyn, John, sen.; Waltham

sup le woulds 37Graye, Wm. ; Whetston 57 Groococke, Henry ; West Langhton 75 Gutteridge, John ; Frjsby 155


1632. — Continued.No.136162 63 26

119

Hackett, John ; Bramston Handy, Francis ; Loughborowe Heele, Wm. ; Shephead Hely, Robt. ; Skeffingeton Hexstall, Edw. ; Cadeby Heywood, Geo. ; Cleybrooke magna i Hicklinge, Wm., sen. ; Claxton 42 Hildersam, Anthony ; Ashby

Delazouch 77Hinne, Edw. ; Lubenham 74 Hodgekin, John ; Melton 151 Howkins, Wm. ; Bowdon magna 91 Hudson, John ; Walcott 48

. Hunne, Edw. ; Lubenham 154 Hunt, Wm. ; Thorneton 50 Hyche, Robt.; Quanedon 78 Ilston, Wm. ; Thurcaston 140 Jackson, Samuel ; Freeby 38 Jarratt, Thos. ; Mountsorrell 126 Jellicocke, John ; Loughborowe 164 Johnson, John ; Cleybrooke

magna 29Johnson, Wm. ; Quarnedon 117 Jones (see Lpringeton). Kem, Rich. ; Asfordby 138 Kinge, Robt. ; Belgrave 96 Knight, Robt. ; Ashby de lazouch 76 Lany, Gartrude; Rearsby 141 Lawrence, Thos, ; Ullesthorpe 33 Lees, Ralph ; Nether Seale 56 Leigh, Nicholas; Tinker-errant 105 Loringeton, als. Jones, Alice ;

Ibstock 121Loseby, Thos. ; Welham 54 Lowfferne, Wm. ; Easton 24 Lucas, Robt. ; Croft 112 Marlpr, Wm. ; Enderby 15 Marriott, Thos. ; Claxton 40 Martin, Thos. ; Whetston 94 Morton, Grace ; East Langhton 6 Moult, Rich. ; Sheepshead 18 Mourton, Chris. ; Gilmorton 34 Newton, George ; Quarnedon 83 Nicholson, Anne ; Ashbydelazouch 142 Nuttinge, Francis ; Market

Bosworth 130Oliver, Edmund ; Tugby 10 Orme, Robt. ; Belton 160 Page, Wm. ; North Kilworth 72, 75 Paine, Wm. ; Thorpe Langeton 120 Palmer, Agnes ; Whetston 149 Palmer, Sibilla ; Skeffingeton 158 Parker, George ; Loughborowe 81 Pawley, Simon ; Wigeston 60 Peale, Rich. ; Sheapshead 73 Peale, Rich. ; Sheapshead 153 Plummer, Matthew ; South Croson 3 Potter, Eliz. ; Waltham sup le

woulds 47 Raven, Wm. ; Stonesby 13


Roe, Wm.; Breedon 161 Sansam, Jonas; Easthorpe 43 Sannders, als. Sannters, Rich.;

Bosworth 150Savidge, Thos.; Hatherne in Scarborow, Rich.; Thorpe

shatchfeild 14Seorson, Nich.; Disbelly milne 28 Sheene, Sibilla; Whetston 146 Shelton, Henry; Lougbborough 118 Simons, Henry; Loughborowe 22 Skinner, John; Siston 9 Slater, Henry ; Leicester 124 Slawson (see Dale). Smith, Alice; Queniborough 147 Smith, Isabella; Blaby 134 • Standly, Robt.; Knighthorpe 107 Starkey, Wm.; Packingeton 27 Sutton, Rich.; Kegworth ' 89 Sweane, Thos.; Sheepshead 62 Tatam, Wm.; Wigeston magna 97 Taylcote, Sarah ; Nelston 128 Therman (see Carver). Thorne, John ; Hatherne 85 Tillson, Samuel; Earle^hilton 8 Tilly, Daniel; Hallaughton 108 Varney, Rich.; Doningeton 68 Vezie, Wm.; Wopdhouse 109 Vies, Siment; Bringehurst 129 Wakeley, Nich.; Ullesthorpe 131 Walker, Wm.; Horningehold 55 Walpoole, Rich.; Lubnam 53 * Waltpn, Margaret; Saddingeton 101 Warrin, Wm.; Plungar n Watchurne, Rich.; Eaton 69 White, Robt.; Ibstock 99 Wikes, Judith ; Aston Flamvile 19 Willowes, Wm.; Humberston 92 Wright, Robt.; Claxton 41

1633.

Abbott, Joan; Wiggston 204 Alien, Eliz.; Burbage 87 Allin, Robt.; Walcott 70 Andrewe, Dorothy; Bruntinge-

thorpe 112Armston, John, sen.; Cosby 174 Attkins, John; Loddingeton 103 Baggeley, Wm.; Thorneton 150 Bagguley, Rich.; Barkeby 203 Bailie, Wm.; Ashby magna 21 Ball, John; Stony Stanton 148 Barsby, Wm.; Thorpe satchfeild 136 Bay, Alice; Hallaughton 2 Beamont, Godfrey; Ashby de

lazouch 5Bedmore, John; Wimeswould 129 Bennett, George; Welby ' 96 Bennitt, Dorothy; Naylston 82



Berridge, Edw.; Barrowe 66 Berry, Ralph ; Scalford 36 Berryffe, Robt.; Croxton Kerriall 18 Biddle, John ; Odeston 132 Biggs, Thos.; Huncote 157 Blunt, Isabella; Wimeswould 212 Blyth, Robt.; Lewbenham 196 Boddicote, Wm.; Whetston 188 Bond, Prundence; Horningehold 197 Bonnar, Rich.; Hinckley 95 Boulter, Thos.; Wigston magna 65 Boulton, Wm.; Bitswell 153 Brett, John ; Frisby 32 Brian, als. Foster, Bridget; ———— 86 Bridge, Robt.; Somerby 173 Brookebanck, Wm.; Garthrope 192 Brookes, Wm.; Hinckley 72 Browne, Eliz.; Loughborowe 55 Browne, Joan ; Ouston 126 Browne, John; Pickwell 177 Burd, Robt.; Freeby 193 Burrough, Joan ; ———— 158 Callis, Frances ; Lutterworth i Cant, John ; Pickwell 172 Cave, Thos.; Bowdon magna 208 Chettleton, Thos.; Leicester 138 Chiswell, James; ———— 92 Chiswell, John ; Ashby delazouch 115 Clarke, Anthony ; Leicester 78 Clarsonn, Rich.; Breedon 80 Coleman, Thos.; Coldoverton 37 Coleman, Wm.; Ailston 97 Colson, Isabella; Norton juxta

Galtby 100Cooley, Margery ; Asfordby in Cooper, John ; Thorpe Langhton 3 Crosley, Roger; Stoughton 69 Croxall, Thos,; Norton juxta

Twycrosse 187Curtis, Francis; Belgrave 91 Cutler, Thos.; Kirkby Mallery 140 Dawes, Thos.; Enderby 144 Dawson, John ; Bottesford 105 Dines, Edw.; Dunton 146 Dorrnan, Joan ; East Norton 186 Dorraan, Thos. ; Odeby 77 Dowell, George ; Stoake Goldinge 6 Drakely, Rich.; Kerkby mallory 120 Dunnisthorpe, Thos.; Desford 9 Durnam, Eliz.; Wifordby 17 Ensor, Robt.; Orton 114 Erpe, John ; Breedon 83 Farebanck, Mary ; Market Har-

borough 54Farmer, Rich.; Twycrosse 62 Foster (see Brian). Foxley, Nicholas ; Bassett house 145 Foxon, Rich.; Newton Harcourt 71 George, Robt.; Brau-nston 42 Gilbert, John ; Ashby parva 20

1633.— Continued.

Gill, John ; Leicester Goadbe.'Wm.; Ashby Folvill Goadby, John ; Peatlinge magna Goodwyn, George;

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Goodwyn, Rich.; Claxton Goud, Cassandra; Somerby Grace, Thos.; Desford Greene, Eliz.; Kegworth Greene, Margaret; Wymondham Greene, Thos.; Somerby 151 Greene, Thos.; Somerby 170 Greenewood, Ambrose ; Stathorne 14 Grenough, Arthur; Glooston 4 Gumley, Rich.; Countesthorpe 63. Hackett, Ellena ; Branston 51 Halpenny, John ; Neilston 209 Hames, Eliz.; Loughborowe 199 Hancock, Thos.; Castle Donington 60 Harper, Margaret; Dalby Chal-

combe 128Harris, Wm., sen.; Stapleford 43 Harrisoh, Thos.; Sheepy 205 Harrison, Wm.; Sheepshead 156 Healy, John ; Eastwell 109 Heathcott, John ; Alslon 90 Henshawe, Robt.; Loughbdrowe 178 Herrick, John ; Leicester 137 Heyne, George; Woodhouse 143 Hickson, John ; Waltham sup le

woulds 124Hitchcock, Wm.; Leicester 180 Hodge, Thos.; Dalby magna 104 Holmes, Wm.; Wigston magna 48 Hopkins, Thos.; Stathorne n Houghton, James ; Whitwick 93 Houghton, John ; Seagrave 154 Jackson, Roqt.; Freeby 33 James, George; Leicester 176 James, Rich.; Melton 125 Jeffes, John ; Narborowe 116 Jermyn, Thos.; Loddington 127 Jesson, Thos.; Loughborowe 26 Johnson, Robt.; Market Har-

borowe 16Johnson, Wm.; Eaton 38 Jowett, Mary ; Kegworth 122 Jud, Robt.; Staplefbrd 166 Judson, George ; Pockett yate p. of

Loughborowe 123Keene, Wm.; Leicester 184 Kyddyar, Mary ; Belton 179 Labbage, Thos.; Bottesford no Langely, Rich.; Arnesby 85 Leach, Thos.; Bottesford 102 Leader, Wm.; Sketchley 76 Locke, Thos; Lewbenham 195 Lodington, Robt.; Smeeton

Westerbie 183Lord, Thos.; Countesthorpe 147 Macley,John; Conieston 198

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Mansfeild, Margt.; Market bosworth 119

Marlar, Eliz. ; Dunton bassett 149 Marrell, Margery ; Coates 10 Marson, Robt.; Skeffington 207 Moareby, Thos.; Elston 210 Moore, John ; Holwell 168 Morton, John ; Quarnedon 159 Nicholson, Thos.; Saltby 35 Nix, Rich.; Garthorpe 165 Noone, Frances; Waltham super

le woulds 181 Odam, Robt., sen.; Dalby Chal-

combe .106Oneby, Thos.; Sheepy 113 Orton, Thos.; Sileby 163 Owen, John ; Sheepy magna 94 Ownes, Thos.; Dalby Chalcombe 130 Page, Rich.; Carleton 152 Pallett, Mary; Wigston 61 Palmer, Thos.; Stathorne 12 Parker, John , Packingeton 24 Patchett, Rich.; Stathorne 13 Peeres, Wm.; Smeeton 164 Philps, Amia ; Narborowe 27 Pole, Wm.; ——— 47 Pollard, Margaret; Leicester 133 Poultney, Thos. jun.; Sheepy 81 Raven, Dennis; Foxton 7 Reeve, George ; Twiford 108 Richardson, Henry ; Stonesby 164 Ridgely, Thos. ; Narborough 213 Roathley, Francis ; Tugby 50 Roberts, Lawrence ; Normanton 49 Roberts, Thos.; Thorpe Langhton 155 Roe, John ; Ullesthorpe 46 Rose, als. Trews, Wm.; Leare 175 Seele, Robt.; Loughborough 22 Shelton, Anne ; Loughborough 31 Shipman, John ; Sheapshead 28 Simons, Wm.; Wigston 191 Smith, Francis; Burbage 30 Snow, Roger; Narborowe 142 Spencer, Wm.; Appleby magna 141 Sprigg, Thos ; Foxton . 182 Steevens, Robt.; Kirkby 34 Stoniard, Bartholomew ; Mousley 214 Stonton, John ; West langhton 117 Sutton, Alice ; Burton sup le woulds 8 Swinfeild, Wm.; Heather 53 Swinfen, Rich.; Sutton Cheny 121 Tayler, John ; Burstall 161 Thorne, Wm.; Shacraston 59 Thorpe, Thos.; Queniborough 19 Tompson, Robt.; Sheepshead 201 Tompson, Wm.; East langhton 15 Trews (see Rose). Turpin, The Lady Eliz.; Horninge-

hold 185 Twell, John ; Ashby Delazouch 162


Underwood, Thos.; Willsone 57Varneham, Jas.; Thorpe langhton 190Waite, John ; Wymondham 169Wakeline, Thos.; Hinckley 29Wale, Robt.; Walcoate 139Ward, Randolph ; Burton 64Warner, Thos.; Markefeild 56Watkin, Wm.; Burbage 200Watts, Robt.; Barkeby 75Watts, Thos.; Halsted 189Weate, Wm.; Knipton 73Webster, Thos.; Leicester 160Wesson, Rich. ; Tugby 107West, Edmund; Stony Stanton 23White, Arthur; Houghton 135White, Thos.; Thurlston 134White, Robt.; Nether broughton 39Whittle, John ; Stathorne 41Whorley, Thos.; Overton Sawsie 79Wightman, Rich.; Lutterworth 2riWightman, Thos.; Lutterworth 58Wilcockes, Wm.; Melton 25Wilcox, Thos.; Knoston 206Wildeman, John ; Knipton 45Wood, Thos.; Snarkeston 74Woode, Anne; Bilston 67 Wright, John ; Neather broughton 89Yates, Edw.; Croxton Kerriall 131

1634.

Abbott, Anne ; Lockingeton 202 Aldridge, Eliz.; Burton 31 Applegarth, Julian ; St. Michael,

Bassishaw, London 157 Archer, Wm.; Norton juxta Twy-

crosse 130Armesonn, John ; Sileby 15 Arnold, Rowland ; Loughborowe 81 Ashe, Thos.; Ashby Delazouch 72 Astley, Edw.; ———— 63 Astley, Thos.; Sibston 65 Baall, Wm.; Cadeby 51 Bacon, Joan ; Queniborowe 60 Baker, Thos.; Charley 195 Ball, Nicholas; Swithland 64 Baly, Wm.; Loughborowe 161 Barker, Humphrey ; Walcott 40 Barker, Robt.; Buckminster 149 Barlowe, Anne; Castle Donin-

geton 138Barnes, Thos.; Melton Mowbrey 164 Bartam, George ; Harston 50 Bayly, Robt.; Mythe 17 Bell, Henry; Earnsby 174 Bennett, Zacharius; Blaby 169 Bent, Thos.; Countesthorpe 163 Bently, Wm., sen.; Sketchley 115 Berrie, Robt.; Belgrave 189 Billingeton, Francis; Lutterworth 39



Blackborne, Rich.; Market Har-borough 113

Blunt, Eliz.; Wimeswould 173 Boss, Hugh ; Wymeswould 24 Boulter, Nicholas; Blaby 121 Brabson, Miles; Wigston 55 Bradford, Wra.; Stoake Goldinge 156 Brewood, Robt.; Stapleton 93 Broadbent, Hugh ; Burton sup

le woulds 213Brookes, Eliz.; Blaby 70 Brookesby, Alice; Stoake goldinge 139 Brookesby, Francis; Stoake

Goldinge 76Browne, Thos.; Leicester 10 Bryan, John ; Saddingeton 61 Bucknall, John ; Castle Doningeton 66 Bunis, Edw.; Walthatn 54 Burmby, Kerielme; Hallaughton 21 Burrowes, Wm.; Lutterworth 197 Campion, Thos.; Bowdon magna 32 Campion, Wm.; Dalby sup le

woulds 187Chapman, Thos.; ——— 212 Chapman, Wm.; Bringhurst 192 Chiswell, John ; A'shby Delazouch 102 Cooke, Rich. ; Gadsby 87 Cooper, Thos.; East langton 119 Cooper, Thos. ; Stretton magna 104 Corner, Oliver; Kerby bellers 83 Cotton, Edw.; Lubenham 109 Cowley, Thos.; Castle Doningeton 125 Croshorne, Rich. ; Tugby 210 Croson, Thos.; West langhton 168 Dawson, Thos.; Belgrave 80 Day, Wm.; Melton Mowbraye 85 Dobbs, Rich.; Ullesthorpe 191 Dowse, Isabella ; Swinford 140 Duke, Henry ; Ashby Flamvile 193 Eaton, John; Stretton magna 155 Elston, Eliz.; Bottesford 49 E-veratt, Peter; Rothley 134 Fletcher, Jane; Ansty 27 Flower, Isabella; Waltham 25 Foster, Anthony ; Knighton 194 Fox, Henry; Wigston 9 Foxon, Wm.; Arnesby 143 Foxton, Alice; Foxton 35 Freckingham, Ralph ; Braunston 190 Freeman, Wm.; Orton sup Mount 106 French, Henry ; Boothorpe 46 Frisby, Rich.; Thorpe Thatchfeild 37 Gamble, James ; Houghton 166 Gilbert, Alice ; Lutterworth 131 Gill, Wm. ; Bosworth 91 Gillam, Thos.: Burrough 137 Gilliott, Nicholas; Leicester 7 Ginsborne, Rich.; Kegworth 123 Glover, Robt.; Whetston 175 Goodrich, Edw.; Tugby 67


Gore, Thos.; Lutterworth 28Grannam, Thos.; Leicester 160Greene, Wm., jun.; Cosby 97Grocock, Peter; Barkston nHallam, Wm.; Lutterworth 86Hancock, John ; Doningeton 36Harringeton, Thos.; ———— 77

• Harris, Francis ; Quarndon 82Hartshorns, Law ; Kegworth 100Harthill, John ; Ashby de lazouch 180Hicksonn, Edw.; Waltham iHinkes, Rich.; Twycross 107Holmes, Robt.; Blackfordby 142Holmes, Thos.; Leicester 73Horton, Thos. ; Saddingeton 132Howe, John ; Earleshelton 177Howett, John ; Leicester 127Howkins, Thos.; Coldoverton 129Hurst, John ; Hinckley 148Isard, Rich.; Ullesthorpe 84Jacksone, Rich.; Dyseworth 68Johnsone, John ; barkeby thorpe 78Johnsone, Anne ; Welby 14 Jones (see Sandon).Kelton, George ; Thrinxton 8Kinder, Wm ; Kegworth 19Knot, Wm.; Claxton 71 Lakin, als. Townsend, Rich ;

Doningeton Parke 124 Lancthon, Jane; Glen magna 141 Langley, Mary; Smeeton Westerby 153 Langley, Wm.; Ashby Delazouch 178 Lee, Alice; Long Claxton 29 Lee, Thos.; Mountsorrell 44 Leese, Edw.; Eastonjuxta Willand 165 Ley, Wm.; Coaton no Lockingeton, Thos. ; Dyseworth 50 Lucas, John ; Croft 170 Malam, Wm.; Leicester 176 Marriatt, Rich.; Claxton 20 Marshall, George; Barrowe 16 Middleton, Mary ; Long Whatton 120 Miles, Nicholas; ———— 203 Neale, George; Glen magna 98 Neale, Rich.; Ailston 74 Nethercote, Edw.; Walcott 41 Newbery, George ; Ulscroft 215 Nixon, Rich.; Medburne 183 Norton, Eliz.; Husbands Bosworth 182 Nurse, John ; Leicester 26 Paine, Benjamin ; Medburne 152 Painter, Thos.; Castle Doningeton 136 Palmer, Henry ; Husbands Bos

worth 58Parker, Thos.; Appleby parva 181Peck, Rich.; Knossingeton 75Pepis, Wm.; Easthorpe 47Peppercorne, Eliz.; Lutterworth 95Picke, Edw. ; Barsby goPike, Wm.; Musson 94



Pole, Rich.; Barkeby 62 Pollard, Thos.; ——— 22 Poole, Edmund ; Loughborowe 184 Porter, John; Leicester 211 Prince, George; Stathorne 56 Pyall, Wm.; Doningeton 198 Pywell, John; Lutterworth 151 Purefoy, Wm.; Draiton 96 ' Ragg, Rich.; Kirby bellars 18 Renowlds, John ; Queniborough 118 Richardson, John ; Wratcliff sup

le Wreak 92Richman, Agnes; Whetston 201 Richman, Thos ; Wheston 200 Roberts, Sir Wm., Knt.; Button

Cheney 158Robinson, Oliver; Packingeton 172 Roe, Henry; Bilsdon 122 Rolte, James; Markett bosworth 186 Samsan, Wm.; Hinckley 214 Sandon, als. Jones, Mary;

Skeffington 116Sannsame, Eliz.; Easthorpe 12 Schooley, Agnes; Thedingworth .206 Sharpe, Edw.; Grime Damme 204 Sharpe, George ; Eastwell 23 Sharpe, John ; Somerby 105 Sheepy, Katherine; Osbaston 135 Silverwood, John ; Frisby 117 Slawson, Roger; Carleton Curlewe 79 Smalley, Edw.; Earnsby 144 Smart, Edw.; Peckleton 179 Smith, John; Beeby 208 Smith, John ; Branston 185 Smith, Robt.; Lutterworth 88 Smith, Thos.; North Kilworth 3 Smith, Wm.; Kibworth beach-

ampe 154Smith (see Tompson). Snelson, George; Bitswell 53 Soothwell, John ; Kibworth 34 Stavely, Thos.; West langhton 59 Stretton, Rich.; Leare 128 Sutton, Wm.; Kegworth 205 Taylor, Margery ; Waltham 13 Taylour, Wm.; Waltham 30 Thame, John; Shenton 126 Thomas, John; Sutton 38 Thorpe, Jane ; Rearsby 150 Tilson, Rich.; Earleshelton 145 Tompson, als. Smith, Anne;

Hinckley 6Towers, Wm.; Barkston 193 Townsend (see Lakin). Tunstall, James; Twycrosse 69 Turland, Robt.; Bowdon magna 207 Turner, Eliz.; Wymeswould 133 Vale, Robt. ; Market Bosworth 209 Wale, John ; Thrumaston 162 Wale, Mary; ———— 4

1634.—Continued.No.147171167

Walker, Thos,; Twycrosse Wallaton, John; Sbepshead Ward, Henry; Beachampe Wartnabie, Anne; Dalby Chal-

combe 196Watkin, Robt.; Roulston 114 Webster, Rich.; South croson 99 Whiteworth, Henry; Houghton 89 Wilkinson, Barnabus; Higham 5 Wilkinson, Mary ; ———— 52 Wilkinson, Rich.; Bowdon magna 33 Willimatt, Edw.; Belton 188 Willsonn, Thos.; Loughborowe 42 Wittey, John; Claybrooke 103 Wooley, Daniel; Loughborowe 43 Worsdale, Thos.; Nether

broughton 112Wraske, Robt.; Burton. Overy 57 Wrigtat, Alice; Snarston 108 Wright, Rich.; North Kilworth 159 Wright, Rich.; Freby 2 Wright, Thos.; Little Appleby 146 Wyatt, Rich.; Earnesby lit

1635.

Abbott, Margaret; Lutterworth 50 Abbott, Wm.; Leicester 141 Abney, Paul; Leicester 69 Aldridge, James; Walton super

le wouldes 42 Andrewe, Thos., sen.; Church

langhton 51Astie, Lawrence; Kegworth 167 Atkins, Robt.; Glen magna 22 Bainbrigg, Robt.; Ashby Delazouch 23 Baker, James; Osbaston 182 Bakewell, Ann; Packington 128 Bartram, Robt.; Barston 75 Barwell, Rich.; Nelston 72 Beale, Wm.; Ashby parva 89 Bebe, John; Burbage 168 Beeby, John ; Howby 92 Bennett, David ; Bilsdon 162 Bigg, Chris.; Burbage 169 Billers, Julius; Leicester 87 Billings, Rich.; Osbaston 32 Bishopp, Alice; Gilmorton 140 Boote, Thos.; Dyseworth 145 Brewerne, Anne; Leicester 47 Brian, Wm. ; Frolesworth in Briggs, Wm.; Saxby 33 Bright, Bartholomew; Barrow 48 Britt, Wm.; Thorpe langhton 24 Brough, James ; Stathorne 18 Browne, Edw.; Horningehold 94 Browne, Ellis; Stonesby 27 Brownesword, Wm.; Seagrave 180 Calverly, Margaret; Dalby super

le wouldes 170

COLOKEL SIR HENRY ST. JOHN HALFORD. 291

COLONEL SIR HENRY ST. JOHN HALFORD, BART., C.B., V.D.

RK-EDITED FROM THE " LEICESTER JOURNAL," BY MAJOR FREER.

IT is with extreme regret that we have to record the death of Sir Henry St. John Halford, Bart., C.B., V.D., which occurred at Wistow Hall, Leicestershire, on Monday, January 4th, 1897.

The news, although occasioning a great shock, did not cause much surprise, for his death had been daily expected for some little time previous to Monday. Sir Henry's illness really dated back to about two years ago, when, upon the recommendation of his medical adviser, he took a voyage to New Zealand in the hope of recuperating his health. He wrote home stating that he was deriving considerable benefit from the change, and the hopes of his friends were high, but when Sir Henry returned it was only too plainly to be seen that his health had not improved to the extent he had tried to induce his friends to believe. His health gradually gave way, but the deceased baronet would never admit that he was ill. In spite of his serious state of health, and the protestations of his friends, he took part in an important rifle competition at Cambridge, last spring, when he carried everything before him. The exertion proved too much for him, and the next morning he was advised to relinquish his part in the contest. Sir Henry, however, would not act on this suggestion, and turned out the second day. He caught a chill, and serious complications set up. For years he had known that his heart was weak, and this failing now made itself more apparent. He was compelled shortly after wards to withdraw from public life, though once or twice he gladdened the hearts of his friends by turning up at the County Council Meetings. He was compelled to live on the first floor of his house, the risk of walking upstairs being so great. At times he appeared to be in a dying state, but the wonderful vitality of the man, and the force of his character asserting themselves, he rallied. For the past few weeks, however, he had been lying in a very dangerous condition, and on the last night of the old year he had a serious relapse. He was insensible for over twenty-four hours, but on Sunday afternoon he rallied in a wonderful manner, conversed with his friends, and partook of slight nourishment. He became unconscious again on Monday morning, and succumbed about two o'clock in the afternoon.

s VOL. VIII.


Sir Henry was born at Maidwell, Northamptonshire, on August 9th, 1828. His first lessons were learnt at a dame's school when five years of age, but he very soon afterwards made his acquaint ance with this county, as at the age of seven years he was sent to Market Bosworth Grammar School. Five years later he went to Eton, where among his schoolfellows were the Marquis of Salisbury, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and several of the Peels. It was always a pleasure to Sir Henry to speak of his days at Eton, and a pleasure to his friends to listen to him. He used to refer to Lord Salisbury as one of the boys who never got into trouble; he was not " Hail fellow well met! " with the boys. He preferred his books to the oar or willow, but he was universally liked. Sir Henry left Eton in 1845, and went to Merton, Oxford. After taking the degree of B.A. with much credit, he travelled a great deal in various parts of the world, and gained considerable know ledge, which he was afterwards able to use to the advantage of his countrymen. Among other things that he did was, with three others, to row a four-oared boat on the Rhine, Maine, and Moselle for a distance of 600 miles, this being the first time the feat had been accomplished. In 1853 he married Elizabeth Ursula Bagshawe, daughter of the late Mr. Wm. John Bagshawe, of the Oaks, Derbyshire. He lived at Newton Harcourt, and was made a Justice of the Peace at Easter, 1855. By this time he had displayed a considerable interest in the affairs of the county. In 1860 he joined the Leicestershire Volunteers, and on the 28th December, 1861, he was appointed a deputy-lieutenant. In 1867 he became junior deputy-chairman of Quarter Sessions, and the following year, owing to the death of his father, he succeeded to the baronetcy. His father, Sir Henry Halford, became a Member of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society on the 27th of July, 1863, and remained a Member until his death in 1868. In 1863 he contributed to the fund for the repair of the Jewry Wall. On September 28th, 1868, Sir Henry St. John Halford, Bart., became a Member, and one of the Presidents of the Society, an office which he held until his death. The position of High Sheriff was accepted by him in 1872, the late Wm. Freer, Esq., being his Under-Sheriff; whilst the 27th June, four years later, saw him elected as senior deputy-chairman of Quarter Sessions. In 1883 he was appointed chairman of the Finance Committee of the county, and he displayed abilities of such a marked order that when the chairmanship of Quarter Sessions became vacant in Midsummer of the same year he was elected to fill that position. On the formation of the first County Council in Leicestershire, in 1889, the proud distinction of being its first chairman was conferred upon the deceased baronet. The confidence then reposed in him was subsequently renewed, and Sir Henry gained the reputation of being an impartial and able chairman.

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He received the cordial support of Conservatives and Liberals alike, and when in March, 1893, he announced his intention of retiring on account of advanced years, great regret was expressed, and a very enthusiastic vote of thanks was passed setting forth the Council's indebtedness to him. Sir Henry was also chairman of the Standing Joint-Committee of Quarter Sessions and the Leicestershire County Council. He was also a Member of the Executive Committee of the County Council Association and took a great interest in the formation of the Association.

Sir Henry's interest in county work did not abate, however, and whenever possible he was at the meetings of his Committee or of the Council. As chairman of the Finance Committee, and in other directions, his business ability was greatly appreciated, and only a few months back a movement among the members of the County Council, magistracy, and residents of Leicestershire, was set on foot to present the late chairman of the Council with a suitable acknowledgment of his great services to the county. The presentation was to have taken the form of a public function, i.e., a complimentary banquet in Sir Henry's honour, but owing to his ill-health this arrangement had to be abandoned. The presenta tion was made privately, and it took the shape of an illuminated address, a gold watch, and a large portrait of himself, by the Hon. John Collier: which is considered one of the artist's best efforts.

The testimonial had been a very popular one, over 270 subscrip tions having been obtained, exclusive of a large number of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Leicestershire Volunteers who contributed small sums. A public lunch given by the sub scribers was to have been held but on account of Sir Henry's illness the presentation was made at Wistow privately, by Mr. Hussey Packe, chairman of the Committee, Mr. Alderman C. J. Bowles, and Mr. W. J. Freer, the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Sir Henry requested Mr. Packe to accept the portrait from him for the County Authorities, and it was gratefully accepted by the Council and hung on the wall of the Ball Room at the Judge's Lodgings.

In the address it is stated that for a period of over forty years Sir Henry had taken an active interest in county administration, and for twelve years he had successfully filled the chair at Quarter Sessions. At the formation of the County Council the great assistance and help he was able to render, amply justified his election as the first chairman of that body.

Sir Henry was nothing if not thorough, and this side of his character was particularly manifested when he was interesting himself in political matters. He had a thorough detestation of anything that partook of the milk and water nature, and held very

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pronounced political views. He preferred the term " Tory " to that of " Conservative," and was always severe in his denunciations of the man who essayed to compromise instead of fighting. As far back as 1867 we find the deceased baronet taking a prominent part in the formation " of a Conservative Association embracing the Southern Division of the County and the Borough of Leicester." The object of the Association is said to have been to take charge of the registration of the Southern Division of the county and the borough, and to promote district associations in connection with the local central body. At a meeting of the Provisional Committee on the 20th December, 1867, at the office of Mr. Fowler, Solicitor, Hotel Street, on the proposition of Colonel Halford, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., was appointed President of the Association, and included in the list of Yice-Presidents was the subject of this memoir. The Central Committee met during the following month, and it was agreed, on the proposition of Mr. Crossland, seconded by Major Freer (of the Billesdon Coplow), " That Colonel Halford be chairman of the Central Committee."

The Association appear to have had an anxious time in bringing out suitable candidates and candidates "in reserve" for the representation of the Southern Division of the borough. One of many meetings of the Central Committee was held on the 5th December, 1868, to take steps to decide upon a candidate in reserve. There were present at the meeting such notable Conservatives as Sir Henry Halford (in the chair), the Right Hon. Lord Berners, Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, Sir Chas. Isham, Major Freer, Captain Pearson, the Rev. J. M. W. Piercy, and Messrs. I. Harrison, B. Everard, C. R. Crossley, C. M. Sidley, S. Harris, S. R. Bonner, L. Wilmore, W. P. Cox, H. L. Powys-Keck, T. W. Clarke, W. Hunt, G. Stratton, T. Wilson, J. T. Pilgrim, A. Ellis, J. Perkins, J. Marriott, W. Neale, T. Duxbury, W. C. Smith, and W. Stevenson. Only a few of these have lived to this day, some having gained honours and titles. At that meeting a unanimous invitation was accorded Sir Henry to become a candidate in reserve for the Southern Division. The Hon. Baronet, however, felt compelled to decline the honour, much as it would have suited his inclinations to have accepted it. False pride did not restrain him from explaining the ground of his refusal—he told the council bluntly " he could not afford it." It was this unfortunate cause that made him refuse many subsequent offers, and Parliament thus lost one who would have proved a useful member, and the Southern constituency a faithful representative.

For many years he acted as Treasurer of the Association, and practically had sole charge of its financial policy. He was a most regular attendant at the meetings, and was to the fore in every movement. Acting on his initiative in 1880, a Committee was

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formed to consider the best means of showing appreciation of Mr. W. U. Heygate's services during the many years he represented the Southern Division in Parliament. Sir Henry sat on the Testimonial Committee. In January, 1884, Sir Arthur Hazlerigg retired from the Presidentship of the Association, feeling that it required a younger and more energetic man to organise and influence it. With one accord the Members of the Association looked to Sir Henry Halford to fill the gap, and at a general meeting of the Association in the old Conservative Club, Belvoir Street, on the 28rd January, 1884, he was elected to the Presidency of the Association, on the proposition of Captain Drunimoiid, seconded by Mr. C. B. Lowe. Mr. Thomas Cope was appointed Treasurer, rice Sir Henry. The following March an important meeting was held, at which Sir Henry Halford introduced Lord Newark as the candidate in reserve for the Division, and it was resolved that he should contest the Southern Division of the county in conjunction with Mr. Albert Pell, at the next general election. In December of the same year, in consequence of the passing of the Franchise Bill, the Southern Division Association formed a Sub-Committee to confer with a Committee from the Northern Division of Leicestershire, and to forward to the Commissioners the suggestions of the meeting. The following, among others, sat on this Committee—the Boundary Question Committee—Sir. H. St. J. Halford, Dr. Crossley, Major Millican, and Messrs. H. A. Owston and T. Cope, representing South Leicestershire; and the Rev, J. Bird and Messrs. W. Beeson and W. J. Freer, representing North Leicestershire. The central agents prepared a scheme sub dividing the county into four electoral districts, and on the proposi tion of Mr. Bird, seconded by Mr. Owston, it was approved. Thanks to Sir Henry, steps were shortly afterwards taken to form an Association in the Harborough Division, one having already been formed in the Bosworth Division, and it was acting on his proposal that it was decided to form the head-quarters of the Association in Leicester. He was appointed chairman of a Sub- Committee to find a candidate for the Harborough Division, and at a general meeting of the Conservatives of the Division at the Conservative Club, in Belvoir Street, on the 26th September, 1885, Sir Henry Halford introduced Mr. T. K. Tapling as the selected candidate. At that meeting the hon. baronet referred to the difficulties the Committee had had in fixing upon a man who they thought would be agreeable to the electors, and who was able and willing to come forward. They had exhausted in every possible way, he said, the county itself, and all the local men who might have been acceptable to them. He spoke in favour of having a local man, but he urged that the Committee had done their best, and had brought forward a man who would not be a stranger long if they accepted him. Mr. Tapling, it will be remembered, had a


magnificent reception, and the choice of the Sub-Committee was unanimously ratified. An Executive Committee was formed, with Sir Henry Halford as a member, and the organisation was used to the best advantage in Mr. Tapling's behalf. The election was held in December, 1885, and the fact that Mr. Tapling, a stranger, was only defeated by Mr. Paget by 166 votes was very encouraging for local Conservatives. Early in 1886 " the Central Conservative Association for the Harborough Division of the County of Lei cester" came into existence, and Sir Francis Turville, K.C.M.G., was appointed its first chairman. It might be interesting to mention by the way that Mr. J. W. Logan, the present Radical member, was a regular attendant at meetings of the Association about this time. At a meeting of the party on the 29th May, it was proposed by Sir Francis Turville, seconded by Dr. Crossley, and carried unanimously, " That the best and warmest thanks of the Conservative party are due to Sir Henry Halford for his long and valuable services in connection with the South Leicestershire Association, and that he be requested to act as Treasurer to the Central Association." Some time afterwards Mr. Tapling was returned as member for the Division by a majority of 1138, and it was a happy day for Sir Henry when he found that his Division had returned to its old love. The Hon. Baronet continued to act as Honorary Treasurer, but on the 20th December, 1890, he resumed his old position as chief of the party in the place of Colonel Seddon, who had followed Sir Francis Tnrville in the leadership. The death of Mr. Tapling was a great blow to the Conservative cause in the Division, but Sir Henry Halford faced the difficulty with characteristic courage, and taking advantage of his official position suggested that Mr. Gerald Hardy should be the nominee of the party. He moved the following resolution, which was agreed to at a meeting held on April 18th, 1891:— " That having heard the views expressed by Mr. Gerald Hardy, this meeting considers him a suitable candidate to represent the Harborough Division in Parliament, and pledges itself to use its best endeavours to secure his return." The result of the election was a great disappointment to Sir Henry, and he resigned the position of President of the Association, being succeeded by Dr. Marriott. He did not take this course in consequence of the result of the election, but because his health had begun to fail him, and he thought fresh blood was needed in the organisation. He interested himself a great deal in the nomination of Mr. Lowe, and worked hard in endeavouring to secure that gentleman's return, but practically his official connection with the Association ended with his retirement as President.

It is as " The grand old man of shooting," however that Sir Henry will be remembered by posterity. It is difficult to know

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where and how to commence speaking of his achievements, for he revelled in records almost from the very first meeting at Wimbledon in 1860. He was eight years of age when he had his first gun, and went in for rabbit shooting. In later years he shot several stags in Jura, whilst staying with his friend Mr. Evans. He was always fond of burning powder, and when rifle shooting obtained increased popularity with the Volunteer move ment, he got his rifle and went to Wimbledon. In 1862 he invested in a " Whitworth," practiced hard all the spring, and competed in the English eight at Hythe. He came out first, whilst in the match against Scotland in that year for the Elcho Shield, he put on the top score. That year he made £265 with his rifle. These successes, as may be imagined won him immediate recognition. In 1865 he won the Cambridge Cup at 1000 and 1100 yards. He journeyed to all parts of the country, distinguishing himself everywhere he went, and in 1874 he figured in a rifle meeting of reindeer hunters in Norway. Three years later he was to be found in America, captaining the first English eight sent out there. England lost, but in 1882 Sir Henry and his men atoned for this by winning well. During the course of his tours in America, Sir Henry formed a very favourable opinion of Americans as marksmen, and expressed the belief that they came only second to ourselves in the matter of rifle shooting. It is a remarkable fact that among his prizes, are those of the Albert at Wimbledon in 1862, and the same trophy at Bisley in 1893—a record lapse of thirty-one years. It was not generally known that he was a practical gunmaker, and had adjoining his conservatory at Wistow a workshop, in which could be found every known appliance for making tools associated with the gunmakers' art. It was his greatest delight to spend his days in this room, experimenting, and he used to speak with enthusiasm of having worked from eight o'clock in the morning till eleven o'clock at night, commencing work at three o'clock the following morning. He was always trying to get results out of rifles, but he often stated he thought the future of the match rifle about settled now, and that but little remained to be done.

The enthusiasm that inspired Sir Henry in the art, spent itself mainly in trying to arouse a similar aspiration in his countrymen. In the year 1860, at the time of the starting of the Volunteer movement, the deceased baronet was appointed Captain of a company in Leicestershire. Soon afterwards he was promoted to Major, and finally took command of the Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers in 1862, and retained it until 1868. He returned to command the Regiment from 1878, to 28th November, 1891, when he resigned and became the Honorary Colonel of the Regi ment. It is certain that for about thirty years he was the man


with whom the Volunteer movement in Leicester was associated. A more capable and confederate chief than he, it would have been impossible to have found. He won the hearts of all men with whom he came in contact, and by the assiduous manner in which he carried out his duties, and the loyalty he displayed to his comrades, held up a bright example to his inferiors of what a true soldier should be. When the age came upon him at which, according to the rules of the service, he should have retired, a unanimous petition was signed that the regulations might be set aside in this particular case, and if ever an appeal had the united support of the public this one had. It was set aside, and, to the pleasure of everyone concerned, Sir Henry continued to act as Colonel for some years. We say to act, advisedly, for Sir Henry made the very most of his position, and never let an opportunity fail him of displaying that interest which men appreciate so much as coming from their chief. On the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, the Officers of the regiment subscribed to buy a Maxim gun. which was presented to him in honour of the event. Sir Henry presented the regiment with the Maxim in return. In 1886 he was made Companion of the Bath, in recognition of his services to the cause of the Volunteers.

Sir Henry was a great authority on small arms, and was often consulted by the Government of the day to give his opinion on the relative value of certain rifles. In 1880 he was placed on the Small Arms Committee, and was one of those who had much to do with the selection of the Lee-Metford rifle. It was always a pleasure to him to speak of incidents connected with his shooting career, and a splendid delight was imposed on the listener, inasmuch as, thanks to Sir Henry's modesty, it was often left to him to imagine a great deal that was not said. Speaking a short time ago to an interviewer of the Strand Magazine, he made reference to the difficult conditions under which he had fired at different times, and told the following story:—" I remember on one occasion at Altcar, in a competition for the English Eight, there was a change of wind requiring an alteration in the allow ance of sighting of 34 feet. The thermometer went down twenty degrees in five minutes, and old rifle shots put this down as a record change in atmospheric conditions." In the course of the same interview, Sir Henry put in an amusing plea for the pipe. As was well known, he was a persistent smoker, and practically never shot without a pipe in his mouth. He stated that he was once shooting in one of the matches for the Elcho Shield—and, he confessed, shooting badly. Someone standing by asked him what he was doing without his pipe, and suggested that he should light up. The idea met with Sir Henry's approval, and he had not been smoking many minutes before he marked the bull's-eye. Sir

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Henry, ou the same occasion said he regarded Bisley as a better ground for shooting than Wimbledon, where the light was often had. He did not think there was any future for the pistol, although every officer should learn to use it. He considered the continued success of the Volunteer movement assured. He further made the following statement, which is worth committing to memory by all who take an interest in shooting:—" The primary necessities to make a good shot, are nerve, carefulness, calm temperament, eyesight, and power of concentration. I don't think you will find any man who is not a steady liver, last long at shoot ing. Let young Volunteers remember that the ttudent of habit and a good shot must run together." In addition to the powers which Sir Henry displayed on the shooting ranges, he gained the reputation of being a bold and skilful rider to hounds. At one time he was a very regular attendant in the hunting field, and used to hunt with the Quorn, when they covered what is now Mr. Fernie's country, whilst Wistow was regarded as a favourite meet with many. Then, too, he was an enthusiastic yachtsman and angler, and indeed, in many branches of sport he figured at some time or other of his life with great credit.

As is generally known, the deceased gentleman leaves no issue, and he will be succeeded in the title by his brother the Rev. John Frederick Halford, formerly vicar of Wistow and Kilby, and formerly a member of the Archaeological Society. It may be of interest to add that the heir is now the Hon. Thomas Francis Freemantle, eldest son of Lord Cottesloe, who married the only sister and heiress of the highly-esteemed member for the Har- borough Division, Mr. Tapling. He is a very capable rifle shot, takes a great interest in the Volunteers, and is one of Lord Wolseley's aides-de-camp. He was on terms of very intimate friendship with the deceased baronet, and accompanied him to India some few years back.

In every respect Sir Henry was an English gentleman, and what prouder title is there ? In the course of his long career he met many and various types of men, but it may safely be said of him, that he was respected by all and hated by none. This is an extraordinary record in these days, when controversy is so rife, and every little subject is grasped at and made a fuss of because it affords a subject for dispute, but it was more extra ordinary in a man of Sir Henry St. John Halford's temperament. We have already referred to his thoroughness and straightforward ness. When Sir Henry was convinced of the justice of the cause he was defending, or the righteousness of the policy he was advocating, he was fearless in stating his opinions and reckless in running risks,—whether of breaking friendships or of founding enmities. We do not wish to infer that Sir Henry paid a

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disregard towards his friends, for all friendships he made he abided by loyally, and, as the saying goes, "through fire and water." But strong as were personal ties, he had an even stronger regard for principles, and having once decided on a course no friend could dissuade him from it. If this many-sided man had characteristics more prominently marked than others, they were determination and pluck. It was pluck that gained for him such a grand reputation as a shooter and in other pastimes, whilst the Conservative cause, the interests of the rural parishes throughout the county, and of the Volunteers, were all improved by the determined way in which Sir Henry set himself to advance them. His loss will be keenly felt among all sections of the community, but he has left behind an example showing the good that can be achieved by adherence to public work, that all should strive to follow. His life was filled with deeds and not with lingering years, and the good effects of his work and influence will long survive him. He was cremated at Woking, and buried in Newton Harcourt Churchyard.

REFERENCES FROM THE BENCH AND BAR.

AT the Leicestershire Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before the ordinary business was taken, appropriate reference was made from the Bench to the death of the late chairman.

The Deputy-Chairman (Mr. Hussey Packe) said Sir Henry was appointed Justice of the Peace for the county in the year 1855, and he was a Magistrate for the long period of 42 years. He was appointed deputy-chairman of that Court in the year 1867, and chairman in 1883. He had throughout his life always taken the very deepest interest in county matters. He always fought for what he thought to be right in the most fearless manner, and was respected and admired by both supporters and adversaries for so doing. It was impossible for him to enumerate all the great services Sir Henry rendered to the county, but that those services were appreciated was shown by the response that was made when it was suggested that his portrait should be presented to him with a watch. They would remember how readily the idea was taken up, and how rapidly the subscriptions rolled in. He (the deputy- chairman) knew nothing in Sir Henry's life which gave him greater gratification than to receive this mark of the esteem in which he was held. He (the deputy-chairman) had been told that from the moment the watch was presented to him Sir Henry never allowed it to be away from him till the hour of his death, and it had always been the greatest comfort to him. It was not only in the civil


business of the county that the deceased gentleman did such good service, but he also commanded the Volunteers for a long period, and he was, in addition, one of the greatest marksmen of the day, and one of the finest rifle shots that this country had ever pro duced. It was remarkable how long and up to how late a period of his life he was able to retain his powers as a shot. He believed that Sir Henry was actually shooting as late as June last, previous to the Bisley Meeting. It was not only as a shot, but also for his wide knowledge of small arms that Sir Henry was known. He served on the Committee which was appointed to choose an arm for our soldiers, and the great services that he rendered on that Committee were recognised by Her Majesty's bestowal upon him of the Companionship of the Bath. For some years the deceased gentleman had been chairman and deputy- chairman of Quarter Sessions, and he always experienced the greatest kindness at his hands. He felt that everyone of them had lost a sincere friend, and one whose death they all truly mourned. Lady Halford had their deepest sympathy in her bereavement, and he trusted that it would please the Almighty to sustain her Ladyship in this her hour of trial. He should like to add that the officers of the Court, who had so long worked under Sir Henry, desired to share in this expression of sympathy. He concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That this Court of Quarter Sessions desires to record its deep sense of the great loss sustained by the magistrates of the county, and by the county in general, by the death of Colonel Sir Henry St. John Halford, Bart, C.B., who, for upwards of twenty years, discharged the duties of deputy-chairman and chairman of this Court with so much ability, sound judgment, courtesy, and indefatigable attention."

Sir Archdale Palmer, in seconding', said that, having been connected, more or less, with his late friend for the last twenty- five years, he thought that every magistrate, every county councillor, and in fact, the county in general, would agree with them in deploring his loss as a county alderman, as a magistrate, as a man, and as a neighbour.

Aid. Wood supported the resolution. He should like to say, on behalf of the borough, how very keenly they felt the loss that had been sustained by the death of Colonel Sir Henry Halford. He was a gentlemen who not only took a lively interest in the well-being of Leicestershire, but also in the good old borough of Leicester, and they in Leicester recognised that they had lost a true friend by his death. There was no matter in which the welfare of the town was concerned but what had the kindly sympathy of Sir Henry Halford. As chairman of the Quarter Sessions, when the government of the work of the county was


transferred to the County Council, one of the highest tributes to his administration was the admirable state of affairs which existed at the end of the old regime. In the delicate negotiations between the borough and the county some years ago, in reference to the extension of the borough boundaries, it was his pleasure to meet Sir Henry many times in conference, and he always met in him a gentleman who was desirous of doing what was right, while protecting the interests of the county. He also bore in mind the claims of the county in those negotiations, and those who were brought in contact with him, felt at the close of those negotia tions, the most profound respect for bis attitude in that matter. They wished to express their deep sense of the loss which they (in the county) had sustained in common with the borough.

The resolution was carried unanimously.

The Deputy-Chairman also moved : " That the expression of opinion of this Court of Quarter Sessions be entered in the proceedings of the Court, and that a copy be sent to Lady Halford with an assurance of the magistrates' sympathy with her in her great affliction."

Mr. A. W. Arkwright seconded this resolution, which was also carried unanimously.

The Deputy-Chairman addressing the Bar said, owing to the lamented death of Sir Henry Halford, it devolved upon him as Deputy-Chairman to preside in that Court. He need not say how much the County magistrates lamented Sir Henry's decease, to which he had already alluded, and he was sure the Bar would share with the magistrates in their sympathy with Lady Halford and the family.

Mr Garrett said he should like, as senior barrister, to express the very sincere sorrow that the members of the Bar felt when they learned of the death of Sir Henry Halford, he was a man of whom he thought this country had a right to be proud. He dis charged admirably the responsibilities belonging to the station which he held; he was widely known outside the county, and he was sure he would have the sympathy of everyone in that court when he said that Sir Henry had the admiration and respect of everyone with whom he came in contact. As barristers of that Court, they knew the deceased gentleman best as Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and he should like to bear their testimony to the admirable and efficient manner in which he always performed his duties. He thought they were all conscious of something besides that. He was always extremely considerate and courteous, and showed great personal kindness to the members of the Bar, all of whom sincerely lamented his loss.


The Borough Recorder (Mr. A. T. Toller), at the opening of the Borough Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, said he must refer to one matter that had happened in the county, and which in a sense was akin to the work of that Court—he referred to the death of the late chairman of the Leicestershire Quarter Sessions, Sir Henry Halford—and he could not help expressing in that place his sincere sorrow at that event, which he was sure was shared by everyone present. As to his merits as a distinguished man in the county and the country, it was not for him to speak there; it had been spoken of elsewhere, and was known very widely. But he could speak of his personal knowledge of him as chairman of the Quarter Sessions. It was his honour to appear before him during, he thought, the whole of the lengthened period in which he occupied that position, and he could speak of the unvarying courtesy and kindness which he and his colleagues always received from him, as well as of the marked ability with which he discharged the duties of the office. He should not like this sad event to go by without expressing his deep regret at the unfortunate and, in a sense, early termination of so distinguished a career.


WATERWORKS IN LEICESTER IN THE I?TH CENTURY.

BY COLONEL BELLAIRS.

FOB some years past, and especially the last few years, when our streets have been much disturbed by the laying down of sewers, gas and water pipes, and electric cables, there have been dis covered in our older streets between two and three feet below the surface, some earthenware pipes embedded in mortar, which can hardly be called cement or concrete, though it has stood the test of being buried underground for over two centuries. The pipes them selves are of two or three sizes, the most common being abont two inches diameter of bore, and from a quarter to half an inch thick, but some are five-and-a-half inches in diameter. They seem to be made on the potters wheel like our modern flower-pots, and have been well burnt,—like everything else found in Leicester which bears signs of antiquity not understood, they have been stated to be Roman, and supposed to be the ancient Roman Waterworks of Ratae,—and some of these pipes were placed in our Town Museum among other Roman relics.

They are not Roman, but the remains of an abortive attempt to supply the town with water in the latter end of the seventeenth century, and I propose to give a very short account of all that is known of this praiseworthy attempt to supply what was probably then a great need; but it does not appear to have met with much assistance from the Corporation of the period, and seems to have been a disastrous failure. As to the idea of these pipes being Roman there are the following facts against it, independently of the pipes themselves. They are invariably found in the modern streets which were not the Roman streets, and in the Newarke and the Southgates which were outside the Roman city, and pro ceeded through the Newarke Gateway which is mediaeval, and the mortar or cement in which they are embedded is not Roman, and most Roman pipes were square, and not round.

This old attempt at conveying water through the streets of Leicester by pipes has been quite forgotten, soon after they' were first laid down, and no record left, except some very few allusions in the history of our town, but why it was a failure is not mentioned, and we can only conjecture that it probably failed through incurable leakage, which would be a nuisance so great as to cause the abandonment of the project before its completion, or perhaps from the refusal of the inhabit-

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ants to pay water rates. The chief allusions to this scheme are to be found in Throsby's History, and I will quote them verbatim. (At page 19) he says, alluding to the discovery of a Roman pave ment by some workmen having occasion to dig " where Mr. Johnson's buildings now stand, formerly the water house." These buildings are still standing in Southgate Street, where it joins High Cross Street. (At page 142.) " 21st and 22nd June, 1685. " The Mayor, &c. in consideration of £130 sold unto Lawrence " Carter, Gent, the Mill, &c. (being the Castle Mill) and several " fishings of the Soar from a place called Morehead unto a certain " bridge called the West Bridge lying over the said River, paying " yearly to the King for the said premises the reserved rent of £17 " per annum."

" And the Mayor, &c. as far as by law they be enabled, grant " to the said Lawrence Carter free leave and liberty, at his own " expence not only to make cisterns within the High Cross in the " Borough of Leicester for the holding and furnishing with water "such pipes as he shall lay down in the said Borough, Bishop's "Fee, Newark, and Castle of Leicester, or in any of them."

"30th Sep., 1748. The devisees of the Mills &c. named " above by the Will of Thos. Carter sold to Jane Flower for the " sum of £270, the purchase made of the Corporation by Mr. " Carter in 1685, subject to the annual reserved rent belonging to "the Crown." Again he says :

" The leaden Pipes, found so frequently across the Streets and "in the yards of the houses in the South part of the Town are " accounted for by the expenditures of his (John Wilkins, Mayor, " 1691). Wilkins was a clock maker. ' Paid Mr. Wilkins, Mayor, " ' for 940 yards of new cast leaden Pipes £142 4 0.' "

At page 143, Throsby says : " In the year 1791, I saw two "lengths of these pipes taken up by the workmen, betwixt the " High Cross and the Peacock when the Street was begun to be "paved after the modern fashion. The Water works were where " the pump is at the end of the New buildings below the " Peacock."

At page 179, Throsby again says : " Baron Carters father set " on foot the Water works at 2000 I expence it was said, Alderman " Wilkins undertaking the execution. They were served from the "Castle Mill, where remain in the wall pot pipes—the water " house pump, as it is yet called in St. Martin's parish, adjoining "to St. Mary's."

Mr. Thompson in his History of the Town mentions Alderman Wilkins as being the author of "the grandest scheme to attempt to provide waterworks for Leicester." But he considered that


Wilkins was the sole owner of the Waterworks, and that Carter was the financier of the scheme, and says: " The Water was to " be supplied from the Soar in leaden pipes which were laid from " the Castle Mill to the locality of the Peacock Inn in Southgate " Street: and thence it was intended to convey the water in other " pipes to all quarters. The pump used in the operation stood " near the Consanguinitarium and was long called the Water "house pump." He then mentions the sale by Wilkins of the new leaden pipes, and he states that a spring or springs in the fields on the South East side of the town were converted into the fountain head of the supply, and that it was in reference to this arrangement " that at a Common Hall held on the 9th June, 1696, "it was ordered that Mr. John Wilkins shall repair the pipes " that are laid from the Conduit in the field (in Conduit Street) to " the Conduit in the town (in the Market Place) at the charge of " the Corporation and maintain the common decay that shall " happen to the said pipes for 5s. per annum at his own charge, " and that Mr. John Wilkins shall mend the Conduit in the field " at the charge of the Corporation."

The latter part of this alludes to a previously existing water supply which remained to the forming of the present water supply when it was condemned. I think from the expression " common decay" that these pipes were of wood. Mr. Thompson also mentions that the town was supplied by public draw-wells and that "well-reeves were appointed to look after them; and the Mayor " and Aldermen about the year 1759 directed pumps to be placed " over the wells and an assessment made to meet the disburse- " ments, but several of the householders refused to pay; " and it may be that this refusal to pay was the cause of the failure of the Wilkins-Carter Scheme.

Researches in Nichols' History produces nothing more, but in speaking of the old Conduit in the Market Place he says " it was " erected in 1612 and was supplied by pipes from a spring about " three-quarters of a mile off, in St. Margaret's Fields,—no doubt meaning the ancient well in Conduit Street—by which it is clear that this supply had nothing to do with the Carter and Wilkins Scheme, which was originated in 1685.

The earthenware pipes embedded in cement and continuous in the street are not once alluded to by any of our historians except the mention of " pot pipes " at the Castle Mill, but though there is no direct evidence there can be no doubt that these pipes are the remains of this undertaking. As far as my information goes they have been found in the High Cross Street where they are largest, in High Street, Southgatos, Southgate Street, Friar Lane, The Newarke and in St. Martin's.

WATERWORKS IN LEICESTER IN THE 17TH CENTURY. 807

Throsby's mention of the lead pipes crossing the streets and yards in lengths shews that the pipes he alludes to were not con tinuous along the streets, and they seem only to have been found in the South part of the town. The short piece of lead pipe I exhibit shews one end having been embedded in cement and the other cut off and hammered together. It was stated to have been taken out of the embedded pipe also exhibited but I can't see where, but I have no doubt it was connected with one of these pipes. Many pipes are found trumpet-shaped being of the size of the ordinary pipes at one end and at the other reduced to the size of the lead pipes, and this was I conceive to be the means of junction from the mains to the houses. Of course any lead pipe found would be considered to be productive of and soon converted into money. Mr. Thompson evidently thought the whole scheme was carried out by means of lead pipes on account of the sale of the 940 yards of lead piping by Wilkins to the Corporation, but this is described as " new," and if as he evidently supposes these pipes were those which had been taken up from the streets, how does he account for those alluded to by Throsby, long after Wilkins' death, as found in lengths across the streets and in the yards. It may, however, be that the water was pumped up from the Soar to the Water house, near High Cross, through lead pipes and then flowed by gravity through the earthenware pipes and short lead pipes to the houses and yards; but, if so, I suspect that the earthenware pipes where first laid down with the connections to the houses and the pipe from the Mill to the Water house never completed, perhaps the money ran short, and the scheme appeared not profitable or the pressure not strong enough.

I may mention that many of the public pumps that supplied Leicester are shewn in the late Mr. Flowers' views, and there is one still remaining in New Street carefully chained up. The well of this pump may possibly be that of the Grey Friars' Monastery.

Since reading this paper I have seen several more specimens of these pipes shewing the junction of the pipe at right angles, and also the junction of the lead service pipe with earthenware pipes which was, as I before stated, at the narrow end of the trumpet- shaped pipes.

Specimens of these pipes shewing the method of joining and securing the junction will be sent to the Museum and will be interesting as shewing a forgotten chapter in the history of Leicester.

VOL. VIII.


ON THE EFFORTS MADE TO CONVERT ARABLELAND INTO PASTURE IN LEICESTERSHIRE

IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES.

BY THE REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

Two Volumes recently issued by the Royal Historical Society* contain much valuable and interesting information relating to the consolidation of farms by landowners, with the intention of carry ing on farming on a large scale, and the conversion of arable land into pasture, in Leicestershire and certain other counties, in the latter part of the fifteenth and commencement of the sixteenth centuries. It appears that official inquiries had been made into the causes of the scarcity of grain and victuals, and the justices of the peace and certain commissioners appointed for each county, had reported that it was due to the ingrossing t of farms and to the conversion of arable into pasture. In 1489 an Act J had been passed " agaynst pullyng doun of Tounes," which provided that owners of houses let to farm with twenty acres of land or more should maintain houses and buildings thereon necessary for tillage, and if they failed to do so, then the King or lord of the fee should receive yearly half the profits of any such lands whereof the houses had not been so maintained. It was intended that this Act should check the movement to consolidate holdings or convert arable into pasture, but the measure proved ineffectual.

In 1514 the King issued a proclamation §, ordering all who had more farms than one to till before Michaelmas next such lands as were occupied and used in tillage before 1485, and to keep them in tillage, and that all houses of husbandry then standing should be inhabited and dwelt in by husbandmen or labourers. In 1515 an Act|| was passed, " concernyng the pulling downe of Townes," which enacted that all villages and habitations used and occupied to tillage and husbandry before 5 Feb., 1515, should be rebuilt

* The Domesday of Inclosures 1517—1518, being the extant returns to Chancery for Berks., Bucks., Cheshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northants., Oxon., and Warwickshire, by the Commissioners of Inclosures in 1517. Edited for the Royal Historical Society, with notes and tables, by I. S. Leadam, M.A., F.R.H.S., F.S.S. In two Volumes. London: Longmans. Green, and Co.

t Ingrossing=where one person holds two holdings. '} 4 Henry VII. cap. 19.

§ P. R. O., State Papers, Dom., Henry VIII., i. 5727, 2.|| 6 Henry VIII. cap. 5, & 7 Henry VIII. cap I.

THE EFFORTS TO CONVERT ARABLE LAND INTO PASTURE. 309

within a year, and that all lands turned to pasture should be restored to tillage.

In order to prevent the failure of this Act, a Royal Commission* was issued on 28 May, 1517, to the principal noblemen and gentle men of the greater number of the counties of England. A few of the counties were usually grouped together for the purposes of this commission. The counties of Oxon., Berks., Warwick, Leicester, Bedford, Bucks., and Northampton formed one area; and the commissioners for this area were John Veysey, Sir Andrew Wyndesore and Roger Wegeston. Veysey was then Dean of the Chapel Royal, and for his services was in 1519 promoted to the Bishopric of Exeter. Sir Andrew Wyndesore was keeper of the Great Wardrobe, and in 1529 was created Lord Windesore. Roger Wegeston, or Wygeston, who is described as " late of Leicester," was made, as his reward for his services in this matter, receiver- general of the possessions in the King's hands of heirs who were minors; in 1522 he was M.P. for Leicester, and sheriff of the county in 1541. William Jefson and one Giles or Gilles occur as the clerks who were ordered to take proceedings. The Com missioners were directed to enquire by the oath of a jury what towns houses and buildings were destroyed since Michaelmas 1488, and what lands then in cultivation were since converted into pasture, and what parks were inclosed for nurturing- wild animals, and by whom and in what manner.t The commissioners' returns were to be lodged in Chancery within three weeks after next Michaelmas.

We find the Commissioners sitting at Leicester, on 19 August, 1517, and at Lutterworth on 27 August. Their Inquisitions or Returns for Leicestershire!,—part of those lately discovered in the Public Record Office,—are unfortunately incomplete. Their Returns for their sitting on August 19 are missing. The extant Return commences in the middle of a presentment taken on August 27. Inclosing had taken place in each of the six Hundreds. In Framland, 330 acres inclosed were arable. In Guthlaxton, 100 acres were inclosed to pasture. The fullest returns are from Gartree, but here less than 1£ per cent, of the whole area of the Hundred is returned as inclosed, all to pasture. There is evidence that wealthy landowners were then residing in Leicestershire, for nearly 72 per cent, of the lay land was held by lords of manors. About 20 per cent, of the land inclosed was ecclesiastical land, and of this land ecclesiastical freeholders held 63 per cent.

« Patent Roll, g Henry VIII. pars z, mem. 6 dorso.f Patent Roll, 9 Henry VIII. pars 2, mem. 6 d.; State Papers, Dom.,

Henry VIII., ii. 3297.\ Chancery Misc. Rolls, T| mems. 19 to 24; printed in "The Domesday

of Inclosures," pp. 226—242.


There is no return of ecclesiastical land let; nor is there any mention of copyholds. The ecclesiastical landlords held about 47 acres to each messuage ; the lay landlords about 32 acres. Of lay land, leaseholders held an average of 50 acres, and farm tenants 60 acres. But only 6J- per cent, of the entire area of lay land was held by tenants. Mr. Leadam concludes therefore, that " to judge by these figures Leicestershire must have been a county in which the land was distributed in ownership among the population to a degree unknown elsewhere." The rental of pasture land let in the county was 7d. per acre; whilst the rental value of pasture land inclosed Is returned at the high value of 22Jd. per acre, and of arable land inclosed at 13£d. per acre,—higher than any other county. Mr. Leadam suggests that in the interest of the Crown, —for under the Act half the rents and profits of offenders went to the superior lord,—the commissioners overvalued lands in the hand of the owners.

The portion of the extant Leicestershire Inquisition fills 6 membranes, and gives some interesting facts. In two cases the carucate is expressly stated to include 40 acres; and the average acreage of a virgate was nearly 13 acres. Thomas Hesilrige of Noseley is the first offender named; he had inclosed 385 acres, and evicted 51 persons, and had suffered the parish church of Noseley to fall into ruins, so that the inhabitants could not attend Divine Service in it. John, Abbot of Leicester, is charged with inclosing lands and evicting 30 persons at Bagrave, and permitting ruin and desolation to happen there. Sir Ralph Shirley is returned as having inclosed and imparked Staunton park, and evicted 24 persons, and also with having converted arable land into pasture at Bagdale, and turning away 30 persons in tears. Richard, Abbot of Leicester, had added 20 acres of land in Belgrave to his park called Old park. Sir John Villars had converted 160 acres of arable at Brooksby into pasture, and had evicted 24 persons. Sir Walter Blount had evicted 18 persons at Alaxton. These are a few of the cases reported to the King.

The persons thus presented were summoned to appear in Chancery, and a suit was commenced on the part of the Crown for half profits. These proceedings were often stayed, upon the defendant entering into a recognizance to restore the houses and reconvert the inclosed pasture to arable. A proclamation was issued in July 1526, ordering all inclosers, and owners of lands inclosed or converted to pasture since 1485, to cut down all hedges and pales and reconvert the pasture to tillage by the following Michaelmas. Proceedings were no doubt taken. We find the Marquis of Dorset entering an appearance in Chancery on 7 Feb. 1520, on account of inclosures at Bradgate. Thomas Purfrey was presented for decaying a messuage, and converting to pasture 80

THE EFFORTS TO CONVERT ARABLE LAND INTO PASTURE. 811

acres of land in Drayton; before the inclosure they were worth 26s. 8d. annually, afterwards £4. The matter ultimately came before a jury.*

Mr. Leadam's book throws very great light upon the subject of inclosures, and a careful study of it will well repay those who are interested in the matter.

The following is a brief summary of the land owners, places, chief lords of the fee, number of houses destroyed and persons ejected, quantity of arable land enclosed to pasture, and annual value, mentioned in the Inquisition.

Land Owner.

[Thomas Hesilrige]

Nicholas Fitz- herbert

John Fitzherbert

[Thomas] Harvey

Thomas Purfrey

John, Abbot of de Pratis

Sir Robert Brudenell

John Coley

Richard Odeby

Place.

Noseley

[Burton Overy]

Upton

Hynkeley

Dreyton

Bagrave

Halyoke

Glooston

Gumley

Chief Lord.

The King, as of the Duchy of Lancaster

The King, as of the County of Leicester

Earl of Leicester

-•

• •

Senlowe

Houses, &c. destroyed.

5 messuages, and

6 cottages

••

5 messua.ges, 2 cottages,

and 12 virgates

7 messuages, and

250 acres

••

I messuage, and

70 acres

Persons ejected.

51 &

6&

6&

3°

3°

12 &

6

Arable land en closed to pasture.

12 ploughs 385 acres

seized of i virgate

i virgate

i plough 2 virgates

i plough — virgates containing 50 acres

2 ploughs 2 carucates

Annual Value.

26s. 8d.

263. 8d.

4 marcs

4 li.

• •

30 li.

4 li.

4 U.

* Exch. Q. R., Mem. Roll, 301 Hil. Term, 13 Henry VIII. mem. 33.

312 LEIOESTEBSHIBE ABCHITEOTUEA1 SOCIETY.

Land Owner.

Garendon Monastery

Coventry Priory

Sir Ralph Shirley

John Bemond

George, lord Hastings

Sir Maurice Barkley, junr., Knight

Sir Ralph Shirley

Thomas, marquis of Dorset

Garendon Abbey

Ulverscroft Priory

Abbot of de Pratis

Place.

Norman- ton on the

Heath

Pakynton

Wrotyn- ton &

Staunton

Horton Cater- marche

Ashby & Black- fordby

Cotys

Ragdale & Willowes

Bradgate

Bradgate

••

Belgrave

Chief Lord.

••

••

The King, as of the Honor of Tutbury

The King, as of the County of Hunting don.

" "

••

The King

••

••

••

The King


••

••

4 messuages, 3 cottages,

and So acres

i messuage, and

40 acres

* •

4 messuages, and

96 acres

5 messuages, i cottage,

and 200 acres

i messuage, and

[40 acres]

i messuage, and

40 acres

i messuage, and

40 acres

§1cK'ST

12 &

6&

24 &

4 &

' *

8&

30 &

••

••

••


t ploughs So acres

i plough 17 acres

4 ploughs

i plough

3 virgates arable, and 2 virgates pasture

2 ploughs

5 ploughs

• •

••

••

20 acres, which he had em- parked, and en larged his park called Old park

Annual Value.

4os.

4os.

I DOS.

6s. 8d.

ii li.

gli.

22 11.

[265.] 8d.

26s. 8d.

26s. 8d.

135. 4d.

THE EFFORTS TO CONVERT ARABLE LAND INIO PASTURE. 313

Land Owner.

Abbot of de Pratis

Sir John Villars,Knight

*

Sir Walter Blount,lord Mountjoy

George Hastings,de partibusborealibus, jureuxoris Johane,& NicholasMountney jure

uxoris Margarete

George Calverley ,esq.

John Waltham

Sir JohnConstable, knt.,— Twayt, andPeter Bygott

Stephen Dalby

Thomas, Marquisof Dorset, custosof Sir WalterDevereux, lordFerrers ofChartley.

Place.

Kirby Mallory

Brooksby

Alaxton

Estrall

Skalford

Melton

Melton

Muston & Redmile

Cottys-bephe

Briscott &Navysby

Chief Lord.

The King, as of theDuchy ofLancaster

..

Huntingdon.

..

The King,as of thePrincipal

ity ofWales.

••

The King

The King

. .


3 messuages, and

140 acres

4 messuages,and

4 carucates,(each

containing40 acres)

2 messuages,and

10 virgates

6 messuages,and

60 acres

i messuage,and

40 acres

i messuage, and

60 acres

i messuage,and

50 acres

2 messuages and

80 acres

10 virgates.containing

100 acres

8 messuagesand

8 carucates

Persons ejected.

18 &

24 &

i8&

13

6

4

4

10

30 &

. .


4 ploughs

4 ploughs

3 ploughs

1 t

..

•• .

, ,

••

5 ploughs

Annual Value.

12 li.

io6s. 8d.

28 li.

t f

405.

403.

26s. 8d.

405. 135. 4d.

14 li.


GRANT TO HUGH DISPENSAB OF A MARKETAND FAIR AT LOUGH BOROUGH,

6 FEBRUARY, 1228-9.

(Cart. 13 Henry III., m. 13.)

THE King to the Archbishops, Bishops, &c., greeting. Know ye that we have granted to our beloved and faithful Hugh Dispensar, that he and his heirs may have and hold for ever one market each week on Thursday at his manor of Longhborough; and that they may have there one fair each year to last for three days, namely on the vigil and on the day and on the morrow of blessed Peter ad vincula. But so that that market and that fair are not to the hurt of neighbouring markets and neighbouring fairs. We have also granted to the same Hugh, that he and his heirs and his men of Lucteburg' with its appurtenances, and of Burton, Hukescot, Fretheby, and Erendesby, may be for ever quit of suits of county and hundred, and of sheriff's aid, and of view of frankpledge. We have also granted for us and our heirs to the same Hugh and his heirs that they may have for ever this liberty, namely, that they are not put on assizes, juries or recognizances. Wherefore also we wish that the aforesaid Hugh and his heirs may have and hold for ever the aforesaid market and the aforesaid fair, freely, quietly and entirely, with all liberties and free customs to the aforesaid market and the aforesaid fair pertaining; and that the same Hugh and his heirs, and his aforesaid men of the aforesaid town of Lucteburg' with its appurtenances, and of Burton, Hukelescot, Fretheby and Erendesby, may he quit of suits of county and hundred, and of sheriff's aid and view of frankpledge; and that the same Hugh and his heirs may have for ever the aforesaid liberty, that they are not put on assizes, juries or recognizances, as is aforesaid. These being witnesses: J. bishop of Bath, R. bishop of Durham and W. bishop of Carlisle, H. de Burg', R. Earl of Chester, and W. Earl Marshal, W. Earl of Ferrers, J. Constable [of Chester], S. de Segrave, N. de Molis, Richard de Argent", Henry de epell', Bartholomew Peche, and others. Given by the-hand of R. bisliop of Chichester at Westminster on the 6th day of February in the 13th year of our reign.

W. G. D. F.

LEICESTERSHIRE WILLS.(Continued from page zgo.)

315


Camden, Thos.; Harborough 26Capell, Henry ; Leicester 76Cart, Wm.; Leyare 39Cattle, Rich.; Stapleford 117Chapman, Thos.; Foxton 154Chapman, Wm.; Bringhurst 28Chawner, Alexander; ———— 109Childe, Benjamin ; Cottesbitch 43 Chilwell, als. Grang, Wm.;

Swepston 55Clarke, Frances; Wiggeston magna 165Clerk, Isabella ; Ashby parva 102 Clifford, Rowland, sen.; Dyseworth 71Coltman, John ; Odeby 181Cooke, Thos.; Shilton 172Cooke, Wm., jun.; Barsby 144 Cooke (see Smith).Cooleman, Edw. ; Kibworth 138Cooper, Thos.; Harby 185Cumberland, Wm.; Whitwick 63Dadsley, Rich.; Bottesford 184Daffarnes, John ; Hinckley 177Dakin, Humphrey; Whitwick 37Dale, John ; Leicester IDavenport, Rich.; Wigston magna 149Dennis, Anthony; Bottesford 6 Dinck, James; Frisby super le

Wreak 35Dixon, John; Loughborowe 153Dowell, John ; Higham 130Durrard, Wm.; Pinthorpe 101Elaby, Beatrice ; Dalby 151Ellis, James; Leicester 124Fellowe, Thos.; Turlanghton 81Fellowe, Wm.; Laughton 137Firmes, Mary; Harborough 78Fisher, Wm.; Hallaughton SoFlavill, Sarah ; Leare 38Forman, Francis; Coston 56Fox, John ; East langhton 13Freeman, John ; Leicester 120Freeman, Robt ; Gumley 59French, Thos.; Laughton 104French, Wm.; Sutton 136Frier, Henry; Glen magna 161Fryre, John ; Ullesthorpe 60Gamble, Robt.; Saxelby 45Gamble, Wm.; Asfordby 171Gerard, Thos.; Ashby de la zouch nGibson, George ; Barkston 119Gilbert, Thos.; Leicester 61Gilbert, Thos.; Ashby parva 46Gisborne, Nich.; Kegworth 98Goodinge, Mary ; Barkston 31Goodwyn, Mary ; Waltham 166 Grang (see Chilwell).Gulson, El'iz.; Shawell 163Harward, Robt.; Gilmorton 123Hease, Wm.; Kegworth 103Henshawe, Wm.; Leicester 122

1635.— Cinitiiiui'd.No.

Henson, John ; Claxton 62 Hicklinge, Rich. ; Long Claxton 112 Hide, Edw.; Tugby 174 Hill, Anthony ; Stockerston 9 Holmes, Thos.; Bishops Fields 10 Howitt, John ; Godeby 113 Hull, Agnes ; Lewbenham loo Hutchins, Thos.; Evingeton 146 Hutchinson, Rich., jun.; Sheaps-

head 44Ingle, Wm.; Cole overton 16 Insley, Wm.; Burbage 74 Jackson, Thos.; Hucklescote 53 Keene, John ; Ratby 4 Kem, Thos. ; Asfordby 186 Kideare, Hamlet; Osgethorpe 66 Kinde, Rich. ; Arnesby 126 Kinge, Thos.; Wiggeston 64 Kirkby, John ; Normanton 95 Kirke, Wm.; Leicester 157 Lacy, Andrew; Melton 34 Lathbury, Nich.; Leicester 73 Lee, Wm.; Statherne 5 Ludloe, Peter; Wimeswould 121 Marshall, Alice ; Breedon 127 Marson, Edw.; Brentingthorpe 93 Mason, Margt.; Garthorpe 115 May, Jeffery ; Sutton Cheny 135 Measures, Thos. ; Dalby super le

woulds 29Mew, John ; Walcote 125 Morris, Wm.; Narborowe 147 Musson, Hugh ; Freby 116 Neale, George; Mountsorrell 86 Needham, Thos.; Cosby 83 Newton, Robt. ; Twyford 118 Nicolls, Joseph ; Wickham, p. of

Rotheley 2 Noone, Alice; The Newarke,

Leicester 99Norman, James; Odeby no Norman, Robt.; Leicester 156 Olliver, Thos.; West langhton 108 Organer, Henry; Dalby Chalcombe 19 Page, Robt.; Tilton 44 Paine, Eleanor; Bowdon magna 85 Palmer, Rich. ; East Norton 49 Parker, Mary ; Leicester 97 Parr, Wm.; Siston 132 Parson, Wm.; Earleshelton 139 Parsonns, Eliz.; Glen magna 160 Peale, Rich.; Shepshead 52 Peirce, Eliz.; Smeeton Westerby 106

*Perkins, Rich.; Thorpe, p. ofBroughton 82

Pickard, John ; Bagworth 158 Pickard, Robt. ; Willowby 84 Poltney, Bartholmew ; Higham 70

* It is tbe outmost on the file.VOL. VIII.



Pratt, Francis, sen.; Lutterworth 176 Rason, Wra.; Lutterworth 91 Reade, Robt; Stony stanton 159 Richardson, Mary ; Rearsby go Riddingeton, John ; Smeeton 14 Roberts, Katherine; Belton 15 Roe, Anne; Lutterworth 36 Sannderson, John ; Leicester 88 Savage, Thos.; Thrumaston 129 Sharpe, Thos.; Odeby 107 Sharpe, Wm.; Claxton 68 Simmons.Thos.; Ashby delazouch 148 Smith, als. Cooke, Wm.; Kerby

Bellers 114Smith, Anthony ; Belgrave 30 Smith, Thos.; Rearsby 58 Somerfeild, George; Kerkby 131 Spence.Wm.; Market! Harborough 79 Squire, Alice ; Maplewell 142 Stanton, Henry ; Tonge, p. of

Breedon 20Streete, Wm.; Hallaughton 12 Button, Wm.; Bosworth 77 Thrinhbey, John ; ———— 152 Toone, Rich.; Nailston 96 Tompson, Nich.; Stapleford 187 Towers, Wm.; Barston 8 Turvill, John ; Loughborowe 155 Wande, Matthew; Coston 7 Ward, John; Weston 179 Warner, Samuel; Burbage 173 Welden, Isabella; Barrowe 57 Whalley, Wm.; Norton juxta Galby 54 Whildon, Alice ; Shepshead 67 Whildon, Rich.; Shepshead 40 White, Allin ; Higham 133 Whitehead, Eliz.; Sproxton 144 Whittacary, Robt.; Frisby sup

le Reake 183Wilcox, Mary; Knoston 178 Wilkshire, Robt., sen.; Market

harborowe 175Winby, Thos.; Beeby 143 Wood, Anne: Shacraston 164 Wright, Rich.; Buckminster 150 Wright, Robt.; Scraptoft 3 Yates, Thos.; Somerby 105 Yates, Wm.; Thrinkston 65

1636.

Andrewe, James; Leicester 55Atkinson, Henry ; Loughborowe 200Bacon, Edw.; Bottesford 176Baker, Lawrence; Sproxton 179Baldwyn, Humphrey ; Markefeild 131Bates, Thos.; Burstall 187Bayly, Margt.; Ashby magna 2Beaman, Avis; Siston 90Beck, Wm.; Bowthorpe 8


Bent, Walter; Freby 177 Biggs, Eliz.; Hinckley 150 Blakely, Henry; Melton Mowbray 170 Blanckley, George ; Statherne 83 Blanckley, John ; Statherne 84 Boer, Edw., sen.; Hatherne 16 Boly, Wm,; Whatton 80 Bradford, Robt.; Blaby 57 Bradley, John ; Ashbydelazouch 54 Bradly, Alice ; Hallaughton 125 Brandon, Wm.; Quarndon 79 Breton, Robt.; Elmesthorpe no Brewster, John; Sewsterne 172 Brookesby, Edw.; Hungerton 78 Browne, John ; Hallaughton 193 Browne, Nich.; Belgrave 190 Browne, Nich.; Nailston 10 Browne, Robt.; Loughborowe 17 Brudenell, Wm.; Stanton Wyvell 49 Brux, Dorothy; Loughborough 123 Bryan, John ; Wigeston 141 Buckster, Edw.; Barlston 68 Burmby, Henry ; Hallaughton 126 Burrowes, Wm.; Belton n Carter, Roger ; Countesthorpe 146 Cater, Luce ; Anstye 19 Chapman,Anne; Ashbydelazouch 138 Chapman, Wm.; Melton Mowbraye 77 Chatterton, Jane ; Shepshead 34 Childe, Frances; Bowdon magna 50 Churchman, Rich ; Earle shelton 53 Clark, Henry ; Knipton 173 Clarke, Robt.; Odeby 15 Clowdesley, Thos.; Melton Mow

braye 98Colebarne, Anne; Grooby 40 Coleman, Thos.; Kibworth 152 Coleman, John; Lutterworth 101 Collis, als. Martin, Thos.; Sheasby 6z Colson, Katherine ; Harborough 107 Cooke, Rich.; Burton Lazers 25 Cooper, Robt.; Oneleape 59 Cooper, Rich., and Alice his wife;

Tilton 28Corner, Robt.; Asfordby 183 Cox, Eliz.; Prestwould 74 Dafforne, Wm.; Croft 76 Darby, James ; Rearsby 186 Dawson, Stephen ; Melton Mow-

bray 97Drakeford, Francis ; Hinckley 163 Edglie, Robt. ; late of Wigston

magna 154Eglin, Thos.; St. Martin's, Lei

cester 197Fardell, Rich.; Hallaughton 191 Farmer, Thos.; Pickaringe Grange 133 Farmer, Thos.; Desford 70 Fellowe, Robt., sen.; Foxton 41 Fenne, Dorothy ; Medburne 120



Foster, Francis; Nether broughton 38 Fox, Robt.; Bowdon magna 195 Franncklin, Rich.; Melton Mow-

braye 171Freake, Henry; ———— 31 Fryer, Rose; Wigston magna 122 Gallard, Eliz.; Leare 132 Gamble, Thos.; Seagrave 60 Gilbert, Susanna; Newton

Harcourt 155Goddard, John ; Cleybrooke 67 Goodrich, John : Loddington 4 Goodwyn, Wm.; Stapleford 86 Gromett, Rich., sen.; Sheapshead 89 Gulston, Wm.; Melton Mowbraye 12 Hallowday, Robt.; Loughborowe 22 Handley, George; Bilston 119 Hands, John ; Lutterworth 42 Hart, George; Melton Mowbray loo Heath, Sibilla; ———— 27 Heich, Robt.; Dunton bassett 145 Heywood,Annis; Clevbrookemagna 29 Hicklinge, Francis; Loughborowe 147 Hill, Alexander; Markett bosworth 7 Kinde, or Hide, Edw.; Anstey 18 Hint, John ; Higham 71 Holmes, Wm.; Shepshead 23 Howett, Hellen ; Abkettleby 112 Hubbard, Eliz.; Loughborowe 9 Humberston, John ; Asfordby 174 Hunt, John; Glen magna 113 Hutt, Thos.; Stony stanton 124 Jackson, Dennis; Wigston magna 63 Jefferie, John; Leicester 115 Jimpson, Wm.; Newton Linford 20 Johnson, Wm.; Narborowe 128 Kellam, Wm.; Asfordby 114 Kinge, Anne; p. of Hinckley 162 Kinge, Eliz.; Hinckley 134 Knight, Robt.; Loughton 103 Knight, Thos.; Mountsorrell 37 Lacy, Alice; Melton Mowbraye 82 Law, Wm.; Wigston magna 36 Lillie, Wm.; Dyseworth 151 Longe, Rich.; Holt 105 Lorington, John; Melton Mobraye 169 Lorington, Wm.; Saxby 181 Loseby, Robt.; Fleckney 26 Loue, Rachel; Saxby 61 Mallett, Henry; Glen magna 6 Man, Prudence; Croxton Kerriall 164 Mannynge, John ; Holt 104 Martin (see Collis). Martyn, Francis ; Siston 90 Mason, Thos.; Hungerton 21 Milner, Wm.; Hinckley 39 Mould, Rich.; Wigston 64 Naples, Thos.; Stretton parva 127 Nazbee, Rich.; Ashby Folvill 45 Newbold, John ; Netherseale 161


Noone, Roger; Odeby 153 North, Eliz.; Seagrave 149 Nutt, Wm. ; Husbands bosworth 109 Olliver, Thos.; Loughborowe 135 Orland, Thos. ; Odeby 66 Orton, Thos.; Leicester 140 Page, Henry; Cold overton 92 Palmer, Sisley ; Burstall 148 Parnam, Thos.; Garthorpe 129 Payne, John ; Lubenham 106 Payne, Susanna; Lubenham 51 Pebody, Rich.; Earnsby 159 Pelton, Wm.; Peatlinge parva 121 Perrin, Wm.; Croxton Kerriall 95 Philipps, Nicholas ; Loughborowe 47 Pinder, Wm.; Wigston magna 65 Porter, Clement; Blaston 194 Porter, John ; Cosby 158 Presgrave, Jonas; Cold overton 167 Raines, Robt.; Loughborowe 13 Remingeton, George; Croxton

Kerriall 182Reynold, Wm.; Leare 3 Richards, Robt.; Sheepy magna 142 Riddington, Chris.; Laughton? 108 Robinson, Eliz.; Swanington in Roe, Sarah ; Kegworth 136 Rose, John ; Slawson 30 Rymar, Edw.; Ashby delazouch 33 Scampton, Hellen ; Thrumaston 143 Scampton, Mary ; Dalby super le

woulds 137Scampton, Sarah ; Thrumaston 72 Searson, Matthew; Shacraston 81 Simson, Agnes ; Barkston 184 Smith, George ; Braunston 180 Smith, John ; ———— 46 Smith, Robt.; ——— 46 Smith, Thos.; Hinckley 196 Spell, Thos.; Scraptoft 56 Spence, Mary; Market harborowe 93 Sprigg, Thos.; Waltham sup le

woulds 166Squire, Francis; Rearsby 139 Stasemore, Wm.; Frolesworth 75 Stocken, Wm.; Loughborowe 43 Storer, Thos.; Claxton 69 Button, Mary ; Loughborowe 5 Syson, Ellen ; Shepshead 44 Tarrie, John; Newbold 165 Tatenell, Thos.; Swaningeton 156 Tayler, Mary; Leicester 189 Tayler, Robt.; Sproxton 178 Toole, Susanna; Belton back of

No. 18Towers, Robt.; Branston 175 Thirdborowe, Alice; Frolesworth 199 Trentom, Thos.; Scalford 168 Trooman, Thos.; Hose 52 Turner, Thos.; Wimeswould 32


1636.—Continued.

Twigten, Wm.; Leicester Veanible, Rich; Hinckley Venable, Alice; Hinckley Walker, Wm.; Whetston Waltam, Robt.; Ouston

No. 198 18588

16099

Ward, George; Carleton Curlewe 35 Ward, George; Mousley 116 Ward, Mary ; Sheasby 144 Ward, Thos.; Bowdon magna 192 Watts, Frances ; St. Martin's,

Leicester 87Wells, Thos.; Melton Mowbraye 85 Wheatly, John ; ——— 117 Whitefeild, Peter; Misterton 157 Whittacre, Robt.; Stathorne 73 Wigsun, Thos. ; Sutton Cheny 14 Williams, Wm.; Lubsthorpe 130 Willson, John ; Howby 58 Wingfeild, Anne ; Loughborowe 188 Wood, John; Shepshead 102 Woodes, John ; Harby 96 "Woodford, Anthony ; Bilsdon 94 Wootton, John ; Breedon 91 Worseley, George; Loughborowe 201 Worth, Joan ; Humberston 48 Wright, Robt.; Kirby bellers 118 Wud, Frances; Markefeild 24 Yard, Wm.; Cosby i

1637.

Alien, Thos.; Walton. p. of Kim-coate 42

Allitt, John ; Peatlinge parva 40Alton, Wm.; Hallaughton 164Bacon, George; Hinckley 126Baker, Rich.; Hinckley 113Banbery, Eliz. ; ———— 161Barker, Rich.; Thrinkston 2Barodale, Thos.; Sileby 106Beale, Thos.; Swinford 159Beck, Rich.; Sheepie magna 53Berridge, Amys ; Bodon parva 38Bilson, Wm.; Bilson 131Bishopp, John ; Kirby bellers 7Blisse, Wm.; Leicester 31Bond, Ralph ; Doningeton 95Bray, Annes; Charneford 18Brewen, John ; Pickaringe grange 170 Briggs, Dorothy ; Melton Mowbray 19Briggs, Eliz.; Melton Mowbray 20Brookes, Arthur ; Congeston 41Brookesby, Eliz.; Hungerton 105Browne, Edw.; ——— 46Buckstein, Wm.; Whitwick 129Bull, Francis; Loddingeton 145Bunny, Peter; Ratby 175Burbage, Thos,; Scalford 143 Chamberlaine, Wm.; Newton

Harcourt 169


Chamberlin, Robt.; Newton parva 21 Chapman, Constance; St. Martin's,

Leicester 172Chapman, Jesper; Kibworth 112 Chapman, Mary ; ———— 51 Chettleton, Katherine; Leicester 4 Churchman, Francis; Leicester 52 Clarke, Nicholas; Ullesthorpe 97 Coates, James; Whitwick 45 Cooke, Wm ; Kibworth 163 Cooke (see Smith). Cooper, John ; Stony Stanton 33 Corbett, Rich.; Cropstone 174 Coupeland, Wm.; Sileby 152 Croft, Mary ; Peckleton 114 Crosse, John ; Frisby sup le wreake 82 Danne, John; Wigston magna 173 Davye, Wm.; Peatlinge parva 120 Dawkyn, Robt.; Thurcaston 58 Dawson, Thos.; ———— 146 Dracott, John ; Holt 73 Draper, Edw.; Hallaughton 166 Dunckley, Anthony; Newbold

Verdon 70Elkington, Thos.; Catthorpe 64 Elston, Wm.; Muston 98 Everat, Thos.; Thurlston 90 Farndon, John; burbage 116 Fewks, Matthew; Slawston 32 Fisher, Nicholas; Wimeswould 37 Fowntance, John ; Knipton 150 Foxe, Thos.; Bottesford 61 Foxon, Kath.; Kibworth Harcourt 89 Francis, Phillip ; Scalford 62 Franck, Alice; Melton Mowbraye 85 Freake, Mary; Leicester 60

' George, Edw.; Buckminster 59 Getsdale, Thos.; Earleshelton 27 Glen, Robt.; ——— 137 Gunby, Mary ; Stapleford 142 Hall, Wm.; Shawell 103 Harrison, John ; Breedon 107 Harrison, Rich.; Hallaughton 76 Hart, Ralph ; Kirkby bellers 13 Henson, Rich.; Melton Mowbray 176 Hindman, George ; Barwell" 128 Hiton, Edw.; Kirkby mallery 123 Hodgson, Robt.; Berbage 47 Holwell, Anthony; Thrushington 26 Hopkins, Wm.; Leicester no Hoult, Wm.; Melton Mowbray 177 Howkins, Anthony ; Turlanghton 168 Hutchinson, Sarah ; ——— 91 Hutchinson, Thos.; Shepshead 25 Jackson, George ; Nottingham 92 Jarvis, Rich. ; Elston n Jarvis, Thos.; Thorpe langhton 167 Johnson, Wm. ; Stanton under

barden 125 Jourdyn, Gyles ; Coldoverton 80


1637.—Ctiiitiinifil.No.

Joy, Wm.; Wimeswould 138 Jurden, Rich.; Tilton go Kempe, John ; Dalby parva 134 Killingly, Rich.; Stapleford 79 Lee, Margery ; Narborowe 22 Levers, Wm ; Claxton 144 Lucas, Rich. ; Bitswell 121 Lune, John ; Long whatton 6 Mackley, Wm.; Freby 147 Man, Joan; Conieston nS Marston, Edw.; Bowdon magna in Mase, Nicholas ; Hinckley 127 Mathue, Frances ; Huncote 28 Matson, Thos.; Foxton 72 Mayfeild, Gabriel; Melton 43 Miller, Thos.; Rearsby 96 Morecroft, Philipp ; Loughborowe 65 Mosely, Knock ; Market Bosworth 14 Musson, Maudlin ; Ashby magna 67 Needham, Nathaniel; Saxilby 133 Newbery, Margery ; Stanton 92 Norton, Nicholas ; Fleckney 29 Nutt, Margt.; Husband bosworth 71 Orton, Rich.; Ashby 36 Orton, Thos.; Kerby 155 Osborne, Margt.; Thrinckston 153 Page, Henry; Cold overton 154 Paine, John; Medburne 166 Paine, Thos.; Breedon 108 Palmer, Katherine, sen.; Thorpe-

langhton 75Pedte, Thos.; Hinckley (no number) Peps, Anne ; Eastthorpe, p. of

Bottesford 157 Phar, Maurice; Husbands

bosworth 91Pike, Thos.; Beeby 122" Pole, Robt.; Keame 87 Porter, Rich.; Eastwell 140 Pourter, Joan ; Blaston 165 Presse, Robt.; Thorpeaker 117 Pultney, John ; Misterton 35 Putt, Brian ; Lubenham 74

*Putt, Robt., sen.; Lubenham 99 Raven, James; Buckminster 56 Raven, James ; Buckminster 180 Reade, Rich.; Melton Mowbray 10 Reynold, Wm.; Loughborowe 89 Richardson, Wm.; Loughborowe 77 Russell, Andrew ; Melton 63 Scriven, John ; Glenfeild 23 Shepheard, Isabella; Dalby sup

le woulds 115Sherman, Rowland ; Bringhurst 135 Shippy, John ; Kirby billers 16 Shuttlewood, Harrold ; Thur-

caston 8 Silles, John ; Braunston 136

* Bond despositions, with proceedings attached, 100, 101 and 102.

1637. —ConlillllflJNo.

Simon, Jane ; Withcock 5 Sligh, Robt. ; Ashby magna 54 Smith, als. Cooke, Dorothy ;

Kerby billers 48Smith, Anne ; Ibstock 149 Smith, Eliz.; Dunton bassett 3 Snow, Anne ; Narborowe 39 Sowter, George; Dyseworth 55 Stanford, Wm.; Leicester 151 Stayne, Theoder ; Burbage 130 Sumner, Robt.; Eaton 66 Sumner, Thos. ; Bottesford 156 Swift, Bennett; Loughborowe 50 Tagg, Thos.; The Old Hospital,

The Nevvarke, Leicester 162 Teailbe, George ; Knipton 141 Thomas, Alexander; Earleshelton 160 Thorneton, Alice ; Thurcaston 24 Thorpe, Anne ; Queninborough 109 Ticknall, Jane ; Ashby delazouch 171 Tomson, John, sen.; Carleton 49 Tonns, Thos.; Claxton 78 Tuke, David ; Sibberston 104 Turner, Wm.; Walcott, p. of

Misterton 12Varnam, Thos.; Withcock i6iA Veasey, Rich.; Croft 178 Vincent, Thos ; Bottesford 69 Ward, John, sen.; Queniborough 119 Ward, Wm.; Prestwould 81 Watchorne, Isack ; Melton 44 Waze, Sampson ; Rotherby 86 Weby, Agnes ; Bottesford 158 Whildon, Maud ; Shepshead 124 Wilcox, Alice ; Odson, p. of

Shacraston 148Wilson, Alice ; Edmunthorpe 139 Wood, Margery ; Naneby 30 Woodford, Thos.; Coates 68 Wootton, Isabella ; Breedon 57 Wortly, Dorothy ; Saxby 179

1638.

Abbott, Thos.; Thurlston 175Airay, Rich ; Sheepie magna 10Allwood, Maurice ; Glouston 159Allyn, John ; Bosworth 38Allyn, Nicholas; Desford 102Alwick, John ; Eastlanghton 158Ands, John ; Houghton 12Armson, Hugh ; Thrinkston 154 Ash, Susanna; Ashby Delazouch 205Aston, Walter; Leicester 182Ausopp, Wm.; Siston 176Baker, Thos. ; Stapleford 118Ballard, John ; Kerby 18Barnes, Thos.; Witherley 216Barrett, Wm.; Wimeswould 22Bate, George ; Sewsterne 143



Beachamp, Robt.; Markett Har-borough 45

Bealc, George ; Ullesthorpe 20 Beecroft, Thos.; Eastthorpe 53 Belgrave, Thos.; North Kilworth 169 Bennet, Thos. ; Shorneford 30 Bennitt, Anthony ; Rearsby 133 Bent, John ; Huncote 115 Bent, John ; Market Harborowe 135 Bird, Wm.; Freby 114 Blacke, Wm.; Gadsby 55 Blackwell, Rich.; Sheasby 41 Blackwell, Wm.; Mountsorrell 214 Bloomefeild, Wm.; Thorpe

Sachfeild 236Blunt, John ; Belgrave 75 Bolsworth, Thos.; Carleton 29 Bonnitt, Robt.; Markfeild 235 Bowman, Robt.; Ragrlale 127 Boydell, Rich.; Blackfordby 151 Bradgate, Wm.; Stoake goldinge 168 Brandred, \Vm.; Lubenham 44 Brice, Robt.; Foxton 97 Britaine, John ; Knossington 101 Browne, Robt.; Wymeswould 58 Browne, Thos.; Shelton 166 Browne, Thos.; Melton Mowbraye 243 Bugg, Thos.; Barkston 68 Bull, Robt.; Markett Harborough 46 Burbidge, Rich.; Loddington 230 Burditt, Thos.; North Kilworth 138 Cant, Annie ; Bosworth 112 Carr, Anne; Knossington 49 Carr, Thos.; Leicester 87 Cater, Gabriel; Leicester 89 Chamberlaine, Margt.; Husband

bosworth 34Chamberlin, Edw.; Cussington 9 Chamberline, Chris.; Scalford 202 Chapman, John ; Gilmorton 60 Cheny, Wm.; Sibsdon 6 Clarke, Dionis; Eastlanghton 223 Clarke, John ; Thrinkston 177 Clarke, Margery ; Odeby 180 Colson, Wm.; Glen magna 191 Cooke, Thos.; Somerby 199 Cooke, Wm.; Thorpe Acre 153 Cooper, Robt.; Leicester 93 Coy, Wm. ; Braunston 64 Crispe, Wm.; Whetston 210 Cutler, Thos.; Kirby Mallerie 162 Dafforne, Jeffery ; Blabye 99 Daft, Ellen ; Easton 156 Dalby, Leonard ; Skeffingeton 120 Dawkins, Henry ; Aston Flamvile 80 Daye, John ; Bowdon parva 134 Daye, Robt,; Bowdon parva 136 Debancks, Thos. ; Cosby 96 Dent, Edw. ; Dalby Chalcombe 16 Dixon, Andrew ; Stapleford 62

1638.— Continued.No. 178 ill

Dorhand, Thos.; Saddingeton Dowell, John ; Ashby parva Eastwood, Wm.; Kibworth

beachamp 225Eden, John ; Glen magna 78 Everard, George ; Peckleton 170 Fewkes, Henry, jun. ; Siston 106 Fisher, Michael; ——— 121 Forrian, John ; Markfeild 219 Foster, Ralph ; Sewsterne 88 Freer, John ; Leicester 217 Freeston, Wm.; Gadsby 24 French, Wm.; Lawghton 229 Garratt (see Harretj. Gaskin, Robt.; Catthorpe 247 Gatly, John ; Castle Doningeton 105 Geary, John ; Congeston 81 George, John ; Osbaston 37 Gilbert, Peter; Swineford 165 Goodman, Wm., sen.; Hallaughton 48 Goodyn, Edw.; Newton LiDford 19 Gothridge, Abraham; Ashbyde-

lazouch 187Grane, Simon ; Medburne 224 Gregory, Margaret; Desford 160 Greene, Francis; Redmile 200 Greene, John ; Burstall 129 Greene, John ; Sapcoate 21 Greene, Mary ; Leicester 66 Groocock, Thos.; Eastlanghton 186 Groocock, Wm.; Broughton Ashley 79 Haine, John ; Loughborowe 184 Hall, Margt. ; Castle Doningeton 245 Hall, Wm. ; Bilsdon 4 Hall (see Henson). Hallam, Gilbert; Croxton Kerriall 56

* Hancock, Wm.; Loughborowe 164 Handly, Chris.; Redmile 63 Harret, als. Garratt, Rich.;

Smeeton Westerby 100 Harris, Thos.; Humberston 76 Hartopp, Samuel; Burton Lazers 107 Henson, als. Hall, Wm.; Claxton 65 Henson, Andrew ; Melton 131 Hetherly, Katherine ; Hatherne 238 Heyford, Rich.; Laughton 227 Hibbard, Edw.; Castle Don

ingeton 246Holmes, Edw.; Newbold 104 Hopkin, Ellen ; Waltham 54 Horton, Wm.; Gumley 155 Hough, als. Woodkeeper, Augus

tine ; Edmundthorpe 48 Ingram, John ; Mousely 83 Jackson, Robt.; Markett borsworth 32 Jacombe, Thos.; Evington 241 Judson, Joan ; Loughborowe 85 Justice, als. Perrin, John ; Houghton 8 Kellam, Robt.; Sproxton 195 Kempe, Henry ; Belgrave 92



Kerchevell, Robt.; Bottesford 215 Kilby, Thos.; Desford 27 Kinge, Wm. ; Melton Mowbray 193 Knight, Margery; Mountsorrell 163 Lacy, George ; Melton Mowbray 146 Lamley, Robt.; Lubenham 137 Large, Martha; ———— 203 Lattimer, Thos.; Edmundthorpe 149 Lawford, Nicholas; Hallaughton I Leeson, John; Barkeby 208 Lister, Wm.; Edmundthorpe 69 Littledike, John ; Hose 220 Longfeild,Kobt.; Melton Mowbray 194 Loue, John ; Stonesby 50 Marston, Wm.; Thrumaston 117 Miles, Joan; Peatlinge magna 242 Milner, Wm.; Leicester 188 Monck, Nicholas; Walcott 125 Moore, Thos.; Edmundthorpe log Morris, Bartholomew ; Grimston 90 Morris, John ; Asfordby 123 Morrison, Chris.; Brentingeby 221 Newberie, Robt.; Tonge 150 Newton, Thos.; Leicester 204 Noble, Wm.; Loughborowe 5 Nowell, Thos.; Market Har-

borowe 222Olife, John; Peckleton 173 Or am, Wm.; Primethorpe 39 Oswin, Dorothy; Frisby 212 Overton, Dymock; Wycam 132 Palme, Rich,; Bottesford 94 Palmer, Wm.; South Croson 122 Peck, Robt.; Knossington 61 Perkins, Joan; broughton Ashley 128 Perrin (see Justice). Philips, Rich.; Croft 209 Pickles, Henry; Markett Har-

borough 181Pilkinton, Robt.; Gadsby 183 Platte, George; Hatherne 98 Pollard, Thos.; Lockingeton 74 Poltney, Amia; Desford 240 Potterton, Prudence; Hallaughton 42 Poultney, Jane; Sheepy parva 213 Prentice, Leonard ; Harby 198 Presburie, John ; Packingeton 152 Ragg, Thos; Osgethorpe 244 Rest, John; Caudewell 144 Rilie, Rich.; Thorpe sachfeild 234 Rime, Mary ; Ashby delazouch 239 Risby, John ; Theddingeworth 171 Robinson, Anne ; Branston 70 Robinson, Wm.; Branston 51 Roose, Robt.; Normanton 119 Roote, Wm.; Cottesbitch 185 Rous, Cicely ; Stathorne 108 Rowlett, Ralph ; Nether broughton 7 Rynes, Henry ; Mouseley 91 Scampton, Ursula ; Mountsorrell n


237157

Sharpe, Robt.; ——— Sharpe, Wm. ; Arnsby Sheffeild, Anne; The Newarke,

Leicester 207Sherwood, Thos.; Ashby de lazouch 25 Shotwell, Thos.; Ashby de lazouch 207 Simpson, Wm.; Gilmorton 232 Smith, Wm.; Medburne 226 Sparkes, John ; Ashby de lazouch 73 Spencer, John ; Eastlanghton 17, 14 Spencer, Thos.; Prestwould 71 Sprigg, Agnes; Foxton 130 Sprigg, Alice ; Burbage 124 Sprigg, Wm.; Lubenham 140 Springthorpe, Rich.; Woodgate,

Leicester 161Squire, Dorothy ; Melton 248 Standly, John ; Worthington 95 Sterne, Wm.; Burbage 141 Stevenson, Wm.; Saxelby 145 Stretton, Cicely ; Ansty 33 Sturdy, John ; Burton Lazers 197 Sturgis, Wm.; Theddingeworth 77 Tacknell, Robt.; Shorneford 116 Tarleton, John; Lutterworth 190 Tayler, Febnell; Sproxton 28 Throstle, John; Bitswell 189 Tomson, Thos.; Leicester 172 Tooley, George; Odeby 211 Trentham, Leonard ; Ashby

delazouch 72Vincent, Eliz.: Queniborough 231 Wade, Gregory ; Melton 192 Waite, Henry ; Wymondham 59 Wale, Grere; Kibworth Harcourt 228 Walford, Jane; Bowdon magna 126 Walker, Roger; Rothley 13 Walker, Wm.; Sileby 84 Waltam, Eleanor; Ouston 52 Ward, Wm.; Whetston 3 Ward, Wm.; Kibworth beachamp 139 Warren, Edw.; Melton Mowbray 201 Waters, Henry ; North Kilworth 113 Watts, Samuel; Dalby Chalcombe 40 Weate, Margt.; Barkeby 233 Welby, Thos.; Harston 147 White, Henry ; Wigston 86 White, Lewis; Frisbie 179 White, Margt.; Statherne 142 Wigson, Tytus; Sewsterne 57 Wilburne, Thos.; Sproxton 196 Wilkinson, Millicent; Bringhurst 47 Williamson,Geo.; Bowdon parva 167 Willowes, Wm.; Edmundthorpe no Winby, Eliz.; Beby 218 Wood, Thos., sen.; Lutterworth 82 Woodkeeper (see Hough). Wright, John ; Swaningeton 26 Wright, Nich.; Easton magna 43 Wykes, Ellis; Twycrose 2


1639 and 1640.Wills proved during part of the years 1639

and 1640 before the Commissary of the Arch bishop of Canterbury, during vacation and suspension of the Bishop of Lincoln.

No.Adcocke, Dan.; Somerby 44 Andrewes, John ; West langton 75 Aynsworth, Wm.; Longwhatton 113 Barnes, Robt.; Gilmorton in Barnes, Thos.; Markfeild 76 Barret, Thos ; Barlston 53 Barton, Wm.; Ashbie magna 36 Barwell, Edw.; Kegworth 26 Baxter, Dorothy; Barlston 46 Bescobye, Anthony; Waltham 118 Blunt, John ; Coldoverton 77 Boulter, George; Wigston magna 63 Bradford, Grace; Coates 73 Bradsill, Peter; Broughton Ashley 84 Brewen, Ralph ; Isle of Fens,

near Leicester 17Brook, Robt.; Waltham 60 Brookes, James; Croft 87 Bryres, Wm.; Swinford 24 Buck, Anne; Thorneton 49 Burden, Thos.; Easton magna 39 Burditt, Wm.; North Kilworth 72 Butler, Rich.,; Trinity Hospital,

Leicester 51Butler, Rich.; Evington 52 Cater, Rich.; Walton 18 Cave, John; Kimcott 100 Chamberlyn, George; Newton

Harcourt 14Chamberlyn, Wm.; Thrussingeton 103 Chambers, John ; Harston 120 Channer, Jane; Whatton Longa 57 Chawner, Robt.; Hatherne 86 Clarke, John ; Ullesthorpe 67 Clarke, Katherine; Bottisford 19 Clifford, Edw.; Dyseworth 55 Colcroft, Wm.; Bottisford 20 Coleman, George; Kibworth 102

•Cotes Thos.; Ailston 91 Curtys, Robt.; Halloughton 65 Dawkin, Wm.; Aston Flamvile 66 Dodson, Rich.; Harborough 96 Dun, Ellis; Thorneton 16 Exon, Margaret; Dyseworth 97 Farmer, Rich.; Kilby 47 Farneham, Constance; Quarndon 59 Flude, Christopher; Dunton 70 Forman, Christopher; Bosworth 101 Forryan, Wm.; Congeston 85 Freeman, Wm. ; Kibworth 22 Freeston, Francis; bowdon magna 74 Gallard, Margaret; Leare 33 Gamble, John ; Gilmorton 48

* With Bonds attached.

1639 and 1640.—Continued.No.

Gamble, Rich.; Peatlinge parva 10 Gilliver, Joseph ; Leare 122 Grammar, Anne; Lubnam i Grime, Rich.; Earleshilton 78 Grimnitt, Nicholas; Thorpe acre 35 Hand, Wm.; Hose 107 Hill, Samuel, D.D.; rector of

Church langton and Medburne 32 How, Thos.; Leicester 98 Hubbard, Nicholas; Ashby magna 6 Hucklescote, Thos ; Halloughton 94 Hunt, Henry; Blaston 92 Hurst, Wm.; Croxton Kerriall 117 Jackson, als. Palfreyman,

Abraham; Ashby de la zouch 99 Keene, Thos., sen.; Hinckley 109 Lambe, Wm.; Bottesford 5 Lane, Rich.; Hose 4 Lea, Wm.; Leare 34 Lilly, Edw.; Long whatton 41 Loe, Robt.; Dyseworth 56 Loseby, Thos.; Fleckney 81 Martin, John ; Saddington 54 Merrett, James; Loughborowe 62 Millers, Wm.; Sherneford 3 Moore, John; bowdon magna 80 Moore, als. Smith, Thos., sen.;

Turlanghton 83Morton, Rich.; Gilmorton no Naule, Wm.; Tugby 13 Nichols, John; Loughborowe 64 Oliver, Mary ; Tugby 9 Ollerenshaw, Robt.; Shepsheade 50 Orton, Wm.; Newbold Verdon 40 Page, Wm.; Peatlinge parva 43 Palfreyman (see Jackson). Palmer, Edw.; Foxton 112 Palmer, Wm.; Slawston n

* Pares, Robt.; Scalford 123 Parker, Rich.; Rothley 124 Peake, Francis; Thorpe acre 28 Peake, Rich.; Belton 106 Peale, Henry; Leicester 27 Pole, John; Scraptoft 30 Pole, John ; Market Harborowe 104 Pontwood, Thos.; Loughborowe 2 Powdrell, Wm.; Lockingeton 12 Pratt, Eliz.; Lubenham 79 Pridmore, John ; Horningehold 95 Raven, Thos. ; Sewsterne 82 Reamington, Robt.; Croxton

Kerriall 116Robinson, Anne; Harbye 105 Robinson, John; Scalford 21 Robinson, Rich.; barkston 93 Sampson, Rich.; Knoston 25 Savage, Margery; Hatherne 15 Scott, John ; Walton 88

* With Bonds attached.


1639 and 1640.— CuiNo.

Shawe, Thos.; Barwell 37 Shawe, Wra.: Harwell 108 Shipman, Robt.; Shepshead 23 Shotton, Anthony ; Cropston 38 Smith, Grace ; North Kilworth 89 Smith (see Moore). Somerfeild, Anne ; Ibstock 58 Somerfeild, Thos.; Ibstock 31 Starkey, Humphrey ; Stanton

Harrold goStubbs, Henry ; Keham ng Syston,Anne; Melton 69 Tilson, John ; Market Bosworth 121 Tompson,Thos.; Market Bosworth 114 Wade, Sarah; Melton 29 Ward, Agnes; Thorpe Langhton 61 Waterfeild, Edmund; Easton

magna 42Wells, Wm.; Evington 8 Whatton, Jane; Quarndon 71 Whilde, Hugh ; Redmile 45 Wright, Bridget; Easton magna 68 Wright, Margaret; Scraptoft 7 Wright, Thos; Long Claxton 115

1639.

Wills proved in 1639 before the Official of the Archdeacon.

Adcock, James; Ratbye 82Adcock, John; Ratby 117Alien, Rich.; Tugby 56Alte, John ; Shepshead 74Archer, Rich.; Wiverbye 170Aston, John; Shenton 101 Bainbrjgg, Luce; Ashby delazouch 39Baker, Edw.; Waltham 27Baker. Eliz.; Packington 50Ballard, Robt.; Kerby muckles 172Bankes, Wm.; Saltbye 179Barnard, Stephen ; Kerby beliefs 20Bartram, Wm.; Knipton 81 Bayly, als. Mason, Mary ; Osga-

thorpe 49Bayly, Mathew ; Barsby 177Beale, Thos., sen.; Ashby parva 98Bedman, Margery; Wimeswould 8Beebye, Isabella; Evington 93Bennett, John ; CJueniburgh 115Bennett, Thos.; Hoton 75Bent, Wm.; Enderby 127Bernard, Rich., sen.; Syleby 89Berrye, John ; Belgrave 121Bond, Rich.; Higham 76 Borough, Ismael; Stanton Wyvell 32Boss, Edw.; Wimeswould 7Bott, Abraham ; Bagworth 169Boyer, Rich., sen.; Siston IBlakely, Wm.; Stapleton 104


Blunt, Margaret; Walton SoBradford, Humphrey ; Cotes 146Bradley, Sam.; Ashby delazouch 128Bradshawe, Thos.; Quorne 72Brice, Alice ; Foxton 167Brookes, Wm. ; Glen parva noBrowne, John ; Thrussington 71Bull, John; Thrushington 116Button, Fulk ; Kimcote 55Callis, Wm.; Lutterworth 6Care, John ; Countesthorpe 165Carver, Hugh ; Isley Walton 136Caunt, Wm.; Statherne 143 Chamberlin,Robt.; South Croxton 156Childe, Wm.; Ashby Folvill 141Choyce, Isabella; Congerston 13Clarke, Clement; Easton magna 99Close, Wm.; Melton 181Cockin, John ; Whetston 67Colebarne, George ; Groobye 4Coleman, Thos.; Foxton 97Collin, Rich.; Burton Lazers 14Collins, John ; Stanton Harrold 78Collins, Rich. ; Lubenham 147Cooper, Wm.; Stony Stanton 31Dale, Alice ; Leicester 63Deken, Clement; Evington 173Doleman, Francis; Worthingeton nDracott, Joan ; Holte 155Dracourt, Robt.; Glen magna 90Drakely, Thos. ; Desford 46Elston, Robt.; Harston 134Fellowe, Nathaniel; Whetston 43Fisher, Francis; Wymondham 102Fisher, Wm.; Belton 107Flowers, Robt.; Kerby bellers 25Followes, Robt.; Coleorton 42Fountance, Geoffrey ; Knipton 168Fowler, Joan ; Kegworth 62Gamble, Thos.; Burbage 30George, Thos.; Braunston 180Gibson, Katherine ; Melton 182Gilman, Gabrael; Long Claxton 22Gilson, Wm.; Barsby 114Greatalder, Rich.; Swaningeton 109Hall, Henry ; Newbold 176Hall, Wm.; North Killworth 112Hardy, Lawrence ; Coldoverton 15Harison, Brian ; Tonge 48Harrison, Katherine ; Tonge 47 Hartopp, The Lady Mary ;

Burton Lazers 171Hatterly, Jeremy ; Ashbydelazouch 33Hawkins, \Vm.; Coldoverton 24Heyfeild, Charles ; Apleby parva 64Heynes, John ; Billesdon 133Heyrick, Eliz. ; Leicester 152Hitchcocke, Margaret; Leicester 130 Hodgkinson, Owen ; Loughborowe 45Hoe, John ; Melton Mowbraye 16

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Hoe, Thos., sen.; Long Claxton 161 Hollingworth, Wm. ; Stonesby 28 Holmes, John, sen.; Barton in

le beanes 160 Holmes, als. Wormewell, Val.;

Melton 69Hopkins, Wm.; Westlanghton 84 Houghton, Isabella; Thrushington 150 Howett, Wm. ; Hatherne 131 Hudson, Wm ; Hose 19 Hunt, Rich.; Dunton 175 Hutchinson, Eliz. ; Shepshead 153 Ingram, Moses; Normanton 132 Jackson, John ; Leicester 119 Jarvis, Rich. ; Odeby 157 Jarvis, Wm.; Burton Lazers 12 Johnson, Rich. ; Desford 73 Kerke, John ; Skeffington 9 Kerke, Lawrence ; Pickwell 96 Kerke, Win.; Humberston 92 Kilby, Wm. ; Siston 37 Kinge, Daniel; Belton 162 Kinge, Martin ; Melton 18 Kinge, Thos.; Hinckley 51 Kinge, Thos.; Thrushington 88 Knight, Wm, ; Newbold 10 Lee, Wm. ; Lutterworth 149 Leeson, Wm.; Siston 135 Lewen, Gregory ; Halloughton 125 Losebye, Rich.; South Croson 68 Marston, Anne ; Broughton Ashley 53 Mason, Rich.; Gloreston 139 Mason, Robt.; Fenny Drayton 86 Mason (see Bayly). Michell, Isabella; Coston 35 More, John; Newbold. p.of Owston 87 Motley, Isaac ; Wigston magna 166 Moulsworth, Wm.; Rearsby 158 Moulton, John ; Holwell 148 Newton, Rich.; Galbye 61 Nicholas, als. Verney, Wm.;

Snibston 83Odeham, Maurice ; Wymondham 108 Orton, John ; Snarston 145 Orton, Joseph ; Leicester 95 Osborne, Wm. ; Doningeton 85 Oswin, James; Wigston magna 142 Page, Wm.; Tugbye 57 Palmer, John ; Barsby 2 Pare, Ralph ; Witherley 151 Parker, Edw.; Apleby parva 41 Parker, Robt.; Easton magna 105 Parnell, Gillian; Walton, p. of

Kimcote 54Parr, Anne; St. Nicholas 1 ,Leicester 70 Parsley, John ; Longe whatton 163 Parsons, Robt.; Belton 91 Pawley, John ; Melton 17 Plumbe, Thos.; Narbororowe 182 Plumbe, Walter ; Heather 144

1639.— Continued.No. 124Porter, Eliz.; Ragdale

Porter, Humphrey; NewboldVerdon 65

Power, Agnes; Abkettleby 138 Richardson, Thos.: Loughborowe 34 Sansom, Rich.; Braunston 188 Saunders, Francis ; Queniborough 159 Scott, Francis; South Kilworth 103 Sharpe, Robt.; Redmile 23 Skinner, Rich.; Queniborowe 120 Somerfeild, John ; Ibstock 140 Stapleford, Robt.; Rothley 3 Stirke, Thos.; Newton Linford 5 Storer, John ; Thrushingeton 122 Stoyte, John ; Desford 66 Streete, Wm.; Halloughton 113 Styrsacre, Thos.; Mountsorrell 154 Sydes, Anthony ; Huncote 94 Taileby, Martin ; Easton magna 100 Tallis, Francis; Sproxton 164 Thorpe, John, sen.; Buckminster 79 Throne, Thos.; Hatherne 129 Tompson, Rich.; Barlston 118 Townsend, Thos., sen.; Froles-

worth 60Vann, Mary ; Willougbby 77 Vause, Robt.; Swinford 126 Veiney (see Nicholas). Walker, Robt.; Grooby 59 Ward, Eliz.; Market Bosworth 114 Ward, John; Thurlston 123 Ward, Thos.; Saddingeton 58 Weate, Wm.; Barkston 26 Webster, Wm.; Weston 38 White, John; Earle shilton 29 Williams, Roger; Hose 21 Windham, Thos.; Bagworth in Withers, Brian ; Melton 40 Wood, John ; Mountsorrell 52 Woolley, Wm.; Hemington 137 Wormewell (see Holmes). Worrald, Rich.; Siston 36 Wyatt, Grace; Newton Harcourt 106

1640.

Abbott, Thos.; Cleabrooke 119Alien, John ; Mountsorrell 23Alsopp, Wm.; Shepshead 35Andrew, John ; Kerby Bellars 121Anne, Thos.; Bagworth 9Astell, Wm.; Husband Bosworth 106Baite, Thos.; Newbold Verdon 29Ball, Dorothy ; Cadeby 17Bate, Thos.; Breedon brand 30Beaver, Wm.; Caudwell 37Beck, James; Bagworth 126Bennitt, Wm.; Saxlebye 43Bernard, Gabriel; Scalford 138Billington, Isaac ; Lutterworth 63


1640. —CinttiittK'd.No.

Birstall, Robt.; Leicester 53 Blunt, Wm., sen.; Wymeswould 96 Boode, Robt.; Belgrave 140 Boulton, John ; Roulstoii 92 Browne, Thos.; South Kilworth 147 Buckerfeild, Walter; Ashby de

la zouch 73Bull, John ; Glen magna 64 Burrowes, John; Hoton 84 Carver, John ; Lutterworth 67 Chamberlin, John ; Thrumaston 120 Chapman, Robt. ; Husband

bosworth 59Chapman, Wm. ; Foxton 48 Chapman, Wm.; Husband

Bosworth 49Chester, John ; Braunston 87 Choyce, Rich.; Newbold Verdon 127 Clarke, Francis; Church Langhton 47 Clarke, Thos.; Kilby 69 Clarke, Wm. ; Barrow sup le sore 50 Corbet, Roger; Barton in le beanes 117 Crampe, John ; Stanton subter

Bardon 113Croson, Mathew ; Wigston magna 97 Croson, Thos., sen.; Houghton 7 Dafferne, Edw.; Sapcote n Darbye, Thos.; Diseworth 118 Davye, Eliz. ; St. Martin's,

Leicester 41Deane,Thos.; Ratcliff sup Wreake 135 Dickens, John ; Dalby Chalcombe 129 Dorman, John; Tugby 26 Everat, Thos.; Thurlston 114 Exon, John ; Dyseworth 124 Fawkes, Edw.; Claxton longa 44 Fetherston, Chas.; Dishley Grange 83 Freeman, Wm.; Braunston 90 French, Thos. ; Bagworth 55 Garland, Thos.; Barlston 128 Gilbert, George; Overseale 56 Greaves, Rich. ; Leicester 133 Greene, John; Howbye 16 Greene, Rich.; Sewsterne 131 Greene, Rich.; Nether Seale 57 Greene, Thos.; Husbands Bosworth 31 Greene, Thos,; Normanton 132 Greene, Thos.; Husband bosworth 150 Grose, John ; Knipton 101 Hardall, John ; Long Claxton 60 Hart, Fardinando ; Tugby 42 Haywood, Thos.; Barsbye 125 Hebb, Thos., sen.; Loughborough 105 Hicklinge, Thos.; Loughborough 38 Hoare, Thos.; Barkbye 3 Holioke, Francis; Lutterworth 61 Hunt, Grace; Peatelynge parva in Hunt, Susanna ; Gadsbye 82 Ingrom, Robt.; Easton magna 46

1640. — Coiitiiiiu-d.No.

Ireland, Wm. ; Sutton p. ofBroughton Ashley 86

Jackson, Barnabie ; Loughburough 145 Jackson, Eliz.; Wigston magna 141 Jackson, George ; Dyseworth 95 Jackson, John ; Barwell 5 Jackson, Peter ; Barwell 4 Jackson, Robt.; Naylston 78 Jenkinson, Rich.; Loddington 134 Jordayne, Rich.; Earnesbye 36 Kendall, Thos.; Hoton 107 Kinge, Francis; Kerby Mucklesse 70 Lillye, Dorothy ; Long whatton no Limber, Peter ; Lutterworth 91 Looe, als. Nuttall, Charles ;

Nether broughton 24 Lynne, Wm.; Muston 10 Mason, Wm.; Skeffington 149 Mee, Wm., jun. ; Diseworth 20 Messenger, Michael; Hinckley 27 Miles, Thos. ; Leicester 102 Milner, Eliz.; Frisby super Wreake 13 Moore, Wm. ; Theddingworth 19 Morley, Wm.; Ashby de la zouch 89 Munck, Anthony ; Barsby 93 Neale, Edw.; Glen magna 139 Nicholson, Rich.; Worthington 58 Noone, John; Thurmaston 2 Nuttall (see Looe). Organer, Thos.; Dalby Chalcombe 109 Orton, Wm.; Stanton subster

Bardon 100Pacey, Mathew ; Long Claxton 8 Pecher, George; Appleby magna 99 Perkins, Wm.; Willoughbye 52 Finder, Margaret; Wigston magna 98 Plumer, Rich.; Evington 80 Plumer, Rich.; Dalby Chalcombe 103 Porter, Thos.; Croxton Kerriall 136 Powley, Dorothy; Melton 108 Retchford, Wm.; Orton super

montem 22Ridlington, Wm.; Cosbye 15 Roberts, Thos.; Nayleston 77 Rolston, George ; Belton 33 Rowse, Rich.; Statherne 39 Seagrave, John ; Frisby super

Wreake 71Sides, Thos.; Cleabrooke magna 143 Smart, Joan ; Dalby Chalcambe 122 Smith, Edw.; Barrough sup Sore 51 Smith, Edw.; Thrushington 142 Smith, Thos.; Bitteswell 85 Smith, Wm. ; Ashby parva 151 Somerfeild, Joan ; Desford 40 Spencer, John ; Evington 6 Stanham, Henry ; Melton 18 Stanley, John ; Houghton 130 Stanley, Robt.; Knighthorpe i Storer, Ellen ; Shepshead 144



Suffolcke, George ; Brumkins-thorpe gate, near Leicester 66

Swanson, James ; Halloughton 45 Tayler, Thos.; Sheapy magna 72 Teyers, Rich.; Scalford 76 Teyler, Festus; Nether Broughton 74 Thorneton, Wm.; Walton 32 Tompson, Eleanor; Witherley 146 Tompson, Ralph ; Witherley 88 Trentham, James ; Loughborough 12 Turner, Wm.; Burton Noveraye 34 Underwood, Edmund; Sutton

Chenell 104Vickers, Thos.; Knossington 21 Walker, Rich.; Thrinkeston 81 Walton, Anne ; Leicester 54 Walton, Francis; Houghton 25 Walton, Michael; Bushbye 65 Watson, Thos.; Ashby de la zouch 123 Watts, Thos.; Reresby 79 Webster, Samuel; Leicester 28 Wells, Henry; Skeffington 148 West, Joan ; Croxton Kerriall 137 White, Rich.; Wigston magna 94 Whitehead, Thos.; Market

Bosworth 112Wigley, Henry ; Scraptoft 115 Wigley, Thos. ; Leicester 116 Wood, Mary ; Lutterworth 62 Wood, Rich.; Husband Bosworth 68 Worth, Mary ; Houghton 14 Wright, Thos.; Nether Broughton 75

1641.

Avery, Wm.; Leicester 100 Baily, Simon ; Braunston 114 Baker, Wm.; Sproxton 42 Baldwyn, Thos.; Hinckley 88 Barnes, Robt.; Allexton 31 Bayley (see Mason). Biddle, John, clerk; Allexton 139 Bing, Robt.; Croxton Kerriall 113 Blakesley, Wm.; Burbage 54 Boode, Margaret; Loughborough 7 Brewen, Christopher; Hobye 103 Bromley, George; Drayton 39 Brookehouse, Anne; Belton 13 Brookes, John, sen.; Breedon 21 Broughton, Mary ; Welby 47 Browne, Margt.; South Kilworth 94 Bruice, Rich.; Leicester 121 Burrowes, Humph.; Mountsorrell 107 Butlin, Robt.; Kibworth 120 Callis, Robt ; Hoton 56 Calverley, James ; Dalby sup odes 16 Carter, Thos.; Kibworth Harcourt 84 Cartwright, als. Hawley, Rich.;

Cotes 82 Casey, Thos.; Ashbydelazouch 101

1641.—Continued.NJ.

Chapman. Eliz.; Dunton Basset 59 Cheney, John; Huncoate 138 Cherry, Henry; North Killworth 86 Chester, Wm.; Harbye 71 Childe, Anne ; Bowden magna 105 Clowdesley, Mary; Smeeton 108 Cotes, James; Wbitwicke 80 Coxon, Joan ; Slawson 130 Croft, Jane; Leicester 55 Dalbye, Alice; Skeffington 8 Davye, John ; Dalby Chalcombe 76 Deacon, als. Francs, Nich.; Cadeby 40 Doubleday, James; Burton Lazers 91 Draycote, John; Packington 63 Dunn, Gregory ; Barkston 112 Edenborough, Anne; Northmanton 6 Elwood, John ; Glooston 53 Fletcher, Eliz.; Lubnam 106 Forman, Stanley ; Dalby olds 38 Foxon, Wm.; Blabye 79 Francklin, Thos.; Whitwick 45 Francs (see Deacon). Gamble, Thos.; Burbage 12 Gardner, Thos.; Barton 77 Garner, Mary ; Melton 92 Gidlye, George; Lutterworth 134 Gilbert, Wm.; Barwell 137 Goodier, George ; Glen magna 46 Goodwyn, Thos.; Claxton 3 Groave, Robt.; Shepshead 43 Handley, Wm.; Norton Twicross 58 Harriman, Thos., sen.; Mount

sorrell 127 Hastings, Sir Henry, Knt.;

Humberstone 2 Hawley (see Cartwright). Henson, Wm.; Saxbye 118 Hill, Wm.; Queniburgh 30 Hill, Wm.; Markfeild 49 Hodge, Barthol.; East Langhton 28 Hollyman, Thos.; Asfordby 35 Holmes, Anne; Newbold Breedon 22 Hunt, Henry ; Wigston 96 Hurst, John, sen. r Holwell 93 Hutchins, Wm.; Swinford 95 Iliffe, Rich., sen.; Kibworth 128 Inge, Rich., jun.; Leicester 67 Jacombe, Rich.; Wigston 136 Jey, Thos.; Higham 75 Johnson, Edw.; Desford 60 Johnson, Nicholas; Sisonbye 116 Johnson, Wm.; Seagrave 68 Jourden, Hugh ; Cold Newton 62 Judson, Henry; Pocket gate 89 Knight, Samuel; Mountsorrell 126 Lacey, Thos.; Hoton 26 Langley, John ; Diseworth 57 Langton, Mary ; Wigston 97 Langton, Wm.; Wigston 78 Leverat, Eliz.; Thrussington 41


1641.— Continued.No. 61

log 69 44

133

Lewen, Henry; Queniburgh Lewes, Wm.; Foxton Loseby, Rich.; Earnesby Marriott, Thos.; Hose Marshall, Thos.; Shernford Mason, als. Bayley, John ; Swan-

ington in Melborne, John ; Loughborough 36 Milnes, Wm.; Loughborough 14 Moore, Anne ; Welby 73 Morebye, Avise ; Aylston 122 Musson, Edw.; Rotherbey 9 Newton, Thos.; Stony stanton 102 Noble, Thos.; Wymondham 27 Nowell, Mary ; Harborowe 129 Nurse, Eliz.; Leicester 85 Pachet, George; Barrow super Sore 50 Palmer, Thos.; Burstall 70 Partridge, Anne; Billesdon 34 Partridge, Thos. ; Billesdon 33 Picke, Margt.; Dalby Chalcombe 90 Pike, Joan ; Scalford 18 Pridmore, Robt.; Stockerston 20 Ragg, Wm.; Dalby parva 115 Robins, Eliz.; Thringston 125 Rogers, Wm.; Ashby Delazouch 48 Roulston, Eliz.; Diseworth 132 Shaw, Thos.; Enderbye 117 Shaw, Wm.; Thringston 64 Sherwood, Thos.; Apleby parva 24 Skelson, Wm. ; Loughborough 37 Sketchley, Robt.; Snarston 15 Smith, John ; Woodhouse 32 Smith, Wm. ; Primethorpe 87 Spencer, Thos. Barton 25 Steele, Stephen Pickwell n Steevens, Wm, Shawell 123 Stretton, Rich.; Ullesthorpe 74 Sweetelad, Thos.; Narborough 51 Tilley, Wm. ; Ullesthorpe 81 Tomlinson, Joan; Ashby Delazouch 10 Tompson, James ; Frolesworth 135 Tompson, Wm.; Houghton 119 Trentham, Margery; Ashby

Delazouch 124Turnpenny, Wm. ; Barkston 131 Varnham, Edw.; Owston 19 Waldram, George ; Odeby 104 Walker, Rich. ; Thringston 52 Walplate, George ; Shacraston 17 Warner, Mary ; Markefeild i Watson, Wm.; Blackfordbye 29 Watts, Rich. ; Wigston magna 72 Wigfall, Nicholas ; Medburne 5 Wightman, Rich. ; Broughton

Ashley 83Wilson, Rich.; Sheepy magna 65 Wilson, Thos. ; Humberston 4 "Woodland, Rich.; Hinckley no


Wormewell, Edw. ; MeltonMowbray 66

Worthington, John ; Leicester 99 Wright, Thos. ; Hinckley 98 Wright, Walter ; Hucklescote 23

1642.

Adcock, Wm.; Swinford 74Alien, Isabella ; Whetston 49Armeson, John ; Knipton 67Arnold, Thos.; Fleckney 6Baker, Thos. ; Sproxton 36Ballard, Wm.; Narborough 58Barsdale, Robt.; Shepshead 61Bawden, Samuel; Hinckley 41Berrington, Edw. ; Osgathorpe 22Bond, Wm.; Higham 2Brooke, Rich. ; Glen parva 4Browne, John ; Loughborough 78 Browne (see Ludthorpe).Bryan, Thos. ; Barkby Thorpe 10Buckley, Rich.; Thorneton 81Button, Anne ; Kimpcot 77Coates, Mary ; Whitweek 24Cooper, Thos.; Shepy magna 18Deacon, Rich. ; Medburne 69Deacon, Wm.; Foxton 5 Dixie, Rich.; Emmanuel College,

Cambridge 55Dore, Brian ; Dalby sup olds 56Elston, Rich.; Muston 47Farthin, John ; Burrough 30Fitzwilliams, Henry ; Leicester 31Floyd, James ; Kilby SoForrian, Thos.; Colon 70Fosterd, John ; Claxton 79Gamble, Eliz.; Whetston 46Gamble, George ; Burbage 32Gamble, Wm.; Ashby magna 25Gibson, Anne; Bottesford 13Gilbert, Francis ; Bosworth 65Goodman, George ; Croft 16Grant, John ; Whetston 53Graunt, Thos.; Whetston 50Hayes, Eliz.; Kegworth 54Heyfford, Katherine ; Laughton ? 76Holmes, Alice ; Shepshead 23Howard, Rich. ; Thurcaston 33Hubberd, Abigail; Lubsthorpe 51Jaques, Gyles ; Worthington 64 Jefcoote, Anne ; Broughton Ashley 26Kendall, Humphrey ; Blaby 28Kerkham, Wm. ; Muston 15Knight, Wm.; Bosworth 8Lambe, Agnes; Bottesford 62Lamson, Wm. ; Thorp Langhton 35Langhton, John ; Harborough 37Loseby, Thos. ; Hungerton i

328 LElOEbTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.


Ludthorpe, ah. Browne, John ;Oneleape 45

Martin, Thos. ; Foxton 40Norman, Merial; Odeby 39Oswyn, Wm.; Holwell 27Pachet, Wm.; Muston 68Palmer, Chris.; Thorneton 29Pelton, Wm. ; Leicester 3Plumer, Robt.; Braunston nPotter, Wm., sen.; Breedon 9Pine, Henry ; Muston 66Robinson, Wm.; Barkston 12Ryder, Mary ; Barrowe 57 Shalcrosse, James; Melton

Mowbraye 44Slater, Roger ; Evington 19Smally, Thos.; Thrushington 42Smith, Henry; Lubenham 63Smith, Miles ; Bowdon magna 71Smith, Richard ; Whetston 43Spick, John ; Sewsterne 14Swinfon, Anne ; Button Cheney 20Tooley, Thos. ; Odeby 38Vaile, Thos., sen.; Whetston 59Vaile, Thos.; Whetston 60Vesye, Thos.; Thurleston 52Wallis, Rich.; Foxton 2Webster, Anthony ; Leicester 77Wells, Thos.; Thurmaston 17Whattoff, Wm. ; Siston 78Wight, Rich.; Long Whatton 21Wilkinson, John; Thorpe Langhton 34Wilson, Thos.; Humberston 75Wyat, Thos.; Thrumaston 48

1643-

34Abbott, John; Ailston Adcocke, John ; Quarne & Arnold, Henry ; Foxton 17 Atterton, Humphrey ; Newbould 31 Averey, Thos. ; Peckleton 5 Bing, Anthony ; Narborow 21 Bingley, James; rector of Gumley 24 Billers, Wm.; Leicester 3 Bramley, Rich.; Hoton 32 Charles, James; Leicester 12 Chettle, John ; Croft n Coates, Alice; Foxton 16 Cooper, Rich. ; Kirkby Mallorye 14 Eames, Francis; Market! Bosworth 20 Francis, Nicholas ; Loughborow 18 Freeman, Rich.; Great Sheepye 2 Freer, Henry ; Sheavsbye 6 Gamble, Thos. ; Leicester 22 Goddard, Wm.; South Croson 23 Gravener, Eliz.; The Newarke,

Leicester 10Gregory, Wm.; Peckleton 7 Knight, Margaret; Newbold i


Million, Henry ; ——— 9 Myles, Henry ; Thorp, p. of

Broughton 13Neale, Grace ; Mowsley 26 Neale, Rich.; Mowsley 27 Oswine, John ; Scraptoft 29 Read, Thos.; Thurnrbye 25 Sergeant, Wm.; Melton Mowbraye 19 Sprodgson, Humphrey; Turlangton 15 Staples, Thos. ; Coates 30 Trentam, Robt.; Loughborow 33 Wells, Lawrence; Willoughbye 28 Willmore, Thos.; Enderbie 4

1644.

Abbott, Hugh; Long Whatton 14 Ashton, Joseph; Burrow super

montem 7Bent, Rich.; Countisthorpe 15Biddle, Alice ; Humberston 21Biddle, Robert; Humberston 22Cobley, Anna; Ibstocke 10Fletcher, Wm.; Anstey 3Foster, Anthony ; Stonesbye 23Foster, John ; Anstey 6Fryer, John ; Little Newtowne 4Haddon, John ; Enderbye 24Hodge, Wm.; Barkbye 17Hunt, Rich.; Wigston magna 13Launder, John ; Anstey 2Marvin, John; Sapcoate 8Morris, Alice ; Narborow 9 Pawley, Frances; Melton Mowbray 5 Perkin, George; Primethorpe, p.

of Broughton Astley 20Roberts, Rich.; Medburne 19Thorpe, Sarah ; Hoby 16Trigge, George, sen.; Somerby iVorley, Rich.; Kirby Bellars nWalton, Agnes ; Houghton 12Ward, Thos., jun.; Arnesbye 14Wigley, Thos., sen. ; Scraptoft 18Wright, Thos.; Stoake geldinge 25

1645-

8Bingham, Robt. ; Stretton parva Bradshaw, Thos. ; Loughborow 2 Burton, Alice ; Newton harcourte 6 Davie, Humphrey ; Gillmorton 10 Dumbleby, Wm. ; Leicester 3 Gilbert, Alice ; Leicester 5 Hegges, Margaret ; Beamont Leys 4 Palmer, Wm. ; Loddington 9 Ward, Wm. ; Hatherne i Wigley, Henry : Scraptoft n Winewood.Thos. ; Leicester Forest 7


1646.No.

Ash, Sarah ; Ashby delazouch 16 Astell, Thos.; Rearesbye 26 Bickerstaffe, Roger; Owston 63 Bishopp, Thos.; Snipsou 31 Boylson, George ; Desford 49 Bradgate, Eliz.; Brentingthorpe 53 Bradley, Agnes; Slawston 65 Brunt, Thos.; Sutton Cheney i Calverley, Noell; Dalby sup le

Woulds 3Carter, Wm. ; Kibworth harcourte 48 Cartwright (see Hawley). Clare, Rich.; Ibstocke 66 Clay, Wm.; Pickwell 49 Coleman, Daniel; Kibworth

Beauchamp 2Collinson, Anthony ; Woodhouse 20 Corbett, Robt.; Bosworth 36 Cotton, Edw.; Hemmington 25 Davy, Valentine; Leicester 39 Dent, John ; Ashby delazouch 29 Dodson, Thos.; Somerby 42 Dowell, Joane ; Stoakegeldinge 57 Ellott, John ; East Langhton 59 Evens, Robt.; Leare 82 Fausett, Gilbert, sen.; Leicester 71 Featherston, Kath.; Sheapshead 10 Feilding, Eustace; Thurcaston 72 Fisher, Eliz.; Edmondthorpe 5 Fletcher, John ; Markett Har-

borough 77Fletcher, Wm.; Ratby 79 Fox, Joan ; Hatherne 78 Francis, Wm., sen.; Scalford 33 Gotheredge, Robt.; Ashby

delazouch 24Guy, Mary ; Houghton 70 Hallford, Henry; Laund Abbay 4 Hatterley, Joseph; Ashbydelazouch 35 Hawett, Wm.; Scalford 51 Hawley, als. Cartwright, Eliz.;

Coates 41Holt, Wm.; Markett Bosworth 6 Horton, Goodith ; ———— 37 Hurst, Wm.; Silebye 17 Iliffe, Thos.; Billesdon 32 Ingleherne, Robt.; Bowden magna 67 Isann, Robt.; Rearsbye 55 Johnson, Bryan ; Glenn magna 9 Kirkeman, Eliz.; Castle

Donington 15Lacy, Robt.; Hemington 19 Loe, Alice ; Diseworth 60 Love, John ; Braunston 8 March, John; Pickwell 68 Millner, Wm.; Rearsbye 54 Nightingayle, Wm. ; Hatherne 12 Norman, Robt.; Ashby delazouch 52 North, Julian ; Bagworth 80 Odharn, Robt.; Dalby magna 18

1646.— Cuiitiiiiieil.No.

Palmer, Mary ; Markett Bosworth 7Palmer, Rich. ; Hatherne 28Phillips, Peter ; Broughton 69Potchen, Katherine ; Barkby 22Presgrave, Mary; Westcoates 81Pywell, John ; Mount Sorrell 58Reeve, James; Newbold 75Richardson, Eliz. ; Rearesbye 62Royce, Job ; Lubenham 30Sarson, John ; Loughborow 40Seagrave, Thos.; Leicester 61Smyth, Joan ; Lougborow 14Srnyth, Rachel; Ashby delazouch 21Smyth, Wm.; Scalford 84Spencer, Wm.; Rearesbye 56Stacye, George ; Thrussington 64 Sturges, Laurence; Husbands

Bosworth 37Sykes, Anne; Markefeild 83Taylor, Eliz.; Thorpe Sachvile 45Tilley, Daniel; North Kilworth 23Tournell, Lawrence; Horninghold 47Turlangton, Joan ; Thurmaston 27Undenll, John, sen.; Ullesthorpe 50Veasey, Thos.; Bitteswell 13Vincent, Henry ; Kegworth 44Walmesley, Simon ; Hatherne nWarden, Edw.; Sharneford 74Wells, Thos.; Thurmaston 46Wells, Wm., sen.; Thrussington 76White, John ; Sproxton 43Wright, John ; Hatherne 73Wright, Thos.; Leicester 38

1647-

Abbott, Sam ; Cleabrooke iAlien, Wm.; Ilston 75Almey, Wm. ; Bitteswell 65Ash, Robt., sen.; Sheapeshead 28Ash, Thos., Ashby delazouch 7Baker, John ; Knighton 81Bardsey, Margery ; Scalford 14Barwell, Mathew; Loughborough 66Bell, Anna ; Arnesbye 6Bend, Thos. ; Redmile 18Brabson, Robt.; Wigston 69Brookes, Wm.; Ashby Delazouch 59Browne, Ellis; Broughton 68Burditt, Wm. ; Peckleton 67 Burrouges, John ; Ashby delazouch i Chamberlaine,Francis; Plumbe-

tree, co. Notts 74Chapman, Rich.; Foxton & Cleapoole, Sarah ; North Borrough 24Cluar, Wm.; Sapcoat 2Cook, Edmund ; Lutterworth 41Cooper, Joan ; Asbarston 40Dash, Rich.; Kimcoate 63Dixon, Oliver; Kethorpe 72



Dunn, Joan ; Loughborough 22 Fovile, Thos.; Wymeswould 77 Francke, Miles ; Wymeswould 78 Francke, Rich.; Syston 32 Garland, Robt. ; Barkbye 34 Gassett, Henry; Thrinckton, als.

Thrinckston 47Gracedue, Bartholomew ; Leicester 29 Greene, Eliz.; Cosbye 17 Greene, Wm.; Cosby 71 Grey, Wm.; Belgrave 62 Hall, John; West Beldgeford 73 Hassard, Thos.; Ashbydelazouch

55 &5&Henshaw, John ; Leicester 30 Holding, Eliz.; Mountsorrell 31 Holmes, Edward ; Newbold 37 Hood, Wm.; Normanton 52 Howers, Thos.; Peatling magna 70 Husbands, John ; Coleorton 44 Jackson, Samuel; Ashbydelazouch 23 Jaques, Wm.; Worthington 10 Jeffs, Thos.; Halstead 33 Jowett, Robt.; Sheapshead 76 King, Alice ; Kegworth 50 Lacy, Jane; Hoton n Langton, Robt., sen.; Leicester 48 Lasser, Martin ; Wymeswould 26 Leake, Joan ; Ratcliffe 25 Lin, Ralph ; Muston 39 Loe, als. Pole, John ; Ashbydela

zouch 49Middleton,Goodith; Loughborough 19 Morris, Godfrey ; Walton sup le

woulds 3—4Myles, Francis; Wymeswould 78 Pole (see Loe).Pope, Henry; Smeeton Westerby 64 Poynton, George ; Norton juxta

Twicrosse 42Reynor, Leonard ; Loughborough 15 Sharpe, Thos.; Tilton 5 Shelton, Sarah ; Loughborough 57 Smyth, Edw.; Hinckley So Sprigge, Rich.; Bruntingthorpe 45 Starke, Bartholomew ; Humberston 38 Steane, Thos. ; Anstey 27 Sykes, Henry; Ashbydelazouch 16 Tebb, Thos.; Stoughton 9 Thame, Cicely ; Burbidge 36 Tomlinson, George ; Hatherne 79 Trotter, Stephen ; Bottesford 61 Walton, Ellias ; Bushbye 12 Ward, Mary ; Halloughton 21 Ward, Rich.; Somerbye 51 Wells, Edw. ; Shearesbye 20 Whitehead, John; Neather

Broughton 43Wingfeild, Robt.; Leicester 13 Winterton, Wm.; Hungarton 60


Wolfe, Wm.; Walton 58 Wollands, Thos., Melton Mowbray 54 Wood, Wm.; South croson 46 Wright, Wm. ; Nether Broughton 35 Wright, Wm.; Higham 82 Wyatt, Anthony ; Whitwicke 53

1648.

Adcocke, Roger ; Osgathorpe 27 Adcocke, Thos. ; Siston, als.

Sitheston 35Alien, Rich ; Earleshulton 20 Bayly, Rich.; Neatheseale 47 Bell, Eliz.; Leicester 24 Berrington, Thos.; Hatherne 33 Bestavall, Margt. ; Loughborongh 36 Bickerstaffe, Nich.; Halloughton 45 Broughton, Thos.; Loughborough 43 Browne, Rich.; Whetstone z Browne, Robt., sen.; Carlton

Curlew 26Buckston, Edw.; Barkebye 16 Cave, Wm.; Twiford 34 Coleman, Ralph ; Burton Overey 21 Collins, Thos.; South croston 31 Estlinge, George; Barwell 8 Forryan, Rich ; Burbage 23 Foster, Anna; Knighton 13 Fountaynes, John ; Knipton 15 Gilbert, Wm., sen.; Ullesthorpe 46 Gray, Wm.; Theddingworth 37 Hollingsworth,Francis; Whestone 25 Hollwell, Rich.; Tilton 6 Hore, Thos., sen.; Humberston 48 Houghton, Mary ; Thrussington 19 Iliffe, Edw.; Kibworth Beachampe 44 Johnson, Thos.; Leicester 4 Kinge, Edw.; Whetston 14 Lees, Anthony ; Ashby delazouch 12 Marshall, James ; Osgathorpe 10 Massie, John; Earle shilton 5 Mose, Edw.; Thurmaston II Orme, Robt.; Norton juxta Twi

crosse 3Ouldam, Eliz.; Cossington 38 Palmer, Robt.; Hatherne 9 Petty, Joan ; Loughborough 42

•Pratt, Robt.; p. of St. Margaret,Leicester.

Shurley, Thos.; Beeby 30 Skellington, John ; Thrussington 40 Smyth, Rich.; Nayleston 32 Smyth, Wm.; Tugby 29 Stafford, John ; Burton sup le Olds 22 Walton, Thos.; Leicester 17 White, Wm.; Husbands Bosworth 18 Whitworth, Jane; Womandham 41

* Will and Admon. missing.



Wright, Anne ; Nayleston 28 Yates, Rich.; Bagworth i Yates, Rich.; Bagworth 7

1649.

Abbott, George; Cleabrooke 7Adcocke, Rich.; Newbold verdon 4Annis, Henry ; Foxton 28Ans, Eliz.. Houghton 21Arnesbye, Wm.; Turlangton 39Arnold, Wm.; Foxton 26Baker, Wm.; Husbansbosworth 5 Bartram, John; Higham sup

montem 73Beckett, Thos.; Leicester 59Broadhurst, Wm. ; Woodhouse 6Broome, Joan; Horningold 24Cave, Deane ; South Croxton 34Chamberlaine, Wm.; Leicester 49Clarke, Timothy; Bowden magna 38 Cooke (see Smyth).Coulson, Ambrose; Freabye 51Coy, Thos.; Sproxton 45Crispe, John, sen.; Leare 64Deane, Cave; South Croxton 39Dennis, Mary ; Breedon 41Dixon, Gertrude ; Loughborough 65 Eaton, Francis ; St. Olaves,

Southwark, co. Surrey 48Farmer, Wm.; Carleton 69Foster, Mary ; Buckminster 17Fowler, Nicholas ; Lughborough 8Francke, Anne ; Wymeswould 61Gillson, George; Barkbye 57Goddard, Wm. ; Ibstocke 71Greene, George; Kilby 20Grundye, Rich.; Twicrosse 22Harper, Thos.; Bowden magna 35 Hartshorne, Jervase; Walton, p.

Kimcoate 44Hewett, Wm.; Narborow 43Jackson, John ; Diseworth 54Jackson, Wm. ; Loughborrow 15


Johnson, John ; Quenniborrowe 19Kitchen, Wm.; Littlethorpe 32Lord, John ; Bitteswell 30Marshall, Rich.; Burbage 16Middleton, Roger; Harby 63Mouldsworth, Henry; Rearesbye 31Neale, Wm.; Abkettlebye 42Orton, Levi; Stonystanton 33Orton, Wm.; Stonystanton 40Paule, Robt.; Hinckley 56Pitts, Wm.; Abkettlebye iReddish, John ; Buckminster 68Reytforth, Thos.; Waltham 36Richardson, Wm.; Broughton 12Riddington, Edw.; Langton nRiddington, Thos.; Langton 10Rixorne, John ; Ibstocke 70Saunders, Francis; Leicester 47Saunderson, John; Billesden 55Scrimshaw, John ; Dalby sup olds 62Sharpe, Wm.; Sewsterne 18Smyth,Andrew; Nether Broughton 50 Smyth, als. Cooke, Thos.; Kerby

bellars 23Sneape, Eliz.; Leicester 46Squyre, Lawrence; Quarnedon 53Stevenson, Thos.; South Croston 66 Stretton, John ; St. Leonard's,

Leicester 60 Stretton, Mary; Woodgate,

Leicester 9Swinfield, John ; Ibstocke 72Taylor, Rich.; South croston 67Tilley, John ; Dunton Bassett 13Trowman, Thos.; Walton sup olds 14Wade, Edw.; Cleabrooke 58Wallis, Rich.; Foxton 25Ward, Thos.; Arnesbye 29Warner, Francis; Seagrave 3Warner, Hugh ; Fleckney 2White, Lucas; Barkebye 27Whittle, Ralph ; Harbye 52Wyatt, Robt.; Arnesbye 37

W VOL. VIII.


SERIES V. Hfcmintstrations.

1556—1649.

THIS series consists of a calendar of Administration Bonds granted by the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, between 1556 and 1649, now existing or missing. It is a matter of regret that so many of these records should now be missing, the Bonds not having been so regularly filed as the Wills- In addition to a good number of records dating from 1556 to 1593, found in various mixed bundles and now arranged in calendar order, filed bundles of Bonds exist for the following years:— 1585, 1587, 1589, 1591, 1594, 1595, i6or, 1623, 1625, 1633, 1634,1639,1648,1649.

In the intermediate years there are no Bonds filed.The earlier records previous to 1556 have altogether disappeared, and no record of any grants

exist, excepting those few mentioned in the earliest Act Book for 1526.Administration Act Books exist for the years 1526 and 1586, and from 1604 to 1645 inclusive.The whole of the existing records for the period under notice have been examined and the

following lexicographical calendar specially prepared for this publication.

MISSING ADMINISTRATION BONDS, 1556—1583.The following is a list of Administrations granted during the tenure of office of John Chipplng-

dale. LL.B., Commissary and Official, circa 1556 and 1583. Whilst these Bonds are now missing, it has been thought desirable to print the list for reference. It has been compiled from a i6th Century Index not now in official use.

Abbott, Rich., sen. ; Mowsley Abell, Wm.; Leicester Able, Agnes; Nethersheale Able, Thos.; Foxton Adcocke, Oliver; Lowghborowe Adcok, Robt.; p. of Newtowne Addames, Thos.; Burbage Adders, Rich.; Cottisbitche Allyn, John; Hemington Alsoppe, Thos.; Belgrave Andrewe, John; Loddington Andrewe, Robt.; Estonne Andrewes, Edmund; Stretton Andrewes, Thos.; Hallowghton Andro, John ; vicar of Wigson Annes, Rich.; Leicester Arnold, John; Claxton Artonne, Wm.; Hallowghton Aston, George; Leicester Astyll, John; Wygson Atkynson, John; Leicester Attwell, John; Castyldonington Averie, Nich.; Broughton asteley Aynesworthe, Wm.; Burrowe ?

Babington, Barbar; Mountsorrell ?Backley, Marger; BuckminsterBacon, Henry ; Sutton CheyneyBadewike, Rich.; NortonBall, John ; Tonge [Test.]

?Bam, Thos.; HoseBanister, Margt.; UptonBarlowe, Thos.; HallowghtonBaskwell, Robt.; PackingtonBassett, Joan ; Ashbie DalazoucheBate, John; SewesterneBate, John; GleneBate, John ; Glen magnaBate, Robt. ; GilmortonBat he we, Rich.; WhytwickeBayley, John; LowghboroweBeale, Thos. ; CrafteBedyll, John; ShakesstonBee, John ; BredonBelcher, Thos.; ShentonBell, John; ShepsheddeBell, Thos.; ByllesdonBell, (see Sutton).Bene, Miles; Hinckley

LBICESTEE8HIHE ADMINISTRATIONS. 333

Missing Bonds.—Continued.

Bennytt, John; Aylston Bennytt, Rich.; Boresworthe Bennytt, Wm.; Aylstonne [Test.] Bente, Robt.; Pickwell Bentley, Robt.; Shepshed Benytt, Rich.: Aylston Beridge, Rich.; Leicester Berwell, Barthol.; Naylston Biggins, John; Thornton Bingley, John; Beltonne Binsley, Robt.; Belton Blacke, Marger; Croxton Blanckley, Thos.; Statherne Blande, Henry; Burrowe Blassi, Tiller; Melton Mowbrey Blower, Agnes; Lowghborowe Bloxam, Amee; Stonystanton Blunte, Margt.; Welham Bonde, Helen; Higharn Bore, Thos.; Barrowe Bottffyshe, Robt.; Wheston Bradley, Rich.; Saxbie Bradshall, John; Burton lazers Bradshall, Wm.; Browghton astley Bradshawe, Robt.; Morebarne Bramley, John; Lowghborowe Branche, Thos.; Mountesorrell [Test.] Brandon, Walter; Quernedon [Test.] Brannston, John ; Melton Mobrey Branston, Laurence; Saddington Braye, John; Stonystanton [Test.] Breers, John; Lubenham Brian, Edw.; Earnesbie Brian, Peter; (Adm. p. pore.) Brian, Thos.; Smeatou Bridges, Eliz.; Humberston

PBrofrid, Rich, and Marger; Hatherne Browne, Agnes; Countisthorpe Browne, Joan ; Nether broughton Browne, John; Horningwold Browne, John; Lowghborowe Browne, Wm.; Barrow upon Soar Broxsbie, Matthew; Melton Bruan, Joan ; Lowghborowe [Test.] Bruan, Robt.; Howghton Brucke, Roger; Lubenham Bryan, Henry; Frolesworthe

PBuarne, Roger; Baresbie Burbage, John; Wymontham Burbage, Wm.; Boresworthe Burcb, Geoffrey; Shepshed Burcheley, John; Wykin Burley, Wm.; Donington Burrowe, Helen ; (For) Thedingworth Burrowe, John; Thrushington Burrowe, Thos.; Lockington Burrowes, John; Belton Burton, Katherine; Hallowghtonne Burton, Wm.; Lowghborowe Burton, Wm.; Hallowghton


Butler, John; Crafte Butteler, Thos.; Dyseworthe Buxton, Agnes ; Thrumston ? Calcrofte, Francis; Bottesford Calton, Robt.; Wymeswolde Canne, Robt.; Frysbie Cappe, Wm.; Querndon Carte, Ralph; Bosseworth Carter, Mirable; Sharnford Cattell, Roger; Baresbie Cattyll, John ; Ashbie magna Chamberlaine, Laurence; Kylbie

[Test.]Chamberlaine, Thos.; Humberston Chamberlaine, Wm.; Wigson Chan', Oliver; Burrowe Chancye, als. Gyles, Clement; Melton Chaner, Agnes; Bagworth Chapman, Edm.; Lubenham [Test.] Charnells, Walter; Snareston Charritie, John : Bottisford Charton, Thos.; Fostonne Chawner, Alice; Longwhatton Churchman, John ; Whytwicke Clare, John; Thurlston Clerke, Dunston; Owstonne Clerke, Francis; Kybworthe Clerke, Isabelle; Ashbie dalazouch Clerke, Margerie; Lowghborowe Clerke, Martin; Blaybie Clerke, Nicholas; West langhton Clerke, Thos; Este langhton Cley, Wm.; Wigsonne Clowdesley, Nicholas; Smeaton Clyfford, Joan; Kegworth Cokyn, Wolston ; Thurlston Coles, John; Estelangton Colie, Rich.; Holwell Collingwood, Thos.; Kirbie bellers Cooke, George; Lowghborowe Cooke, Henry ; Buckminster Cooke, Robert; Estonne Cooke, Thos.; Dyseworthe Cooke, Wm.; Wystowe Corbie, Wm.; Barkbie Coverton, George; Whytwick Cowper, John ; Twycrosse [Test.] Cowper, Wm.; Burbage Coxe, Alice; Sutton Crafte, Robt.; Bylsdonne Croson, Wm,; Ashbie folwell Crosse, John ; Apkettilbie [Test.] Crosse, Matilda; Applebie Croxton, Peter; Scraptofte Cumand, George; Howbie Cumand, Wm.; Sombie Curson, Leonard; Claxtonne Curtis, Anthony; Kirbie bellers Dalbie, John; Castledonington Danyell, Thos.; Leicester



Darker, Rich.; Leicester Dawkyns, Margery; Osbaston Dewsnappe, Wm.; Sybesdon Deyne, John ; vicar of Twyford Dobbes, John ; Thorpearnold Dolman, John; Snareston Dowell, Eliz.; Huncote Drayton, Robt.; Cranehoo Drege, Thos.; Howbie Durward, Thos.; Lawghton Dyckinson, Janne; Waltham Dyckyns, John; Sewesterne Dyxon, Jane; Lowghborowe Dyxon, Robt.; Lowghborowe Eton, Francis; Brannston Evington, Thos.; Leicester Evington, Thos.; Lowghborowe Farthinge, Wm.; Kirbie bellers Fawken, Margt.; Shenton ? Fawken, Thos.; Kirbie bellers Fayles, Geoflrey , Sharneford Fermer, John ; Estonne Fermer, John; Sheppie Fletcher, Lawrence ; Branston Fletcher, Mabell; Whytwicke Flower, Wm.; Kirbie bellers Foldes, Agnes; Barrowe Foreman, Rich.; Burtonne Fowler, Rich.; Lowghborowe Foxe, Eliz.; Norborowe Foxe, George ; Estelanghton Foxsley, Robt., Foxton Frannkes, Robt., Kirbie bellers Freere, Thos.; Shepshed Freman, Rich.; Barowe Freman, Wm.; Stanton Wyvell Frenche, Eliz.; Gumley Frendes, Thos.; Rotheley Fronne, Robt.; Duntonne Fuxe, Thos.; Sylbie Fysher, Chris.; Sylbie Fysher, James; Burbage Gamble, \Vm.; Segrave Garner, Edmund; Swanington Garner, Rich. ; Sharneford Garner, Edmund; Swanington Gaswaie, Thos.; ———— Gelian, Robt.; Hoose Gennawaie, Henry; Boresworthe Gerie, Helen; Bylsdon Gerie, Wm.; Church langhton Gilberte, John ; Normanton Glen, Robt. ; Enderbie Glover, Odes; Thorplanghton Goodale, Ralph; Castyldonington Goodman, Robt.; Stanton Gowde, John ; Scraptofte Grannger, James; Upton Gregorie, Thos.; Pecultonne Grey, Rich. ; Tonge


Grococke, Leon.; Estelangton [Test.] Grymme, John ; Congeston Grunndie, James; Colton ? Gulson, John; Dalbie parva Gulston, George ; rector of Pickwell. Gybson, Wm., clerk; Wymeswold. Gyles, (see Chancye). Hackett, David ; Leicester Hackyett, John; Saxby Haine, Robt.; Asforbie Halliman, Thos.; Lowghborowe Halpenie, John ; Lutterworthe Hammond, Eliz. ; Burton Handes, Robt.; Lutterworthe Hannkynson, John; Dalbie parva Harcote, John, clerk ; Brodgate Hardiman, John ; Mowsley Harford, Eliz.; Costonne Harford, Wm.; Costonne Harrison, Henry ; Stretton parva Harrison, Robt.; Quenyngborowe Harrison, als. Wolley, Thos;

SybbesdonHarwar, Nich.; Bagworth park Harward, Henry; Markfeylde Harteshorne, Wm.; Kymcote Haskey, Ralph ; Ashbie Dalazouch Hassard, John; Barrowe Hassard, Wm.; Ashbie Dalazoucb Hawkyn, John; Asforbie Heckells, John; Barkbie Henesworthe, Robt.; Hatherne Hericke, Wm.; Southcroston Hodges, Thos.; Stanton Hodghkyn, Lucy; Scraptofte Hoggeson, John ; curate of Burstall

[Test.]Hollingwood, Roger; Redmell Holmes, Wm.; Lawghtonne Hortram, Robt.; Lockington Howaie, Wm.; Saxulbie Howe, John ; Wigsonne Howett, John; Ragdale Hudson, Edw.; Clebrocke Huggelscote, Wm.; Glen magna Hull, Henry; Paekington Hull, Wm.; Kybworth Hurlebat, Andrew ; Leicester Hurtes, Libei; Lowghborowe Husten, Thos.; Plunger Hutchyn, Henry, clerk ; Stapleford Hutfeyld, Edm. ; rector of Wytherley Hutton, John ; Lutterworthe Hyll, Rich.; Wigson Hynton, Walter; Hinckley Hytchfeyld, Edw.; Boresworthe Ilyffe, John ; Foxton Ingaham, Roger; Glenfeylde Ireson, Wm.; Kirbie bellers Iveson, George; Lowghborowe

LEICESTERSHIRE ADMINISTRATIONS. 335


lyleland, John ; Lowghborowe Jacam, Thos.; Higham Jackson, Henry ; Donington Jackson, Thos.; Countisthorpe Jackson, Thos., jun.; Countisthorpe Jerratt, John ; Cosbie Jervis, Rich.; Eytonne Jervis, Robt.; Thorpe langton Johnson, Nich.; Loddington Johnson, Rich.; Wigsonne Johnson, Robt.; Wigsonne Johnson, Roger ; Thorp shefelde Johnson, Roger; Lutterworthe Jordayne, Leonard; Lubenhara Joyse, John ; Blackforbie Joyse, Wm.; Blackforbie Judde, Anthony; Carelton Kilborne, Thos.; Lowghborowe Killingley, John; Prestwold Knowles, Henry ; Lowghborowe Knyghte, Agnes; Norborowe Kybble, Thos.; Lutterworthe Kyllingley, John ; Garthorpe Kynde, John ; Huncote [Test.] Kynge, John ; Wigson parva Kynge, Robt.; Woodthorpe Kyrke, Margt.; Ylston Lacie, Isabelle ; Melton [Test.] Lane, Rich.; Berwell Laurence, (see Parker). Lawrence, Joan; Longwhatton Laxon, Thos.; Burbage Ledmore, Thos.; Wymeswolde Lee, Rich.; Nortonne Lee, Wm.; Estonne Lee, Wm.; Thrumaston Letherland, Wm.; Leicester Levett, Bartholomew; Norborowe Lewyn, John; Odbie Lewyn, Thos.; Frisbie Lockinge, Eliz.; Clawston Looe, Alice; Castyldonin^ton Looe, Hugh ; Longwhatton [Test.] Looe, Katherine; Castildonington Looe, Roger; Ashbie dalazouch Looe, Thos. ; Casteldonington Lord, Eliz.; Cottisbiche Lord, Eliz.; Dunton [Test.] Lord, Rich.; Leare Lord, Robt.; Bittiswell Lovett, John; Norborowe Lowe, Alice; Donnington Lowe, John ; Saxbie Lowesbie, Margery; Leicester Lunnas, Thos.; Braunston

[ Lutharte, Walter, and Alice, hiswife ; Glen

Mallaborne, Hugh; Normanton Malyn, John ; Wigson parva Mandie, Patrick; Thringeston

Missing Bonds.—Cnntmuefl.

Mannsfeyld, Peter; Lowghborowe Mannsfeylde, John ; Worthington Marler, A«nes ; Muche ashbie Marlowe, Wm.; Ashbie magna Martin, Ralph ; Kirbie Maryott, Henry; Lowghborowe Mason, Alice; Wymeswolde Mason, John and Rich.; ———— Mason, Robt.; Woodthorpe Mather, Wm.; Meltonne Mather, Wm.; Meltonne Mawsun, Edw.; Cosbie Meade, John ; Willowbie Waterlesse

[Test.]Melborne, John ; Dyseworthe Meverall, Nich.; Leicester Molde, Joan ; ———— Moltonne, Robt.; Holwell Moore, Robt.; Lutterworthe Morbie, Robt.; Ashbie dalazouch

[Test.]More, John; Lande? More, Rich.; Foxtonne More, Rich. ; Saltebie More, Wm.; Holwell Morrall, George; Packington Morton, Isabelle; Queningborowe Morton, John ; Ashbie magna Mosse, John ; Stocke Mosse, Peter; Odbie Mothe, Edmunde ; Lowghborowe Mothe, Wm. and Robt.; Mountsorrel Mountaine, Laurence; Leicester Muche, Wm.; Bowden magna Muche, Thos.; Sheresbie Mutt, Rich. ; Sheppie Myddleton, Thos.; Queningborowe Newbolde, John ; Thorneton Newcombe, Robt.; Market bossworthe Neyle, John ; Much Ashbie Noble, John ; Scalford Normanton, Thos.; Queningborowe Norton, Wm.; Lawghton Nurrse, John ; Whytwicke Nycoles, John ; Packington Nycolls, (see Wignall). Nydd, Robt.; Statherne Odbie, Helen; Foxtonne Oldershshawe, John; Kegworthe Ollyver, Agnes; Sylbie Ollyver, Alice; Norton Ollyver, Joan ; Este nortonOrmeston, John Ormeston, John Ormeston, Wm.

Bagworth Worthington Quern e

[Test.]Orton, Thos.; Belgrave Osburne, John ; Sylbie Othorpe, John ; Kymcote Otwell, John; Lutterworthe Overend, Edw.; Leicester [Test.],



Paine, Henry; Lutterworthe Palmer, Eliz.; Willowbie [Test.] Palmer, Thos.; Burstall Parker, George ; Bringhurst Parker, als. Laurence, John ; Newbold Parkyns, Thos.; Lutterworthe Parkyns, Wm.; Leicester Parsonnes, Ambrose; Lowghborowe Parsonnes, James; Whytwicke Passe, Rich.; Great sheale Patchett, Henry; Barrowe Patricke, John ; Lutterworthe Peale, John ; Shepshed Pecker, Robt.; Applebie Pegge, James; Stonystanton Pegge, Rich.; Stoneystanton Pemberton, John ; Sheale Perrin, Rich.; Scalford Persevall, Rich.; Thromstonne Peyse, Eliz.; Leicester Phillippes, Rich.; Naylston

•Pick, Andrew; Ashbifollwell Plante, Wm.; Leicester Platts, John; Leicester Plowman, Dorothy; Bareston Pollerd, John ; Leicester Polteney, George; Sheppie Potter, George; Waltham Power, Wm.; Galbie Powle, John; Barleston Pratt, John ; Lutterworthe Pratt, Rich.; Lutterworth Pratt, Wm.; Ashbie parva Preston, Rich.; Lowghborowe Purefrey, Ralph; Drayton Pywell, John ; Thorpe thomas Randle, Thos.; Barrowe upon Sore Ratcheford, John; Saxbie Ratclyffe, Thos.; Shepshed Raynshawe, John; Holwell Reade, John; Stonystanton Reade,.Margt.; Sapcote Redna, Thos. and Eliz.; ——— [Test.] Reste, John; Redmell Ridley, Agnes; Wigson Righ, Thos. and Marger Ruelds;

HalloughtonRigmayden, John; Lowghborowe Robertes, Wm.; Goodbie Robi, Eliz.; Castyldonington Robinson, Eliz.; Barrowe Robinson, Isabella; Onlippe Robinson, Rich.; Wytherley Roger, Anthony; Kegworth Rooe, Thos.; Browghtonne Ros, Simon; Tylton Rowe, Eliz.; Foxtonne Rowe, Wm.; Lubenham Rowell, Robt.; Barleston

* Ad pore. puer.


Rowes, Robt.; Clebrocke Russell, Robert; Meltonne Ryder, John; Barrowe Ryvett, John ; Syeston Saddeler, Thos.; Ybstocke Salisburie, Henry ; Countisthorpe Salisburie, Henry; Snareston Sanders, Alice; Queningborow Sanders, Wm.; Sharneford [Test.] Sawmon, Edmund; Huncote Segrave, Joan; Sutton Senton, Rich.; Lutterworthe Sharpe, John; Frysbie Shawe, Wm.; Reresbie Shawell, Jane; Leicester Shenton, Robt.; Leicester Sheppie, Robt.; Shepshed Show, David; Bareston Show, Peter; ——— Skevington, Henry; Bowdon Skyllington, John; Frysbie Slayter, Wm.; Melton Smart, Edmund; Lubenham [Test.] Smarte, Rich.; Gilmorton Smaylson, Andrew; Swynford Smeaton, John; Estelanghton Smeaton, John; West langhton Smelley, John; Melton Smyth, als. Walton, Robt., clerk;

Howbie ?Smythe, Emmott; Scalford Smythe, George; Longwhatton Smythe, Henry; Howbie Smythe, John; Shepshedde Smythe, John; Hallowghton Smythe, John; Stonystanton Smythe, Ralph; Wymotham Smythe, Rich.; Sutton, p. of Broughton Smythe, Thos. ; Doningtonne Smythe, Wm.; Saddington Spendlowe, John ; Onlippe [Test.] Sprecley, Geoffrey; Frebie Sprecley, Rich.; Frebie Spynes, Wm.; rector of Misterton Squyre, Wm.; Howghton Stafford, Francis; Shangton ? Stanley, Thos.; Shepshed Staples, Lawrence; Lowghborowe Staresmore, Wm.; Frolesworth Stevens, Wm.; Gilmortonne Stevenson, Thos.; Croson Stonne, Wm.; Thorneton Storer, John; Wymeswold Storer, Thos.; Thrushington Stougis, Wm.; Thedingworthe Sturgis, John; Boresworthe Styles, Margt. ; Leicester [Test.] Sumpter, Agnes; Welham Sumpter, Thos.; Thorpelanghton Sumpter, Wm.; Ashbie

I4JBIOESTERSHIEE ADMINISTRATIONS. 337

Missing Bonds. — Continued.

Button, als. Bell, Clem. ; Lowghborow Syde, Wm, ; Desford Sylvester, Henry ; Stokegolding Tallis, John ; Tugbie Tallis, John ; Belgrave Tarrie, Rich. ; Freybie Tarris, Hugh ; Kylbie Tatnell, John ; Swepston Tatwell, Isaac ; Carleton Tayler, Alice ; Branston Tayler, John ; Neathersheale Taylor, Eliz. ; Berwell Taylor, Leonard ; rector of Blayston Tompson, Agnes ; Belgrave Tompson, Edw. ; vicar of Hose. Tompson, George ; Woodhowse Tompson, Henry; Cadebie Tompson, Jervice ; Wymeswolde Tompson, Michael ; Melton Tompson, Roger ; Lowghborowe Towneshend, George ; Newbolde Trentam, Eliz. ; Cootes Trevis, John ; Tylton Trigge, John ; Branston Trowells, Henry ; Shepshed Turn, John ; Walcote Turner, Isabelle ; Bagworthe Turvyll, Marie ; Thurleston Tyghe, Anthony ; Wigsonne Tyghe, Wm. ; Sylbie Tyllie, Thos. ; Enderbie Tyllie, Thos. ; Huncote Tylton, John ; Aston flavell Tyrrie, Rich. ; Clebrooke Underwood, John; Hinckley Vale, John ; Gumley Vernham, Agnes ; Stapleford Vernham, Marie ; Bitteswell Vers, John ; SaltebieVeysey, John Veysey, Wm. Villers, Edw.

Gumley Leare [Test.]Lowghborowe

Vincent, Anthony ; Bottisford Vincent, Anthony; Bottisford [For. B.] Walderam, Roger ; Odbie Walker, Hugh ; Somerbie Walker, Joan ; Erleshilton Wallin, Mary ; Shepshed Wallis, Marger ; Wigson Wallis, Rich. ; Wigsonne Walter, Hugh ; Estonne

Missing Bonds.— Continued.

Walton, Wm.; Blayston Walton, (see Smyth). Warde, Alice; Earnesbie Warde, John; Eston Warde, Marger; Leicester Warde, Wm.; Ashbie followell Warrin, Agnes; Whytwicke Waterhowse, Lawrence; Stokerston Waters, Agnes; Wigson Wathewe, John ; Leicester Wathewes, Thos.; Thedingworthe Watkyn, Edmund; Burbage [Test.] Wattes, Margt.; Cosbie Wattes, Matilda; Ybstock Watts, Rich.; Lyttlethorpe Watts, Robt.; Reresbie Wayte, Joan ; Peatling parva Wayte, Lawrence; Waltham Weate, Wm.; Wymotham Welche, Wm.; Burbage Weste, Arthur; Scalford Wester, Chris.; Crafte Westewes, Edw.; Leicester Whyte Robt.; Wigsonne Wighteman, Rich.; Burbage Wignall, als. Nycolls, Wm.;

Packington [Test.] Wilkockes, John ; Odsonne Wilkockes, Robt.; Newbold Wilkokes, John; Odsonne Williamson, Helen; Castledonington Williamson, Thos.; Castyldonington Willowes, Edw. ; Hucklescote Wilson, Wm., clerk; Goodbie Wolley, John ; Lowghborowe Wolley, (see Harrison). Wood, John ; Saddington Woodcoke, Thos.; Wymeswold Wooddeslawe, John; Wykyn Worthington, John; Thorparnold Wraske, Magdaline; Burton Wrighte, John; Sireston Wrighte, Wm.; Somerbie Wyldes, Thos.; Waltham Wylkyns, Rich.; Ybstocke Wylson, Mary; Statherne Wylson, Ralph ; Somerbie [Test.] Wynterton, Wm.; Kymcote Yarwood, Rich.; Thorparnold Yeoman, James; Branston Ylson, Thos., clerk ; Thuleston

EXISTING ADMINISTRATION BONDS, 1556—1584. In Bundle No. I.Undated Bonds, &c., temp Elizabeth.

Gregorie, John; Keyme Hydes, Hamlet; Leicester Kynde, Rich.; Blaby [Inv.] Loue, John ; Barrow, 1559 ? Parsons, Wm.; Brentingthorpe Smithe, Robt.; Saddington, 1573 ?

Symkyn, Thos.; Stretton magna Symson, Robt.; Barkeby [Inv.] Tompson, Wm.; Tonge, p. of Bredon Wyldy, Rich. ; Lowghborowe, 1559 ?

[Inv.]

388 LE10BSTERSHIUK ARCHITECI'UUAL SOCIETY.

1556-

Collyns, Rich.; Ernesbye

'557-

Bennet, Wm.; Glen parva Clement, Thos.; Ebtou Gerram, Sir Wm.; rector of Heyther Ilsone, Robt.; Gumley Myddylton, Rich, and Margt.;

yuennyngborowe Parkyns, John ; Hullysthorpe, p. of

CleabrokeTaylor, Katherine; Eston Waldram, John; Owdeby Watts, Wm.; Owston

1558.

Barroweclowghe, Henry; Wheston Belton, Thos.; Sapcote Blackegrave, Rich, and John ;

Ashebye dalazouch Bolton, Margt.; Asheby Folwell

•Branson, John; Quennyngborow Bromeley, Thos.; Thurelston Carre, Robt.; Leicester Chamberlaine, Hughe; Sylby

•Dawkyns, Thos.; Dunyngton Dylkes, Thos.; Kyrby Malerie Freerson, James; Shepeshedde Hackytt, John ; Saxbye Hodges, Robt.; Glen magna

•Ilyffe, Wm ; Gylmoreton Leytherland, Ralph ; Shenton Marven, Thos.; Newbold Morrys, Thos.; Grymston Oneby, Wm.; Stapulton

J Palmer, Barnabe ; Wartnabie Paule, or Pawley, George ; Bores-

worthe Phillips, Wm.; Norborow

fPollarde, John and Margt.;Lockyngton

Polteney, Rich.; Walton, p. ofKymcote

Pylow, Wm.; Church langhton Ratcliffe, Robt.; Kyrkbe bellors Streton, Thos.; Wheston Sutton, Wm.; Lutterworthe Tryggs, Wm.; Melton Mowbrey Wattes, Rich,; Cottysbyche [Inv.]

•Wylkyns, Joan; Ibstocke

1559-

•Andrew, Jaratt; Stonton Wifelde Belgrave, Wm. ; Lyttle Glen Butler, John; Crafte

• With the Will annexed.•f Will of John Pollarde annexed. } Wlliiam in Inventory

1559.— Continued.

Colteman, Wm.; Mowsley Farmer, Ralph; Shepshedd [Inv.] Hull, Wm.; Kybworthe Malaburne, Agnes; Smeeton Nelle, or Neyle, Wm.; Hornynghold Palley, Rich. ; Wygson [Inv.] Pyghte, Wm.; Lughtborowe Skevyngton, John ; Blaby Smythe, Rallfe; Bosseworthe Squyre, Robt.; Thedyngworth

fStanford, Henry; Leicester•Taylor, Kerielme; Ybstocke 'Warde, Agnes; Wystowe•Warde, Rich.; Wystowe•Warde, Robt.; Wystowe Wiginton, John ; Leicester

1560.

Borrowe, Robt.; Kegworthe•Dawkyn, Henry; Aston Flavell Foster, Robt.; Bushbie Gayrye, Wm.; Thornton Neell, Rich.; Lubenham Neell, Robt.; Lubenham Olyffe, Robt. and Alice; Leicester Salusburye, Thos.; ——— Taylor, John ; rector of Hallowton

1561.

Barton, John; Segrave Browne, Wm.; Loughborow Brucke, Roger; Lubenham Gervis, Agnes; Eton Molde, Henry ; Appleby Taylor, Mawde; Dunyngton

•JWelche, Anne; Burbage

1562.

Abbott, Hugh; Medburne Bryherhurste, Edw.; Syston

1563-

Foster, Thos.; Thurmeston Kempe, Alice; Frysby Pawmer, Henry; Tylton Reynolds, John ; Walton, p. of

KymcottRichardson, Thos.; Melton Mowbrey Sutton, George; Lowghborowe

1564-

Averye, Wm.; Shylton Clark, Thos.; Saltbe

« With the Will annexed.t Will Inventory and Portion Bond.t Agnes Welch in Bond.


1564.—Continued.

Raven, Robt.; Burton Lazars•Sore, Wm.; Dyseworthe Tayler, Wm.; Shylton Tofte, Agnes; Hallowghton

•Tyboots, Robt.; Hothorpe Woodward, Agnes; Lubenham

1565-

Bosse, John; Wymeswolde Bryan, Agnes ; Stoke goldinge Hardacres, Wm.; Bursfall

1566.

Fawxe, Anthony; Belgrave Johnson, Agnes; Desforde Kydyer, Robt.; Melton Ourton, Arthur; London Snape, Ralph; Leicester Thorpe, Thos., clerk; Leicester Wheatley, Rich.; Norton juxta

Twycrosse

1567-

Cowper, Robt.; MustonGray, Alice; FoxtonGibson, John ; Stapleford [Inv.]Johnson, Rich. ; ThrushingtonOxenerd, Anthony; Stapleford

•Parker, Alice; Sybson Rubbon, Thos.; Claxton Sheperdson, Robt.; Kettilby

1568.

Andrewe, Katherine ; Wiggeston•Browett, Robt. ; Keresby Clyfford, Nicholas; Kegworthe Gull', Katherine; Basset Howse Harwar, Nicholas; Leicester Marler, Agnes; Muche Ashbye [Inv.] Martyn, Rich.; Dunton Bassett Parkynson, Wm.; ———— Shepperdson, Agnes; Abkeytilby

fSherley, Wm.; Belgrave Smithe, Amee; Pickwell Tompson, Robt ; Wodhowse.

1569.

•Allyn, Henry; Foston fClarke, Wm.; Braunson•Estewood,John; KybwortheBeachamp fFreman, John; Thrushington Gerye, Agnes; Bylston Hamond, Wm.; Thorpe thomas

* With the Will annexed. I Will Inventory and Portion Bond.

1569.— Continued.

Harte, Thos.; Kirby bellers {Large, Thos.; Newbould verdon Mathewes, Thos.; Thedyngworthe Rede, Wm. and Kath.; Stonystanton Shyttylwood, Rich.; Walton Smythe, Henry ; Thorneton

•Tales, Robt.; Kyrby bellers

1570.

Abbot, Rich.,jun.; Mowsley Barton, Agnes; Kegworthe Burchley, John ; Wyken [Inv.] Cosby, Randolph, clerk ; ? Shepeshed Garden, Ralfe; Leicester Heyfford, or Heathcote, Rich.;

OwdebyfLenton, Robt.; Tonge Leyson, Margt.; Packyngton

•Noble, Margt.; Reresbie Parkyngton, Alice; Lutterworthe Parsons, Hugh ; Whytwicke Powles, Alice; Hallowton

•Pemberton, Joisse; LowghborowghPippin, Wm.; Est langhton

JSalisburie, Robt.; Bylston, p. ofNorton

Stokes, Roger; Bebie•Thorpe, Hugh ; Thorpe langhton Webster, Robt., clerk; ————

Angrave, Nich.; Ashebye magnaBayley, John ; KnostonBlunt, Nich.; SylbyeBodicote, Eliz.; Leicester

§Braye, John, and Eliz., his wife;Stonistanton

fBremer, Robt.; CadebieCannarde, Agnes; KegwortheCarpenter, Wm. ; ScalfordCatlyn, Thos. ; LeicesterDeyrye, Rich.; Saxbye

||Forman, Henry ; KilbyeHawkyns, Robt.; MeltonLeyland, Wm. and Eliz.; RedmellMay, Peter; LeicesterNormanton, Robt.; BlabyOrland, Agnes; Barkeby thorpePoison, Miles; ShepshedSmalye, Walter; SnarestonSyeston, Barnarde; OnelippeWatkin, Matthew; Cossyngton [Inv.]

* With the Will annexed. t Portion Bond. 1 Will and Portion Bond. § Endorsed "Dismission of Admou. by J.

Randolphe."|| Damaged part of Will annexed.

;uo LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECT URAL SOCIETY.

1572 -

* Cater, Rich.; of the Forest, p. of Peitling•Cheneye, Anne; Queningborowe Dixson, Thos.; Statherne Geland, Thos.; Kegworthe

*Hore, Betris; Humberstone Marvyll, Rose; Brentyngthorpe Mason, Bartylmewe; Garthroppe Mason, Edw. ; Barkeby thorpe Rogers, Hughe; Neathersheale Thorne, Wm.; Scalford

•Varnham, John ; Brentingthorpe Wallis, John; Lutterworthe Watson, John ; Ashbi follwell Weste, Wm.; Harbie

1573-

tBrannston, Peter ; BylsdonCarver (see Whyte).

JCoxe, Rich.; FoxtonneGoodwyn, Thos.; SwaningtonGregson, Thos.; Thorp langtonHolte, Thos.; Bareston

§Jemkyns, Thos.; CountisthorpeLyllie, Eliz. ; DisewortheOrmeston, Joan ; CosbyeRevell, John; BelgraveRichards, John; StaplefordSaddington, Robt.; FoxtonWebester, John; Burton on the WoldesWells, Thos.; GumleyWhyte, als. Carver, Wm.; Melton

Mowbreye1574-

Bayles, Humfrey ; ! Dyseworthe Cumand, Eliz.; Somerbye Frernan, Phillip; Horningwolde

f Gregorie, Thos.; Glen parva Gylbert, Thos.; Norborowe Orcharde, Alice; Burton Overton, Agnes; Whytwick Tyers, Thos.; Dalbie parva Wamersley, Alice; Twycrosse

"575-

Benskyn,°John, clerk; Onlippe Browninge, Roger; Garthorpe Clerke, John and Rich.; Swepston

HJarvis, Thos. ; Eton ? Lee, Alban ; jMelton Mowberie Moringe, John; Stapleforde Ockeley, Benjamin ; Medburne Orme, Agnes; Norton juxtaTwycrosse Orton, John ; Belgrave

• With the Will annexed, t Portion Bond. ? t Will and Portion Bond. § " Jenkyngesonne " in Bond. II Endorsed " Eston "

1575.—Continued.

Page, Roger ; Muche ashbie Sayntleger, als. Sallinger, Eliz.;

BottisfordThurman, John ; Normanton Webbe, John; Normanton

1576-

Austin, Thos. and Gelyan ; Statherne Bellingham, Brian; Lowghborowe Bryce, Edw.; Foston Bylson, Edw.; LyttlejAppulbye Clerke, Thos.; Lutterworth Dewycke, Thos.; Frysbye upon the

wreakeGraye, Wm.; Church langton Gregorie, George; Braunstone

fGybson, John; Hinckley Halford, Wm.; Harborowe Lawrence, Thos.; Longwhatton Ollyver, Joan; Estenorton Potter, Robt.; Waltham Puryfye, Francis; Ashbye Dalazouch Smythe, Thos.; Sutton Cheyney

'Swyfte, Rich. ; Loddington

'577-

Blowre, Wm.; Lowghborowe Busbye, Thos.; Shepshed Fowler, Cuthbard ; Tugbie Frearche, Edw.; Dalbie upon the

woldesMorris, Rich.; Leicester Paper, John; Lowghborowe Syston, Thos.; Shepshed Tompson, Thos.; Wymeswolde Tweltrigg, Robt.; Melton

JWade, Edw.; Lutterworth Waldram, Thos.; Owdebye

1578-

Baule, Thos.; Leicester Burges, Thos.; Stannton Carter, Walter; Glenfeilde Cole, Thos.; Gylmorton Cundie, Thos.; Shepshed Englishe, Nicholas; Burton, p. of

PrestwoldeGroococke, Symon; Harebye Lacie, Hugh; Melton Lynsey, Thos.; Mountsorell Molde, John; Applebe Newby, Joyse; Slawston Smith, Thos.; Thorp langhton Tailor, Joan; Wimeswolde

• With the Will annexed. \ Dismission of Admon. J Will and Inventory.


I579-

Adams, Wm.; Ashby dalazouche Barefoote, John ; Segrave Barnes, John; Huckelscote Cley, Symon; Fleckeney Cowper, Thos.; Thorpe arnolde Craddocke, Thos.; Huncote Foxe.Dorothyand Grace; Turlanghton Hopwood, James; Sybbesden Huntwicke, Thos.; Ashby dalazouch Looe, Alice; Castle donington

1580.

*Harriman, George; Thorpe arnolde Lord, Thos.; Sutton, p. of Browghton Reade, Henry; Segrave Satcheverell, Henry ; Reresbie Smithe, Robt.; Hoobie Winterton, Rich.; Walcote [Inv.]

1581.

Beale, Thos.; Coston fBoley, John; Swythland Brown, John; Belton Dawes, Walter; Sapcote Howgh, Rich. ; Bottisforde Jervis, Wm.; Wheston Knighte, John ; Browghton Astlie Norton, Anthony ; Neylston Palmer, Hugh ; Skevyngton Tomkyns, Joan; Gloreston Vincent, John; Hinckley

1582-

Adcoke, Rich.; parson of Wymotham Averie, Agnes; Browghton Bate, John; Norton Clowdesley, George; Lughborowe Darlingeton, Edw.; Leicester Dawes, Walter; Sapcote Earsleye, Wm.; Lubenham

'Gamble, Henry ; Burton Noverie Gerie, Robt.; Bilsdon Hebbe, Wm.; Lowghborowe Hynde, John ; Quernedon Johnson, Issabell; Lowghborowe Pickeringe, John; Ybstocke Weston, Edw.; Stretton Magna

1583-

Boyfeyld, Luce; Hallowghton Brett, George ; Belgrave Clowdesley, Mary; Lowghborowe Dynnylowe, Agnes; Longewhatton Ormeston, Thos. ; Newbolde

» With the Will annexed, t Will Inventory and Portion Bond.

1583.— Continued.

Oytts, Addams; Scalforde Pallatt, Chris.; Stoke goldinge Thorpe, John ; Ashby dalazouche Tompson, Thos.; Hawsted Van, Alice ; Wigston

1584-

Beridge, Sethe ; Leicester Boyfield, Luce; Hallowton Butler, Joyse; Cuniston Mylles, Margt.; Lowghborowe Mylles, Wm.; Lowghborowe Orton, John ; Bagworthe Smythe, Robt.; Nether Seale Walker, Oliver; Wymeswolde

I58S.'No.

Allyn, Joan; Shenton 4, 25Astall, Wm.; Garthorpe 3Bowes, Thos.; Humberston 18Byrde, Wm.; Fray by 30Chapman, Alice ; Foxton 22Disone, James ; Norton 17Forman, Barthol.; Freeby 27

fGinnerde,————; Hinckley? nGooddicarne, Edw.; Hollwell g Heathcote.John; Ashby dalazouch? 21Hewbold, John ; Blowgherbie 32Hide, Margt.; Ashby delazouch 35Homes, Rich.; Newbold 24Horton, Thos., jun.; Mowsley iHowghton, Edw.; Thrumaston 28Jones, Rich.; Easton 38Kyrtelton, Thos.; Hinckely 26Lacy, Wm.; Hemyngton 5Litteldickes, Robt.; Hoose 31Lowe, Wm.; Burbage 36Lowth, John ; Eston 15Melton, John; Bebe 34Nicholles, John ; Sibson 41Nontill, Francis; Shepeshead 33Nutt, Wm.; Boresworthe 12 Pighte, Joan; The Newarke,

Leicester 7Rudinge, Rich.; Weste Coats 8Shilton, John ; Diseworthe 40Shottiswell, John ; Bredon 20

JSkillington, Margt.; Thrushington 39Smithe, John ; Wiggeston 10Storer, Henry ; Shakerston 43Tallis, Robt.; Tugby 6Trowghton, John ; Garthorpe *Vanne, Rich.; Church Langton 13Waine, Wm. ; Bagworth 23Ward, Jane; Thornton 16

* The existing Bonds for this and subsequent years are in separate rolls.

t This Bond is incomplete. t Portion Bond.

842 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTUBAL SOCIETY.


Watts, Rich.; Evington 14 Wormelewghton, Robt. ; Walton zg Wye, Edmond ; Kilbye 19 Yoxbie, John ; Stoakegoldinge 42

1586.

[N.B —The Bonds for this year are missing but the Administration Act Book, from which the following list is taken, is preserved.]

Brighte, Rich.; Ulsthorpe Brown, Eliz.; Northmanton Frost, Jane; Leicester Glen, Matthew; Eaton Halford, Frances ; Slawston Hopkin, Wm.; Garthorpe Knighte, Nich.; Charley Lussell, Hugh; Lutterworth Marson, Wm.; Gilmorton Marvyn, John ; Syston Morris, Agnes; Leicester Rogerson, John; Leare Ryce, John; Lowghborough Scale, John ; Bottisford Stanton, Wm.; Newton Harcott Vernam, Wm.; Saddington Wright, John; Baresby

1587-No.

Almey, Joan ; Dunton 14Ashbey, Wm.; rector of Peckleton 48Astye, John ; Kegworth 15Bayley, Robt.; Leicester 37Bayley, Stephen ; Eaton 41Beaumont, John ; Lowghborowe 22Bidford, Joan ; Market Boseworth 2gBird, Thos. ; Knossington 44Bonsall, John ; Castledonington 27Bradforde, Joan ; Turlanckton 20 Bradshawe, George; Orton sup

montem 9Bruan, Rich. ; Belgrave 38Burrowes, Rich. ; Shepeshead 34Byddle, John ; Leicester 21Callis, John ; Barrow 24Cley, Wm.; Scethley 50Cuffley, John ; Wheston 18Devonshire, Thos.; Wheston 45Eyte, Robt. ; Loddington 33Flower, Joan ; Kerby Sellers 26Flower, Oliver; Kerby Bellers 32Forman, George; Stowghton 5Frannces, Wm.; Waltham 46Gilson, Robt. ; Wiggeston 36Glover, Henry , Normanton 10Hodg, Henry ; Somerbye n

•Hodge, Gilbert; ——— 8* This Bond is missing.

1587.—Continued.No,

Hubbarde, Wm.; West lancton 54Iliffe, George, sen.; Earnsby 7listen, George ; Hungarton 6Jervys, Henry ; Broughton Ashley 12Kirke, Clement; Thorpe arnolde 4Knapp, Wm.; Pickwell 49Leake, Robt.; Wymeswolde 40Odeby, Wm.; Husbands Boseworth 53Oliff, Michael; Markfeild 31Olyver, Rich.; Lockington 35 Perkins, John ; Willowbie Water-

lesse 17Pighte, Joan ; Ashby delazouch 23Powltney, Ambrose ; Sheepey 3Ryley, John ; Thorparnold 19Sharpe, John ; Sysonbye 25Smarte, Wm. ; Gilmorton 47Smithe, Wm.; Arley, co Warwicb 52Squier, Tbos.; Hatherne 42Stephens, Wm.; Croxton 51Swane, Isabell; Kerby Muxley 28Swindell, John ; Packington 30Tarlton, Robt.; Gilmorton 39Toone, John, sen.; Stonistanton 16Vawse, Thos.; Swinford 43Whittinge, Agnes; Garthorpe 2Wilson, John ; Barkbye 13.Wylemoore, Alice; Enderbye i

1589.

• Agnes, Agnes; Sproxton 52•Agnes, Izabell; Sproxton 50•Agnes, Mary ; Sproxton 51 Alme, Thos. and Roger; Ashby

magna 49Baxter, John ; Peckleton 9Baxter, Wm., sen.; Thurcaston 44Bayley, Joan ; Narborowe 48Berry, John ; Scalford 33Chaland, Robt.; Bottisford 22Clarson, Thos,; Loughborowe 39Clerke, Agnes ; Medborne 17Clerke, als. Neale, Margt.; Melton 47Crosse, Robt.; Leicester 41 Deane, Tbos.; Ratcliff upon the

wreake 38Dilks, Edw.; Kirkby Mallery 35Fawne, John ; Ashby delazouch 40Feilding, Wm. ; Seagrave 4Fox, Rich.; Wiggeston 23Freeman, Rich.; Kerby bellers 25Gaddesby, Wm.; Coats 31George, Hnmfrye ; Congeston nGreene, Rich.; Muston 28Greenwood, Edw. ; Wymeswold 53

PGreenwood, Edw.; Wimeswold 3Holmes, Anne ; Wiggeston 6

* Portion Bonds.



Hopkyns, ———— ; Sewstarne 42Hopkyns, Rich.; Thedingworth 5Hopkyns, Robt. ; Slawston 13Hopkyns, Thos.; Melton 2Kertleton, Edmund ; Hinckley 34Leach, Robt.; Ilston 24Loasbye, Henry; Mowsley 36Massey, Thos.; Lutterworth 12Mawnsfeild, Rich.; Braunston 16 Neale (see Clerke).Newbold, Thos,; Norman ton 8Plummer, Thos.; South croxton 32Rawlinson, Wm.; Baresby 15.Readley, Wm.; Wiggeston 46Ridgley, George; Wiggeston 37Rowditch, Wm.; Shenton 20Smithe, Henry; Klbworth 10Stanley, Henry ; Longwhatton iStephenson, Robt.; Swanington 45Button, John ; Market Boresworth 54Tarleton, Wm.; Huncoat 26Taylor, Margery; Leicester 27Walker, John ; Leicester 55Ward, John ; Lyttlethorpe 29Warner, Ralph ; Leicester 19Warren, Margt. ; Thorpe Arnold 7Webster, John ; Whetston 18"Wels, John; Medborne 14Worsdale, Alice; Braunston 43Wright, Rich.; Ashbye delazouche 21

Armeston, Wm.; Cropson 23Ashfeilde, Rich.; Leicester 36Atkins, Robt.; Ashby delazouche 32Bayard, Rich. ; Clawston 49Bright, Eliz.; Garington Thorpe 19Brown, Wm.; Newbolde 8Burrowes, Augustine ; Desford 25 Carter, John; Husbands Boresworth 43Cave, Chris.; Walcoate 41Clerke, Thos.; Barwell 10Coggen, Wm.; Barkby 48Dansie, George ; Somerbie 53Derry, Rich.; Hose 46Durden, John ; Heather 21

•Edwin, Margery; Siston, with Will 42Fairebarne, Thos.; Bottesford 6Fillingham, John ; Snibston 31Garner, John ; Barton in le Beans 20Greeves, Thos.; Quarndon 41Hall, John ; Lutterworthe iHallam, Wm.; Croxston 35Hames, Rich.; Thorparnold 9Hamlett, Izabell; Enderby 22Hill, Wm.; Shenton 14

* Bond missing. Will filed in Roll 1591, No. 56.


•Holmes, Thos.; Misterton, withWill 27

Jervis, John ; Sewsterne 34Jervis, Thos. ; Sewsterne 47Knowles, Thos.; Melton 12 Langton, Wm.; Frisby upon the

Wreake 5Lee, John ; Wytherley nLord, Isabell; Eastwell 16Lussell, Hewghe ; Lutterworth 7Lussell, Rich.; Lutterworth 39Morton, Edw.; ———— 2Neale, Wm.; Blaston 40Norman, Thos.; Ashby parva 45Palmer, John ; Odeby 18Plummer, John ; South croson 51Pole, Chris.; Kibworth Harcott 33Ray, Nich.; Kibworth 3

fReve, Robt.; Whitweek 26Smith, Agnes ; Muston 30Tallis, John, jun,; Humberston 24

{Tatam, John ; Leicester 47ATaylor, Thos.; Hallowghton 15Thornton, Robt.; Ashby parva 38Vann, Thos.; Rearsby 28Westis, Wm.; Leicester 52White, Robt.; Prestwolde 13Wiggeley, Henry ; Scraptoft 37Wilkinson, John ; Normanton 17Winterscale, Wm.; Leicester 4Woodland, Thos.; Leicester 50

1592. §White, John; Evington

1593-

§Kinge, Humfrye; Dadlington

1594-

Abbott, Thos.; Northkilworth 23Adcock, Wm.; Newbold 51Barloe, John ; Hinckley 34Barloe, John; Hinckley 35Bennytt, John; Blabye 7

fBland, Henry ; Leicester iBowlter, Thos.; Wiggeston 20Bradley, Francis; Slawston 27Bright, Clement; Smeeton 48Broxby, Thos.; Lughborow 22Burstall, Wm.; Leicester 3 Burton, Thos., and Dorothy, his

wife; Halloughton 31Cartwright, John ; Wiggeston 52

* Will filed in Roll 1591, No. 47.I Bond missing.1 Imperfect.§ Bond in Bundle i.



Chambers, Wm.; Welham 33Cobley, Rich.; Tilton 12Cole, George; Bredon 21Duston, Nicholas ; Wyfordby 36Fox, Wm.; Markefeild 26Fryer, Robt.; Wiggeston 29Fryer, Thos., sen.; Wheston 38Gamble, Thos. ; Thrussington 16Hackett, Thos.; Twiford 4Hanson, John ; Norton 42Harteshorne, Leonard ; Norton 44 Hastings, Barthol. ; Countisthorpe 6Haywood, Wm.; Lutterworth 50Haywood, Wm.; Lutterworth 54Hill, John ; Coleorton 10Hindman, Joane; Glenfeild IIHolmes, Augustine; Stokerston 19Kyddyer, Wm.; Melton 30Lane, Michael; Swinford 24Marston, Wm.; Slawston 45Oker, Thos. ; Castle Donington 47Parramour, Frances ; Loasebye 49Pickard, Hamlet; Vlscrofte 13Pickforke, Wm.; Leicester gRobinson, Wm.; Applebie 40Sharpe, Hugh ; Kibworth 37Siddowne, Judith ; Neilston 8Smith, Jane ; Quarndon 15Snowe, John ; Harwell 5Stanley, Henry ; ———— 46Staples, Wm.; Quarndon 41Sutton, Edward ; Swithland 39Sutton, Wm.; Wytherly 43

•Trevis, Margaret; Plungar 2Walker, John ; Hose 25 Wamesley, Simon, sen.; Lough-

borow 14White, Robert; Leicester 17Wildy, Rich.; Neilston 53Wildy, John ; Harwell 28Wilson, Miles ; Leicester 18Woodcocke, Thos.; Keame 32

1595-

Avery, Rich.; Sutton 31Bent, Robert; Cosby 26Blackleache, Robt.; Longwhatton 34Browne, Wm.; Leicester 9Bussard, Rich., sen.; Smeeton 30

•[Carter, Nicholas; Leicester 38Cocken, Rich.; Enderbye 35Coleman, Robt.; Turlangton 13

fCorbet, Helen ; Bosworth 45Cannor, Thos.; Billesdon 46

fCrofte, Robt.; Stapleton 43Cuningham, Robt.; Woodhouse 37Deacon, Rich.; Frisby juxta Galby 19

* Comptavit. t Bond missing.


Dobleday, Thos.; Asfordby 15Ellyott, John ; Newbold 14Francklin, Marie ; Whitweek 33French, Wm.; Swinford 20Fryer, John ; vicar of Enderby 17 Greene, Thos.; Normanton upon

the Heatb 16Hadden, Thos.; Boresworth 12

"Haynes, Wm.; Loughborough 39'Haywood, Wm.; Stoke 40Heafford, Margaret; Odby 10Jervis, Wm.; Welby 23Keene, Rich.; Hinckley 6Kinge, Robt.; Asfordbye 4Lagoe, Wm.; Dadlington 18Langley, Ralph ; Leicester 2Moore, Wm.; Enderbye 3

'Onebie, John ; Hinckley 44Parker, John ; Kibwortb 22Pepper, John; Roleston 7Rowse, Rich.; Croxton 24Smith, Thos.; Easton iStretford, John ; Shawell 32Tarlton, Rich.; Shernford 27Taylor, Wm.; Leicester 29Tompson, John ; Kilby 5Turland, Thos.; Odeby 21Warren, Rich.; Ashby 8Weston, John ; Tugby nWilden, Eliz.; Shepshead 28Willowes, John ; Onelippe 25 Wright, Henry; vicar of Somerbie 36

1596.

[N.B.—The Bonds for this year are missing.]

Ashley, als. Hickling, Mathew ;Wymeswold 21

Bentley, Johane; Sketchley 7Bishoppe, Thos.; Quarndon 3Bott, Robt.; Bagworth 40Bowley, Wm.; Long Whatton 24Brian, Peter ; Dadlington 8Broughton, John; East Norton 35Came, Robt,; Leicester iChamberlen, Wm., jun.; Leicester 4Cooke, Alice ; Lutterworth 37Cowper, Margaret; Barrow 19Crosse, Thos.; Kettlebye 38Dan, John ; Wiggeston 15Davy, Marie ; Peatling magna iFawnte, Jane ; Feny Drayton 32 Feilding, als. Paibody, Anne ;

Ashby parva 33Foxon, Richard ; Lubbenham 6Gooddicarie, Anne ; Holwell 25Greene, Agnes ; Medburne 36

* Bond missing.



Greene, Thos.; Somerbye 20Grundy, Robt.; Thornton 54Gumley, John ; Wheston 34Hardiman, Amy ; Cleybrook 51Harrington, James ; Bagworth 39Healey, Henry ; Knossington 49Hollioby, Ambrose; Mouseley 16Ithell, Margaret; Billesdon 17Lant, John ; Burstall 26Marshall, Thos., jun.; Sheasbie 30Massey, Wm.; Ashbydelazouch 23Meare, Fran.; Kegworth 28Milner, Thos.; Twiford 41Morton, Robert; North Kilworth 44Orton, John ; Eaton 2Palmer, Robt.; Blabye 18Patchett, Eliz.; Orton 47Pepper, Rich.; Thrumaston 45Poole, John ; Long Whatton 46Rayner, John. sen.; Peatling 14Riddington, Wm.; Laughton ? 12Scampton, Wm.; Burbage 27Somerfeild, John ; Lawghton 50 Stephenson, Edw.; Newton

Harcourt 5Stretton, Clement; Leare 53Stretton, Robert; Willoughbie 2Swaine, John, sen.; Shepey parva 10Tatam, Fran.; Hoby 48Tayler, Wm.; Ashby folwell 43Thornton, Rich.; Ashby folwell 42'Warner, Wm.; Burbage 29Ward, Anthony ; Hinckley 9Watts, Thos.; South Croson 13Wilson, Rich.; Countistliorpe 22

1597-

[N.B.—The Bonds for this year are missing.]Alsoppe, Robt.; Ashbie delazouch 66Andrew, Johane; Ilston 14Baker, John ; Ailston 17Bakewell, Humphrey; Packington 18Bene, Thos.; Redmill nBeton, James ; Packington 40Browne Wm.; Burstall 43Burys, Agnes; Thrumaston 22Burys, Thos.; Dunton 33Butler, Robert; Leicester 61Choise, Wm.; Market Bosworth 34Clampe, Robt.; Seale 10Clarke, Jane; Barrow iClarke, Rich.; Bosworth 52Clarke, Wm.; Knipton 62Clifton, Raphael; Leicester 36Clifton, Raphael; Leicester 53Cooke, Thos.; Wibtofte 31Cowley, Eliz. ; Holwell 16Cowper, John ; Saxbie 42

1597.—Continued.

Cox, George ; Neilston Coxon, Grace; Tilton Drakeley, Robert; Stonton Franke, Thos.; Barkbie Freeman, Edw.; Lubbenham

No.3744673956

Geffrie, John ; Cosbie gGreene, Robt.; Peckleton 50Hammond, Margt.; Burton 68Hollingworth, Eliz.; Saltbie 58Hurst, Eliz.; Holwell 24Iliffe, Thos.; Walton 30Jemson, John ; Carlton 35Johnson, Rich.; Hose 46Kettle, Wm.; Atterton 23Kibble, Thos.; Hinckley 26Lane, Ambrose ; Melton 20 Mercer, Gabriel; Mountsorell 5, 6Moorewood, Margery; Shenton 41Neyler, Ellen ; Stonton Wyvell 45Osburne, Johane ; Wystowe 47Oulon', Robert; Brascote 63Page, Brian ; Billesdon 55Robinson, Mawde; Twiford 21Skillington, Goodith ; Silebye 19Smith, Leonard ; Turlangton 15 Standwidg, Jasper; Edmanthorpe 65Stevenson, Edw.; South croson 8Storer, Wm ; Thrussington 38Suffolk, John ; Barwell 64Sympkin, Peter; Neilston 25Tallis, Robt.; Tugbie 49Terrey, Rich.; Cleybrooke 48Thornton, Thos.; Musson 57Thorpe, John ; Leicester 51Tilson, Henry ; Heather 54 Tunstall, Thos.; rector of Allaxton 29Wallice, Peter; Shepshead 32Ward, Robt.; Fresbie 60Ward, Thos.; Queniborough 13Watson, Affable; Markefeild 27Whittell, John ; Plungar 59Woodcocke, Wm.; Garthorpe 28Worshippe, John ; Leicester 7

I598.


Alien, Simon ; Leare 25Alsopp, Fran.; Onelipp 12Atkin, Alice ; Shilton 78

?Averie, John ; Enderbye 37 Barbor, ah. Milner, John ; Ibstock 44Barons, Robt.; Leare 53Basford, Thos.; Diseworth 74Baskerfeild, Anne ; Leicester 63Bedford, Thos.; Whetston 57Biddle, John ; Leicester 39Bilton, James; Packington 55 Boothe, Nich.; Goadeby 71,72



Brett, Wm.; Wimeswold 5Brookesbie, Wm.; Loughborough 3Browne, Thos.; Whetston 24Burrowes, John ; Leicester 4Butcher, Thos.; Kerbye 68Cave, John ; Thedingworth 45Chamberlin, Rich.; Billesdon 83Choice. Robt.; Charly 79Colton, John ; Bagworth 50Cooke, Rich.; SealeSupior? 75Cooke, Thos.; Wibtofte 18Croborowe, Roger ; Kegworth 73Danford, Thos.; Lutterworth 17Daye, John ; Twyford 82Denis, ———— ; Allaxton 31Everard, Robt.; Shenton 30Farmer, Laurence; Higham 36Flower, Thos.; Kerbye Bellars 64Fox, Leonard ; Thorpe Langton 67Franke, Thos.; Burstall 15Gilbart, Johane; Waltham 10Gilbert, Henry; Boothorpe 51Ginnard, Wm.; Hinckley 16Goodderidg, Robt.; Foxon 14Goodwin, Wm.; Packington 62Gunston, Simon ; Enderbie 19Harriman, Jesper ; Thorparnold 38Harris, John ; Melton 49Hill, Robt.; Belton 56Hodgson, Ellen ; Sison 26Hoore, Wm.; Shepshedd 41Houghton, Nich.; Seagrave 40Huntwick, Wm.; Shakerston 65Johnson, Wm.; Whitweek 57Knight, Emmott; East Norton 77Knight, John ; Lawghton 13Mawlson, Thos.; Thorp arnold 33Milner, Agnes ; Diseworth 43Milner, Rich.; Burton Lazars 66Mold, Henry ; Leicester iMoore, John ; Leicester 35Norman, John ; Leicester 22Orton, John ; Orton 20Paine, Thos.; Ullesthroppe 46Pepper, Rich.; Thromaston 23Picke, Wm.; Bebie 6 Porter, Thos.; Colson basset in

com. Nott 54Prior, Roger; Neilston 61 Ruding, Michael; Braunson gate,

Leicester 21Savage, Marie; Barkbye 28Sharpe, John ; Snareston 59Siddall, John ; Peatling parva 8Smart, Barth.; Newbold 80Somerfeild, Hugh ; Bredon 70Standley, Hugh ; Bredon 69Stretton, Wm.; Ratcliff Culey 9

•Sturgs, Thos.; Thedingworth 84* Comptavit.


Symonds, John ; Crofte 60Tompson, Johane; Barkbye 27Toolley, John ; Oadebie 2Veysey, Wm.; Aston Flamvile 47Ward, Wm.; Scraptofte 32Warren, Wm.; Stoughton 76Webster, Rich. ; Markefeild 52Whattoft, John ; Siston 29Wilcox, Wm.; Quarndon 7Wilson, John ; Ulsthroppe 42Woodshaw, John ; Leicester 58Wykes, Edw.; Thurlston 81Wyth, Margt.; Thringston 48

1599-


Aire, Rich.; Billesdon 36Alien, Giles ; Easton 35Ball, Wm.; Ashbye 2Bate, John ; Ashbye parva 39Bowes, Joane ; Humberston 17Bowes, Thos.; Humberston 22 Brabzon, Susan ; Husb. Bosworth 12Burton, John, sen.; Buckminster nBurton, Simon ; Nether Seale 31Collyn, Thos.; Earnesbye 38Cooke, Thomazine; Barrowe 27Cox, Henry; Barton 32Crofts, John ; Tilton 10Curteis, Nich.; Lockington 24Gearie, Wm.; Billesdon 25Greeneway, John ; Holte 5Hardie, Roger; Oadebie 26Horton, Thos.; South Kylworth 13Howytt, John ; Peatling 41Hudson,————; Gumley 43Kendall, Margt.; Overton 7Lacie, John Melton 44Loosebie, Wm.; Thorpe iMare, Thos.; Kegworth 34Neale, Robt.; Bitteswell 30Orson, Wm.; Saxby 9Perkin, Wm. ; Wiggeston 4Pole, Robt.; Kibworth 14Rawlinson, Phillipp ; ———— 40Sampson, Wm. Galbye 18Sheepey, Thos. Belgrave 6Sheepey, Thos. Belgrave 20Smith, Arthur ; Cussington 33Smith, John ; Thorpe Langton 28Smith, Wm.; Hinckley 8Sproggeston, Alex.; Turlangton 16Tompson, Gabriel; Walton 15Wallis, Robt.; Ashbye 29Wayte, John ; Burbage 37Wilson, Nich. ; Leicester 45Woodcocke, John ; Syston 21Wright, Ralph ; Loughborow 42

THE LEICESTERSHIRE

ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL

SOCIETY,

1898.

Patrons.His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G., G.C.B.

The Eight Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH, D.D.

lirtsiDenta.The High Sheriff of Leicestershire.The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester.His Grace the Duke of Somerset.The Right Eev. the Lord Bishop of London, D.D., D.C.L.The Most Noble the Marquis of Granby.The Right Honourable the Earl of Denbigh.The Right Honourable the Earl of Dysart.The Right Honourable the Earl Ferrers.The Right Honourable the Earl of Lanesborough.The Right Honourable the Earl Howe, G.C.V.O., C.B.The Eight Honourable Lord Braye.The Right Rev. the Bishop of Leicester, D.D.The Right Eev. Bishop Mitchinson, D.C.L., D.D.Colonel the Honourable Montagu Curzon.James Ellis, Esquire.William Unwin Heygate, Esquire.Edwin Joseph Lisle March-Phillips-de-Liale, Esquire, F.S.A.Harry Leycester Powys-Keck, Esquire.Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P.The Yen. Archdeacon Stocks.

VOL. VIII.


Committee.The Patrons.The Presidents.All Rural Deans (being Members).The Honorary Secretaries.All Professional Architects (being

Members).All Honorary Members. The Rev. C. W. Belgrave. T. Harrold, Esq. Thomas Ingram, Esq. The Rev. E. Jackson.

W. F. Johnson. Esq.The Rev. W. H. Marriott.Fred. R. Morley, Esq.The Rev. T. W. Owen.A. H. Paget, Esq.The Rev. A. SI. Rendell, R.D.The Rev. Canon Sanders, LL.D.The Yen. Archdeacon Stocks.John Wade Wartnaby, Esq.The Rev. C. Henton Wood.

The Honorary Secretaries. The Rev. A. M. Rendell, R.D.

ffi.Ttursion Sui-Committff.I J. W. Wartnaby, Esq.

local Secretaries.Market Harborough District.

W. H. Barfoot-Saunt, Esq., Oxendon, Market Harborough.

Lutterworth District.The Rev. Edmund Jackson, Gilmorton

Rectory.


Mowbray Vicarage.


tory.

Sonorarp Smctartea of tf)t Societr.Colonel G. C. Bellairs, V.D., The Newarke, Leicester. (Financial.) Major W. J. Freer, V.D., Stoneygate, Leicester. (Corresponding.) The Rev. William George Dimock Fletcher, F.S.A., S. Michael's Vicarage, Shrews

bury. (Editorial.)

librarian.

C. J. Billson, Esq., M.A., S. John's Lodge, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester.

•auditor.

John Wade Wartnaby, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

The High Sheriff of Leicestershire. The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ely


Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, Bart, (the late), Canons Ashby, Byfield, Northamptonshire.

James Neale, Esq., F.S. A., F.R. Inst. Brit. Archts., 10, Bloomsbury Square, Lon don, W.C.

H. J. Tomline, Esq., The Prii, St. Albans.

AND AROH.KOLOaiOAL SOCIETY. 349

SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS, 1897.

Atkins, Hugh,Esq.,Thornicroft,Hinck!ey.Baker, Charles, Esq., Leicester.Barfoot, W., Esq., Leicester.Barfoot-Saunt, W. H., Esq. (Hon. Local

Sec.), Oxendon, Market Harborough.Barker, Mr. J. W., Belvoir Street, Lei

cester.Bastow, The Rev. T. C. V., M.A., Little

Peatling Rectory, Lutterworth.Belgrave, The Rev. C. W., M.A., North

Kilwortb Rectory, Rugby.Bell, James, Esq., Stoneycross, Victoria

Park Road, Leicester.Ballairs, Col. G. C., V.D., (Hon. Sec.),

The Newarke, Leicester.Bickley, J. W., Esq., Acacia House,

Melton Mowhray.Billson, William, Esq., Stoneygate, Lei

cester.Billson, C. J., Esq., M.A., (Hon. Libra

rian), Clarendon Park Road, Leicester.Blakeney, The Rev. Richard, M.A. (Hon.

Local Sec.), The Vicarage, Melton Mowbray.

Bland, Chas., Esq., Gaddesby, Leicester.Bland, Edmund, Esq., S. Martin's, Lei

cester.Bragg, W. Bragg, Esq., Market Har-

borough.Brooks. Thos., Esq., Barkby Hall,

Leicester.Brown, George G., Esq., jun., The Yews,

Great Glen, Leicester.Buszard, Marston C., Esq., Q.C., Lutter

worth.Chaplin, C. W., Esq., Burrough-on-the-

Hill, Melton Mowbray.Clephan, Edwin, Esq., Southfields,

Leicester.Collins, E. J., Esq., Mere Road, Leicester.Corah, J. A., Esq., Oadby Hill, Leicester.Cooper, J. H., Esq., Evington Hall,

Leicester.Cott, The Rev. A. McKenzie, M.A., Ashby

Magna Vicarage, Lutterworth.Crewe, Hugo Harpur, Esq., Spring Hill,

Cowes, Isle of Wight.Crick, F., Esq., Houghton House, Lei

cester.Curtis, R., Esq., Market Place, Leicester.Curzon, The HOD. Montagu, (President),

Clarges Street, London.Dickinson, The Rev. F. B., M.A., Manor

House, Ottery St. Mary.Dickinson, J. S., Esq., Friar Lane, Lei

cester.Donaldson.A. B., Esq., Bitteswell, Lutter

worth.Draper, A. T., Esq., Friar Lane, Leicester.

Drummond, Captain C. G. A., EnderbyHall, Leicester.

Eden, Rev. C. P., M.A., KnightonVicarage,Leicester.

Ellis, Miss Susan, Stoneygate Road,Leicester.

Everard, T. W., Esq., The Gables, St.Mary's Road, Leicester.

Farmer, J. A., Esq., Stoke Golding,Nuneaton.

Fast, J. G., Esq., Melton Mowbray. Fawssett, The Rev. R., M.A., Smeeton

Westerby, Leicester. Fewkes, J., Esq., Great Glen, Leicester Fisher, The Rev. H., M.A., Higham-on-

the-Hill Rectory, Nuneaton. Fletcher, The Rev. W. G. D., M.A., F.S.A.,

(Hon. Sec.), St. Michael's Vicarage,Shrewsbury.

Freer, Major W. J. V.D., (Hon. Sec.),Stonygate, Leicester.

Garnar, J. H., Esq., Knighton Drive,Leicester.

Gee, Mrs. H. Simpson, Knighton Frith,Leicester.

Gleadow, Mrs. W., Stoneygate, Leicester. Goddard, Jos., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Leicester. Godson, The Rev. J., M.A., R.D., Ashby

Folville Vicarage, Melton Mowbray. Goodacre, R. J., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Lei

cester.Grimsdick, G. J., Esq., Kibworth, Lei

cester. Hamel, Miss, (the late), 9, Abbey Street,

Chester. Hanbury, The Rev. Thos., M.A. (the

late), Church Langton Rectory, MarketHarborough.

Hardcastle, Thos., Esq., Blaston Hall,Uppingham.

Harper, Mrs., 19, Mecklenburg Street,Leicester.

Hamson,S.,EBq.,F.R.I.B.A.,St.Martin's,Leicester.

Harrold, Thomas, Esq., Castle Street,Hinckley.

Hartopp, Mr. Henry, 124, Pool Road,Newfound Pool, Leicester.

Hazell.W., Esq., M.P., (President), RussellSquare, London.

Herrick, Mrs. Perry-, Beaumanor Park,Loughborough.

Heygate W. U., Esq., (President), Roecliff,Loughborough.

Hiley, The Rev. A. J. W., M.A., Wood-house Eaves, Loughborough.

Hodges, G. H., Esq., Oadby, Leicester. Hind, W. Harley, Esq., 26, Swaiue Street,

Bradford, Yorks.


Holmes, Rev. W. P., M.A., St. Peter'sVicarage, Leicester.

Hunt, Mrs. Elizabeth, Stoneygute, Lei cester.

Ingram, Thos., Esq., Wigston Magna,Leicester.

Jackson, Rev. Edmund, M.A.(Hon. LocalSec.), Gilmorton Rectory, Lutterworth.

Johnson, Mrs. T. Fielding, Brookfield,Stoneygate, Leicester.

Johnson, W. F., Esq.,- Bank Buildings,Leicester.

Jones, Thos., Esq., Bradenham, KnightonPark Road, Leicester.

Joyce, M. I., Q.G., Esq., 4, Stone Build ings, Lincoln's Inn, London.

Keck, H. L. Powys-, Esq., (President),Halebourne, Chobham, Surrey.

Kiiby, J. H., E»q., Knighton Fields,Leicester.

Lanesborough, The Right Hon. the Earlof, (President), Swithland Hall, Lough- borough.

London, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishopof, D.D., D.C.L., (President), ThePalace, Fulham, London.

Marriott, The Rev. W. H., M.A., Thrus-sington, Leicester.

Martin, R. F., Esq., The Brand, Lough- borough.

Maxfield, M., Esq., 6, De MontfortSquare, Leicester.

Mitchinson, The Right Rev. Bishop,D.C.L., D.D., (President), PembrokeCollege, Oxford.

Moore, C. A., Esq., M.D., De MontfortStreet, Leicester.

Morley, F. R., Esq., De Montfort Square,Leicester.

New York Public Library, U.S.A. Oliver, C. F., Esq., 20, Alexandra Road,

Leicester. Oswin, R. B., Esq., Stoneygate Road,

Leicester. Owen, The Rev. T. W., M.A., Empingham

Rectory, Stamford. Packe, Hussey, Esq., Prestwold Hall,

Loughborough.Page, Mr. C. H., 10, New Street, Leicester. Paget, Alfred H., Esq., F.R.I.B.A.,

Leicester. Paget, J., Esq., (the late), 28, Bolton

Street, London.Palmer, Col. F., Withcote Hall, Oakham. Palmer, The Rev. W. H., M.A., Wanlip

Rectory, Leicester. Partridge, S. S. Esq., Belvoir Street,

Leicester. Paul, J. D., Esq., Town End Close,

Ratcliffe Road, Leicester. Peach, A. E., Esq., High Croft, Oadby,

Leicester.

Peach, Robt., Esq., The Elms, Oadby,Leicester.

Peake, Dr. W. Pemberton, Friar Lane,Leicester.

Peake, The Rev. J. Dawson, M.A.,Burrough-on-the-Hill Rectory, MeltonMowbray.

Peterborough, The Right Rev. the LordBishop of, D.D., (Patron), The Palace,Peterborough.

Pick, S. Perkins, Esq., F.RLB.A., Mill stone Lane, Leicester.

Piercy, The Rev. J. M. W., M.A., SlawstonVicarage, Market Harborough.

Powers, G. W., Esq., M.A., Farrar'sBuilding, Temple, E.G.

Pulman, W. G. B., Esq., Lutterworth. Pulteney, The Rev. A. W., M.A., Ashley

Rectory, Market Harborough. Rendell, The Rev. A. M., M.A., R.D., St.

Margaret's Vicarage, Leicester. Richardson, Lieut.-Col. J. G. F., Friar

Lane, Leicester. Robinson, Chas. S., Esq., Stanley Road,

Leicester. Roechling, A., Esq., C.E., Market Street,

Leicester. Rodwell, The Rev. C., B.A., R.D., Kimcote

Rectory, Lutterworth. Rowley, Mrs. C. F. Dawson, Chichester

House, East Cliff, Brighton. Rutland, His Grace the Duke of, K.G.,

G.C.B., (Patron), Belvoir Castle,Grantham.

Salusbury, W. Llewellyn, Esq., LlanweraLodge, London Road, Leicester.

Sanders, The Rev. Canon, LL.D., St.Martin's Vicarage, Leicester.

Sarson, Col. J. E., V.D., Stoneygate Road,Leicester.

Scott, C. Tollemache. E«q., Market Bos- worth Hall, Nuneaton.

Smith-Carrington, Richard, Esq., F.S.A.,Ashby Folville Manor, Melton.

Snow, H. C., Esq., Holmedale, Stoney gate, Leicester.

Somerset, His Grace the Duke of,(President), Burton Hall, Lough- borough,

Spencer, Mr. C. A., Stoneygate, Leicester. Spurway, Mr. W., High Cross Street,

Leicester.Stevenson, G., Esq., Regent Road, Lei

cester. Stocks,The Ven. Archdeacon, (President),

St. Saviour's Vicarage, Leicester. Symonds.The Rev. H.,ThorntonVicarags.

Leicester. Tabberer, G. 0., Esq., The Pines, West

Leigh Road, Leicester. Taylor, J. W., Esq., Loughborough.


Taylor, John H., Esq., 84, Syston Street,Leicester.

Taylor, Richard, Esq., Ratcliffe Koad,Leicester.

Tljomson, Chas. Stuart, Esq., Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough.

Thomson, H. T. Arnall, Esq., AnsteyFrith, Leicester.

Titlev, The Kev. R. M.A. (Hon. LocalSec.). Harwell Rectory, Hincklej.

Toller. A. T., Ksq. (the late), 1, PaperBuildings, Temple, B.C.

Twells, The Rev. Canon, M.A., Thorn-leigh, Bournemouth.

Twining, Richard, Esq., Uitteswell,Lutterworth.

Tunbridge, A. W., Esq., Saxe CoburgStreet, Leicester.

Turner, Joseph, Esq., Northfield House,Blaby.

Viccars, \V. P., Esq., Anstey Pastures,near Leicester.

Walker, T. Esq., Glen Hall, Leicester. Warner, E. H., Esq., Quorn Hall, Lough-

borough. Wartnaby, J. W., Esq., (Hon. Auditor),

The Oaklands, Stoneygate, Leicester.

Whetstone. W., Esq., Coalville, Leicester.Williams, J. H., Esq., (the late), Stoney

gate, Leicester.Wilmer, F. B., Esq., Narborough, Lei

cester.Winterton, F., Esq., Round Hill, Thur-

maston, Leicester.Withers, Mr. W. J., Silver Street, Lei

cester.Wood, Rev. C. Henton, M.A., 13, Tich-

borne Street, Leicester.Wood, R. H., Esq., F.S.A., F.R.G.S.,

Penrhos House, Rugby.Woodhouse, V. M., Esq., Wycliffe Street,

Leicester.Worswick, Col. R. W., Normanton Tur-

ville Hall, Hinekley.Wright, James, Esq., The Clifle, Barrow-

on-Soar, Loughborough.Wright, Philip, Esq., Quorndon, Lough

borough.Wykes, Mrs., The Croft, Stoneygate Road,

Leicester.Young, Mr. Joseph, Gallowtree Gate,

Leicester.

NEW MEMBERS ELECTED IN 1899.

Clarke, J. Crispe, Esq., Birstall Hall, Leicester.Curtis, W. J., Esq., Halford Street, Leicester.Dalgleish, Richard, Esq., Asfordby, Melton.Fox, B. H. C., Esq., Misterton Hall, Lutterworth.German, Edw. A., Esq., 616, East Long Street, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.Hammond, The Rev. H., B.A., Arnesby Vicarage, Wigston Magna.Hardy, The Rer. T. B,, M.A., Narborough Rectory.Hurst, William, Esq., The Grange, Earl Shilton.Richards, H. W. H., Esq., Phoenix Cottage, Belgrade.Satchel], Mr. R. W., Gallowtree Gate, Leicester.Thompson, J. H., Esq., The Woodlands, Knighton.Welldon, C. L., Esq., The Lawn, Birstall.Winckley, The Rev. S. Thorold, M.A., Houghton-on-the-Hill Rectory.

MEMBER DECEASED IN 1898.

Bowles, C. J., Esq., Belgrave.

RULES.1. That the Society be called " THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHJEOLOGIOAI.

SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER."2. That the objects of the Society be, to promote the study of Ecclesiastical

Architecture, General Antiquities, and the Restoration of Mutilated Architectural Remains within the County; and to furnish suggestions, so far as may be within its province, for improving the character of Ecclesiastical Edifices, and for preserving all ancient remains which the Committee may consider of value and importance.


3. That the Society be composed of Patrons, Presidents, Treasurer, and Secre taries; and Honorary and Ordinary Members.

4. That tbe Members of the Society be privileged to propose new Members, either by letter or personally, to be elected at tbe Committee Meetings; and that Honorary Members shall be gentlemen who have either rendered signal service to the Society, or are specially learned in the subjects the study of which it is formed to encourage, and shall be nominated by the Committee at one of their Meetings, and proposed for election only at the General Annual Meeting of the Members to be held in the January of euch year.

5. That Rural Deans within the County of Leicester be ex-offieio Members of the Committee, on their signifying an intention to become Members of the Society.

6. That each Member shall pay an Annual Subscription of Ten Shillings, to be due on the first day of January in each year.

7. That the affairs of the Society be conducted by a Committee composed of the Patrons, Presidents, Rural Deans (being Members), all Secretaries of the Society, all Professional Architects (being Members), all Honorary Members, and not less than twenty Ordinary Members, of whom four at least shall have been Members of the Committee of the preceding year.

8. That the Meetings of the Members be held on the last Monday of every alternate month; that one of such Meetings to be held in the month of January be considered the Annual General Meeting, at which the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts be rendered and the Committee for the year be elected, and such new Rules or alterations in the Rules proposed and made as may be thought necessary: provided always that due notice of such new Rules or alteration in Rnles be given by circular to each Member of the Society at least sevftn days before the Annual Meeting. That in addition to the Bi-Monthly Meetings—so including the Annual Meeting—Public Meetings for the reading of Papers, &c., may be held as provided for under Rule 11.

9. That the Committee (of whom five shall be a quorum) have power to add to their number, and to elect from the Society the requisite number of Secretaries.

10. That the Members of the Committee in any neighbourhood may associate other Members of the Society with themselves, and form Committees for Local Purposes in communication with the Central Committee.

11. That the Public Meetings of the Society be holden at such times and places as shall be appointed by the Committee.

13. That the Committee meet at the times and places which they may them selves appoint.

13. That the Secretaries be empowered, on thn requisition of five Members of the Committee, to call a Special Meeting of the Society.

14. That Donations of Architectural and Antiquarian Books, Plans, <fec., be received; that the Committee be empowered to make purchases and procure casts and drawings, which shall be under the charge of the Secretaries.

15. That when the Committee shall consider any Paper, which may have been read before the Society, worthy of its being printed at its expense, they shall request the author to furnish a copy, and shall decide upon the number of copies to be printed, provided always that the number be sufficient to supply each Member with one copy, and the author with twenty-five copies. All other questions relating to publishing Plans and Papers, and illustrating them with engravings, shall be decided by the Committee.

16. That the Committee may every year publish, or join with other Archi tectural and Archaeological Societies in publishing, for circulation among the Members, Transactions to contain descriptions and Papers connected with the objects of the Society.

AND ABOHÔLOGIOAL SOCIETY. 353

17. That on application being made to any Member of the Committee, or to the Committee collectively, for the advice of the Society in the restoration of any Church, a Sub-Committee be appointed (of which the Incumbent or Resident Minister be one) to visit the Church, and submit a report in writing to the General Committee.

18. That all Plans for the building, enlargement, or restoration of churches, schools, &c., sent for the inspection of the Committee, be placed in the hands of one of the Secretaries of the Society, at least fourteen days before the Committee Meeting, for the Secretary to prepare a special report thereon.

19. That the Committee have power at any Meeting to make grants towards the objects of the Society, provided that if such grant—other than that for carrying out the objects contemplated in Rules 15 and 16—exceed 30s., notice be given in the circular or advertisement calling the Meeting.

The Bi-Monthly Meetings of the Society are held on the last Monday in January, March, May, July, September, and November,—the Meeting in January to be the General Meeting for the transaction of business. Committee Meetings at 2.30 p.m.; Bi-Monthly Meetings at 3 p.m., at the Society's Boom, at the Old Town Library, Guildhall, Leicester.

NOTE.—The Society's Room is now at the Old Town Library, Guildhall, St. Martin's, Leicester, where the Library is kept, and is open daily from 10 to 4 for the use of Members. Any Member borrowing a book is requested to enter the title and date in the book provided for that purpose.

Societies with which the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society exchanges " TRANSACTIONS ":—

The Buckinghamshire Architectural and Archaeological Society.The Cambridge Antiquarian Society.The Clifton Antiquarian Society.The Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Essex Archaeological Society.The Kent Archaeological Society.The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.The North Oxfordshire Archaeological Society.The Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society.The Powys-land Club. (Montgomeryshire.)The St. Alban's and Herts. Architectural and Archaeological Society.The Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Suffolk Institute of Archseology.The Surrey Archaeological Society.The Thoresby Society of Leeds.The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.La Socifitfi d'Archgologie de Bruxelles.


January 31st, 1898.

THE ANNUAL MEETING

of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society, held at the Library of the Old Town Hall, St. Martin's, Leicester.


It was arranged to order the usual number of copies of the Congress of Archaeological Societies' Index of Papers printed in 1896.

A Letter was read from Captain Drummond, stating that 20 bodies and coffins had been found at Lubbesthorpe, and that he would send further particulars.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the following Societies, namely:—

To the Royal Archaeological Institute for Vol. IV., No. 3, Second Series of Transactions.

To the Thoresby Society for Vol. IV., Part 3, and Vol. VTL, Part 2, of its Publications.

To the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology for Vol. IX., Part 3, of the Proceedings.

To the Essex Archaeological Society for Vol. VI., Part 4, New Series, of its Transactions.

The following new Members were elected:—Mrs. Harper, 19, Mecklenburg Street, Leicester; Mr. Alfred Roechling, Market Street, Leicester, Civil Engineer; Mr. William Harley Hind, 26, Swaine Street, Bradford, Yorks.

The Report of the Committee for the year 1897, was read by MAJOR FREER, Hon. Secretary, as follows:—

THE REPORT.

IN presenting to onr Members the Forty-Third Annual Report of the Society, we, in common with all loyal subjects have with the greatest satisfaction to note the successful celebration of the Sixtieth year of the Keign of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, and the numerous mementoes referred to in the latter part of this Report shows hovr universally tins was done in Leicestershire. On the evening of the day in question more than 70 bonfires were counted from the top of Old John, at Bradgate.

REPORT. 355

We have to lament the death of three Members. In Sir Frederick Thomas Fowke, Bart., the Society loses one of its oldest Members and a President. Sir Frederick in addition to being Colonel of the Militia for many years was Chairman of Quarter Sessions. He was also the last of the Constables of the Koyal Castle of Leicester, his deputy being your Hon. Corresponding Secretary. We have also to deplore the loss of the Duchess Sforza, for several years a Member of the Society, and Nathaniel Charles Curzon, Esq., of Lockington, who was for many yearn one of our Presidents.

One Member, Mrs. Blunt, resigned her Membership.On the other hand we are glad to report that four new Members have been

elected, viz.:—In March. The New York Public Library, U.S.A.; F. Fellowes, Esq., 4, Little

Church Street, Rugby; Mr. T. M. Odames, 14, Beaumont Road, Leicester.In July. T. W. Everard, Esq., The Gables, St. Mary's Road, Leicester.As in 1896, no less than fourteen new Members were elected, your Committee

appeal to all Members, and especially to the Hon. Local Secretaries, to use their best endeavours to induce their friends to join the Society.

The following papers have been read during the year:—(1) On Colonel Sir Henry St. John Halford, Bart., C.B., V.D., and (2) An Account of the Excursion to St. Albaris and Hatfield, in 189fi, both by MAJOR FKEEK, Hon. Sec.; and (.1) On the efforts made to convert Arable Land into Pasture in Leicestershire, in the 15th and 10th Centuries, by the RET. W. G. D. FLETCHEII, F.S.A., Hon. Sec.

The Committee congratulate the Leicestershire County Council upon the care ful restoration of the Old Gateway leading into the Castle Yard from the Newark.

At the Congress of Archaeological Societies*, the Society was represented by the Eev. C. Henton Wood, M.A., and Theodore Walker, Esq.

At the March Meeting a fine Collection of English and Foreign Orders were exhibited.

The year 18!)7 being the Sixtieth year of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Reign is a record for Church work. During this year the following Churches and Buildings have been added to, or restored, namely :—

Anstey.—New reredos of oak and two brass standards with seven lights costing .£35, and a new heating apparatus, £70.

Asfordby.—The exterior of this church has been partially restored at a cost of £100.

Aylestone.—New bell frame for four bells, and a new treble bell have been pro vided, and the spire re-pointed, <fco., at a cost of i'150. A new rectory has been built, and the old one sold. A new organ costing ±'800 has been placed in St. James', Aylestone Park.

Barkby.—An oak seat for the prayer desk, and an oak door, have been placed in this church.

Barrow-on-Soar.— i'UOO has been spent in adding a class-room and other buildings to the Church School.

Belgrade, S. Michael's.— A wrought-iron and copper screen, with chancel gates, has been presented by Mrs. Henry, and a processional cross by Miss Lines.

Bitteswell.—A clock has been placed in the tower by D. Bromilow, Esq.Blaby.—The church has been partly restored, and a new Holy Table provided,

with a new cover and dossal, at a cost of £120.Branstone.—The chancel and nave roofs of this church have been restored

according to their original design, in oak. The semi-pews have been turned into low seats; new steps and stone pavement have been provided for the east end. Cost £900, towards which the Duke of Rutland and Major Paynter have each contributed i'150.


Broughton Aatley.—A north porch has been built at a cost of £106. Broughton, Nether.—Improvements in church and churchyard, costing £93.Burrough-on-the-Hill.—A brass lectern, costing £14, has been placed in- the

church, in memory of the Queen's sixty years' reign.Claybrooke.—The Vicar has given half-an-acre of glebe to the cemetery. Cold Overton.—This church is being restored, at an estimated cost of £300.Diseworth.—The Misses Shakespear have given a new entrance gate to the

churchyard, in memory of the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen.Eaton.—New altar furniture, choir stalls, oak lectern, and chancel lamps, have

been placed in the church. The wooden partition at the west end has been taken down, thus opening out the western arch; total cost, £60.

Fenny Dray ton.—The interior of the church has been renovated, at a cost of £17. A new turret and bell added to the school; cost, £15.

Foxton.—Mrs. C. Gordon McKenzie has presented a large American organ to the church.

Frowlesworth.—A two manual organ, by Porritt, of Leicester, and costing about £300, has been given to this church.

Gilmorton.—A north porch, costing £150, has been built in memory of the sixtieth year of the Queen's reign.

Hallaton.—The modern debased tracery of the east window has been replaced by stone tracery in the Decorated style, at a cost of £118.

Hinckley.—A silver-gilt chalice and paten have been given by Miss Parker. A large addition to the cemetery has been consecrated.

Houghton-on-the-Hill.—The church tower has been thoroughly restored, at a cost of £150, as a memorial of the Queen's Jubilee. The organ (by Walker) has been re-built and enlarged (by Hill), at a cost of £100, by Mrs. Glover, in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison.

Kibworth.—An oak pulpit and brass tablet (costing £136) has been placed in the church by friends, in memory of the late Canon M. F. F. Osborn, for 33 years Rector.

Kilworth, North.—Two altar chairs have been placed in the church, as a memorial of the Queen's 60 years' reign.

Kirby Bellars.—The south aisle has been re-roofed, and the floor relaid with stone and wood, at a cost of £140.

Leicester, S. Barnabas'.—A portion of the nave of the new church of S. Stephen, North Evington, has been completed, costing £3000. Part of the site was given by the Burnaby trustees, and part purchased for £420 by the Church Extension Society, who have also contributed largely to the building fund.

Leicester, S. Leonard's.—A new dossal, 18 ft. high, together with sanctuary hangings, have been placed in the church, at a cost of £40.

Leicester, S. Margarets.—On the rood screen an oak memorial cross has been placed, from the design of A. Street, Esq..; cost, £31.

Leicester, 8. Martin'3.—The partial restoration of this church hag been undertaken. The estimated cost is £3000.

Leicester, S. Nicholas'.—Five windows of the south aisle have been restored, and the south wall refaced with granite, and new buttresses built, at a cost of £550.

LougKborough, Emmanuel.—Mr. Berridge collected £70 for a new porch for the mission-room at Nanpantan.

Loughborough, Holy Trinity.—New sanctuary hangings, pulpit, and lectern frontals, have been presented.

Lubenham.—The churchyard has been levelled, planted, and lighted, at a cost of £10.

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Lutterworth.—New stairs have been placed in the bell tower; cost, £50. Mark/ield.—The church walls have been replastereil.Melton Mowbray.—The organ in this church has been enlarged, at u cost of

£1100, of which sum, £500 was contributed by the Ward trustees.Mountsorrel, S. Peter's.—\ new granite font, costing 100 guineas, has been

placed in the church, and a piece (if ground added to the cemetery.Osgathorpe.—Various improvements have been made in the vestry, and seats

and articles of furniture given to the church.Owston.—Embroidered frouials have been given by Mrs. and Miss Palmer, in

commemoration of the Queen's, Jubilee.Packington.—A brass altar cross has been given to this church by Mr. A. P.

Dunstan, of Lee, Kent.Peckleton.^—Various articles of altar furniture have been provided.Pickwell.—New choir stalls and altar and appointments, with new lamps and

hangings, have been placed in this church; cost, £120.Queniborough.—New heating apparatus and lamps have been provided.Quorn.—An organ chamber has been built, costing £350, by E. H. \Vaimr

Esq., High Sheriff.Saddington.—The seating accommodation has been increased, the pulpit lined

with oak, and a font cover and ewer provided, by the Goodman family.Shepshed.—£100 has been spent in various improvements.Sibstone.—The nave has been re-roofed, re-floored, re-seated, and otherwise

improved, at a cost of £425, in memory of Mrs. Mitcbinson.Sileby.—The church has been re-seated, at a cost of £180, in memory of the

sixtieth year of the Queen's reign.Stonton Wyville.—New altar furniture has been provided.Suiinford.—New choir stalls with furniture, for clergy vestry and for tower

vestry, have been placed in the church by Mrs. R. Spencer and friends; total cost, over £80.

Syston.—A portion of ground between the west gates and tower has been enclosed and planted.

Thurmaston.—New communion plate has been provided, which, with improve ments in the churchyard, &o., have cost £4fi.

Tilton-on-the-Hill.—Two of the four bells have been re-hung, and new dossal curtains and altar furniture have been given by the Vicar.

Tugby.—A new organ has been provided, which with the fence to the church yard, and new lamps for the church, and other improvements, have cost £338.

Walton le-Wolds.—Lamps have been placed in the church in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee. Two corona? in the nave, and one (given by the Rector) in the chancel; cost, £22.

Wartnaby-cum-Grimsten,—New chairs and an altar cloth have been provided.Whatton, Long.—Altar furniture, given by Lady Crawshaw and Mrs. Godfrey.Whetstone.—£1400 has been spent in restoring this church.Whitwick.—£400 has been raised for restoration, and new altar rails placed in

the church.Wigston Magna.—A new granite wall, with iron fencing, round the churchyard,

has been given by Thos. Ingram, Esq.Woodville.—£1500 has been spent in restoring this church.

NOTE.—In the Peterborough Diocese £42,587 has been spent in 104 parishes this year, besides other parishes where no sums are mentioned.

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In the undermentioned churches stained glass windows have been placed:—Uranxtniic.—One in the chancel.Disewortli.—Four new windows have been placed in the church, costing i'08.Gilmorton.—A stained glass winnow has been placed in the church by Mr.

Herbert Parr and the MisseR Rodgers, in memory of their patents, brother and sister*; another by Mrs. Faulkes, in memory of her two brothers, .Messrs. J. and C. Kiiitoo, both Churchwardens of this parish, and her sister, Mrs Ormstou ; another by the Bloxsom family, in memory of various members of their family, who have resided in the parish over 200 years; and a fourth by the Rector (the Kev. E. Jackson) in memory of his mother.

Higham-on-the-Hill.—A window given by Mrs. Hurst, in memory of her mother, Mrs, Ada Mary Ashton.

Houghton-on the-Hill.—A five-light window has been placed in the east end of the south aisle, by Mr. John Freeman Coleman and the Misses Ann and Elizabeth Coleman, to the memory of their family; and one at the east end'of the north aisle, to commemorate the Queen's Jubilee, by Wm. Jesse Freer, Clerk of the Peace for the County, and Helen, his wife. This is a four-light window, and both are by Messrs. Ward and Hushes, of London.

Hitnglescote.—A Jubilee window has been placed in the baptistry, at a cost of A'5U.

Kimcote.—A stained glass window has been placed at the east end of the church, by the family of the late Hector, the Rev. Thomas Cox, in memory of their parents.

Loughborough, Holy Trinity.—A centre light in the east window, costing £53, has been given by the congregation, in memory of Mrs. Fraser, the late wife of the present Vicar.

Rothley.—The east window in the south aisle has been filled with stained glass, costing ±'137, by Mrs. Grieve, of Bury St. Edmund's, in memory of her husband, Peter Grieve, of Culford, and Lucy, their only daughter.

It was RESOLVED that the Report be received and adopted, and circulated amongst the Members.

It was arranged that the Accounts should be referred to the General Committee, for consideration and adoption at the March Meeting.

A letter was read from Mr. Sladen, which was referred to the Hon. Secretary.

A letter was read from Mr. C. J. Billson, the Hon. Librarian, advocating a change in the hour of Meeting. It was proposed, " That in future the time of the Meetings be altered from 11.30 and 12, to 2 and 2.30." This was negatived; and an amendment, " That the time of the Meetings be altered to 2.30 and 3," was carried, and was then put as a substantive motion. A further proposal, "That no alteration be made in the time of the Meetings," having been negatived, the substantive motion was then put and carried. The Bi-Monthly Meetings will therefore be held at 2.30 and 3 p.m. in future.

The best thanks of the Society were given to the Committee and Officers for their services during the past year, and they were re-appointed for the current year.


A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the use of the Room for Meetings, and to the Press for reporting the proceedings.

A VOTE of thanks was also passed to the Chairman for presiding.

March <28th, 1898. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, Leicester.


An apology for non-attendance was received from Mr. T. Harrold.

The Correspondence with the British Record Society was then read, and the following Resolution was carried unanimously:— " That owing to want of Funds, this Society can only continue to print two sheets per annum of the Index to the Leicestershire Wills, and that they will be prepared to be responsible for the Society's share of the cost of Transcribing the Wills and Admin istrations of the Peculiars, as asked for in Mr. Fry's letter of the 4th of February last."

A Report from the Librarian was then read, the matter to be further considered at the next Meeting.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society for Vol. X., Part 1, of the Second Series of the Transactions.

COLONEL BELLAIRS, Hon. Financial Secretary, presented his Accounts for the past year, which had been duly Audited by Mr. Wartnaby, and showed a balance in hand of £9 17s. 4d., as follows:—

TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.RECEIPTS.

1897. £ a. A. Jan. 1. By Balance in hand

from last year .. .. 722 By Subscriptions and Arrears

received during the year. 66 0 0 By Interest on Investment

with Leicester Corporation 2 18 8 By Sale of Transactions .. 119

1898. Jan. 1. Balance in band £9 17 4

PAYMENTS.1897. £ s. A.

To Printing and Publishing Transactions, and share of Associated Societies' Vol ume, &e. .. .. .. 60 10 9

Rent of Room and Caretaker 3 1ft 0 Sundries .. .. .. 2 19 6Balance in hand .. .. 9 17 4

A'77 2 7

Examined and found correct,JOHN WADE WARTNABY, Auditor.


It was RESOLVED that the same be adopted and an abstract thereof be printed in the Society's Transactions.

It was RESOLVED unanimously that the Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of London be one of the Presidents of the Society.

It was RESOLVED that the Society subscribe for a copy of the " Leicester Records."

Mr. Joseph Turner, of Northfield House, Blaby, was then duly elected a Member of the Society.

It was RESOLVED that this Society join the National Photo graphic Record Association, subscription £1 Is. per annum.

The following Antiquities, &c., were exhibited :—BY MR. J. W. WARTNABY :—A Prayer Book of Queen Anne,

date 1707; a Prayer Book belonging to Martha Cox, with a companion to the Altar at the end, dates 1750 and 1748, respec tively. This book was very beautifully illustrated.

BY MR. F. MORLET:—A Pewter Medal, date 1826, com memorating the election of Robert Otway Cave, Esq., as M.P.; also a Brass Medal, with the following inscription :—" Concilium (Ecumenicum Vaticanum, Decembris, 1869, Pio Nono 24 year."

BY MAJOR FREER, (for W. H. HIND, ESQ.) :— A DECLARATION AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE

LOYAL LOUGHBOROUGH VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 22ND OCTOBER, 1794.

It was RESOLVED that the Committee arrange for an Excursion in the Summer to Bath and Bristol, or to Worcester and Tewkesbury.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Chairman for presiding.

May 23rd, 1898. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, Leicester.

THE REV. C. H. WOOD, M.A., in the Chair.

VOTES of thanks were passed for the following publications :— To the Antiquarian Society of Stockholm for Proceedings for 1894, and Part 4 of Vol. XVI. of Transactions; To the Cam bridge Antiquarian Society for No. 39 of their Proceedings; To the Royal Archasological Institute for No. 217 of Journal.

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The Hon. Corresponding Secretary reported that the Bishop of London had agreed to be one of the Presidents of the Society; also that the following Roman relics had been presented to the Leicester Museum by Mr. T. Sladen :—

Fragments of roof tiles, and a piece of a shallow earthenware vessel, found at the back of No. 17, Cank Street, Leicester, 9 feet deep.

About the same time, a number of fragments of plain and embossed Samian ware, two with imperfect potter's marks, several necks of ampullae, and a small piece of painted Salopian ware, found at the junction of South and North Bond Street, 9 feet deep.

The Correspondence was then read.It was RESOLVED that £5 be paid to Mr. W. K. Boyd for

transcripts of unpublished Leicestershire documents from the Public Record Office, &c.

It was RESOLVED that the Annual Excursion be to Bath and Bristol, on June 30th and July 1st, and that the Excursion Sub- Committee make the necessary arrangements.

ME. BILLSON, the Hon. Librarian, presented a new Catalogue, and reported that about 40 per cent, of the Books, &c., in the 1885 list were missing; he then moved that a circular be printed, and sent to such Members as the Hon. Secretaries should think fit, calling attention to the missing books, and requesting the return of the same at once, to the Hon. Librarian, C. J. Billson, Esq., St. John's Lodge, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester.

This was carried unanimously.


BY MB. T. HABROLD :—The cap of a pillar, found on the site of Hinckley Castle. Further details of this will be published at a future date.

BY MB. KIRBY :—An interesting series of Egyptian Photo graphs of Thebes, Abu Simbel, Luxor, El Bahari, &c., brought by him from Alexandria.

COLONEL BELLAIBS then read a Paper entitled

"THE ANCIENT LEICESTER WATERWORKS."

This Paper is printed at pages 304—307, ante.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the exhibitors, to Colonel Bellairs for his paper, and to the Chairman for presiding.

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THE ANNUAL EXCURSION.

THE ANNUAL EXCURSION of the Society for the year 1898, took place on Thursday and Friday, June 30th and July 1st, 1898. to BATH AND BRISTOL.

On Thursday, June ZQtli, some 30 Members and Friends left Leicester in two saloon carriages for Bath, under the guidance of MAJOR FREER, Hon. Secretary; arriving at this City at 2.17 p.m. Here they were met by MAJOR C. F. DAVIS, F.S.A., who most kindly conducted the party through the Baths to the Roman Baths, of which Major Davis gave a most interesting account, a summary of which is as follows :—

The city of Bath occupies the site of the Roman town of Aquae Sulis, although there is evidence that, as in the case of Chester, it was a waste for probably two centuries, following its destruction in A.D. 577. Antoninus in his 14th Itinerary mentions it as in direct communication with the military roads from London through Silchester (Calleva) to Caerleon (Isca Silurum). The Roman road from Lincoln, Cirencester to Ilchester and the south coast, crosses the former road at Bath, but both these ancient roads appear in the first place to have omitted Bath precisely as was the case with York (Corinium). The road from Lincoln crosses the valley a mile to the eastward of the city, through the fort town on Hampton Downs, the road from Caerleon crossing at the fort, although a more direct road to Silchester and London was also carried to the south of the present city.

The diversion of these roads by the Romans, so far as they can at present be traced, was due to the attraction of the hot mineral springs, and the erection of the baths and the residences surrounding them. Claudius was in all probability the Roman founder, as a coin of his reign (1st brass) was obtained during the excavations, which was undoubtedly originally deposited on the large stone slab on which it was found.

It may be assumed that A.D. 54, or within 15 years of that time, was the date of the commencement of the baths, which, subsequently enlarged from time to time during a period of 350 years, were afterwards allowed to fall into disrepair, although still used for their original purpose, though much curtailed during the following 177 years.

It has only recently been ascertained that the south wall of the mediaeval bath, known as the King's bath, is a relic of the ancient magnificent Roman establishments, the existence of any portion

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of the Roman baths having been merely a matter of conjecture until about the year 1754. During excavations that were made at that time for the erection of houses oil the site of the former Prior's residence near the Abbey, a considerable bath was uncovered.

An account of this discovery was published in August, 1755, in the " Gentleman's Magazine." Subsequently yet further portions were laid bare, but as the ancient work which was not then destroyed was again covered with houses, the Roman baths of Bath were once more lost to view. About the year 1871, the writer commenced work which ultimately led to the discovery of the Roman well, an octangular enclosure 50 feet by 40 feet, a great bath 110 feet long by nearly 67 feet wide, a circular bath and several other large baths, together with the heating chambers for hot baths corresponding to the system now known as " Turkish" baths. A portion of these discoveries has been covered in by the erection of the recent baths, but these have been erected so judiciously that no ancient work is really hidden, and the new buildings preserve the antiquities from exposure to the weather. The largest bath is still uncovered, but the scholae and exedrae have been recently roofed in for the better preservation of the antiquities. Since 1871, excavations have been carried on more or less continuously, and in 1897, a wooden duct, which formerly bore away the hot mineral water from the spring beneath the King's bath, was traced for 100 yards or more. The wood of this duct which is oak, is remarkably perfect, although the structure was probably put together, if not in the reign of Claudius, not later than the time of Titus. Coins of these Emperors were found during the exploration, with other coins of Constantine and his successors.

More remarkable recoveries from this duct were a carbuncle ear-ring, set in gold, a crescent pin with a pearl, other pins of bronze, fibulae, &c., and no less than 30 gems (Intaglios), pro nounced by the authorities of the British Museum to be of either the 1st or 2nd century.

Amongst all the monuments and remains of the Roman occu pation of Britain, it is in this city alone that any public baths have been discovered; and when it is remembered that, unlike any other Romano-British work, the buildings erected here were not only of great extent and architectural grandeur, but were constructed of collosal materials obtained from the immediate neighbourhood, the visitor to Bath cannot fail to be impressed with the continuity of its history, while he finds evidences so complete of an Imperial splendour, only surpassed in Rome itself.

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It is believed that the Roman Thermae from the 1st to the 4th century, covered an area exceding 7 acres and capable of the accomodation at one time of upwards of 1000 bathers, while a much larger area of gardens and recreation grounds undoubtedly adjoined the baths themselves.

If the baths had not a distinctly British origin, the general dimensions leading to that belief, it is held to be established that the Roman work, commenced as we have seen as early as the reign of Claudius, was carried on and subsequently enlarged and altered under successive Emperors.

On the recall of the Roman Legions from Britain the ruins of the baths seem to indicate a considerable curtailment. Many baths and apartments were blocked up, the bathers being fewer, but still with a paucity of means to maintain them in repair they served to accommodate the Romano-British inhabitants of Bath, until the city was ruthlessly destroyed and laid waste in A.D. 577. The King's and Queen's bath, which occupies a portion of the site of the eastern establishment of the Romans, was enlarged and adapted with all modern appliances, 40 in number, at a cost exceeding £20,000, from the designs of the writer, and opened in June, 1889, by H.R.H. The Duchess of Albany. During the last two years a building has been erected affording an additional Concert Room, Reading Room, &c,, beneath which is provided a Museum for the Antiquities which have been discovered on the site. The Great Roman bath has been surrounded by a colonnade resting on the ancient piers. It was considered that the Scholse needed protection, and this necessitated the new erection; but it must be borne in mind that this new work is not intended to be in any sense a restoration of the old, which was far more colossal in its proportions.

The continuance of these baths on one site for nearly 1900 years is recorded in an inscription on the wall of the King's bath. To this wall the Roman and the Saxon and the succeeding generations to the present time have in turn contributed, so that the structure represents an unbroken history from Claudius and Edgar, to Victoria, our Empress Queen.

In addition to the inscribed plate recording the recovery of a Roman lady by the use of the mineral springs, the Romano-British mask (unique), the jewellery and Roman ornaments, and the collection of engraved gems, 33 in number, Major Davis discovered some portions of the walls of the great Church that was built partly over the ruins of the baths in the 8th century with Roman materials from the ruins. This Church was founded by Offa, King of Mercia, who died in 794. It was doubtless, from a seal that still exists, giving a view of its eastern end, distinctly Roman-

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esque in style, a style of which there is no representative in Britain, and which is only to be found near this country in South Brittany. In a portion of the hypocaust of the Roman bath, 14 feet below the ancient level, was found in July, 1898, a fine inscribed Saxon cross of great interest, full particulars of which will be found in Major Davis's valuable notes recently published by him in Bath.

The Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul was next visited; and we are indebted to Messrs. J. W. MOKEIS, F.S.S., and THOS. BROWNE, for the following account of the same :—

ABBEY CHURCH OP S. PETER AND S. PAUL.

Although compared with such famous Cathedrals as those of Canterbury or York, of Salisbury or Wells, the Abbey Church of Bath is a small building, its interesting history no less than its eminent architectural beauty must ever secure for it a large measure of admiring attention.

The present building is the comparatively modern successor of more ancient edifices and has been described as "the latest (con siderable) specimen of ecclesiastical Gothic Architecture erected in the Kingdom," dating only from 1499, whereas the history of the Church carries us back probably to the 7th century, and certainly to the 8th. A mere enumeration of the vicissitudes to which this ecclesiastical foundation has been exposed can only serve to stimulate an enquiry which it cannot satisfy. In A.D. 676, Osric founded a Nunnery here on the site of which King Offa, about 775, appears to have established a Monastery and Church, both of which are said to have been destroyed, possibly by the Danes, though the date and fact are alike uncertain. In the 10th century the Monastery and Abbey enjoyed Royal favour, and Edgar was here crowned in 973. In the time of William Rufue the Monastery is said by Warner to have been totally burnt down, but it is clear that John de Villula, about 1090, "pullid down the old Church of S. Peter, at Bath, and erectid a new (Church) much fairer."

In 1137 the whole city was ravaged by fire and the Church was probably injured. It was immediately either rebuilt, or more probably, completed by Bishop Robert, but appears again to have fallen into a state of ruinous decay, from which it was the glory of Bishop King and Prior Birde to recover it in the 16th century. One more vicissitude had yet however to be endured. The Dissolution of the Monasteries brought trouble to the Abbey. " The Commissioners offered the whole Church to the town for 200 marks." The offer was not accepted, but the building was dismantled. In 1560 Edmund Colthurst " made the city a present of the carcass of St. Peter's Church," and it remained the


property of the Corporation until 1835. Successive restorations have contributed to the completion of the edifice as we now behold it. The names of Chapman in 1572, of Lord Burleigh and Thomas Bellot about 1600, of Bishop Montague about 1616, and of the Rev. Charles Kemble, 1864-74, are identified with the present glory and beauty of this ancient Church, now once again what it was called in the 10th century—" mira fabrica."

Architecturally considered, the Abbey is a fine building of late perpendicular work comprising a very wide and lofty nave and choir, north and south aisles and transepts with central tower. The nave has five bays and the choir three. The tower is a rectangular oblong being much narrower on the north and south sides than on the east and west.

The Church has been called " The Lantern of England " from its bright interior and the large number of windows, 52 in all.

John de Villula's Church is supposed to have extended much further eastward than the present choir, and the position of his tower to have been near the present east end, where a fragment of the Norman piers is shewn under a grating in the north aisle of the choir. Two other fragments of Norman work are to be seen below the north aisle of the nave, and there are traces of Norman work at the east ends of the choir aisles.

The floor of the Norman Church must have been about 6 feet below the present floor.

The Chantry Chapel of Prior Birde is a lovely piece of work in the south arcade of the choir. Bishop Montague, who completed the rebuilding, is commemorated by a very florid classical monu ment in the north arcade of the nave.

The fan vaulting to the roofs of the choir and its aisles and the transepts is probably all of Bishop King's work. The rest of the vaulting was put up in 1866.

After walking through the town, the party visited the Royal Victoria Park (50 acres in extent), opened by Her Majesty the Queen, in 1830. They then went on by train to Bristol. The party stayed at the Royal Hotel, on College Green, and were much pleased with the accomodation provided for them.

Friday, July 1st. On the morning of July 1st, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (formerly the Church of the Abbey of S. Augustine), was first visited under the guidance of CANON BARNETT and ALFRED E. HUDD, ESQ., F.S.A., (to whom I am indebted for


re-using this paper so far as it relates to Bristol), the following short account of which is found in the Handbook on Bristol, of the British Association in 1898.

S. AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY, NOW THE CATHEDRAL. A.D.1142. Founded by Robt. Fitz-Harding, of Bristol. 1148. Consecrated.1155. Enlarged and enriched. Chapter House and Great

Gateway. 1220. Elder Lady Chapel (originally detached), and north

window of north transept. 1280. East window.

1306-32. Abbot Knowle's rebuilding. Arcade highest of anyEnglish Cathedral, 51 feet. (York, 50 feet.)

1330. Berkeley Chapel. 1340, Newton Chapel. (P. 1330.)

1450-70. Centra] towers rebuilt. 1868-88. New nave and western towers built.

The following account was prepared by COL. BRAMBLE, F.S.A., for the recent Meeting of the British Association, at Bristol:—

" The Abbey was founded 1142, suppressed and constituted as a Cathedral by Henry VIII. It consists of choir and nave (both with aisles), transepts, Lady chapel east of north transept, central and two western towers and a north porch. The nave, its aisles and western towers have been erected at intervals, since 1865, in the Decorated style, under designs of Mr. Street, and subsequently of Mr. Pearson. The earlier portions have little of the original Norman work remaining. Substantially they are flowing Decorated of circa 1330-40, with tower and other Perpendicular additions of Abbot Newland, 1480 to 1500. The Lady Chapel however is good early English work of circa 1200.

" There is no clerestory, the choir and nave with their aisles being all of equal height. This peculiarity seriously diminishes the apparent size of the building from the exterior, without any equivalent advantages. Observe, (1) The manner in which the thrust of the groining is carried across the aisles by a "stone beam," supported by an arch; a practical modification of the usual "flying buttress." (2) The unusual amount of tracery belows the transoms, of the 14th century windows. (3) The sepulchral niches in the side walls. (4) The lines of inscribed stones in the north choir aisle which clearly define the external line of the original narrow Norman aisle.


" South of the Cathedral stood the Chapter house and domestic buildings. The former is of late or transition Norman, the vestibule being remarkably fine. The Refectory has been converted into a Schoolroom. South and east of these are portions of the lower or Infirmary cloister and of the Abbot's house. The latter converted into a residence for the Bishop, was destroyed by fire in "The Bristol Riots," 1881.

" West of the Cathedral is a fine late Norman arch, leading to Lower Green or College Square.

" The whole of the upper portions is a recent restoration."

The Cross in the centre of College Green was next visited, and is a modern copy of the Bristol High Cross, which formerly stood in the intersection of the four main roads in the centre of the city, (Corn Street, &c.) The original is at Stourhead, Wilts.

The Mayor's Chapel, or Church of S. Mark, was then visited under the guidance of W. R. BARKER, ESQ., J P. (author of a work entitled: S. Mark's or the Mayor's Chapel, published in 1892), and MR. HUDD. This was formerly the Hospital of the Gaunts, founded for the Relief of the Poor, about 1220, by Maurice Berkeley de Gaunt, a grandson of the founder of S. Augustine's Abbey. Internally it is of considerable beauty, archi tecturally, and contains numerous sepulchral effigies of the Gaunt, Fitzharding, and other families. Some traces of its original semi- monastic arrangements can be readily seen. The Bristol Grammar School formerly adjoined it on the east: the Merchants' Technical College now stands on the site.

The Church of S. Stephen with its tall and graceful tower, with its pierced parapets and turrets, was then passed en route for S. John's Gate, the only one of the City Gates remaining: the site of the wall was pointed out by Mr. Hudd. The other City Gates also had Churches attached to them—dedicated to SS. Giles, Leonard and Nicholas.

In S. Mary le Port Street were then seen a range of picturesque half-timbered houses. Those on the south side, about the middle of the street, are built not only against the north wall of the Church, the aisle windows being blocked up for the purpose, but are actually bracketed out so as to overhang the aisle roof. The Shields on the fronts of two of them are those of the Brewers' Company. A range of rather later houses may be seen in King Street. The venerable-looking, battlemented timbered house standing at the corner of the High and Wine Streets, is said to have been imported from Amsterdam, and bears the date 1676.

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The site of the Castle was then visited. The Castle was built in the llth century and stood east of the city extending from near the end of Wine Street to the Old Market. The Moat is still clearly traceable; and turning from Castle Street into Castle Green, two vaulted and groined chambers, one 13th, and one 15th century, remain on the east side. In the one a room has been constructed beneath the vaulting, the other is used as a stable.

We then were conducted over S. Peter's Hospital, by MB. HUDD, who gave the following account of the building:—

The picturesque Mansion, formerly called " the Mint," now known as S. Peter's Hospital, was in the 15th and 16th centuries the residence of some of Bristol's merchant princes. In 1435 the house was bequeathed to Thomas and Walter, sons of Thomas Norton, burgess of Bristol: one of whom resided in the eastern, the other in the western, portion of the building. Thomas, who occupied the eastern part, was the celebrated alchemist who claimed to have discovered the " philosopher's stone," and the "elixir of life."

" Thomas Norton of Bristowe, A perfect master ye may him trow."

He was the author of " The Ordinall of Alchemy."The house remained in the possession of the Norton family

till 1580, when Sir George Norton sold it to Henry Newton, afterwards Sir Henry Newton, of Barrs' Court.) In 1607 it was bought by Robt. Aldworth, (Mayor of Bristol, 1609,) who enlarged and partially rebuilt the house. It then passed through different families till about 1650, when it was used as a sugar house, being rented in 1655 at ,£6 per annum. In 1695 a mint was established here, and for a couple of years much money was struck, (marked with the letter B) well known to collectors. In 1698 the property was purchased by the Corporation, and has since been used as a Workhouse, a Cholera Hospital, and for other municipal purposes. The Board room (of the time of Aldworth) has been recently somewhat restored, and is a fine Jacobean apartment. Above the present ceiling is the open timber roof of the 16th century. We are glad to learn that through the exertions of Mr. Hudd and his friends, this handsome ceiling is not to be ruined by the insertion of four ventilators.

The party then passed over Bristol Bridge, (originally built A.D. 1247, re-erected in stone in 1760, and widened in 1860).

Temple Church should then have been visited, but was not for want of time.


This Temple or Holy Cross Church, occupies the site of a Church of the Knight's Templar, whose house stood south of it. The original Church was oval in form, the foundations were recently discovered in the centre of the present building, which dates from the end of the 14th century. The tower (the upper stage of which was erected in 1460), leans some 4 feet to the west owing to the failure of the foundations, the ground being a marsh : for the same reason the nave walls have " spread."

In Canynge's House, Redcliffe Street, the remains of the Great Hall, and a panelled room with beautiful encaustic Tiled Floor, &c., was then seen, after which the beautiful Church of S. Mary Redcliffe, was visited, also under the able guidance of Mr. Hudd.

The following interesting account was written by JOHN TAYLOR, ESQ., in 1890 :—

S. MARY REDOLIFFE. A.D. 1160. There was a Church here in the 12th century (circa

1160), which by a Charter of Henry II. given toSalisbury Cathedral of this Norman building, onlya few stones remain.

1230. Lower stage of tower and inner north porch. Thisporch was perhaps added to the Norman or Trans.N.E.E. nave.

About 1320. The outer north porch added circa 1320. (Edw. IT.) 1360-90. South transept rebuilt: then wall of south aisle and

south porch: the remaining aisles with " Wykeham "windows.

1460. Clerestory and vaulting by H. Canynges, Jnr. 1480. Lady Chapel and windows and vaulting of south aisle

of nave. Sepulchral monuments to Lord R.Berkeley. &c.

Queen Elizabeth on her visit to Bristol in 1574, pronounced Redcliffe " one of the most famouse, fairest and goodliest parish churches in England," an estimate of its superiority which few will dispute.

Why the magnitude and beauty of the edifice did not cause it to be raised to the dignity of a Cathedral, instead of the neigh bouring house of Augustinian Canons, is answered by the quaint old Fuller, who says, that this Church " was not sufficiently accommodated like S. Augustine's with public buildings about it for a Dean and Chapter." He characteristically adds, that " as the town of Hague, in Holland would never be built about, as accounting


it more credit to be the biggest of villages in Europe, than a lesser city, so Redcliffe Church esteemeth it a greater grace to lead the van of all parochial, than to follow in the rear after many Cathedral Churches in England."

The origin of the name " Redcliffe " will be at once explained by entry into the Quaker's Burial Ground, which lies at the end of Jones' Lane, opposite the western front of the Church, where on the northern side the bare red sandstone rises high above the green turf just as it did centuries ago. Excavated in this rock is a veritable 14th century hermit's cell, with a pointed doorway and rude sedilia, the construction of which chamber shows that this part of the cliff has remained unmutilated from the time that the anchorite who first occupied it retired from the hurrying life of the world. The founder of the cell was Thomas, eighth Lord Berkeley, who appointed (A.D. 1346) John Sparkes as his bedes man.

The Berkeleys were lords of Bedminster and Redcliffe, and as such there can be no doubt that they erected the 13th century Church of S. Mary's, some valuable remains of which are incor porated in the present 15th century structure. In the wall of the south aisle of the Church are monumental recesses similar in character to the Berkeley tombs in the Cathedral, the stellated mouldings enshrining which are known as Berkeley arches. In the absence of historical record of the Early Church, these arches may be assumed to be evidence of the connection of the Berkeleys with the fabric ; and the existence of a mailed effigy in the north transept, said to be that of one of the Knights of Berkeley, strengthens this conclusion.

There are evidences both documentary and constructive of a Norman Church on this site, but we need not here enter into the subject. The Early English or 13th century remains may still, to a considerable extent, be traced by a careful eye, the lower stage of the tower and the inner north porch with their arcading, being manifestly of this period. The local histories state that Simon de Burton, several times Mayor of Bristol, began to build Redcliffe Church in 1294. A Church certainly existed here a century earlier than this, and it is possible that the Decorated outer porch, which is about the time of Simon de Burton, may be assigned to his munificence, the Manor of Redcliffe having at that period been alienated from the Berkeleys.

In the reign of Edward III., just as Decorated Architecture was passing into Perpendicular, the 13th century Church appears to have been to a great extent demolished to provide for a new structure.


The builders began with the south transept which belongs to the reigns of Edward II. and Edward III.

The tall south window, the finest window in the Church, agrees in date with Abbot Knowles' windows in the Cathedral, or the time of Edward II. (murdered in 1326). The windows of the clerestory, with their rims of quatrefoils, are somewhat later and belong to the Decorated period, as do also the piers, arcade, and groining of the same transept. The south porch is also of this date. Then at the time (circa 1367) when the nave of Winchester Cathedral was being rebuilt by William of Wykeham, who was (A.D. 1361) a prebendary of RedclifTe, came the building of all the other aisles.

About the middle of the 15th century. William Canynges, the younger, transformed the Church into the Perpendicular style, (a style that is detested by Mr. Ruskin, but is dignified by S. Mary Redcliffe), raising the clerestory throughout, vaulting it with exquisite Kerne groining, and glazing its windows, finishing the north transept in imitation of the south. In this Church, remarks Archdeacon Norris, " all the deep shadows are below, and the highest story is full of light. It is not so in our Cathedral; there the chief light falls on the pavement, and the vault is shadowy. So it is in Westminster Abbey." The strong contrasts of light and shadow here, contribute much to the impressiveness and mysterious beauty of the building. The 15th century builders lifted the vault glazing the whole space between buttress and buttress. The work of the younger Canynges is precisely that portion which has its external walls panelled. The clerestory of nave, chancel and north transept are panelled, and the windows of these portions have uniform tracery, but the clerestory windows of the south transept are wholly different, showing difference of date and builder. The Lady Chapel at the extreme east was being constructed in 1386.

The ground plan is a cross within a cross, the outer lines being formed by the walls, and the inner by the ranges of clustered columns, which follow not only the course of the nave, but like wise the transept and chancel. The double aisles to the transepts are a very uncommon arrangement, and give the idea, when viewed from beneath either of the tall windows of these stately wings, of one spacious Church intersecting another at right angles, the four tall central arches apparently giving support to an external or central tower, which was in fact their intention.

The fluted columns, bounding majestically upward, and rami fying into the symmetrical tracery of the vaulted roof of the tripled aisles, foliate at the points of junction into literally a thousand forms. There are in fact 1185 bosses, mostly of leafage and flowers, carved with sprightly fancy, and no two alike.


The special features of the exterior of the Church are the magnificent but somewhat meretricious north porch, and the yet more noble tower. But from these the eye wanders off towards the fabric as a whole, the balanced proportion of its members and its sustained grandeur captivating the attention like a magnificent piece of sculpture. This, in fact, the structure is, being a fretted mass from end to end.

Throughout the late restoration, which has cost over £40,000, there has been an honourable endeavour to bring back to view the exact structure that existed in the 15th century. The re-building of the spire is so successful a work, that it almost reconciles us to the absence of a central tower.

The total length of the Church externally is 250 feet; height of the tower, 110 feet; of spire, 151 feet; total of tower, cap and finial, 267 feet from pavement.

Before leaving the stately pile, the visitor will ascend the staircase in the hexagonal north porch, to the room with the stone grilled windows at the crest, where lie the mouldering chests which once supplied the Rowley Poems, or their idea, to Chatterton. Boswell tells of a visit he made to this muniment room with his distinguished chief, where George Calcott, a boon companion of the poet, and a profound disbeliever in his Rowleian genius, demonstrated the authenticity of the poems, by pointing out the chests where they were found (?). That Rowley and Chatterton are one and the same has been proved; but in days when identity is established in a certain order of minds between Bacon and Shakespeare, a division of the former two may still be attempted. Thomas Chatterton was born on the 20th of November, 1752. It seems impossible to state with confidence whether he first saw the light at the Pile Street School-house, opposite his monument in Redcliffe Churchyard, or on Redcliffe Hill. His birth occurred three months after his father's death, an event that entailed the removal of the widow to fresh lodgings, in order to make room for a successor to her husband in the mastership of the school. Whether the removal took place before her confinement is not certain, but it is certain that at an early age the boy-poet was among the humble scholars at the same school.

A visitor to the Church, the shrine and inspiration of young Rowley's genius, may yet see the schoolroom and master's house attached to the same, in like condition as when the Chattertons were in possession, the name of the father appearing among the list of schoolmasters on a board affixed within the school. Chatterton's boyhood was spent beneath the shadow of the magnificent fane, whose influence inspired his imagination and medisevalised his spirit. As has been many times told, the boy- poet went to London, to seek his livelihood by writing for


journals and magazines. He failed in his aim, and to save dying for want of bread, he finished his coarse by his own hand. On the 24th of August, 1770, his landlady in Grove Street, Holborn, begged him to dine with her. He declined with custo- mijry hauteur of manner, alleging that he was not hungry. Shortly afterwards he left the house. He was heard to return— to enter his room—to lock the door. The next morning he was missed at his usual hour of appearance, and no sound was heard within his room. The door was broken open, and he was found stretched upon his bed, cold and stiff, a victim to despair, and self-destroyed by poison.

Nearly opposite the south transept of the Church, a little within the grave-yard, is a tombstone inscribed with the names of Chatterton's parents and some of his near relatives. There is a tradition that the poet was secretly brought from London, and interred in the family grave. But as the primary evidence of the fact depends upon the testimony of a single person, it seems hardly of due authenticity, though one might wish it to be true. Mr. Le Grice, writing in the "Gentleman's Magazine," (August, 1838), in referring to this story, declares it to be "perfectly absurd." " His remains " he says, "were deposited in a pit which admitted of many bodies, prepared for those who died in the workhouse of St. Andrew's, Holborn. The admittance for the corpse was by a door, like a horizontal cellar door, so it was pointed out to me many years ago. I wished to stand on his grave, the precise spot. ' That' said the sexton ' cannot be marked.' "

In this Church were married the poets Southey and Coleridge.

Special votes of thanks were passed to Major Davis and Mr. Hudd for their most valuable services.

The party returned to Leicester that evening after thoroughly enjoying their visit.

July 25th, 1898. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Rooms, at the Old Town Hall Library, Leicester.

F. MOKLEY, ESQ., in the Chair.

MAJOR FREER reported that a very successful Excursion had been made on June 30th and July 1st, by 26 Members and friends to Bath and Bristol. The arrangements were well carried out by the Midland station-master at Leicester and the refresh ment department at St. Pancras. The Society was especially


indebted to Major Davis, F.S.A., of Bath, and to Mr. Alfred E. Hudd, F.S.A., of Clifton, for their great kindness in conducting the party round Bath and Bristol, respectively, and he moved that a special vote of thanks be passed to those gentlemen, who had promised to give a written Paper on those two cities. This was seconded, and carried nem. con.

MAJOR FREER then read the correspondence that he had had with the Solicitor to the Great Central Railway, and the Town Clerk informed the Members that the Borough authorities would do all in their power to keep the Roman pavement from being ruined by the wet. He also reported the discovery of a fresh Roman pavement near S. Nicholas' Church, at present only partly laid open, and asked the Society to pass a Resolution earnestly request ing the owners, Messrs. E. Shardlow and Simpson, to preserve the pavement in situ This was carried nem. con.

A photograph of the pavement was exhibited by Colonel Bellairs.

The following new Members were elected :—Mr. E. H. Warner, Quorn Hall, Loughborough; and the Rev. A. W. J. Hiley, Wood- house, Loughborough.

Mr. T. Fellows, who had left the county, resigned his Member ship, as did Mr. W. G. Fretton, F.S.A., the Hon. Corresponding Member for Coventry.

COLONEL BELLAIRS read the following notes on the Destruction of the

TRINITY HOSPITAL, IN THE NEWARKE,

exhibiting a plan of the ancient building:—

Some time ago I read a Paper before this Society on the Trinity Hospital. I wrote it in anticipation of what is now decreed, that is the destruction of the building which, though much mutilated and altered, comprises the still extensive remains of one of the finest 14th century halls ever existing in this country, and the recent destruction of the west end of the building has revealed the ancient plan very clearly. It was a large hall, consisting of a nave and side aisles, the nave being divided from the aisles by an arcade of 15 arches on each side. At the east end was a chapel (or chancel) divided from the nave by a fine large pointed chancel arch still remaining, and a screen which has been destroyed. The side aisles were screened off and divided into separate rooms for the hospitallers. At the west end, as is usual in all old mediaeval


halls, were three doors leading to the kitchen, butteries, and cellars, and over these doors was as usual a minstrels' gallery —as is still seen in our Old Town Hall and many other old halls at our Universities and elsewhere—I have never heard of a hall of the grand dimensions of this, which was a princely gift of the Lancastrian branch of the Royal Family of England to the town of Leicester. This Hospital was well endowed and cared for till the revenues were confiscated at the Reformation. As I mentioned in my first notice, this building was said by the misleading, if not false, inscription placed over the modern door, to have been rebuilt by George III. (who I dare say never heard of it), but it was only altered and the floor raised about 2 feet, the arches filled with brick, and an upper storey constructed for the women. At the same time the two arches on each side adjoining the chapel or chancel were destroyed, and the space converted into an open room some thing like a transept, which forms with the original chancel the present chapel. If the brick and mortar work of George III. were taken down and the upper storey removed so as to leave the arches and stonework visible and intact, it would show what it was, and sketches, drawings, and photographs could be taken. And better still, if it could be restored to its original state and converted into an extra museum (which will very soon be wanted) it would be one of the most interesting objects to be seen in Leicester. The present pointed doorway entrance to the chapel is original, though the mouldings have been destroyed— the ground outside having been raised about 3 feet, and inside 2. When excavations are made no doubt the original floor will be discovered.

The entire length of the Hospital from the East wall of the chancel to the buttery arches at the West end was about 220 feet, and the extreme width about 50 feet.

Since writing the above I have read in a book called the " Complete English Traveller," published 1771, concerning Leicester, as follows :—

" Henry, Duke of Lancaster, built and endowed an hospital " without the South Gate. The Structure is low covered with " lead, but being much neglected the inside has a most wretched " appearance. Near the door (the present entrance to the Chapel) "is the altar where the priests said mass; but it is now used as " a place for one of the old men to read prayers."

It was RESOLVED that Colonel Bellairs be authorised, on behalf of the Society, to take such steps as may be necessary to preserve drawings and plans, &c., of the old Hospital.


The following Leicestershire Deeds, &c. were exhibited by MR. HENRY HARTOPP :—

(1) A Deed by which William Reneson conveys all his goods, &c., in Little Appleby, co. Leicester, to Richard le Vernon, Lord of Harleston, co. Stafford, William Vernon, his uncle, and others; dated at Little Appleby on Sunday after the Feast of S. Barnabas', 12th Henry IV. (June 14th, 1411).

(2) Lease from the Crown to Kenelm Elyott for 31 years of a mill and house at Twyford, co. Leicester, being part of the possessions of the late monastery of Owston, dated July 22nd, 1592, part of the great Seal of England attached.

(3) Original unproved Will of Thomas Rudyard, of the parish of All Saints', Leicester, dated 19 June, 1656. Thomas Rudyard was elected Mayor of Leicester in September, 1641, and during his term of office Charles I. paid two visits to the town. He was buried in the chancel of All Saints' Church, 30 July, 1656, six weeks after making his Will.

(4) Genealogy of the Hartopp family of Leicestershire, com piled by Henry Hartopp. A voluminous MS. containing an account of the family from the earliest to the present time, together with some account of their estates, &c., compiled from the family and other records. This MS., which is approaching completion, is being specially prepared for Captain and Mrs. Burns-Hartopp, of Little Dalby and Scraptoft. It contains many pedigrees of kindred families, numerous coats of arms emblazoned, ancient prints, photos, &c.

A VOTE of thanks to Mr. Hartopp and the Chairman ended the Meeting.

September 26t&, 1898. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, Leicester.


VOTES of thanks was passed to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society for a List of Members of the Society; and to the Rev. A. M/Rendell, M.A., for Vols. IX. and X. of the " Gentleman's Magazine Library."


BY MR. T. FEWKBS :—A Bronze Key, found in Blackfriars, Leicester.


BY MR. PEACH :—Volume of Election Squibs in 1852; some very interesting.

BY MAJOR FREER (for W. H. HIND, ESQ.) :—

MUSTER ROLL OF THE LOUGHBOROUGH

VOLUNTEERS, IN 1794; AND

LIST OF OFFICERS OF 4TH BATTALION OF

LEICESTERSHIRE MILITIA, IN 1810.

These Lists are printed hereafter.

THE REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A., contributed a Paper (which was read in his absence by COLONEL BELLAIHS), entitled

"LEICESTERSHIRE CHURCH BRIEFS."

VOTES of thanks for the same, and to the Chairman were passed.

November ZSth, 1898. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Hall Library, Leicester.


Letters of apology were received from T. Harrold, Esq., and J. H. Garnar, Esq., and from Colonel Bellairs and Major Freer, Hon. Secretaries.

Letters of thanks were received from the President and Council of the Edinburgh Architectural Association, from the British Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and from the Surrey Archaeological Society for Part 5, Vol. VIII., of this Society's Transactions.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, for Vol., X. Part 2, Second Series of Transactions ; to Mrs. de Mowbray for her " History of Knossing- ton;" to the Powys Land Club for Vol. XXX., Part 2, of Collections; and to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society for Part 58 of the Archaeological Journal.


It was RESOLVED to purchase from Mr. G. B. Morgan his manuscript Transcript from the Royalist Composition Papers relating to Leicestershire, in the Public Record Office.

Mr. John Wm. Barker, of Belvoir Street, Leicester, was duly elected a Member of the Society.

The following Antiquities, &c., were exhibited:—

BY MR. E. BLAND : A token issued by Mr. John Wilkinson, Ironmaster, of Rettsham, Bradley, Willey and Snedsham; and a metal match box.

BY MR. J. W. WARTNABY : A duty paid Almanack, 1812, with the Shilling Stamp impressed.

VOL. VIII.


A DECLARATION AND RESOLUTIONS OF THELOYAL LOUGHBOROUGH VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,

22ND OCTOBER, 1794.

COMMUNICATED BY WILLIAM HARLEY HIND.

"AT a General Meeting of the Loughborough Loyal Volunteers held at the Angel Inn, on the 22nd of October, 1794 : the following Declaration and Resolutions were adopted and ordered to be entered in a Book, to be kept for that purpose and signed by every Member."

DECLARATION." We the under-signed, convinced that it is our Duty to assist

the Executive Government, in protecting our Laws and Constitu tion ; declare that we enter the Corps of Loyal Loughborough Volunteers, to defend our Town and Parish, and by a prompt assistance to the Magistracy, ensure due obedience to the Laws, and preserve the Peace of the same.

" Farther we declare our determination to provoke no one by insult, but in every situation to demean ourselves as peaceable Inhabitants and good Subjects, and to prove to all the World the purity of our intentions, will severally take the following

OATH.I "A. B. do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be

faithful, and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King George the Third; and that I will support the Constitution of my Country, as established by Law

So help me God." RESOLUTIONS.

Resolved1st. That Unanimity, Friendship, and Mutual Assistance be

observed throughout the Corps.Resolved

2nd. That every Volunteer appear on Parade, on the Days, and at the Place and Hour appointed, perfectly clean in his Uniform or otherwise according to the Orders for the Day; white Waistcoat and Kerseymere, or Leather Breeches, with his Belt, and Side Arms; and never either on, or off Duty, to appear in his Uniform, without being clean Shaved and the Hair well powdered.Resolved

3rd. That when the Corps is ordered to Parade Full Accoutred, every Gentleman shall appear in his Uniform Coat, Waistcoat, Breeches and Hat half Guetres, Cross Belts, Firelock, and Bayonet.

DECLARATION, &0., OF LOYAL LOUGHBOBOUGH VOLUNTEERS. 381

Resolved4th. That as the most perfect confidence in each other, is

absolutely essential to the existence, and prosperity of the Corps, any Ten Gentlemen may sign a requisition to the Commanding Officer, for a Ballot of the whole Corps, on any Name which they may wish to have erased from the Roll, and the Majority in such Ballot shall determine whether the name shall be retained or erased. Resolved

5th. That every Volunteer who does not appear on Parade, when his Name is called the second time, shall forfeit six-pence. The Roll to be called exactly at the Hour appointed. The time to be regulated by the Church Clock.

*#* Gentlemen sending a written notice to the Commanding Officer, certifying that they are ill, or going out of Town on Business to be excused the forfeit.Resolved

6th. That every Volunteer coming intoxicated to Parade, shall forfeit one shilling, and for the fourth offence, within Six Calendar Months, be fined one guinea or excluded. Resolved

7th. That any Gentleman swearing on Parade, shall for every such offence, forfeit one shilling.Resolved

8th. That any Gentleman talking during Exercise, except for the purpose of obtaining information from his Officer, or Serjeant, shall for each offence, forfeit six-pence.Resolved

9th. That if any Gentleman who has enrolled, or may here after enroll his Name, should withdraw himself, without assigning some good and substantial reason, to be approved by the majority of the Corps, he shall be deemed a Coward and voted to Coventry.Resolved

10th. That if any Member of the Corps shall instruct any Person who is not a Member thereof, in the use and practice of Arms or Military Evolutions, he shall for the first offence, forfeit one guinea; and for the second offence be expelled the Corps.Resolved

llth. That every Question subject to the decision of the Corps, shall be determined by the majority present.Resolved

12th. That all Fines be determined, by the Eight Gentlemen nearest the Offender, when at his Post.


1794.

MUSTER ROLL OF THE LOUGHBOROUGH COMPANY

OF LOYAL VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.


Captain: Henry Holland.Lieutenant: James Douglass.

Ensign : James Booth.

STAFF.Adjutant: Thomas Tyler. President: John Cresswell. Chaplain: Revd . James Dodgson. Surgeon: Henry Eddowes. Serjeant Major: Robert Smart.Serjeants: Thomas Toone, William Hull, Isaac —————— Drummer • John Sills. Fifer : Joseph Amatt.

RANK AND FILE.

Mr. Wm. Adams.,, Sam1 . Adams.„ Wm . Ackeley.,, Jno". Ainsworth.,. Cha8 . Bass.,, Ja8 . Barnfield.„ Wm . Blunt.,, Walter Barrs.„ Obd. Brailsford.,, Jno. Burkill.„ Edd . Bowley.„ Wm . Barlow.,, Geo. Brookes.,, Amb - Brewiu.„ Ed d . Billson.„ Jno. Cradock.,, Tho8 . Clark.,, Jno. Cookc.„ Rob'. Dexter.,, Juo. Dexter.

Mr. Josh . Dexter.,, Rich*. Eddowes.,, Dan1 . Farrow.„ Edwa. Fowler.„ Edwd . Fisher.„ Wm. Fewkes.,, Rich4. Gamble.„ R. Gamble, Senr.„ Wm . Gutteridge.,, Jno. Gains.,, Wm . Hooper.,, Sam1 . Holmes.„ Wm . Hallam.,, Sam1 . Kirkman.,, Jno. King.,, Jno. Keudall.,, Dan1 . Leake.„ 'J'ho*. Langdale.,, R. Littleton.

Mr. Rob'. Lander.,, Tho8 . Mitchell.,, Josh. Nash.„ Thos . Palmer.„ Wm . Palmer, Sen1.„ Wm . Palmer, Junr.,, Jno. Peck.,, Benjn. Raven.,, Wm. Rose, Jun1.„ Wm - Rose, Sen'.,, Jno. Randon.,, Rich4 . Shelley.,, Tho8 . Sills.,, Jno. Toone.„ Tho8 . Wyatt.,, Tho8 . Warner.,, Ralph Webb.,, "\Y m . Henson.,, Josb . Morris.

THE OLD MILITIA IN 1810. 383

THE RIFLE CORPS MOVEMENT.

THE OLD MILITIA IN 1810. LEICESTERSHIRE.


IST BATTALLION OR LEICESTER REGIMENT.Date of commission.

LIEUT. COL. COMM. John Mansfield. }

LIEUT. COL.

MAJORS

CAPTAINS

LIEUTENANTS

ENSIGNS

ADJUTANT

J. E. Carter.

R. H. BirdRobert Clarke, Jun1

f Thomas Jeffcutt.John Coltman.John Gregory.Thomas Barratt.Samuel Coltman.James Watson.William Dray ton.Isaac Lovell.Joseph Ilifl'e.

(^Thomas Burbridge.

f Isaac Barnes.Robert Parr.Robert Cox.Benjamin Jackson.John Bracebridge.

J T. V. Gregory. • W. I. Bishop.John Armston.William Chamberlain.William Brown.

[John Iliffe.

("John Mullett. John Baxter,

-j John Tebbs. j Edward Fowler. ^Francis Burgess.

Robert Cox.

j_16th Feb. 1809.

16th Feb. 1809.

31st May 1809.


Date of commission. QUARTER MASTER J. D. Jackson. " Lieut." 16 Feb. 1809.

SURGEON Thomas Bishop. 16 Feb. 1809.

2>;p BN. OR WEST REGT.

LIEUT. COL. Coini. Dudley Baxter.

LIEUT. COL.

MAJOR

CAPTAINS

LIEUTENANTS

ENSIGNS

ADJUTANT

QUARTER MASTER

SURGEON

John Green.

Charles Jarvis.

John Power. John Denington. Joshua Grundy. Francis Critchley. Thomas Worthington Thomas Needham. John Gutteridge. Thomas Footman.v-

f Nathaniel Catlin. I Edward Borstock.

Edward Hook.Edward Morris.Thomas Pratt.

J John Dring. "* William Paddy.

John Beadman.Samuel Watts.William Tomlinson.John Bailey.William Thornton.

f Frederick Marshall. I James Floyd.

J John Goode. Thomas Fox.

(^Robert Brown.

George Perry.

Thomas Shenstone.

John Hill.

|-16th Feb. 1809.

22 April 1809.) J » J JJ

16 Feb. 1809.

23 Jun. 1809.

26 Mar. 1810.

24 Sept. 1808.

16 Feb. 1809.

THE OLD MILITIA IN 1810. 385

3RD BN. OB LOUGHBOKOUGH RBGT.

LIBUT. COL COMM. James Booth.

LIEUT. COL.

MAJOR

CAPTAINS

LIEUTENANTS

John Toone.

f Ambrose Brewin.Daniel Farrowe.Thomas Burkill.J. S. Fowler.J. A. Cropper.Thomas Barrs.Ralph Souter.

[ George Hackett.

f Robert Marshall.John Peck.William Palmer.John Clarke.John Davenport.Robert Parkinson.William Toone.W. Henshaw.J. Gregory.

{W. Harley.

William Coare. William Vickers. John Henson. Robert Paget.

! Joseph Dewes. Young.

ENSIGNS

ADJUTANT Joseph Amatt.

QUARTER MASTER James Douglas.

SURGEON Joseph Vickers.

Date of commission.

1-16 Feb. 1809.

25th May 1809.

1

16th Feb. 1809.

J25th May 1809.

jj-16th Feb. 1809.

J25th May 1809.

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9th Feb. 1809.

16th Feb. 1809.


4iH BN. OR MELTON REGT.

LIEUT. COL. COMM. J. B. Story.

LIEUT. COL. V. A. Lafarque.

MAJOR

CAPTAINS

LIEUTENANTS

ENSIGNS

ADJUTANT

QUARTER MASTER

SURGEON

John Palmer.

I Robert Carson. | John Hunt.

fJames Shaw. | Samuel Morris.

Thomas Wilford.John Shipman.

-j Thomas Cross.Saville Hardy.Robert Tinsley.John Neale.John Seagrave.

C Henry Wooomach. j Henry Hemsley.

! Henry Burton. '(^John Firman.

Edward Noble Bell.

Robert Tyler.

Francis Darker.

Date of commission.

16th Feb. 1809.

19th May 1809.

16th Feb. 1809. 25th May 1809.

I

-16th Feb. 1809.

16th May 1809. 31st May 1809.

16th Feb. 1809.

19th May 1809.J J J )

3rd May 1809.

16th Feb. 1809.

,LEICESTERSHIRE CHURCH BRIEFS. 387

LEICESTERSHIRE CHURCH BRIEFS.

BY THK REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

Ix many of our Leicestershire Parish Registers occur entries of money collected on Briefs for various Churches destroyed by fire, or for foreign objects, and sometimes for private individuals. An important work lately issued on this subject* contains all that is known about these Briefs, and to it I am chiefly indebted for the following remarks.

A Brief (in Latin breve) was a royal warrant, authorising a collection in places of worship and sometimes from house to house for a specified charitable object. In pre-reformation times papal briefs were issued, signed not by the pope himself but by a special secretary, authorising collections for special purposes. The prior and monks of Kirkby Belers obtained one from Leo X. for rebuilding their priory, which was in great decay and partly destroyed by fire. This, which was between 1513 and 152'2, was confirmed by Henry VIII. who granted them his Letters Patents for collecting money upon the same. The monks were- sent up and down the county with Briefs, to gather the contributions of the faithful. Special indulgences were granted to ull donors who should say a prayer for the souls of Sir Roger Beler and Alys his wife, founders of the priory, t

Protections or licences to gather alms for individuals or charities were sometimes issued under the privy seal of the King. In 1530 justices of the peace were empowered (by Statute 22 Henry VIII. c. 12) to grant licences to poor aged and impotent persons to beg within a certain precinct. In 1625 Charles I. issued a warrant to the Lord Keeper, giving him power and authority to issue Briefs for charitable purposes, as he in his discretion should think fit.J During the Commonwealth, general collections by way of Brief were only permitted under the great seal, directed by order of both houses of parliament; but at the Restoration of Charles II. they were again relegated to the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper.

Briefs were usually carried out through a distributor or under taker^ who would obtain the necessary licence and issue the

' Church Briefs: or Royal Warrants for Collections for charitable objects. By W. A. Bewes, pp. x and 449. London : A. & C Black. 1896.

t Bewes, 9—10, 15. Staveley's History of Churches in England. Pat. 3 sic Hen. VIII., p. 2, m. 24.

{ Rymer, xviii, 287.§ Amongst these were Messrs. Bird, Hall and Stevenson, of Stafford, who

commenced to act as undertakers in 1754 ; Robert Hodgson, of Stafford ; William Bowyer, 1714; Thomas Dudley and John Stevenson Salt.

388 LEICF.STKRSIllRE ARCHITECTURAL HOCIETV.

briefs and gather in the money. The expenses were very heavy, and often amounted to one-third of the sura collected. As a rule, Briefs were not issued for a less sum than .£1000, as the expenses frequently amounted to i'400 or £500, and where the loss was less the undertaker would send out two briefs together. For his labour, the undertaker received 6d., 8d ., or 1 s ., for each Brief returned. To any one reading the amounts collected in our Leicestershire churches, it is obvious that his commission would often swallow up nearly the whole collection. As about ten thousand Briefs were issued for each fire, it is clear that the undertaker's gains were enormous. By the Act 4 Anne c. 14, accounts of moneys collected on Briefs had to be returned by the distributors to the Court of Chancery. So matters went on until 1828 when the system of Briefs was abolished by an Act of Parliament. The incorporation in 1818 of the Church Building Society and the rise of Fire Insurance Companies rendered them useless.

The Prayer Book directs that Briefs were to be read in Church by the Minister after the recitation of the Nicene Creed. Then a box would be handed round, and the congregation asked to contribute. This might happen ten or a dozen times in the year. Two of these old collecting boxes, with the words " Pray remem ber the brief" painted on them, are preserved at S. Mary's, Shrewsbury.

Occasionally besides the Collection in church, a " walking brief" was issued, that is, a collection was made from house to house, as well as in church. And sometimes the parishioners agreed, instead of having a collection in church for each brief, to give a certain fixed sum out of the church funds. The Noncon formist and Quaker congregations often contributed to these Briefs, as well as those of the Church of England.

Frauds were sometimes practised. One man who had obtained a Brief would farm it to another and undeserving person. About 1621 a knavish Greek came over to England, and begged help for the relief of Gregory, Archdeacon of Jerusalem, and obtained a Brief, the royal signature and seal to which it was suspected were forged. In this he was aided by " one James Skelton a Leicester sheir man." (See Letter from Sir Francis Goodwin to Secretary Conway, dated 28 May, 1628, in State Papers, Domestic Series, Charles I., vol. xxviii.)

Bewes gives a list of collections made for the benefit of foreign lands, or for fugitives to England, or for the redemption of captives. These commence in 1568 and extend to 1768, and are forty-five in number. Some are met with in Leicestershire Registers, e.g., 1624, Redemption of captives; 1657, Protestants of Poland; 1703, Protestant Refugees from Orange; 1709, The Palatines. (Bewes, pp. 57-59.)

LEICESTERSHIRE CHURCH BRIEFS. 389

No Leicestershire lists have as yet been printed. Perhaps this paper may stimulate some Members of our Society to search their Registers, and extract the Briefs therefrom for the pages of our Transactions ! Those of Appleby Magna are given in The Reliquary, vol. xiii., 112; and those collected in S. Mary's, Leicester, in 1664-5, are printed in our Transactions, VI., 251. The earliest Leicestershire Brief, that for S. Leonard's Church, Leicester, dated 28 July, 1640, is printed in T. M. Brushfield's Devonshire Briefs.

I append a list of places in this county for which Briefs were issued. They will often give a clue to the date of Church building or Church repair. I have extracted it from Bewes' book, passim, to which I must express my indebtedness in preparing this paper.

1640. July 28. Leicester, St. Leonard's. Brief issued for re-edifying the steeple, and part of the church which had been thrown down and injured by a storm of wind. (Throsby, p. 284.)

1657. May 5. Desford. Order for Collection to repair the damage caused by a fire on April 3rd . The loss amounted to £2159 3s . 6d Nicholas Grace and others petitioned for a collec tion. (State Papers, Domestic Series, Commonwealth, I. Ixxvii., p. 809; Vol. civ., No. 8.)

1661-2. Mountsorrel. Loss by fire.1662-3. Market Harborough. St. Mary's in Arden, Brief for

Church repair.1667-8. Loughborough. Loss by fire.1679-80. Thomas Owsley, son of the rector of Glooston,

taken by the Algerines.1685-6. Desford. Loss by fire.1691-2. Mountsorrel. Loss by fire.1702-3. Lutterworth. Church Repair. Charge £1528.1712-13. Coleorton. Church and parsonage repairs. Charge

£2412. The Church was demolished in the Civil Wars.1715-16. Leicester, St. Peter's. Charge £1590.1724-25. Grimston, (jointly with Michael Church, Radnor

shire). Loss by fire £1047.1727-28. Sibson. Church Building. Charge £1753.1729-30. Hinckley. Loss by Fire £3424.1736-37. Walton on the -Wolds. Church Repair, Fire (?).

£1136.1740-41. Prestwould. Church Repair or Fire. £1292.1747-48. Snarestone. Chapel Repair. £1145


1751-52. Netherseal. Church Repair.1759. Jan. 25. Lutterworth. Steeple and Church Repair.

£1162.1760. Jan. 22. Frowlesworth. Church Repair. £1183.1760. Jan. 27. Orton, otherwise Overton on the Hill.

Church Repair. £1042.1761. June 8. Packington. Church Repair. £1013.1761. June 8. Carlton, Market Bosworth. Church Repair.

£1102.1763. July 5. Foston. Church Repair. £1150.1764. Jan. 18. Shackerstone. Church Repair. £1274.1764. Jan. 18. Ratby. Church Building. £1886.1765. July 8. Croft. Church Repair. £1102.1765. Feb. 27. Claybrooke. Church Repair. £1119.1765. July 8. Kilby. Church Repair. £1070.1768. June 23. Market Bosworth. Church Repair. £1076.1768. June 23. Sheepey Magna. Church Repair. £1108.1770. Jan. 16. Shenton. Church Repair. £1010.1770. June 30. Hugglescoate and Donington upon the Heath.

Church Repair. £1027.1771. June 27. Broughton Astley. Church Repair. £1009

15s. Od.1772. Jan. 22. Ibstock. Church Repair. £1021.1772. July 7. Kimcote. Church Repair. £1092 13s. 6d.1772. July 7. Leir. Church Repair. £1013 2s. 8d.1773. Sharnford, Hinckley. Church Repair. £1033 8s. lid.1776. Jan. 15. East Shilton. Church Repair. £1019

17s. 8fd.1776. June 26. Thurlaston. Church Repair. £1061

10s. 8d.1784. Jan. 12. Breedon. Church Building. £3340. Col

lection from house to house.

From 1754 the original Briefs are preserved in the British Museum. A list of Leicestershire Briefs from this year is given in the Transactions, Vol. VII., pp. 159—167.

PARISH REGISTERS OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 391

PARISH REGISTERS OF LEICESTERSHIRE.

BY HENEY HARTOPP.

REGISTERS appear to have been kept from an early date by the Jews, Greeks and Romans, but they were very little known in this country before the 16th century, although some of the Pre-Reformation clergy at an early date entered marriages and burials in the Missals and Psalters in use in the church, and the monks prior to the dissolution of the monasteries kept registers of their religious houses.

The first royal injunction for keeping parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials in England, was issued to the clergy by Thomas Cromwell, Vicar General to Henry VIII. and bears date Sept. 29th, 1538. It directed that " the curate of every parish church shall keep one book or register, which book he shall every Sunday take forth, and in the presence of the churchwardens, or one of them, write and record in the same all the weddings, christ'uings, and burials made the whole week before; and for every time that the same shall be omitted, shall forfeit to the said church iij 8 iiij d " &c. It is, however, quite an exception to find registers of this early date extant, as many parishes have lost their earlier records, and some it seems did not observe the original command. The injunction was confirmed in 1547, and on the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1558, it was again vigorously renewed. Every minister at his institution was then ordered to subscribe to this protestation, "I shall keepe the register booke according to the Queene's Majesties instructions."

The registers not being so regularly entered and preserved, it was further ordained, by a constitution made by the Archbishops and clergy of Canterbury, Oct. 25th, 1597, that parchment register books should be provided at the expense of each parish, and that all the entries from the old paper books should be therein fairly and legibly transcribed from the " laws first taking place," but more particularly from the beginning of the Queen's reign. Every page of the transcript register was to be authenti cated by the signatures of the minister and churchwardens, and was to be placed in a " sure coffer with three locks," the keys of which were to be in the possession of the minister and churchwardens. This important injunction, which recited that of 1538, also prescribed very minutely in what manner tbe entries were to be made, and as a security against loss it further directed that the clergy and churchwardens should annually forward within a month


of Easter, an attested copy of the register of each year, to the Bishop's Chancellor of the Diocese, that they might be faithfully preserved with their archives. These important regulations were subsequently confirmed, and embodied in the 70th Ecclesiastical Canon of 1603, and have never been repealed. The Leicestershire clergy forwarded, but by no means regularly, their yearly transcripts to the Registrar of the Archdeacon, at Leicester.*

During the civil wars of Charles I. and the Commonwealth, 1640 to 1660,—a time of great confusion in matters both civil and ecclesiastical,—the system of parochial registration by the clergy almost entirely failed, and most parish registers are imperfect and many are altogether deficient in registers of that period. Not that all registration ceased during that period, but the power was taken out of the hands of the clergy, " and given over to some layman, often the village tradesman, whose chief recommendation for the office was probably the zeal he had shown in the destruction of the ancient registers."t

In 1653 an Act respecting parish registers was passed, whereby it enacted " that a true and just account might always be kept, of all marriages, and also of the births of children, and deaths of all sorts of persons within the commonwealth." It directed that a good book of "vellim" or parchment, should be provided by every parish to contain the entries, and that the inhabitants of each parish should before Sept. 22nd, 1653, make choice of some able and honest person to keep the registers, to be sworn and approved of by a justice of the peace, and so signified under his hand in the said register. The "Parish Register" (now Registrar) was empowered to charge a fee of Is. for every certificate of publication of banns, and entry of marriage, and of 4d. for every entry of birth and burial. As no mention of baptisms was made in this Act only births were as a rule recorded. The banns of marriage were either to be published " three successive Lord's days at the close of the morning service" in the church, or else in the nearest market place on three successive market days between 11 and 2 o'clock, and no marriage was to be celebrated without the certificate of the registrar that he had duly published the banns, &c. The contracting parties were afterwards taken before a justice of the peace who was empowered to marry them. With the Restoration this irregular system of registration ceased, the legislation of the commonwealth was ignored, civil marriages discontinued, and most of the clergy then regained possession of their parish registers. The inconvenience, however, of bastardizing the issue of civil marriages was so apparent, that in 1660, civil marriages by justices were legalised.

* See page '395. t Sims' Manual for the Genealogist, page 352.


By the Acts of 1666 and 1678 for " burying in woollen," the clergy were compelled to enter particulars of such burials with the date of affidavit in the registers under a penalty of £5, half of which was to be given to the informer and the other half to the poor of the parish. Again in 1694, by Statute 6 & 7, William III. (1694-5) c. 6, it was enacted that every clergyman must keep a register of his parish under a penalty of £100. This legal notice arose out of a tax upon births, marriages and burials, for five years, " for carrying on the wars against France with vigour." In the following year (1695) a further enactment was made, to restrain marriages without licenses or banns. Distinct registers were to be kept of those children born and not baptized, and all parents were authorized, to give notice within five days, of the birth of a child. Both the latter Statutes however, were un popular, and were to a great extent allowed to become inoperative. In 1752 it should be remembered the New Style was introduced. Till then New Year's Day was 25th March. The day after 31st December, 1752, was called 1st January, 1753.

No regular attempt at the classification of the entries in registers was made before the 18th century, but marriages were begun to be entered separately in 115i, in the form prescribed by Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act.

By the Stamp Act passed in 1783, a duty of 3d. was imposed upon every entry in parish registers. This Statute which was highly objectionable to the clergy, as it placed them in the light of tax gatherers, was much evaded, and subsequently in 1794 was repealed.

All previous injunctions were superseded by Rose's Act of Parliament passed in 1812, intituled " An Act for the better regulating and preserving Parish and other Eegisters of Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, in England." It received the Royal assent, July 28th, 1812, and shortly afterwards the King's printer was entrusted to supply each parish with three books of uniform size and arrangement for separate entries, and with no small amount of labour, the whole of the registers for England, upwards of 33,000, were transmitted to their respective parishes by the end of the same year. The Act came into full operation on Jan. 1st, 1813, and is still in force. Whilst this was an Act for the better regulating and preserving .Registers of births, &c., the registration of births was omitted from its pro visions, and strange to say, by an absurd oversight, the penalty of transportation for fourteen years, for making a fictiuious entry is, by a subsequent clause to be equally divided between the informer and the poor of the parish. By this Act all registers when not in actual use, are directed to be deposited in a strong and well painted iron chest, to be provided by every parish and kept in the


cliurch or the house of the officiating clergyman, and copies of the registers are to be annually transmitted to the Bishop's Registrars.

Registers not only contain the usual entries of baptisms, marriages and burials of the forefathers of each parish, but they are frequently found to record entries of events of historical importance, such as remarks on the weather, visitations of the plague, whipping of vagrants, instances of excommunication, briefs, &c., and their value to the antiquary and genealogist is too well known to call for special mention here. Both Nichols and Tkrosby in their Histories of the County, record many of the more curious entries from the Leicestershire Registers.

There are in Leicestershire upwards of 250 parishes and chapelries which have registers dating previous to 1813. Of this number however, only 13 date from the original injunction of 1538, viz :—

Beeby. Saddington. Stonton Wyville. Belton. Saxelby. Stoughton. Buckminster. Scraptoft. Thurnby. Frowlesworth. Shepshed. Wymondham. Loughborough.

That of Castle Donnington commences in 1539. About 25 comnence in 1558 and 1559, and 15 begin with Cromwell's Act of 1653. For good specimens of early registers those of Lough- borough, S. Martin's, Leicester, and Scraptoft, call for special mention. Two original old volumes of Leicestershire parish registers have found their way into our great national libraries, namely the earliest register books of Shackerston and Somerby. The first named is in the Bodleian Library, at Oxford, [Grough MSS., Leicester No. 2J and contains entries from 1558 to 1630. That of Somerby is preserved in the British Museum, [Add. MSS., 24, 802] and extends from 1601 to 1715. These Registers have already been transcribed, and printed in Vol. V. of these Transactions.

It is a matter of regret that so many of early Leicestershire parish registers are now missing. Besides those which were lost during the Commonwealth, several have disappeared within the last century.* Formerly registers were generally left at the mercy of the parish clerk, who was always illiterate and often corrupt, so that there was practically no safeguard whatever against fraud or destruction, if any unscrupulous person cared to

• Since the Third Vol. of the Census Returns for 1831 was issued, giving a list of the Registers then existing in England and Wales, several Leicestershire Registers have been lost. A few odd volumes missing in 1831, have however been found, and restored to their parishes.

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tamper with them. No one, therefore, will now dispute the importance of preserving with the utmost care, a class of im portant records, which time, in spite of accident and negligence, has handed down to us.

NON-PAROCHIAL REGISTERS.

For the benefit of those who may have occasion to consult the register of any Nonconformist place of worship, it should here be stated that such registers prior to 1837, are now in the custody of the Registrar-General, and are preserved at Somerset House, London.

The Register of the Society of Friends, at Leicester, from 1666 to 1772, is preserved at S. Leonard's Church, Leicester.

TRANSCRIPTS OF LEICESTERSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS.

These records are in the custody of A. P. Moore, Esq., Registrar for the Archdeacon of Leicester, and are preserved at Leicester.

As already stated the clergy and churchwardens were directed to forward copies of their registers annually, by the injunction of 1597,* but the practice of transmitting these duplicates was never regular by any parish, and has now almost ceased.

The regular series of transcripts for nearly every parish may be said to commence in 1612, and are generally to be found filed in mixed yearly rolls. Such rolls exist for the following years :—

1612, 1613-4, 1616, 1617-8, 1621, 1622, 1624,1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1632,1633, 1634, 1636, 1637, 1638-39-40. (1 Roll.)

[N.B.—There are no transcripts between 1640 and 1660. The years not mentioned are also missing.]

1660 to 1671,—! large roll. From 1672 to 1885, there are rolls for every year with the exception of the roll for 1725, which appears to be missing.

There is a Book of entries of baptisms at S. Martin's, Leicester, from June, 1777, to Dec., 1785, and some burials 1778.

* Some few transcripts however, of a much earlier date for reasons which cannot be explained, were delivered to the Archdeacon of Leicester, chiefly for the years 1561-2, 1565-6, 1571-2, 1579-80, &c. [Vide column.]

2A VOL. VIII.


Transcripts for S. Leonard's, Leicester, with the exception of the earlier ones, are contained in two bundles. (1) 1793 to 1822. (2) 1823 to 1828-9.

S. Margaret's, Leicester, and the Chapelry of Knighton. Separate transcripts for these are preserved as follows :—

Bundle I. S. Margaret's and Knighton, 1671 to 1799.„ H. „ „ „ „ 1800 „ 1819.„ HI. „ „ » „ 1820 „ 1825.„ IV. „ „ „ „ 1826 „ 1831.

V. S. Margaret's only 1832 „ 1839.„ VI. Knighton only 1832 „ 1843.

S. George's, Leicester, 1 bundle, 1827 to 1836.

It is evident that transcripts of Leicestershire registers were formerly transmitted to the Episcopal Eegistry at Lincoln, for some early ones it appears now exist amongst the records in the Alnwick Tower of the Old Palace, Lincoln, but they appear to be mixed with other.documents. The existing transcripts for certain Leicestershire Parishes, formerly " Peculiars," or exempt jurisdic tions, are now scattered, some being in private hands.

The following list of Leicestershire registers and early tran scripts has been specially compiled for the purpose of reference, and to those who may have occasion to consult either records, it will doubtless be found useful. Every effort has been made to give reliable dates in each case, but some of the transcripts owing to their dilapidated condition could not be assigned to any par ticular parish, and are therefore not embodied in this list. Many of the registers themselves were examined by the compiler, and in some cases the dates were courteously supplied by the clergy or the clerks.

A glance at the register and transcript column will at once show the utility of having the dates of each recorded. Where the original registers are missing, or otherwise imperfect, the tran scripts will in many cases be found useful in filling up the gaps. The transcripts mentioned in the column, only cover the years to which they refer, the regular series as previously stated commence, for most parishes, in 1612. It should here be stated that these transcripts are only accepted as evidence in a Court of Justice, in such cases where the original register is missing or defective.


A DIGEST OF THEPARISH REGISTERS OF LEICESTERSHIRE, in the custody of the Clergy, previous to 1890, with the commencement dates; together with a TABLE OF THE EARLY TRANSCRIPTS, previous to 1612, preserved at Leicester.

Parish.

Ab-Kettleby ...with Holwelland Holt

Allexton

Anstey ...

Appleby Magnawith Appleby Parva

Arnesby

Asfordby

Ashby-de-la- Zouch

with Blackfordby and Woodcote

Holy Trinity

Ashby Folvillewith Barsby and N ewbold Folville

Ashby Magna...

Ashby Parva ...

Deanery.

Framland

Goscote

Akeley

Sparkenhoe

Guthlaxton

Goscote

Akeley

»)

Goscote

Guthlaxton

>,

Register begins.

1580

1636

1571

1572

1602 Throsby mentions

an earlier Register commencing 1588,now missing.

1564

1561

1859

1653

1586

1585

Transcripts for the Years.

1582.

1566.

1573-4. 1575-6, 1583-4, 1584-5.

1589-90.

1561-2, 1587-8.

1574-5-

1579, 1584.

1565-6, 15—, 1590.

1566, 1592-3.


Parish.

Aston Flam villewith Sketchley & Smockington

Attertonincluded withWitherley

Aylestonewith Glen Parva & Lubbesthorpe

Baggraveincluded withHungerton

Bagworthincluded withThornton

Barkby ...with Barkby Thorpe and Hambleton

Barkstone

Barlestone

Barrow-upon- Soar

Barsby ...included withAshby Folville

Barton-in-the-Beans

included withMarket Bosworth,Shackerstone and

Nailstone

Deanery.

Guthlaxton

Guthlaxton

Goscote

Framland

Sparkenhoe

Akeley

Register begins. Transcripts for the iCcirs.

1579 1564, i 566, 1579, 1582, 1590.

1582, 1589-90.

1586

15691655

1563

1561-2, 1565-6, 1581-2, 1583-4, 1591-2.

...1569-70, 1571-2,

1582, 1583,

1564, 1575, 1583-4-

PARJSH REGISTERS OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 399

Parish.

Harwell with Potters Marston and Stapleton

Beaumanorincluded with Woodhouse

Beeby ...

Belgraveformerly includ ing part of Thur- maston

Belton ...

Bescabyincluded with Croxton Kerriel

Billesdon

Bilstoneincluded with MarketBosworth

Birstall

Bittesbyincluded with Claybrooke

Bitteswell

Blaby ...

Blackfordby ...with Boothorpe

Deanery.

Sparkenhoe

Goscote

»,

Akeley

Gartree

Akeley

Guthlaxton

»»

Akeley

Register begins.

Bap. 1 66 1 Mar. 1654 Bur. 1653

1538

1653

1538

1599

1574

1558

1560

1653 Earlier entries in

eluded with Ashby- de-la-Zouch


1574. 1576. I584-5-

1566, 1578-9.

1565-6, 1579. I583-

I583-4-

1563-4. 1572, 1582, 1584,

1561-2, 1565-6.

I 565-6, 1583-4, 1590.

1562, 1565-6,1579, 1584-5. 1589-90.


Parish.

Blaston : S. Giles'

S. Michael's

Boothorpeincluded with Ashby-de-la- Zouch and Blackfordby

Bosworth, Husbands

Bosworth, Market

with Naneby, Osbaston, Carl- ton, Coton, and part of Barton

Botchestonincluded with Ratby

Bottesfordwith Easthorpe and Normanton

Bowden Magna

Branston

Brascoteincluded with

Newbold Verdon

Braunstone ...

Deanery.

Gar tree

M

Gartree

Sparkenhoe

Framland

Gartree

Framland

Guthlaxton

Register begins.

1676

1721 Bap. and Mar. only. Burials at Hallaton

1567

1570

1563

Bap. 1559 Mar. 1564 Bur. 1560

1591

...

1561


1563-4, 1581-2.

1561-2, 1563-4, J 573-4. I576-7-

1580.

1563. I57I-2, 1580, 1582, 1584.

1590. i undated i6th century.

1565-6, 1578, i579-8o, 1582, 1582-3.


Parish. Deanery. Register begins. Transcripts for the Years.

Breedon-on-the-Hill

with Staunton Harold, Tonge, Wilson, Mount, and Newbold

Brentingbyincluded with Thorpe Arnold

Bringhurst with Drayton and Presgrave

Brooksby

BroughtonAstley

with Sutton and Primethorpe

Broughton,Nether

Bruntingthorpe

Buckminster ...with Sewsterne

Burbage

Burrow-on-the-Hill

Burton Lazars

Burton Overy...

Akeley 1562 1561-1563, I583-4-

Gartree

Goscote

Guthlaxton

Framland

Guthlaxton

Framland

Guthlaxton

Framland

Gartree

1640

1767

1581

157°

1616Early Register de

fective.1538

1562

1612Transcript from

1612 to 1623. Regu lar Register begins 1624.

1718Earlier entries in

cluded with Melton Mowbray.

1575

1572, 1581-2, 1595-

1565-6? 1582-3, 1590, 1592-3.

1563-

1566-7,1589-90.

i579-8o.

1563, 1566, 1577, 1579. I58I-2, 1582-3, 1603.

1599-

I57I-2.



Burton-on-the- Wolds

included with Prestwold

Bushby...included with Thurnby

Cadeby ...

Carlton ...

Carlton Curlieu

CastleDonington

Catthorpe

Chadwellsee Wycombe

Clawson, Long

Claybrooke

Coalville

Coleortonwith Orton Saucey

Congerstone

Copt Oak

Sparkenhoe

Gartree

Akeley

Guthlaxton

Framland

Guthlaxton

Sparkenhoe

Akeley

Sparkenhoe

Akeley

1574


cluded with Market Bosworth.

1749Earlier Register

commencing in 1586, lost since 1831.

1539

1573

1558

1701Earlier Registers,

1558 to 1685, are in the possession of Lord Braye at Stan ford Park.

1840

1613

Bap.1854 Mar. 1860 Bur. 1863

1563-4, 1569-70, 1573-4. 1575-6-

1573-4. 1575-6, I576-7-

1571-2.

1563-4, 1583-4, 1595-

1582-3, 1589-90.

1580.

1566? 1569-70, 1584-5. 1589-9°.

1569-70.

PABISH REGISTERS OF LBICBSTBBSHIKE. 403

Parish.

Cosby ...with part of Littlethorpe

Cossington

Coston ...

Cotes ...included with Prestwold

Cotesbatch

Coton ...included with

MarketBosworth

Countesthorpe

Cranoe ...

Croft

Cropstonincluded wilh Thurcaston

Croxton Kerrialwith Bescaby

Croxton, South

Dadlington

Dalby, Great ...

Dalby, Little ...

Dalby-on-the- Wolds

Deanery.

Guthlaxton

Goscote

Framland

Guthlaxton

»

Gartree

Guthlaxton

Framland

Goscote

Sparkenhoe

Goscote

Framland

Goscote

Register begins.

1557

1544

1561

...

1558

1577

1653

1583

Mar. 1558 Bur. 1559 Bapt. 1620

1662 Earlier Register

burnt in 1713.

!?34 Earlier entries inclu ded with Hinckley.

1591

1559

1725


1563. 1579, I582 -3. I589-90» I592-3-

1561-2, 1594.

1579-80.

1589.

...

1565-6, i568-9» 1589-90,1592-3?

J 563-4> J 572.

1565.6, 1568, 1589-90, 1602.

I 577-8 > 1 58°-

1561-2, 1578-9.

1572, 1583-4.

1565-6? 1596.

1580.



Desford

Diseworthwith Langley

Dishley...with Thorpe Acre

Donington-on- the-Heath

included with Ibstock

Donisthorpe ...

Draytonincluded with Bringhurst

Drayton, Fenny

Dunton Bassett

Easthorpeincluded with Bottesford

Easton, Great...

Eastwell

Eaton

Guthlaxton

Akeley

1559

1656


1595 to 1666, formerly at Hathern, now believed to be in the possession of the De Lisle family.

1569, 1583. I590. 1596.

1584.

1584.

Akeley

Sparkenhoe

Guthlaxton

1838

Bap. 1709 Mar. 1712 Bur. 1712

1653

Gartree

Framland

Bap. 1650 Mar. 1652 Bur. 1656

1564

1724Early Register com

mencing in 1591, now missing.

1570, 1570-1, 1574. 1575-6, I584-5-

1561-2, 1565, 1583, 1589-90.

1572, 1581-2, 1583-4, 1595 ?

1582.

PARISH REGISTERS OP LEICESTERSHIRE. 405

Parish.

Edmundthorpe

Elmesthorpe ...

Enderby

Evington

Eye Kettleby ...included with

Melton Mowbtay

Fleckney

Foston ...

Foxton ...

Freeby ...

Frisby ...included withGalby

Frisby-on-the- Wreake

Frowlesworth

Gaddesby

Galby ...with Frisby

Garthorpe

Gilmorton

Deanery.

Framland

Guthlaxton

i»

Gartree

Gartree

Guthlaxton

Gartree

Framland

Goscote

Guthlaxton

Goscote

Gartree

Framland

Guthlaxton

Register begins.

1560

1869

1559

1601


commencing in 1586,now missing.

1690

1653

1604

1659

1538


commencing in 1568, formerly preserved at Rothley, now missing

1591 Not regular till 1609.

1568

1610


1579-80.

1565-6, 1583, 1589-90.

...

1574-5, 1582, 1584, 1596.

1565,? 1565-6, 1589-90.

1563-4, 1583-4.

1587-8, Freeby?

...

1561-2, 1565-6,1587-8.

1566, 1582-3, 1589-90, 1592-3.

1563-4-

1593-

1561-2, 1582-3, 1584-5, 1590,1592-3.



Glenfield

Glen Magna ...

Glen Parvaoriginally included with Aylestone

Glooston

Goadby

GoadbyMarwood

Goldsmith'sGrange

included with Scalford

Griffydamincluded with Breedon and Worthington

Grimstone

Groby ...

Gumley..

Hallaton

Guthlaxton

Gartree

Gartree

Framland

Goscote

Guthlaxton

Gartree

1604

1687

1564

1745The earlier Regis

ter of thisChapelry dating from 1598, has disappeared since 1831.


mentioned by Nichols 1542-1655, now miss ing.

1635


cluded with Ratby.


from 1559 now miss ing.

1566, 1568.

1571-2, 1581, 1584. '595-

I574-5-

1582, 1600.

1572. Gumley ?

1563-4 1581, 1596.


Parish. Deanery.

Halsteadincluded with Tilton

Hambletonincluded with Barkby

Harborough,Market

with S. Mary's in Arden

Harby ...

Hardwickincluded with Shangton

Harston

Hathern

Heather

Hemingtonincluded with Lockington

Higham-on-the-Hill

with Lindley

Hinckleywith Wykin and Hyde

Register begins. Transcripts for the Years.

Gartree

Framland

Framland

Akeley

Sparkenhoe

Sparkenhoe

1571-2, 1575.

1581.

1588


commencing in 1561 placed in a coffin with a corpse and buried about 80 years ago.

I7°7 1581-2. Earlier Register

mentioned by Niehols I commencing in 1564 j now lost.

1563

1619

Bap. 1707 Mar. 1722 Bur. 1708

J 554

1563, 1583-4, 1595-

1569-70, 1575-6, 1583, 1584, 1604.

1563-4, 1564-5,1570, 1573. 1595-6.

1569-70, 1583, 1584.


Parish.

HinckleyHOLY TRINITY

Hoby ...

Holtincluded withMed bourne

Holwell & Holtincluded withAb-Kettleby

Horninghold ...

Hose

Hoton ...

Houghton-on- the-Hill

Hugglescote ...

Humberstone ...

Huncoteincluded withNarborough

Hungartonwith Baggrave, Quenby and Ingarsby

Ibstockwith Donington- on-the- Heath

Deanery.

Sparkenhoe

Goscote

-

Gartree

Framland

Goscote

Gartree

Sparkenhoe

Goscote

Goscote

Sparkenhoe

Register begins.

1843

1562


lost. — Nichols.1688

Earlier Register commencing in 1582 now missing.

1653

1653

1583

1683 The earliest Reg

ister of this parish dating from 1578, has disappeared since 1831

1614

1568


1569.

1561-2, 1582.

1590.

...

1582, 1584.

1569-70, 1575-6, 1588.

1565-6, 1578-9.

1578-9.

1561-2, 1565 ? 1569-70, 1573-4, 1575-6.



Illston-on-the- | Gartree Hill

Ingarsbyincluded with Hungarton

Isley Walton ...

Kegworth

Keyham

Keythorpeincluded with Tugby

KibworthBeauchamp

with Kibworth Harcourt

Kilby ...

Kilworth, North

Kilworth, South

Kimcotewith Walton

Kirby Bellars...

Kirby Muxloe...

Kirkby Mallory

Knaptoftincluded with Shearsby

Akeley

Goscote

Gartree

Guthlaxton

Framland

Guthlaxton

Sparkenhoe

1653

1710Bap. & Mar. only Bur. at Kegworth

1556

1563

1574

1570

1553

1559

1653

1713

1639

1598

1582.

1562 ?

1595-

1572, 1575- 1581-2, 1583-4,1585-

1565-6, 1582-3, 1589-90, 1592-3.

1565-6, 1589-90-

1565-6, 1582-3, 1589-90, 1592-3.

1 1563. 1576, 1579-80.

1561.

1561-2, 1562-3, 1570,1571,1585.


Parish.

Knighton

Knipton...

Knossington ...

Langleyincluded with Diseworth

Langton, Eastwith Langton West

Langton, Thorpe

Langton, Tur ...

Laugh ton

Launde...included with Loddington

Lea Grangeincluded with

Orton-on-the-Hill

Leesthorpeincluded with Pickwell

Leicester: S. Martin's ...

S. Nicholas'...

All Saints' ...

Deanery.

Christianity

Framland

Gartree

Gartree

»»

"

Gartree

Christianity

»»

»>

Register begins.

1654

1562

1558

1581

1606

1693

1754

1558

1560

Bap. 1575 Mar. &Bur. 1571


1575-6, 1579-80, 1581-2, 1592-3.

1564- 1571-2, 1583-4, 1584, 1594-5, 1600.

1569, 1571, 1581-2.

1564, 1571-2, 1581-2, 1583-4.

1571-2.

1563-4, 1571-2, 1579-80.

...

...

...

1565-6.

1565-6.

...

PABISH KBGISTEES OF LBlCBSTEliaHIEE. 411

Parish.

Leicester:S. Mary's

S. Margaret's

S. Leonard's

S. George's ...

Christ Church

Holy Trinity

S.John's

S. Andrew's

S. Matthew's

S. Luke's ...

S. Paul's ...

S. Mark's ...

S. Peter's ...

S. Saviour's...

S. John the Baptist's

Knighton

S. Barnabas',New Hum-berstone

S. Michael's,Belgrave

Leire

Lindley...included withHigham

2B

Deanery.

Christianity

,,

..

.,

..

..

».

„

,.

,,

..

»

..

.,

"

„

„

Guthlaxton

Register begins.

1600

1615

1682

1827

1839

1839

1855

1862

1867

1868

1871

1872

1874

1877

1885

1886

1887

1559


...

1566.

1569, 1589-90,

VOL. VIII.

-11- LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

Parish.

Littlethorpe ...included withCosby and Nar- borough

Lockingtonwith Hemington

Loddingtonwith Launde

Loughborough : All Saints' ... with Knight- thorpe and Woodthorpe

Emmanuel ...

Holy Trinity

Lount ...included withBreedon

Lowesbywith Cold Newton

Lubbenham ...

Lubbesthorpeincluded withAylestone

Lutterworth ...

Mardefieldincluded withOwston

Markfield

Deanery.

Akeley

Goscote

Akeley

>»

j»

Goscote

Register begins.

1557

1554

1538

1838

1879

1653

Gartree 1559

Guthlaxton

Sparkenhoe

J 653

i57i

Transcripts for theYears.

1563-4, 1583-4. 1595- 1599-

1565-6? 1579.

I577-8-

1561-2, 1565-6.

1563-4, 1582, I585-

...

1564, 1565-6, I578-9-

1563-4, 1569,1574-


Parish. Deanery Register begins.

Medbournewith Holt and Bradley

MeltonMowbray I

with EyeKettle- by, Sysonby, Welby, and Burton Lazars

Mistertonwith Poultney, ! and Walcote

Morebarneincluded with j

Orton-on-the-Hill

Mountsorrell: S. Peter's .

Gartree

Framland

Christ Church

Mowsley

Muston ...

Nailstonewith part of Barton

Narborough .with Huncote

and Littlethorpe

Newboldincluded with Breedon

Guthlaxton

Akeley

Gartree

Framland

Sparkenhoe

Guthlaxton

1588

1547


1558

1677

Bap. 1845 Mar. 1857 Bur. 1846

Bap.1660 Mar. 1698 Bur. 1660

Earlier Registers from 1597 now miss ing.

1561

1653

1599

1563-4.

1561-2, 1562-3, 1575-6-

1565-6, 1582-3, 1589-90.

1589-90.

1580.

1563-4, 1569-70,1573-4. 1575-6, 1576-7, 1581.

1565-6, 1569, 1582-3, 1589-90.

•114 LHKJESTKUHH1UE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

Parish. Deanery. Register begins. Transcripts for the 6 ° Years.

NewboldFolville

included with Ashby Folville

NewboldVerdon

with Brascote

NewtonBurgoland

included with Swepstone

Newton, Cold..included with Lowesby

NewtonHarcourt

Sparkenhoe j 1542

Gartree

Newtown GuthlaxtonLinford

iNewtown

Unthank ( included with Ratby

Normantonincluded with Bottesford

J 575

Normanton- on-the-Heath

NormantonTurville

included with Thurlaston

Norton, East ...

Sparkenhoe

Goscote

1695

1721

1563-4, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1572, 1573, 1581, 1584, 1585.

i undated i6th century.

1569-70, 1574, 1585-

1561-2, 1579,

PARISH REGISTERS OK LEICESTERSHIRE. 415

Parish.

Norton juxta-Twycross

Norton, Kings

Noseley

Oadby ...

Oaks, TheCharnwood

Odstoneincluded with Shackerstone

Orton-on-the-Hill

with Lea Grangeand Morebarne

Orton Saucey ... included with Coleorton

Osbastonincluded with

Market Bosworth and Cadeby

Osgathorpe

Othorpeincluded with Slawston

Overton, Cold...

Deanery.

Sparkenhoe

Gartree

Guthlaxton

Akeley

Sparkenhoe

Akeley

Framland

Register begins.

1686Karlier Register

1561 to 1685 missing.

1588

1815

1653

Bap. 1816Mar. 1853Bur. 1816


1657Earlier Registers

from 1594 missing.

1683

I556

1562? 1563-4, 1582.

1563-4, 1565 to 1567, 1569 to1572.

1569, 1572, 1589-90, 1592-3.

1583-4-

1574, 1579-80,1581-2, 1600, 1602 ?


Parish. Deanery.

Owston ...I Gartree with Mardefieldj

Packington ... Akeley with Snibston

Peatling Magna Guthlaxton

Peatling Parva

Peckleton ... Sparkenhoe

Pickwell ... Gartree with Leesthorpe

Plungar ... Framland

Potters Marstonincluded with Barwell

Poultneyincluded with Misterton

Prestwold ... Goscote with Cotes and Burton-on-the- Wolds

Quenbyincluded with Hungarton

Queniborough... Goscote

Quorndon

Register begins. Transcripts for theYears.

Akeley

1701

Bap. 1683 Mar. 1683 Bur. 1677

1565

1711

1567

1572

1695Earlier Registers

destroyed in the last century through the carelessness of the Clerk. See Nichols.

1572, 1580.

1575-

1561-2, 1565-6, 1582-3, 1583, 1590, 1592-3.

1565-6, 1590, 1593-

1569-70, 1584-5.

1560

1561

1576

1579-80, 15 . . 1601.

1578-9, 1583-4.

1561-2, 1565-6, I578-9-

1583-4-


Parish. Deanery. Register begins.

Ragdale ... Goscote 1668with Willowes

Ratby... ... Gutlilaxtonwith Groby, Bot-cheston & New- town Unthank

Ratcliffe Culey Sparkenhoe

Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake

Rearsby

Redmile

Rollestone

Rotherby

Rothley

Saddington

Saltby

Sapcote

Saxby

Saxelbywith Shouldby

Scalfordwith GoldsmithsGrange

Scraptoft

Seagrave

Goscote

, ,

Framland

Gartree

Goscote

Akeley

Gartree

Framland

Guthlaxton

Framland

Goscote

Framland

Gartree

Goscote

1745The earlier Regis

ters of this Parish were accidentally burnt.

1585

1698

1648

1653

1579

1561

1562

1538

1565

Bap. 1564 Mar. 1579Bur. 1579.

1678

1538

1558

1538

1682


1571-2.

1561-2, 1563,1569-70, 1573-4.

I5 66 , !579-

1566.

1579-80.

1572.

1578-9, 1582-3, 1583-4, 1587-8.

1564, 1582.

1579-80, 1580-1.

1569-70, 1583.

1593-

1561-2? 1579,1587-8.

1582.

1572, 1582, 1584.

1561-2.


Parish.

Seal, Nether ... with Seal Over and Donisthorpe

Sewsterneincluded with Buckminster

Shackerstone ...with Odstone

Shangtonwith Hardwick

Sharneford

Shawell

Shearsbywith Knaptoft

Sheepy Magnawith Sheepy Parva

Shenton

Shepshed

Shilton. Earl ...

Shouldbyincluded with Saxelby

Sibstonewith Upton

Sileby

Deanery. Register begins.

Akeley

Sparkenhoe

Gartree

Guthlaxton

M

n

Sparkenhoe

j >

Akeley

Sparkenhoe

Sparkenhoe

Goscote

1566


1558-1630 in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Bap. 1580 Mar. 1581 Bur. 1582

1671

1558

1658

1607

1625

1538


1565, 1583-4.

1561-2, 1563-4, 1566-7, 1569-70, 1585. 1595-

1563-4, 1571-2, 1584.

1565-6, 1572, 1582-3, 1589-90.

1561, 1563, 1565-6, 1582-3, 1589-90.

1562, 1581?

1561-2, 1563, 1575-6, 1584-5.

I584-5-

'55 2 i '570, 1573. I 5 8^-

1558

1568

1563-4, 1584.

1561-2 ?

I'AKISH RKGISTKR8 OK LKtCESTKIlSHLRE.


Skeffington ... Goscote

Sketchleyincluded with Aston Flamville

Slawston ...| Gartrce with Othorpe

SmeetonWesterby

Smockington ...included with Aston Flamville

Snarestone

Snibstonincluded with Pa'ckington

Somerby

Sproxton

Stanton-under-Bardon

included with Thornton

St. Mary's inArder,

included with Market Har- borough

Stapleford

Akeley

Framland

Framland


i59iOriginal Register

of Tugby from 1568 to 1620 preserved here

1559


cluded with Kib- worth.

'559

1563, 1582.

Earlier Register 1601—1715 now in the British Museum.

1640

1573-4-

1580.

1579-80, 1581-2, 1592.

1572, 1584.

1579


Parish Deanery Register begins.

Stapletonincluded with Barwdl

Statherne

StauntonHarold

included with Breedon

StauntonWyville

Stockerston ...

Stoke Golding...

Stonesby

Stoney Stanton

Stoughton

Stretton Magna

Stretton Parva

Sutton Cheney

Sutton-in-the-Elms

included with Broughton Astley

Swannington ...

Framland 1567


1581-2.

Gartree

..

Sparkenhoe

Framland

Guthlaxton

Gartree

it

»»

Sparkenhoe

Akeley

1538

1574

1656

1625

1558

1538

1585

1592

1674

Bap. 1827 Mar. 1853 Bur. 1827

Earlier entries in cluded with Whit- wick.

1563, 1571-2, 1581-2, 1582-3.

J563-4. i583-4-

1561-2, 1563-4, 1564-5. i57o, 1576.

...

1566, 1568-9, 1582-3, 1589-90.

1563-4, 1581-2, 1584.

I 573'4. 1575-6, 1584-5-


Parish.

Swepstonewith NewtonBurgoland

Swinford

Swithland

Sysonbyincluded with

Melton Mowbray

Syston

Theddingworth

Thorntonwith Bagworth and Stanton-under-Bardon

Thorpe Acre ..with Dishley

Deanery. Register begins.

Akeley 1559

Guthlaxton

Akeley

Goscote

Gartree

Sparkenhoe

1741 Earlier Registers

mentioned by Nichols dating from 1559now missing.

1676

1644

1640

1559

Akeley i 1845

Thorpe Arnold Framland 1558


1563-4, 1583-4.

1589, 1589-90, I592-3-

1562.

i573 ? 1574.1576, 1585, 1603.

1596.

1579-80, 1581-2.with Brentingby

Thorpe, Knight- included with Loughborough

Thorpe Goscote Satchville

Thringston Akeley

Thrussington ... Goscote

Thurcaston ... Akeley with Cropston

i 1839 j Mar. only

Earlier entries in eluded with Twyford

1862 Earlier entries in

cluded with Whit wick.

1660

1561

1565, 1584.

1575, 1584.


Parish.

Thurlaston with Normanton Turville, New Hall, and Bassett House

Thurmaston ...

Thurnby with Bushby

Tilton-on-the-Hill

with Halstead

Tongeincluded with Breedon

Tugbywith Keythorpe

Twycrosse

Twyfordwith Thorpe Satchville

Ullesthorpeincluded with Clayhrooke

Ulverscroftincluded with Copt Oak

Uptonincluded with Sibston

Walcoteincluded with Misterton

Deanery.

Guthlaxton

Goscote

Gartree

Goscote

Goscote

Sparkenhoe

Goscote

Register begins.

1587


from 1696 mentioned by Throsby now miss ing- ,

1538

1610

1568Transcript (see

under Skeffington).

1585

1558


1566, 1589-90, 1608.

1561-2, 1581-2.

I563-4. 1574-5. 1581-2, 1583-4.

1561-2, 1565-6, 1568-9, 1578-9.

1561-2, 1578-9, 1583-4-

1563-4, 1570, 1575-6, 1583-4, I584-5-

1561-2, 1578-9.

I'AUISII 11EGISTEIIS OF LEICUSTERSHIUK.


Waltham-on- Framland 1564 the-Wolds;

1579-80, 1581-2.

Waltonincluded with Kimcote

Walton-on- the-Wolds

Wanlip

Wartnaby

Welbyincluded with

Melton Mowbray

Welham

Goscote 1566

Akeley

Goscote

Gartree

Whatton, Long Akeley

Whetstone ... Guthlaxton

Whitwick with Thringstone and Swannington

Wibtoftincluded with Claybrooke

Wigston Magna All Saints' ... including S. Wolstan's

Wigston Parvaincluded with Claybrooke

Willoughby Waterless

Akeley

Guthlaxton

1561

1633

1695

'549

1560

I 6O I

1571

Guthlaxton 1559

1561-2, 1578-9, 1583-4-

1561-2, 1562-3, 1574-5. 1583-

i57i-2 . 1579. 1584. 1595-6.

1574-5. 1584- 1596.

1581, 1583, 1590.

1565-6, 1582-3, I592-3-

1565-6, 1582-3 1589-90, 1592-3.


Parish.

*____

Deanery. Register begins. Transcripts for the Years.

Wilsonincluded with Breedon

Wistow

Withcote

Witherleywith Atterton

Woodcoteincluded withAshby-de-la-Zouch

Woodhouse .with Beau manor

WoodhouseEaves

S. Paul's

Worthington ...with Griffydam

Wycombewith Chadwell

Wyfordby

Wykenincluded with Hinckley

Wymeswold ...

Wymondham..

Gartree

Framland

Sparkenhoe

1588The Marriage Reg

ister 1709 to 1753 contains entries sup posed to belong to Kilby.

1679

1564

Akeley

Goscote

Framland

Goscote

Framland

1623

1844


cluded with Breedon.

1700

1557

1560

1538

1564.

1569-70, 1575-6, 1579. I585-

1579. I583-4-

INDEX.

PAGE.

Accounts, Treasurer's Statement of .. .. 6, 54, 132, 195, 251, 359Alteration of time of Meetings .. .. .. ., 257, 358Annual Summer Meeting for 1893 at Melton Mowbray .. .. 12

ii ii ,, for 1894 at Beeby .. .. .. 57ii ii ii for 1895 at Ely .. .. .. 136

,, ,, for 1896 at St. Albans and Hatfield .. 200,, ,, for 1898 at Bath and Bristol .. .. 362

Appleby Parva, Early Deed relating to .. .. .. 376Asfordby Church visited .. .. .. .. .. 59Ashby-de-la-Zouch Church, Screen at .. .. ..4,130Ashby Folville Church visited .. .. .. .. 60

„ „ „ restored .. .. .. .. 130Ashwell Church visited .. .. .. .. .. 15Aylestone Church restored .. .. .. .. 130Bates, Rev. E. H., exhibits Antiquities. &c. .. .. .. 9, 12

,, „ on a recently discovered Register of Claybrooke .. 27,34,, ,, Notes on a Pamphlet of the Restoration Period .. 30,, ,, on Swinford Church .. .. .. 64„ ,, presents a Photograph to the Society .. .. 67,, ,, on the discovery of an Ancient representation of the

11 Agnus Dei" at Shawell .. .. 68Barkby Church visited .. .. .. .. .. 62Bath, City and Abbey Church of, visited .. .. 362,365Beeby, Annual Summer Meeting at .. .. .. .. 57

Church restored .. .. .. .. .. 53,, ,, visited .. .. .. .. .. 62ii ,, Screen at .. .. .. .. • • 57. 130

Bellairs, Colonel, appointed Delegate to Conference of ArchaeologicalCongress .. .. .. .. 135

,, ,, exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. 10, ii, 25, 29, 57, 254,, ,, on the Roman Roads of Leicestershire .. .. 8,, ,, on the discovery of one of the Main Sewers of Roman

Leicester .. .. .. .. 29, 40,, ,, on the Old Water Pipes found in Leicester .. 140

on the Ancient Leicester Waterworks .. .. 304,, on the Trinity Hospital, The Newarke .. 255.375

,, ,, presents Engravings to the Society .. 56, 135, 136Billson, Mr. C. J., is appointed Librarian .. .. .. 25I

,, ,, presents new Catalogue and reports on Books in theLibrary .. .. .. .. 3 6i

426 INDEX.

PAGE.

Belton Church chancel restored .. .. .. .. 130Bland, Mr. C., reports on discoveries in Gaddesby Church .. 198 Bland, Mr. E., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. .. 379Branstone Church restored .. .. .. .. 355Bristol, City and Cathedral of, visited .. .. .. 366British Record Society, Agreement with .. .. .. 141Bromley, Lady Margaret .. .. .. .. .. 70Bromskell, Oliver .. .. .. .. .. 73Brooks, Mr. T., presents a Photograph to the Society .. .. 57Burgess, J. Tom, F.S.A., the late .. .. .. .. 139Coalville Church restored .. .. .. .. 193Church Langton Church, oak screen at .. .. .. 193Church Restoration in the County .. .. 4, 52, 130, 193, 247, 355Claybrooke Parish Registers .. .. .. .. 34Coston, visited .. .. .. .. .. .. 24Cox, Rev. J. Charles, LL.D,, F.S.A., on the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery

uncovered near Saxby .. .. .. .. 74Dalby Old Church restored .. .. .. .. 131De Mowbray, Mrs, presents " History of Knossington " to the Society 378 Dispensar, Hugh, Grant to, 1228 9 .. .. .. .. 314Draper, Mr. A. T., exhibits Antiquities, &c. ., .. .. 28,256Drummond, Captain, reports on the discoveries of human remains at

Lubbesthorpe .. .. .. .. .. 354Dryden, Sir Henry, Bart., presents the Society with copies of drawing

of the Foxton Cross .. .. .. .. 9Edmundthorpe Church visited .. .. .. .. 15Ely City and Cathedral visited .. .. .. .. 137Fewkes, Mr. J. M.. exhibits Antiquities, &c. 56, 64, 134, 136, 141, 252, 256, 377

,, ,, presents a Map to the Society .. .. 198,, ,, presents a Book to the Society .. .. 252

Fletcher, Rev. William George Dimock, F.S.A.On Lady Margaret Bromley.. .. .. .. 70

,, On a Survey of Leicestershire, 1124—1129 .. 142, 179, 195Presentation of John Wyclif to the Rectory of Lutterworth, 1375 184In Memoriam, Rev Andrew Trollope, B.A. .. .. IggOn the Estates of the Earls of Chester and the Despensers in

certain Leicestershire Manors .. .. .. 2O8On the efforts made to convert Arable Land into Pasture in

Leicestershire in the I5th and i6th centuries .. .. 308 ,, Grant to Hugh Dispensar of a Market and Fair at Lough-

borough, 1228-9 •• •• .. .. 314On Leicestershire Church Briefs .. .. .. 387

Foxton Church restored .. .. .. .. .. 53Foxton Cross .. .. .. .. .. .. gFreeby, visited .. .. .. .. .. 24

INDEX. 427PAGE.

Freeby Church restored .. .. .. .. .. 53Freer, Major W. J., appointed Delegate to the Congress of Archaeological

Societies .. .. .. 135, 199. 206„ exhibits Antiquities, &c , 9, 25, 26, 56, 64, 67, 133, 136, 140,

200, 206, 207, 252, 254, 360. ,, ,, reports on the Jewry Wall .. .. .. 133

,, on the Ancient Monuments Act .. .. 140,, Return as to the Custody of Parish Documents .. 198

Obituary notice of Col. Sir Henry Halford, Bart. .. 291,, „ Report for the year 1892 .. .. .. 3

,. 1893 .. -- •• Si ,, 1894 .. .. .. 129,. 1895 .. .. .. 192.. 1896 .. .. .. 246., 1897 •• •• •• 354

French, Mr. A. D. W., presents a Book to the Society .. .. 205Frisby Church visited .. .. .. .. . • 59Gaddesby Church visited .. .. .. • • • • 60

„ ,, discoveries at .. .. .. . • 198Garthorpe, visited .. .. .. • • • • 24

Church restored .. .. .. •• 193. 247Grantham Church visited .. .. .. . • 24Great Easton Church restored .. .. . • 193Halford, Col. Sir Henry, Bart., Obituary notices of .. .. 251, 291Harrold, Mr. T., exhibits Antiquities, &c., .. 28, 67, 135, 195, 361

,, „ Notes on Stained Glass formerly in a window atSketchley Hall.. .. .. .. 78

Hartopp, Mr. H., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. .. 377,, ,, Calendar of Early Leicestershire Wills and Adminis

trations .. .. 79, 145, 210, 258, 315,, Parish Registers of Leicestershire .. .. 391

,, „ . Transcripts of Parish Registers .. .. 395Hartopp Family, Genealogy of .. .. .. .. 377Hatfield House visited .. .. .. .. .. 200Hinckley Church, Reredos and Screen at .. .. .. 53

,, „ restored .. .. .. .. 248Hind, Mr. W. H., Declaration and Resolutions of the Loyal Lough-

borough Volunteers, 1794 .. .. .. 380„ Muster Roll of the Loughborough Volunteers, 1794 382 „ Leicestershire Old Militia, 1810 .. .. 383

Holyland. Mr. T., Death of .. .. .. .. nHoughton-on-the-Hill Church, Screen at .. .. .. 248

„ ,, restored .. .. .. 356Jackson, Rev. E., elected Hon. Local Secretary for the Lutterworth

District .. .. .. .. 92c VOL. VIII.

428 INDEX.

PAGE.

James, Rev. A. O., reports on the Tenor Bell of All Saints', Leicester .. 55Jewry Wall, Sale of .. .. .. .. .. 133

.r ,, threatened Destruction of .. .. •• 134,, ,, Guardianship of .. .. .. •• 205

Joyce, Mr. M. I., presents the Society with a Transcript of the Surveyof Leicestershire .. .. 179. 2O7

Judd, Mr. H. S., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. .. 9Kelly, William, F.R.H.S., Obituary notice of .. .. .. 64Kimcote Church tower restored .. .. .. •• 53Kirby Sellers Church visited .. .. .. • • 59Kirby, Mr. J., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. 55,133,197.198,361Knight, Mr. S., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. 8,28,67,135,140,141

Death of .. .. .. .. .. 141Leicester, Roman Antiquities found at .. 9, n, 25, 26, 29, 361

,, ,, Pavement found at .. .. .. 375,, Sculptured Stone found at .. .. .. . • 57,, Churches:—

All Saints', Tenor Bell of .. .. .. .. 55Tower restored .. .. ..131,193

St. Martin's .. .. .. .. .. 356St. Margaret's .. .. .. .. .. 356St. Nicholas .. .. .. .. .. 356

Leicester, Mayors of:—John de Stafford (i3th century) .. .. 55John Penny,1481 .. .. .. •• 145Thomas Staples, 1524 .. .. .. 145Thomas Rudyard, 1641 .. .. - • 376

„ Abbey, Relics from .. .. .. .. 199,, the Old Castle Gateway .. .. .. .. 255,, Ancient Waterworks of .. .. .. .. 304

icestershire Roman Roads of .. .. .. .. 8Wills and Administrations of .. 79,145,210,258,315

, Survey of, 1124—1129 .. .. .. .. 179, Parish Documents of .. .. .. .. 198

Old Militia.. .. .. .. .. 383Church Briefs .. .. .. .. 387Parish Registers and Transcripts of .. .. 391

Library, Additions to .. 63, 205, 245, 252, 361, 377, 378London, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of, elected a President of the

Society .. .. .. .. .. 360Long Clawson Church restored .. .. .. .. 53Long Whatton Church, Screen at .. .. .. 132Loughborough, Grant of a Market and Fair at, 1228-9 •• • • 3'4

,, Volunteer Infantry, 1794 .. .. 380, 382Lubbesthorpe, Discovery at .. .. .. .. 354

INDEX. 429

PAGE.

Lutterworth Church, Presentation of John Wyclif to the Rectory of .. 184Market Bosworth Church restored .. ... .. .. 131Melton Mowbray, Annual Summer Meeting at .. .. .. 12

,, ,, Church visited .. .. .. .. 12,, ,, ,, described .. .. .. •• 18,, ,, ,, Chancel restored .. .. .. 5

Morley, Mr. F., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. . 360Nevinson, Mr. G. H., his valuable gift to the Society of Relics from

Leicester Abbey .. .. .. .. .. 199Newtown Linford Church restored .. .. .. .. 131Noseley Chapel restored .. .. .. .. .. 131Oakham, All Saints' Church visited .. .. .. .. 15

Castle visited .. .. .. .. 17Orford, Rev. H. W., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. .. 57Palmer, Colonel, reports on the opening of an old Barrow at Driffield.. 254Peake, Dr. P., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. .. 56Penelope Watches .. .. .. .. .. 7Peterborough Cathedral visited .. .. .. .. 136Queniborough Church visited .. .. .. .. 58Registers, Extracts from Claybrooke .. .. .. 34

„ Leicestershire Parish .. .. .. .. 391Rendell, Rev. A. M., presents Books to the Society .. 63, 245, 377Report, Annual, for 1892 (Thirty-eighth) .. .. .. 3

1893 (Thirty-ninth) .. .. .. 51,, 1894 (Fortieth) .. .. .. .. 129,, 1895 (Forty-first) .. .. .. 192,, 1896 (Forty-second) .. .. .. 246,, 1897 (Forty-third) .. .. .. 354

Roman Remains (see Leicester).Round, Mr. J. H., his discovery of a Leicestershire Survey, 1124—1129 T 4 2Rothley Church visited .. .. .. .. .. 58Rupert's Tower restored .. .. .. .. .. 255Saxby, Anglo-Saxon Cemetery discovered near .. .. .. 74Shawell, Sculptured Stone found at .. .. .. .. 57Sibstone Church restored .. .. .. .. .. 357Sketchley Hall, Stained Glass Window formerly at .. .. 78Sladen, Mr. T., presents Roman Antiquities to the Leicester Museum .. 361 Smith, Mr. B. A., appointed Delegate to Conference to Archaeological

Congress .. .. .. .. .. 135,199South Croxton Church visited .. .. .. .. 62

,, ,, restored .. .. .. .. 193Sproxton, visited .. .. .. .. .. 24St. Albans, City and Abbey visited .. .. .. .. 201Stonesby, visited .. .. .. .. .. 24Swinford Church restored .. .. .. .. 194

480 INDEX.

PACE.

Teigh Church visited .. .. .. .. .. 15Thornton Church restored .. .. .. .. vjfr, 249Thorpe Arnold, visited .. ,. .. .. .. 24Trinity Hospital, Leicester .. .. .. .. 255, 375Trollope, Rev. Andrew, Obituary notice of .. .. .. 196Twyford, Early Deed relating to .. .. .. .. 376Walker, Mr. T., appointed Delegate to Conference of Archaeological

Congress .. .. .. .. .. 256Waltham, visited .. .. .. .. .. 24Wartnaby, Mr. J. W., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. 8, 25, 360, 379Whetstone Church restored .. .. .. ... 250Wills, Sir Edward Bromley, 1626 .. .. .. .. 71

„ Lady Margaret Bromley, 1657.. .. .. .. 73„ Thomas Wilcock, 1585 .. .. .. .. 256„ Thomas Rudyard, 1656 .. .. .. .. 377„ see Leicestershire

Wood, Rev.. C. H., exhibits Antiquities, &c. .. .. .. 5,25„ „ On the Penelope Watches .. .. .. 7

„ presents the Society with a Map of Rushen Castle .. 25 „ „ appointed Delegate to Conference of Archaeological

Congress .. .. .. .. 256Wood, Rev. L. W., Death of .. .. .. .. 9Wyclif, John, Presented to the Rectory of Lutterworth, 1375 .. 184Wymondham Church, visited .. .. .. .. 15

„ „ restored .. .. .. .. 132Young, Mr. J., exhibits Antiquities, &c., .. .. .. 55,256

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