STOKE GOI.DING CHURCH
STOKE GOLDING
I.—Architectural Notes on the Church
BY
A. HAMILTON THOMPSON, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A.
II.—Medieval Manorial History
BY
GEORGE F. FARNHAM, M.A., F.S.A.
I.-NOTES ON THE CHURCH
By A. Hamilton Thompson, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A.
Stoke Golding is a village in the Hundred of Sparkenhoe,
with a population in 1911 of 613 persons, situated 3 miles north­
west from Hinckley and 5 miles south-west from Market
Bosworth.
A gentle declivity about 1\ miles to the north of Hinckley
leads to a lower lying area bounded on the west by a meandering
stream. Here are two villages, close neighbours, Stoke Golding
and Dadlington, less than a mile apart, lying about two miles
south of the site of the Battle of Bosworth Field. Yet nearer
to them, in a hollow about a mile to the north-west, is " White
Moors," the site of Richmond's encampment on the eve of that
. memorable battle. Though lying almost within site of the scene
in which the Wars of the Roses terminated, and from whence a
new dynasty rose to the throne of England, Stoke Golding has
contributed nothing in its brief annals to the history of the
country. Apparently its life passed down the centuries peace­
fully and obscurely. Officially it was but a chapelry attached
to the manor of Hinckley. Nor can it claim to have the distinction
of any illustrious name. One event in its history, however, must
have caused a marked change to its few pastoral inhabitants—
in their relation to the soil. This was in 1605, when instead of
one ownership of nearly the whole of the parish as heretofore,
25 small proprietors obtained possession by the sales of land made
by John, lord Harington.
As in most English villages, the centre of interest in Stoke
Golding has been its church, dedicated to Saint Margaret, and
interest in this particular instance arises largely through the
records it gives of slow development from what was at first
apparently a plain oblong chapel. From the 13th century onwards
can be traced the history of enlargement, of reconstruction and of
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GOLDING CHURCH—SOUTH FRONT
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frequent enrichment at the hands of many unknown benefactors,
resulting in an edifice of simple dignity in its general aspect and
of much beauty in detailed design, until the 15th century, when
the original roof of the nave and chancel was replaced by a
flatter oak beamed and leaded roof. Had this remained! unaltered,
the aspect would still have been agreeable to the eye, but, un­
fortunately, within the last fifty years the roof of the chancel
only was raised again to the former height and covered with
incongruous red tiles, thus leaving between the chancel and' tower
a gap in space, unexpected and disfiguring.
Early in the present year, Mr. Hamilton Thompson, F.S.A.,
paid a brief visit to the church and made notes which must be
regarded as of great value. They are not only comprehensive
and informing as to the stages of development through which the
edifice has passed, but they point to conclusions which successfully
refute any theory, such as had been formerly advanced, that the
south aisle as existing was built in two sections, the first ex­
tending to the length of the arcade and the second an extension
to the full length of the chancel.
We therefore subjoin Mr.
Hamilton Thompson's notes, as follows : —
" The only trace of the earlier church is the portion of wall
which remains between the chancel and the east end of the south
chapel, with another piece to the west, an arch having been cut
through the intervening portion. In the first of these pieces is
a pointed window opening of the thirteenth century.
It is
possible that the church to which these belonged followed the
normal chapel plan and was a plain oblong building without
internal division between nave and chancel, the extent of which
corresponded to that of the present chancel and nave. There is
no indication that it had a tower.
The history of the enlargement and reconstruction of this
simple building appears to be as follows : —
(1) About 1290 a wide south aisle was set out, covering the
entire south side of the church. It was divided into seven bays
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of almost equal width, the second bay, which contains the door­
way, and the east bay being somewhat wider than the others.
There can be no question of a later date for two eastern bays;
externally and internally, the whole aisle is of one build. The
date is clearly settled by the tracery of the windows, which is
contemporary with the rest of the work. These are all of three
lights, alternately, geometrical, with quatrefoiled circles above
trefoils with acutely pointed ends, and of a somewhat more
advanced type, in which are similar trefoils, but the place of the
cusped circles is taken by sharply pointed quatrefoils, formed
within lozenge-shaped figures which are generated by continuing
the curved heads of the mullions to the intrados of the window
arch on either side.
The east window of the aisle is of five
lights, each with cinquefoil cusping. There is a large circle in
the head, containing an inverted trefoil with pierced cusps, and
small trefoiled circles above the side lights. All this work points
to 1290-1300 as the period of building, with which the parapet
of open quatrefoils, the strings, base-courses, and details of the
external buttresses correspond. It may be noted that, in the
second type of lateral window, the intersection of the heads of
the mullions above the middle light of each opening is covered
by a small rosette. This feature occurs in the chancel windows of
Checkley, Staffs., the date of which is c. 1300-10, and again in the
chancel windows of Norbury, Derbyshire, which are rather later,
c. 1320.
Internally, there is a tomb recess, with hood-mould and wide
chamfered arch, set to the east of the fourth bay from the west
end. On the west side of the fifth bay there is a trefoiled piscina,
the head of which interrupts the string course beneath the
window-sill, but which is of the same date as the rest. At the east
end of the south wall is a double; piscina within a cusped opening
beneath a crocketed pediment; this is an insertion of c. 1320.
This aisle has a gabled roof, the tabling for which remains
internally on both sides. This was taken down, and a flat roof
substituted in the fifteenth century.
(2); The arcade which divides the nave from the aisle was not
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begun until the aisle had been set out. It is difficult to believe
that the original intention of the builders was not to continue the
arcade from end to end of the church. They seem, however,
to have abandoned this idea, and to have divided the aisle into
two portions, leaving the south wall of the chancel intact. The
two east bays of the aisle thus formed a separate chapel, which may
have been used as a sacristy, and was probably connected with
the chancel by a doorway in the wall; while there was another
chapel west of this, with its altar near the trefoiled piscina
already mentioned. This chapel was open to the nave by an
arcade of four bays, with richly moulded arches and piers of
quatrefoil section with elaborately carved capitals. The arches
are composed of filletted rolls divided by very deep hollows, and
the pier-shafts are similarly moulded into flatly curved surfaces
with broad fillets on the face and narrow fillets at the sides. All
this work is about 1300. The carving of the capitals, so far as
the foliage is concerned, is of a very advanced character for this
date, and can hardly have been executed as early as 1300 :
ceieris paribus, it might easily be attributed to c. 1330.
The
heads, however, on some of the capitals may be earlier; but in
any case, the arcade cannot have been finished till some time
after 1300, and the carving was probably done after the stones
had been put in place.
The four; bays of the arcade were set out quite independently
of the divisions of the south aisle.
It is obvious that, if the
arcade and aisle had been planned together, there would have
been a correspondence between them. As it is, the reservation
of the old chancel wall and the consequent treatment of the
arcade show clearly that this part of the work was not undertaken
until the building of the aisle was at any rate well advanced.
(3) Subsequently, c. 1330-40, the whole of the north and east
walls were rebuilt. Here, again, there is no exact correspon­
dence with the arcade, but the new north wall Avas set out in six
bays, four of which are in the nave and two in the chancel. It
seems probable that the two west bays were built first, together
with the lower part of the tower. The west bay, with a threelight window, centres very nearly with the opposite bay of the
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south aisle; and the doorway (now blocked) in the second bay is
immediately opposite the south doorway. The remaining bays,
however, were filled with large four-light windows, which contain
flowing tracery of remarkable freedom, the cusping of which is
occasionally of a genuinely flamboyant character and cannot
therefore be much earlier than 1340: these were spaced irregu­
larly to suit the change of design and to prevent a long unpierced
bit of wall at the east end. The five-light east window, with
renewed tracery, is somewhat earlier in type, and shows a return
to the cusped circle as the principle motive; but the elaboration
of the cusping is obviously a refinement of a period much later
than that at which the cusped circle was habitually employed.
The east window is flanked by buttresses of excellent design,
with crocketed and traceried pinnacles. The tracery of these is
simple, but the use of the ogee arch clearly declares its advanced
fourteenth-century character.
This rebuilding may well have been begun soon after 1300,
but has been completed in two pieces. The tower-arch of three
orders, with continuous hollow chamfers, belongs to the earlier
part of the work, and the tower was probably completed as the
rest of the building proceeded, the spire being added later. A
tablet in the north wall, apparently inserted in the later part of
the 17th century, records the rebuilding of the church by Robert
Champaine and Margaret, his wife. As Robert died before 1343,
and his widow survived him for some ten years, this suits the date
of the north and east walls very well; but there is no authentic
evidence to prove the statement and it cannot be true of any other
part of the church.
(4) In the fifteenth century, when the roofs of the church
were flattened, a plain arch, c. 1480, was cut in the south wall of
the chancel, thus connecting the east chapel of the aisle with the
chancel, and probably removing the older doorway between the
two.
The only piece of ancient furniture remaining is the font,
an octagonal stone structure, c. 1350, with two panels carved
with tracery, two with tracer,' and shields, and three with figures
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of St.Margaret, St. Katherine, and a bishop. The eighth side is
plain, and probably had a projection which has been cut away.
It may be noted in conclusion that previous accounts of this
church have assumed that the south aisle is the latest portion of
the building and has been lengthened. This theory is entirely
refuted by the architectural detail, and the story of the archi­
tectural development of the building seems clearly to follow the
line of progress described above."
For the plan of the church we are greatly indebted to Mr.
Albert Herbert, who, on this as on other occasions, has given
much time and trouble to the work in the interests of historical
research.
II.—MANORIAL HISTORY
By George F. Farnham, M.A., F.S.A.
In attempting to trace the medieval manorial history of
Stoke Golding it may be advisable to state that in medieval
documents the village is always called Stoke.
Documentary references to Stoke in medieval times are
scarce, and when the place is named it usually occurs in con­
junction with some other village in the county. Stoke is not
mentioned by name in the Domesday Survey of 1086 or in the
incomplete Leicestershire Survey of 1124-9. It is not until the
commencement of the 13th century that we find any mention of
Stoke at all.
For the period from the Conquest until 1200 we have to rely
on the supposition that Stoke was, manorially speaking, a hamlet
of the manor of Hinckley, the descent of which manor has not
so far been very satisfactorily traced from actual deeds.
At the time of the Domesday Survey the manor of Hinckley
was in the king's hand, because Aubrey de Couci, to whom it had
been granted, had relinquished his English estates and had
retired to Normandy. We are told that the manor of Hinckley
was then given to Hugh de Grentemaisnil, and descended in
some rather obscure way to Petronilla de Grentemaisnil, Hugh's
Petronilla married Robert Blanchmains,
great-granddaughter.
the 3rd earl of Leicester of the Beaumont line, and in this way
the manor of Hinckley became incorporated with the possessions
of the earldom of Leicester, and when, in 1204, Robert, 4th earl
of Leicester died childless, the manor of Hinckley, in the sub­
sequent partition of the Leicester inheritance between the two
sisters and co-heirs of the late earl, was allotted to the honor of
Leicester and not to that of Winchester, and descended with that
aforesaid honor.
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After thg death of Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, at
the battle of Evesham on 4 August, 1265, and the subsequent
forfeiture of his estates, king Henry III bestowed these estates
upon his younger son Edmund, who was created earl of Lan­
caster and Leicester, and so became the chief lord of the manor
of Hinckley and its hamlets.
In the inquisition taken after the death of Edmund, earl of
Lancaster, in 1297, in an extent of the knight's fees held by him
in the county of Leicester, we find that Stoke is twice mentioned,
viz., 1. Two fees held under the earl by Robert de Campania
in Wigston, Thurlaston, Normanton, Croft, Stoke and Upton by
service of suit of court and scutage, i.e., by attending the earl's
manor court and by contributing his proportion of the king's
scutage charged on the earl. 2. One fee in Sapcote, Stoke and
Upton held under the earl by Ralph Basset of Sapcote by the
same service.
From this inquisition we learn definitely that the manorial
rights of Stoke were held under the chief lordship of the earl of
Lancaster by two sub-tenants, Robert de Campania, lord of a
manor in Thurlaston, whose ancestor had been enfeoffed in lands
in Wigston by one of the earls of Leicester towards the end of
the 12th century, and Ralph Basset, lord of the manor of Sap­
cote, a descendant of a cadet branch of the family of Richard
Basset, the justiciar in the reigns of king Henry I and king
Stephen, who had received through royal favour almost the whole
of the possessions which had been granted by the Conqueror to
Robert de Buci in the county of Leicester.
Incidentally, this Robert de Campania, of 1297, provides us
with some interesting information concerning him and the family,
contained in the plea rolls, because in his younger days he had
committed a breach of feudal law by marrying while he was under
age, without the consent of his guardian, who in consequence
claimed the damages due to him. The damages were usually
assessed at two years value of the estates, in this case £341 8s.
9d., the yearly value being £170 14s. Od., and we are told these
estates lay in the counties of Leicester, Northampton and Essex
in England and in Galloway in Scotland. The feudal law gave
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the marriages of infants in their wardship to their guardians, who
usually tried to marry them to one of their own relations, the
sole restriction being that the guardian must not disparage the
heir by offering him, or her, a person who was of inferior status.
The earliest deed that I have found in which Stoke is men­
tioned is a fine of Trinity term, 3 John, 1201, between Geoffrey
Despenser, plaintiff, and Alice de Campania, tenant, by Robert
de Campania, her son, put in her place, i.e., her attorney, of 4
virgates, 9 acres of land in Croft and 3 virgates in Thurlaston.
Geoffrey quitclaimed all his right in the land to Alice and her
heirs for ever, and Alice gave him 6 marks, moreover, in respect
of a virgate of land which the same Geoffrey and Mabel, his wife,
hold of the said Alice in Stoke by a free service of 12d. yearly
and foreign service, Alice quitclaimed the said 12d. rent to
Geoffrey and Mabel and their heirs for ever.
N.B.—This shows that the family of Campania had acquired
an interest in Stoke before the year 1201.
The next reference to Stoke is in the Matriculus of Hugh
Welles, bishop of Lincoln, about 1225, viz., The abbot of Lyra
(in Normandy) is patron of the church of Hinckley, and it has
The chapel of
three chapels, Stoke, Dadlington and Wykin.
Stoke is free, having all sacraments, and it pays synodals as the
mother church 3s. 6d., and has a resident chaplain, ministering
whatever may be necessary, through the prior.
In the 13th century there was resident in Stoke a family
calling itself " of Stoke " concerning whom there are two un­
(Add. Charters 19920
dated charters in the British Museum.
and 21402).
1. Know all men that I, Robert de Campania, have given
and by my present charter have confirmed to Roger son of
William de Stoke in free marriage with Matilda, my daughter, all
the service which William de Stoke, father of the said Roger,
owed me for certain lands in Stoke, together with a meadow called
Segwelle hamme. To hold to Roger and his issue by the said
These being witnesses, William Burdet,
Matilda for ever.
Anchetil Folevill and Theobald de Bellus, knights, Hugh de
Turvill and others.
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N.B.—TJhe date of this charter would be about the middle of
the 13th century before 1260.
2. A charter of Henry, abbot of Leicester, granting a virgate of land with the appurtenances in Stoke to William son of
Roger de Stoke for his homage and service, at a yearly rent of
18d. and foreign service of the king.
N.B.—Henry, abbot of Leicester, was appointed in 1247 and
resigned in September, 1270.
William de Stoke, possibly of Stoke Golding, appears as
one of the executors of the will of John de Bosco, of Claybrook
and elsewhere, in 1290. (De Banco Roll 83, Trin. 18 Edward I,
m. 123, Leyc.)
In 1293, Roger son of William de Stoke, of the county of
Leicester, enrolled a charter granting to Nicholas de Warrewyk
and Joan, his wife, and the heirs of Nicholas, the gift of William
de Stoke in Fulbrook, co. Warwick. (De Banco Roll 98, Hilary,
21 Edward I, m. 139, Leyc.)
In 1308, Juliana who was the wife of William de Stoke sued
Matilda who was the wife of James de la Plaunche for a third
part of 40s. rent in Claybrook as dower.
(De Banco Roll 170,
Easter, 1 Edward II, m. 94).
A fine was levied at Michaelmas, 7 Edward II, 1313, between
Robert the son of Nicholas de Campania, plaintiff, and Roger de
Stoke, defendant of the manor of Thurlaston and 12 messuages,
7 virgatesof land and £7 5s. Sd.rentinWigston. The manor, lands,
etc., are declared to be the right of Roger de Stoke, who granted
them to the said Robert de Campania for life, and after Robert's
death, to Robert the son of Robert de Campania and Margaret
his wife, and their joint issue, and in default of such issue, then
to the right heirs of Robert son of Nicholas de Campania for ever.
This fine is important! for the history of Stoke, because on it
are based several traditions respecting the church of Stoke, and
also because Nichols, in his history of Stoke, vol. iv, p. 715,
makes a serious error respecting it. The story, as related by
Nichols, copied, he says from Burton's notes, is as follows:
" that a certain Sir Roger de Stoke, knight, lord of the manor of
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Stoke Golding, gave the manor of Stoke to Sir Robert de Cam­
pania, knight, in marriage with Margaret, daughter and heir of
Sir Roger, in the reign of king Edward I."
On page 718,
Nichols further says " that Sir Robert de Campania, about the
latter end of the reign of king Edward I, built the existing
church of Stoke Golding, dedicating it (according to the name
of his wife, and in love to her, for that by her he had the said
land) to the honour of St. Margaret," and Nichols gives as his
own and Burton's authority for the first part of the above state­
ment an inquisition taken after the death of Reginald Moton of
Peckleton in 24 Henry VI, 1445. On referring to the original
inquisition of Reginald Moton, I find that, instead of the manor
being Stoke, as Nichols and Burton say, the manor mentioned
is Thurlaston, and the lands are in Wigston, precisely as given
in the fine of 1313, which the inquisition quotes verbatim. The
place Stoke is not mentioned in the inquisition at all.
The correct story is that Robert de Campania, wishing to settle
part of his estates on the marriage of his eldest son and heir
Robert with a certain Margaret, who, possibly, and even
probably, was a daughter of Roger de Stoke, gave his manor of
Thurlaston and certain messuages, lands and rents in Wigston
to Roger de Stoke as trustee so that Roger should regrant them
to him (Robert) for life, and then to his son Robert and Margaret
and their issue in tail. This was the ordinary settlement by way
of grant and regrant.
There is no ground for saying that Roger de Stoke was a
knight and he certainly was not the lord of the manor of Stoke
Golding, and his supposed daughter Margaret does not appear
to have been his heir, neither did Robert and Margaret rebuild
the church of Stoke in the reign of king Edward I, and there is
nothing but tradition to warrant the supposition that the rebuilt
church was dedicated by them to St. Margaret because Robert
de Campania had married a lady whose Christian name happened
to be Margaret. It is quite possible that the original dedication
of the church was in honour of St. Margaret, and that Robert
de Campania, or his father Robert, rebuilt, or added to, the
original church of Stoke. In any case Robert and Margaret
could scarcely have been in a position to spend money on the
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church until gfter the death of Robert's father in 1315, by which
time the son Robert would have succeeded, not only to the pro­
perty entailed by the fine of 1313, but also to his father's estate
in Stoke.
Robert de Campania, the husband of Margaret, died in 1343,
and after his death, his widow Margaret claimed 8 acres of land
in Stoke which she said had been given by Roger de Stoke to
her, and her issue by Robert, her late husband, and which Robert
in his lifetime had demised without his wife's consent to certain
William Assheby and Christiana his wife. Christiana came and
defended her right, and said that Robert de Campania had given
her the land for term of her life, and that the reversion belonged,
not to Margaret, but to Margaret's son and heir William de
Campania.
The Lay Subsidies of 1327 and 1332 show that the family
" of Stoke," though no member was at any time lord of the
manor, were substantial free tenants of the manor, for in the
subsidy of 1327 William de Stoke was taxed 5s. and Adam de
Stoke 2s. 6d, respectively, on their property in Stoke; and in the
subsidy of 1332 William de Stoke was again taxed 5s. and Adam
de Stoke 3s. for lands in Stoke.
William de Campania, son of Robert and Margaret, died on
Christmas day, 1354.
The Leicestershire portion of the
inquisition taken after his death has been lost, but in 1356,
William's widow Alice sued for a third part of the manors of
Thurlaston, Stoke and Wigston with appurtenances in Croft and
Normanton, as dower, of the dotation of William de Campania,
formerly her husband. (De Banco Roll 387, Trinity, 30 Edward
III, m. 88, Leyc.)
After the death of William de Campania, who died without
male issue, his estates descended to his daughter Margaret, who
married ————— Hastings, and from her to her daughter, also
named Margaret, the wife of John Sulne, chivaler. Margaret
Sulne died on or about August 15, 1381. The inquisition taken
after her death states that her heirs were William Daundelyn,
Margaret the wife of Geoffrey Bugge and Elisabeth the wife of
Thomas Hrnt, William and Margaret were aged over 30 and
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Elisabeth was 24 and more; William being the son of Joan
Daundelyn, one of the sisters of William de Campania, while
Margaret and Elisabeth were daughters of Margaret Foucher,
another sister of William de Campania.
The Campania estate at Stoke devolved on the Bugge family,
for in the Close Roll no. 284, m. 16, 1433, Baldwin Bugge, son
of Edmund, son of Geoffrey Bugge and the above Margaret, by
his deed, put his estates in Thurlaston, Stoke, Normanton, Croft
and Wigston into the names of Thomas Crull, clerk, and others,
as trustees. Baldwin died in August, 1435, and in the inquisition
taken after his death, his sister Margaret, late the wife of Richard
Turvill, and now the wife of Reginald Moton, aged 30 years,
was found to be Baldwin's heir.
By her first marriage Margaret had a son William Turvill,
who died in his mother's lifetime, but he left a son John Turvill
who succeeded to Margaret's estates at Stoke and elsewhere at
her death on 5 April, 1474.
N.B.—This explains how the Campania manor in Stoke
came to the family of Turvill, with which family it remained
until the year 1591, when, by a fine levied at Easter, 33 Elisabeth,
Henry Turvill and Anne, his wife, sold to Sir John Harington,
knight, afterwards lord Harington of Exton, the manor of Stoke
Golding and 9 messuages, 16 tofts, 9 gardens, 9 orchards, 400
acres of land, 80 of meadow, 150 of pasture, 1 of wood, 100 of
furze and heath and 5s. 4d. rent in Stoke Golding and Stapleton.
So far, we have been tracing chiefly the descent of the Cam­
pania manor in Stoke; the descent of the Basset of Sapcote manor
in Stoke is less certain owing to the paucity of references.
At the death of Henry, duke of Lancaster in 1361, it was
returned that Ralph Basset held one knight's fee under the duke
in Sapcote, Stoke and Upton. This is identical with the return
made in 1297.
The last Ralph, lord Basset of Sapcote, died
without male issue on 17) July, 1378, his two daughters being his
heirs, namely, Alice, his daughter by his first wife Sibyl, the
daughter of Giles Astley, and then wife of Sir Robert Moton,
knight, of Peckleton, and Elisabeth, his daughter by his second
wife Alice, the daughter of John] Derby, and though only aged 7,
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married to Richard Grey, afterwards lord Grey of Codnor. The
Basset manor in Stoke seems to have been divided between these
daughters.
It is certain that the share inherited by Alice, lady Moton,
descended to the Moton family, because Robert Moton, in his
will dated at Peckleton on 13 June and proved on 20 Oct., 1498,
mentioned his lands and tenements in Stoke, which he wills
should be " mortest " for a chantry to pray for his and his
relations' souls in the event of his heirs dying without lawful issue.
This contingency did not arise, and the property came to his
daughter and eventual heir Elisabeth the wife of Sir John
Harington, knight, the grandfather of the purchaser of the
Campania manor of Stoke from Henry Turvill and his wife in
1591. (P.C.C. Wills. 25 Home.)
The part inherited by Elisabeth, lady Grey of Codnor, seems
to have been acquired by the Swillingtons, for Joan who was the
wife of Roger Swillington died on 20 Sept., 1427, seised of 2
messuages and ij virgates of land in Stoke, as part of her dower.
(Inq. p.m. Henry VI.
File 35).
And Margaret Gra, the
daughter and heir of Roger Swillington, and wife of Sir John
Gra, knight, died on 7 Oct., 1429, seised of 2 messuages and 2|
virgates of land in Stoke, her heir being her second cousin
Elisabeth the daughter of Thomas Swillington and wife of Robert
Sampson. In both inquisitions the property in Stoke is returned
as held of Reginald, lord Grey of Ruthin; but how he came to be
interested in property which was, or should have been, held by
Elisabeth, lady Grey of Codnor, has not been ascertained. (Inq.
p.m. 8 Henry VI. File 46).
The probability is that this portion also came by purchase
into the hands of Sir John Harington, who thus held, by inheri­
tance and by purchase, the whole of the manorial rights of Stoke
and a large part of thd lands. Sir John, who in 1603 was created
lord Harington of Exton, did not hold these lands for long, for
in 1603 he contracted with twenty-five inhabitants of Stoke to
sell to them the lands they held of him. Shortly before this,
lord Harington had bargained with one Basil Trimmell1 to sell to
Trimmell for the sum of £340 " All that the manor house and
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capital messuage of the manor of Stoke Golding with the appur­
tenances in Stoke Golding then or late in the tenure of William
Hilton, with the houses, buildings, stables, orchards, gardens,
commons, fishings, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, privi­
leges, easements, profits and commodities whatsoever with the
same occupied, a rent of 2s. payable as a chief rent yearly for the
land of one Oliver Hynman in Stoke, together with the service
of the said Oliver, a rent of 2s. issuing out of a messuage in the
tenure of Edward Foordc taken to be the lands of Edward
Brookesbye, with the service of the said Edward Brookesbye,
a rent of one penny out of the lands of William Smith in Stoke,
with the service of the said William, a rent of one pound of
pepper out of the lands of John Everard in Dadlington, co.
Leicester, with the service of the said John Everard for the said
land, and all that close of pasture in Stoke called the Great
Parke, one other close called by the name of the Lytle Parkc,
one close called Hemplott, one close divided into two parts
adjoining to the Great Parke and a hedge called Thornetall
hedge, one close called Owpale, one other close of pasture called
the Gulden close in Stoke, in the parish of Hinckley and Dadliiigton, all which were lately in the tenure of the said William
It will be noticed from the above
Hilton or of his assigns."
extract that lord Harington sold to Trimmell the manor house
and certain services due to him as lord of the manor, but appar­
ently he did not sell the manor to anyone. The details of the
sale by lord Harington to the men of Stoke will be found in the
Appendix to this article taken from a Chancery suit of 2 James
I, 1604, H. 14-8.
I have no documentary knowledge of what happened to the
manor of Stoke after lord Harington sold the lands to the twentyfive inhabitants. The inquisitions post mortem printed in the
Appendix show that in 1615, 1621 and 1625, John Dracott, of
Upton, was the holder of some manorial rights in Stoke. By a
fine levied in the octaves of Hilary, 2 Charles I, 1627, John
Dracott and Anne, his wife, and Philip Dracott, son and heir
apparent of the said John, sold the manor of Upton. In 1628
some of the manorial rights in Stoke which had belonged to John
Dracott came into the possession of William Wollaston as held
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With the outbreak of the Civil war,
of his manor^ of Upton.
inquisitions post mortem ceased to be taken and were not
renewed, because the Long Parliament abolished knight service.
This is therefore a convenient time to bring the manorial history
of Stoke Golding to a close.
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APPENDIX.
Lay Subsidy 133-1.
From William de Stoke
Adam de Stoke
Thomas de Hurlee
Richard Gylofre
Roger Alysotes
Ralph Perkyn
Thomas Tholy
Robert Edeke
William Attebyrke
Henry Fareman
1327.
1 Edward III.
Ss.
2s. 6d.
2s.
2s. 6d.
Is.
18d.
Is.
Is.
Is.
3s.
Sum 20s. 6d.
Lay Subsidy 133-2.
From William de Stoke
Adam de Stoke
Thomas de Hurle
Richard Giloffre
Roger Alefot
Ralph Perkyn
Thomas Tholy
Robert Edeke
William Roter
Henry Fareman
1332.
6 Edward III.
Ss.
3s.
2s.
2s. 6d.
2s.
2s.
18d.
21d.
22d.
2s. 5d.
Sum 24s.
Lay Subsidy 133-29, 4 Richard II, 1381.
John Mold.
John Haukyn.
Robert Wath, constable.
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>
)
Poll Tax.
sworn.
From Robert Wath, constable, and Margery his wife, husbandman,
2s.,
Robert Roger and Joan his wife, husbandman, 2s. 2d.
Margery,his daughter, 12d.
Margery Hawkesford, widow, 12d.
Richard Wikehay, labourer, 12d.
John Note, husbandman, 2s.
Adam de Sketehiscleve and Isabell his wife, husbandman, 2s.
Richard Hobbe and Joan his wife, husbandman, 3s.
Margery, his daughter, 6d.
Agnes, his daughter, 6d.
Thomas Smyth and Elena his wife, smith, 2s.
Geoffrey Burke and Amice his wife, labourer, 12d.
Robert Perus and Alice his wife, husbandman, 2s.
Roger Note and Cecily his wife, husbandman, 2s. 2d.
Adam Semens, 12d.
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From Agnes, his maid, 12d.
Elisha Hurdeman and Alice his wife, labourer, 2s.
John Foreman and Alice his wife, husbandman, 2s.
William Wryth and Agnes his wife, carpenter, 2s.
William Flanvile, labourer, 12d.
Joan Hawkyn, servant, 12d.
John Hawkyns and Margery his wife, husbandman, 2s. 2d.
John, his servant, 12d.
Elisabeth Bate, widow, 18d.
Alice, her maid, 6d
John Hobbe and Agnes his wife, miller, 2s.
Robert de Stoke, franklyn, 2s.
Richard Gylofur and Joan his wife, husbandman, 2s.
Richard Cowper and Joan his wife, husbandman, 2s.
John Grene and Agnes his wife, husbandman, 2s.
Joan Toly, widow, 18d.
Thomas, her son, 8d.
Joan, her daughter, 6d.
Margery, her daughter, 6d.
Robert Eldon, workman, 12d.
John Mold and Agnes his wife, husbandman, 2s. 2d.
Joan, their daughter, 12d.
John, servant of the same, 12d.
Emma Fareman, servant, lOd.
Elena Wild, servant, 8d.
Agnes atte Welle, servant, 8d.
Sum total 58 shillings.
Fine, Easter, 33 Elisabeth, 1591.
Between John Harington, knight, and Anne, his wife, plaintiffs,
and Henry Turvile esquire and Anne his wife, defendants of the
manor of Stoke Golding and 9 messuages, 16 tofts, 9 gardens, 9
orchards, 400 acres of land, 80 of meadow, 150 of pasture, 1 of wood,
100 of furze and heath and 5s. 4d. rent in Stoke Goldyng and
Stapelton. The manor is declared to be the right of Sir John
Harington.
Chancery, 2 James I.
H. 14-19.
13 Feb.
1604.
To the Rt. Hon. Thomas, lord Ellismere, lord chancellor of
England.
In all humbleness sheweth unto your good lordship John, lord
Harrington, baron of Exton, and your daily orators Leonard Barrye,
gent., William Whitwick, gent., Oliver Smith, Oliver Hindman,
Henrv Pallett, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Crooke, Richard Hilton,
Thomas Whetston, Richard Bradgate, John Bradford, Nicholas
Dowell, William Smith, William Madgett, Thomas Nutt, Amys
Mabell, Richard Balle, John Dafforne, Richard Boylson, Edward
Foorde, Christopher Hooke, Thomas Saunsom, William Hurst,
William Forman and William Carte, husbandmen, that whereas 6
months since it was contracted, concluded and agreed upon between
the said lord Harrington on the one part, and the said orators and
one Basil Trimmell, gent., of the other part, in manner and form
following—that is to sav that the said lord Harrington, upon good
and valuable consideration of money agreed upon should, by good
assurances and conveyances in the law, convey and assure unto
your said orators severally the several messuages, cottages, lands,
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tenements and hereditaments in Stoke in the county of Leicester
hereafter mentioned and expressed, viz.
Unto the said orator Leonard Barrye and his heirs, one
messuage or tenement with appurtenances, and all those 8 closes
in Stoke aforesaid containing by estimation 100 acres more or less,
in the tenure or occupation of the said Leonard Barrye or his
assigns, whereof some of them were lately taken in and inclosed
out of the common fields of S'toke, and the rest anciently inclosed
and belonging unto the said messuage, and now likewise in the
tenure or occupation of the said Leonard Barrye or of his assigns.
Unto the said orator William Wightwick and his heirs one
close or pasture called the Heath and Fennes hole in Stoke, lately
inclosed and taken in out of the common fields there, containing by
estimation 65 acres, now or late in the tenure or occupation of the
said Richard Bradgate.
Unto the said orator Oliver Smith, the younger, one messuage
or tenement in Stoke and 5 closes, some of them ancient inclosures,
and the rest lately taken in out of the said common fields, con­
taining by estimation 44 acres, and now in the tenure or occupation
of the said Oliver Smith, the elder, or of their assigns.
Unto the said orator Oliver Hindman and his heirs, 2 closes
lying in a place called the Gulden, containing by estimation 60 acres,
2 whereof are ancient inclosures and the rest now taken in out of
the said common fields, then and now in the tenure and occupation
of the said Henry Pallett.
Unto the said orator Thomas Johnson, 4 closes, containing by
estimation 40 acres, one anciently inclosed, and the others lately
taken in out of the common fields of Stoke, and now in the tenure
and occupation of the said Thomas Johnson or of his assigns.
Unto the said orator Thomas Crooke, one messuage with appur­
tenances in Stoke, and 5 closes or pastures containing by estimation
65 acres, one ancient inclosure, and the others lately taken in put
of the common fields there, now or late in the tenure or occupation
of the said Thomas Crooke or of his assigns.
Unto the said orator Richard Hilton, one messuage or tenement
with appurtenances in Stoke, and 3 closes containing by estimation
30 acres lately taken in] out of the common fields there, now or late
in the tenure or occupation of John Bradford.
Unto the said orator Thomas Whetston, one messuage or tene­
ment with appurtenances in Stoke, and 4 closes containing by
estimation 40 acres, one of which closes is ancient inclosure, and
the others lately taken in out of the common fields there.
Unto the said orator Richard Bradgate, one messuage or tene­
ment with appurtenances in Stoke, and 3 closes containing by esti­
mation 30 acres, one of which is ancient inclosure, and the others
lately taken in out of the common fields there, now in the tenure
or occupation of the said Richard Bradgate or of his assigns.
Unto the said orator John Bradford, one messuage or tenement
in Stoke, and 5 closes containing by estimation 30 acres, 2 whereof
are ancient inclosures, and the rest lately taken in out of the
common fields there, now in the tenure or occupation of the
said John Bradford or his assigns.
Unto the said orator Nicholas Dooewell, one messuage or tene­
ment with appurtenances in Stoke, and 5 closes containing by esti­
mation 30 acres, 2 whereof are ancient inclosures, and the rest lately
taken in out of the common fields there and now in the tenure or
occupation of the said Nicholas Dooewell or of his assigns.
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Unto the said orator William Smith, 3 closes in Stoke, con­
taining bj estimation 14 acres, lately taken in out of the common
fields there, and now in the tenure or occupation of the said William
Smith, or of his assigns.
Unto the said orator William Madgett, one messuage or tene­
ment with appurtenances in Stoke, and 4 closes containing 38 acres,
one of which is ancient inclosure, and the others lately taken in
out of the common fields there, and now in the tenure of the said
William Madgett or his assigns.
Unto the said orator Thomas Nutt, one cottage or tenement with
appurtenances in Stoke, and 3 closes containing 6 acres, 2 whereof
are ancient inclosures, and the other lately taken in out of the
common fields there, and now in the tenure of the said Thomas
Nutt or of his assigns.
Unto the said Amys Mabell, one cottage or tenement with
appurtenances in Stoke and 2 closes containing 5 acres lately taken
in out of the common fields there, now in the tenure of the said
Amys Mabell.
Unto the said Richard Balle, 3 closes in Stoke, containing 6
acres, lately taken in out of the common fields there, and now in
the tenure of the said Richard Balle or of his assigns.
Unto the said John Dafforne, 4 closes in S'toke, containing 6 acres,
whereof one is ancient inclosure, and the others lately taken in out of
the common fields there, and now in the tenure of the said John
Dafforne.
Unto the said Richard Boylson, one cottage or tenement with
appurtenances in Stoke, and 2 closes containing 6 acres lately
inclosed out of the common fields there, and now in the tenure of
the said Richard Boylson or of his assigns.
Unto the said Edward Foorde, one close containing 1 acre,
lately inclosed out of the common fields there, and now in the
tenure of the said Edward Foorde or of his assigns.
Unto the said Christopher Hooke, 2 closes in Stoke, containing
28 acres, one anciently inclosed and the other new inclosed out of
the common fields there, and now in the tenure of the said Chris­
topher Hooke or of his assign.
Unto the said Thomas Saunsom and his heirs, the moiety of
one close in Stoke, containing 25 acres lately inclosed out of the
common fields there, and now in the joint tenure of the said Thomas
Saunsom and William Hurst.
Unto the said William Hurste and his heirs, the other moiety
-of the said last mentioned close.
Unto the said William Farmer, one close in Stoke, lately taken
in out of the common fields there, containing 20 acres and now in
the tenure of the said William Farmer or of his assigns.
Unto the said William Carte, one messuage or tenement in
-Stoke, and 5 closes containing 90 acres, lately taken in out of the
common fields there, and now in the tenure of the said William
Carte or of his assigns.
Unto the said Basil Trimmell and his heirs, one messuage or
tenement in Stoke by name of the manor house or capital messuage,
in the tenure of William Hilton and Richard Hilton, and 8 closes con­
taining 100 acres in the tenure of William Hilton and Richard Hilton,
whereof 3 are anciently inclosed, and the rest lately taken in out
of the common fields there, and certain chief rents and a Ib. of
pepper chief, and the service and seignory thereof.
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And the said lord Harrington, for further assurance and sure
making of the premises, should upon reasonable request unto him to
be made, levy one or more fines of the premises by any name or
names as by the said orators, the said intended purchasers, and by
the said Basil Trimmell, or their counsel learned in the law,
should be devised, unto one or more person, and to his or their
heirs, to the use of the said connisee or connisees, and his or their
heirs, to make him or them tenants of the freehold of the said
premises whereby a writ of entry in le post might be brought
against him or them that should be connisees in the said fine, and
the connisee or connisees in the said fine should vouch over the
said lord Harrington and the lady Anne his wife, and they the
common vouchee, that thereby a recovery might be had of the said
premises and execution thereof, according to the manner of common
recovery in such cases used, which said recovery and the full intent
of the same and the recoveries in the same shall be seised and the
said recovery should be and inure, and should be deemed and taken
to be and inure, unto the several use and uses above mentioned and
expressed of the several purchases according to the said bargain,
and to no other use or uses, for accomplishment of which said
agreement and contract the said lord Harrington (first and before
any estate was made of any of the premises into any of the
residue of the said orators) made, sealed and delivered an Indenture
of bargain of sale and executed a deed of feoffment unto the said
Basil Trimmell of All that the said manor house or .capital messuage,
closes and chief rents by him contracted for, which the said lord
Harrington, as is aforesaid^ and afterwards by like bargain and sale
and deed of feoffment, executed unto every one of the said orators
of the said messuages, lands, etc., by them contracted for with
the said lord Harrington.
But now it is that the said Basil Trimmell, over and besides the
said premises by him contracted for, as aforesaid, hath also con­
veyed and assured unto him and his heirs in and by his indenture
of bargain and sale and deed of feoffment by general words there
conveyed contrary to the true meaning (as is perceived or at least
doubted of by some of your orators' counsel) all other lands be­
longing to the said manor of Stoke or parcel thereof by these
general words therein contained, viz., " All that the manor of
Stoke aforesaid and all and singular the rights, privileges, heredita­
ments and appurtenances belonging to the said manor of Stoke or
parcel thereof and not bargained and sold to the other the tenants
or purchasers of the other several lands belonging to the said manor
or parcel thereof " whereas in truth your orators had contracted
for their several estates, but had no assurance of the same, when
the said assurance was executed to the said Trimmell, but 3'our
orators' assurances were severally executed from the lord Har­
rington, although bargained for before as aforesaid, after the
assurance of the said Trimmell, and so they are void and of no
force or effect to convey these several premises meant and intended
unto them and their heirs as aforesaid.
And your said orators, the said intended purchasers (being now
as the case standeth) enforced to take their assurances from the
said Basil Trimmell, must take the same, subject and charged, as
well with a title of dower of the now wife of the said Trimmell, as
also be incumbered and charged with statutes, recognitions, exe­
cutions, rents and other charges, leases, estates and encumbrances
here before had or made, or hereafter and before the making of such
assurances to be had or made, by the said Basil to your said orators,
contrary to the said contract and agreement so made as aforesaid,
and the true intent and meaning of all parties thereunto, to the
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great undbing and hindrance of all your said orators, the said in­
tended purchasers, who have engaged their whole estates upon the
said purchases, if some speedy remedy be not herein taken and
provided by your good lordship, etc.
Your said orators pray therefore for a writ of subpoena to be
directed to the said Basil Trimmell, etc.
Basil Trimmell answers, under date 1 May, 1605, that one
William Wighman, gent., being put in Trust to deal for lord Harrington for the sale of the manor of Stoke, co. Leicester, and of
the lands, tenements and hereditaments of lord Harrington in
Stoke, this defendant did, about the time the said complainants
concluded and bargained for their lands and tenements which they
pretend by their said bill to have bought of the said lord Harring­
ton, conclude and fully agree with the said William Wightman, in
consideration of the sum of £340 to be paid to the said lord Har­
rington, his executors and assigns, that he, the said lord Harring­
ton, and his heirs should convey to this defendant and his heirs
All that the manor house and capital messuage of the manor of
Stoke Golding with appurtenances situate in Stoke Golding, then
or late in the tenure of William Hilton, with the houses, buildings,
stables, backsides, orchards, gardens, commons, fishings, lands,
tenements, meadows, pastures, privileges, easements, profits, and
commodities whatsoever with the same occupied, and the rent of 2s.
yearly payable as a chief rent for the land of one Oliver Hynman
in Stoke, with the service of the said Oliver, the rent of 2s. issuing
out of one messuage in the tenure of Edward Foorde, taken to be
the lands of Edward Brookesbye, with the service of the said
Edward Brookesbye, the rent of one penny out of the lands
of William Smith in Stoke, with the service of the said William
Smith, the rent of a Ib. of pepper out of the lands of John Everard
in Dadlington, co. Leicester, with the service of the said John
Everard for the said land, and all that close of pasture in Stoke
Golding called the Great Parke, one other close called by the name
of the Lytle Parke, one close called Hemplott, one close divided into
two parts, adjoining to the Great Parke and a hedge called Thorntall
hedge, one close called Owpale, one other close or pasture called
the Olden close in Stoke, in the parish of Hinckley and Dadlington,
all which were lately in the tenure of the said William Hilton or
of his assigns, etc., by virtue of which he taketh it he ought to
have all hereditaments, parcel of the said manor, not bargained or
agreed to be bargained to the said complainants, and that whatsoever
the said general words may work in law, yet his intent and meaning
never was that his said bargain should frustrate or diminish the
said several bargains, purchases or contracts of the particular lands
which the said complainants purchased from the said lord Harring­
ton or contracted for, etc.
Fine, Trinity 3 weeks, 3 James I, 1605.
Between Richard Boughton esquire, plaintiff, and John Har­
rington, knight, lord Harrington of Exton, and Anne his wife,
Basil Trimmell, gent., and Lucy his wife, Leonard Barry, gent.,
William Wightwick, gent., Oliver Smyth, Oliver Hindman, Henry
Pallett, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Crooks, Richard Hilton, Thomas
Whetston, Richard Bradgate, John Bratford, Nicholas Dowell,
William Smythe, William Magett, Thomas Nutt, Anne Mabell,
Richard Balle, John Dafforne, Richard Boylson, Edward Forde,
Christopher Hooke, Thomas Sansome, William Hurste, William
Farmer, and William Carte, defendants of the manor of Stoke
Goldinge and 12 messuages, 4 cottages, 1 dovehouse, 20 gardens,
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20 orchards, 200 acres of land, 140 of meadow, 160 of pasture, 500
of furze and heath and 2s. 3d. rent and the rent of a Ib. of pepper in
Stoke Goldinge, Hinckley and Dadlington. The property is declared
to be the right of Richard Boughton and his heirs, and he gave the
defendants £600.
Fine, Oct. Purification, 4 James I, 1607.
Between Basil Trimmell, gent., plaintiff, and William Magitt,
esquire, and Katherine his wife, defendants of a messuage, an
orchard, 10 acres of land, 5 of meadow, and 20 of pasture in Stoke
Golding.
Inquisition p.m. Thomas Saunsom, of Hinckley, yeoman,
Series ii, File 685/86. Taken at Hinckley on 20 Dec., 9 James I,
1611.
The jury say that Thomas died seised of 2 messuages or tene­
ments in Hinckley in his demesne as of fee, also of a virgate of
land in Hinckley which: are now in the tenure of Thomas Sansoum,
the son of the said Thomas; and of 2 closes in Stoke Golding in
the same tenure.
By indenture dated 21 Oct., 6 James I (1608), made between
Thomas Sansoum, of one part, and Richard Bent, of Stoney Stanton,
of the other part, and in consideration of his love for his son, and
for a marriage to be had between the said Thomas Sansoum and
Jane Bent, the daughter of Richard Bent, Thomas Sansoum (the
father) enfeoffed certain Richard Samen and Edward Hurst in the
above property, as trustees for the uses mentioned in the aforesaid
indenture; namely, to the use of himself for his life, and then as
to one moiety for Thomas Saunsom (the son) and the said Jane, and
their joint issue; and the other moiety to the use of Isabel, the wife
of Thomas S'aunsom (the father) for term of life of the said Isabel.
Thomas Saunsom died on 17 June, 9 James I, 1611.
Thomas Saunsom is his eldest son and heir and aged 22 years
and more.
Isabel survives and lives at Hinckley.
The premises were held of the king, as of the honor of Tutbury,
parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, in free and common socage, and
worth 10s.
Lay Subsidy 134-284, 9 James I, 1611.
From Leonard Barrie, gent.,
in lands
William Carte,
„
William Smith,
in goods
Henry Pallet,
in goods
Oliver Hindman,
„
Amys Mabell,
,,
Richard Everton,
,,
Stoake.
30s. tax 2s.
£2
2s. 8d.
£3
3s.
£3
3s.
£3
3s.
£3
3s.
£3
3s.
Sum 19s. 8d.
Inquisition p.m. Leonard Barrie, gent., Series ii, File 685/70.
Taken at Hinckley on 23 August, 13 James I, 1615.
The jury say that Leonard was seised in his demesne as of fee
of a messuage or tenement, a cottage, 60 acres of pasture and 10 of
meadow in Stoke Goldinge, now in the tenure of Marie Barrie, late
the wife of the aforesaid Leonard, which premises are parcel of the
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manor gf Stoke Goldinge, and the manor is held of John Dracott,
esquire, as of his manor of Upton, in free socage, by suit of court
and 10s. yearly rent, and worth 10s. Leonard Barrie made his will
on 24 Nov., 1614, and willed the property to Marie Barrie, then his
wife, and after her death to John Barrie, the son and heir of the
said Leonard, and to Elisabeth the wife of John, and their joint
issue.
Leonard Barrie died on 20 Jan., 1614, at Stoke Goldinge.
John Barrie, gent., is his son and heir, and aged 26 years and
more.
Inquisition p.m. Basil Trymnell, Series ii, File 389/115.
Taken at Hinckley on 26 Sept., 19 James I, 1621.
The Jury say that Basil was seised long before his death in his
demesne as of fee of a capital messuage in Stoke Golding, and
divers separate rents attaining to the sum of 2s. 3d. and a Ib. of
pepper issuing out of lands of Oliver Hynman, Edward Ford, William
Smyth and John Everard in Stoke Golding; and also of 5 virgate^
of land, meadow and pasture in Stoke Golding in the occupation of
the said Basil, parcel of certain lands there called " Turvile's
lands " and formerly parcel of the manor of Stoke Golding called
" Turvile's manor," and the residue parcel of certain lands com­
monly called " Harrington's lands," formerly parcel of the manor
of Stoke Golding called " Harrington's manor." On 8 February
last, Basil Trymmell made his will, and willed that Lucy, then his
wife and now his relict, should enjoy the property in Stoke Golding
for her life, and then it should remain to William Trymmell, his
eldest son, and his issue males.
Basil Trymmell was also seised in his demesne as of fee of a
messuage and half virgate of land, meadow and pasture in Hynckley, purchased from Samuel Messenger, of Hynckley, yeoman; and
of another messuage in Hynckley purchased from Edward Wightman, late of Hynckley, gent., and Alice, his wife; and a close of
pasture formerly part of the demesne land of the manor of Hynck­
ley, in a place called " the Typpyng Stockinge " purchased from
Thomas Sansonm, Thomas Smyth, Ralph Robinson and Thomas
Wightman, lords of the manor of Hynckley.
By indenture dated 2 March, 18 James I (1621), Basil Trymmell
settled the Hynckley property to certain trustees, viz., Humphrey
Coles of the Middle Temple, London, Laurence Makepeace, of the
Inner Temple, London, gent., Richard Blason, of London, gent.,
Henry Tadlowe of the city of Coventry, gent., and Joseph Craddoke,
of Husbands Boseworth, gent., in order to raise £300 for George
Trymmell, the younger son of the said Basil, at 22 years of age,
and if the said George should die before he attains the age of 22,
then the aforesaid sum of money shall be equally divided between
the daughters of the said Basil.
Basil Trymmell died on 12 March last.
William Trymmell is his son and heir and aged 15 years.
The capital messuage in Stoke Golding was held of John Draycott, esq., as of his manor of Upton, by fealty only, in free and
common socage, and worth 40 shillings.
Turvile's lands were held of the king, as of his honor of
Leicester, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, by knight service,
namely, by a hundredth part of a knight's fee and worth 20 shillings.
The premises in Hynckley were held of the king, as of his honor
of Tutbury, in free and common socage, and worth 10 shillings.
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Fine, Easter, 1 Charles I, 1625.
Between Brian Ball, plaintiff, and Ralph Wightman and
Katherine his wife, defendants of 17 acres of pasture in Stoke
Golding. The plaintiff gave the defendants £41 for a quitclaim of
the land.
Inquisition p.m. Thomas Johnson, of Heigham, yeoman,
Series ii, File 674/73. Taken at Hinckley on 8 Oct., 1 Charles
I, 1625.
The jury say that Thomas died seised in his demesne as of fee
of 38 acres of land and' pasture in Stoke Goldinge, of which 32 acres
were held of John Dracott, esquire, as of his manor of Upton, by
fealty and suit of court.
Thomas Johnson died at Heigham on 29 Jan., 21 James I, 1624.
William Johnson is his son and heir, and aged 32 years and more.
Inquisition p.m. Edward Brokesby, Series ii, File 709/182.
Taken at Leicester on 16 Sept., 4 Charles I, 1628.
The jury say that Edward died seised in his demesne as of fee
of a messuage, 2 cottages, and 120 acres of land, meadow and pasture
in Stoke Golding, of the value of 20s. held of the king, as of the
honor of Hinckley, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, in free and
common socage, by fealty, suit of court and a yearly rent of 12d.
for all service.
Edward Brokesby died on 23 December last.
Francis Brokesby is his son and heir, and aged 46 at his father's
death.
Inquisition p.m. Thomas Crooks, Series ii, File 709/184.
Taken at Hinckley on 24 Sept., 4 Charles I, 1628.
The jury say that Thomas died seised in his demesne as of fee
of a messuage and 40 acres of land, meadow and pasture in Stoke
Golding, worth 6s. 8d.; and held of William Wollaston, as of his
manor of Upton, formerly Dracott's manor, in free and common
socage, by fealty and a yearly rent of 9d. and suit of court.
Thomas Crooks died on 31 March, 3 Charles I, 1627.
William Crooks is his son and next heir, and aged 23 years and
more
Inquisition p.m. George Doewell, Series ii, File 495/87.
Taken at Leicester on 26'September, 9 Charles I, 1633.
The jury say that long before his death George Doewell was
seised in his demesne as of fee of a messuage and 27 acres of
meadow in Stoke Golding. On 23 March, 1633, he made his will
and willed to Joan, then his wife, one moiety of the above, and the
other moiety to his brother, Thomas Doewell, for his life, the
reversion to Elisabeth Doewell, the daughter of Daniel Doewell, of
Stoke Golding, another brother of the said George, and the heirs
of the said Elisabeth.
George Doewell died at Stoke Golding on 25 March, 8 Charles I,
1633. Thomas Doewell is his brother and next heir and aged 40
and more.
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Inquisition p.m. Francis Brokesby, Series ii, File 504/62.
Taken at Leicester on 2 April, 10 Charles I, 1634.
The jury say that a certain Edward Brokesby, the father of the
said Francis, by his charter dated 26 Sept., 8 James I, 1610, in con­
sideration of a marriage between the said Francis and a certain
Elisabeth Wright, settled part of his property to certain trustees
for uses, viz., to his own use for his life, then as to half to the use
of Alice, then his wife, for life, and then to Francis and Elisabeth,
and as to the other half to the use of Francis for his life, and then
to his issue, and in default of such issue, to the use of George
Brokesby, his second son, and his issue, in default to the use of
Edward, his third son, and his issue.
Francis Brokesby married Elisabeth Wright on 5 Oct., 8 James
I, at Stoke Golding.
Francis Brokesby died on 5 Dec. last at Stoke Golding.
Obediah Brokesby is his son and heir, and aged 19 years, 10
months.
The messuage, 2 cottages and part of the land were held of
Ralph Robinson and Thomas Wightman, as of their manor of
Hinckley, by fealty, suit of court of the manor of Hinckley, and
worth £4.
Inquisition p.m. William Bradford, Series ii, File 504/52.
Taken at Leicester on 16 September, 10 Charles I, 1634.
The jury say that long before the death of William, a certain
John Bradford, the father of the said William, was seised in his
demesne as of fee of a messuage and 5 closes of pasture abutting
on the common street of Stoke Golding towards the west called
" Green lane close, le Slade close, Ryland's close, Catthorne close
and le Gulden close," held of the king, as of his honor of Leicester,
parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, by knight service, and worth 5s.,
and they were called " Turvile's lands "; and a moiety of 2 closes
in S'toke Golding, of which the other moiety belongs to Edward
Brokesby, held of William Wollaston, as of his manor of Upton,
in free and common socage, by fealty and suit of court, and worth
4 marks.
On 4 May, 18 James I, 1620, in consideration of a marriage
between William, the son and heir apparent of the said John Brad­
ford; and Elisabeth Cart, the daughter of William Cart, the elder,
of Stoke Golding, John Bradford enfeoffed certain persons as
trustees for uses, etc.
William Bradford died at Stoke Golding on 22 March, 1633.
Elisabeth his wife, survives. William Bradford, the younger,
is his son and heir, and aged 6 years.
Inquisition p.m. William Bradgate, yeoman, Series ii, File
562/71. Taken at Leicester on 16 May, 14 Charles I, 1638.
The jury say that William was seised in his demesne as of fee
of a messuage with appurtenances in Stoke Golding and of a close
to the same messuage adjoining called " Flaxleys " containing 1£
acres; and of another close in Stoke Golding called " Beane hill "
containing 24 acres; and of another close in Stoke Golding called
" Oldene " containing 5 acres.
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William Bradgate died on 13 March last at Stoke Golding.
Obediah Bradgate is his son and next heir and aged 15 years.
Oldene was held of the king as of his honor of Leicester, parcel
of the duchy of Lancaster, by knight service, and worth 2 shillings.
The messuage and other premises were held of the manor of
Hinckley by fealty and suit of court, and worth 10 shillings.
Inquisition p.m. Thomas Hindman, Series ii, File 474/73.
Taken at Leicester on 30 September, 16 Charles I, 1640.
The jury say that Thomas Hindman and Joan his wife were
seised in their demesne as of fee for themselves and the heirs of
Thomas, of the gift of a certain Oliver Hindman, the father of the
said Thomas, now deceased, of a capital messuage and 2 virgates
of land, meadow and pasture in Stoke Golding, containing 76 acres
of land; of which 10 acres were called " Turyill's land " and for­
merly were parcel of the manor of Stoke Golding called " Turvill's
manor," and 30 of the other acres were called " Harrington's land."
The capital messuage and part of the land were held of Basil Trimnill, gent., as of his manor of Stoke Golding, by fealty, suit of
court of the manor and a yearly rent of 2s. and worth 10s.
John Hindman is his son and heir and aged 7 years and 14 weeks.
Thomas Hindman died at Stoke Golding on 26 July, 1618. Joan
survives at Stoke Golding.
Inquisition p.m. Bryan Ball, Series ii, File 703/75.
at Leicester on 6 October, 16 Charles I, 1640.
Taken
The jury say that long before the death of the said Bryan Ball,
a certain John Pywall was seised in his demesne as of fee of a
messuage formerly in the tenure of one Ralph Porter and a close of
pasture in Stoke Golding used with the said messuage, and of a
cottage and of another close of pasture in Stoke Golding in the
tenure of William Watson, and of all those closes of pasture and
meadow in Stoke Golding lately called " Wyndmyll field " and of
a windmill in Stoke Golding.
And John Pywall, so seised, a fine was levied on the quindene
of St. Martin, 20 James I, 1622, between Bryan Ball, plaintiff, and
the said John Pywall and Frances his wife and William Pywall,
defendants of the aforesaid premises; which fine was levied to the
use of the said Bryan Ball and Elisabeth his wife and the heirs of
Bryan for ever.
And the said Bryan, long before his death, was seised in his
demesne as of fee of a close of pasture called " Twelve Acres " in
Stoke Golding, late the land of Ralph Wightman, and of another
close of pasture in Stoke Golding called " Crabtree close " con­
taining 1J acres, late the land of the said Ralph Wightman, and of
another close of 2 acres in Stoke Golding, late the land of the said
Ralph and now in the occupation of William Hobson, and of
another close of pasture in Stoke Golding called " le Two Leys "
containing one acre, late the land of the said Ralph Wightman,
and of a messuage in Coventry in a street there called " Little
park street."
Bryan Ball enfeoffed certain persons as trustees for uses by
a deed dated 24 October, 5 Charles I, 1629, to hold the above
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property to the use of the said Bryah for life and then to Elisabeth,
his wife, for her life.
Bryan Ball died on 10 March last at Coventry.
Bryan Ball is his son and heir and aged 24 years and mort.
Crabtree close was held of the king, as of the honor of Leicester,
by knight service, viz., by a two hundredth part of a knight's fee,
and worth: 6d.
The other lands were held of William Wollaston, esquire, as of
his manor of Upton, in free and common socage, by fealty and suit
of court, and worth 13s.
Deed at Quorn House, 1641.
Indenture made on 21 August, 17 Charles I, between William
Trymnell, of S'toke Golding, co. Leicester, gent., of one part; and
John Bale, of Carlton Curlieue, co. Leicester, esquire, William
Roberts, the younger, of Sutton Cheyney, co. Leicester, gent., and
George Goodman, of Crofte, co. Leicester, clerk, of the other part,
witnesses that the said William Trymnell, in consideration of a
marriage shortly to be had between him, the said William, and Joan
Goodman, the daughter of Thomas Goodman, of Fpxton, yeoman,
and in consideration of the sum of £600 paid to William Trymnell
by the said Thomas Goodman for the marriage portion of the said
Joan, and for making a joynture for Joan if she happen to survive
William Trymnell, he (William) has granted to John Bale and the
- others, as trustees, All that the manor of Stoke Golding with its
rights and members, and all that capital messuage or manor house
situate in Stoke Golding, now or late in the occupation of Edward
Bray, gent., and Lucy, his wife, and a close of pasture commonly
called " the Little park," and a close called " the Hampcott," and
another close of pasture adjoining the Great park and a hedge
called " Thornetayle hedge," and 2 other closes or pasture grounds
called " Owpolls " adjoining to the fields of Dadlmgton and Barwell, another close of pasture in a place called " Oldenor Woulden,"
and those closes called Maggetts or Madgets, and a meadow called
" Great Meadowe," which said last mentioned closes contain 44
acres, in the tenure of Christopher Hooke, John Martin and
William Crooke.
N.B.—Edward Bray's wife Lucy was mother of William
Trvmnell.
Lay Subsidy 251-9, 18 Charles II, 1666.
Mrs. Abigail Duell
William Watson
Richard Greene
Thomas Crooke
Michael Cowdale
Will. Bradford
Mrs. Hinman
John Smith
Thomas Wyatt
John Marlin
William Crooke
William Nutt
William Ball
Mrs. Sibley
2 hearths.
2
2
1
0
3
5
1
10
1
2
3
1
4
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Mr. John Wyatt, sen. 5 hearths
Thomas Daniell
William Porter
Will. Hilton, sen.
William Pegg
3
1
1
2
Mr. Henry Firebras 6
Mr. Obadiah Brooksby 5
Richard Hilton
Will. Hilton, jun.
William Hooke
Robert Roulston
Thomas Crooke
Thomas Daffarne
1
1
2
3
2
1
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