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Bound volume of manorial court records, Manor of Laces alias Clifton. On the cover is written "N.B. In another Book there are Duplicates of the Minutes of the Court held 11th April 1721 and all the subsequent Courts in this Book". The court proceedings are in Latin for the following periods: 1638-1650 and 1661-1810 otherwise they are in English.
The volume contains:
- the proceedings themselves (pp.1-241);
- an account of freeholders of the manor, alphabetically by surname for the period 1638-1731 (pp. unnumbered);
- actions by which customary land was transferred, alphabetically by surname for the letters A to C and R to S and W for the period 1640-1731;
- an extensive index of personal names of those involved in business (not including the Homage and Jurors) comprising those below:
Albon, William
Alborne, William
Allen, William
Arch, John
Arnald, Martha (sister of John Rizeley)
Arnald, Richard (son of Martha)
Askham, Frances (daughter of Dingley Askham)
Austin, Daniel
Baker, William
Barber, William
Barry, Richard
Baskerville, John
Basterfells, John
Bedcoat, Thomas
Bedford, Isaac
Bedford, Samuel
Bennett, William
Billin, Samuel
Blundell, Thomas (son of Thomas)
Blundell, William
Bower, James
Bower, Thomas
Bowers, James
Bowers, Thomas
Brace, John (son of William)
Brace, Thomas
Brace, William (brother of John)
Brace, William (son of Thomas)
Bray, Margaret
Bray, Mary
Bray, Rebecca
Bray, Thomas
Briscoe, Thomas
Browne, John
Browne, Mary
Bunyon, Winifred (sister of William Campion)
Burkley, William
Burley, William
Campion, Mary
Campion, Mary (sister of William)
Chambers, John
Cherrie, John
Cherrie, Thomas (nephew of Thomas Cherrie)
Clarke, Lucy
Cole, Joseph
Compton, Robert
Constable, John
Cope, Edward
Cotton, Philip
Cotton, Thomas (nephew of Philip Cotton)
Crompton, John
Croote, Elizabeth
Crouch, John
Crouch, Richard
Cumberland, William
Dansie
Dere, Solomon
Dilly, George
Dilly, Robert
Edwards, George
Fage, Thomas (son of Thomas)
Field, John
Freeman, Mary
Gazeley, James
Glymester, Frances
Goodman, Matthew
Green, Thomas
Gresham, Richard
Gurrey, John
Halleley, Christopher
Hanger, Edward
Hanger, William (son of Alice)
Hanscombe, Jeremy
Harvey
Harvey, Edmund
Harvey, Elizabeth
Harvey, John
Hatch, James
Hicks, George
Jiggle, Elizabeth (sister of William Campion)
Kimpton, Henry
Kimpton, Henry (son of Henry)
Kinaston, Rev.Thomas
Lawrence, Thomas
Lincoln, William
Lucas, Baroness
Lucas, William
Lumbard, Thomas
Lumbard, Thomas (son of Thomas)
Miles, Hester
Mugliston, Mary (wife of Benjamin ne Mary Dixie)
Neale, Andrew
Neale, Mary
Newdick, Robert
Norris, John
Olivier, Daniel Stephen
Ongley, Samuel
Osborn, Dr.Thomas
Osborn, Sir Danvers
Osborn, Sir George
Page, Thomas
Page, Thomas (nephew of Thomas Page)
Parker, John
Perrott, Robert
Pestell, Thomas
Phipps, John
Plummer, Robert
Poynter, Daniel
Pratt, Elizabeth
Pratt, James
Randall, Ann
Randall, Elizabeth
Randall, Henry
Randall, Isaac
Randall, Luckitt
Randall, Mordecai (son of Isaac)
Randall, William
Reynolds, Israel
Rhodes, Benjamin
Robb, George
Roberts, William
Rolt, Walter
Rotherham, Philip
Sam, George
Sam, Robert
Samm, Thomas
Samm, William
Sewersby, John (nephew of John Sewersby)
Sharpless, Isaac Henry
Sheffield, Elizabeth
Squire, John (son of Thomas)
Squire, Thomas (son of Thomas and Mary)
Sutton, Thomas
Swinglehurst, Isaac
Swinglehurst, John
Thredder, Rose
Tingay, Jasper
Tingay/Tingey, Thomas (cousin of Thomas Tingay, son of Thomas Tingay)
Townsend, Robert
Townsend, William (son of William)
Walker, Joel
Wallsum, Thomas
Warner, Mary
Wells, Thomas
Wheeler, Agnes
Whitbread, Henry
Whitbread, Samuel
Whittingstall, Mary
Whitton, John
Whitton, Richard (cousin of Richard Whitton)
Willows, Ann (daughter of Thomas, sister of Elizabeth and Mary)
Willows, Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas, sister of Mary and Ann)
Willows, Hannah
Willows, Mary (daughter of Thomas, sister of Elizabeth and Ann)
Willows, Robert
Willows, Sarah
Willows, Thomas
Wright, Charles (son of William)
Wright, William
Zerrar, John Frederick
The Lords of the Manor include:
1638-1640: Walter Rolt;
1641: Woolstan Dixie;
gap 1641-1645;
1645: Walter Rolt and Woolstan Dixie;
1646-1648: Walter Rolt and John Dixie
1650-1659: John Dixie;
1659: Walter Rolt and John Dixie;
1661: Walter Rolt;
1662-1679: John Dixie;
1687: Beamont Dixie;
1689-1703: William Symcotts;
1706: Samuel Smith, John Crawley and Elizabeth Symcotts;
1710-1725: Penelope Smith, John Crawley and Anne, his wife, Elizabeth Symcotts;
1728-1731: Anne Crawley and Elizabeth Symcotts;
1739: Anne Crawley, Elizabeth Symcotts and Thomas Crawley;
1746-1750: Thomas Crawley;
1754-1774: Rev.John Lord;
1779-1796: Mary Lord;
1804: Simpson Anderson;
1809-1810: Samuel Henley Ongley
The Stewards include:
1638-1662: Jonathan Waller;
1665-1690: Ralph Baldwyn;
1694: William Holgate;
1695-1700: Jonathan Waller;
1703-1706: John Cumberland;
1710-1713: William Crumpe;
1721-1739: Christopher Theed;
1746-1762: Marshe Dickinson;
1771-1793: Richard Tristram;
1788-1796: William Wilshere the younger (Isaac Coxall Deputy)
1804-1810: Isaac Hindley
Homage and Jurors:
- 8 Oct 1638 (Clifton): Henry Whitbread; Mordecai Randall; Michael Sheffield; Thomas Briscoe; Richard Willows; Robert Willows; Richard Carter; John Swinglehurst; William Pizeley; Thomas Mathew; Arthur Hemstock; Humphrey Cumberland;
- 10 Oct 1638 (Laces): Henry Whitbread; Thomas Swinglehurst; Michael Sheffield; George Parker; Francis Manning; Arthur Hemstock; Mordecai Randall; Thomas Briscoe; Richard Willows; Robert Willows; John Oliver; Richard Carter; William Pizeley; Humphrey Cumberland; Robert Fann; Anthony Field; Thomas Mathew;
- 25 Apr 1639 (Clifton): George Bray; Richard Willows; Michael Sheffield;
- 24 Oct 1639 (Clifton): Arthur Hemstock; Michael Sheffield; Henry Whitbread; Richard Willows; Robert Willows; Thomas Briscoe; Richard Carter; John Oliver; Thomas Mathew; Richard Dilley; George Newell; George Rizeley;
- 24 Oct 1639 (Laces): William Cumberland; Edward Berry; Francis Manning; George Parker; Thomas Swinglehurst; Thomas Ekinks; Edward Hills; Arthur Hemstock; Mordecai Randall; John Mokes; William Pizeley; Robert Fann
- 21 Apr 1640 (Clifton): William Brace; Robert Willows; William Pizeley; Thomas Briscoe
- 4 Mar 1641 (Laces): Thomas Swinglehurst; Arthur Hemstock; William Pizeley; George Parker
- 21 Oct 1641 (Clifton): Henry Whitbread; William Suersby; William Vinteman; William Fuller; Thomas Sam; Robert Willows; John Alban; Francis Manninge
- 21 Oct 1641 (Laces): William Cumberland; George Parker; Thomas Swinglehurst; Mordecai Randall; John Cherrie; William Socklyn; William Clarke; Thomas Mathews; William Oliver; John Mokes; William Pizely; William Barber
- 6 Jun 1645 (Clifton): Henry Whitbread; Thomas Briscoe; John Swinglehurst; William Albon
- 30 Mar 1646 (Laces): Thomas Oliver; Edward Thredder; John Albon; George Brawne; William Albon; William Pizeley; Thomas Sam; Richard Dilley; William Moncton; William Socklyn; John Woodroof; Thomas Beadles
- 30 Mar 1646 (Clifton): Henry Whitbread; Mordecai Randall; Arthur Hempstock; William Megar; Thomas Briscoe; William Fuller; William Oliver; George Parker; Thomas Blundell; Thomas Mathew; William Sewersbie; John Swinglehurst; George Rizeley
- 26 Oct 1648 (Clifton): William Sewersbie; John Whitbread; William Woodfield; Joseph Taylor; Robert Dillie; Richard Carter; George Brawne; Thomas Beadles; Richard Smith; William Pizely; John Albon; this Tingay; John Maples
- 26 Oct 1648 (Laces): Mordecai Randall; Thomas Oliver; John Oliver; Thomas Briscoe; Thomas Mathew; John Cherry; William Fuller; William Albon; George Rizeley; William Oliver; William Brace; Henry Whitbread
- 21 Oct 1650 (Clifton): Mordecai Randall; Thomas Briscoe; William Albon; William Pizeley; John Swinglehurst; George Rizeley; William Oliver; George Brawne; Robert Willows; Thomas Mathew; Robert Dilley; John Cherry
- 21 Oct 1650 (Laces): Mordecai Randall; Thomas Briscoe; William Albon; William Pizeley; John Swinglehurst; George Rizeley; Robert Willows; William Swinglehurst; John Cherry; Robert Dilley; Thomas Mathew; George Brawne
- 29 Apr 1652 (Clifton): John Whitbread; Henry Whitbread; Nicholas Sharp; Samuel Hills; Robert Willows; John Sewersby; Samuel Berry; John Maples; George Brane; Thomas Cherry; Leonard Field; Robert Chandler
- 29 Apr 1652 (Laces): John Oliver; William Barber; Clement Kefford; William Swinglehurst; William Albon; William Pizeley; William Socklyn; Mordecai Randall; Jasper Tingay; Robert Dilley; George Rizeley; Thomas Mathew
- 5 Oct 1652 (Clifton): William Socklyn; Robert Willows; William Albon; George Brane
- 24 Jan 1653 (Clifton): John Sewersby; Mordecai Randall; William Oliver; William Pizeley; William Albon; George Brane
- 26 Oct 1654 (Clifton): William Barber of Shefford; George Brane; Thomas Sutton; Thomas Mathew; Samuel Berry; Thomas Carter; Robert Dilley
- 26 Oct 1654 (Laces): William Cumberland the elder, gentleman; John Sam; Mordecai Randall; Thomas Briscoe; William Oliver; William Pizeley; John Sewersby; Robert Willows; John Maples; William Barber of Clifton; Joseph Taylor; William Albon
- 30 Apr 1655 (Clifton): Mordecai Randall; John Samm; William Pizeley; William Barker; Thomas Mathew; George Brane; William Sewersby; Joseph Taylor; William Swinglehurst; John Maples; Robert Dilley; William Baker; William Albon
- 30 Apr 1655 (Laces): Mordecai Randall; John Samm; Samuel Hills; William Pizeley; George Brane; William Swinglehurst; John Sewersby; Joseph Taylor; John Maples; Robert Dilley; William Barber; William Albon; Thomas Lambert
- 23 Oct 1656 (Clifton): Samuel Hills; Robert Willows; Edward Thredder; Robert Chandler; Joseph Taylor; George Brane; Thomas Briscoe; William Pizeley; William Albon; Thomas Mathew; Samuel Berry; Robert Dilley; William Barber the elder
- 23 Oct 1656 (Laces): Mordecai Randall; Samuel Berry; Thomas Mathew; Robert Dilley; John Sewersby; William Swinglehurst; Thomas Briscoe; John Sam; William Albon; William Pizeley; William Barber senior; George Brane; Paul Fletcher
- 5 Oct 1657 (Clifton): William Baker; Samuel Hills; William Pizeley; Thomas Blundell; William Barber; William Albon; Robert Chandler; William Sheffield; Jonathan Chambers; Thomas Cherrie; Thomas Mathew; Thomas Willshere
- 5 Oct 1657 (Laces): William Baker; William Pizeley; Thomas Wilshere; Samuel Hills; James Pratt; William Sheffield; Robert Chandler; William Albon
- 18 Apr 1659 (Clifton): John Sewersby; William Barber; William Sewersby; Robert Willows; John Albon; John Maples; Robert Chandler; George Taylor; Isaac Randall; William Clarke; Thomas Lambert; William Albon
- 18 Apr 1659 (Laces): Samuel Hill; Thomas Briscoe; Thomas Mathew; William Swinglehurst; Samuel Berry; William Pizeley; William Barber; Thomas Cherrie; Robert Dilley; George Palmer; John Sam; George Brane; William Sheffield
- 15 Apr 1661 (Clifton): Samuel Hill; Isaac Randall; William Pizeley; Samuel Berry junior; William Albon; John Sewersby; Paul Fletcher; Joseph Taylor; George Taylor junior; Robert Chandler; Michael Sam; Thomas Mathews
- 15 Apr 1661 (Laces): William Cumberland junior; Joseph Taylor; William Swinglehurst; John Sewersby; Isaac Randall; Thomas Mathew; Michael Sam; William Pizeley; George Taylor; Samuel Hill; William Sewersby junior; William Albon
- 9 Oct 1662 (Clifton): Samuel Bedford; John Trice; Richard Halleley; William Cumberland; William Rizeley; Thomas Wyan; William Crouch; Oliver Thody; Thomas Matchett; Michael Sam; Samuel Matchell; James Pratt; Robert Dilly
- 9 Oct 1662 (Laces): Samuel Bedford; John Trice; Richard Halleley; William Cumberland; William Pizeley; Thomas Wyan; William Crouch; Oliver Thody; Thomas Mathew; Michael Sam; Samuel Mathew; James Pratt; Robert Dilly
- 19 Oct 1665 (Clifton): Thomas Briscoe; Isaac Randall; Robert Willows; William Albon; Peter Ivory; Edward Hogg; Thomas Wyan; Michael Sam; John Albon; William Pizeley; Samuel Mathews; William Oliver; Joseph Taylor
- 19 Oct 1665 (Laces): Thomas Briscoe; Isaac Randall; Robert Willows; William Albon; Peter Ivory; Edward Hogg; Thomas Wyn; Michael Sam; John Albon; William Pizeley; Samuel Mathews; William Oliver
- 26 Oct 1674 (Clifton): William Swinglehurst alias Oliver; Thomas Cherrie; William Barber; Robert Willows; William Albon; Peter Ivory; Edward Hogg; Michael Sam; Thomas Wyan; Joel Walker; Thomas Blundell; Thomas Tingay
- 26 Oct 1674 (Laces): William Albon; William Brace
- 2 Oct 1676 (Clifton): Peter Ivory; William Swinglehurst alias Oliver; William Albon; James Pratt; Michael Samms; Samuel Hills; Edward Hogg; James Albon; Solomon Deere; Edward Greene; John Sams; George Hanscombe
- 2 Oct 1676 (Laces): William Swinglehurst alias Oliver; Solomon Deare; James Pratt; William Albon; Peter Ivory; Michael Sam; Samuel Hill; Edward Hogg; James Albon; Edward Green; John Sam; Jeremy Hanscombe
- 25 Apr 1679 (Clifton): William Swinglehurst alias Oliver; Thomas Wyn; Michael Sam; William Albon; Edward Hogg; Samuel Mathews; Thomas Blundell; George Ventiman; Thomas Tingay; William Brancklin; James Pratt; Robert Willows; William Barber
- 25 Apr 1679 (Laces): William Swinglehurst alias Oliver; Thomas Wyn; Michael Sam; William Albon; Edward Hogg; Samuel Mathews; Thomas Blundell; George Ventiman; Thomas Tingay; William Brancklin; James Pratt; Robert Willows; William Barber
- 23 Oct 1679 (Clifton): Thomas Wyn; William Swinglehurst alias Oliver; Thomas Bronn; James Pratt; Edward Hogg; Thomas Winch; George Baldocke; Samuel Hills; William Branklin; William Albon; Thomas Tingay; Michael Samm
- 8 Apr 1687 (Clifton): Thomas Willows; Robert Willows
- 25 Mar 1689 (Clifton): Thomas Brace, gentleman; Thomas Fage; Solomon Deere
- 28 Mar 1689 (Laces): Thomas Lovelidge junior; Thomas Wynch; John Stringer; William Meager; Edward Hogg; George Greene; Michael Samm; Richard Cooper; John Tingay; William Newell; Thomas Fage; Richard Sampson; Solomon Deere; Simon Pearson
- 9 May 1690 (Clifton): Thomas Fage; William Blundell; William Albon
- 26 Mar 1694 (Clifton): John Constable; Thomas Fage; William Albon
- 9 Jun 1695 (Clifton): Thomas Fage; Robert Willows; William Albon
- 20 Jun 1698 (Clifton): William Fitton; Andrew Neale; William Albon
- 11 Apr 1700 (Laces): William Cumberland; John Baskerville; Andrew Neale; Thomas Willows; William Albon; Samuel Mathew; William Lovell; John Mathew; Thomas Gambald; William Meager; James Powell; Mathew Humberston; John Baskerville and William Meager constables
- 2 Aug 1703 (Clifton): William Albone; John Basterfield; Andrew Neale
- 1 Apr 1706 (Clifton): William Cumberland; Samuel Mathew; Thomas Palmer; John Mathew; Thomas Winch; Edward Ford; John Baskerville; William Albone; Andrew Neale; Thomas Gamble; Henry Richardson; Benjamin Osmon
- 24 Oct 1706 (Clifton): William Cumberland; William Albone; Andrew Neale; Richard Fletcher; Thomas Winch; Matthew Humberston; William Meger; Richard Hogg; John Tingey; Thomas Gamble; Edward Ford; John Fitton; John Baskerfield; John Pedly
- 25 Oct 1710 (Clifton): Thomas Winch; Thomas Gamboll; Edward Ford; Richard Fletcher; Andrew Neale; Henry Richardson; William Albon; John Pedly; Thomas Fage; William Meager; John Mathew; Richard Hogg; Mathew Humberston
- 18 Oct 1711 (Clifton): William Rudd; John Mathew; John Pedley; John Tingey senior; Thomas Gamboll; William Baker; Thomas Deely; Richard Hogg; William Meager; Mathew Humberston; Thomas Winch; Richard Fletcher; Andrew Neale; William Albone; Richard Cooper; Henry Richardson; John Bowsier
- 17 Oct 1712 (Clifton): John Pedley; Richard Hogg; William Meager; Mathew Umberston; William Sisley; John Mathews; Richard Fletcher; Andrew Neale; William Albon; Thomas Harris; Ludovic York; John Tingey; Richard Crouch
- 11 Apr 1721 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Crouch; Henry Richardson; Thomas Winch; Richard Fletcher; Richard Smith; William Lyles; Thomas Harris; Thomas Petty; Ludovic York; Richard Hogg; John Tingey; Thomas Dilly (William Albon and Andrew Neale for Court Baron)
- 29 Mar 1725 (Laces alias Clifton): Richard Smith; Andrew Neale; William Albon; Abraham Ansell; Richard Crouch; John Windmill; Nicholas Lock; Abraham Deer; William Rogers; John Tingey; Robert Figen; Richard Hogg; John Field
- 24 Apr 1728 (Laces alias Clifton): Robert Fidgen; Andrew Neale; John Baskerville; John Whitmore; Mathew Archer; Thomas Dilly; William Cooper; John Matthew; Thomas Harris; John Field; Richard Fletcher; John Austin; Richard Hogg; Abraham Wilson; Thomas Wells (John Willows and Richard Crouch at Court Baron)
- 28 May 1729 (Laces alias Clifton): William Albon; Richard Crouch
- 22 Apr 1731 (Laces alias Clifton): William Albon; Joseph Gilman; Thomas Wells; John Matthew; James Hawkins; Thomas Dilley; John Tingey junior; Thomas Appleford; William Cooper; Richard Crouch; William Carter; Thomas Meager; John Field; Andrew Neale; John Witney (Andrew Neale, Mathew Goodman and John Baskerfield at Court Baron)
- 10 Oct 1739 (Laces alias Clifton): Richard Crouch; Thomas Sell; Thomas Wells; John Tingey; John Austin; William Ward; William Albon; Thomas Harris; William Favell; William Carter; Andrew Neale; Henry Chevins; Joseph Gilman; Thomas Dilley; Robert Fidgen; William Cooke; Lewis York; Mathew Archer; Thomas Meager; William Cooper; John Field; John Baskerville alias Baskerfield
- 11 Oct 1746 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Page; John Basterfield; John Field; Edward Deer; Samuel Neal; Thomas Mager; Thomas Dilley; Thomas Pain; Thomas Wells; John Whitney; John Tingey; Joseph Gilman (Thomas Squire; Robert Townsend; John Basterfield at Court Baron)
- 9 Jun 1750 (Laces alias Clifton): John Baskerville; John Whitton
- 21 Oct 1754 (Laces alias Clifton): James Hanscombe; Robert Townsend; John Basterfelld; Thomas Page; Abraham Whitton; John Field; Thomas Dilly; Thomas Neger; John Cabbrington; Samuel Neal; Christopher Batts; Joseph Lock; William Rogers; Mathew Archer (Robert Townsend and John Basterfelld at Court Baron)
- 11 Oct 1762 (Laces alias Clifton): James Hanscombe; Thomas Page; John Field; Samuel Neeve; William Godfrey; John Basterfelld; Robert Devonshire; Thomas Dilley; William Huckle; John Covington; William Tansley; Thomas Purryer; Daniel Daniel; Joseph Gillman; Thomas Squier
- 3 Jul 1771 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Page; John Crouch; Thomas Feage
- 15 Aug 1774 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Page; Thomas Squire
- 29 Apr 1779 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Page; John Young
- 8 May 1783 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Page; John Young
- 15 Oct 1788 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Page; John Young
- 19 May and 20 Oct 1796 (Laces alias Clifton): Thomas Page; John Young
- 6 Feb 1804 (Laces alias Clifton): John Arch; John Phipps; John Crouch
- 15 May 1809 (Laces alias Clifton): John Field; John Arch; George Neal; William Roberts
- 19 Feb 1810 (Laces alias Clifton): John Phipp; John Arch