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BURTON OVERY. Indenture made I August, 36 Hen. VIII, by which John Beaumont of Gracedew, co. Leicester , for the sum of £12 demises to John Weston of Burton Overey and Edward his son a close of land in Burton Overey, lately belonging to the monastery of the meadows at Leicester for 200 years at an annual rent of 14 1/2d.

ENDERBYE. Indenture made 1 Nov., 34 Q. Elizabeth, by which sir George Hastings of Goppishill in the county of Leicester, kt., in consideration of the receipt of £500, lets to farm the rectory of Enderbie for 31 years, to Dyonise Orme, citizen and merchant taylor of London , at an annual rent of £9 6s. 8d.

Indenture made 1 June, 35 Elizabeth, by which the right hon. Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., grants to Dionise Orme of London, merchant taylor, the manor of Enderby in the county of Leicester. Deed recites a previous grant of the manor to his brother sir George Hastings for 2000 years, at an annual rent of £22.

HINCKLEY. Exemplification of a grant of a yearly pension of £5 6s. 8d. to the parish priest of Hynkeley, out of the late possessions of the dissolved monastery of Mountegrace, co. of York. Dated at Westminster, 12 Feb., 36 Hen. VIII.

WYTHCOK alias WYTHYCOK, &c. Letters patent of King Hen. VIII; dated at Westminster, 18 July, 36 of his reign, granting to John Beaumont, esq., in consideration of the payment of £1040 4s. 2d., certain lands, &c. in Wythcok alias Wythycok, co. Leicester, part of the late dissolved monastery of Launde in the same county, together with several other properties.

STENE. Pardon under the sign manual of K. Henry VII. to Thomas Barker of Stenemor for the alleged taking of arms at Bosworth felde. Dated at the manor of Richemount, 27 November, 21 of his reign.

King Henry VIII, by letters sealed, confirms the union and incorporation of the churches or chapels of Hedyngton, Merston, Byndesey, Churchill, Frytewell, Ellsfylde, Wornall, Oclee, Bryll, Borstall, Overwinchindon, Fallewysley, Great [Preston] and Little Preston, Welton, West Haddon, Stratton, Norton, Coldeassheby, Daventre, Throppe, Throppe-Mondewell, Foxston, Stalforde, Byssebroke, Chycheley, Newporte Paynell, Ascewodde, Wyllyn, Sandeforde, Wodde pery, Douton basset, Ragdale, Aston, Bromyngham, Rudeby and Wettwange, in Lincoln, Lichfield, and York dioceses; also annual portions from the churches or parishes of St. Giles without the walls of Oxford, Fulthorn, Beckeley, Lovyngham, Uppelamborn, and Sonyngwell, in the dioceses of Lincoln and Salisbury, formerly belonging to the suppressed monasteries of St. Frideswide, Tyckford, Littlemore, and Canwall; made by Thomas Crumwell, K.G., to King Henry VIII's college in Oxford. Dated 31 July, 1537, and 29 year of his reign. [Wigram no. 96]

Confirmation of their possessions in the diocese of Worcester to T⟨ewkesbury⟩ , by the bishop of Worcester. 20 Sept. 1520. The (i) parish church of T⟨ewkesbury⟩ , with the chapels of Northampton, Byshleye, Estchurch, Oxyndey, Tredyntone, Abbot’s Wasseborne, (ii) church of St. James, Bristol, with the chapels of Stapultone, Mangodesfelde, (iii) parish church of Marsfelde, (iv) parish churches of Ampney Sancte Crucis, of Thornbury, of Fayrford, (v) church of Stanweye, with the chapels of Lemyngton, Stanley, (vi) priory of Derehurst, (vii) parish church of Estlache S. Andrew’s, (viii) parish church of Wotton under Egge, (ix) parish church of Preston upon Sture, (xi) parish church of Little Compton, (xi) all tithes of Fayrford, (xii) 2 parts of the tithes of Aldertone and Ayelesdone, (xiii) and of Lower Swale, (xiv) ½ tithes of the lordship of Whyghtfeld in the parish of Derehurst, (xv) all tithes of the lordship late of Frederick of Hodynton in the same, (xvi) tithes of one hide in Gretton in the parish of Winchcombe, (xvii) the greater tithes late of William Hersfeld in the parish of H. (xviii) from the church of St. [not given] Bristol, 11/- (xix) from the church of Holy Trinity, Bristol, 10/- (xx) from the church of St. John ” 10/- (xxi) from the church of SS. Philip and James, Bristol, 13/4 (xxii) from the church of S. Michael, Bristol, 4/- S. Andrew, Bristol, 1 lb. of wax, (xxiii) from the church of Estleche S. Andrew, 30/- (xxiv) from the church of Shenyndone, 13/4 (xxv) from the church of A...creston, 4/- (xxvi) from the church of Welleford, 20/-

Paper book containing ff. 1–18: [16–18 blank]. Valuation of manors: ⟨1547.⟩

• 1. In Norfolk lately of sir Richard Southwell , kt.—
  • (i) Woodnorton cum membris (Stibborde, Folsham, Hilderstone, Bawgerham, East Byntrey, and Thymllethorpe).
  • (ii) Upton cum membris (South Walsham, Wyttone, and Northbirlingham).
  • (iii) Wendlynge.
  • (iv) East Walton.
  • (v) Swanton Newars and Cardestone.
• 2. In Montgomeryshire lately of Thomas lord Wriothesley, kt.’
  • (i) the rectories of Myvod, Poole, and Guillesfelde.
  • (ii) the rectory of Bowdon Magna, and in Leicestershire, of the same.
• 3. In Devon, lately of sir William Petes, kt., the rectory of Torryton Magna with St. Giles.
• 4. In Worcestershire, lately of the Dean &c. of Westminster, rents from Offenhame, Hamptone, South Litteltone, Myddell Litteltone, Bradesene, Aldingtone, and Wykensford.
• 5. In Oxon., lately of sir Thomas Pope, kt., the manor of Dodington.
• 6. In Cheshire, lately of Wm. Brendred , rent from Rothestone.
• 7. In Northants. and Bedfordshire, annuities from the rectories of Haringworthe, and Copull [Cople].
• 8. In Cheshire, the rectory of Runcorn, and in Gloucester that of Allesworth.
• 9. In Yorkshire, lately of Richard Morrysone , and once of the hospital of St. James (Northallerton), Romanby, Osmundesley [Osmotherley], Silton, Nunhouse, Thornton, Northetringtone, Ellerbeck, Twyselle, Long Newtone.

The book was made as a ‘Boke of Requests’, and shows that Ch. Ch. were claiming about £70 from these properties.