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AYLSHAM and FAKENHAM. Exchequer Constat extracted from the great roll of the pipe, [44 Edw. III], containing a grant of the manor of Wyghton with the hundred of Northgreneho and the manors of Aylesham and Fakenhamdam in co. Norfolk, the manor of Saham in county Cambridge, the manor of Whitgift, co. York, manor of Berton Bristol, co. Gloster, manor of Sevenhampton and Stratton, co. Wiltes, to Robert de Knolles and Constance his wife for the whole term of their lives at an annual rent of £745 7s. The acquittance is given to the prior and convent of Ely for £76 13s. 4d., being the reserved rent for a portion of the year due for the manor of Saham, co. Cambridge, committed to the said prior and convent, 26 Sept., [43 Edw. III], at a rent of £100 per annum.

Convention between the church of Kirkestal and the church of the Holy Trinity, York, by which the church of Kirkestal agrees to pay annually 20s. as compensation for tithes which they were accustomed to have from the lands which the monks of Kirkestal hold in the parish of Ledes, viz. 4 carucates of land in West Hadigleia (Haddlesey), half in Est Hadigleia, 2 carucates in West Alretuna, one bovate in East Alretun, the assart of Sinleia, of Mideleia, le Enclov, Westrod[aid] the vale of Bramleia. Witn. Richard abbot of Fountains etc. (c. 1133-43.) .

Ralph, the abbot, and the convent of Kyrkestall confirm to Reiner de Pontefr[act] and his heirs their messuage in Pontefract which sir Robt. de Laci gave them for an inn ("pro hospicio habendo"), paying annually one stone of wax at the Assumption B. M. V., the light at the altar of the church; reserving the use of the house for their "hospicium" when they visit the place. (c. 1182-1190.) .

Ralph, the abbot, and convent of Kirkestal grant to William, son of Ernis of Alreton , eleven and a half acres of land in West Alreton, which they had by the gift of his mother Juliana , at an annual rent of 6d. for all services; also they grant one other acre in West Alreton which Ernis his father held of them. (c. 1182-1190.) .

Convention made between Maurice, the abbot, and convent of Kirkestall, of the one part, and Robert the son of Richard de Lofthusun of the other, by which the said abbot and convent grant to the said Robert a bovate of land in Lofthusun (Lofthous), to hold the same from the feast of St. Martin, 1235, for 8 years, at an annual payment of 3s. 6d. (Very minute writing.) .

Robert de Stapelton, son of William de Stapelton , confirms to William his brother, for his homage and service, the whole of his land which he has in the village of Brameley of the gift of Emma his mother, excepting the service of the heirs of John de Lungheuilers and of Robert de Coygners and his heirs of Westermoley. Witn. sir John de Hoderale, steward of Pontefract . (c. 1250-60.) .

Richard, son of Robert of the cemetery "de cimiterio" of Allerton , grants to the monks of Kirkestall the whole of his land in Colwaynrode, also he quit-claims all his right in all lands, mills, woods, &c. of which the said monks were seised in the year 1238, viz. in the territories of Allerton, Hedingleid , and Osmundthorp. Witn. Alan, vicar of Ledes .

Maurice, the abbot, and the convent of St. Mary, Kirkestall, grant to William, son of Henry "Cythariste" (the harper) , the half of one messuage and the half of one toft in the village of Calverley, which Robert de Bernes bought of Jordan son of Hugh de Secroft : paying annually sixpence. (c. 1220-40.) .

Adam Gandon grants to the monks of Kirkestall the whole of his land which he had at the head of the meadow of the said monks in Pudekessai. (c. 1250-60.) (Partly obliterated.) .

Walter, son of Adam Samson of Puddesay , confirms to the abbot of Kirkstall with his body an annual rent of 2s. out of the village of Puddesay from land of Richard de Puddesay, carpenter. (c. 1240-50.) .

William, the abbot, and the convent of Kyrkestal demise to farm to William de Brerehagh 5 acres of land and a meadow in Arthington, for 20 years, from the feast of St. Martin, 1334, at an annual rent of 20d. (Partly effaced and slightly mutilated.) .

John de Putee of Pontefract confirms to the convent of Kyrkestall that messuage which he held of them in the village of Pontefract in the way called Malefaygate. Dated at Pontefract the Tuesday next after the feast of St. Barnabas, 1344.

PATHLOBRIGGE. Martin Birkhed of Cotyngley, yeoman and John West of Beiston, yeoman, for a sum of £54 4s. 4d., sell to John Bekwith of Skewyk in Foyston the whole of a messuage and 2 closes of land in Pathlobrigge, co. York, part of the possessions of the monastery of Fountains. Dated 5 April, 4 Q. Eliz. .

FOUNTAIN'S (ABBEY). Martin Birkhed of Cotyngham and John West of Beiston , for a sum of £54 4s. 4d., sell to John Bekwith a messuage and two closes of land in Pathlobrigge, co. York, part of the monastery of Fountains. Dated 5 April, 4 Q. Eliz. .

Walter, the abbot, and convent of Roche grant to Robert, son of Roger de Tyneslowe , for his homage and service, two bovates of land in Brameleye, which he had by the gift of his brother Walter ; rendering yearly 8s. (c. 1254-68.)

YORK (St. Mary's Abbey of). R. de Appeltun grants to the abbot and monks of St. Mary of York, two bovates of land in Appeltun, and a toft together with Orm , his sons and his following, who is in the toft; for the term of six years "Hec conventio incepit ad Pentecosten proximum postquam dominus Rex suscepit crucem Domini, [scil. Hen. II]" [5 June 1188].

William de Wintewrh, son of Hugh, son of Henry of the aforenamed village , grants to God and the monks of St. Mary Magdalen of Bretton, in frankalmoigne, 11 acres of land of his demesne in Wintewrh. (c. 1180-90.) .

Gregory, son of William of Cothewrth , grants to the church of St. Mary Magdalene of Bretton and the monks there, in frankalmoigne, the homage and service of Robert the smith of Wirkesburg for a plot of meadow in Cothewrth, held of him by the said Robert at an annual rent of 6d. (c. 1260-80.)

William, the prior, and the convent of Gysburn, grant to William de Rywaus , one ("unnum") toft, and one croft which was formerly Walter the Forester 's in the village of Giseburn; paying annually 8s. to the bursar, of which 12d. shall go to the sacrist, 2s. to the light of the altar of St. Katherine, and 2s. 6d to the refectorarius. (c. 1310-1320.) .

NUN-APPLETON PRIORY. Richard de Faucomberge leases to the prioress and convent of Apelton the whole of his land which is called Suthwod, with 6 acres of meadow in the meadows to the east of Apelton, for 12 years, at an annual rent of two marks, and providing him with food and drink daily, viz. one conventual loaf of the old weight, one flagon of beer, and from the kitchen the allowance of one bun. Dated on the feast of St. Martin, in the winter, 29 Ed. [I].

SUNNINGTHWAYT Priory. Matilda de Horningtone, widow grants to the nuns of Siningthwayt, in frankalmoigne, the whole of her land of Neuryding in Mensingtone, excepting 3 acres which her daughter Beatrice has; and all her right in the culture which Elyas de Ottelay has by the gift of Jereman Maunsel ; together with pasture in Mensington for 20 cows and one bull, for 20 mares and one stallion, for 10 sows and one boar, and for 40 goats and 100 sheep, with their young, for 3 years ("integre ad tres annos"). (c. 1230.) .

YORK (Priory of Holy Trinity). At a court of the venerable Robert Halowe, prior of the Holy Trinity, York , held 16 October, 10 Hen. VII, came Katherine Hobert, widow, and took of the lord a certain parcel of waste in Kyrkgate to hold to her and her assigns, paying annually 8d. [Memorandum] .

KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. William Puter (?) of Heddigeley grants to the Knights Templars, in frankalmoigne, his mill of Heddigeley and a culture near the mill "infra cruces circumpositas, cum alneatu in northe (sic) terre Simonis de Preston ", together with suit due to the mill from the men of the fee of Heddigeley and Burgeley. (c. 1240-50.) .

Convention dated 1257, on the feast of the Ascension of our Lord, between Eljzabeth, formerly wife of Jordan de Lisle "de Insula" (one of the witnesses to the preceeding charter), and the master and brethren of the Knights Templars in England, witnesseth that the said Elizabeth quit-claims all her right to certain lands and tenements in Colton, which the brethren have by the gift of her late husband, for which they consent to give her two marks yearly for life in their house at Hensum [recte Neusum].