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Duplicate copy of the certificate ⟨as in Ch. 3⟩: ⟨Certificate of the appointment of Philip, lord Wharton, as lieutenant of the county of Lancaster by the parliament. ⟩

LANCASTER (Duchy of). Copy of a writ of King Ed. III (undated) confirming to Henry, early of Derby privileges granted to Henry [Plantagenet], earl of Lancaster, his father. [1345]

Charter of King Henry V confirming to John, duke of Lancaster, Blanche his wife, and their heirs, the privileges, &c. belonging to the duchy of Lancaster. Dated at Westminster, 15 Feb., 2 Hen. V. (Certified copy.)

PRESTWICH. Letters patent of King William III, dated 23 Dec., 1682, granted to John Lake, bp. of Sodor and Man , to enable him to hold in commendam the rectory of Prestwich and the prebend of Fridathorp in St. Peter's church, York.

SKELMERSDALE. Bond in £200 given by sir Thomas Hesketh of Rufforth, kt., to Richard Smalshagh for the performance of certain covenants in a pair of indentures, concerning a sale of a messuage, &c. in Skelmersdale. Dated 4 Jan., 2 and 3 Philip and Mary. [Signed, Thomas Hesketh ]

Thomas, son of John Mersh , constitutes Oliver Assheton his attorney to deliver seisin to Richard Taillior of Bolde , of all his lands and tenements in Skelmersdale. Dated 24 August, 2 Rich. III.

Thomas, son of John Mershe , grants to Richard Taillior of Bolde all his lands and tenements in Skelmersdale. Dated at Skelmersdale the Monday next after the feast of the Assumption B.M.V., 2 Rich. III.

Thomas, son of John Mersh , quit-claims to Richard Taillior of Bolde all his right in a messuage and certain lands, &c. in Skelmersdale. Dated the Wednesday next before the feast of St. George the martyr, 1 Hen. VII.

Richard Taliour grants to Thomas Hesketh, esq., all his lands, messuages, tenements, &c. in the village of Skelmersdale in the county of Lancashire, paying annually to the said Richard 10s. Dated 16 Feb., 8 Hen. VIII.

Richard Taliour quit-claims to Thomas Hesketh, esq., all his right in messuages, lands, &c. in Skelmersdale. Dated 17 Feb., 8 Hen. VIII.

Richard Taliour and Thurstan his son quit-claim to Thomas Hesketh, esq., all their right in all their messuages, lands, &c. in Skelmersdale, for a payment of £21. Dated 9 Dec., 11 Hen. VIII.

Fine made at Lancaster the Monday in the 5th week of Lent, 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, between Richard Smalshawe , plaintiff, and sir Thomas Hesketh, kt., and Alice his wife, defendants, by which the said sir Thomas acknowledges that a messuage, orchard, lands, &c. in Skelmersdale belong to the said Richard, he paying £30 sterling.

Will, inventory, and probate of James Smalshawe of Skelmersdale, yeoman. Will dated 3 July, 1614. Probate dated 8 Dec., 1614.

ASHBY de la ZOUCH. Thomas Ormond , esq., quit-claims to William Stephens and his heirs all his right in the manor of Assheby de la Zouche. Dated 2 July, 12 Ed. IV. [Signed, T. Ormond ]

ASHBY de la ZOUCH, PACKINGTON, and the Hundred of FRAMLAND. Thomas Harvey of Ashby de la Zouch, gent., grants to King James all his right in the rectory of Ashby de la Zouch and the rectory of Packington, co. Leicester, and in the hundred of Framland, also in the manor of Ashby de la Zouch, and in a grange called 'Alton Grandge' and in certain lands parcel of the manor of Packington, all in the county of Leicester, also in the manors of Aller and Allermore in the co. of Somerset, also in 2 parts of the manor of Canford in the co. Dorset, parcel of the possessions of Henry, earl of Huntingdon, to hold during pleasure of the king. Dated 13 Feb., 9 James I.

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.

BURTON LAZARS (Hospital). Letter from sir William Sutton, kt., master, and the brethren of the hospital of Burton Lazars to William of Hanyngton (?) receiving him as a benefactor into the brotherhood. Dated at Burton, 1475, April 17.

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 25 Nov., 34 Elizabeth, by which Richard Branthwaite of London, esquire, and Roger Bromley of Bagworth park, Leicester, esq., at the request of Henry, earl of Huntingdon, and for a certain sum of money, sell to sir George Hastings, kt., brother of the said earl, the rectory of Enderbye , lately belonging to the dissolved monastery of the meadow of Leicester.

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.

List (on paper) of deeds, &c. relating to the rectory of Enderby.

FOXTON. Will of Robert Sprigge of Foxton, co. Leicester , dated 26 November, 1619. Probate dated 27 March, 1620.

Indenture made 1 October, 22 Chas. II, by which Thomas Sprigge of Foxton , in consideration of the receipt of 5s., sells unto George Grene and Theophilius Grene , a messuage, close, and homestead, lying in Foxton, in the co. of Leicester, for a term of four months.

Exemplification of a recovery inrolled at Westminster, Michaelmas, 22 Chas. II (roll 60), between Theodore Grene and Edward Chapman , plaintiffs, and George Grene and Theophilus Grene, gentlemen, defendants, concerning one messuage, 2 gardens, 10 acres of land, one acre of meadow, 8 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all cattle and appurtenances in Foxton. Dated at Westminster, 28 Nov., 22 Chas. II.

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.