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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.

Nicholas Adamson of Yedon, chaplain, grants to the abbot and convent of Kyrkestall one messuage and thirty-three acres of land and four of meadow in Pudsay, formerly John de Byrell 's. Dated at Pudsay, 16 Feb., 1398.

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].

BOLTON (Priory of). Alan, son of Richard de Wyntewrthe , quit-claims to the church and canons of St. Mary, Boulton, for a sum of money in hand paid, all right in one acre of land in the fields of Wyntewrthe within the lordship of the aforesaid canons. (c. 1280-990.)

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.)

Writ from K. Henry ⟨IV⟩ , dated at Westminster 13 Jan. 10th of his reign, addressed to William Gascoigne and Thomas Tildeslegh , to hear a cause of novel disseisin between the prior and convent of Monk Bretton of the one part, against Roger de Preston of Hikilton and William Jonson of Cudworth of the other, concerning common of pasture in Hykylton and Cudworth.

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.) .

Robert, the prior, and the convent of Giseburn, appoint Walter de Marton their attorney to receive full seisin of John Gretheued, sen., of one messuage and a croft in Marton. Dated at Gyseburn the Wednesday next after Easter, 1343.

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].

Haimeric de St. Maur, master ("minister") of the Knights Templars of England , with the counsel and assent of their chapter at Couele, after easter, grants to William, son of Nicholas , four bovates of land and four tofts in Alreton, and six acres with buildings thereon, and their part in Horonefthorp; paying annually 3s., with a heriot on death of the third part of his chattels. (c. 1220-30.) .

Adam de Linchweyt grants to the Knights Templars, in frankalmoigne, the whole of his herbage, with woods, &c., in the village of North Croslond, and his third part in that territory, from Ychesty to Myzum. (c. 1240.) .

JERUSALEM (Hospital of St. John of). William Painel grants to the hospital, in frankalmoigne, the whole of his lands and tenements which Robert de Alta Ripa (Hawtrey) held of him in Cugric and Ploxlandes and Ecoppe, and Adel; paying 8s. yearly. (c. 1150-60) 34 witnesses.

Gilbert de Notton grants to the hospital of St John of Jerusalem one bovate of land of the four bovates called Ravenesacre in the village of Notton and two acres in Adbaldehage. (c. 1180-90.)

Alexander, son of William , grants to the hospital of St. John two acres of land in the territory of Chivet. which William the son of Ote his father gave them, in frankalmoigne; and they re-grant them to him and to two after him at a yearly rent of 6d. (c. 1190-1200) .

Gilbert de Chivet grants to the hospital of St. John, in frankalmoigne, three acres of land in the fields of Chivet, and one toft in the same village, called Stoccroft, and 3 acres near the land of Henry the Forester . (c. 1230-40.) .

Walter de Chyvet, son of Gilbert de Fechiston , for himself and his heirs, is bound to the hospital of St John of Jerusalem at Newland, co. York, in 8d. annual rent, from land in Chyvet, of which one toft is called Stokcroft, which Gilleberthis father and Havisia his sister with his counsel and consent and charter (see the next one, MS. Ch. Yorks. 102) gave to the blessed poor of the said hospital, in frankalmoigne. (c. 1240-50.) .

Walter, son of Gilbert de Chivet , confirms to the hospital of St. John, in frankalmoigne, one toft with a croft in the village of Chivet, and land in the territory of Chivet. (c. 1230-40.) .