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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 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.) .

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 .

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.) .

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.) .

ALLERTON. Thomas le Chaumberlain of Potterneuton grants to William, son of Thomas of Kylingbek , and Dionisia his wife, and their heirs, one toft and one acre of land in Allerton, rendering yearly 18d. Dated at Potterneuton the Monday next before the Annunciation of the Virgin, 16 Ed. II.

Extract from the Court Roll of Leedes, dated 26 April, .. Ed. VI, by which John Baynes and Margaret his wife lease a cottage and garden to John Wylliamson for 21 years.

Extract from the Court Roll of Leds, held 11 May, 38 Hen. VIII, of the grant of a house to Elizabeth Boithe .

Richard Newbye of Lamrigge, co. Westmoreland, in consideration of a sum of £33 6s. 8d., grants to Robert Hoythe the whole of his close called Oxclose containing five acres lying in Littlewodhowse near Leeds. Dated 15 Dec., 14 Q. Elizabeth. 1571.

An inquisition post mortem taken at Heddingley, indented, 12 June, 16 Charles I, before Thomas Hutton, esq., escheator of Abraham Smith, lately of Leeds, co. York .

An exemplification of a recovery inrolled 23 Charles I, between Stephen Netherwood and Thomas Walker of the one part, and James Netherwood and Nicholas Netherwood of the other, concerning five messuages, 5 gardens, and one acre of land in Leeds. Dated at Westminster, 7 May, 1649.

Marriage settlement by which Robert Clowdisley of Leeds, co. York, in consideration of a marriage between his son Timothy and Mary Negus, daugther of Thomas Negus of Higham Ferrers , grants a half burgage or tenement in Briggate, Leeds. Dated 25 May, 1652.

Indenture dated ... January, 12 Charles I (reciting a previous grant of the manor of Leeds, Yorkshire, from King James), witnessing that Robert Rownthwait of Leeds, clothier, in consideration of the receipt of £11, sells and confirms to Philip Dilworth of the same place, chapman, a parcel of land, with 2 tenements, in the west part of Leeds bridge within the manor of Leeds, paying to the king the usual and accustomed services.

LEEDS and GRETLAND. Certificate dated 6 Feb. of a fine dated at Westminster on the morrow of the Purification of the B.V. M., 13 Charles II, between John Houldsworth, gent., William Milner, gent., Edmund Hinde , John Ellistones , and Jeremiah Ellistones , petitioners, and John Rolston and Frances his wife, Grace Deane, widow, Robert Gamble , John Dransfield and Jane his wife, defendants, concerning messuages, barns, and land in Leeds and Greetland, for which the former give £100.

John de Grene, sen., of Ottelay , grants to William Graver of Mensyngton seven acres of land between the field of Burlay on the one side and the field of Ottelay towards the east on the other, which came to him on the death of his mother Isabella Unwyn , and which she had by the gift of Geoffrey Unwyn . Dated at Ottelay on the feast of Corpus Christi, 8 Hen. V.

Bond given by William Graver of Spoford, yeoman and Richard Mawde of Menston and Richard Smyth of Burley, husbandman, to Percival Brerey in a sum of £40 to abide by the award of Geoffrey Pikard and others concerning the lands &c. late Walter Graver 's of Menston. Dated 24 Feb., 3 Hen. VIII.

John de Wythington and Margary his wife demise to Robert de Conyers all the lands &c. in Norton, Hoton, Hoigne (?), Orden, Sall, Heton, Skales, and Armeley, with rents and services of Melmorby, of which the said Margery was seised as dowry, paying £18 yearly during the lives of the said John and Margery. Dated at Hoton the Friday next before Palm Sunday, 1340.

Inquisition taken on the death of Robert Tailler son and heir of John Tailler at Rothwell, dated 7 April 3 Elizabeth. Held lands at Lofthouse in Rothwele, for which he paid 10s. yearly to two almshouses at Leeds. His heirs are his three sisters, Sibella, Elizabeth and Margaret).

Leeds.. Alan the clerk of Thornton, vicar of the church of Adel , is bound to the prior of Holy Trinity, York, in 10 marks a year, and if any controversy is moved against them by A. fitz- Hugh de Wit ’, or by Hugh himself, by reason of a charter which the prior &c. asserts they sought (‘inpetraverunt’) from them in the lifetime of A. the archdeacon and rector of Adel, to have the church on the rector’s death, Alan will undertake the action at his own cost. Witnesses: H. treasurer of York , master W. archdeacon of Nottingham , master G. canon of York , master Alan de Claxton , master Martin de Semar , master John de Hamerton , Hugh de Botend ’, John fitz-Wido , Henry Bustard , Robert de Essai , Herbert the janitor , Peter de Ardene , Henry de Tikil , William Fit ’. ⟨1204–14.⟩