house-keeping (or hospitality) of the Arch∣bishops, that no other Parson should be instituted into the Church of ••itrel••e stowe, with the whole Garden, as well belonging to the Church, as not belonging, and four Bovats of Land, which the Church had before, and one Toft belonging to those Bovats with all other their Appurte∣nances, and furthermore twelve Acres of his own gift with Common of Pasture through the whole Territory of the Town, as much as belonged to a••l the said Lands; to this grant there were above threescore W••••••••sses, and their names expressed in it.
The Family of Vilers held this Lordship of the B••••••ers of Werington in Lancashire; so that 'tis like the Castle mentioned in Gotham, to be sci••••••re in this place, was of the Earl of Chesters Party, of whom that Family had dependance. Wili••••s B••••ler had seisin in King Iohn's time of one Knights Fee in Newbot and Outhorp. And Wiliam B••tler is certified to have held two Knights Fees in Crophill and Kinalton, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
Paganus de Vilers was a great man and had many sons. He gave his son William Newbolt. Perri••ila, who had been wife of William de Vilers, 13 H. 3. claimed against Alexander de Vilers f••••t Bovats of Land, and the third part of one Bov. and three Tofts, with the Appurte∣nances in Newbolt as her Dower. Iohn, son of William de Vilers, held a Knights Fee in Neu∣bold of Lancaster Fee.
Rap•• Bagge held Lands here which descended to his Posterity of Bingham with Clipfton. William de Villers p••ssed one Mess. and ••en Bov. of Land by Fine, 9 E. 1. to Richard son of Raph Bagge, in this Town, of which, when Thomas Earl of Lancaster, after the death of William Ba••ler the Tenant, exacted relief, the Sheriff had a precept to compel Matthew, son and heir of William Vilers, to show cause why he should not acqu••t the said Richard, who came, and, 33 E. 1. pleaded that he had no Lands or Tene∣ments descended to him by inheritance from his Father.
The last of this Family, that I have seen any thing of, was Paganus de Vilers of Kinalton, Knight, 11 E. 3. on whose Seal was six Lyon∣cels, 3.2.1.
There was a Fine, 40 E. 3. levied between Sir Godfrey Foljambe, Knight, Quer. and Hen∣ry Dale, and Ma••d his wife, Deforc. of twelve Mess. twelve Virg. of Land, and twenty Acres of Medow in Kinalton; and another the same Term, Tri••. 40 E. 3. between Godfr. son of Godfr. F••l••ambe, and Margaret his wife, Quer. and Robert Dal••port, Clark, Deforc. of the Mannor of Kynalton, whereby it was settled on the said Godfr. and Margaret, and the heirs of their bodies; remainder to the right heirs of Godfr.
The King 5 March, 6 R. 2. committed to Sir Iohn Leeks Chr. the custody of the Lands which were then in his hands, by reason of the minority of Godfr. son of Godfr. son of Godfr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Knight, deceased, whose wifes name was Ave••a, and might have been supposed an heir of Vilers, but that in a Pedegree of Foljambe, I find she is said to be the Daughter of... Ireland of Hartshorne. However Alice, the daughter and heir of Sir Godfrey Foljamb, was married to Sir Robert Plumpton, Knight, and had issue Sir William Plumpton, Knight, whose first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Brian Stapleton, by whom he had William Plumpton, who left two daughters and heirs, Margaret, wife of Iohn Rocliffe, aged 21. and Elizabeth, wife of Iohn Sothill, aged 19 years, and something more at the death of their Grandfather Sir William Plumpton, which was 15 Oct. 20 E. 4. This Mannor descended to these two co-heirs of their Father, but their said Grandfather dyed seized of a great number of other Mannors and Lands which were intayled on Sir Robert Plumpton his son, by Catherin, daughter of Thomas Wintringham, viz. in Dar∣bishire the Mannors of Okebrok, Chaddesdon, Derley, Staunton, Edinsor, Pillesley, Has∣sep, Wormill, Chelmerdon, Lands in Spon∣don, viz. two Mess. in Eneston, Martinside, Combes, Batfeild in Hurdlow, Broughton, Tiddeswall, &c. In Yorkshire, the Mannors of Plumpton, Steton, Garsington, Idoll, amongst which only Kinolton and Maunsfeild-woodhouse are numbred in this County. Eliza∣beth Sothill, widow, died 21 Sept. 22 H. 7. leaving three sons, Henry, Iohn, and Gerard. Henry Sothill had two daughters and heirs by his wife Iane, or Ioane, the daughter of Richard Empson. King H. 8. Aug. 22. in the first year of his Reign granted to Sir William Perpoint, Kt. the Custody of Ioane and Elizabeth Southill, and their Marriage. He also had Iuly 24. 2 H. 8. the Lands and Tenements which were Henry So∣thills, and Elizabeth Sothills, widow, as long as they remained in the Kings hand. Elizabeth, the daughter and co-heir of Henry Sothill, was wife of Sir William Drury of the County of Suffolk, Knight, and Ioan, or Iane his other daughter, of Sir Iohn Constable of Kinalton, Knight, who bought Harteswell Grange in this Lordship, for∣merly belonging to Swinsheved Abby, which Harold R••sell of Cotgrave, May 4. 31 H. 8. had licence to alienate to the said Sir Iohn, and Ioane his wife, who had issue Cicely, first the wife of William Bevercotes, and afterwards of .... Oglethorpe; and Anne the wife of Sir An∣thony T••orold, by whom she had Winifrid her daughter and heir, the Mother of Sir Gervas Clif∣ton, who purchasing of the Lord Savile what he had got from... Oglethorp, which was three parts of the Mannor, and half the Grange (for ... Oglethorpe prevailed with his Mother to dis∣inherit her son by Bevercotes, and bought Dru∣ryes part,) became Lord of the whole, and his posterity now have the whole Township, except a Farm, which was Sir Thomas Hutchinsons, which his Ancestors bought, together with the Mannor of Outhorpe, and another which is William Dayes, formerly belonging to Thurgarton Pri∣ory, which Queen Elizabeth, Iune 16.29 Eliz. granted to Edward Heron, Esquire, and Iohn Nicholas, Gent. being four Bovats. There is also a little Freehold which Francis Hacker gave to his son Rowland Hacker of East-Bridge∣ford.
The Rectory is appropriate to the Arch-bishop∣rick of York, and in Lease to the Family of Clifton. The Vicarage is 7l, 18s. 11d. ob. in