Sutton Bonington.

NOw one Town, heretofore two. Sudton, is the same with South-Town, and Boni∣ton, probably, was called so from Reeds grow∣ing thereabouts, for such like signification Bon, or Bun hath in the Saxon. The Book of Dooms∣day shows them to be diversly shared, both at that time, and before; and that Harold had in Sud∣ton three Mannors, which paid the Geld as a Caruc. and half, (though) the Land was (but) one Carucat; (which) after the Conquest Hugh, Earl of Chester had, Robert Fitz-William held it of him, and there had one Car. and an half, three Sochm. six Vill. having three Car. and an half, one Mill, 20^s. fifteen acr. of Medow, In the Confessors time, and then valued at 40^s. hav∣ing Soc in Normanton. In Boniton like∣wise,*Harold had a Mannor rated to the Dane∣tax, or Geld, as six Bovats. The Land was two Car. there Robert the man (or Tenent) of the said Earl Hugh, had three Sochm. five Vill. having two Car. and an half, there was ten acres of Medow, In King Edward the Confessors time, and then also valued at 20^s.

In Sudton likewise, Stori named before in Normanton, had a Mannor in the Saxon times, rated to the publick payment for half a Car. The Land was twelve Bovats. When the Conquerors survey was made, there was one Plow, or Caru∣cat. There R. Earl of Moriton had three Caru∣cats, three Sochm. in his Demenesne, and five acres of Medow. This in the time of King Ed∣ward the Confessour, was valued at 3^s. then at 20^s.

In Sutone also of the Taynland was a Man∣nor, which Leuvord had before the Conquest, rated to the tax at three Bov. afterwards Siuvard held it of the King. Another Coleman had rated to the Geld at one Bov. and an half. Of the Taynland also in Boniton, there was Soc to Nor∣mentune, as much as was rated at one Bov. and an half to the Geld. The Land, half a Carucat. There were five Vill. with one Car. and three acr. of Meadow, In the time of King Edward the Confessor, and then valued at 6^s.

Soc to Lech of the fee of Henry de Ferrariis, Siuvard had also in Boniton, which paid to the tax, as one Bov. and an half. The Land was four Bovats. There three Vill. had one Car. and an half, and three acr. of Medow: this continued the old value 6^s.

Robert Patric paid two Marks for one Knights fee in Bonington,* in the time of King H. 3. and after I find William Patrick offered himself against Nich. de Segrave,* concerning his presentation to the Church of Bonington, then void and in his gift. The Advowson of this Church went with the Family of Segrave, as Thorp, in this Wa∣pentak, did to the Family of Mowbray, and so to that of Barkley, with which it continues. Elizabeth, Dutchess of Norfolk,* recovered the Advowson of the Church of Sutton Bou•ng∣•on, upon a Quare impedit, 13 H. 7. against Sir Henry Collet, Knight, William Stokes, Clark, together with Thomas, Archbishop of York.

The Mannor of Bonyngton was, by fine, 5 E. 2. settled on Raph de Crophill,* and Maud his Wife, and the heirs which he should beget on the Body of Maud; the remainder to Thomas, Son of the said Raph, and the heirs of his Body, remaining to the right heirs of Raph. The Jury, 12 E. 2. found it not to the Kings loss, if he granted to Raph de Crophull,* and his heirs for ever, to inclose the way, which led from the Church of Sutton upon Sore, to the Church of Boniton, on the West part of both Towns, to inlarge his dwelling. Raph de Crophull had view of Frank-pledge in Bonington and Sut∣ton, granted,* 1 E. 3. and free warren in Bo∣nington and Tireswell, in this County in Hemington and Braundeston, in Leicester∣shire, and in Downesby in Lincolnshire.

Raph de Crophill Chr. complained, 3 E. 3. against Henry de Grendon,* and William de Grin∣don, Parson of Babworth, that when as Robert de Grendon had enfeoffed the said Raph, and given him seisin of the Mannor of Bonington; and the said Henry afterwards, by his writing released all his right and claim therein to the said Raph,Page  7 who commanded the said writing to be •ead and pronounced by Iohn le Palmer, they the said Henry and William, upon Munday next after the Feast of the Nativity of the blessed Mary, in the twenty eighth year of the Reign of King E. 1. at Bonington, did by force take it out of his hand, and bruised the Seal, and broke the writing, for which the Jury gave the said Raph two hun∣dred Marks for his damage. The Grendons brought a Writ of Errour,* but no Errour was found.

Maud Countess of Ulster, by fine, 16 E. 3. settled six Mess. three Bov. of Land, 13^l. 6^s. 4^d. rent in Sutton upon Sore, Southclifton, and Spaldforth, upon Tho. Cok, and Isabel his Wife, and the heirs of Thomas after the decease of Maud, who had been Wife of Robert de Ekleshale, and who held them for her life.

The Mannor of Bonington was, by fine, 28 E. 3. settled on Iohn de Verdon,* and Matilda his Wife, and the heirs males of the body of Matilda, begotten by the said Iohn; and for de∣fault of such issue, to Iohn de Crophull, Knight, and the heirs of his Body, the remainder to Ni∣cholas de Crophull, Knight, and his heirs.

There was a fine levyed at Nottingham, in the fourteenth year of King Iohns Reign,* between Emma, who had been the Wife of William de Sutton, and Galfr. the son of William, of the third part of ten Bovats of Land, with the appur∣tenances, in Sutton upon Sore.

Iordan de Sutton (in Ashfeild) who held se∣veral Lands in Darbyshire,* and at Sutton in Ashfeld, and other places in this County, is cer∣tified to have held of Richard de Morley xxiv^s. of yearly rent in Sutton upon Sore, and Boning∣ton by Scutage, when it happened; and that Iohn his son and heir was seventeen years old and more, 16 E. 1. as in Sutton in Ashfeild will al∣so be noted.

The Free-holders of Richard de Sutton, held half a Knights fee in Sutton Bonington,*Kyn∣ston, and Normanton, and paid xx^s. for it, 22 E. 3. towards the Aid, to make the Kings eldest Son a Knight.

Anno Dom. 1282. 11 E. 1. Henry son of Raph Gerold, and Alexandra his Wife (daugh∣ter of Thomas Basset) released Iohn Basset of Bonington, &c. Anno 1299. William son of Iohn de Bonyton, released Alice, who had sometime been Wife of Iohn Basset. Thomas Basset, of Boniton, and Sibyll his Wife, by fine, 12 E. 2. settle one Mess. three Bovats, and two Acres of Land in Boniton,* upon Raph, son of the said Thomas and Ioan his Wife, and the heirs of their bodies after the decease of the said Tho∣mas and Sibyll.

Ioan, who had been Wife of Raph Basset, of Bonyton,* released, 15 E. 3. to Iohn Basset her son, and Felice, the daughter of Robert Hemery, of Bonyton, and the heirs of the body of the said Iohn, her whole right in all the Tenements; which Sibyl, who had been Wife of Thomas Bas∣set, sometime held in the Town and Fields of Bo∣nyton.

Felice Basset, of Bonington, 42 E. 3. de∣mised to Iohn Basset her son,* all the Lands in Bo∣nyton, which she had of the gift of Iohn Basset her husband.

Iohn Soket, son of Robert Soket, of Boniton,* gave to William, son of Iohn Hemery▪ of Boni∣ton, 30 E. 1. Land near that which had been the Land of Sir Robert de Swillington.

Suttons Mannor came to the Swillingtons, and from them to the Feildings; who, not long since, sold the same to . . . Grey, Esq of Langley in Leicestershire.

George Swillington, Esq dyed 22. of Nov. 2 Eliz. and left Margaret,* the Wife of Francis Fylding, Gent. and Margery Swillington, his daughters and co-heirs: Anne his Wife was dead before him. He was seized of one Mannor in Sutton Bonington▪ which was parcel of the possessions of Sir William Turvile, and held of the King as of his Mannor of Stanford, parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster. Another Mannor was Thomas Earl of Rutland's, and parcel of the Priory of Garroudon; he was likewise seized of a Capital Mess. 120. Acres of Land, 30. of Me∣dow, &c. and the Advowson of the Church of St. Anne, in Sutton Bonington, late belong∣ing to the Monastery of Repingdon,* or Repton (in Darbyshire) and some other small parcels in Sutton Bonington, Kinston, and Norman∣ton upon Sore.

Iohn the son of Robert de Bonington gave one Mess. three Tofts,* and four Bovats of Land here and in Rudstan, to make a Chauntry in the Church of St. Andrew (St. Anne, I suppose) at Bonington, 17 E 2. Iohn de Bonington, 1 H. 5. claimed against Thomas de Staunton,* and Elizabeth his Wife, one Mess. two Tofts, sixty Acres of Land, ten of Medow in Sutton upon Sore.

Hugh Willoughby of Rysley claimed against Ro∣bert de Staunton, 23 H. 6.40^s. rent,* and two Virgats and an half of Land, with the appurte∣nances in Sutton upon Sore, which went against the claim.

Raph Shirley, Knight, Iohn Aston, Knight, Iohn Port, Esquire, Robert Hasylrig, Esquire,*Thomas Antwysell, Esquire, claimed against Iohn Wylne, and Margaret his Wife, one of the daughters and heirs of Thomas Staunton, Esquire, the third part of the Mannor of Sutton, with the appurtenances, and the third part of fifteen Mess. three Tofts, one Mill, two hundred Acres of Land, sixty of Medow, sixty of Pasture, two of Wood, one hundred of Moor, with the appurte∣nances in Sutton Bonington, Kinston, and Normanton, this was 5 H. 8. and the 7 H. 8. Raph Shirley, and the rest, before named, claimed against Thomas Hasylrig, son and heir of Elizabeth Entwysell, defunct,* and late Wife of William Hasylrig, Father of the said Thomas, and one of the daughters and heirs of Thomas Staun∣ton, Esquire, departed, and against Lucy, Wife of Thomas Hasylrig, the third part of the Man∣nor of Sutton, &c. as before.

Richard, Bishop of Winchester, Gyles Daub∣ney, Knight, Charles Somerset, of Herbert,* Knight, Thomas Lovell, Knight, Edmund Dud∣ley, Esquire, and Henry Wyatt, Esquire, 23 H. 7. claimed against Anne Green, and Maud Green, daughters and heirs of Thomas Green, Knight, the Mannor of Claxton, and twenty Mess. seven hundred Acres of Land, one hundred of Medow, two hundred of Pasture, one hundred Page  8 of Wood, and 20^s. rent, with the appurtenances in Kegworth, Claxton, Sutton Bonington, Kyngeston, and Ratcliff.

There was another recovery of these same Lands and rent,* 36 H. 8. wherein Iames Rokeby, Esquire, and Henry Averson claimed them against William, Earl of Essex.

*Rowland Lemynton, Raph Rowlate, Hen∣ry Grenescot, and George Bollys, 5 H. 8. claimed against Thomas Banaster, Gent. two Mess. one hundred Acres of Land, twenty of Medow, thir∣ty of Pasture, with the appurtenances in Sutton Bonington, and Kingston.

There is an ancient Family of the Bonytons, holds a Mannor there to this day. And Staun∣tons came part to Tate, and part to Shirley, of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire, where Sir Robert Shirley, Baronet, Father of the present Sir Robert, built a very beautiful Church. He hath here three Farms, having twelve yard Land belonging to them.* Mr. Anthony Tate hath seven yard Land and an half, which, with his house, came by his mother, the daughter of Richard Stanley, who dwelt in it.

Lands belonging to the Monastery of the holy Trinity, at Repingdon, in Sutton Bonington, and West Leke, and also the Advowson of the Church of St. Helen,* of West Leke, descended to the Earl of Huntington, from Sir Iohn Porte, Knight, who was one of the Justices of the Kings Bench, 24 H. 8. and married Ioan, daughter and heir of Iohn Fitz-Herbert, of Etwall, in Darbyshire, by whom he had Sir Iohn Port, Knight, his son, who left three daughters and heirs; Elizabeth, Wife of Sir Thomas Gerard, Knight; Dorothy, Wife of Sir George Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, and Margaret of Sir Tho∣mas Stanhope, named in Shelford.

The Rectory of Bonington, in the foremen∣tioned Ms. is xii^l. value,* and Mr. Barkeley, Pa∣tron. The Rectory of Sutton viii. Mark, and Prior of Repingdon, Patron. In the Kings Books, now the Rectory of St. Michaels, in Sutton Bonington, is 15^l. 2^s. 1^d, and the Re∣ctory of St. Annes there, 4^l. 17^s. 6^d. and the Lord Barkeley Patron of both.

In Sutton Bonington Church, upon an old Tomb there.

Hic jacent Thom. Staunton Ar. & Milisenta uxor ejus filia Willielmi Meringmilitis;*quae Mili∣senta obiit▪ 12. Aug. 1456.

He bears Varrey Arg. and sable, an Annulet Or, and impales with Mering. Arg. upon a Chevron sable, three Escallops Or. Another Staunton about that Tomb impales with Arg. a Pile in Point Gules, Chandoys.

Upon another Tomb in the Chancel.

Orate pro animabus Johannis Berwyke, & Margaretae uxoris suae, & Jacobi filii eorum, qui de hoc saeculo migravit, anno 1528.

He bears Arg. 3. Bears Heads erased sable.

In a Window there Or, a Lyon Ramp. Azure, the Lord Segrave, and Gules a Lyon Ramp. Or, (rather Arg. if it be) Mowbray.

Vpon a Tomb there.

Here lyeth Myghell Stanley, deceased the last day of May, 1564. and Mary his Wife, that was with Child the same day, and delivered of a son named Myghell, the second of October, the same year. This same Myghell Stanley deceased, was son of Iohn Stanley, and left his Brethren, William and Henry to see this Work made.

He bears Or, three Birds Legs erased gules.

Upon a Chief indented Azure, three Stags Heads Or, impales with a Chevron betwixt three Towers.

In the other Church, an ancient Tomb defaced; it seems it was a Staunton Varrey Arg. and sable, a Cressent for a difference impales with Mering. as before, upon that Tomb is Bassets Arms, &c.

Anthony Feilding sold Mr. Grey, of Langley, the house, and ten yard Land heretofore belong∣ing to Repton Priory, who since bought of old Mr. Tate, of Sutton, about three yard Land and an half. Mr. Grey disinherited his eldest son for matching against his consent, so his two youngest sons share with the eldest. Thomas Gadde hath 3. yard Land and an half in Sutton, descended from his Ancestors. Charles Cock hath four, Tho▪ Strong four, bought heretofore of Sir George Hastings. Gilbert Millington attaint, had four also.