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Wellome.

WEllum and Suventon of the Kings great Soc of Maunsfeild, lying in Osward∣bek Wapentak, afterwards called only Osward∣bek Sok,* 1.1 paid the Geld or Tax as five Bov. ⅓. The Land two Car. Five Sochm. one Vill. one Bord. had two Car. Medow one qu. ½. long, one qu. and ten Perches broad, Pasture Wood nine∣teen quar. long, and two qu. ½. broad, the value 10^s. 8^d. Of the Arch-bishops great Sok of Sutton, Wellum and Suventon answered for five Bovats ¼. being near alike to the former parcell.

Matilda de Luvetot, sometime wife of Ge∣rard de Furnivall,* 1.2 gave to the Canons of Rad∣ford (near Wirksop) for the safety of her Soul, and of the Souls of her sons, Thomas de Furni∣vall, and Gerard his brother, her whole Land which she had in the Territory of Wellum, with the Homages and Services of the Men and their Sequells, &c.

There was a Suit, 5 E. 2.* 1.3 for Lands in Wel∣lum, Clareburgh, and Bolum, partible amongst heirs Males. Adam Prat of Redford who lived in the time of Henry the third, had three sons, Iohn, Walter, and Thomas: Iohn had Thomas Prat the Plaintiff, Adam, Robert, and William: Walter had Adam, Iohn, and Thomas; and Tho∣mas, the son of the first named Adam, had Tho∣mas Prat of Retford, the Defendant.

There was a Fine at York, 9 E. 3.* 1.4 between Iohn, son of Iohn de Boughton, and Constantia his wife, Plaint. and Richard, son of Walter de Bildeswath, Def. of five Mess. three Tofts, two hundred sixty nine Acres of Land, and forty two Acres of Medow, and 50 and 6^s. and 8^l. Rent, with the Appurtenances in Wellum, Ha••∣ton, Grenley, and Clareburgh, whereby they were settled on the said Iohn and Constantiae, and the heirs of their bodies; remainder to the right heirs of Iohn.

It appears, 8 E. 3.* 1.5 that in Wellum with More∣houses 49^s. Rent was yearly paid by the Free∣holders to the Lords of Oswaldbeck Sok.

Humfrey Hercy, Esquire, 8 H. 8.* 1.6 claimed against Iohn Brig of East Retford one Mess. eighty Acres of Land, twelve of Medow, forty of Pasture, and 12^s. Rent, with the Appurte∣nances in Grynley and Wellom.

The Priory of Wirksop had chief Rents in Wellome 21^s. 6^l. and Lands there Rented at 5^l. 5^•. 8^d. besides 5^l. 7^•. 8^d. in the Parishes of Clare∣borough,* 1.7 Bolome, Wellome, and Hayton. The free Chapel of Tilne, in the Parish of Hayton, had Lands here, and so had the free Chapel of our Lady and All Saints, called Sepul∣chers Chapel near the Minster at York.

George Lesemore, and Iohn Strangman, 13 Iul. 37 H. 8.* 1.8 had licence to give a Mess. and Tene∣ment in Wellome, late belonging to the Priory of Worksop, to Richard Richardson, junior, of Clareborough, and Alice his wife, and their heirs. Gabriel Richardson, Gent. 1 Ian. 7 Eliz. had licence to give it to Chr. Twiselton,* 1.9 and Anne his wife, George and Brian Twiselton, and their heirs. Mr. Edmund Browne built a pretty House at Wellome, and left two daughters his heirs about 1673.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Lib. Dooms.
• * 1.2

  Mon. Angl. vol. 2. p. 55. Et Reg. de Wirksop fol. 9. b.
• * 1.3

  Pl. de Banc. Hill. 5 E. 2. ro 35. in dorso.
• * 1.4

  Fin. lev. apud Ebor. Hill. 9 E. 3.
• * 1.5

  Esc. 8 E. 3. n. 68.
• * 1.6

  Pasc. 8 H. 8. rot. 504.
• * 1.7

  B.
• * 1.8

  Par. 8 p. t. 37 H. 8.
• * 1.9

  Par. 1. pat. 7 Eliz.