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Brodholme.

OF the Fee of Roger de Busli was a Mannor in Brodholme, which before the Norman change was Alwins, who answered the Tax for it as four Bov. The Land was certified to be twelve Bovats. There were four Sochm. on two Bov. of this Land, and three Villains, having four Car. (or Plows) and twelve Acres of Medow: Roger de Busli held it. In the time of King Edward the Confessour the value was 40^s. then 30^s. Here was another Mannor which be∣fore the Conquest Turget and Halden had, and discharged it to the Dane-geld for five Bovats. The Land was two Car. After the Conquest, in the time of King William 1. it was waste, and then Berengarius de Todeni, and William Percy had it. The Land lay to Newark, but the work of the Villains belonged to Saxeby in Lincolne∣scire. There was thirty Acres of Medow, and Pasture Wood, one qu. long, and another broad.

This Berengarius was son of Robert de Totneia, the first Norman owner of Belvoyr, mentioned in Orston, who was succeeded by the Albenies, Lords of that Castle,* 1.1 of which Family William de Albenni Brito the second, (of whom his bro∣ther Raph de Albenni held fifteen Knights Fees of the old Feoffment) did enfeoff Elias de Albenni in one Knights Fee of his own Demesne, which was of the new feoffment, being done after the death of King Henry the first.

Helias de Albeniaco, and Hawis his wife, and Oliver and Raph their sons,* 1.2 gave to Newhouse, the first of the Premonstratenses in England, all their right in the Church of St. Botulph of Saxelby, which belonged to their Fee, viz. the third part, and twenty Acres of Medow in Dri∣holm, which is on the South side of Fosse dic, for the Soul of William de Albeniaco, who gave them that Fee, and for the Souls of their Fathers, Mothers, and Ancestors, &c.

Here was a Priory of the same Order very near as ancient as Neuhus,* 1.3 to which King Ed∣ward the second, in the twelfth year of his Reign, confirmed the gift and grant, which Raph de Al∣beniaco, by his Deed, made to God and St. Ma∣••y, and the Brethren and Sisters of Brodholme, of all that which was of his Fee in the Orchard by the Church-yard of the Church of St. Botulphs of Saxelby, and of a certain Plain of Ground, lying between the Court of the said Sisters and his Wood; the said King likewise confirmed the gifts of Sarra, daughter of Peter de Gousla (possibly the Founder of Newhouse) to the said Sisters,* 1.4 of several Lands and Tenements, and of those likewise which the said Sisters had of the gift of Peter de Gousla her Father, Agnes de Camvilla her mother, and Henry, brother of the said Sarra. Peter de Chaumpaigne, Knight, confirmed the gifts of the said Peter, and Agnes his wife, and Sarra their daughter, and Henry her brother, to the said Nuns. Peter, son of Peter de Campania, gave a Toft in Saxelby to this said Prioress and Covent of Brodholme. A. Abbat of Newhus confirmed all the Sisters had or should have of their Donors. Ioan, daughter of William de Ver, gave one Bovat, and some Medow in Saxelby. Walter de Clifford, and Agnes his wife (daughter and heir of Roger, son of Osbert de Cundi) and Walter de Clifford their son, besides the Church of St. Helen of Turnehag (mentioned in Thorney) gave the Site of a Mill in the Moore, which lies between Thorna and Drengesha, to these Brethren and Sisters, and thirty Acres of Land which the said King Edward the second also confirmed, as he did the gifts of Hugh, son of Lambert de B••sseto, of fifteen shillings Rent in Newark, which his Grandfather Sir Hugh gave them, to be had of Iohn, son of Henry Cutiler, and of two quarters of Corn, one of Wheat and ano∣ther of Ry, to be received of him and his heirs at his Mannor▪ of Wygesley; and the gift which Galfr. son of Murield de Thornehaugh, made of a Toft and Croft, with the Appurtenances in Herdeby near Eykel; and the gift of Raph de Muscamp, of half a Mark Rent in Colingham, which Raph de Hag, and Nicholas his brother, gave to the said Brethren, and Nuns proportiona∣bly; and the gift of Isabel, daughter of Alured de Colingham, to the said Nuns, of 4^s. 2^d. Rent to be received of Henry, son of Adam de Mus∣camp, and his heirs, and many others of like sort.

The Advowson of this Priory usually went with the Mannor of Saxelby,* 1.5 part of which was by Hugh de Normanton, son of Iohn, son of Hugh, passed to Sir Iohn de Lyseux Lord of Fledburgh, by the name of the Mannor, as another part called also the Mannor of Saxelby, was afterwards, viz. 27 E. 3. by Christian, late the wife of William, son of Sir Gilbert de Br••d∣sale, Knight, (who enfeoffed the said Christian, together with her husband) to the said Sir Iohn de Lyseus, and Isabell his wife, and Iames their son, reserving to her self ten Marks per annum, for the next ten years of her life, and fourteen Marks per annum, during the rest of it, for which, in case of non-payment, she might distrein in either Mannor.

William Cressy of Markham (on whose Seal within the Circumscription of his name,* 1.6 are three Crescents upon a Bend) and Thomas Cagy of Fledbourgh, 38 E. 3. settled the Mannor of Saxelby, and Advowson of Brodholme, on Iames, son of Sir Iohn de Lyseus, and on Maud his wife, and the heirs of their bodies; for want of which, on Isabell, mother of the said Iames, for her life; after which, on William, son of Ri∣chard Basset of Normanton, and the heirs males of his body; and for want of such, on Richard Basset, Nephew of the said William, and the heirs males of his; for want whereof, on the right heirs of Sir Iohn de Lyseux for ever.

Thomas Trussebut,* 1.7 whose Seal of Arms cir∣cumscribed with his name, is, A Waterbouget, and on a Chief two Mullets, 10 R. 2. released all his right and claim in Saxelby, and the Ad∣vowson

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of Brodholme, which were his Uncles the said Sir Gilbert Bridesalls, to Sir Iohn Mar∣mion Lord of Tanfeild, and others.

This Mannor and Advowson remained to the B••ssets of Fledborough.

Iohn Basset, Esquire, Henry Basset, Clinton Basset, and Edward Basset (his brothers) and Elizabeth Basset,* 1.8 widow, 37 Eliz. levied a Fine of the Mannor of Saxelby to Henry Ballard (of Southwell) Gent. to whom it was then sold. Thomas Ballard of Saxelby, 6 Car. 1. Mort∣gaged it to Thomas Atkinson of Newark, Gent. son of Gilbert, and is now the possession of Ro∣bert Atkinson of Newark, Gent. his son.

King Richard the second, 19 Febr. 12 R. 2. committed to Alionor,* 1.9 who had been wife of Giles D'aubney Chr. deceased, the custody of the Mannor of South Ingleby, in Saxelby, and Brodholme in the Counties of Lin••. and Nott. till his heir should be of full age. The Jury, 1 H. 4. found that Elianor;* 1.10 wife of Sir Giles D'aubeney, held of the inheritance of Sir Gyles her husbands son, while she lived, the third part of the moyety of a certain Pasture called the South-dike by Brodholme, and the third part of the Wood. It appears likewise, 19 H. 6. that Elizabeth,* 1.11 who had been wife of Warin Wal∣grave, and formerly of Iohn Daubeney (whose brother Sir Giles was his heir) held a third part of two parts of 13^s. 4^d. Rent of Assize of the Prioress and Covent of Brodholme, and the third part of two parts of fourscore Acres of Me∣dow, called Burton Ings, and the third part of two parts of fourscore Acres of Pasture, lying at South-dike, &c. and that Thomas Gold∣ington was her next heir. Gyles Daubeney, men∣tioned in C••tum, about 24 H. 6. left William Daubeney his son,* 1.12 and heir of this great Medow, Pasture, and Wood, as parcel of his Mannor of South Ingleby, held of the Lord Roos of Bever. Alice,* 1.13 the widow of Sir Giles, about 33 H. 6. left her interest here, and three daughters her heirs, Amice, Isabell, and Alianor.

There was a Recovery, 30 H. 8. wherein Thomas Dymock,* 1.14 Esquire, and Iames Smyth, Gent. claimed against William Mounson, Esquire▪ forty Acres of Medow, sixty of Pasture, thirty of Wood, and several Fishing in the Water called Newpyttys, in Brodeham, Saxelby, and Thorney, who called Henry Earl of Brigge∣water.

* 1.15The Site and House of the Priory of Brod∣holme, and all the Demesne Lands, &c. 30 Iune, 6 Eliz. were granted to Iohn Conyers, and William Haber, Gent. and their heirs, lately in the Tenure of William Mounson, Esquire, and of the yearly value of 10^l. 10^s. 4^d.