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Maperley.
THE Wood of Basford, which was Iohn de Cokefeuds,* 1.1 and Robert de Orrebyes, 15 E. 1. was found wholly wasted, and had been so of old. Iohn, son of Robert de Orreby, and Iohn Cokfeld had taken 2s. 6d. a year, for five and twenty years last past, and appropriated the Wood to themselves without warrant, and there∣fore were amerced.
Hugh de Nottingham, Clark, 25 E. 1. had Lands in Nottingham called Cornerwong,* 1.2 con∣firmed to him and his heirs by Bounds, &c.
In 31 E. 3. it was found that Iohn Montgo∣mery,* 1.3 then dead, made one Essart of old, besides the Kings Wood of Nottingham, that was cal∣led Cornerwong, and it contained thirty Acres of ground, and was sown since the last regard.
The heirs of Alice Palmer held one Essart of old called Basfordwong, containing twenty Acres, William Eland was then Tenant, viz. some while after 31 E. 3. about which time that Essart was thought to be made. Adam Palmer made one Essart of old of five Acres, and one Rood of the Kings Demesne at Algerthorp; of this William Eland was also Tenant.
In the time of Richard the second, Thomas Mapurley was a considerable Man at Notting∣ham: on his Seal was a Bend between six Crosse Croslets.* 1.4 He or his posterity became possessed of the chiefest part of these Grounds, which was the occasion of their being called Maperleys Closes; and since there being a Cottage House or two, and some odd Barns erected, it goes for a small Ham∣lett called Mapurley.
Iohn Mapurly, Esquire, 3 H. 8. (then living at Bullwell) suffered a Recovery of two hun∣dred Acres of Land in Basford called Corner∣wong,* 1.5 with the Appurtenances, to Thomas Archer, and Iohn Byron, Esquire. Iohn By∣ron,* 1.6 and Iohn Byron his son, 1 March, 1609. for the consideration of 100l. alienated the pre∣mises to Robert Staples of Nottingham, together with a Cottage or Tenement, and Barns thereto belonging. Robert Staples, and Maud his wife, 1612. settled, in consideration of marriage, Cornerswong, or Mapurly Closes, containing sixty Acres, with one Cottage, &c. on Alexan∣der Staples, and Ioane his wife, and the heirs of their two bodies; and in default thereof on Alexander and his heirs.
Robert Querneby of Nottingham, son and heir of Elizabeth,* 1.7 wife of Humfrey Quarneby, daughter and heir of Robert Mellors, and Iulian his wife (daughter I suppose, and at length) heir of Iohn Mapurley by his Deed dated 14 De∣cemb. 31 Eliz. in consideration of marriage, which had been before that time solemnized be∣tween Thomas Blyth, one of the younger sons of William Bl••••he, and Mary, one of the daughters and heirs of him the said Robert Querneby, set∣tled on George Beardmore, and William Monk, and their heirs, certain Lands and Tenements in Nottingham, and five Closes in the Lordship or Parish of Basford, in trust for himself and his heirs. His other daughter and heir Elizabeth, was married to Iohn Kyme, as in Nottingham will be shown.
In the third year of King Charles the first,* 1.8 11 Apr. 1627. Thomas Blyth the elder, and Mary his wife, and Thomas Blyth the younger, and Magdalen, in consideration of 500l. sold to Robert Staples, and his heirs, five Closes in Cor∣nerwong, or Maperley. On the Seals of Blyth are a Chevron between three Lioncells Rampant, and upon some for a Crest, a Lion passant on the top of a Tower. These are called Nether, or Lower Maperley, and are now with the other al∣so, the Inheritance and Possessions of Samuel Staples, who I think had them, for names sake, settled on him or his Father by the Purchaser Ro∣bert Staples, in whose House in Nottingham the said Samuel now lives, and hath rebuilt part of it of Brick and Stone, which before was but like the rest, of Wood. And hath also since that built a little Brick house at this Mapurley.