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Colwick over and nether.
IN Colewi••, Godric had a Mannor before the Conquest, which answered or was rated to the Dane-geld or Tax at seven Bovats. The Land was one Car. There afterwards William Peverel (whose Fee it became) had one Car. in Demesne and seven Vill. six Bordars, having three Car. or Plows. There was a Priest and a Church, and two Servants,* 1.1 and one Mill 5s. half a Piscary or Fishing, and thirty Acres of Medow, and fifteen Acres of small Wood. In the Confessours time it was 20s. value, when the great Survey was taken in the Conquerours 40s. and was then held by Waleraun. Here was another Mannor of the Land of the Taynes, wherein Alvric had three, and Buge two, which made five Bovats for the Tax or Geld. The Land was one Car. They held it of the King (William) and there had two Car. or Plows, one Sochm. on one Bovat, and six Villains, one Bord. with two Car. There was thirty one Acres of Medow, and small Wood, eight Acres. In the Confessours time this was valued at 25s. 4d. Another part went with Stoche of the Fee of Goisfrid de Alselin.
William de Colwich, 20 H. 2. paid the Sheriff one Mark because he sold an Horse to the Kings enemies.* 1.2
* 1.3Over Colwick was Peverels, and held by Re∣ginald de Colewike of the King in Capite, as one Carucat, for twelve barbed Arrows when he came to Nott. Castle, together with nineteen Bovats in Willughby on the Wolds, as there is noted, for another Service.
Philip, son of this Reginald, was after his death, 36 H. 3. found his heir, and to be then above forty years old. Philip died about 3 E. 1. and left it to William his son and heir.
* 1.4The Jury, 6 E. 1. found that Reginald de Cole∣wyke, the Grandfather of William, lived an hun∣dred years; and that he, and Philip his son, Fa∣ther of William, had their Park inclosed with Hedge and Di••ch at their pleasure, without the impediment of the Justice or Ministers of the Fo∣rest, and so held it all their lives, as the said Wil∣liam then did, paying his twelve Arrows, as be∣fore is said.
Iohn de Colwyk, 7 E. 3. was found son and heir of William.* 1.5 This Iohn was a Knight, and married Ioane, daughter of Robert de Staunton [Harold] by whom he had William de Colwyke, who held the Mannor of Colewyke, with the Advowson of the Church, joyntly with Ioane his wife, whom he left a widow, 35 E. 3. and Thomas de Colewike their son his heir; he held a Mess. also in Elston of William de Thorpe, and half a Virgat of Land. His said wife Ioane was the daughter of Iohn Peche,* 1.6 and born at Kilnutt in Shropshire, by whom he had also a daughter called Ioane, who was heir of her brother the s••id Thomas de Colwik, and carried this Lordship to the Family of Byron (mentioned in New∣stede) she being second wife of Sir Richard By∣ron, as in that place is noted.
There was a presentment made against Richard Byron Chr. and Ioane his wife,* 1.7 15 R. 2. for h••ndring the course•• of the Water of Trent at Over Colwick, which was the right of the said Ioane, it seems as daughter of William de Col∣wik. The Trent is there found to be one of the great Rivers of the Kingdom of England for passage of Ships and Batells [that is, Boats] with Victuals, and other Merchandises from the Castle and Town of Nottingham, to the water of Humbre, and from thence into the deep Sea.
The Tayn-land I suppose to be called Nether-Colwyk, or Est-Colwyk, which came also to Peverel, for I find,* 1.8 11 E. 1. that William de Novers, or de Nodariis, named in Willughby on the Wolds, held the fourth part of a Knights Fee of that Honour in Est-Colwyk.
The Jury, 10 E. 3. found that Iohn de Now∣ers held one Mess. and one Carucat of Land,* 1.9 with the Appurtenances in Nether-Colwick, of the Lady Grace de Nowers Lady of Stoke Golding∣ton, by the Service of the fourth part of a Knights Fee, and that Iohn his son and heir was then of full age.
A Fine was levyed at York, 12 E. 3. between Iohn de Nowers of Nether Collewyk,* 1.10 Quer. and Iohn, the elder son of William Moigne of Carleton, Deforc. of thirteen Mess. nine Bo∣vats, and one hundred and sixty Acres of Land, sixty Acres of Medow, one Acre of Wood, and 15d. Rent, with the Appurtenancs in Nether-Colwyk, Carleton, and Beston, which were thereby settled on the said Iohn de Nowers for life; and after his decease on William, son of Ro∣bert de Iorce, and Margery, daughter of the said Iohn de Nowers, and the heirs of their bodies; remainder to the right heirs of the said Iohn de Nowers. This came after to the Family of Slorey, whose Arms were three Crosseletts patè upon a Fesse, which I have seen upon some of their Seals.
There was a Recovery suffered, 4 H. 8. where∣in Thomas Vrswick,* 1.11 and Thomas Broun claimed against Robert Slory, the Mannor of Colwyke, with the Appurtenances, and six Mess. ten Cot∣tages, six hundred Acres of Land, five hundred of Medow, as many of Pasture, four hundred of Wood, sixty of Marsh, forty of Heath, and 10l. Rent in Colwyke Nowers, Over Colwyke, and Nether Colwyke. Slory was a man of great pos∣sessions,* 1.12 and his daughters and heirs married to Hussy and Wood, but Mr. Woods Ancestor, to whom this Colwyk was allotted, sold it to the Ancestor of Sir Iohn Byron, who having the whole, sold it to Sir Iames Stonehouse, being of a very great yearly value, but never got much above half the money, by reason of the breaking out of the War, wherein it was stop'd by the Re∣bells, but since the return of the King, Richard, the present Lord Byron, hath accepted of some small part, and confirmed the Title of Sir Iohn Musters, the present owner.
Some part of Nether Colwick is in Geedling Parish, which was that of the Fee of Alselin.
The Rectory of Colwyke was heretofore 10l. value, and Mr. Byron Patron.* 1.13 'Tis now 6l. 2s. 1d. and Sir Iohn Musters Patron▪
In a North Window of this Church was painted a Man in his Coat of Arms, holding his Shield, whereon also was depicted Gules, three or four Fusils in Fesse Arg. and two Cinque∣foyles (or Mullets) in Chief Or. He was of the Family of D' Aubeni, in Brant Brough∣ton