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Fiskerton. And Moreton.

OF the Soc of Horingham, in Fiscartune, and in Mortune, Walter de Ayncurt (whose Fee it was) had in each half a Car. for the Geld, whereof the Soc belonged to Sudwell, and in each he had one Car. and three Vill. having one Car. (or Plow.) Here in Fiscartune was also a Mannor which Tori had, before the Conquest, rated to the Geld at two Car. two Bov. The Land whereof was then certified to be five Car. There the said Walter had in demesne one Car. eleven Vill. having four Car. There were two Mills,* 1.1 one Piscary, one Pessage, 46^s. 8^d. forty two Acres of Medow, Pasture Wood two qu. long, one qu. broad. In the Confessours time this was 3^l. value, in the Conquerours, when the survey was taken, 4^l. Walter had Soc in this Fiscarton, six Bovats of Land, whereof the Arch-bishop had the Soc. There was some in Gipesmare, and Mor∣tun, which was of the Fee of Raph Fitz Hubert, and held by the Lords of Annesley.

This Town of Fiskerton, Raph de Ayncurt gave to the Monastery of Thurgarton, at the Foundation, as in that place is said. The Prior, 54 H. 3.* 1.2 had Market and Fair granted in this Mannor of Fiskerton.

There was a Chapel dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mother, founded within the Court of the Canons of Thurgarton, upon the Trent,* 1.3 at Fis∣kerton, to which many persons gave Lands; as Ro∣bert de Birstall, who gave six Selions on the East part of the sike of Morton in Wra, of his de∣mesne, and 3. others upon Irnore, in pure Alms, for the Souls of William, his father, and Agnes, his mother, his own and his wives, and all his Pa∣rents departed.

Walter, son of Pagan de Aslacton, remised and quit-claimed all the right he had in one Bovat and an half in Fisk. to the said Canons, which Lauretta, the Daughter of Raph, the Parson of Roldeston, held of the said Prior and Canons of Thurgarton, to whom Robert, son of William de Haeg, also re∣leased all his right in the Lands of the said Lauret∣ta, his Grandmother.

'Osbert de Haneworth, called also de Morton,* 1.4 was a Benefactor to the said Chapel, who had a Daughter married to Gaufr. de Deres∣burgh, sometimes called Iulian, and sometimes Golderon, by whom she the said Iulian or Golde∣ron had likewise a daughter called Cecilia, mar∣ried to Robert, son of Savain de Kelum. She had half a Bovat in Morton, in Frank-marriage, which in her widow-hood she gave to the said Priory, excepting the third part of her Toft, and seven Rodes of Land and Medow, which she gave to Osbert▪ the Milner, with Alice her daughter. Hugh son of Galfr. de Deresburg, brother to the said Cecilia, in the year 1248. confirmed her gift to the Canons of Thurgarton.

Robert, son of Raph de Fiskerton, by the con∣sent of Robert his son, for the health of his own Soul, and the Soul of Agnes his wife, gave to the said Chapel a Selion, which in times past Blacman, and Wolsi of Mortun, gave to the said Canons for

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their brotherhood, and exchanged another, for which the Canons gave him and his son 12^s. and three quarters of Rye, and one of Barley. There were many other small benefactors.

In the year 1328. the Tythes of the Demesne, and Natives of Fiskerton,* 1.5 were valued at 100^s. per annum. There were three Carucats of Land, each valued at 26^s. 8^d. The fishing then there was 66^s. 8^d. The Water-Mill there 26^s. 8^d. The Tythe of Roldeston Mill 3^s. 4^d. The perquisites of the Court 40^s. The rents of Assize of the Na∣tives (each whereof for the most part held one Bo∣vat and an half of Land, and paid about 3^s. and one Cock, and two Hens) amounted to 49^s. 4^d. and thirty Hens and Cocks, then valued at 1^d. ob. a piece, 3^s. 9^d. The rents of the Cottagers, 7^l. 6.5^d. ob. The Natives (or Husbandmen) and Cottages here did more work than those of Thur∣garton,* 1.6 and had less meat, except at Plowing and Harrowing, and at Boondays only in Harvest, which were once in a week, during that time, with two men for every Husband (or Farm) house, be∣sides four other working days, in which there was no refection allowed: when they had, viz. at the said Boons, every two had three Boon-loaves with Campanage. On Saturdays they carried, and did no other work. All the Customary (Tenants) both in Fiskerton, and Morton, one day in the year found each a man to cleanse the Dam of Fis∣kerton Mill; and if it needed more, they were to be allowed out of their other works. If any [braciatrix braciaverit cereviciam] Ale-wife brew Ale to sell, she must satisfie the Lord for Toltester. If any Native or Cottager sold a Male youngling after it was weaned, he was to give 4^d. to the Lord. If any Native or Cottager having a Swine above a year old, should kill him, he was to give the Lord 1^•. and it was called Thistelcak. The work of a Native was 12^s. and of a Cottager 10^•. They were to carry to, or from the forraign Granges at the will of the Lord. And the women paid Marchetts, as in Thurgarton. The value of the works was 6^l. 19^s. 9^d. The rents of Assize to the Priory in Morton, were but 9^s. 7^d.

* 1.7Roger de Ayncurt is certified to have held a Knights Fee in Morton, of Oliver de Ayncurt, of the old Feoffment, (but 'tis Morton in Darby∣shire.

The Family of Cressover, were owners and re∣sident here. There was an agreement between Henry de la Cressover, and Richard, the Prior of Thurgarton,* 1.8 that the Prior should have the Fish∣ing of Holmsike, and a certain Barn or Grange built upon the land of the Monastery, in the fields of Fiskerton, and Morton, without any distur∣bance, and that only Henry, and his heirs, should fish in Livpole, and Capelingpole, and that he and his Successors should have a way under the Parc of the Prior and Covent towards South∣well, and they should have reasonable passage for their Cattel of Fiskerton, through his Me∣dow on the Trent bank, to their Ox-pasture. Will. de la Cressovere of Morton, by Southwell, in 17. and 18 E. 3.* 1.9 by Fine conveyed his Mannor of Morton and one Mess. and two Bovats in Far∣nesheld, to Benedict de Normanton, excepting six Tofts, fourteen Bovats of Land, 7^s. 1^d. rent, and the third part of a Mess. whereof he passed also the reversion, part of it being then held by Clementia, who had been wife of Iohn de la Cressovere, and William, brother of Iohn, for life, and some little by Maud, and A∣micia, daughters of the said Iohn de La Cresso∣vere.

Some of this Land, 15 R. 2.* 1.10 belonged to the Priory of Thurgarton; and I find that Thomas de Normanton, 13 H. 4.* 1.11 had interest here, but fur∣ther I find not, and therefore suppose it might be conveyed by him to the Priory, as Annesleys Land was. Viz. one Mess. two Tofts, six Bovats of Land,* 1.12 which Iohn de Horspole, Clark, Thomas. Nor∣manton, of Normanton, and William Snawe, Chaplain, had, of the Feoffments of john Willugh¦by, Esquire, and Thomas de Willughby, Knight, were, the Wednesday after Christmas, 13 H. 4. by their deed then dated at Morton; whereto were witnesses Sir Iohn la Zouch, Knight, Sir Nicolas Strelley, Knight, Sir William Nevile, Knight, Sir Iohn Birton, Knight, &c.

Raph de Annesley, Knight, had two sons, Regi∣nald, the elder, and Raph,* 1.13 to whom his Father gave the said six Bovats in Morton; of this Raph came Robert de Annesley his son and heir, of whom came Iohn, the Father of another Iohn, who had a daughter and heir called Isabell, married to Iohn Ashewell, to whom by Fine she gave the said Land, who passed it to Richard de Winwyk, and William de Gunthorp, they to Richard de Crumwell, he to Iohn de Willughby, and others, they to Iohn de Horspole, and the rest as before is said.

There was an Assize 18 E. 1.* 1.14 between Robert de Annesley, Plaintiff, and Agnes, who had been the wife of Henry, son of Sewall, Defen∣dant, concerning a place of Land, sixty foot long, and forty broad, in Fiskerton, and Morton; the Jury said that Robert was never in seisin, but they found (that Term) that she unjustly obstruct∣ed a certain way in Fiskerton, and Morton,* 1.15 so that the said Robert could not drive his goods di∣rectly from his Tenement in Morton, to his pa∣sture of Mardelok, and the More, &c.

Fiskerton Grange, 3 and 4 Ph. and Mar. was granted to Edward Fynes,* 1.16 Knight, Lord Clin∣ton and Say, and Thomas Morryson; it was ra∣ted at 7^l. 12^s. 8^d. and in the Parish of Rolston.

Quen Elizabeth 21 Ian. 4 Eliz.* 1.17 granted to Thomas Cooper, Esquire, and his heirs,* 1.18 all the Tythes, and Demesne and Mannor of Fisker∣ton, and Morton, and the Capital Mess. called Ashwel-hall, in Morton, and a little Close called the Park, and other Lands and Pastures belong∣ing to it, and other Lands with the Passage of Fiskerton, and two Water-mills on the River Greet, and Lands in Gourton, and Bleseby, belonging to the Priory of Thurgarton, &c.

Sir Roger Cooper sold Ashwell-hall, and the Mannor, and some Farms in Moreton,* 1.19 1646. and the Mannor of Fiskerton, and Moreton, and the Ferry at Fiskerton, and the Tythes and Farms there, in the year 1649. to Huntingdon Plumtre, Esquire, Dr. of Physick, whose son and heir, Henry Plumtre, Esquire, is the present owner of the said Mannor and Farms in Morton, and the Tythes of Fiscarton. And I suppose Sir Roger sold some in Fiskerton, about or before that time, to Thomas Atkinson, of Newark, which Robert Atkinson, his son, hath since sold

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to Samuel Ellis. And some more in Fiskerton was also purchased by Ed. Standish, of Newark, of the said Sir Roger Cooper, which is also now the possession of the said Samuel Ellis, all which was the Demesne: and Thomas Cliffe, and Iohn Cliffe, of Stoke, and Iohn Cliffe, of Nott. have purchased the Ferry, Farms, &c. of Fiscar∣ton, 1673. of the said Henry Plumtre, as I hear.