by Margery de Carleton. Witnesses :- Ric. Molyneux, knt. Thos. Haryngton of Horneby, Thos de Ursewyk, Hen. Halsall, Wm. Coppull.

Brethyrton, 1 Oct. 21 Hen. vi.

Seal a grotesque human figure (?).

[Α. 292.]

Rolleston.50

1321.

Quitclaim by Wm. de Stotevyle son of John de Stotevyle of 15 Nov. Rolleston to Wm. de Rolleston of Beverley, merchant, of his right in one toft in Rolleston called Bryntoft' between lands of Anselm de Pyckeryng on both sides, and in length from land of the said Anselm to a certain common way, towards the east, which toft the said William and Juliana his wife held by feoffment of the said John de Stotevyle. Witnesses :- Anselm de Pyckeryng', Stephen Hautayn, Walter de Haytefeld, Wm. de Wythornewyc, Walter Whityk, Jas. de Steneton, clerk. Rolleston, Sunday after Martinmas, 1321. [Α. 121.]

1357.

Rotherham.

Certificate of John [Thoresby] Archbishop of York that the 15 Aug. Abbot and convent of Rufford have proved their right to one moiety of the Church of Roderham which is appropriated to them and to the other moiety held in perpetual farm from the Abbot and Convent of Clairvaux. Lanum, 18 Aug. 1357. "Translationis nostre " 5.

Fragment of the Archbishop's seal.

1336.

Routonstall.51

[Α. 176.

Quitclaim by William son of Adam de Routonstall to Sir 10 Aug. John de Eland, knt. of all action of warranty of the land which he bought from the said Sir John within the boundaries of Routonstall and Stansfeld. Eland, St. Laurence's day, 10 Edw. iii. [Α. 144.]

Grant by Adam son of John de Routunstal to Adam son of Peter de Cresley, of a plot of land in the town of Routunstal, called Peresrode between the land late belonging to Hugh on the west, and Routunstal Wood on the east, as the hedge goes round it; with common and other easements belonging to such a tenement in Routunstal and outside; for 20 silver pence yearly rent to Sir Hen. de Sothil.

Witnesses:-John de la Len, John le Harpur, John de Assenhirst, Wm. de Estwode, Thos. the Miller. [Α. 59.]

Scargill. 52

155 Exemplification of a final concord dated 5 and 6 Ph. and Mary, 3 Jan. between Francis Tunstall, Esq., son and heir of Mary Tunstall, widow, and the same Mary concerning the manor of Scargill

and Sadleworthe 50 messuages, 20 cottages [with] tofts

....

a fulling mill, 50 gardens, orchards 200 (?) acres of meadow, 300 acres of pasture, 100 acres of wood, 500 acres of moor, 500 acres of heath and furze, 200 acres of moss, 200 acres of turbary and 4 librates of rent in Scargill and Sadleworthe; for which the said Francis pays the said Mary 400l.

Westminster, 3 Jan. 1 Eliz.

Much defaced. Seal of Philip and Mary, broken.

[B. 162.]

Seacroft, 53

1370.

29 Aug.

.....

Grant by Thos. Elys of Berwyk in Elmet to John de Bardour of York of all his lands and tenements services, with a windmill; the reversion of a toft and croft, of one acre of land held by [Ellen] de Gateby in Secroft, for life, the reversion of two messuages in the same town held by Adam de Thorneyales and Ydonea his wife for her life; the reversion of 2 messuages and 3 acres held by R....C... s and Ellen his wife for her life.

Witnesses :-John de laysyngcroft, Robt. de Manston, Ric. Wayt of Austhorp, Wm. de Grenefeld, Wm. Alot, of Secroft. Secroft, Thursday, the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 1370. 44 Edw. iii.

Much defaced.

A red seal, with a shield bearing on a cross five crescents in the first quarter, an inverted mullet pierced; the legend :-Sigi

Helys. Two of the crescents are much flattened.

.....

Thomae

[A. 201.]

Seamer.54

1454. Quitclaim by John Parr son of Robt. Parr of Whorleton, and 1 Nov. Wm. Tyndale of Northalverton son of John Tyndale, right heirs

of Katherine Bower of Northalverton to James Strangeways, knt. and Elizabeth his wife of their right in the lands of the said Katherine in the territories of Semer and Neweby in Cleveland, within the liberty of Canterbury. Witnesses :-John Laton of Saxhow, Rolf Acclom, Thos. Fulthorp, Robt. Laton, esq. Semer, 1 Nov. 33 Hen. vi. One seal, a crowned W, and a fragment of another. [Α. 297.]

1361.

Shefield.

Grant by Simon Lister of Roderham, Stephen Colte of 10 May. Sheffeld, chaplain, and Robt. Porterman of the same to John Mountenay of Waddeslay of a tenement called Peresfeld abutting at one end on Nepeshendepole and at the other end on the land late held by Wm. ad Pontem which he had by grant of Wm. son of Lambert the dyer of Sheffield.

Witnesses: Ric. Stubbe of Sheffeld, Adam Sumpter of Attercliff, Henry Barker of Sheffeld, Wm. Knyght, Peter in le Ker. Shircliff in the Parish of Sheffeld, Monday after the Invention of the Cross, 1361, 10 May.

Fragments of three seals. 1, a dog (?) lying down.

1361.

[Α. 180.]

Power of Attorney by Lister, Colte, and Porterman to Wm. 10 May. del Fryth of Nepeshende to deliver seisin. Sheffeld same

date.

Seals. 1, a dog (?) lying down. 2, a lamb and flag.

[Α. 181.]

Shelf.55

Grant by Philip de Forsley to Wm. son of Alex. de Wurstorne of his "intak" between Witefeld and Bentiley Park, as contained between ditches (foveas), with common of pasture and other easements belonging to such land within the bounds of Self; with reservation of the power to alienate to a place of religion, a church, the chief lords and Jews.

Witnesses: Ric. de Hyperum, John de Baldewyn, Matthew de Self, Adam de Northuuerum, Thos. de Bentiley, Ivo the Smith.

Endd: Carta de terris apud Shelf.

[Α. 21.]

1341. Grant by Cecilia daughter of Alan de Seureby and Amabilla 6 April. daughter of Wm. de Calthorn to Geoffrey son of Ric. de Schelf of a messuage with garden and croft in Schelf, between

the tenements of Ric. del Rokes and Ric. de Tho

...

Witnesses:-Hugh de Coppeley, Ric. del Rokes, John son of Ric. del Rokes, Ric. de Birstall.

Schelf, Friday before the Feast of Rogation, 1341.

1345.

[Δ. 76.]

Grant by Geoffrey de Shelf to Margery daughter of Maya de 24 May. Shelf in fee tail, of land within the bounds of Shelf, obtained from Cecilia daughter of Alan de Soureby and Anabella her cousin, with remainder to Adam son of William de Ourum. Witnesses :Ric. del Rokes, Hen. de Risheworth, John del Rokes, Wm. de Birstall, John de Coppelay.

Shelf, Tuesday after Trinity Sunday, 1345.

Shitlington, Nether.56

[Β. 82.]

Quitclaim by Ric. de Goldesburg', next heir of Master Gilbert de Bingeley, his uncle, late rector of Thornhill Church, to Master Wm. de Burg', rector of Thornhill, of his right in a grange and plot in Schitelington inferior, bought by the said Gilbert from Thos. de Wodekirke. Witnesses :-Wm. de Langefeld, Michael de Floketon, Thos. de Wytelay, Wm. de Mozelay, John de Lindesay, John de Bretton. [Α. 60.]

Quitclaim by Margery, widow of Sir Ralf de Mitton to Master Wm. de Burgo, Rector of Thornhil Church, of her right in a grange in Nether Schitlington belonging to Master Gilbert de Bingeley her late brother; and in 11⁄2 acre in Estcroft in the territory of Thornhil. Witnesses:-Sir John de Sothil, John son of Sir Ric. de Thornhil, Robt. de Liversegge, Robt. del Stockes of Dalton, Wm. de Metheley in Thornhil, Thos. de Wittheley, Wm. de Liversegge.

Endd: De grangia in Neytherton.

40°

1438. 2 Feb.

Silton Paynell,57

[Α. 61.]

Grant by John Spynay of Silton Paynell to Roger Silton of Silton Paynell of all his lands present and future, by inheritance or affinity in Silton Paynell. Witnesses: - Robt. Buscy

of Borowby, Thos. Brandesby of Kepwyk, Wm. Seell of Threske. Silton Paynell. Candlemas, 18 Hen. vj. [Α. 288.]

1378.

Skelmanthorpe.58

Grant by John Fitz William to Thomas Fitz Hugh of 8 April. Brerelay of a rent of 4l. from his lands in Skelmerthorp and

Wadworth. Sprotburgh, 8 April, 1 Ric. ii.

66 Nether Shitlington was locally known as Netherton. The original Shitlington gave rise to three "tons," called from their position relative to each other: Nether, Middle, and Over (i.e. Upper). Having each different owners,

See

three sisters and co-heirs may have
originally caused the division.
Y. A. J. viii., 26.

Grant also of a coat and hood yearly; on condition of Fitzwilliam recovering the rent of 81. which the said Thomas receives from the lands of Sir John Scot.

Seal, a shield with a Saltire.
French.

1436. 7 June.

[A. 212.]

Grant by John Whetelay, rector of the parish church of Plombtre, Wm. Partryk, rector of the parish church of Bromwich, and Thos. Clerk, vicar of Connesburgh to Edm. Fitzwilliam and Katherine his wife of all their lands, &c. in Skelmersthorp and Tykhyll and Louersall. Witnesses :-Thos. Clarell, John Mawlyverer, Thos. Wentworth esq. Robt. Rypar, Robt. Saunderson of Tykhyll. Tykhyll, 7 June, 14 Hen. vj.

Two seals, one broken, a W. The other a human figure with letters round it. [A. 282.]

Skelton-in-Cleveland,59

Quitclaim by Alice and Helena, Agnes and Hauisia sisters, to Peter de Bruis the third, of all their land of Scelton late belonging to Richard the Reeve (prepositi) their uncle, viz., a toft and croft at the entrance to the town of Scelton towards the east late held by Walter Blevent; 1 acre in Scelton fields lying between the tilled land of Sir Peter de Bruis called Roskeldesik and the half ploughland belonging to the Mills; an assart late of Wm. Winde, lying between Langhacres and the vale of meadows of Scelton; 1 acre given by Wm. Cusin to Ralf son of Wine, lying between Roskeldesic and the half ploughland belonging to the lord's mills; and 2 acres in the territory of Scelton on Lairlandes; for the rents of 1d. to them and their heirs, heirs of Wm. Cusin for the acre between Roskeldsic and the half ploughland, 2d. to the same for the 2 acres on Lairlandes, 1d. to the heirs of Rolf son of Wine for the acre given to Ralf by Wm. Cusin, and 1d. to Richard Briton for the assart. Witnesses :-Sir Adam de Hilton, Sir Simon de Bruis, Sir Stephen de Rosel, Sir Berard de Fontibus, John de Tocotes, John de Nutel, Wm. Pitwaltel, Robt. de Tormodeby, Geoffrey the Cook (Coco) Hugh Hauberger, Matthew the Clerk (clerico).

1356.

Skewsby 60

[B. 32.]

Quitclaim by John de Pertetuns of Scowisby to the Abbot 24 June. [and Convent of Byland] of part of the wood of Scowisby given to them by Helias de Flanvyll. The deed is mutilated and part of it illegible, the places named in giving the boundaries are Staynesgrifgate, Mugdal, Braydethwath, and Holegate.

He also quitclaims the pasture of Scowisby, 300 ewes with their

merthorp, as in Domesday Book and these deeds. Hunter's derivation of the name is not happy (S. Yorks. ii., 368). This township is divided between two Wapentakes: Staincross and Agbrigg, and two parishes: High Hoyland and

Emley.

59 Skelton near Guisbrough, the seat and castle of the Norman baronial house of de Brus. Peter III., 1221-1240.

GO A hamlet in the parish and township of Dalby, near Easingwold.