hanc certificacem libauerunt hic infrandat

Comiss' xj die Nouembr A° xxxvijo Regñ Rf

nunc p manus Wittmi [su erased] hobson et [pŕst sacrū].

Wapintag de Agbrige & Morley

in Westr Com Ebor.

Survey of the Manor of Leeds.

THE manuscript of which this is a transcription is a copy by Thomas Wilson, schoolmaster, made in 1740. Either the original must have contained many corruptions, or the original copyist must have been very careless in transcribing. The manuscript in its present condition is full of false concords and almost unintelligible abbreviations. For the sake of clearness most of the mistakes have been corrected, and many of the abbreviations written in full. The manuscript belongs to the library of the Leeds Grammar School, and it is with the kind permission of the Headmaster and Governors that it is now published.

A SURVEY OF THE

MANOR OF LEEDES AND LEEDES-MAINRIDING,

TAKEN A.D. 1612, THE 9TH YEAR OF KING JAMES I,

BEING THE QUEEN'S JOINTURE.

(Copied from the original roll, beautifully writ upon vellum, above 110 yards long -penes Will. Cookson, armigerum, one of the present Lords of the Manor, by Tho. Wilson, 1740.)

NOTE (by Tho. Wilson).

The original of this Survey was found among the rubbish in the ruins of Pomfrete Castle, and the late Alderman Tho. Dixon, of Little Woodhouse, near Leedes, and one of the lords of the manor of Leedes, being accidentally in a commission at Pontefract, and a lover of such curiosities, procured it, and at his death, in 1710, it came into the hands of my late worthy friend, Will. Cookson, Esq., and is now (1756) in the custody of his son, Tho: Cookson, Esq., one of the lords of the manor of Leedes. With it was found several other curiosities, of which an ancient shield and a large, beautiful crucifix in brass, ornamented with plates in copper, on which the Evangelists, &c., are finely engraved; both now in the hands of Sir Henry Ibbetson, of Leedes, Baronet.

GENERALIS SUPERVISIO MANERIJ DE LEEDES,

Omnium et singularum terrarum, tenementorum, hereditamentorum redituum exituum et membrorum ejusdem manerij, parcellae Honoris de Pontefract, parcellae juncturae prae- excellentissimae Dominae Annae Angliae Scotiae Franciae, et Hiberniae Reginae. Capta apud Leedes die Jovis decimo septimo die Octobris anno regni Domini nostri Jacobi, Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae et Hiberniae fidei defensoris, &c., nono, et Scotiae quadragesimo quinto. Coram Thoma Potts de Skipwith Woods in comitatu Eborum armigero deputato Thomae Domino Knyvett supervisori generali terrarum et possessionum ejusdem Dominae Annae Reginae, virtute commissionis dicti Domini Regis (sub magno sigillo dictae Dominae Reginae) eidem Thomae Potts et aliis commissionarijs directae et deliberatae per sacramentum Johannis Falkingham de Leedes in comitatu Eborum armigeri, Thomae Killingbeck de eadem generosi, Johannis Shanne, et Willielmi Kay generosorum, Johannis Cooper, Leonardi Stable, Adami Baynes, Christopheri Pawson, Roberti Harrison, Josias

Jenkinson, Johannis Marshall, Willielmi Simpson, Matthaei Hudson, Willielmi Strickland, Willielmi Hargraves, Johannis Fairbarne, Thomae Funtance et Thomae Hudson, Georgij Greene, et Stephani Walker de eadem, yeomen roborum et legalium hominum de corpore et viceneto comitatus Eborum qui dicunt super sacramentum quod,

CIRCUITUS MANERIJ DE LEEDES,

incipit apud ulteriorem finem cujusdam venellae vocatae Leedes Laine ducentis versus septentrionem a villa de Leedes ad moram de Chappel Towne, et ab inde extendit usque ad quandam venellam vocatam Buslenthorpe Laine in exteriore parte ejusdem manerij. Quae quidem venella dividit manerium de Leedes a dominio de Scott-hall (parcella terrarum et possessionum Henrici Savile militis) et ab inde extendit a quadam clausura vocata Great Will Dykes versus boream usque Buslenthorpe et ab inde ad ingentem montem vocatam Lorry-banke hill existentem infra manerium de Leedes. Est quidam rivulus vocatus Sheepscarre becke transiens per Woodhouse Carre qui a quodam molendino pertinente dicto manerio de Scotthall dividit manerium de Leedes a manerio de Scott-hall praedicto ; et ab inde extendit versus occidentem usque ad Pikeman ridge dividentem manerium de Leedes et maneria de Hedingley et Burghley parcellas terrarum et possessionum Johannis Savile militis. Ab occidentali parte ejusdem vocati Pikeman ridge est quaedam sepes arboribus insita quae in exteriore parte manerij de Leedes predicti versus occidentem dividit predicta dominia de Hedingley et Burghley ab eodem manerio de Leedes. Quae quidem sepes versus austrum a quodam loco vocato Megg-horne styell (nunc Regg-horn stile) in ulteriore parte cujusdam communij et vasti extendit usque quandam venellam existentem Via regia et alta. In qua quidem. venella est lapis cinereus vocatus a 'Graystone' ingentis magnitudinis admodum antiquitatis et vetustatis existens in medio positus ejusdem venellae. Quae in eodem loco dividit manerium de Leedes a predicto manerio de Hedingley et Burghley ab australi parte cuius. lapidis cinerei tam torrens seu fluviolus quam arbores predicti longe extendunt usque fluvium de Aire celeberrimum et praestantissimum fluvium in partibus borealibus. Qui quidem fluvius extendit per villam de Leedes ex australi parte ejusdem. A quo quidam fluvio de Aire arbores praedictae longe extendunt versus orientem usque ad parcellam terrae vocatam Hydamm Closes existentem infra manerium de Leedes et parcellam terrarum Roberti Portington armigeri. Sepes quarundam clausurarum dividit manerium de Leedes predictum a manerio de Holbeck cujus quidem manerij de Holbeck illustrissimus.

princeps Jacobus Dei gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rex est dominus. Est quaedam venella vocata Water-Laine ex australi parte cujus venellae est fossata arida ducens versus austrum usque quandam clausuram vocatam Barre-croft et ab inde extendit per sepem ejusdem clausurae ad rivulum vocatum Holbeck-beck et ab inde versus austrum cujusdam crofti in tenura Matthaei Hudson et ab inde extendit ex occidentali ejusdem crofti usque ad quandam venellam vocatam Meadowe-Laine. A qua quidem venella vocata Meadow-Laine (ducente a villa de Beeston usque villam de Leedes) est sepes diversis arboribus insita quae dividit dictum manerium de Leedes a terris et possessionibus Johannis Nevile militis modo in tenura Edwardi Carewe militis versus austrum in exteriore parte ejusdem manerij usque fluvium de Aire. In eadem venella est parvulus pons lapideus subter quo fluit rivulus versus austrum, et ab inde extendit per sepem cujusdam clausurae vocatae Hall Inge, et ab inde longe eadem sepes extendit per quandam fossatam versus orientem unius acrae terrae nuper Thomae Reame usque ad quandam clausuram vocatam Foster-Close parcellam terrarum Roberti Portington armigeri predicti, et ab inde versus orientem extendit per quandam venellam vocatam Hunslet Laine usque sepem ex orientali parte unius tenementi et clausurae in tenura Roberti Kidde, et ab inde per unam clausuram vocatam Leedes Holmes extendit versus orientem usque fluvium de Aire ad quendam locum vocatum Woodersome Deepe. Ab hoc loco limes ejusdem manerij de Leedes transit per fluvium de Aire et extendit ex boreali parte ejusdem fluminis usque parcellam terrae vocatam Le Stender pertinentem villae aut oppidulo de Skelton parcella terrae vocata Le Stender usque ad unam clausuram vocatam le Holt Inge, et ab inde extendit longe versus boream per sepem et aridam fossatam usque quandam venellam existentem Via Alta et Regia ducentem a civitate Eboraci ad burgum de Pontefract per dictam venellam sepem et aridam fossatam usque australem partem unius clausurae vocatae le Thornes. Ex australi parte ejusdem clausurae est parvulus torrens transiens et extendens usque quasdam clausuras vocatas les Nevile Hills (nuper terrarum Thomae Savile armigeri defuncti) et ab inde extendit versus boream ad unam clausuram parcellam de les Nevile Hills vocatam Orgraves per aridam fossatam usque quandam venellam vocatam Leedes Laine existentem Via Alta et Regia ducentem a villa de Leedes ad civitatem Eboraci. Eadem venella vocata Leedes Laine versus austrum extendit ad orientali parte unius clausurae vocatae West Broome hill, et ab inde extendit longe per eandem clausuram