In 1234 he settled a dispute relating to some property in Castley, possibly given him by his mother, by the following fine : 1234, December. Fine between Thomas Pictavensis, plaintiff, and Hugh de Montealto, deforciant, of half a mill in Castellay. Hugh admits the property to be the right of Thomas, and Thomas grants it to Hugh and his heirs, to hold of Thomas and his heirs for ever, paying 8s. 4d. yearly for all service.1 In 1235 Thomas Poitevin, Isolda's son by her first marriage, granted his Baildon property to Isolda and Adam de Nereford, her second husband, by the following fine : This is the final concord made in the King's Court at York on the Friday next after the feast of S. Hilary, 19 Henry III [1235), Between Thomas Poitevin [Pictavensis], demandant, and Adam de Nereford and Isolda his wife, tenants, by William Malebisse, put in the place of Isolda to win or lose, concerning half the Manor of Beylden with the appurtenances, whereof an assize of mort d'ancestor was summoned between them in the same Court, To wit, that Adam and Isolda admit that all the said half with the appurtenances is the right of Thomas, And for this admission, fine and concord, the said Thomas has granted the said half [Manor] with the appurtenances to Adam and Isolda, To have and to hold to them, as they previously held it, for all the life of the said Isolda, And moreover Thomas has granted for himself and his heirs the said half [Manor] with the appurtenances, after the death of Isolda, to Hugh de Nereford, eldest son of Adam and Isolda, and to the heirs of his body, of him and his wife married to him begotten, for ever, To have and to hold to Hugh and the heirs of his body, of him and his wife married to him begotten, of the said Thomas and his heirs for ever, doing therefore forinsec service, as much as belongs to that half [Manor], for all service and exaction, So nevertheless that if the said Hugh shall die without heir of his body and of his wife married to him begotten, then all the said half [Manor], with the appurtenances, shall revert to Thomas and his heirs, quit from other heirs of the said Hugh for ever." This document has a further interest, inasmuch as it is the first notice of Baildon as a "manor." Thomas Poitevin was dead in 1251, leaving two sons, Roger and Robert. We have no clue to his wife. 1 Feet of Fines, Yorkshire, 19 Hen. III, No. 10. ROGER POITEVIN, son of Thomas, appears to have been born about 1230. He seems to have been an extravagant and somewhat turbulent character. Almost the earliest dated notices we have of him show him to be in difficulties. In 1259 he had mortgaged the manor of Towton for £200, and in 1271 he had to borrow money from his aunt, Hawisia de Stopham, to buy a horse. He took the side of the Barons in their war with Henry III, and his property suffered in consequence. In 1276 he was in prison in Corfe Castle. In 1269 there was a serious riot in consequence of an attempt to levy some Royal dues on Roger's land at Saxton and Towton. The King's Bailiff was assaulted and wounded, and finally carried off to Pontefract Castle, where he was kept in prison.1 He probably came of age in 1250 or 1251, when he took up his father's career of litigation. 1251, Michaelmas. Roger le Peytefin claimed against Hugh Byset a rent of 35. per annum in Syntehal [Snydall], in which Hugh has no entry except through Adam de Neyrford and Isolda his wife, to whom Thomas le Peytefin (whose son' and heir the plaintiff is) leased the same for a term of years which has now expired. The defendant vouched Adam de Neyrford to warrant, and he did warrant. Jury.2 One of his first acts was to try to upset some of the pious gifts of his ancestors to monastic and charitable foundations. 1251, Michaelmas. Roger le Peytevyn gave 20s. for a license of concord with the Abbat of Fountains in a plea touching the manor of Staynburn.3 Roger le Peytevin, who brought an assize of novel disseisin against the Master of S. Leonard's Hospital, York, touching a tenement and common of pasture in Saxton, withdrew. He and his pledges, William le Peytevin of Haling [sic] and Roger the Clerk of Saxton, are amerced." The attempt to oust the monks of Fountains from the property in Stainburn, which his grandmother had given them, evidently failed; accordingly we find Roger facing the situation and confirming, with what grace he could, the gift which he was unable to upset. 1 Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, xii, p. 109. 2 Assize Roll, 1046, 35 and 36 Hen. III, m. 37. 3 Ibid., m. 30d. + Headingley. Assize Roll, 1046, m. 46d. Circa 1251. Roger Poictevin grants and quit-claims to Fountains Abbey all the right and claim which he or his ancestors have or ever had in the manor of Staynburn, with the appurtenances, etc., as contained in the charter of Isouda, his grandmother, which charter they have. Witnesses: William, Abbat of Melsa, William de la Launde, William de Legherton, Robert the Constable, William de Thoresby, Robert de Nunnewyc, and others. Seal lost.1 The attempt on S. Leonard's Hospital failed, as that on Fountains had done, and Roger again confirmed what he was unable to gainsay. Roger son of Thomas Peytevin confirms all the gifts of Roger and Thomas Peytevin, his ancestors, to S. Leonard's Hospital, York, in Saxton and Woodhouse. Dated 15 Kal. July, 1260.2 I am not aware that either Roger or his brother Robert left any issue, but if they did, they had ceased to have any interest in Lelay property, and we need not pursue them further. Isolda, by her second husband, left a son, Hugh de Nereford, (see the Fine of 1235). His son, Adam de Nereford the second, as already stated, sold his Baildon property to John de Stapleton in 1316. The surname of Leathley is not yet extinct, but, so far as I am aware, there is nothing to show the connection of the later Leathleys with the earlier generations of this interesting Yorkshire family. They may possibly have descended from some of the younger sons I have mentioned. One Thomas de Leathley was Constable of Skipton Castle, circa temp. Edward I,3 and a John Leathley was Sheriff of the City of York in 1468.* I have not found any evidence as to the Leathley arms. 1 Original penes F. H. Fawkes, Esq. See charters Nos. XII and XIII. 2 Harleian MS. 795, fo. 53. 3 Whitaker's Craven, 417. 4 Drake's Eboracum, 363. Testamenta Leodiensia, (Continued from Vol. IX., p. 277.) EXTRACTED FROM THE PROBATE REGISTRY AT YORK. ROBERT HALL, OF Leventhorpe. In the name of God Amen: the xijth daie of Octobr, the yere of our lorde God mi fyv hundreth xxix. I Robert Hall, of Lenthorp, within the pishe of Swyllyngton, in the countie of York, yoman, hoole of mynd and goode remembrance, make thys my last will after thys mann' foloyng. First I bequeth my soule to God Almyghtie, and to o' lady saynt Mary, and to all the holy company of hevyn, and my body to be beryed win oure lady where in Swyllyngton churche in the northsyde, and my best beest to be my mortuarie, if I haue any at the day of my deptyng, if no I bequeath xxs in the name of my mortuarie. Also I bequeith to the byeng of a sute of vestimente xiijs iiijd. Itm I bequeith to Gerge Hall my sonne vj xiij iiijd. Also I bequeith to Robert Hall my sonne vjli xiijs iiijd. Also all the residew of my goodę not bequeathed I will that Williã Hall myn eldest sonne and heir, George Hall and Robert Hall my foresaid soñes, be my full executors, to order and dispose all my goodę as they thynk best for health of my soule and all goode cristen soules. In wytnes whereof to thys my will I haue sett my seall. Thes beryng wytnes, S[ir] Willia Bromhede, pishe preist, S[ir] John Shan, Robert Hemysworth, John Lytster, wth othir.-[Proved 15 April, 1531.] RICHARD HEPTONSTALL, OF FEATHERSTONE. (x. 46 a.) In Dei nõie Amen: iiij day of Decembr, in the yere of or lord God M'cccccxxxj. I Rychard Heptonstall, of hole mynd and seke of body, make this my testament . . . . . . . my body to be buryed within the churche yerd of Alhallowes at Fetherston. In pmis, I giff to the hye alter ijs. And also I will that myn executors cause v messes to be sayd for me at my pishe kyrk. Also I giff to the kirk to the byeng of one Antephon xijd. Also I gyff to my sonne Charlle xs. Also to my sonne in law John Walthew a kow. To Williă Vycars x3. sonne John x*. Residew of my goodę, my dette payd expens made, I giff and bequeith to Margrett my wiff and And to my and fun'all Robert my sonne, the whome I make and ordeyn myn executors, that they dispose for my soull as I haue putt y'me in trust. Thes beyng witnes, S[ir] Edward Wormall vicar, Robt Schelyto, Willia Eu'yngham, John Grenewod, wt oy' moo as John, Walt', Hewe.-[Proved 23 May, 1531.] JOHN WALKER, OF CALVERLEY. (x. 49 b.) In the name of God Amen: the xxvijth day of Auguste, in the yeire of or Lord God a thousand v hundrethe and xxvij. I John Walkar, of Farslay, holle of mynd and remẽbrāce, make my testament . . . . . my body to be beryed in chyrche or chyrchyerd of Calu'lay. Also I bequeth to the hye auter for tethis forgotten or negligently payd xxa. Also to bye auter clothis for the chirche of Calu'lay aforesaid vjs viijd. Also I bequethe to Agnes baylay doght' of Wyllyam baylay viijli, of the wiche vjli xiijs iiijd reste in the hande of WyHm baylay, of the wich vjli xiijs iiijd Rychard baylay his son ys furth for iiij marke, borowyd of Thomas Alabryge, and xxvjs viijd of ye same viijli reste in the hande of Thomas Holynge. Also to the said Agnes a great Awmbery in the howse, an arke in the ou' chambre, a lowe meyle cheste in the seller, and half the house wt apertenawnce in pudsay, wher George Lepton dwellyth, rent vjs viijd. Also to Janet Hall xls, or els the valor in howshold stuffe. Also I bequeth to John Baylay a cownt', a langsettyll, ij stone troghis, and a greate tubbe in the lath. All this howsholde stuffe to be delyu'ed after the decease of Margaret my wyffe. The residew of my gudde not bequethid I give to Margaret my wife, Christofer Bayly, and Thomas Bayly, psts, whom, with my brother Robt Walkar, and he to have for his labor vs, I make my holl executors of this my last wyll, and to ordre and dispose my gudde not afore bequethed as they shall thynke best and most coñenyent for the helth of my sowll, so that they pay accordynge to my wyll, iijs iiijd to some anornament for the chirche of Kirkstall abbey; yevyn the day and yere above wrytyn, thes beyng wytnesse, Robt Belhowse, Sir Thomas Bayly, Thomas Alabrige, Richard Sharpe, and WyĦm Kytson, with other dyuerse.-[Proved 29 May, 1531.] CHARLES HEDON, OF HAREWOOD. In the name of God Amen: the yere of or Lord God a thousand fyve hundreth xxix, the xth day of November. I Charls Hedon, of a hooll mynd and sane and not seik in body, makith this my testament and my last will in this man' folowing. First, I givest my saull to Almyghty God and or Lady Sancte Marie, and to all the sancte of hevyn, and my body to be buried in Harwod Kirk or Kirkyard, or els where it pleasse Almyghty God. Also I bequest my best beest in the name of mortuarie. Also I bequeste to the hee auter for offeringe and tethis forgotteyn xx. Also I bequest to the Kirkwarkę of Harwood vjs viijd, and thai maik a rudloft win the space of iij yeres after my |