The total was £8 16s. 44.: then there was 5s. 3d. due annually from several of the above occupiers in lieu of precariae or "boonworks," an ancient service due by the tenants. The hospital of St. Leonard's was surrendered nineteen days after Kirkstall. If a similar return to the above were available as to its possessions, we should no doubt have a practically complete list of the householders in Bramhope, but the earliest "Minister's Account" relating to the hospital which has at present been discovered is that for 33-34 Hen. VIII., two years later than the Kirkstall account, and it merely recites that the collector does not account for £10 8s. 10d.,1 late of the ferm of the grange of Bramhope, because it had been granted to the Earl of Cumberland, by letters patent, to be held to him, his heirs or assigns, from the previous Michaelmas. This was Henry, Lord Clifford, who had been created Earl of Cumberland in 1525. He died a few months after obtaining this grant in Bramhope, and the connection of the Cliffords with the place did not continue long. The next earl married Eleanor, daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and niece of Henry VIII., and the alliance, however honourable to the Cliffords, was also remarkably expensive. Considerable parcels of the lands which they had obtained on easy terms, by the king's favour, after the dissolution, had to be sold to keep up the state which this great marriage entailed. Bramhope was one of the earliest possessions they parted with. It was conveyed by Henry Clifford, second Earl of Cumberland, to William Dyneley in 38 Henry VIII., and the Dyneleys continued at Bramhope until the present century. They were generally a steady and respectable race, strongly tinctured with Puritan principles. There is a long pedigree of the family in the Loidis and Elmete, and an account of the old chapel they built, the most interesting relic remaining in the village, will be found in the Bradford Antiquary for July, 1898. W. T. LANCASTER. 1 In the returns for the Valor Ecclesiasticus, taken seven or eight years previously, the total ferm is stated at a slightly different sum-£10 65. 3d. Testamenta Leodiensia, (Continued from ante, p. 192.) EXTRACTED FROM THE PROBATE REGISTRY AT YORK. THOMAS SAMSON, OF PARLINGTON. In Dei nomine Amen: the xyth day of the moneth of January, in the yere of of Lorde God M'dxxvjth. I Thomas Samson of Plyngton, of the pishe of Abirford, in good and hoole memory, maketh and ordineth my testament in this man' folowyng. First, I bequeath my saull to Almyghtie God, to the blissed Virgyn Mary his mody, and to all the blissed company of hevyn, my body to be beried within the churche yerde of my pishe churche. Also I bequeath my best beast in the name of my mortuary. Also I bequeath to the hie altar xx, and to the church warke of my pishe churche xxd. Also I bequeath for a trental of messes vs. Also I bequeath to eu'y god childe of myne ijd. Also I bequeath to my pishe churche an altar clothe and ij towels. The residue of my goodę, my will fulfilled and my dette paid, I gyve to Jenet my wif and Roberte my son, whome I mak my executors. In wittenes herof, John Lamland, John Bukestrote, and Henry Talio'. [Proved 20 February, 1526–7.] ROBERT LETHOM, OF SOUTH MILFORD. In the name of God Amen: the sixte daye of Decembr, in the yere of oure lorde God Mdxxvjth. I Roberte Lethome of Southmylford, in the pishe of Shereburne, makę and ordens this my testament in maner and forme folowyng. First, I bequeath my sall to Almyghtie God and to our Ladye sancte Mary, and to all the holy company in hevyn, and my bodye to be beried in the pishe churche yerde of Shereburne. Item I bequeath for my mortuary my best beast. Item to the hie altar xijd. Item to the iiij orders of Freres iiijs. Item to my sone Thomas my yrne bounde wayne, with the yoke and temes and harrows, and a silu' spone. Item to Richard my sone an yrne chymnaye, and a silu' spone, and a narke which was my mothers. The Residue of my goode not bequeathed I will and bequeath to Isabell my wif and Thomas my sone, whome I make and orden my executors of this my will and testament, they to dispose the same as seme best. Itm I make M[aister] John Hall, Clerke, Vicar of Shereburne, Peter Hall, William Lethome, John Sike, supervisors of this my will, and eu'ychon of them to haue xxd for their labor. Yeven the daye and yere aboue writyn. Theis wittenes, Sir William Skynner, pishe preist, Richard Lethom, John Lethome, and John Alan.-[Proved 12 March, 1526-7.] ALICE DYNELEY. (ix. 364 a.) In the name of God Amen: the Sexte daye of February, Mdxxvjth. I Alice Dyneley, voies, in a hoole and sane mynde, louyd be Jħu, ordineth and maketh this my testament and last will in forme folowing. First, I gyve and bequeath my sall to Almyghtie god, to or Ladie Sancte Marie, and to al the holie company of hevyn, and my body to be beried within the churche of or Ladie at Whitkirke. Also I gif and bequeath to the hie altar of Whitkirke, for all maner of tithes or oblačons forgettyn, xxd. To the Kirke Warkes of Whitkirk xiijs iiijd, and a blake vestyment with on albe and other stuf therto belongyng and pteynyng. To the chauntre altar in Whytkirk ijs. To the kirke of Garford vjs viijd. It' I will that ther be disposed at the daye of my beriall, after the discretion of my executors, vijli sterling. It' I bequeath vij marc of money to on preist to reide and syng within pishe kirke of Whitkirke, the space of on yere next and imediatly folowyng after my decesse and bodely departyng from this transitory worlde, for me and my predecessors. To the gray freres in Doncaster vjs viijd. To the freres in Pontefracte vjs viijd. I will that my executors content and paye all my dette that ar expressed and wrytyn in my dett buke, and that is vnpaid at my departyng, to the gilde of oure ladie of Bostone, for my susterhed. To Peter Dyneley, clerke, the psone of Hirnam, my sone, my best fether bed, on bolster, on pillowe, on par of lyne sheite, on paire of fustcheande, too coulette, on cov'yng to a bed, on sperver of dornyx, on salt of silu' cou'ed, and on mattris, with a colt fole ambling. To John Dynely, cap", my son, for a full contentačon of his bequest of his fader's will, on fedder bed, on bolster, a pare of sheite, too coulette, on pare of blankette, if he be content, and els this bequest to hym to be void. To my soñes William Gascoigne Roger Dyneley and Frances Dyneley, if the be good and fauorable to my executors, eu'yon of them singularly by hym self iiij marc sterling. And they be the contrarye, than I will that they haue no penyworth of my goode. I bequeath to my doughter dame Jane Gascoigne, in money xx, on mattres, on pare of blanketts, a pare of sheite, and ij cou❜letts. To my doughter Margarete Malett, on cowe with a calf, on grete arke, on panne, the gretter of my ij grete pannes, on brasse pott that was Henry Eleisis, a pare of woll comes, on cowntter in the parlor, a qrter of malte, a quarter of Wheate, a quarter of Rye, on silu spoyne, on fedder bed that I bought of Maleu'y bedman, ij blankette, ij coulettes, on velvett girdle with penall and bukil gilte, and the halfe of my undight lyne. To my doughter Elisabeth Hall, on yoke of stottes, and the other half of my undigħt lyne. To doughter Anne Wentworth, on pare of my best lyne sheits, and a grete spruce chist. To Jane Gascoigne, doughter to my sone William Gascoigne, v marc sterling toward hir mariage. To Henry Elys xx. To Anne Malett iij yowes. To Alicie Hall, my god doughter, sex yowes. To Milisancte Preston, in money xiij iiijd, on little brasse pott, on little posnet, on mattres, on pare of blankkette, on pare of sheits, ij coulette, and a whie. To John Dawson, my servante, xs. To Richard Wilson, my servante, on cowe, on mattres, a pare of hardyn sheite, a pare of blankkette, on couerlett, and in money xx. To Alicie Gibson, my god doughter, on cowe for a felie that I had with hir of hir fader goode, that seld for vj. To Henry Pekard iij iiijd. To William Stevynson, my god sone, on file. To John Gascoigne, sone of George Gascoigne my eldest sone and heire, thes herelomes: In primis, on chales, an old vestimente, a masse buke, on portes, on leid in the bruhouse, on maskefatt, ij Gilecars, on foldyng borde, an yron chymnay wij side bordes in the hall, ij candil stike of yrin, and ij olde cruete in the chapell. I ordeyn and make maister Umfrey Gascoigne my sone, Peter Dyneley clerke my sone, William Dyneley my son, and William Dyneley my broder in lawe, to be my executors, to pay my dettes and to fulfill this my last will, and to dispose further as they thinke the best for healthe of my sall, as my trust is in them. Moreou? I geve to my executors aforsaid for their labors and busynes as here after foloweth, that is to saye: to Maister Umfray my sone on siluer pece gilted cou❜ed, to my sone Peter Dyneley xx, to my sone William Dyneley xx and on yron bound chiste in the stodie, and to William Dyneley my brother in lawe xx. And for a true pformance herof to be had I humbly require and beseche Thomas Darcy, Knyght, lorde Darcy, whome I orden and make supervisor of this my testamente and last will, unto whome I gyve and bequeath my best ambling meire. Thies beyng wittenes, Sir Roger Killingbell, the pishe preist of Whitkirke, Henry Joye, clerke, the maister of th'ospitall nye Whitkirke, William Evers, Robte Totty, capo.-[Proved 4 March, 1526-7.] PERCIVAL BREREHAGH, OF MENSTON. (ix. 365 b.) In the name of God Amen: the xiijth day of Marche, the yere of of lord God Mdxxvjth. I P'ciuall Brerehaghe of Menston, of a hoole mynde and good remembrance, makith and ordineth my will and testament in this forme folowing. First, I bequeath my sall to God Almyghtie, to or blissid Ladye Sancte Marie, and to all the Sanct in hevyn, and my body to be beried within the church yerde of Alhallowes, of Otteley. Also I gyve and bequeath my best beast in the name of my mortuary. Also I bequeath to my broder Sir Nicholas Brerehagh xx, to pray for me and all cristen salles. Also I bequeath to my pishe churche ij torches. Also I will that Thomas my soñe haue on messuag buylded, with xth acres therto belongyng, lyeng in the hamelect of Bekewith within the townshipe of Killinghalle, after the decesse of my broder William Brerehagh, for the terme of the lyve of the said Thomas, he payeng therfor forth of the said messuag and lande xx marc at suche tyme as it shall fall to the said Thomas, of the first rente and fermes of the said messuage and Lande. Unto Leonard Brerehagh and James Brerehaghe my sones, that is to saye to ather of them x marc_condicionally, that if John my wif gyve unto the said Leonarde and James of suche Lande as she haith lyeng in certen closes called The Intake, in the hamelect of Beckewith within the towneship of Kyllingall, xx marc of lawful money of England, that is to saye to aither of them x marc. And if that Johan my wif fulfill not and pforme as suche pmises aboue writyn, Than I will that Leonarde and James haue bot x marc, that is to say aither of them v marc of the said Lande and tente. And if it be so that my will aboue writyn may not stand by the costome of the contre and forme of lawe, than I will that my will be fulfullid of the Rents of my cheif howses and Lande therto belongyng in the township of Menstone, and that to be taken of the first farmes, that is to say I will and bequeath my sone Thomas xx marc, and to my sone Leonarde xx nobles, and my sone James other xxti nobles. Also I will and bequeath to mendyng of hiewayes aboute the towneship of Menstone iijs iiijd. I bequeath to my brother John a marble Jacket. Also I bequeath to Sir Richard Cawdra my gostly fader iijs iiijd, to praye for me. Also I bequeath to my doughtor Jane x" to hir marriage, to be taken of the first rente of a tenement lyeng wt in the township of Menston, nowe in the holddyng of William Huddilstone, imediately after the decesse of John my wif, and after that x so takyn, the said tenement to remayne to the right heire. Also I bequeath to my broder William on certan pcell of lande lyeng in Rosset feld, unto the quantitie of an Acre, for terme of his lyve, and then to remayne to Richarde Brerehagh sone of the said William, and to his heires and assignes for eu, prouided alway that if the said Richard or his heires make any sale of the said land, than the said P'cevall or his heires to reentre to the forsaid acre of land, paying therfore xxvjs viijd of lawfull money of England. Also I will that if it forton either the said Leonard or James to dye or they come at lawful age, the longer lyver of them to haue bothe their gode abouesaid. Also I bequeath to Jane Bell a cowe. To Anne Pullan on ambrie. To Jane my doughtor one ambrie. To the said Jane my doughtor a girdle that was hir moders. To Janet Craven a whie. Also I will all my goode be diuided in iij parties, that is to say on part for myself to bryng me furth at the daye of my beriall. The secunde pte to my wif, and the iij pte to my childer, that is to saye Thomas, Cristofer and Jane, and my dette to be payd of all the hoole goode. Also I gyve and bequeath the Residue of my pte aboue not gyven I bequeath to Sir John Bean, to pray for me and all cristen salles. Also I make and orden Johañ my wif, Thomas, Cristofer and Jane my childer, my executors, and my lorde prior of the Trinitie in Yorke and Richarde Claphm gentilman to be supvisors therof, to se that this my last Will be well and truly fulfilled. In wittenes whereof I the forsaid P'ciuall, to this my present Will haith sette my seale the day and yere aboue |