What is remarkable is that there is no church or chapel anywhere near where the portion of the effigy was found, nor is there any record or tradition of a church having ever existed in the immediate neighbourhood. The carving is so sharp that it seems likely that the effigy came to grief on its way to some church, Wilton, Eston, or Kirkleatham, north of the hill on the top of which it was found, and that it had been cast aside as rubbish. The moulded edge is not continued on the right side, which is jagged and broken, whether unfinished for resting against a wall, or for an effigy of a lady, though in most cases the female lay on the left side of the male. How it came to be where it was found is the puzzle. The theory that it never reached the church for which it was intended is corroborated by the entire absence of the least trace of mortar on the underside. The unearthing of the fragment so deep down, and in the place high on the hillside, though near an old bridle path, is very remarkable and unaccountable, except on some such theory as that suggested.

YORKSHIRE DEEDS.'

(Continued from vol. xvi, p. 107.)

Appleton Roebuck."

January 26, 40 Eliz. (1597-8). Ing. p. m. of Thomas Wylde of Appelton, carpenter, taken in the Guildhall, York, before Christopher Beckwith, mayor and escheator, by the oath of Robert Shawe, gent., Anthony Woode, gent., William Scott, marcer, Robert Hopwoode, John Bousfeilde, William Farrington, William Brearey, Gilbert Coldwell, Henry Bannester, John Broughton, Elisha (Elize) Micklethwate, Thomas Marshall, Percival Barnes, Thomas Barker, and John Lasinbye. Thomas Wylde

died seised in his demesne as of fee of a messuage and 16 acres of land, etc., in Appleton, in the county of the city of York; and being thus seised, by a deed dated August 10, 20 Eliz. (1578), he granted to Richard Wylde, his younger son, the said messuage, and half a barn, garden, toft and croft, and half of a close of pasture called Burdon croft, and of a garden called Beckgarthe, also a rood of meadow abutting on le Horse close, another rood of meadow lying on le Forthersyde in le Eastyngesyate, and half of the arable land of the said 16 acres, to have the same after his decease. He died at Appleton, on June 2, 37 Eliz. (1595), the premises held of the Queen, as of her manor of Eastgrenewiche, in free socage, by fealty only. Thomas Wylde, the son and heir, aged fifty and upwards at the time of his father's death.

Christofer Beckwithe, escheatour.

Seal bears the arms of the city of York, On a cross five lions. SIGNACVLVM EBORACENSIVM.

Bolton.'

August 6, in the year of our Lord God according to the computation of the Church of England, 1655. Release by William Plaxton of Pocklington, yeoman, to George Whitmoor of Balms, in the county of Middlesex, gent., of all right in a close called the Bellowe close, in Boulton, lying at the west end of the New close, which with divers other lands called Forby lands, then in the holding of Thomas Fewgill, had been granted on March 8, 11 Car. (1635-6), by George Cobb of Boulton to William Plaxton and William Bainton, since deceased, to hold to the use of George Cobb for life, then to Richard Bainton of Boulton and Helen his wife, for their lives, remainder to Geo. Bainton, their son and heir apparent, in fee.

William Plaxton.

1 From the originals in the possession of Mr. J. S. Earle, F.S.A., 6, Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W., by whose courtesy these transcripts have been made.

2 In the Ainsty.

3 In the parish of Bishop Wilton. 4 The Baintons sold to Whitmoor by a deed of even date.

Sunday after St. Hilary (January 16), 1311-12. Grant by Matilda, relict of Robert Burdeus of Burton, in her pure widowhood, to Agnes, her daughter, of a toft with the buildings, and things growing on it (crescentibus), in the vill of Burton, lying between the toft of John, the clerk of Birne, on the one side, and the toft of Robert, son of Mawe del Lund, on the other; also a bovate of land belonging to the same toft in the field of Burton, lying between the land of Robert, son of Hugh de Lund, on the one side, and the land late of the said Robert Burdeus, deceased, on the other. Witnesses, John son of Adam de Birne, Adam Norays of the same, Thomas son of John of the same, Walter Basset of Brayton, Hugh son of Guy (Guydo) de Lund, Nicholas son of William Bate of the same.

Grant by John de Birne, clerk, toft and croft which he (John)

Sunday after Easter (April 26), 1321. to William son of Hugh de Burton, of a had of the feoffment of Robert Gori, as they lay in the vill of Burton between the toft and croft of the said William on the one side, and the toft and croft of Ralph del Launde on the other. Witnesses, John de Lascy of Gaytford, John de Burstal of the same, John at the Hall of Hamelton, Walter Basset of Brayton, Nicholas Bate del Lund, Hugh of the same. Burton.

November 6, 31 Hen. VI (1452). Demise by William Burdeux of Burton the elder, and William Burdeux of the same the younger, to Richard West of Brayton, of a rood of land in Burton lying in a place called Stretelandes, between the tenement of the abbot and convent of the monastery of St. German of Selby on the east and west, and abutting on the second stadium2 from the common pasture of Burton (super secundum stadium a pastura communi de Burton) towards the south, and on Fairfeldlandez towards the north, from Martinmas for a term of 101 years at 4d. a year. Covenant by the grantee that the grantors shall grind their suitable3 corn at the mill, situate on the moiety of the half acre of land belonging the said abbot and convent on the west of the said rood, immediately after the corn of the abbot and convent and the said Richard, for reasonable multure.4 Witnesses, William Chestir of Gaytford, Robert Squyer of Lund, James Hall.

1 In the parish of Brayton.

2 "Stadium, spacium quodcumque " is one of the definitions given by D'Arnis. The stadium may have been the sections of enclosed arable land divided by the balks.

3 That is the corn, not beans, or peas, or such like.

4 Et predictus Ricardus vult et concedit per presentes, quod nos, heredes, et

VOL. XVII,

assignati nostri, molabimus grana nostra habilia ad molendinum, situandum super medietatem medietatis vnius acre terre predictorum abbatis et conuentus, ex parte occidentali predicte rode, inmediate post blada dictorum abbatis et conuentus, et successorum suorum, et predicti Ricardi, et heredum, et assignatorum suorum, pro racionabili multura inde capienda.

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October 19, 39 Hen. VI (1460). Grant by Robert Burdeux of Brayton, and John Richardson of Westhadylsay, to William Burdeux of Burton and Joan his wife, for their lives, of two tofts and two bovates of land, with a rent of 4d. from the windmill of Burton, with two selions of land lying in Lundcroft, with their appurtenances in Burton, with remainder to the heirs and assigns of William Burdeux. Witnesses, John Caterall, esq., Thomas Mascald the elder, William Smyth of Brayton, Robert Smyth of Thorpe, Robert Swhyer of Lund. Burton.

May 21, 8 Edw. IV (1468). Grant by Edward Buklay of Haytefelde, late of Gayteford, and Joan his wife, late wife of William Burdux of Burton, to John Lascy, son of William Lascy, Thomas Smyth of Brayton, and Richard Burdux, of two tofts, two bovates of land, and 47. rent from the windmill at Burton, and two selions of land in Loundcroft in Burton, paying yearly to the grantors 6s. during Joan's life. If the rent shall not have been paid in the church of St. Wilfrid the Bishop in Brayton within twenty days after it is due, the grantors can distrain. Witnesses, John Stodfolde, vicar of the church of Brayton, William Lascy of Gayteforth, John Ricall of the same, John Batee, and Robert Squyer of London.

Three labels. One seal, R below a crown.

June 5, 22 Edw. IV (1482). Release by Agnes Fethirstayne, late wife of William Fethirstayne, late of Saxelby, co. Lincoln, to Richard Burdux of Burton by Gayteford, of all claim in half an acre of meadow in Westhathilsay. Witnesses, William Couper of Westhathilsay, Richard Cryplyn of the same, John Spofforth of the same, Robert Cophirst of the same, and Thomas Watson of Midelhadelsay.

June 24, 6 Hen. VII (1491). Grant by Christopher Pryston, son [and] heir] apparent of Thomas Pryston, esq., and lord of Rowall in the parish of Kellington, and by Isabella his wife, to Richard Burdux of Burton, of a toft built over (toftum edificatum), with a croft belonging to the same, lying between the land of John Boswell esq., on the east and west, and abutting on the field of Burton on the north, and extending to the common pasture and moor of Burton on the south; and a bovate of land, lying in different places within the field of Burton, in Burton by Gayteford, paying 25. a year. Witnesses, Richard Byrlay of Gayteford, gent., Thomas Hall of Brayton, John Alayne of the same, Thomas Ricall of the same, and William Bate of Lound.

June 24, 6 Hen. VII (1491). Release by Christopher Pryston, son [and heir] apparent of Thomas Pryston, esq. and lord of Rowall, and by Isabella his wife, to Richard Burdux, of all right in a toft, and croft, and bovate of land in Burton by Gayteford. Witnesses, John Alayne of Brayton, Robert Walker, John Broun of Burton, Robert Emson of Thorp, and Henry Bate of Lound.