Records Volume 57: Recusant Roll No 2 by The Catholic Record Society

CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS (RECORDS SERIES) VOLUME 57.

Issued to Members for the year 1964-65.

RECUSANT ROLL No.2, 1593-4 Half-scale reproduction of the Nottinghamshire account

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Crown copyright; reproduced by permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office

RECUSANT ROLL No.2 (1593-1594)

AN ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH with an explanatory introduction

DOM HUGH BOWLER, O.S.B., F.S.A. \

CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY 1965

ÂŠ The Catholic Record Society

Published 1965

Printed in Great Britain by R. H. Johns Limited Newport, Mon.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. SCOPE OF TillS WORK. The term "Recusant". .. II. STATUTES AND PENALTIES . A. The Acts of Uniformity, 1549, 1552 and 1559. B. The Statute of 1581. Comments: 1. The fine of Â£20 a month. 2. Recusancy and the Common Informer. 3. Recusancy and the revenue 1581-7. C. The Statute of 1586-7. Comments: 1. The Law Terms. 2. The courts assigned. 3. The 4. Pre-1587 debts. accumulative penalty. 5. Significance of section IV. 6. The indictment for recusancy. 7. Indictment of non-Catholics for recusancy. 8. Prosecution by indictment and proclamation. 9. Qui tam actions after 1587. 10. Inherited debts. D. Incidence of penalties. 1. Recusancy and the revenue 1587-1603. 2. Fines in relation to income. 3. The Act 35 Eliz., c. 1, and recusant wives. III. THE EXCHEQUER: FINANCIAL ORGA~SATIONJUDICIAL FUNCTIONS-SITE.. A. The Pipe Rolls and recusant forfeitures. B. The Recusant Rolls: 1. U,escription. 2. "Exchequer year" dating. C. Exchequer procedure relating to recusancy. . . . IV. THE PRESENT DOCUMENT . A. Classification of entries: 1. Preambles. 2. Rentals of seized lands: (a) Crown leases. (b) Reenrolments of land-seizures and leases. (c) Land-seizures for pre-I587 debts. 3. Arrearages of rent. 4. Forfeitures of goods and chattels. 5. Ex-sheriffs' debts. 6. Records of annual fines paid. 7. Statements of sheriff's arrears. 8. Enrolments of estreated convictions. 9. Annotations-Recusant cases in the L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls. B. The Palatinates and Wales. C. Statistics and general observations. D. Method of publication. KEy TO THE ABSTRACTS TEXT. The county accounts (alphabetical order): ENGLAND " "" " " WALES APPENDIX. THE STATUTE OF 1586-7 (text) INDEX v

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TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS

B.M.

BRITISH MUSEUM

C.R.S.

CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY

D.N.B.

DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY

L.T.R.

LoRD TREASURER'S REMEMBRANCER

M.R.

MEMORANDA ROLL

O.E.D.

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY

P.R.O.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Q.R.

QUEEN'S REMEMBRANCER

R.R.

RECUSANT ROLL

S. at L.

STATUTES AT LARGE (ed. 1770)

S.P.

Dom. =

STATE PAPERS

(publications of)

(Domestic)

Unpublished Crown-copyright material in the Public Record Office has been reproduced by permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office.

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SCOPE OF THIS WORK

Over forty years have passed since the Latin text of the first Recusant Roll was printed in the eighteenth volume of our Society's pUblications. To all except those acquainted with Exchequer studies it has remained largely enigmatic. With the aim, therefore, of making more widely available a source of high importance fo r the history of recusancy-and in recent years the object of increasing interest among research students-the Society now ventures to continue the series by publishing Recusant Roll No.2 in the vernacular, and, at the same time, in a form concise enough to render the printing of the more bulky rolls of later years a feasible proposition. The method adopted is that of an analytical abstract in English.1 Formal and repetitive in style, these rolls are readily adaptable to such treatment, and the existence in the earlier volume of identical phraseology in the original language, to which the reader can be referred, is an added convenience. 2 Details of the scheme are displayed in the "Key to the Abstracts" (p. cxv), which is reproduced also on a book-mark for easy r~ference. Further information is given under "Method of publication" (p. cxii). The MS is preserved at the Public Record Office, London, and is there listed as document E. 377/2. In the present volume will be found the factual content of every item in the original. The following remarks 3-broadly applicable to all the Recusant Rolls of the reign of Elizabeth I-are confined to an explanation of the text. This has involved a lengthy discussion of the antirecusancy laws and a technical study of the system by which they were implemented. Consequently, lack of space precludes any serious attempt to describe the general historical setting or to provide biographical comment. A similar scheme is adopted in R. B. Pugh's Abstracts of Feet of Fine~ relating to Wiltshire for the reigns of Edward I and Edward II (Wilts. Archaeol. and Nat. History Soc., Records Branch, vol. 1 ; 1939). Cf. also The Publication of Latin Records by Joyce Godber (Archives, No.3 ; 1950). 2 In the present case, it has proved possible by this method to reduce by about one half the bulk of the original material. S By kind permission of the editors, an article of mine in Recusant History (IV, 182-98), entitled "Some notes on the Recusant Rolls of the Exchequer", is here freely quoted, expanded and occasionally emended. For further reading, cf. Miss M. M. C. Calthrop's Introduction to C.R.S. XVITI, and Timperley of Hintlesham (Methuen, 1931) by G. H. Ryan and L. J. Redstone, chapters 2 and 3. 1

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The term "recusant": meaning and application. In the general sense of "to reject", the verb "to recuse" appears in English usage as early as the 14th century, having entered the language probably by way of the French recuser (from the Latin recusare). The noun "recusant" (a refuser) is apparently not found before the 16th century, and until the reign of Elizabeth had no particular religious connotation. A statute of Edward VI applied it in 1553 to persons who refused to pay tithes." In 1561, however, an instance occurs of its use by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to denote a group of Catholics who rejected, in its entirety, the settlement of religion as established by the Act of Uniformity of 1559,5 and a few years later the term began to be used in the narrower, and thereafter permanent, sense of persons who refused to attend the Prayer Book services of the Church of England prescribed by that Act. If we may trust a highly polemical speech of Sir Edward Coke, its earliest use in the latter sense occurred in 15686-six years, be it noted, before the arrival of any missionary priests from Douai. Moreover, Coke's reported words would make it virtually certain that the term was at first applied only to Catholics, who were the upholders of beliefs and practices which the new Prayer Book was intended to supplant. Evidence of this exclusive application extends even into the mid-1580s. Thus in 1583 Gervase Babington could refer to "our recusants, as wee call them, that is, our refusing papists to come to church",7 while in March 1586 an abortive bill in Parliament, concerned solely with Catholics, could be entitled "An Act for the safekeeping of the armour of recusants"8. This is the more remarkable because the decade 1580-90 saw the rise of the first formal Protestant seceders from the Established Church, the Brownists and Barrowists, 9 forerunners of modern Congregationalism, whose separatist tendencies, culminating in 1586, brought , Act 7 Edward VI, c. 4. The date of this document is certainly not later than 1564, by internal evidence. Strype (Annals of the Reformation: ed. 1724, pt. I , p. 410) gives the text in full and dates it "Anno 1561". The first part is printed in Hughes, The Reformation in England (1594), Vol. III, Append. VI, pp.423-7. â&#x20AC;˘ " ... In the beginning of the eleventh year of her [Elizabeth's] reign, Cornwallis, Bedingfield and Silyard [all Catholics] were the first recusants, they absolutely refusing to come to our churches. And until they in that sort began, the name of recusant was never heard of amongst us". The Lord Coke his speech and charge . .. (delivered at Norwich Assizes, 4 Aug. 1606), published by R. P., 1607 (B.M.; T. 505. (1)). Coke's main contention is that no Catholics refused "to come to our churches during the first 10 years of her Majesty's reign". This is demonstrably false: see evidence in Birt, The Elizabethan Religious Settlement, pp. 367, 410-11, 416. Nevertheless, his remark regarding the use of the term may well be true. , Quoted in O.E.D., S.v. "recusant". Cf. D.N.B. for author. S Text in Manuscripts of the House of Lords (New Series), vol. XI. I Followers of Robert Browne (1550-1633) and Henry Barrow (who, with John Greenwood, was executed at Tyburn in 1593). Browne became a separatist in 1581. Barrow joined him before 1590. a S.P. 15/11/45.

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upon themselves severe penalties in 1593 by the Act 35 EIiz., c. l. Catholics, of course, had never been the only refusers to come to church. Apart from Anabaptists, Familists and other sects of foreign origin, there were the Precisians, those unbending Puritan critics of the Prayer Book who, without formal secession from the Establishment, had from the beginning preferred their conventicles to the parish church. 1 0 โ ข Absenteeism indeed was rife, yet it would seem that so far, only Catholic absentees were styled "recusants". After 1586, however, as their growth and consolidation increased, Protestant separatists were also given the title, semi-officially, for instance in the Commons debate on the anti-Sectary bill of 1593. 11 Nevertheless, any official use of the term in legislation had hitherto always been avoided when referring to non-attendance at church. Even the basic Act of 1581 (23 Eliz., c.l), intended "for such only [as are] of the Romish Religion",12 studiously refrained from calling offenders "recusants". Not until the above-mentioned Act of 1593 was the term used statutorily in connection with religion. It was then applied specifically to Catholics (ยง 12), clearly defining them as "Popish Recusants", when exempting them from the penalty of exile therein prescribed. Protestant Non-conformists on the other hand, against whom the Act was directed, were not named "Recusant Brownists" (an expression actually used in the course of the preliminary debate), but "seditious sectaries" and "disloyal persons obstinately refusing to come to church". The reluctance of the Government to use this term in other than a Catholic context is thus very riIa,rked. The most explicit reference ever officially made to a broader interpretation occurs in the preamble of the Act 1 Jac. I, c.4 (1604) which speaks of "any manner of recusants". By contrast, the title "Popish Recusant" remained the official designation of Catholic offenders in all later Acts of Parliament relating to church attendance. The question of the inclusion of non-Catholics among persons prosecuted for recusancy is discussed on p. xxxvi. II.

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The English Reformation was imposed by law. It is therefore to the Parliamentary statutes that we must look for the aims of that epoch-making event. The general significance of the present document will be wholly missed unless we first acquaint ourselves By the efforts of Nicholas Crane (D.N.B.) and others, their first permanent "Presbytery" was established in Wandsworth in 1572. 11 Cf. Diary of an anonymous M.P. (B.M. : Cotton MS, Titus 2, ff. 57-97). One member (Sandes) distinguished between "Recusants generally" and "Popish Recusants" (f. 58v). 12 Thus Henry Finch, member for Canterbury, speaking in 1593 (ibid. ; f. 89v). Cf. Neale, Elizabeth I and her Parliaments, 1,378-92 ; and II, 280-97. 10

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with the earlier Tudor Acts of Uniformity. These will enable us to perceive both the reasons for Catholic recusancy and the evolution of the methods employed for its suppression. In the present work the Parliamentary Acts are quoted from the collection known as Statutes at Large, to which reference is made throughout. 13 A. THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY,

1549, 1552 AND 1559

The original cause of recusancy is to be found in the "Act for the uniformity and administration of sacraments throughout the realm" of 1549 (2 and 3 Edward VI, c.l )-a measure unprecedented in our history, which substituted for the ancient Sacrifice of the Mass a Communion Service fundamentally at variance with it, at the same time forbidding the use of "any other rite".14 The penalty prescribed for a person officiating at a public service with "any other form" is (in addition to deprivation of benefice) six months imprisonment without bail for the first offence, one year for the second, and, for the third, life-imprisonment. Moreover, anyone "procuring" or causing the celebration of a different form of service incurs a forfeiture of £10 or imprisonment for three months, without bail, for the first offence, £20 or six months imprisonment for the second offence, and, for the third, the forfeiture to the Crown of all his goods and chattels and imprisonment for life. In this Act no penalties were imposed for the refusal to attend the new service. Undeterred by its hostile reception,15 Parliament in 1552 passed a second Act of Uniformity (5 and 6 Edward VI, c. 1) in which was promulgated a revised Book of Common Prayer, with "a more plain and manifest explanation" of the Communion Service emphasising its inherently Lutheran character. 16 The penalties contained in the former Act were now made applicable to this. Of particular interest to us, however, is the fact that attendance at the new service is now, for the first time, made compulsory. Openly admitting in the preamble that "a great number of people in divers parts of the 13

It is important to observe that in S. at L. the divisions of the Acts and their

numbering frequently differ from those shown in the compilation known as "Statutes of the Realm"-although the texts in each case are identical. The original engrossed Acts of this period have no such divisions or numbering. Cf. M.F. Bond, Acts of Parliament (an article in Archives, ill, No. 20, Mich. 1958, pp. 214 seq.). In the present work the divisions are referred to as "sections" and are indicated by the sign §. 14 §§1 and 2. Regarding the title here given to the new service, viz. "The celebration of the Lord's Supper, commonly called the Mass", see Hughes, op. cit., II, 108-21. If this was a manreuvre designed to win the acceptance of the people, it was only partly successful. No later Act refers to the old title until 1581, when the saying and hearing of "Mass" was forbidden and penalised by 23 Eliz., c.1, §4. The theological implications of all these Acts are closely examined by Hughes in vols. II and III of his important work. 15 E.g. the armed rebellion in Devon, 1S49. 16 Cf. Hughes, op. cit., II, 121-6.

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realm . . . abstain and refuse to come to their parish church," the Act proceeds (ยง2) to order the punishment of such persons by "the censures of the church"-the implications of which are referred to below (note 18). Another innovation is the penalty of imprisonment for six months, for one year and for life, for the first, second and third offence respectively, of anyone convicted before the Justices of "hearing or being present at" a form of service other than that prescribed. Immediately after the five-year interval of Mary's reign, during which the above Acts were repealed, Elizabeth took the momentous decision to reimpose, with some minor modifications, the religion of the 1552 Prayer Book by her Act of Uniformity of 1559 (l Eliz., c. 2). Whereas, in the matter of penalties, the emphasis under Edward VI had been on imprisonment, a more extensive use of the pecuniary type of punishment now manifests itself. Thus the 1552 penalty of imprisonment for being present at forbidden services is omitted, and in reviving the penalties of 1549 for procuring such services, the Act greatly increases the alternative fines to 100 and 400 marks respectively.17 We notice in particular that the 1552 enactment regarding non-attendance reappears (ยง14) with its punishment by ecclesiastical censures,18 and that here also a fine is added, namely, twelve pence for every Sunday and festival on which a person wilfully absented himself from the prescribed services in his parish or other usual place of common prayer, "to be levied by the churchwardens, .... of the goods, lands and tenements of such offender, by way b{ distress".19 The latter fines are allotted by the Act specifically "to the use of the poor of the parish" ; consequently we observe that the Exchequer rolls, being concerned only with the revenue of the Crown, bear no record of them. The A mark= 13s. 4d. Excommunication (the main censure here referred to), besides depriving a person of the power to sue at law and of the right to burial in consecrated ground, could, if obstinacy prevailed for 40 days and were "signified" to the Chancery by the bishop, be punished in the civil courts with imprisonment or fines by the issue of the writ de excommunicato capiendo. Widespread neglect by the sheriffs to execute this writ produced in 1563 the reinforcing Act 5 Eliz., c. 23, in which the procedure is fully described. Fines, imposed for "contempt" in ignoring the sheriff's citations to "yield their bodies" for imprisonment, were estreated into the Exchequer. Examples, arising from the use of this weapon by John Scory, bishop of Hereford, in 1578, may be seen in the Pipe Roll of 1582 (E. 372/428, Item Hereford'). The incidence of excommunications for recusancy is worthy of investigation (cf. P.R.O.: class ref., C.8S). The Act 3 James I, c. 5 (1605) simplified the procedure by declaring a Popish Recusant excommunicated ipso facto upon conviction, thus eliminating the necessity of a bishop's signification (cf. Lilly and Wallis, A Manual of the Law specially affecting Catholics (1893),23). 111 (Districtio). This was a method of enforcing the performance of a duty or the payment of a debt by the seizing and detaining of the debtor's moveable and immoveable goods. Not unti11691 (Stat. 2 William and Mary, session 1, c. 5), however, could the distrained property be appropriated or sold. Wharton, Law Lexicon, "Distress".

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charge of executing these provisions was laid primarily upon the ecclesiastical courts (§§ 15 and 16),20 but it would seem that the Act also empowered Justices of Oyer and Terminer and Justices of Assize (with whom the Bishops, within their dioceses, could at their pleasure associate (§ 18), to hear and determine at their sessions any of the above offences, upon indictment for trespass (§17).21 No person, however, could be punished by both ecclesiastical and civil courts for the same offence (§ 24). Enough has been said to show the genesis of recusancy and the manner of its punishment during the first twenty-two years of Elizabeth's reign. 22 We must now consider the legislation immediately responsible for the procedure exemplified in the Recusant Rolls. This was formulated in two stages by the following statutes: (a) "An act to retain the Queen's Majesty's subjects in their due obedience"- 23 Eliz., c. 1 (1581) (b) "An act for the more speedy and due execution of certain branches of a statute made in the 23rd year of the Queen's Majesty's reign, entitled An Act to retain the Queen's Majesty's subjects in their due obedience"-28-29 Eliz., c. 6 (1586-7)23 In the following remarks I shall refer to these as the Statutes of 1581 and of 1586-7. 1581 2 ' This deals with three kinds of offences, namely, reconciling and being reconciled to the Catholic Church,25 saying and hearing Mass, and recusancy. We are concerned only with the last two. B.

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Upon oath of witness or confession of offender, however, local magistrates were allowed by Ecclesiastical Commissioners to give to the churchwarden the necessary warrant to distrain (cf. Housebooks of the mayoral court of York, 1576-1601, quoted by Morris, Troubles, series ill, 234-295). Summary conviction by one J.P. was declared sufficient for the levying of the 12d. fine by Act 3 James I, c. 4. 27 (1605-6). 11 A "trespass" is "any transgression of the law less than treason, felony or misprision of either". Wharton, op. cit. II On contemporary Catholic reaction to the 1559 Act of Uniformity, see Birt, op. cit., and Hughes, vol. ill. I I The Parliamentary session during which the latter Act was passed spread, over a part of two regnal and civil years (infra, p. xxii). The Exchequer practice (which I followed in my former article) was to date the Act by the opening day of the session-29 Oct., 28 Eliz.: 1586 (cf infra, p. xxiv, note 73). Noting however, the divergence of commentators on this point, I have considered it more suitable in the present work to refer to it as "the statute of 1586-7". 14 Passed during the session 16 Jan.-18 March, 1581. For the Parliamentary history of this Act, see Neale, op. cit., I, 378-92: cf. also Hughes, lIT, 343-4, 362-3. 25 Whence it derived its unofficial title "the Act of Persuasions". In §§II and ITI the death penalty is prescribed for those who "persuaded" the Queen's subjects, or were themselves persuaded, to withdraw their allegiance from the Church of England by reconciliation with the "Romish religion"-a proceeding which could now be deemed lese-majesty by reason of the Queen's assumption of "supreme government in causes ecclesiastical". 10

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The saying and hearing of Mass is punished (§IV) by a fine of 200 marks for the celebrant-with imprisonment until the fine is paid, and, for the hearer, by a fine of 100 marks-with imprisonment for one year. A number of these fines may be seen in the Pipe Rolls of the Exchequer from 1581, but their incidence indicates that convictions for offences of this kind were rare. Two of them have found their way into the present Recusant Roll, namely, the debts of John Goldsmith and Gilbert Ticheborne for hearing Mass, for the recovery of which a portion of their property was seized in 1592 (see Hants. [15J and [16]). These, in fact, are the only entries in this roll not strictly concerned with recusancy. Our main interest, of course, lies in the nine "branches" (sections) of the Act which relate to, or have a bearing on, church-attendance. Here an entirely new official approach to the problem is apparent. Section V (the most important) states the offence and imposes a new penalty as follows : "Be it also further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that every person above the age of sixteen years who shall not repair to some church, chapel or usual place of common prayer, but [shall] forbear the same contrary to the tenor of a statute made in the first year of her Majesty's reign for the uniformity of common prayer, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall forfeit to the Queen's Majesty for every month after the end of this session of Parliament [duringJ which he or she shall so forbear, twenty pounds of lawful English money". Moreover, in a case ofrecusancy of twelve months duration, certified in writing by the Bishop or a Justice into the Court of "King's" Bench, the recusant shall there be bound with two sureties in a sum of at least £200 "to the good behaviour", and continue so bound until conformity. See "Comments": 1. The fine of twenty pounds a month (p. xiv). Sections VI and VII forbid "any person or persons, body-politic or corporate" to keep or maintain after Whitsunday 1581 a recusant schoolmaster unlicensed by the Bishop, on pain of a fine of £10 for every month of so keeping him. The schoolmaster, upon conviction, shall suffer imprisonment for one year without bail. Sections VIII and IX show that the civil courts are no longer to be regarded as merely ancillary to the ecclesiastical in dealing with any offence relating to religion mentioned in this and earlier statutes of the reign. Thus, while the old ecclesiastical censures and penalties are to be continued (this is expressly stated in the final section of the Act), recusancy is now made primarily an indictable offence, to be tried by Justices of the Peace in their open sessions, or by Justices of Oyer and Terminer or of Assize and Gaol-Delivery on their several circuits, within one year and a day after every such offence committed. Section X sets down the remedy for an offender against the above enactments regarding recusancy, recusant schoolmasters and the

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saying and hearing of Mass. Before indictment, he shall escape all penalties by submitting and conforming before the Bishop of the diocese in which he resides. After indictment, he may be discharged only if, before conviction, he makes a "recognition" of that submission, in open court, at the assizes or sessions of the county wherein his residence lies. 26 The text adds the qualifying words "being indicted for his first like offence"-implying, presumably, that, if again indicted, a recusant would have no remedy (even after submission), but upon conviction must pay the penalty. Section XI calls in the Common Informer, and adds the above three offences to the long and varied list of misdemeanours upon which he was legally entitled to take action. Forfeitures resulting from this method of prosecution are in each case to be divided into three equal parts: one third to be allotted to the Queen's personal use, a third to the Queen for distribution (by warrant of the principal officers of the Receipt of the Exchequer) to the poor of the parish in which the offence was committed, and a third to any person who will sue for the same in any court of record "by action of debt, bill, plaint or information; in which suit no essoin, protection or wager of law 27 shall be allowed". In this section the only penalty mentioned for those "who shall not be able, or shall fail" to pay their fines within three months after conviction is imprisonment, which is to continue until payment or conformity, but it should be observed that there is abundant evidence in the Exchequer Pipe Rolls after 1580 that the common law penalty regarding Crown debtors was also enforced, namely, seizure of property for the recovery of these debts. See "Comments": 2. Recusancy and the Common Informer (p. xv). Section XII exempts from aU penalties persons who usually attend the lawfully established service in their own homes, provided they put in an appearance at church four times in the year: an enactment, of course, in no way affecting Catholics. Section XIII completes the anti-recusancy provisions of this statute by declaring that every grant, conveyance, bond, judgment or execution made since the beginning of this parliament, or hereafter to be made, for the "covinous purpose" of defrauding the Queen of her right to property seizable for this offence shall be utterly void as against the Queen's claims and the claims of an informer who shall sue for part of the penalty.

COMMENTS ON THE STATUTE OF 1581 1. The fine of ÂŁ20 a month (section V). The imposition of this enormous fine-a remote preparation for which may be seen in :til 27

Cf. Recusant History, IV, 193 (A. (2)). i.e. "no excuse, immunity or sworn personal testimony". The passage is the usual statutory formula approving qui tam actions by informers (se~ p. xv).

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the returns of recusants with their financial standing, demanded from the bishops by the Privy Council in 1577-was apparently inspired by John Aylmer, Bishop of London, and his colleagues of the Province of Canterbury. 28 For the recusant, failing to attend the Anglican services at least once a month, it meant a staggering increase in his liabilities. More pertinent to the present study, however, is the important fact that since these fines are now declared to be forfeitures to the Crown, recusancy henceforth (as from 18 ~v1arch, 1581) came under the direct cognisance of her Majesty's Exchequer, and that in consequence the accounts connected with the levying of them by the sheriffs begin immediately to appear in the Pipe Rolls. The roll covering the year Michaelmas 1580-81 29 shows that Judges on circuit and local Justices of the Peace lost little time in applying this law and in certifying convictions of recusants into the Exchequer, particularly from London, Hampshire and Yorkshire. It should be added that the present statute did not revoke the Act of Uniformity in the matter of the twelve-pence fine. 30 2. Recusancy and the Common Informer (section XI). That prosecution at the suit of an informer is intended by this Act merely as an . alternative method to prosecution by indictment is clearly implied in section X, and is moreover proved by the records of recusants' convictions (nearly all by indictment) entered in the Pipe Rolls from 1581. After 1593, indeed, there were three methods by which proceedings could be taken against recusants, 'all concurrently in use: (1) by way of indictment--certainly operative by 1581,31 and greatly altered, procedurally, by the statute of 1586-7 (see pp. xxii seq.) ; (2) by Crown informations instituted by the Attorney General (from 1593): see pp. xlvi-viii): (3) by qui tam actions at the suit of informers (from 1581: see below). A conviction obtained by methods (1) and (2) entitled the Queen to the full amount of the penalty, i.e. ÂŁ20 for every month of recusancy. A judgment by method (3) allowed her only two-thirds of it. 32 In section XI of the present Act we see the statutory application to recusancy of the third method-penal action by the common informer. As a punitive measure it was by no means ineffectual.

Cf. C.R.S. XXII, pp. 1-114. Note the tendency to high valuation of recusant property in these 1577 lists (e.g. pp. 88-92). 211 Mich. 22-23 Eliz. (E.372/426). 30 Foster's case, 11 Co. Rep. 56b, at p. 63b: cf Coke, Reports (ed. 1826), VI, 120. 11 Regarding indictments for recusancy under the Act of Uniformity (1559), see above (p. xii). 32 Regarding the portion of the forfeiture earmarked for the poor, see p. xxvi, and note 81. 28

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Henceforth informers (otherwise styled "promoters") vied with "pursuivants" as the recusants' most dreaded scourge. 33 Actually, with one exception, all the convictions recorded in the present roll were achieved by way of indictment. It is that interesting exception-the estreated forfeiture of Sir John Southworth resulting from an informer's action (see Lanes., entry [81])-which renders it necessary here to refer to the general system and its procedure. 34 An informer of this kind differed from a deponent of sworn evidence for purposes of indictment in that he personally sued the accused, "as well for the Queen as for himself" (qui tam pro domina Regina quam pro seipso sequitur), with a view to obtaining the portion of the forfeiture offered by the statute-in recusancy cases, one third of the whole. Wherefore his suit was termed a "qui tam action". It acquired its other title, "popular action", because it could be initiated by any member of the public. This method, seemingly pre-Tudor in origin, of encouraging the private individual to "promote" laws made "for the common good" by active participation in their enforcement was applied for the most part to infringements of the trading regulations. Conceived in days when an organised police force was non-existent, the system was obviously full of latent social danger. The high-minded promoter soon fell to roguery and extortion : various abuses were complained of even before 1487. 35 Under Elizabeth and James I, by which time many penal statutes carried an invitation to the common informer similar to that in the present Act, the swarms of professional snoopers had become a social pest, likened by the Attorney General himself to a "plague of Egypt". They operated both singly and in groups. Royal patents were granted to organisers. Informing syndicates were founded, mostly in London, by sharpwitted merchants who kept agents in the provinces, specialising in vadous kinds of offences. 36 Most fruitful of abuse was the licence generally allowed to informers of compounding with the accused out of court, with no better safeguard against peculation than their as The two types of functionary are seemingly often confused in contemporary Catholic reports. A "pursuivant" was a messenger or agent employed by such authorities as the Privy Council, the courts of High Commission and the ecclesiastical courts, and was usually armed with a warrant to arrest. M. J. Havran, The Catholics in Caroline England (1962), ch. 7. In the present section I refer specifically to informers. u Since 1951, when the Common Informer as an English legal institution was finally abolished, several notable studies on the subject of his methods and procedure in the 16th and 17th centuries have appeared. Two of them are referred to below. U Cf. Act 4 Henry VII, c. 20. Ia Cf. M. G. Davies, The Enforcement of English Apprenticeship, 1563-1642 (Cambridge, Mass.: 1956), pp. 31-6; N. J. Williams, Tradesmen in early Stuart Wiltshire (Wilts. Archaeol. and Nat. History Soc. (Records Branch). vol. XV: 1960), Introd. p. xvii.

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oath of honest intent. This virtually abandoned the execution of the law into private hands, and led, despite the Act of 1576 (18 Eliz., C.5),37 to much unlicenced compounding, traffic in counterfeit compositions and blackmail. 38 Effective reform did not begin until the Act of 1624 "For the ease of the subject concerning informations upon penal statutes" (21 Jac. I, c. 4), from the benefits of which, however, recusants were expressly excluded. 39 Actions of this kind could be commenced, within a year and a day after the presumed offence, in any court of record-Quarter Sessions, Assizes, Star Chamber, or in one of the three superior courts at Westminster, King's Bench, Exchequer, or Common Pleas. 40 A court much frequented by informers for this purpose was that of Exchequer, wherein, fortunately, the incidence of such actions is now easily ascertainable. An intact series of rolls known as "Memoranda Rolls of the Queen's (or King's) Remembrancer", containing a record of each case, still exists at the P.R.O., together with "Agenda Books" which provide a complete index to them. 41 These entries in the Memoranda Rolls always include a repetition of the original information 42 which had been laid before the court at the outset of the action. 43 The record in Southworth's case is (for this class of document) exceptionally full, and well illustrates the procedure. 44 The informer, "Hugh Cuffe of London, gentleman", "exhibited" his information before the Exchequer baron, John Sotherton, on 12 January 1581/2, who produc.ed it in court on the 23rd, the By ยงIII of this Act no composition was'legal before answer had been made in court to the information, and then only by order and consent of the court. 38 Williams, p. xvi. For examples of the demand for hush-money by informers, see Davies, pp. 60, 150. 39 Section I (3) of this Act limited the exhibiting of informations to the county in which the offence was committed. This regulation was inapplicable to recusancy-in which the offence was indefinite in regard to place (" ... or any other church ... "). In Grimstone v. Molineux (1618), Hob. 251, a further reason was given by Hobart, viz. that recusancy was a non-feasance, "not a commission, but an omission" . '0 Cf. S.P. 14/115, f. 30. 41 In the same repository are preserved the records of all the other courts mentioned above, except those of Quarter Sessions-which are mostly housed in the various county record offices. U An information in Exchequer qui tam actions may be recognised by its opening words: "Memorandum quod [name, address and style of informer] qui tam pro domina Regina [domino Rege] quam pro seipso sequitur in propria persona venit et tam pro eadem dicta Regina quam pro seipso dedit Baronibus huius Scaccarii intellegi et informari quod. . . ." Some original informations are to be found in E. 148/2 and 3. 4.8 Out of term, an information could be exhibited privately before one of the barons, who would himself deliver it into court when term began. The "exhibiting" initiated the action and its date was always recorded. Baron John Sotherton was the recipient of many Exchequer informations temp. Elizabeth and James I. U Q.R., M.R., Hilary term, 24 Eliz. (E. 159/382, rot. 95). This roll contains the Memoranda of two terms, Hilary and Easter, 1582.

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opening day of Hilary term. Herein Cuffe alleged that "John Southworth of the parish of Blakeborne, Lancs., knight", had lived "continuously" in that parish from 19 March 1580/81 (the day after the passing of this Act) until the said 12th day of January, and had not resorted at any time during that period to his parish church or to any other church, chapel or usual place of common prayer. Declaring that he hereby sued Southworth for this offence on behalf of the Queen and of himself, he craved direction of the court that a forfeiture of £180 be imposed for the above nine months recusancy, and that he (Cuffe) be allotted the third part (£60) of this sum, due to him by virtue of the present statute. A subprena was now allowed to Cuffe to be served upon Southworth, bidding him to appear in the court of Exchequer on the following 30 April to answer the charge. Unlike the majority of recusants, who in similar circumstances could not afford the expense of litigation or had no grounds upon which to fight the case,45 Southworth duly presented himself, pleaded "not guilty" and asked for a trial, maintaining that the information was "insufficient in law". Details of the pleading are omitted, but we may be sure that the plea was not grounded upon either "conformity" or "previous conviction" (autrefois convict), which, when stated by the accused, are always explicitly mentioned in such records. 46 Apparently some factual error in the information was urged. The trial was fixed to take place at the Exchequer on the following 25 June. On that day Southworth was again in attendance, so also, for the Crown, was the Attorney General, John Popham, but the barons, unable to bring a Blackburn jury to Westminster, removed the hearing to the Lancaster Assizes, where, before the justices of Nisi Prius on August 27th, he was found guilty of the charge as described in Cuffe's information. Upon notification of the verdict, the barons once again summoned Southworth (this time to Hertford Castle on 3 November) to hear judgment of his case. Here the court gave recovery (recuperatio) against him of the sum of £180, in the proportion of £120 for the Queen and of £60 for Cuffe. With this the record ends. 47 In such cases the entry ends abruptly with the words super quo (whereupon), followed by a blank space. This indicates that, the accused having notified the court that he admitted the allegation and was willing to compound, a licence to do so was granted to the informer. Cf. Williams, op. cit., p. xvi. It should be noted that an Act of 1587 (29 Eliz., c. 5, last section) allowed defendants to answer to informations through an attorney. 46. Judges would apparently accept no plea in bar of the action except on one of these grounds. Foster's case, 11 Co. Rep. 56b, at pp. 65a, 65b. Coke's solution of the case of the recusant London physician, Richard Foster (1614), is our main contemporary authority concerning the legal aspects of qui tam actions for this offence: cf Reports (1826), VI, 123. 47 It is worth noting that throughout this case (i.e. from 29 March, 1582) Southworth's official abode was Salford gaol, whence he was convicted, upon indictment, at Manchester and Lancaster for recusancy on three separate occasions. Pipe Roll, E. 372/427, Lancastr'. 45

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His debt to the Queen was thereupon entered in the Pipe Roll of the Exchequer,48 in the form in which, after several repetitions in the intervening years, it survives in the present Recusant Roll. 49 Normally the Exchequer would have immediately charged the sheriff to levy the debt, but, presumably because Palatinate sheriffs never accounted at Westminster (see p. cvi), no reference to its levying appears in the Exchequer records. Whether Cuffe actually obtained his share is likewise not shown. Further details of Southworth's Exchequer dossier will be found on p. xxxi. The Agenda Books prove that in the period 1582-1587 only 80 informations against recusants were exhibited in the Exchequer and were exceedingly rare in the last four years. If this was the informers' favourite court,50 it would therefore appear that, compared with the prosecutions by indictment, qui tam actions for this offence, lawfully pursued, were very few. However, no sure estimate of their general incidence can be made until the records of the other courts mentioned above have been examined. In this connection we should bear in mind that there were indeed several factors discouraging to the informer in recusancy cases. In his operations against illicit trading he had mostly a free hand, but here he faced experienced competitors-the archdeacon and the church-wardenwhose facilities for the discovery of recusants were immeasurably greater. Moreover, he had to be wide awake to forestall their presentments. No offender could be convicted by both methods for the same period of recusan.cy, and an informer could easily find himself defeated by .a plea of autrefois convict on the part of his intended victim, claiming that' he had already been convicted by indictment. A certificate of conformity could have the same effect. The labour entailed and the uncertainties of this particular class of business may well have caused his initial enthusiasm for lawfully conducted actions of this kind to wane. Evidence that Elizabethan recusants suffered, along with others, from the malpractices of pseudo-informers certainly exists,51 but remains to be collated. Ibid., under Res' Lancastr'. Such entries differ from estreats of convictions by indictment in that they clearly state that the Queen is due to receive merely two-thirds of the fine. They occur in the Pipe Roll only when the action was begun in the Exchequer and prosecuted to judgment in court, and when recuperatio was entered against the defendant. The extreme rarity of these cases (1 can find only four other recusant instances in the Elizabethan rolls-all of them confined to the period 1581-5) proves that whatever profit the informers made out of this class of work must have been acquired almost entirely by way of composition, legal or illegal, out of court. The actual amount is of course unknown. It appears from the records of the Clerk of the Pells (infra, p. li) that the Crown's share averaged, in the years 1581-97, a paltry ÂŁ316 p.a. from popular actions of all kinds (F.C. Dietz, The Exchequer in Elizabeth's reign (Smith College Studies in History, vol. vm, No.2: 1923), pp. 85-8, "Forfeitures on penal statutes". 1i0 Williams, p. xvi. III Cf. Morris, Troubles, m. 48

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We may conclude with a reference to the outstanding personality among the informing fraternity of this period-Hugh Cuffe. From the Q.R. Memoranda Roll cited above (p. xvii, n. 44) the fact emerges that he was the first informer against recusants in the court of Exchequer. Sir John Southworth was one of his earliest victims, 24 of whom (from 12 counties) were sued by him in Hilary term 1581/2. Of the five who answered the subprena none was acquitted, but only one besides Southworth (Nicholas Langford of Longford, Derbyshire) is recorded (rot. 240) as having, like him, actual1y lost his case by judgment of the Exchequer barons. With the 19 others Cuffe was doubtless licensed to compound privately-the details of which are, as usual, not stated. As an informer, he ceased to operate after Easter term 1583. His work in another, and apparently interrelated, capacity is referred to below. 52 3. Recusancy and the Revenue, 1581-87. The gearing of the complicated Exchequer machinery to its new task was a slow process. Although spurred to action at the beginning of 1582 by the Privy Council and in particular by Lord Treasurer Burghley, 53 it was not until Michaelmas 1583 that the Exchequer produced its first general statement of receipts from the forfeitures of recusants. They were not spectacular, amounting only to £908-15-6. Up to 1587, indeed, the average yearly revenue from this source was no higher than £1,878. 54 The special instructions issued in 1582 make clear the Privy Council's demand that the first fines incurred under this statute should be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer by Easter of that same year. 55 With a fine of such magnitude, the demand was evidently regarded as purely formal, for every sheriff failed in his task. Exchequer records indicate that the first payment was not received until 21 November 1582. 56 This was from Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton, Northants., who paid in full his fine of £100 for five months recusancy, and at the same time a fine of £66-13-4 (100 marks) for hearing Mass on the preceding January 7th in the Fleet prison, London. 57 After their initial failure sheriffs were authorised to levy partpayments of the fines from the ascertained land-rents of recusants and from the sale of their goods seized for this offence. A special commission for the seizure of goods was sent to Matthew Hutton, Dean of York (and later Archbishop), with regard to recusants

p. xxi, note 60. Infra, p. lix. 54 These figures are taken from Dietz, op. cit. 115 Cf. the Treasurer's "Letter", infra, p. lix. 116 Pells Receipt Book, E. 401/1832. 117 Pipe Roll, E. 372/426, Res' Northant'. 112

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within that city. 58 By these means an additional £517-2-2 was raised by the following 18 February (1582/3). Writs of extent, requiring sheriffs to proceed to the valuation and actual seizure of recusants' lands were apparently not sent out earlier than Hilary, term 1582/3. 59 The first four properties so seized (three in Rants., one in Wilts.) were immediately let by the Crown, as from Michaelmas 1583, to the ubiquitous Hugh Cuffe at fixed rents payable twice yearly into the Treasury, at Easter and Michaelmas. 60 Meanwhile, in accordance with the Act, recusants were imprisoned for not paying their fines, and, moreover, were repeatedly re-convicted -during their incarceration-for refusing to attend Anglican services in the churches adjacent to their gaols. 61

While thus gradually and tentatively applying its ancient procedures to new business, the Exchequer, now faced with a vast increase in its administrative and clerical work, had to contend with notable laxity in the provinces on the part of executive officers, and consequently with frequent evasion of the penalties by the recusants themselves. In short, six years' experience revealed inadequacies in the Act and irregularities in its execution which urgently needed to be rectified. Clarification and reinforcement were called for. Both were emphatically provided in the following Act, 28-29 Eliz., c. 6 (1586-7). Hutton's contribution of £17-2-2 (the first of its kind under this statute) was paid into the Exchequer on 6 Feb. 1583, and comprised 9s. from Margaret Sylvester, £10 from Ambrose Cooke, £6-8-2 from William Wylkynson and 5s. from Richard Durham (Pipe Roll, E. 372/427, Civitas Ebor'). 59 See the marginal notefi[atJ bre[veJ de extend [ifaciasJ in Pipe Roll, E. 372/428: e.g. under Adhuc Res' London', and Monmuth'. 60 A further set of 21 leases in 10 counties was granted to Cuffe at Michaelmas, 1585 (Pipe Roll, E. 372/431, Adhuc Item London'), a number of which will be found still surviving in the present Recusant Roll. Although I can find no evidence that he was employed on the staff of the Exchequer, it is certain that he worked in a special way under Exchequer direction (cf. S.P. 12/229, f. 65). As the earliest informer against recusants and as the first of a long line of Crown-appointed farmers of recusant lands, his career and methods could throw valuable light on early recusant history and deserve closer study. If "Hugh Cuffe of London, gent." is to be identified with the ancestor of the Earls of Desart (D.N.B., s.n. "Cuff, Henry") he became, after 1586, "one of the Undertakers for the escheated lands in Munster" (A.P.C., 1590, pp. 37-8, 45) and was granted large estates in Co. Cork. A similar line of business, we perceive. 81 See the lists of convicted recusants, and their parishes, in the Lancs., Surrey/ Sussex and London/Middx sections of the Pipe Rolls of 23-29 Eliz. Many of these persons we know, from other sources, to have then been prisoners in gaols situated in the parishes mentioned. A later instance of this practice occurs in the present roll, viz. Surrey/Sussex, entry [32]. The Southwark recusants there named were actually prisoners in the Clink, a gaol in the said parish of St. Mary (cf C.R.S. II, 285-7). Two of them, Ralph Emerson and John Lillye, were Jesuit lay-brothers (cf. P. Caraman, John Gerard, 78-9). 68

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C. THE STATUTE OF 1586-7 Solely concerned with recusancy, the bill "For the more speedy and due execution of certain branches of a statute made in the 23rd year of the Queen's Majesty's reign . . ." was introduced in the House of Lords on 11 March, 1586/7, and received the royal assent on the 23rd of the same month after three readings in each House. Only one dissentient voice was raised-that of the Earl of Rutland, the reasons for whose attitude are not disclosed. The Commons received it on Tuesday, 14th, and passed it on the following Saturday, having added an amendment and a provision which (as printed in Statutes at Large) now form the last two sections of the Act. 62 These facts are recorded in the Parliamentary Journals63 and comprise, in brief, our total knowledge of its history. To a Parliament just recovering after some three months of concentrated, implacable and finally successful clamour for the blood of Mary, Queen of Scots,64 this cool, meticulous lawyers' bill must have appeared singularly insipid fare, and it is not surprising that its passage was swift, if not perfunctory. Possibly for this reason it has received scant attention from Parliamentary historians. D'Ewes calls it "a bill of no great moment". Neale65 does not even mention it. Yet, completely overhauling the legislation of 1581 and adding new features of far-reaching consequence, this definitive Act formed, for a hundred years, the basic authority for all Exchequer dealings with recusancy-as is stated in every Recusant Roll throughout the period66- and was for that reason specially enrolled among the Exchequer's Memoranda. 6? Considering the amount of juridical comment which it evoked during that time,68 we must surely regard it as an Act of no little importance for the legal, as for the social history of the 16th and 17th centuries. The full text of the present statute is given in the Appendix to this volume (p. 226). Its opening section is a sweeping extension of the 13th section of the Statute of 1581 relating to "fraudulent conveyances" (see p. xiv). It nullifies all assurances of land made by recusants since the beginning of the reign, which were revocable by the recusant and intended for the maintenance or relief of himself and his family, declaring

The original Bill, engrossed on parchment (preserved in the House of Lords Record Office), still retains the Commons' amendments written on a separate membrane and attached to it. 63 Sir Simonds D'Ewes, A Complete Journal . .. oj the House oj Lords and the House oJCommons ... throughout the whole reign oJQueenElizabeth (ed. 1693), pp. 386-9,416-7. u Neale, op. cit., II, 103-91. 65 Op. cit. 66 See Preamble to Bedfordshire in the present roll. The reference was omitted during the Interregnum. 67 Q.R., M.R., 29 EJiz., Easter term (E. 159/392, rot. 177). 68 See the published Law Reports of Coke, and of other sub-contemporary judges, referred to among the marginalia to this Act in Statutes at Large.

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them to be utterly void as hindrances to the exaction of forfeitures for this offence. Henceforth such lands may be seized to Her Majesty's use. It is noteworthy, first, that unlike the enactment of 1581 , the avoidance is made retrospective to 1558, and, secondly, that all such assurances are here assumed to be "covinous", i.e. made for the purpose of defrauding the Queen of her dues. It was this last point which drew forth from the Commons the amendment (ยงVIII) sanctioning grants and leases "heretofore made (and hereafter to be made) bonafide, without fraud or covin", upon which a yearly rent is reserved and whose revocability by the recusant does not threaten the Queen's c1aims. 69 Section II is concerned with convictions and their certification. Estreats 70 of all recorded convictions for recusancy still remaining in the hands of Justices must be delivered into the court of Exchequer before the end of Easter term, 1587, i.e. at a "convenient" time to enable process to be issued for seizure of the property of such recusants as have failed to pay their fines. For the same purpose, estreats of all future convictions must be similarly certified into that court by the end of the term next following the date of conviction. Moreover, no conviction for recusancy shall henceforth take place elsewhere than in the court of King's Bench, or at Assizes, or General Sessions of Gaol-delivery. This section, we should note, is the statutory foundation of all "estreats of convictions" recorded in the present roll, and explains the timing of their enrolment.71 Its. most notable feature, however, is the withdrawal from the Commi~'sion of the Peace of the power (hitherto possessed) of proceeding to conviction upon indictments for recusancy. The implied criticism of Justices of the Peace was possibly due to past experience of their laxity in the matter of estreating and certifying convictions, and of their over-sensitiveness to local interests. Nevertheless, disqualification did not apparently extend to preliminary grand jury inquisitions upon such bills presented at Sessions of the Peace. 72 See "Comments" : 1. The Law Terms. 2. The Courts assigned. (pp. xxviii-ix). The next three sections effect radical changes in the method of prosecuting for this offence and provide the authority for the form and content of the majority of entries in our document.

Technical points which possibly formed the gist of Rutland's earlier criticism during the 3rd reading in the Lords. Regarding Rutland's religious opinions, cf. C.R.S. LID, 380. 70 An "estreat" (Lat. extraeta) is "a true extract, copy or note of an original writing or record". Wharton, Law Lexicon. 71 cr. "Enrolments of estreated convictions", infra, p. xcvi seq. 71 Cf. p. xxv, n. 76. The ban on J.P.s with regard to the conviction ofrecusants lasted until 1606, when it was lifted by the Act 3 James I, c. 4, ยง7.

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Section III refers only to recusants convicted before 29 October 1586,73 and deals, first, with the accumulation of unpaid fines incurred by them up to that time. All such recusants, if they bave not yet submitted and conformed according to "the true meaning" of the statute of 1581, shall, "without any other indictment or conviction", pay into the Exchequer all arrears of debt estimated by the rate of £20 for every month since their first conviction; the total debt to be cleared in two payments, one half by tbe end of Trinity term 1587 and the other half by the end of Hilary term 1588-unless other times be fixed, with good bond and surety, by arrangement with the chief officers of the Exchequer before the end of the said Trinity term. Secondly, it is enacted that the same recusants, until they submit and conform as above, shall benceforth also pay into the Exchequer every Easter and Michaelmas term (still without tbe necessity of any other indictment or conviction) the half-yearly sum of their current fines of £20 a month.74 See "Comments": 3. The accumulative penalty. 4. Pre-1587 debts (pp. xxix-xxxii). Section IV is concerned with recusants convicted on or after 29 October 1586. It has two wen-defined themes: (1) regulations relating to the payment of fines; (2) the alternative penalty in case of non-payment. The first part of this section lays down (a) that a recusant, "once convicted, shall, in such of the terms of Easter or Micbaelmas as shall be next after such conviction", pay into the Exchequer a sum comprising not only £20 for every month referred to in the indictment upon which he was convicted, but also £20 for every month intervening between the date of his conviction and the said next term of Easter (or Michaelmas): and (b) tbat thereafter he shall continue to pay into the said Exchequer, still "without any other indictment or conviction", in every Easter and Michaelmas term, the half-yearly sum of his current fines of £20 a month. In the second part it is provided that "if default shan be made in any part of any payment aforesaid ... the Queen's Majesty shall and may, by process out of the Exchequer, take, seize and enjoy all the goods, and two parts as well of all the lands, tenements See Appendix. The Exchequer, interpreting the word "heretofore" in accordance with the legal custom of the time (see below), adopted, as the terminal date for these "pre-1587" arrears, not 23 March 1587 (when this Act received the royal assent), but 29 Oct. 1586 (the opening day of the present session of Parliament). All the fixed debts imposed by this section will be seen, in the Pipe Rolls, to relate to recusancy convictions antecedent to the latter date. "Before 1793 [33 Geo. III, c. 13J, Acts of Parliament, unless the contrary were expressed therein, came into force as from the first day of the session in which they were passed . . ." (G. de C. Parmiter, Saint Thomas More and the Oath: Downside Review, Winter 1959-60, p. 9, note 27). 74 As the Pipe Rolls again indicate, the current monthly debts of such recusants were reckoned to begin on 29 Oct. 1586-the first payment being due at Easter, 1587 (see preceding note).

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and hereditaments, leases and farms" of the recusant (including, of course, such property as is declared seizable in the first section of this Act), "leaving the third part only of the lands, tenements ... [etc. as above] ... to and for the maintenance and relief of the same offender, his wife, children and family". See "Comments": 5. Significance of section W (pp. xxxii-v). Section V, disregarding-but not abrogating-"popular actions" by informers for this offence,75 concentrates its whole attention upon the more ancient method of prosecution by indictment, and the aims at effecting "more speedy" convictions by (a) widening the applicability of indictments, and (b) simplifying the courtprocedure. (a) In describing the offender's place of abode, the indictment shall be sufficient in law if it give the name of the place where "at any time before such indictment he was, or did keep house or residence". No mention need be made in the indictment of his being an inhabitant of "this realm of England, or any other the Queen's Majesty's dominions". If he happen, in fact, to be living elsewhere, "he shall be relieved by plea to be put in in that behalf, and not otherwise". The intention of this ruling was to relax certain of the strict rules relating to indictments, non-compliance with which would have rendered the indictment bad. Its observance thereafter may be inferred from the frequent insertion of the word nuper ("lately" -of this or that place) in later indictments for recusancy. (b) The new method of procedur~' in prosecutions by indictment is noteworthy in that it legalises the conviction of an indicted recusant in his absence, i.e. by the mere record of his non-appearance in court to answer the charge. The text of this important enactment is as follows : " ... And that upon the indictment of such offender, a proclamation shall be made at the same Assizes or Gaol-delivery in which the indictment shall be taken (if the same [indictment] be taken at any Assizes or Gaol-delivery),76 by which it shall be commanded 711 78

See "Qui tam actions after 1587", infra, p. xl. A question raised by this parenthesis was whether, if an indictment for recusancy were taken at Sessions of the Peace (which was allowed: see ref. to Coke below), the "proclamation" would have to be made at "the same" Sessions of the Peace. The recusant Francis Plowden (see Shropshire [15] and Berks. [6J in the present roll) pleaded in the court of Exchequer, in 1594, the illegality of his conviction on precisely this point. He had been indicted at the Guildhall Sessions of the Peace, London (28 June 1591), but proclaimed at the coincident Newgate Gaol-delivery Sessions. The then Attorney General (Coke himself) allowed this plea and Plowden was discharged (L.T.R., M.R., Mich. 36 Eliz., Recorda: E. 368/477, rot. 133). Referring in 1614 to the Plowden case, Coke maintained that the indictment ought originally to have been removed into King's Bench for further process. In 1591, therefore, there was evidently an opinion that J.P.s had no power to proclaim recusants-an opinion which Coke did not share. Cf.Foster'scase, 11 Co. Rep. 56b, at p. 63b (Reports (1826), VI, 120)-where Plowden is erroneously named "Edward".

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that the body of such offender shall be rendered to the sheriff of the same county before the said next Assizes or Gaol-delivery to be holden in the same county. And if at the said next Assizes or Gaol-delivery the same offender, so proclaimed, shall not make appearance of record, that then, upon such default recorded, the same shall be as sufficient a conviction in law of the said offence whereof the party so standeth indicted as is aforesaid, as if upon the same indictment a trial by verdict thereupon had proceeded and been recorded". See "Comments": 6. The Indictment jor recusancy. 7. Indictment oj non-Catholics jor recusancy. 8. Prosecution by indictment and proclamation. 9. Qui tam actions ajter 1587 (pp. xxxv-xli). Sections VI, radically altering §X of the Statute of 1581, offers to the convicted recusant, in return for submission and conformity in the manner prescribed by that Act, an immediate cessation of all fines and the restoration of his lands seized by reason of them, for so long as he continues to come to church. It adds, however, the condition that he shall first "make full satisfaction of all the arrearages of £20 monthly" -a proviso seriously discouraging to would-be conformers. Not until 1604 (by the Act 1 James I, c. 4, §4) was this requirement dropped. Nevertheless, in the meantime, it became the practice for recusants, when pleading their conformity in the court of Exchequer, to crave also their inclusion in the Queen's General and Free Pardon (confirmed at every Parliamentary session) which explicitly remitted such arrears of debt in the case of conforming recusants. 77 These petitions the Attorney General was always ready to approve, thus circumventing the demands of the Act. On the whole, therefore, the path to freedom was made considerably easier after 1587; although (as Hawkins notes 78) there still remained no remedy for the conformer to obtain restitution of such profits of his lands as had actually been taken. See "Comments": 10. Inherited debts (pp. xli-iii). Section VII states that "it shall and may be lawful" for the Lord Treasurer, the Chancellor and Chief Baron of the Exchequer (or any two of them) to dispose of a third part of the fine of £20 a month-hitherto limited by the Statute of 1581 (§XI) to "the poor in the parish in which the offence shall be committed"- for the maintenance not only of the poor but also of "Houses of Correction",79 and of "impotent and maimed soldiers". Two points should be noted. First, the revenue to be so divided is money received from fine-payments, not from rents or sale of goods. Secondly, any allowances for the above purpose would 77

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normally have been made in the Exchequer, by a transaction known as "assignment of tally", but actual instances of this have yet to be found. 80 The Recusant Rolls, in recording such receipts (e.g. infra, Bucks., [4]), merely state the full amount of the payment, without reference to its disposal. In the year Michaelmas 1593-4, covered by the present roll, the Exchequer received a total of £3,380 from recusant fine-payments, of which therefore about £1,127 should have been earmarked for the causes described in this Act. 81 The final two sections (VIII and IX), as already said, were contributed by the Commons. Section VIII safeguards the validity of all past and future grants and leases made bona fide by recusants which in no way obstructed the Crown's entitlement to forfeitures due by reason of their recusancy. Section IX disallows retention by the Crown, after a recusant's death, of such seized lands as had been originally possessed by him "only for term of his life, or in the right of his wife".

COMMENTS ON THE STATUTE OF 1586-7 1. The law terms (section II). The performance of judicial business in the court of Exchequer (as also in the other superior courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, likewise established at Westminster) was confined to 'fqur short periods in the year, known as "terms". 82 Frequently referred to in the present document, these were as follows : Michaelmas Term (with which the year began) : (a) (until 1641) from 9th or 10th October to 28th or 29th November. (b) (1641-1752) from 23rd or 24th October to 28th or 29th November. Dietz, op. cit., lists no such disbursements under "Expenditures of the Exchequer" (pp. 91 seq.). 81 With regard to Augustus Jessopp's well-known statement (One Generation of a Norfolk House (1879), p. 115) that despite §XI of the statute of 1581 he had never "met with the faintest trace of evidence that the poor of the parish in anyone case benefited directly or indirectly by the fines that were levied", it must be pointed out that, actually, £476-8-2 was issued in March 1583 by the Exchequer teller, Henry Killigrew, to Sir Christopher Wray and Sir Edmund Anderson, Justices of Assize in Norfolk and Suffolk, "to be distributed by them to the poor" of Pudding Norton, Bilney, Brusyard, Long Melford and eight other places in those counties-"being one-third of the fines levied from recusants" dwelling there, in accordance with the said statute (Tellers' Views of Payments: E.403/2270). Many other instances of similar disbursements to various officers in other counties for this purpose may be seen in these books for the period 1582-7. It is clear that the Exchequer, at least, did its duty. 82 Jacob, Law Dictionary. The High Court of Parliament, the Court of Chancery and the inferior courts of justice did not observe the tenns. 80

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Hilary Term: (until 1830) from 23rd or 24th January to 12th or 13th February. Easter Term: (until 1830) from Wednesday fortnight after Easter to Monday after Ascension Day. Trinity Term: (until 1830) from Friday after Trinity Sunday to Wednesday fortnight following. It should be emphasised that the above periods related only to the formal sittings of the Exchequer as a tribunal of law, engaged chiefly in calling Crown debtors to account, hearing their petitions and punishing their offences. 83 In its capacity as a financial department concerned with the receiving, auditing and recording of Crown revenue, the Exchequer worked continuously throughout the year, and its large clerical staff was always fully occupied. 2. The courts assigned (section II). Of the three courts (King's Bench, Assizes, General Gaol-delivery) authorised by this statute to convict upon indictments for recusancy, the most common venue for such proceedings in the period 1587-1607 was the Assizes. 84 The judicial assemblies so styled were held twice a year in the chief towns of every county, grouped for this purpose into six "circuits", and were presided over in each case by two judges of the great Westminster courts who in pairs travelled their appointed circuits during the vacation period after Hilary term (for the Lent Assizes) and after Trinity term (for the Summer Assizes). Empowered to hear and determine every kind of offence committed within the area of their jurisdiction, they held five separate commissions, notably the comprehensive commission of Oyer and Terminer and the general commission of Gaol-delivery. As "Justices of Assize and Gaoldelivery" they could, according to circumstances, proceed upon indictments for recusancy by either of these commissions, although in practice business of this kind seems to have been conducted normally by virtue of the latter. 85 It should therefore be observed that sessions of Gaol-delivery were an integral part of the Assizes, and usually concluded the Assize proceedings in each county. Middlesex (with the City of London), however, was exceptional in that, alone of the counties, it had no Assizes. It was evidently in order to cover this situation that the words "or Gaol-delivery" were inserted in the Act. Henceforth convictions for recusancy in Middlesex and London were recorded at the Sessions of General

113 See p. Iii. u. See p. xcviii.

The primary and original object of this commission was to "deliver" (evacuate) the local gaols by bringing the prisoners detained therein to trial. The charging of Justices of Gaol-delivery to "inquire of, hear and determine" recusancy offences-in which the vast majority of offenders were not prisoners -indicates how broad had become the interpretation of its scope. U. Hawkins, Pleas of the Crown, II, ch. 6, Â§Â§ 5 and 19.

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Gaol-delivery of Newgate, held at the Old Bailey, London, about eight times in the year. 86 The court of King's Bench, the supreme court of criminal jurisdiction, usually sat in Westminster Hall, but, like the other superior courts (including, occasionally, the Exchequer), was also "ambulatory", that is to say, it accompanied the sovereign during her progresses. By reason of its pre-eminence it could, in addition to exercising its own original jurisdiction, demand- by the issue of the writ certiorari 87- the removal from an inferior court into King's Bench of any indictment presenting legal difficulties and proceed to judgment upon it. A cursory examination of "Ancient Indictments" and Controlment Rolls of King's Bench (preserved at the Public Record Office 88) leaves the impression that all indictments for recusancy there dealt with were originally removed thither from other courts. The surviving records of the Assizes are likewise preserved at P.R.O., but only those of the South Eastern circuit contain indictments of the reign of Elizabeth. 89 Records of the Gaol-deliveries of Newgate are in two series, separately housed. (a) Those pertaining to the county of Middlesex are preserved at Middlesex Guildhall, Westminster: (b) those pertaining to the City of London, at the Records Office of the Corporation of London, Moorgate, E.C. The former series, dating from 1549, is in process of being calendared 90 : recusant material in the latter (1605-85) is published in C.R.S. vol. xxxiv. 3. The accumulative penalty (section III). One of the most important features of the present Act is its explanation (in this and the 4th section) of the nature of the penalty imposed in Â§V of the statute of 1581. 91 For the past five years the total obligation of the convicted recusant had been considered to be limited to the fines specified in his occasional indictments. This theory is now claimed to have been a serious misinterpretation of the said enactment: in reality his obligation was far more extensive. The "true meaning" of that clause (now carefully stated) is that a single conviction is sufficient to involve the recusant in a continuous series of monthly fines of ÂŁ20 until he shall have conformedregardless of later indictments and convictions. As a 17th century

Cf. C.R.S. XXXIV, Introd., pp. vii-x. Ibid. p. xxxix. 88 Class refs. : K.B. 9 and K.B. 29. 8\1 Class ref. : Assizes 35. 90 Bound typescript volumes of this calendar, entitled Middlesex Sessions Records, may be seen at B.M. and P.R.O. Cf. also Middlesex County Records, edited by J. Cordy Jeaffreson (4 vols: 1892). III Supra, p. xiii. 86 87

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See p. Iii. See p. xcviii. The primary and original object of this commission was to "deliver" (evacuate) the local gaols by bringing the prisoners detained therein to trial. The charging of Justices of Gaol-delivery to "inquire of, hear and determine" recusancy offences-in which the vast majority of offenders were not prisoners -indicates how broad had become the interpretation of its scope. Cf. Hawkins, Pleas of the Crown, II, ch. 6, Â§Â§ 5 and 19.

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Gaol-delivery of Newgate, held at the Old Bailey, London, about eight times in the year. 86 The court of King's Bench, the supreme court of criminal jurisdiction, usually sat in Westminster Hall, but, like the other superior courts (including, occasionally, the Exchequer), was also "ambulatory", that is to say, it accompanied the sovereign during her progresses. By reason of its pre-eminence it could, in addition to exercising its own original jurisdiction, demand- by the issue of the writ certiorari 87-the removal from an inferior court into King's Bench of any indictment presenting legal difficulties and proceed to judgment upon it. A cursory examination of "Ancient Indictments" and Controlment Rolls of King's Bench (preserved at the Public Record Office 88) leaves the impression that all indictments for recusancy there dealt with were originally removed thither from other courts. The surviving records of the Assizes are likewise preserved at P.R.O., but only those of the South Eastern circuit contain indictments of the reign of Elizabeth. 89 Records of the Gaol-deliveries of Newgate are in two series, separately housed. (a) Those pertaining to the county of Middlesex are preserved at Middlesex Guildhall, Westminster: (b) those pertaining to the City of London, at the Records Office of the Corporation of London, Moorgate, E.C. The former series, dating from 1549, is in process of being calendared 90 : recusant material in the latter (1605-85) is published in C.R.S. vol. xxxiv. 3. The accumulative penalty (seCtion III). One of the most important features of the present Act is its explanation (in this and the 4th section) of the nature of the penalty imposed in Â§V of the statute of 158l. 91 For the past five years the total obligation of the convicted recusant had been considered to be limited to the fines specified in his occasional indictments. This theory is now claimed to have been a serious misinterpretation of the said enactment: in reality his obligation was far more extensive. The "true meaning" of that clause (now carefully stated) is that a single conviction is sufficient to involve the recusant in a continuous series of monthly fines of ÂŁ20 until he shall have conformedregardless of later indictments and convictions. As a 17th century

Cf. C.R.S. XXXIV, Introd., pp. vii-x. Ibid. p. xxxix. 88 Class refs. : K.B. 9 and K.B. 29. 88 Class ref. : Assizes 35. 90 Bound typescript volumes of this calendar, entitled Middlesex Sessions Records, may be seen at B.M. and P.R.O. Cf. also Middlesex County 91 Records, e4~~ed by J. Cordy Jeaffreson (4 vols: 1892). Supra, p. Xlll. 88 87

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Exchequer official put it, "by this law the penalty of £20 a month runs on for ever after the first conviction till conformity. "92 The present section applies this principle (which we may describe as the "accumulative penalty") to recusants who had escaped it in the past. Its future application is ensured by section IV. See Comments 4 and 5 (c) below. 4. Pre-1587 debts (section III). In making the above principle retrospective to 1581 the statute of 1586-7 laid upon the Exchequer an immediate task of no little complexity, especially where a recusant had actually been paying his occasional fines. The records of each case had to be separately examined; no dossier was alike. Concentrating, for a start, on the most influential recusants and taking the month of October 1586 as the terminus ad quem of their calculations, the auditing staff now hastened to ascertain the dates of their first convictions and the number of months for which payment had been omitted, or for which there had been no covering indictment and conviction, in this way establishing a fixed sum to be charged to each. These "pre-1587" arrears (as I have broadly termed them in this work) amounted in some cases to over £1,000, and were, of course, an imposition additional to the charge of £260 93 for recusancy during the current year (Michaelmas 1586-7). It is not surprising, therefore, that the Exchequer Pipe Rolls indicate only eight recusants able, eventually, to settle both debts. They were John Towneley of Enfield, Middlesex ;94 Ferdinand Parris of Pudding Norton, Norfolk; Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton, Northants.; George Cotton of Warblington, Hants. ; John Gage of West Farley, Sussex; and the three Suffolk recusants -Edward Rookwood of Euston, Edward Sulliard of Wetherden and Michael Hare of Bruisyard. 95 Each of them may be seen in the present Recusant Roll still continuing to pay into the Exchequer his yearly fine of £260, having by this time-with the exception of Tresham-paid off his pre-1587 arrears. All, it should be added, availed themselves of the respite allowed in this section of the Act for the payment of the latter debts. John Gage, for instance, whose arrears were found to amount to £1,140 out of a total debt Christopher Barnard, deputy to the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in 1671-quoted in C.R.S. VI, p. 77. 93 By the Common Law a month contained twenty-eight days, thirteen such lunar months constituting a year. A recusant's yearly fine therefore amounted to £260. 94 Sie in Pipe Roll, E.372/432, Adhue Item London' (Mich. 28-29 Eliz. : 1586-7). The record of his yearly payments of £260 is transferred from the London to the Lanes. section in the Pipe Roll of 1589-90 (E. 372/435, Adhue Item Lane'), and thereafter he is described (under Lanes.) simply as "John Towneley, esquire"-as in the present roll. There can be no doubt that he is to be identified with the well-known recusant, John Towneley of Towneley, Lanes. 95 See "Records of annual fines paid", infra, pp. lxxxiv seq. 92

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of £1,280 (he had paid only £140 prior to October 1586), arranged with the Exchequer authorities to pay £140 at Michaelmas 1587, £500 at Michaelmas 1588 and £500 at Michaelmas 1589, his sureties being John and Henry Guldeford of Hampstead, esqs. He carried out this program to the letter, duly fulfilling, moreover, at each of these dates, his additional yearly obligation of £260. 96 In three years, therefore, the Exchequer obtained from him a total of £1,920. Naturally enough, the vast majority of recusants proved to be financially incapable of offering a settlement of their arrears. In such cases steps were immediately taken to exact the debt from the issues of their lands and possessions seized in accordance with the requirements of section IV of this Act. In this category were some persons of high social standing, e.g. William, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, Northants., and Sir John Southworth of Samlesbury, Lancs. Vaux's debt amounted to £1,420, for the recovery of which most of his lands in four counties (Beds., Cambs., Lincs., and Northants). were seized on 28 September, 1587. 97 Repetitions of the original enrolments of these four seizures may be seen in the present Recusant Roll,98 each bearing the distinctive formula " ... who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,420 by virtue of the Act [28 Eliz., cap. 6J" peculiar to all entries of seizures for pre-1587 arrearsforty-eight other instances of which will be found in this roll.99 It is noticeable that no such entry survives in the case of Sir John Southworth. The reason is that, faced with the forfeiture of his goods and chattels to the value of £388 and the necessity of finding a yearly rent of £280-16-8 from land's seized for his unpaid arrears of £1,060, he was induced to confori'n, and, by letters patent dated 1 December 1587, obtained the Queen's pardon and the restoration of his property.l00 Such crushing debts could hardly fail to produce Pipe Rolls, E. 372/432-4, Surrey/ Sussex. Subsequent Recusant Rolls prove that Gage continued his yearly payments until his death, the last payment being recorded at Michaelmas, 1598 (E. 377/6). By that time he had paid £4,980 for his recusancy. Actually, his final payment was short by £20which the sheriff had orders (by the writ Diem clausit extremum) to collect from the issues of the estate (cf. E. 377/7). Towneley, likewise, never faltered. When he died in 1607 he had paid, in all, £6,800, and was clear of debt. 9? Pipe Roll, E. 372/433, under these counties. 98 Beds. [2J, Cambs. [8J, Lincs. [2J, Northants. [2J. The original Pipe Roll entry under Bedfordshire included the seizure of the manor of "Patenham" (? Pavenham). This was later relinquished, and the yearly rent reduced from £58- 5-5* to £27-9-4. 99 Cf. "Land-seizures for pre-1587 debts", infra, p. lxxix. 100 The pardon cancelled £700 of his pre-1587 arrears. A second pardon obtained on 1 July 1592 ("by reason of his continued conformity", vouched for by the Archbishop of Canterbury) remitted the remainder of his arrears (£360). Southworth personally pleaded this pardon in the court of Exchequer on 27 May 1594. The facts of the case, and the text of the second pardon, are given in L.T.R., M.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, Recorda (E. 368/471, rot. 4). See ref. in C.R.S. XVITI, p. 157, 11. 24 seq. His old debt (Lancs. [81]) appears for the last time in the Recusant Roll of 1596 (E. 377/5, Adhue Item Lanes' with the marginal note C (? Conformavit). 96

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some collapses. Another notable convert to Anglicanism from the ranks of the "old brigade" of recusants was Robert Lovell of Beachamwell (see Norfolk, entry [33])101 who struggled on until 6 April, 1601, when at the Gaol-delivery sessions at Norwich he made his submission in open court, as required by the statute of 1581.102 In the present roll the only item illustrating in any detail the operation of this Act regarding pre-1587 debts is Northants. [21J, relating to the sum of £953-6-8 owed by Sir Thomas Tresham. 103 Subsequent rolls show that although experiencing great difficulty in settling his arrears Tresham never faltered in the payment of his annual fines for recusancy from 1587 to the end of Elizabeth's reign. He died on 11 September, 1605, his penalties under this Act having cost him £5,760. 104 5. Significance oj section IV. Part I of this section explains the wording of all "enrolments of estreated convictions" and "records of fines paid" (see "Key to the Abstracts", under these headings). Part 2 provides the authority for all enrolments of lands and of goods seized after this date, and of the Exchequer procedure thereon. Responsible, therefore, for the majority of entries in our document, the whole of this section is of primary importance. It is also outstanding as a measure calculated to expedite the legislation of 1581. Let us note some of its features and implications. (a) Part-payment of fines and payment by instalments are no longer tolerated. When a conviction has been certified into the This entry follows closely the form used in "estreated convictions", and is here analysed as such. 102 He pleaded his conformity in the Court of Exchequer on 1 May 1602, when all his debts were remitted. Cf. L.T.R., M.R. referred to in the text (E. 368/503, rot. 60). lOS The purport of this complicated entry (of which I have attempted a free translation in the text) is that Tresham, having already paid, before the present Act, £306-13-4 of his total debt of £1,260 for recusancy between March 1581 and Oct. 1586, had guaranteed to the Exchequer in 1587, with Lord Mordaunt and Edward Watson as sureties, that he would settle the remaining £953-6-8 by a first payment of £353-6-8 at Michaelmas 1587 and by two further payments of £300 at Michaelmas 1588 and 1589. He achieved the first payment, but failed with regard to the other two. He thus owed £600-a sum for which Farmor, sheriff of 1589, was summoned to account at the Exchequer. The rest of the entry gives, in a postscript, the state of the debt as at Mich. 1594 (the end of the year covered by the present roll). First, certain belated payments amounting to £246-13-4 are noted, reducing the debt to £353-6-8. Secondly, since Tresham, Mordaunt and Watson had forfeited their bonds, certain lands belonging to them were seized, to produce £80 by 1593. On 22 Nov. 1594 (the date of the last payment herein recorded), Tresham's debt therefore stood at £273-6-8. This was paid off within the next twelve months-as his discharge, enrolled in the 6th Recusant Roll, records. 10~ Additional penalties incurred by him in connection with religion are given in M. E. Finch's study, Five Northamptonshire Families (Northants. Record Soc., vol. ili, pp. 76, 179-81).

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Exchequer, proceedings there for seizure of property may begin as soon as failure to pay the requisite amount of the fine at the stipulated time (i.e. by the end of the following Easter or Michaelmas term) has been ascertained. Thus procedure was now greatly simplified. No longer was it necessary for the fines, as such, to be levied by the sheriff. In effect, the recusant received an ultimatum: either he came forward at the proper time with the sum required or he lost his property. The decision lay with him, and his decision was indicated for Exchequer purposes by the presence or absence of a record of payment in the books of the Receipt department. l05 (b) The penalty incurred by a recusant who fails to pay the statutory fine, viz. confiscation of his property, is now for the first time officially promulgated. The seizure of the goods and lands of a Crown debtor in order to recover the debt by sale of the former and by rent from the latter was an ancient procedure, and, as we have seen, had been in operation against recusants since 1581. 106 At first sight, therefore, it would seem that in this respect the present Act adds no new feature to normal Exchequer practice. There is, however, one innovation, namely, a definition of the amount of property to be seized. Hitherto this had been regulated by what, in the opinion of commissioners and jurors, the offender and his family needed for subsistence. l07 In the interests, no doubt, of "more speedy execution", such discretionary powers were now for the most part withdrawn and a uniform pattern established by the statutory provision that hencefort~, in every case, all the goods of the defaulting recusant and two-thu'ds of his real property were to be regarded as forfeit to the Crown. Some latitude nevertheless was still officially approved in the actual seizure of goods. The Queen's entitlement to "all the goods "was never interpreted as " all the goods at once". Common-sense itself dictated the advisability of impoverishing by degrees. The rolls show that in practice only a selection of recusant goods (sometimes quite small portions) were taken at anyone time. The procedure was twice or thrice repeated in cases of outstanding obstinacy. (c) Again the principle of the accumulative penalty (p. xxix) is emphasised-this time with the added intention of giving permanence to the seizure of recusants' lands. los Under the previous Act lands had been seized in each case merely to recover a single specified debt, and a situation could therefore arise when, payments Cf. "Levying of fines abandoned, 1587", infra, pp.lx-lxii. Evidence of this is to be seen in references to writs of "extent" and "commission" noted against recusant items in the Pipe Rolls of the period 1581-6. 107 Salvo contenemento ("saving the livelihood") seems to have been the guiding principle. Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, A Treatise on the Court of Exchequer (1758) p.164. 108 The intention of making land-seizure, like fine-payment, normally terminable only by submission and conformity is implied also in ยงVI, and is expressly stated in Act 3 James I, c. 4, ยง8 in reference to the present statute. 105 106

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having overtaken the amount of the debt, the lands were legally returnable to the recusant. New process would then have been needed, upon another conviction of the same person, in order to regain the lands for the Crown. So untidy and laborious a procedure, in cases where recusancy was persistent, called for readjustment. The present Act removed the difficulty by applying a corollary of the above principle-to the effect that just as after the first conviction a recusant's fines run on until his submission and conformity, so may his lands, once seized, remain in the Queen's hands until that same event. A recusant's liabilities automatically increasing at the rate of ยฃ260 a year now provided an ample sufficiency of debt to guarantee such uninterrupted retention of the lands by the Crown. 109 Only two contingencies could in future break its continuance: a discharge following a legal flaw in the earlier proceedings, pleaded and allowed in the court of Exchequer, or an exercise of the royal prerogative granting away the Crown's interests to another person. Both were of comparatively rare occurrence.110 Thus the "accumulative penalty" principle, now put forth as the official interpretation ("the true meaning") of section V of the statute of 1581,111 is shown to be one of the most potent operative elements in the present legislation. It formed, indeed, an essential factor in the long-term penal scheme which the Government had in view. Two further observations should be added. First, that notwithstanding the all-sufficiency of the first conviction in the operation of this principle, a recusant continued to be repeatedly convicted and repeatedly enrolled at the Exchequer. Enrolments of such reiterated convictions still had their official value: they were a means of estimating the obstinacy of individual offenders; they afforded the Exchequer legal grounds for further seizures of goods, and above all enabled that court to check upon and punish recidivists who, having submitted and conformed, later relapsed into nonattendance at church. Secondly, it should be noted that the above principle was held not to apply to convictions of recusants in "popular actions" upon the statute of 1581.112 Such suits by common informers could produce only single and isolated debts. (d) The legislation in sections III and IV was not applicable to a recusant wife. Common Law gave the disposal of a woman's property to her husband, and he could not be made responsible for pecuniary penalties incurred by his wife by way of indictment for breaches of the law to which he was not privy.113 Consequently, Thus my remark in Recusant History, IV, 183 (penultimate sentence) is, in fact, inapplicable to the situation after the statute of 1586-7. 110 Cf. "Revocation of seizures", infra, pp. lxvii-viii. 111 Supra, p . xiii (quoted passage). 112 Hawkins, op. cit., I, ch. 10, ยง42. 113 Foster's case, 11 Co. Rep. 56b, at p. 61b (Coke, Reports (1826), VI, 117). Hawkins, I, ch. 10, ยง39. Jacob, Law Dictionary, "Baron and Feme" (vii). 109

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although a wife might be indicted, convicted and fined for this offence (many examples of this will be found among the "enrolments of estreated convictions" in the present volume), her forfeitures could never be exacted during her husband's life-time, the only penalty imposable in her case, up to 1593,114 being imprisonment by virtue of section XI of the statute of 1581. On the death of her husband, however, two-thirds of the widow's "free-bench" or dower became immediately liable to seizure, as prescribed in this Act, by reason of her previous convictions. The rental items of our document show some sixty widows treated in this way.115 (e) By the seizure of his lands a recusant lost to the Crown all rights attaching to their present "enjoyment", that is to say, all profits, issues and rents accruing from them. He did not, however, forfeit the legal "estate" of his land (i.e. his title to it).ns Nor did he lose the power of disposition involved therein, although-as we see in sections I and VIII of this Act-the practical value to the recusant of that power was severely restricted by the provisions regarding "fraudulent conveyances". An entail, at any rate, was in no way compromised by the seizure, even though the heir himself were a recusant. 6. The indictment for recusancy (section V(a)). Though inaugurating a simplified indictment for this offence, the present Act did not lay down any rigid precedent. Some diversity of form still continued, notably in the concluding reference to the statutes contravened. . The phrasing of the indictment or official accusation of a recusant is itself of no little interest, since these documents are the instrumental cause of the penalties recorded throughout the Recusant Rolls. The following is an English rendering of the indictment for recusancy showing the form commonly used in the period 1587-1603117 :

Cf. infra, "The Act 35 Eliz., c.l, and recusant wives", pp. xlvi seq. Where the woman's status is omitted (e.g. Essex [10J and [11]) we may therefore safely assume her to have been either an unmarried heiress or a widow. Positive anomalies, however, sometimes occur: for instance, in Devon [8J, Dorset [4J and Lancs. [18J the recusant is described as "wife" . Such entries are explicable only as instances of women recently widowed whose conviction was enrolled before their husband's demise, or of downright error in their original indictment. Error was certainly the case in Devon [8J : the cited record of her plea of conformity (L.T.R., M.R. , E.368j525, rot. 173) describes Bridget Roe not as a "wife", but simply as a "spinster"-a term signifying, at this date (1606) and in this context, an unmarried woman cf. p. cli). 116 Tredwaye's case, Hobart 73, 74: and summary. 117 Until 1731 (4 Geo. n, c. 26) the language of most judicial documents was Latin. Examples of Latin indictments for recusancy-the form of which remained more or less constant throughout the 17th century-may be seen in C.R.S. XXXIV. 114 11 5

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The jurors for the Queen present that [name and style or occupation of offender], lately of the parish [name], who, being on [date] of the age of sixteen years and more did not repair to his [her] parish church nor to any other church, chapel or usual place of common prayer1l8 at any time within [period in months] next following the aforesaid [date], but has forborne the same from the aforesaid [date] for the space of the aforesaid [period in months], against the form of a certain statute in a like case made and provided at Westminster in the county of Middlesex in the first year of the reign of the said Lady now Queen for the uniformity of common prayer, and against the form of a statute in a like case made and provided in the twenty-third year of the reign of the same Lady now Queen, and against the peace of the said Lady now Queen, her Crown and dignity.119 In many examples of such indictments, however, particularly in later reigns120 the reference to the statutes of 1559 and 1581 (italicised above) is replaced by the brief, indefinite phrase "against the form of the statute" (contra forman statuti)-a point of some historical consequence, as we shall see in the next note.

7. Indictment of non-Catholics for recusancy (section V). While the anti-Catholic tenor of the preamble to the statute of 1581-on section V of which the indictment for recusancy was mainly framed -gives, prima facie, a reason for assuming that all persons so charged were known or reputed Catholics, the silence of the indictment itself on the question of personal religious beliefs made it legally applicable to any kind of absentee from church. That it was in fact used against prominent "Separatists" before 1593 is well-established. Thus the Pipe Roll of 29 Elizabeth records that the Nonconformist leaders, Nicholas Crane, "clerk", Henry Barrowe, "gentleman", and John Greenwood, " clerk", (all said to be of the parish of St. Sepulchre, London, and therefore probably at this time prisoners in Newgate) were together indicted, convicted and fined for a year's recusancy at the Old Bailey on 16 February, 1587J8121-incidentally affording useful evidence that recusants

The phrase "at the time of divine service", hitherto inserted at this point, was rendered unnecessary by this section of the Act (see Appendix). The words, however, continued to be added for several years. 119 A single indictment often included the names of many recusants (with a necessary adjustment of the text). 120 E.g. London indictments from 1673. Cf. C.R.S. XXXIV, 155 seq. 121 Pipe Roll, E. 372/433, Adhuc Item London. Cf. D.N.B., and F. J. Powicke, Henry Barrow, Separatist, p. 21. The same roll also records, under Adhuc Item Norfolk, the conviction of "Henry Barrow, lately of Thornage, Norfolk, gent." for recusancy of two months from 28 June 1588. Robert Browne, founder of the Brownists, was protected by his kinsman, Lord Treasurer Burghley, and apparently escaped conviction (D.N.B.). 118

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described in the Exchequer rolls as clerici were not exclusively Catholic priests.122 In 1593 a special Act of Parliament (35 Eliz., c. 1) was passed against Sectarian recusants, with penalties ranging from imprisonment to exile or a felon's death.1 23 Even after that date, however, they continued from time to time to be indicted on the old statutes of 1581 and 1586-7. This is vouched for by a remarkable (? early Jacobean) directive of the Judges of England on the subject, wherein, nevertheless, it is clearly indicated that such involvement of Dissenters in the indictment for "popish recusancy" was regarded as abnormal and fortuitous. It ran as follows: "If one that is a brownist or a separatist be indicted as a popish recusant there is no avoiding it but by conformity, but if the indictment be general, contra formam statuti, the statute of 35 Elizabeth ordaineth several punishments for them".124 In other words, the indictment must stand, but the penalty shall differ according to the form of the indictment in which the Separatist chances to be included. A reference to tb e Act of 23 Elizabeth (1581) occurring in his indictment will involve him in the "popish" penalty of ÂŁ20 a month until conformity, but if it concludes merely with the words contra formam statuti, the statute contravened is to be interpreted, in his case, as being that of 1593. One may add that since the penalties of the latter statute were not of a pecuniary nature, no reference to them will be found in the Recusant Rolls. The identification of non-Catholic~ who thus incurred the penalties of the pre-1593 recusancy statutes remains a subject for research. It seems probable, however, that until the 1660s such cases constituted only a small fraction of the total number of convictions for this offence. 125 8. Prosecution by indictment and proclamation (section V (b)). The ancient method of prosecution by indictment is described in the introduction to C.R.S. vol. xxxiV. 126 A distinguishing feature of its procedure was the grand jury's inquisition, which ensured a Pipe Rolls of the years 1582-6, especially under London/Middx, Surrey/ Sussex and Lancs., give the names of a score of recognisable priest-prisoners convicted for refusal to attend the church of the parishes in which their gaols were situated. These are likewise called clerici (occasionally, sacerdotes). The three recusant "clerks" mentioned in the present roll, viz. Thomas Hutton (Lancs. [21J), Edward Jackson (Norfolk [28]) and Thomas Collyer (Staffs. [6]), await identification. If Catholics, they could only have been survivors of the Marian clergy; certainly not "Jesuits or seminary priests" (ordained abroad after 29 June 1559), for whom the Act 27 Eliz., c. 2 (1585) prescribed the death penalty. 123 Continued by Act of Parliament in 1597; revived in 1604, modified in 1605 by 3 James I., c. 4; revived in 1627 and 1640 (Charles I). 124 Recusant History, IV, 193 (A (3). 125 Ibid., p. 191. Cf. J. A. Williams, Bath and Rome (1963), pp. 8-9. us Under titles "Recognisances" (p. xxix), "Precepts and Jury panels" (p. xxxiv), and "Indictments for recusancy" (p. xlii). 1l1S

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preliminary examination of the evidence before an accused person could be put on trial. The grand jury's antecedent declaration that a charge was worthy, or unworthy, of the court's consideration as a "true bill" was an essential part of the judicial proceedings, and the absence of this feature in qui tam actions-wherein the accused could be summoned to answer before a court of justice upon the allegation of a single informer- was, among lawyers, a subject of criticism against the latter system. 127 The initial move in proceedings by indictment might come from a member of the public. Private persons could delate an offender to a magistrate or, during sessions, to the grand jury itself, but, unlike informers in "popular actions", they did not prosecute, nor did they receive a statutory reward. Their identity, occasionally of some historical interest, is preserved for us by the then common practice of inscribing the names of such witnesses on the dorse of indictments.128 Their motives, in the indicting of recusants, were various: one recalls the zeal of the playwright, Anthony Munday, and the cupidity of Charles Grimston. 129 However, as one might expect, the normal sources of information for offences of this sort were official in character- notably, constables and churchwardens, whose duties regarding the investigation of non-attendance at church probably began as early as 1559.130 Most of the detective work required was performed by these functionaries. But while the constable had standing orders to report cases of recusancy directly to Justices of the Peace,131 the churchwarden's duty was, until 1605,132 to certify such offenders only to the diocesan authorities. This he was supposed to do twice a year, and always at the time of the archdeacon's visitation. 133 The transference of this data to the civil courts lay at the discretion of the bishop or archdeacon. No law bound them to take this step. Their practice seems to have been to use the possibility of such action as a threat to those recusants who showed resistance to admonitions delivered in their own courts. Having decided to take this course, the

Cf. Jacob, Law Dictionary, "Information", §1. C.R.S. XXXIV (text), passim. 129 Ibid., pp. 33, 64, 71. Reference to the latter's designs on the lands of his neighbour, the Suffolk: recusant Nicholas Timperley, is given in Timperley of Hintlesham by Ryan and Redstone (1931), pp. 61 , 97-an admirable study of a recusant family. 130 Cf. Act of Uniformity, 1 Eliz., c. 2, §§ XXII and XXIII. 131 Jacob, op. cit. ; "Constable". 132 By Act 3 James I, c. 4, §§ IV, V, VI, presentment of recusants' names to the Sessions was made a statutory duty for both constables and churchwardens, who were now allowed, for every ensuing conviction. a reward of 40s.-to be levied out of the offenders' goods and estates. 133 Jacob, op. cit. ; "Churchwardens". 127

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ecclesiastical authorities usually presented a certified list of the recusants en bloc to the grand jury at the beginning of the Assizes, whereupon the facts in the presentment would be drawn up later in indictment form, generally on a single parchment.134 The similarity of dates and periods of recusancy frequently observable in the county lists of "estreated convictions" throughout the present roll proves conclusively that the recusants there named had been originally certified to the Assizes in groups, and that their indictment had therefore been occasioned not by private informants, but by official presentment. Although the functions of the grand jury were thus retained under the present Act, the radical curtailment of the ancient procedure subsequent to indictment (see the quoted text) makes this section notable in legal history. Hitherto, as in all offences less than felony when the accused was at large, the writ venire facias ad respondendum had normally been issued to the sheriff to summon the indicted recusant into court for trial.I 35 If this proved unavailing, a "distress" followed for the seizure of his goods and chattels,136 and finally a capias for his arrest; the object of these processes being to ensure his arraignment, i.e. his presence at the bar of the court to answer the charge and to hear judgment. With the increasing number of presentments, any full-scale prosecution of individual recusants along these lines would obviously have occupied too much official time. Some means of shortening the course of prosecution had to be fou~d. It was to meet this situation that tbe present section of the Act prescribed a "new form of convidion"137 wherein adjudication played no part,13S thus eliminating the necessity of arraignment and of all the above writs designed to achieve it. By this device an indicted recusant became automatically convicted if he failed to obey the summons delivered in a single proclamation by the court

Of the many compound indictments shown in C.R.S. XXXIV, two bear endorsements proving the ecclesiastical source of the information upon which they were based (pp. 55 and 57). 135 Hawkins, op. cit., II, ch. 27, Â§Â§ 9 and 10. 136 This procedure probably explains the five entries, Staffs. [15]-[19] in the present roll, all of which relate to debts incurred prior to the 1587 Act. Poker, Gretton, Collyer and Wade ("supposed recusants & fugitives") seem to have disobeyed the summons after their first indictment for this offence. Fitzherbert, in whose case the word "supposed" is omitted, had evidently been not only indicted but also convicted. Cf. Morris, Troubles, m, p.23. 137 Hobart refers to this procedure as "the new form of conviction, by indictment and proclamation" (Pie v. Lovell (1618), Hob. 204, at p. 205). 138 Hawkins, op. cit., I, ch. 10, Â§ 23. 134

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crier.1 His conviction derived not from a formal judgment of the court, but from the mere fact, officially recorded, of default of appearance after proclamation. 140 So free was the arm of the law under the new system that it was now possible for the absent recusant to incur the penalty while totally unaware of the proceedings against him, and to receive his first intimation thereof upon the arrival of the sheriff with a demand for the forfeiture involved. 141 This summary procedure-typical of the improvised penal legislation of the period- was henceforth the norm in all prosecutions of recusants by indictment and was observed in criminal courts throughout the land. Trials by petit jury upon such indictments thus became rare events, invoked only by conformers anxious to establish their innocence or by recusants who sought a discharge by reason of some defect in the earlier proceedings. The effectiveness of the above legislation is demonstrated by the remarkable increase in the number of convictions certified into the Exchequer after the passing of this Act. 9. Qui tam actions after 1587 (section V). The silence of the statute of 1586-7 on the subject of qui tam actions in no way implied that the legislation regarding them in the Act 23 Eliz., cap. 1 (1581) was abrogated. According to Sir Edward Coke, "28 Elizabeth [the present statute] does not exclude an informer from suing qui tam on 23 Elizabeth".142 One provision of this statute, however, did in effect considerably curtail the activities of the informer, namely, the regulation in section II restricting the venue of recusant prosecutions to certain courts (see p. xxiii). Here the negative I can find no evidence that the proclamation was publicly displayed after Sessions. The procedure and form of the proclamation of recusants (with which sessional business usually concluded) is described in a 17th century booklet of directions for Clerks of Assize as follows: "If the indictment against the recusants be found, then doth the Clerk of Assize cause the Cryer to make a proclamation, and then reading the names and the Cryer repeating them with their additions as they are in the indictment, he concludes after the last name thus: You and everyone of you stand indicted at these Assizes for not coming to the church by the space of one month (or more, as it is laid in the indictment); yield your and every of your bodies to the sheriff of this county, so that he may have you and every of you before the King's Majesty's Justices at the next Assizes and General Gaol-delivery to be holden for this county, or else you and every of you shall be convicted of recusancy according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided". The Office of the Clerk of Assize: together with the office of the Clerk of the Peace (2nd ed., London, 1682 : anonymous), p. 69. 140 Cf. "Record of the default and conviction of William Roper": C.R.S. XXXIV, p. 164, no. 15 (conclusion), and p. 387. 141 This was especially likely to occur when the indictment of a provincial recusant was preferred in the London courts, by reason of his possession of a Town house. The remedy for the recusant, in case of error, lay in an appeal. Cf. the conviction of Nicholas Timperley in Ryan and Redstone, op. cit., p. 53, n. 1. 1U Foster's case, 11 Co. Rep. 56b, atp. 60b (Reports (1826), VI, 114; andSummary). 189

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phrase "and not elsewhere", in an otherwise affirmative Act, was interpreted by the Judges to make that regulation applicable not only to proceedings by indictment but also to proceedings by information~ and they therefore ruled that in future prosecutions by the latter method should likewise be confined to the courts of King's Bench, Assize or Gaol-delivery.143 Thus the Exchequer, for a period, was closed to common informers for actions of this kind. The evidence of the Exchequer Q.R. Agenda Books on the last point is interesting. The occurrence of an isolated information of the year 1589144 indicates that the Judges' resolution must have been promulgated at least two years after the passing of the Act, but from that date the ban on the court of Exchequer held good for eighteen years, no further qui tam actions against recusants being recorded until 1607.145 Thereafter, such cases were comparatively infrequent. At this time, especially during the period 1613-1616, informers were far more busily engaged in suing "church papists" who, having conformed to the extent of fulfilling the legal obligation of church-attendance once a month, nevertheless "refrained from receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper"-a new offence, after 1605, created by the Act 3 James I, c. 4, §§II and III.146 10. Inherited debts (section VI). Apart from the declaration in section IX (p. xxvii), this Act makes no reference to the problem of how far the lands of an heir should. 'pe chargeable with the debts left by his die-hard recusant ance$.tor. The position was not statutorily clarified till 1604.147 However, since there is evidence in the present roll that the principles laid down in 1604 were in practice largely observed (presumably by direction of the Judges) at least ten years before their enactment, some mention of them will be required here. (a) So long as the heir refused to conform, no way was open to him of freeing his inheritance from the debts for recusancy incurred by his ancestor. A case in point is that of Walter and Henry Norton in this roll (Suffolk, entries [4J, [21J and [23]), from which items we gather that the rent due to the Crown from two-thirds of Ibid., p. 61a. (Reports (1826), VI, 115). This was exhibited in the court of Exchequer on 26 August,31 Eliz. (1589). by the informer Edward Bodie of London, clothworker, against Gerard Johnson, a yeoman of Holme Cultram, Cumberland, who on 3 November following pleaded not guilty to the charge of recusancy, and demanded a trial. No further facts are given. Q.R., M.R., Mich., 31 Eliz. (E. 159/397. rot. 299). 145 Recommencing in Hilary term, 4 James I (1606/7). 146 The Q.R. Agenda Book for 1613-16 (Index 17065) shows 22 informations for recusancy, as against 252 for not receiving the Sacrament (145 of which were laid in Michaelmas term, 14 James I (1616). 147 By the Act 1 James I, c. 4, §§ID. IV, V. 143

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the lands of Walter, the deceased recusant owner, seized during his lifetime for the recovery of pre-I587 debts amounting to £820, was continued after the succession of the son and heir, Henry, and that the continuance of this charge (in entry [21]) served as the punishment of the latter and his mother for their personal recusancy.148 Hawkins, commenting on the Act 1 J ames I, c. 4 (1604),149 suggests that in ascertaining the amount of such debts only the fines which had been incurred for the months of recusancy mentioned in the ancestor's indictments were to be counted, not those accumulating in the months subsequent to his conviction,150 "inasmuch as the former seem to be debts appearing of record, the latter not." This, however, was certainly no hard and fast rule. A different principle is seen at work, for instance, upon the death (in 1606) of Thomas More of Ley ton, Essex. 15l On that occasion the Exchequer reckoned the obligation devolving upon his heir as comprising the sum mentioned in his first indictment plus the accumulated debts of £20 a month thereafter, until the date of the seizure of his lands. 152 (b) If the heir were no recusant, or were so and conformed, he could, by plea heard and allowed in the court of Exchequer, discharge his land of all debts and penalties thereon, for as many lands as descended upon him. But any land not descending upon the conforming heir, having been previously sold by his ancestoryet seized later by the Crown for the latter's recusancy153-could not be discharged by the heir's conformity: the purchaser's rental obligation to the Crown continued till all the debts of £20 a month incurred by the seller were satisfied. 154 An early attempt to continue the charges on sold recusant land comes to light in the case of "Henry Drewrye of Lawshall, esquire, deceased" (Suffolk, [17] and [22]). This was thwarted in Hilary term 1595 by the purchasers, who are recorded in the Memoranda Roll cited at the foot of the latter entry to have successfully petitioned

Wherefore entries [4J and [23J were cancelled (see annotations), and do not reappear. Entry [21J alone continues in subsequent rolls. 149 Op. cit., I, ch. 10, § 56. 150 Supra, p. xxix, "The accumulative penalty". 151 And of Barnbrough, Yorks. (see Yorks. [33J in this roll). 152 This total debt (£500) was, upon examination, found to have been satisfied (indeed exceeded) by rent-payments obtained from his seized lands before he died. Cresacre More, the recusant heir, was therefore declared free of all ancestral debts. L.T.R., M.R., Hilary, 4 James I (1607): (E.368/526, rot. 181). 1113 By virtue of §I of the present Act. 15' Cf. Recusant History, IV p. 195, (B.(2». 148

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the Exchequer for a discharge of all penalties by reason of error in the original indictment and inquisition. 155 D.

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Recusancy and the revenue, 1587-1603. Whatever the persuasive effect of the statute of 1586-7 in the matter of conformity (it seems to have increased the number of "church papists" among the heads of recusant families), there certainly ensued a remarkable rise in the revenue from recusant forfeitures. The provisions in section II regarding payment of arrears, in particular, made 1589 and 1590 bumper years, with receipts respectively of £8,320 and £8,546-over four times greater than the pre-1587 average-and helped to raise the average level for the period 1587-1603 to over £6,000. In the year of the present roll receipts amounted to £6,160. 156 Especially noteworthy is the fact that the major part (£3,380) of this year's total was derived from individual fines of £260 paid by only thirteen persons-the remainder (£2,780) being the sum of the receipts from less affluent recusants by way of rents and forfeited goods, in accordance with section IV of the Act. This proportion in the two sources of revenue remained more or less constant for the rest of the reign. Eight of these thirteen recusants have already been mentioned (p. xxx); the remaining five, whose first convictions occurred after 29 October, 1586, were Thomas Throgmorton of Weston Underwood, Bucks., Robert Aprice of Washingley, Hunts., John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall, John Talbott .?f Grafton, Worcs., and John 1.

The purchasers (Thomas Lovell, Anthony Browne and Anthony Drewrye) had a good case. Producing the relevant documents, they proved, first, that in any case the ancestor's one and only conviction (on 10 July 1588: see C.R.S. xvm, 319) was void, because he had died on 29 Jan. 1586/7-six months before the period of recusancy specified in his indictment; secondly, that by an indenture dated 1 Nov. 1587-nearly four years before the original seizure of the property by the Crown (see Suffolk [17J)-the lands had been sold to them by the son, Henry Drewrye, gent., and Thomas RoIff, who at that time were seised of the estate, the conveyance being legally confirmed by fine levied at Michaelmas, 1588. These facts, they claimed, vitiated the inquisition on which the seizure was based. Attorney General Coke agreed, and the Exchequer barons discharged the estate of all penalties. Actually, after the above transaction, Henry had gone overseas and, in 1593, had died at Antwerp, a Jesuit lay-brother (Foley, Records 8.J., Collectanea I, p. 211 ; Caraman, John Gerard, p. 222). It is evident that neither he, nor RoIff, nor any of the purchasers had previously been convicted for recusancy. Had any such conviction appeared on record, Coke would never have allowed the case to be won without ordering a re-seizure of the lands from the new owners. As it was, subsequent rolls show that the Crown had to be content henceforth with a rent of £10 p.a. from widow Elizabeth Drurye's lease of Lawshall manor (see Suffolk [15]). 156 See infra, p. cxi. Dietz's figures show that the total receipts from this source in the last 21 years of the reign (from 1583 inclus.) amounted to £120,447-a yearly average of £5,735.

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Sayer of Worsall, N.R., Yorks.157 All, with the exception of Sir Thomas Tresham, were "esquires" (armigeri)-men oflocal influence and, by Elizabethan standards, of considerable wealth.

2. Fines in relation to income. Although the comparative value of Elizabethan money cannot be accurately stated in terms of modern currencY,158 we are not thereby precluded from forming a rough estimate of the impact of the fines for recusancy upon those who were convicted. This is made possible for us by Thomas Wilson's survey of late Tudor society, compiled in 1601, which refers to the incomes of the various classes. 159 Describing a society still predominantly feudal and rural in character, his observations regarding the lesser nobility and commoners- the groups chiefly represented in the Recusant Rolls16°-provide evidence useful for our purpose, which may be briefly summarised as follows : Knights-about 500 in number, "for the most part living betwixt £1,000 and £2,000 yearly". Esquires ("gentlemen whose ancestors are or have been knights, or else they are the heirs and eldest of their houses"), in number about 16,000, have incomes up to £1,000 a year "about London and the counties adjoining", but often of not more than £300 to £400 "northward and far off". Gentlemen (unnumbered). The general level and proportionate distribution of their income may be conjectured from the following figures regarding some 300 landed gentry in certain villages of Yorkshire.tl!and Norfolk: viz. 20 persons with a yearly revenue of

Cf. "Records of annual fines paid", infra, pp. lxxxiv seq. It should here be remarked that by Letters Patent of 30 July, 2 James I (1604) each fine-paying recusant (they were then fifteen in number) was remitted the fines due for the 16 months from the late Queen's death to the date of the said document, i.e. a sum of £320. Cf. the individual items in Recusant Roll E. 377/12, and the Memoranda Rolls there cited. 168 Before 1940 it was commonly reckoned that the purchasing-power of Tudor sterling was ten to fifteen times greater than that of modern money of the same denomination (A. L. Rowse in 1941 suggested a multiplier of 20 : Tudor Cornwall, p. 143). Economic historians at present engaged in the complicated study of early prices deny the validity of any such ratio, maintaining that since (among other considerations) the years 1520-1632 witnessed a phenomenal and continuous rise in prices-of varying steepness according to commodity and locality-no fixed standard for comparison between the two periods exists. Cf. E. V. Morgan, The Study of prices and the value of money (Helps for students of History, No. 53: 1952). However, Wilson's figures (quoted below) give clear evidence of the scarcity of money circulating in Elizabethan England. 159 The State of England, 1600, edited by F. J. Fisher. Camden (Third Series) Miscellany, vol. xvi (1936), pp. 12, 19-20, 23-4. 110 Under Elizabeth the only convicted recusant peer was William, Lord Vauxan exceptionally impecunious baron. Cf. Godfrey Anstruther, Vaux of Harrowden, p. 219. 1157

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between £300 and £500,161 40 with 100 marks to £100, 50 with £30 to £50, 200 with 20 marks to £20. (A mark was worth 13s. 4d.) Yeomen. Apart from about 80,000 freeholders "of meaner ability", there are many of this non-armigerous class who, benefiting by the acquisition of long leases [in a period of rising prices], have incomes of from £300 to £400, and greatly exceed in wealth the majority of their immediate social superiors. 162 Husbandmen and labourers. An unnumbered mass of cottagers, copyholders and tenants-at-will living on their lord's demesne; some fairly prosperous, the poorer sort "working by the day for meat and drink and some small wages". In the light of Wilson's statements-which will be seen to accord well with the general implications of our roll (notably in regard to the gentry who, as a class, form the majority of recusants actually incurring the penalties)-we must therefore conclude that no recusants below the rank of "esquire" were capable of paying £260 a year to avert the seizure of their possessions, and that the established monthly fine of £20 was in itself meaningless as a pecuniary punishment unless it was in fact directed primarily at these leaders of resistance. Nor, moreover, judging from his figures, do the assessments of income from land as given in the rental items of the roll appear excessively low, when we bear in mind that the latter are estimates not of gross issues but of the "clear yearly value" of the estates, all charges deducted,163 and that recusants may well have belonged mostly to the lower income levels of their several classes. 16 ' This, however, is not to claim for the figures shown in the Recusant Rolls an overall accuracy. Many inquisitions were executed in a perfunctory manner: there is also evidence of deliberate undervaluation for the benefit of prospective "farmers" of ()eized lands. 165 Such facts, indeed, seriously diminish the statistical value of these official al\sessments as a whole. Of the recusants in England and Wales actually jnvolved in forfeitures by Exchequer process (i.e. excluding those listed under

It is possible that Wilson at this point (p. 12) actually refers, under the generic term "gentlemen", to the "esquires", and that the " younger brethren" of the latter (p. 24) are to be identified with the groups which here follow. These (doubtless the generosi of the Recusant Rolls) are said to be often unprovided with adequate inheritance by their fathers, their lands being mostly leasehold or purchased by themselves. 162 According to Mildred Campbell, The English Yeoman under Elizabeth and early Stuarts (Yale Historical Publications: Studies, No. 14, p. 219), " the better sort" of yeoman had in income of around £100 a year. 1&3 The rents charged purport to represent in each case two-thirds of the recusant's annual net income from his property, after all "reprises" (annuities and other charges upon the estate) had been deducted. This "clear yearly value" (ultra reprisas) is sometimes explicitly referred to, e.g. Lincs. [15J; Suffolk: [21]. 164 For instance, no clear examples occur in the roll of the "many" successfuJ yeoman-speculators to whom Wilson devotes so much attention. 165 Cf. "Crown leases", infra, pp. lxxv seq. 181

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the heading "Enrolments of est rea ted convictions") the present roll names 1 baron, 2 knights, and, approximately, 65 esquires, 120 gentlemen, 65 yeomen, 40 husbandmen, and 60 widows: another 90 are not given the addition of their rank. This makes a total of about 450. Although later rolls add many hundreds to their number, they never formed more than a tiny fraction of the population. 3. The Act 35 Elizabeth, cap. I, and recusant wives. Of the later Elizabethan statutes touching religion none has left any traces in the Recusant Rolls. Some account must be given, however, of section X of the anti-Sectary Act of 1593 which, incidentally, spelt trouble for Catholic recusant wives and their husbands, and has an intriguing history of its own. The text 166 is as follows : "And for the more speedy levying and recovering, for and by the Queen's Majesty, of all and singular the pains, duties, forfeitures and payments which at any time hereafter shall accrue, grow or be payable by virtue of this Act, or of the Statute made in the three and twentieth year of her Majesty's reign [1581] concerning recusants, be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all and every the said pains, duties, forfeitures and payments shall and may be recovered and levied to her Majec;ty's use by action of debt, bill, plaint, information or otherwise in any of the courts commonly called the King's Bench, Common Pleas or Exchequer, in such sort, and in all respects, as, by the ordinary course of the Common Laws of this realm, any other debt due by any such person in any other case should or may be recovered or levied, wherein no essoin, protection or wager of law shall be admitted or allowed". One may reasonably wonder how the above passage can have any connection with the subject of recusant wives. Sir Edward Coke supplies the explanation in some detail.167 For several years it had been a matter of concern to the Judges that no adequate remedy existed for the Queen against the recusancy of wives, now grown "so dangerous to the State". As we have seen (p. xxxiv (d)), a wife's penalties, incurred by way of indictment, could not be recovered from her husband. Moreover, although in qui tam actions this prohibition was theoretically absent-Common Law allowing an informer to sue husband and wife together for the recovery of the latter's debts, thus making the husband party to her penalties-in practice this procedure had never yet been permitted, owing to the rooted opposition of Parliament, some of whose members had recusant wives. 16S The solution Text and sectional numbering as in Statutes at Large. Foster's case, 11 Co. Rep. 56b, at pp. 61b-62b (Reports (1826), VI, 117-8). Cf. also Hawkins, op. cit., I, ch. 10, Â§Â§ 30 and 31. 1G8 Neale, Elizabeth I and her Parliaments, II (1581-1601), pp. 293-4.

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now arrived at was for the Queen to assume, without restriction, the powers and methods hitherto pertaining only to the common informer, that is to say, that she should personally sue married couples in "popular actions" by means of informations exhibited in the courts through the agency of her Attorney General, and thus obtain for herself the whole penalty due from the wives. 169 "This", says Coke, "was the chief intention" of the above clause. "Therefore", he concludes, "many informations upon this statute [35 Eliz.] were exhibited for the Queen upon [the statute of] 23 Elizabeth in King's Bench etc., . . . to make husbands of femme covert recusants to be charged at the suit of the Queen for the said forfeitures of their wives". Needless to say, no open attack on the susceptibilities of Members in this matter could have achieved its purpose. The clause needed to be very skilfully drafted-technically precise, yet obscure enough to arouse no suspicions regarding its implications. The snare, it appears, was laid in the innocuous-looking phrase" ... in such sort, and in all respects, as by the ordinary course of common Laws of this realm any other debt by any such person in any other case should or may be recovered or levied . . .". To the vast amusement, no doubt, of Judge Anderson (the contriver) and his colleagues, both Houses allowed these words to pass without amendment, thus involving themselves in the very situation they were anxious to avoid,170 Unawares, they had now rendered ordinary common law practice in popular actions for recusancy obligatory by statute and no longer .capable of being countermanded. No husband could now evade responsibility for the penalties of his recusant wife. Informations of this sort, it will be noticed, were limited by the Act to the three superior courts at Westminster. Of the records of these courts I have searched only those of the Exchequer. The latter show that pursuant to the above clause a bunch of fifty-five informations was laid before the barons by Attorney General Egerton on 12 February, 1593/4, suing married couples in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, in each case for the wife's penalty of £220 by reason of recusancy of eleven months' duration since the previous February,171 Most of the accused bear recognisable Catholic names, though certainly some (probably all) of the husbands were at this time church-attenders. Three similar informations, relating to Lancashire and Glamorganshire, were tabled by Coke himself (recently appointed Attorney By a proviso in §XI of the present Act, the third part of the fine of £20 a month, allotted originally in 1581 to the poor, is to be distributed in accordance with §vn of the Statute of 1586-7 (see Appendix). 170 In Elizabeth I and her Parliaments (loc. cit.) the author-who appears to have overlooked Coke's explanatory comments-quotes the parliamentary diarist's references to this diverting episode. 171 Q.R., M.R., Hilary, 36 Eliz. (E. 159/406, rotulets 71-99). 169

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General) in Michaelmas term of the same year. 172 These form the sum total of such informations under Elizabeth in the court of Exchequer. After 1594 recorded cases of this kind cease to appear -having in a single year registered debts attributed to wifely recusancy (from actions in the Exchequer alone) amounting to £12,760. 173 It is regrettable that the customary reticence of the Memoranda Rolls precludes our discovering the outcome of these prosecutions. That they gave rise to no little friction seems certain. We learn, for instance, of quite a rumpus occurring over the Herefordshire cases. Eustace Whitney, the sheriff, having been served by the Exchequer with a venire facias to produce for interrogation the twenty-four couples concerned, answered that they were "not to be found in his bailiwick"; wherefore he was amerced in £10 by the barons "for making a false return favouring the said several persons, and for openly breaking his shrieval oath".174

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Having examined the nature of the penalties for recusancy as established by Elizabethan statute law, we now tum our attention to the Exchequer. wherein the levying of these penalties was directed and whence the Recusant Rolls derive their origin. An important point to notice at the outset is that in his original instructions to the sheriffs in 1582 Lord Treasurer Burghley expressly consigned all business concerning forfeitures for recusancy to the "ancient course" of the Exchequer. 175 This medieval system of administration, despite the spread of Tudor innovations,I76 survived Q.R., M.R., Mich., 36-7 Eliz. (E. 159/407, rots. 231-2v). Thereupon common informers themselves began similarly to sue husbands and wives conjointly, in qui tam actions (Q.R., M.R., Trinity, 37 Eliz. (1595) : E. 159/409, rots. 105-6, 224), but whether permission for this persisted has not yet been ascertained. Revived by the Parliament of 1604, the above Act was continued (with modifications) in 1605 by 3 James I, c.4, §§ xxx-xxxiv (S. at L.) 174 Q.R., M.R., Easter, 39 Eliz. (1597): E. 159/412, rot. 385. This certainly smacks of open rebellion, but whether it was connected in any way with Parliamentary resentment is not shown. The subject deserves further investigation. lYbLat. scaccarium: Old French, eschequier. The term derives from the black cloth marked with square divisions covering a table (10 ft. x 5 ft.), upon which, by means of counters, the Calculator displayed before the assembled officials the "casting" of sheriffs' accounts at Easter and Michaelmas. The custom of laying a chequered cloth on such occasions still survived in the 1720s. but how long it continued to be put to practical use is uncertain. Cf. R. L. Poole, The Exchequer in the Twelfth Century, pp. 100 seq. 176 The text of these instructions is given infra, p. lix. 176 Cf. infra, p. cvii, note 438. 172 178

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virtually unchanged until the 1630s, and is the subject of the following brief sketch. 177 The functions of the Exchequer were two-fold, financial and judicial. As a financial organisation, it was the governmental department which received and had care of the public revenue of the Crown (its primary function), and was divided into two main sections~ the "Exchequer of Account" or "Upper Exchequer" in which the general management and most of the secretarial work was performed, and the "Exchequer of Receipt" or "Lower Exchequer" which dealt with the actual receipt and disbursement of money and was therefore closely connected with the Treasury, the repository in which both money and archives were stored.. The principal officials were the Lord Treasurer, who was the presiding officer; the Chancellor of the Exchequer or UnderTreasurer; the Chief Baron and four puisne (minor) barons, auditors of accounts and judges of the Revenue Court; two recorders and business supervisors in the Upper Exchequer, namely, the Queen's (King's) Remembrancer and the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer; and the two Chamberlains, directors of the Lower Exchequer. Their principal local agents were the county sheriffs, whose period of office corresponded to the Exchequer year-beginning at Michaelmas. 178 In their hands, chiefly, lay respon~ibility for the gathering of the revenue which was organised throughout on a county basis. Twice a year each sheriff received a formal summons to make at the Exchequer the half-yearly "proffers" of revenue due from his county.179 On,.both occasions, the payments were followed by an examination of his account1 80-after Easter, when the state of the account was "viewed", and after Michaelmas, when it was submitted for audit. 181

For fuller treatment see the article "Exchequer" in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Cf. also Guide to the Contents of the Public Record Office (1963), I, 45-8, and M. S. Giuseppi, Guide to the Public Records (1923), I, 71-6. Of the older works, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert's A Treatise on the Court of Exchequer (1758) is particularly instructive. 178 See the Preamble to Bedfordshire (p. lxx), translated in text (p. 1). Officially the Exchequer year ran from 30 September (the "morrow" of Michaelmas) to 29 September (Michaelmas Day) inclusively. In practice, however, it closed at Martinmas (November 11 th), this being the final return-day for writs issued during the preceding year: note the lateness of the dates of second payments throughout the present roll, e.g. Essex [2J, annotation. Thus each fiscal "year" actually overlapped its successor by about six weeks. 179 The summonses issued were known as (a) the Summons of the Green-waxto bring in "casual" debts imposed by local courts (fines, amercements and forfeited recognisances), and (b) the Summons of the Pipe-to bring in the fixed or "certain" revenue (rents, and other dues arising from the ancient demesne of the Crown). Cf. infra, pp. lix, lxiv. 180 Cf. Gilbert, op. cit., pp. 115, 146-57. 181 Cf. M. H. Mills, Adventus Vicecomitum (English Historical Review, XXXVI, pp. 481-96 and xxxvrn, pp. 331-54), and W. A. Morris, The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300, ch. ix. 177

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The traditional method of transacting business in the Exchequer was extremely complicated, owing largely to the survival of precautionary measures taken in earlier centuries for the safeguarding of royal interests and the prevention of fraud. An elaborate system of counter-checking had been devised whereby each key member of the establishment worked under the surveillance of a nominee of the King or of the Lord Chancellor, his personal adviser. These representatives, gradually assuming specialised functions, had by this time become true Exchequer officials, but their duties and source of appointment often indicate the original purpose of their existence. Thus the activities of even the Treasurer himself were subject to the scrutiny of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (originally deputising for the Lord Chancellor), whose signature was required on warrants and who had his own copies of the official rolls. It is a feature discernible in nearly all the divisions of Exchequer organisation, and accounts for the number and diversity of its functionaries. Financial business in the Upper Exchequer had two "sides", each under the management of a Remembrancer. ' Broadly speaking, the Queen's Remembrancer's side (Q.R. or K.R.) was responsible for the issuing of all initial process relating to the ascertainment of Crown dues and to the charging of sheriffs with their collection : the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's side (L.T.R.) issued all process connected with the actual recovery of such debts, after they had been inscribed in the Great (Pipe) Roll of the Exchequer. The former may therefore be said to have dealt with the preliminary stages, the latter with the final stages of the gathering of Crown revenue. 182 Since most items of revenue-e.g. recusant fines and rents-became due at regular half-yearly intervals, the rolls in which they were entered, viz. the Pipe Rolls and their later supplements, the Recusant Rolls, were frequently needed for consultation by the Treasurer's Remembrancer. Hence the reason why these rolls-for whose factual contents both Remembrancers were responsible-were regarded as belonging specially to the L.T.R. side. Hence, also, the close connection between the latter department and the Pipe Office wherein the said rolls were written. Nevertheless, the Pipe Office-the central drafting office of the Treasurer-was actually a separate department. Herein most of the routine clerical work of the Upper Exchequer was performed. At the head of a large staff was the Clerk of the Pipe who, as the Treasurer's scribe, was the official engrosser and custodian of both 182

From the 16th century the K.R. side was responsible for the recording and prosecution of informations on penal statutes: Cf. Guide to the contents of the P.R.O. (hereinafter referred to as "Guide (1963)"), I, pp. 49, 62. This business the L.T.R. side did not touch unless, upon trial, a forfeiture was imposed by judgment of the Exchequer court and entered as a debt on the Pipe (or Recusant) Roll. Cf. "Recusancy and the Common Informer", supra, pp. xv seq.

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the Pipe and the Recusant Rolls,183 his scribal duties being delegated to a subordinate. 184 His chief assistant was the Clerk of the Estreats. 185 Much of the secretarial work of the Pipe Office, however, seems to have been directed by another prominent official known as the Controller (Contrarotulator) of the Pipe who, inheriting the functions of the Lord Chancellor's scribe, issued for the Treasurer's Remembrancer all the necessary writs to the sheriffs for the gathering of the revenue, in addition to being responsible for the engrossing and preservation of the counter-rolls on behalf of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 186 As in the case of the Remembrancers, these principal officials of the Pipe Office were assisted by deputies, secondaries and numerous clerks. The Exchequer of Receipt or Lower Exchequer was administered by the Lord Treasurer and the two Chamberlains (the latter originally answerable to the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Privy Seal), but their duties were exercised by deputies. The Treasurer was chiefly represented by the Clerk of the Pells, who was responsible for the recording of all payments into and out of the Exchequer,187 and by the Auditor of the Receipt, who supervised the ancient system of acknowledgment by tally for money received. The Treasurer also appointed the four Tellers who in the first instance received and counted all cash payments. Deputising for the Chamberlains were two "knights" whose duties included the weighing of the His salary at this period amounted to £102-4-2 p.a. ; viz. an official patent fee of £42-4-2 (2s. 7d. a day), plus an aruil.ial allowance of £60 for "drawing down into the Great Roll and charging the convictions, rents and seizures of recusants" (Treasury warrant Feb. 1591/2, S.P.12/241, no. 66; and cf. Tellers' Views of Payments and Issues, E. 403/2277). This "ancient allowance" of £60 was still being paid in 1745-fifty years after the closure of the Recusant Rolls (Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, 1689-1745). 184 This is proved by the continuity of the handwriting of the rolls at the changes of Clerkship, e.g. in 1596, when Edward Stafford was appointed Clerk of the Pipe on the death of Sir John Wolley (E. 407/175, part 2). 185 His duties are referred to infra, pp. lviii-lxii. 186 The Chancellor's series of counter-Recusant Rolls (E. 376/163) is very imperfect. These rolls, non-existent for the period 1648-1673, are also mostly in too fragile a condition to allow of inspection. They are by no means complete duplicates of the Pipe Office series (to which our present document belongs), being deficient in much of the information contained in the latter. For instance, E. 376/5, as compared with the Pipe Office Recusant Roll E. 377/5, lacks an account for Wales and twelve of the English counties, and omits estreats of conviction, Statements of sheriffs' arrears and most of the annotations. 187 The Pells of Receipt or Receipt Rolls contain the final enrolments of all payments into the Exchequer, copied from the original Tellers' Bills. Of similar authority and character are the entries in the Receipt Books (pells'), extant for the period 1559-1834. The latter are much handier to use, and are of great value to the student of recusancy (cf. infra, p. civ, note 419). The books of Abbreviates of Receipts (1562-1642) give the same entries in briefer form. 183

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money- by which the Tellers' totals were checked-and the notching of the wooden tallies to indicate the amount rendered. 188 All disbursements out of the Treasury were the joint concern of the Clerk of the Pel1s and the two knights (upon warrant of the Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer), and all three held keys to the locks of the treasure che3ts. Judicial functions. The ' Exchequer was also a court of justice, having two main divisions: the "Exchequer of Pleas" (a court of common law, which had also an equitable jurisdiction)189 and the Court of Revenue. The first administered redress between subject and subject in actions bearing, theoretically at least, some relation to the collection of royal dues. The Revenue Court, which dealt with causes directly touching the revenues of the Crown, is of particular interest to the student of recusancy in that it took cognisance not only of informations upon penal statutes but also of all pleas for the pardon and discharge of Crown debtors. Its regular judges were the barons of the Exchequer who sat daily during the law terms. 190 The two Remembrancers, or their deputies, always attended its sessions, each responsible for the registering, in his separate Memoranda Roll, of such proceedings-affecting their respective spheres-as were considered to require a permanent record. The Q.R. Memoranda Rolls include the records of all informations against recusants exhibited in this court: the L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls give, inter alia, details of successful petitions for the discharge of recusant debtors and are frequently cited in annotations to items in the present rol1. 191 It should be observed that the barons could not order final discharge of this kind without the assent of the Queen's Attorney General, whose duty it was to examine the legal aspects and documentary evidence in every case. Site. The permanent abode of the Exchequer was at Westminster Hall, where it originally occupied the upper and lower floors of an annexe at the north-east corner-Exchequer of Account above, Exchequer of Receipt below. After the 13th century, however, a complete separation of the two departments was effected by the removal of the "Upper" Exchequer of Account to new and more commodious prerr.tises adjoining the opposite (north-west) corner of the Hall. One of the approaches to this building was from within the Hall; by a flight of stone steps still to be seen on the right-hand

For proceduro see infra, p. lxvi, note:252. The use of tallies was abolished by an Act of 1783 (23 Geo. III, c. 82), but the order substituting for them indented check receipts did not come into operation until 1826: Cf. Guide (1963), I, 98. 189 As a court of equity it sat in a Chamber adjoining the main court room. In this ~ame "Exchequer Chamber" the Judges of England assembled from time to time as a tribunal of error and appeal on general questions of law. Cf. Recusant History, IV, p. 192. 1110 The Law Terms are described on pp. xxvii-viii. 191 Infra, p. cv.

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side of the north entrance from New Palace Yard. 192 Here, on the upper floor of an extensive building (the site of which is now partly covered by the Grand Committee Room) were, in Elizabethan times, the Baron's Chamber and Court Room~ the offices of the Remembrancers and the Pipe Office. The main repository and scriptorium are thought to have occupied the ground flOOr. 193 At the time of the removal both storeys of the original north-east annexe were taken over by the "Lower" Exchequer of Receipt, the vacated upper floor now providing accommodation for the treasure chests and the offices of the Clerk of the Pells, the Auditor of the Receipt and the Tellers,194 and the floors below being assigned to the Chamberlain's deputies for the preparation and storage of tallies-whence it came to be known as Tally Court,195 This general arrangement of premises appears to have been maintained until the beginning of last century, when by the Act 3 and 4 William IV, cap. 99 (1833) the ancient Exchequer as a financial institution was closed down. All its buildings have since disappeared. A.

THE PIPE ROLLS AND RECUSANT FORFEITURES

The annual Great Roll (Magnus Rotulus) or Pipe Roll of the Exchequer196 was the official register of sheriffs' accounts, setting forth under the various county titles the itemised revenues due to the Crown which it was the duty of the sheriff in each case to collect during his year of office. Every roll therefore contains the current charge against the individual sheriffs, ' w~th brief annotations showing A sketch by J. Bryant, dated 1805 (B.M., Dept. of Prints and Drawings: portfolio xv/82) shows a two-storeyed erection (with attic) of considerable length, jutting at right angles from the west wall of the Hall at this corner onto ground now traversed by St. Margaret's Street. At the western end of this building was the Augmentation Office (ibid., xv/92). 193 Hubert Hall, Antiquities and Curiosities of the Exchequer (1891), p. 72. 194 In Stow's day there was access to these offices-and to the near-by office of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster-from within the Hall, by a stairway similar to that on the opposite side (John Stow, The Survey of London, 1598: No. 589, Everyman's Library, p. 417). 195 Hall (op. cit., pp. 104 seq.) quotes an interesting description of the lay-out of the Exchequer in 1702 from "The Black Book of the Exchequer" . 196 For details of the Pipe Rolls see Guide (1963), I, pp. 76-8, and Giuseppi's Guide, I, pp. 132-6. The use of the term "pipe" in this context was peculiar to the Exchequer, where it was applied in the early 14th century to a single membrane of a county account-roll. Its significance is uncertain, but is thought to derive simply from the natural tendency of parchments to roll up into a tubular form (R.L. Poole, The Exchequer in the Twelfth Century (1912), p. 150). The Great Roll of the Exchequer (composed of many such "pipes") was referred to as "the Pipe" (Ia pipe) as early as 1348 (ibid.); whence, presumably, arose also the title of its writer, "the Clerk of the Pipe," and of the summonses based upon its contents, "summonses of the Pipe". "The Pipe", signifying the office in which the rolls were written (e.g. Gilbert, op. cit., p. 72), is of later origin. The metaphorical interpretation of the term, given by Sir Nicholas Bacon (Office of Alienations, 1598) and some 17th century writers, viz. a "channel" of revenue into the reservoir of the royal treasury, has no historical foundation.

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the measure of their achievement, and statements of the final audit of their arrears. Among the varied items enrolled were the fines imposed by local courts of law, and the profits of lands, tenements, goods and chattels seized by the Crown for statutory offences. Of particular importance, therefore, to the students of recusancy are the eleven Pipe Rolls of the period 1581-1591 (23-33 Eliz.), which include the early fines and forfeitures of recusants under the two statutes of 1581 and 1586-7 described above. Increasing in number each year, these items are scattered amidst a host of other debts and their identification requires careful scrutiny. By the end of 1591, however, it was apparently considered that recusancy business had become too great to incorporate with other matter in the Pipe Roll~, for in the roll of that year (33 Elizabeth : 1591-2) we find opposite each entry of seized recusant lands the marginal note ponatur in rotulo recusancium (let it be put in the .roll of recusants)-our earliest intimation of a decision to transfer all outstanding recusant debts to a separate roll.196a The "Recusant Roll" thus forecast, containing these marked items together with much new recusant material, appeared in the Michaelmas term next following, 197 and proved to be the first of a series in which all accounts relating to this offence were to be annually entered for the next hundred years. Actually, their inauguration was the culmination of a gradual but extensive re-organisation of the Exchequer system of dealing with recusancy. As we shall see, sheriffs were in future to be required to account separately for dues arising from this source- involving the construction of a separate Exannual Roll (p. lxxxiv, n. 333), and of distinctively "recusant" Schedules of the Pipe and Summonses of the Pipe (pp.lxiii and lxiv), together with certain modifications in the method of procedure.1 98 With regard to the launching of the Recusant Rolls, one might have expected so considerable a change in the internal economy of the Exchequer to have received some notice in the official records, but I can find no such reference. The ultimate authority for the decision, however, obviously lay with the Lord Treasurer, and its timing may well have been dictated by the death of the Clerk of the Pipe, Thomas Morrison, and the appointment on 20 February 1591/2 of Sir John Wolley as his successor. 199

196aEarlier Exchequer history shows several examples of such separate enrolment of special accounts in like circumstances; cf. Guide (1963), I, p. 72, under "Enrolled Accounts (Pipe Office)". 197 34 Eliz. (1592). Text published in C.R.S., vol. xviii. 198 Cf. "Exchequer procedure relating to recusancy", infra, pp. lviii seq. 199 Tellers' Views of Payments and Issues, Mich. 33-4 Eliz. (E. 403/2277; last entry in list of Exchequer officials). Wolley, who had been Latin Secretary of State, actually obtained his patent ad vitam on 8 March 1587/8, during the Clerkship of Christopher Smyth, Morrison's predecessor (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 30 Eliz.,pal's 17, f. 31). He died 28 Feb. 1595/6.

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Of late origin in respect of the history of recusancy, the Recusant Rolls thus entered the scene after the Exchequer had gained several years' experience in dealing with this offence. As sheriff's account rolls, having the same provenance as the Pipe Rolls, they form a series supplementary to the latter and reproduce many of their general features. I. Description. Although normally less ample in content than their parent rolls, they prove, when unrolled, to be similarly composed of a number of fine parchment rotulets about five feet long and eighteen inches wide, strung together at the top-their great length being contrived by the uniting, with thread, of two separate membranes. They are, therefore, actually rolled-up files. Every roll once had a wrapper of stout parchment attached to one of the rotulets, inscribed with the year of the roll and the title . . . pro Recusantibus, but many of those which have survived are now fragmentary. 200 The language of both series is abbreviated legal Latin, written transversely on face and dorse of the rotulets in the distinctive script of the Pipe Office clerks. Other internal characteristics common to both are the cumbrous titles marking the continuance of county accounts,201 and the occasional irregularity of the alphabetical arrangement of the counties themselves. The latter was due to the fact that in a number of cases a sheriffwick had anciently comprised two contiguous counties which, in consequence, were juxtaposed in the Pipe Rolls.202 Actually, by 1575, all except the Cambs-Hunts and Surrey-Sussex combinations had been severed and provided with separate sheriffs. It is therefore astonishing to find that while, by 1592, the Elizabethan Pipe Rolls had, for the most part, rectified the alphabetical sequence of the counties, the new-born Recusant Rolls adopted and normally maintained the disorder of earlier times. 203 The form of the inscription may be seen in the following surviving examples : (a) Rotulus xxxvi [tus] Regine Elizab[eth] (pipe Roll, E. 372/440: Mich. 36-7 Eliz.). (b) Rotulus xlii [dus] Regine Elizab[eth] pro Recusan[tibus] (Recusant Roll, E. 377/9: Mich. 42-3 Eliz.). (c) Rotul[us] septim[us] Regis Jacobi pro Recusan[tibus] (Recusant Roll, E. 377/18: Mich. 7-8 Jac. n. Thus both series of rolls are numbered according to the "Exchequer year" (see below) at the beginning of which they appeared. Cf. infra, p. lvii, note 211. 1101 E.g. Ebor'-Item Ebor'-Adhuc Item Ebor'-Res[iduum] Ebor' (Yorks.-Again Yorks.- Yetagain Yorks.-The Remainder of Yorks.). Cf. p. cxiii, note 460. 202 These two-county sheriffwicks were Beds-Bucks, Cambs-Hunts, EssexHerts, Norfolk-Suffolk, Notts-Derbys, Oxfords-Berks, Salop-Staffs, Somerset -Dorset, Surrey- Sussex and Warwicks-Leics (p.R.O.: Lists and Indexes, No. IX). In the Recusant Rolls the order of the above combinations is usually preserved. lOll In the present work the English counties have been rearranged in strictly alphabetical order, Wales (as in the original) being placed at the end. 200

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As in the Pipe Rolls, here also the accounts appertain to England and Wales only, those of Wales being gathered under the general title Wallia. One observes, however; that although the Pipe Rolls show town and city sheriffs accounting separately and with much the same frequency as county sheriffs, only those of London, York and Nottingham appear in the Recusant Rolls of ElizabethLondon alone with regularity. 204 It is clear that the majority of these sheriffs passed their recusant cases to the sheriff of the county. 205 2. "Exchequer year" dating. Another important similarity is the system used in dating the rolls. This system, which the Recusant Rolls and certain Wardrobe accounts alone share with the Pipe Rolls,206 was based on the Exchequer accounting year-Michaelmas to Michaelmas 207-and, in numbering the rolls of a reign, reckoned the series to begin at the first Michaelmas occurring after the accession to the throne. This is clearly explained (for the Elizabethan series) in (a) the preamble to the first county in the final Pipe Roll of Philip and Mary, where the period covered by that ro111s stated to be " ... from Michaelmas in the 5th and 6th year of Philip and Mary [1558J till 17 November next following, on which day the Lady Mary died and the Lady Elizabeth began to reign, and from the same 17 November till the next following Michaelmas in the first year of Queen Elizabeth, to wit, for one whole year ... "208 ; and (b) the first county preamble of the next Pipe Roll-the rotulus primus of Elizabeth 209-which declares its period to run" ... from Michaelmas in the first year of Queen Elizabeth till the same festival of Michaelmas in the second year of the same Queen . . . to wit, for one whole year . . ." Opening, therefore, on 30 September (the morrow of Michaelmas) 1559, the first Pipe Roll of Elizabeth did not begin its course until over ten months after her accession, all business duri:l g those intervening months having been recorded in the last roll of her predecessors, which had opened only fortyeight days before she came to ~the throne. It must consequently be borne in mind that in every Elizabethan Pipe and Recusant Roll the same discrepancy exists between the

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With the exception of London, cities appear in the rolls under the letter C (civitas), corporate towns under V (villa).

Thus we find convictions of city recusants listed among the estreats of the county, e.g. Ann Price of Hereford City (Herefords. [19] in this roll), and [ ] Phelphes of Bristol, under "Somerset" (C.R.S., xviii, 294)-despite the fact that the sheriffs of both these cities normally accounted at the Exchequer. 208 C. R. Cheney (Handbook of Dates for Students of English History, p. 13, note) is seemingly mistaken in including the Memoranda Rolls of the two Remembrancers. 107 Cf. p. xHx , note 178. 108 Pipe Roll, 5 and 6 Philip and Mary: E. 372/404, Preamble to Bed'/Buck' (translation). 108 E. 372/405 (Mich. 1559-60). (translation). 206

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Exchequer year and the regnal year 210-a discrepancy which in this reign is exceptionally great. Thus the span of the present Recusant Roll is not from 17 November 1592 to 16 November 1593 (the 35th regnal year of Elizabeth), but from 30 September 1593 to 29 September 1594 (her 35th Exchequer year), and it is the latter year which is signified in the title Rotulus xxxv tus pro Recusantibus given to this document in the Memoranda Rolls. 211 Overlapping (in every reign but one 212) a part of two regnal years, the Exchequer year, as a system of dating, is obviously capable of producing chronological puzzles for the unwary-for instance, where cross-references occur between these rolls and other Exchequer records, e.g. the terminal Memoranda Rolls of the Remembrancers and the records of the Exchequer of Receipt, in which the system was not employed. It should therefore be emphasised that actually only the external "labelling" of the rolls is affected. Within the rolls, references to the Exchequer year are confined to the county Preambles 213 and to citations of other rolls of the same two Âˇseries,214 the dating of all other factsconvictions, seizures, leases, discharges-being in accord with normal regnal reckoning. 215 To avoid confusion, the annus Domini has been widely added in square brackets throughout the text of the present book. A regnal year begins on the day of a soverejgn's accession or its anniversaryÂˇ "Regnal dating" is a chronological reckoning by reference to the regnal year, and has the form (e.g.) "1 Elizabeth", "2 Elizabeth" etc. 211 A loose fragment of its original cover is preserved within the roll. The inscription (hardly decipherable) appears to run: Rotulus xxxv[tusJ Regine Elizab[ethJ pro Recusan[tibusJ. Cf. p.lv, note 200. 212 The reign of Henry IV began on 30 September (1399), and so coincided absolutely with the Exchequer year. A useful table of the regnal and Exchequer years of English sovereigns is given in F. M. Powicke's Handbook 0/ British Chronology (1939). 213 An example from the present roll is given on p. lxx. These preambles are our main source for the dating system of the rolls. 214 E.g. the frequently occurring phrase Sicut continetur in Magno Rotulo de anno xxxiii CiO refers to the Pipe Roll of the Exchequer year beginning at Michaelmas 33 Eliz. (1591). When (in referring to later rolls) the term Magno is omitted, the roll cited will be the Recusant Roll; e.g ... . in rotulo xii IDO Regis Jacobi . .. indicates the Recusant Roll of the 12th Exchequer year of James I: Mich. 1614-15 (cf. Monmouth [5J, Elizabeth Gyles' estreat; annotation). It should be observed that rolls are thus always referred to by the regnal date of their inception. 215 Dating by the Civil or Legal Year (beginning on 25 March) occurs but rarely in these rolls before the Interregnum, during which it was officially substituted for regnal dating. Under this system, the year, indicated by the Annus Domini, was often written in Roman numerals (e.g. Yorks [26J, annotation"anno domini MDCXI"). All dates, of course, are in accordance with the Old Style, i.e. 10 days behind the reckoning of the Gregorian Calendar, which, although observed abroad in the 16th century, was not adopted by England until September, 1752.

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After the statute of 1581, proceedings regarding a recusant convicted by way of indictment 216 opened with the arrival at the Exchequer of an "estreat" or "extract" outlining (in Latin) the facts contained in his indictment including a statement of the fine involved. 217 Such "estreated convictions" of recusants (amongst other estreats of fines and amercements) were sent into the office of the Treasurer's Remembrancer by the judges of local courts at the conclusion of their sessions, and were thence passed to the Clerk of the Estreats in the Pipe Office. 218 Early printed works on the general practice of the Exchequer are fairly numerous; yet, so far as I can find, no contemporary detailed description of its variant procedure in dealing with recusants was ever written. In the following account an attempt is made to reconstruct the main features of the system from evidence offered by the Exchequer ' rolls themselves. Use is also made of direct references to the subject occurring in warrants for the payment of Exchequer officials for recusancy business performed (four of whom drew special annual allowances for duties which are therein briefly described),219 and of an important set of Exchequer papers preserved among the Cecil MSS at Hatfield. 220 The general conclusion reached after a study of the above sources is that procedure was normal up to 1587, but that thereafter it was notably simplified. Preliminary business: levying of estreatedfines (1581-1587). The available evidence leaves no doubt that although recusants' fines, from the start, received special attention, preliminary business regarding them was, until 1587, concerned solely with their collection as ordinary isolated debts,221 and that the usual lengthy procedure, presided over by the Clerk of the Estreats in respect of such "casual" revenue,222 was carried out. This was as follows. D

For Exchequer procedure in qui tam actions see "Recusancy and the Common Informer", supra, pp. xv-xx. m Cf. infra, pp. xcvi-cii. :118 Gilbert, op. cit., p. 85. 2111 Tellers' Views of Payments and Issues 1569-1608 (Guide (1963), I, p. 99). These unpaginated annual books, after 1581 (ref. E. 403/2270-91), provide this evidence-in Latin-on their final pages, under the "Issues" of the four Tellers of the Exchequer. The officials referred to were the Clerk of the Estreats, the Clerk of the Pipe, the Treasurer's Remembrancer and the Controller of the Pipe. The original warrants were apparently written in English (see, for example, S.P. 12/241, no. 66). 220 Published in C.R.S. LID, pp. 11-14. These pages list the earliest estreats of recusants' convictions, and end (p. 14) with a report to Burghley by "Southerton" (probably Noel Sotherton, Clerk of the Estreats, not the 4th (Cursitor) Baron, John Sotherton) describing the proceedings taken in regard to them. 121 Cf. C.R.S. LID, loco cit. 131 Cf. Giuseppi's Guide, I, 135-6 ("Summons of the Green Wax"); Gilbert, 216

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The said Clerk having re-written the estreated fines (including those of recusants) into "estreat rolls" relating to each county, sent copies, in the following Hilary (or Trinity) term, to the respective sheriffs, together with a formal Summons (issued under a seal in green wax) charging them to levy the individual fines and to deliver the collected money with the summons into the Exchequer by the end of the next occuring Easter (or Michaelmas) term. With the above " summons of the Green Wax" went out (after 1581) the following special injunction regarding recusants signed by the Treasurer, Burghley, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Walter Mildmay. It was engrossed by the Clerk of the Estreats and copies were issued to the separate sheriffs every year till 1587 223: " ... Where there are certeyn fynes extreated unto you (emongst other fynes and amerciaments) uppon certayn persons which refuse to come to Devine Service according to the statute in that case provided, These are to require you and in her Maties name to comand you, that you be very carfull and diligent to levye the same fynes to hir Maties use before Ester Terme nexte, so that you paye the same into the Receipt of Thexchequier before thend of the sayd Terme with other farmes and debtes to be charged to you upon the viewe of your accompt, according to thancient order of the Courte of Thexchequier and, according to your Recognisaunce, acknowledge[dJ to hir Maties use before the Barons of the same Courte, and hereof fayle not, as you will aunswere to the contrary at your .'Peryill. From Wesfm xijth of Feb' 1582".224 Having arrived in Easter term, each sheriff was examined ("apposed") in open court on his list of fines, by an officer known as the "Foreign Apposer", 225 and all items (including recusant fines, separately grouped) were delivered to the Clerk of the Pipe for

This duty is regularly mentioned in the warrant for his annual allowance of of ÂŁ20; e.g. "To Nowell Sotherton, clerk of the estreats, for his labour in estreating the fines of recusants forfeited to the Queen during [the regnal year ending Nov., 1583J, and for writing from time to time, to each sheriff, the letter (litteras) signed by the Treasurer and Under Treasurer for the speedy collection and answering thereof- ÂŁ20" (Tellers' Views ... , E. 403/2270-74 : Issues of Robert Taylor, teller). IU C.R.S. LID, 14, where this document is described by Southerton as "letters ... from the Right Hon. the Lord Treasurer and Mr. Chancellor". Note that the letter is dated according to the "Historical Year" (beginning 1 January). 2Z5 So named because the accounts with which he dealt were of revenue arising not out of Chancery estreats (over which the Exchequer had an affinitive jurisdiction), but by way of estreats from other (local) courts, "foreign" (forinsecus) to the Exchequer. Gilbert, op. cit., p. 132. Guide (1963), 1,69-70.

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insertion in the Pipe Roll-wherein such as had proved unproductive were bracketed with the note nichil (or nil) in the margin. 226 Two points should be noticed: (a) the estreats sent out from the Exchequer to the sheriffs in Hilary and Trinity terms, 1582, were of convictions recorded as far back as the previous Summer Assizes and Lent Assizes respectively226a: (b) the above proceedings in charge of the Clerk of the Estreats, spread over some six months, were antecedent to business connected with the seizure of defaulters' property (involving another year's work), and to the issue of a second summons to the sheriffs, called the "Summons of the Pipe" 227, for the collection of rents and other dues accruing from such seizures (see below). Levying of fines abandoned, 1587. 228 That the preliminary Exchequer business described above was effectively ruled out by the statute of 1586-7 is clear from the fact that both the delivery of the estreats into the Exchequer by the Assize judges (§II) and the payment of the stated fines by the recusants (§IV) were required to take place in the same term, viz. the Easter (or Michaelmas) term next following the date of conviction. 229 The Act thus allowed no time for the above proceedings to be performed. The reason for this elimination lies, of course, in the new meaning now attached to recusant estreats. Let us remind ourselves that by this Act the fines were no longer regarded as isolated debts but as initiating for each convicted recusant a permanent state of indebtedness requiring a regular half-yearly settlement, and that the first payment after conviction had to cover not merely the fine mentioned in the indictment but also £20 for each month ofrecusancy occurring between the date of conviction and the end of the next Easter (or Michaelmas) term. 230 No recusant was now expected

138 The Clerk of the Pipe's duties (prior to 1587) are described thus: "To Thomas Morisonne esq. for transferring the debts [Le. fines] of recusants from the Clerk of the Estreats, and writing them in the Great Roll, and in Schedules of the Pipe for the office (ad officium) of the Treasurer's Remembrancer, in order that they may be more quickly levied by the sheriffs to Her Majesty's use. For one year, £40: Feb. 1584". E. 403/2271 (Teller, Robert Taylor). Morrison at this time was actually a Secondary to the Clerk of the Pipe (Christopher Smyth). When (? in 1588) he succeeded to the Clerkship, he kept this work (by then much increased) and received £60 p.a. for it-an allowance granted to all later holders of the office. 228a.See the dates of the sessions given in C.R.S. LIII, 8-14. 2:17 Gilbert, op. cit., pp. 86, 96, 133. 228 Cf. supra, p. xxxii, (5a). 229 A glance at the timing of the Assizes (pp. 21-3 above) will confirm the fact that Easter and Michaelmas terms were actually the terms "next following" the Lent and Summer Assizes respectively. It should be added that the vast majority of convictions for recusancy took place at the Assizes. I SO cr. supra, pp. xxix-xxx, xxxii (5a), xxxiii (5c).

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to offer payment of his fines unless he could continue such payments thereafter at the rate of £260 a year. 231 Recognising the impracticability of levying the fines except in the case of the very wealthy, this Act evidently viewed the estreats simply as lists of defaulters so deeply involved in debt that the system of dispossession and rentextraction might immediately begin and be assured of uninterrupted continuance. 232 Signs of the above-mentioned curtailment of Exchequer procedure are not wanting in the records themselves. The "nichilling" of enrolled recusant fines (a sure indication of "green wax" proceedings) disappears from the Pipe Rolls: the Clerk of the Estreats ceases to send the Treasurer's "letter" to the sheriffs: the schedules produced by the Clerk of the Pipe have now a different purpose. It is, in fact, quite evident from their post-I587 warrants for payment 233 that the duties of these two officials are no longer connected with the levying of fines but solely with the preparation of process for property-seizure (see below), to be issued by the Treasurer's

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Apparently a recusant could signify his readiness in this respect at any time between his conviction and the assessment of his property. Thus John Southcott's first payment was not offered until nine months after his conviction (Cf. E. 377/5, Essex).

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Cf. §§ II and IV. By 1606 all fine-payment was positively discouraged-as providing the rich with too easy a means of escaping punishment. This attitude is exemplified in the statute 3 James I, c. 4, § 11, which entitled the King to refuse the payment of the monthly £20 fine and to enforce the seizure of lands.

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A statement of the duties of the former officer after 1587 is given in E.403/2278: "To Nowell Sotherton, Clerk of the Estreats, £20, for the writing of all records touching the forfeitures of recusants for the office of the Treasurer's Remembrancer, and for continual labours in the Pipe Office (Officio Pipe) in supervising the transcription of all debts of recusants in the said records into the Great Pipe Roll (Magnum Rotulum Pipe ["pro Recusantibus" omitted]) in order that a more speedy execution may ensue for the Queen's service in accordance with the statute [of 1586-7J in that part provided". For the regnal year ending 16 Nov., 1595 (teller, Robert Tailor). Compare this statement with that in note 223, p. lix. The post-1587 duties of the Clerk of the Pipe are fully stated in E. 403/2283, as follows: "To Edward Vaughan, deputy of Sir Edward Stafford, Clerk of the Pipe, in reward for his work in extracting the debts of recusants from the record held by (penes) the Clerk of the Estreats and transcribing the same into the Schedule of the Pipe in the office of the Treasurer's Remembrancer, in order that commissions may issue thence into the various counties where such recusants exist, for the seizure into the Queen's hands of their lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods and chattels, according to an order decreed in the court of Exchequer by the Treasurer, Chancellor and Barons; also, upon the return of the ensuing inquisitions, for his estreating of every item therein contained into the Pipe Office [for insertion in the Recusant RollJ in order that levying may be performed by the sheriffs". Two payments of £30, for the year Mich. 1598-9 (teller, Henry Killigrew).

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Remembrancer- who himself, incidentally, now begins to receive an annual allowance for much increased recusancy business. 234 After 1587, therefore, it was for the Remembrancer, not for the sheriffs, that the Clerk of the Estreats prepared his redactions of the newly-certified recusant convictions, and we may note that, in so doing, it was now necessary for him to redraft the contents of the original estreats to include the extra debts imposed by the statute 235-an important task which was doubtless performed in consultation with that officer. This done, our evidence indicates that he then, without delay, took his recast estreats to the Pipe Office and there personally supervised the copying of them into the Pipe (after 1591, the Recusant) Roll, afterwards depositing them with the Remembrancer for his future reference. 236 These preliminary transactions concluded with the SUbmitting of the enrolled estreats to the assembled court of Exchequer for its formal sanction to proceed, its approval being recorded by the note fiat commissio (let a commission be issued) which was thereupon added in the margin of the roll. It seems probable that all the above work was completed by the end of the same Easter (or Michaelmas) term. Property-seizure. Thus authorised, and the recusants' debts being duly enrolled, the L.T.R. department could now set about the issuing of commissions for the confiscation of the debtors' property, as required by the 1586-7 statute (§IV). The preparatory work involved was, indeed, not inconsiderable, but we usually find at this stage, evidence of much unnecessary procrastination. What the Act itself seems to have envisaged (§II) was immediate action His duties are described (E. 403/2278) as follows: "To John Osborne, esq., Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Exchequer, for work in the writing and drawing up (conficiendo) of commissions for the debts of recusants from the records held by the Clerk of the Pipe and the Clerk of the Estreats, in order that confiscation (confiscacio) of the goods and of two parts of the lands of the said recusants may be carried out; also, upon return of the said commissions and inquisitions, for the enrolling thereof [in the Memoranda Roll]." -Two payments of £20, for the year Ladyday, 1595-6 (teller, Robert Tailor). In 1671 the L.T.R. was receiving £60 p.a. for this work (Cal. of Treasury Books, III, part 2, p. 1164). 236 Cf. infra, pp. xcviii-ix. sso Supra, p. lxi, note 233 (Clerk of the Estreats). An untitled document, probably to be identified as a composite "Remembrancer's estreat roll of recusants" for the county of Essex, is at present mistakenly classified as Recusant Roll, E. 377/57. Covering the period 29 Eliz.-21 Charles I (15871645 : only the first two items refer to debts of an earlier date), it is basically a file of grouped recusancy estreats corresponding, in content and order, with those in the Essex sections of the consecutive Pipe and Recusant Rolls, and bears contemporary notes and interpolations apparently of L.T.R. origin. We seem therefore to have evidence here that the lists annually drawn up by the Clerk of the Estreats for the L.T.R. were from the start inscribed in separate county files, and that similar files for other counties must once have existed. That this document may be a serial copy of consecutive Schedules of the Pipe would appear to be a less likely suggestion. SS'

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in the term next following the enrolment of debts i.e. in Trinity (or Hilary) term. 237 In practice, however, commissions appear never to have been sent out until some seven months later, the delay being often much longer . . The "process for seizure" referred to in the Act (Â§Â§II and IV) consisted principally of letters-patent of commission. This comprehensive writ was drawn up for the relevant counties by the Treasurer's Remembrancer and issued by him,238 under the Exchequer seal and with the Treasurer's signature,239 to local persons of standing nominated by the barons. Bidding these "commissioners" investigate, assess and appraise, by the verdict of a jury empanelled by the sheriff, the possessions of each recusant named in the enrolled county estreats, it empowered them, by virtue of the Act, then and there formally to "take and seize into the Queen's hands" all his goods and two-thirds of his lands. 240 To it was annexed a copy or "schedule" of the said estreats, supplied by the Clerk of the Pipe 241 , and both documents were delivered to the sheriff-he having been assigned, by precepts of "attendance" and venire facias to take charge of all local arrangements. After the commissioners and jurors had fulfilled their duties, the writ of commission, together with a signed and sealed statement of the various verdicts and of the particular seizures executed, were returned to the Exchequer. The return was due during the course of the next Easter (or Michaelmas) term, and a record of the above proceedings was then made in the L.T-.R. Memoranda Roll.24ll The time elapsing between the enrolling .of an estreat and the return of the respective record of seizure was therefore at least one year. Exchequer writs were normally issued only in these two terms. Supra, p. lxii, note 234. 239 Not "awarded out of Chancery", as wrongly stated in Recusant History, IV, 187. That these were Exchequer commissions is clear from the phrase Commissio ... extra hanc Curiam emanavit always used in the L.T.R., Memoranda Rolls, when recording their issue (e.g. E. 368/494, rot. 38). Nor does the Lord Keeper appear to have been concerned in the nomination of such commissioners, but the Exchequer authorities only. 240 The object of this commission was to establish, by an "inquest of office", the Queen's title to the property, and to vest in her the possession of the goods and lands (Jacob, Law Dictionary, "Office found": and see supra, p. xxxv, section (e)). Such commissions are to be distinguished from "commissions for leases", which were issued whenever lands, so seized, were let by the Crown to applicant "farmers"-the aim then being to carry out a detailed, up-to-date re-assessment of the property, with legal safeguards. Procedure regarding the latter is referred to under "Crown Leases" (infra, pp. !xxv seq.). 241 This was called the "Schedule of the Pipe" : cf. supra, p. lxi, note 233 (Clerk of the Pipe). 1142 The form of these commissions may be seen in items under Commissiones in the L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls (e.g. E. 368/546, rot. 11). The general proceedings outlined above are often described in items in the Recorda section of the same rolls (e.g. E. 368/494, rot. 38)-to which the Recusant Rolls make frequent reference. 187

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Enrolment of seizures. Further clerical work, however, was needful in the Pipe Office before the rents and other debts due from the above seizures could be levied for the Crown. Not only had the source and amount of such potential revenue to be registered in the account roll; each debt had also to be specifically and formally charged to the sheriff, the official collector. First, then, details of the lands seized from each recusant, with the rent due, were entered as separate items under their counties in the Pipe (or Recusant) Roll243-henceforth to be repeated in every subsequent roll as sources of annual rent "so long as the property remained in the Queen's hands". 244 Entries were likewise made of the seized goods and chattels, stating their price or value-which in each case constituted the pecuniary debt.245 With regard to the second requirement-the "charging" of the sheriff-it is noteworthy that when enrolling (or re-enrolling) these items the engrosser invariably left a space in the entry for the later insertion of the key word debet (owes). This practice, clearly discernible in the rolls, suggests the existence of a Pipe Office regulation forbidding any sum to be recorded as a debt until the current sheriff had been made officially responsible for the levying of it.246 Such responsibility was imposed at the commencement of his year of office by the following process. The Summons of the Pipe. In Hilary term a writ bearing this title was issued by the Controller of the Pipe to each newly-appointed sheriff, in which were listed the enrolled rents and other items of revenue accruing from the property of recusants of the county seized in the time of his predecessors. These it placed on charge to him, ordering him to collect and pay the stated sums into the Exchequer in the ensuing Easter term, and to bring with him the Summons itself for the insertion therein of any new items that had been entered in the roll during the interval. In the following term (Trinity) the same document was re-delivered to him (now incorporating also a special precept of .fieri facias for his levying of recusants' newly-forfeited goods) with similar orders regarding these latest accessions and their payment at Michaelmas, when its final return was demanded. Always an important administrative instrument in Exchequer dealings with sheriffs, this writ appears to have had, after 1587, an abnormally wide scope in matters relating to recusancy. Thenceforth special Summonses of the Pipe were

Either in the roll of the same Exchequer year as the seizure (e.g. Cornwall [8]), or in the roll of the following year (e.g. Cambs. [5])-depending on the date of that event. IU Cf. p. lxxviii (section H(c) of the quoted lease). 146 Cf. p. lxxxii. 148 Cf. p . xcix. 1ÂŁ8

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issued for recusant debts 247-for the writing of which the Controller drew an annual allowance of £20. 248 Payments. We may here remark that although a debtor could, if he wished, settle his account with the Exchequer in person at Westminster, the normal practice, especially in distant counties, was to deliver the money either to the sheriff's bailiff (the actual collector) or to the receiver at the local Shire House,249 where sheriff's tallies were issued in receipt. Revenue so gathered was conveyed to Westminster at Easter and Michaelmas usually by the sheriff's receiver, acting a'l his deputy,250 and was paid by him into the Tellers' office in the Lower Exchequer, the Clerk of the Pells recording each separate sum in his Receipt Book. 251 Procedure regarding the preparation and delivery of Exchequer tallies is

Variously self-styled Summoniciones de Pipa or Summoniciones Recusancium, and always referring to the "rents and other debts of recusants", a few surviving examples may be seen at P.R.O. (E. 370; Bundles 118 and 119). These are mainly for Yorks., and of late Elizabethan and early Jacobean date, the earliest being dated "41 Eliz." (1599). Since they do not include estreated recusant fines, but relate to debts accruing from property already seized in default of fine-payment (albeit the yearly dues from regular finepaying recusants are included), we may safely follow Gilbert (op. cit., p. 133) in describing them as truly summonses "of the Pipe"-not "of the greenwax". Reference must here be made to the original "Recusant Summons of the Pipe" of Sir Timothy Hutton, sheriff of Yorkshire, 3-4 James I (1605-6), preserved among the Hutton MSS at the COl,mty Record Office, Northallerton, Yorks. (Accession ZAZ). Seemingly obtained from the Exchequer after Hutton's discharge, this intact and highly instructive document is a parchmentbound book entitled Liber Summonicionis pipe Recusancium in onere Timothei Hutton militis vicecomitis Ebor', containing over 270 items, with copious annotations in various hands. We may add that at the conclusion of his audit, Hutton, whose year's work on Yorkshire recusants was very extensive, also obtained from the Exchequer a parchment copy-splendidly engrossedof his official Quietus, the original of which forms the "Statement" of his arrears enrolled in Recusant Roll, E. 377/14, Item Adhuc Item 5 Res' Ebor'. This copy is now in the same collection. I thank Fr. Hugh Aveling, O.S.B., for calling my attention to these important documents. 248 After 1592 this was increased to £40 for the additional work of engrossing the Chancellor's series of counter-Recusant Rolls which first appeared in that year (see p.li, n.186). The phrasing of his 1595 warrant for payment, as given in E. 403/2278, is as follows: "To Francis Guilpin, Controller of the Pipe, for his work in writing the debts of Recusants in the Great Roll in the style used in the Pipe Office (characteribus in Officio Pipe usitatis), and also [for writing] the Summonses of the Pipe; in accordance with an order and decree to that effect made in the Exchequer by the Lord Treasurer of England, the Chancellor and Barons of the Exchequer". (Two half-payments of £20 : teller, Richard Stonley) . •'11 Each sheriff had his own local "exchequer", of which the "Receiver" was the principal functionary. Cf. The Medieval Shire House, an essay by Miss M. H. Mills in "Studies presented to Sir Hilary Jenkinson" (1957), pp. 264-71. Z50 The sheriff appears to have rarely visited the Exchequer in person, being represented there usually by an officially approved attorney. lUil cr. p. civ, note 419. 247

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described in the new (1963) official Guide. 252 These played an important part in the final auditing of accounts (see below), when they were compared with their counterparts from the Chamberlains' office and provided the evidence upon which individual items were formally discharged in the Pipe or Recusant Roll. The note of discharge (Et Quietus Est) constituted in each case the official annual acquittance not only of the debtor mentioned in the item but also of the sheriff to whose charge the collection of the sum had been committed. 253 Audit of sheriffs' accounts. With the termination of the Exchequer year came the final business of aUditing the sheriffs' accounts. For this purpose each sheriff was appointed a special date (dies datus) within the next nine months, when he was called upon to present in person, before a full assembly of the court of Exchequer, a prepared account (compotus) of his year's work for examination 254his recusancy dues, after 1592, being treated as a separate account. Proceedings began with a detailed investigation carried out by the Cursitor Baron and an associate auditor,255 when every item in the account was checked with those listed in his Summons, tallies for payments examined, warrants for allowances produced and debts still outstanding noted. A statement was then drawn up and laid before the barons, whereupon brief notes of the court's instructions were added to the Summons against the relevant entries. Finally, a record of the audit-with particular reference to the allowances and discharges granted-was enrolled among

I, p. 98. "When [as in Elizabethan times] money was paid into the Exchequer at the office of the tellers, the amount was entered in a book and transcribed on a slip of parchment (the "Tellers' Bill"), which was dropped down a pipe into the Tally Court, where a tally was "struck" or "levied". Notches indicating the sum specified in the Tellers' Bill were cut on a stick, which, after other details had been written on two sides of it, was split lengthwise through the notches. One part was given to the party making the payment, and, when it was produced in his discharge at the Exchequer of Account, was compared with the other, which was kept by the Chamberlains". 1153 It should be pointed out that such annotations were sometimes entered not in the current roll but under re-enrolments of the same items in rolls one or two years later than the date of payment. The only straightforward sources for the study of payments are the records of the Clerk of the Pells. 25' The various dates allotted to the sheriffs of 1593-4 are set out at the beginning of the L.T.R., M.R. of Michaelmas term, 36 Eliz. (E. 368/477), under the title Dies dati vic[ecomitibus] ad computand[um] post profra termino Sancti Michaelis Anno regni tricesimo sexto Regine Elizabeth, and fall within the period extending from the "morrow of Michaelmas" 1594 to the week following "the quindene of Easter" (Easter Monday fortnight) 1595. The individual counties appear to have been given the same date every year. 255 Fanshawe, The Practice of the Exchequer Court (1658), 34; Gilbert, op. cit., 115, 148, I describe here the procedure of dealing with the sheriff's general account: presumably his recusant account was treated in much the same way. 252

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the Memoranda of the two Remembrancers,256 and the originals were passed to the Clerk of the Pipe, who could now proceed to the minuting of the county account in the Recusant Roll (i.e. the inscribing of the annotations of payment and discharge) and the transferring thereto from the Summons of such other notes as affected the responsibility of the sheriff. Among the latter, the commonest and, procedurally, the most important was the marginal note 0 or Oni. 257 This was written when the sheriff, having hitherto failed to collect a debt, was given a respite (respectus) during which period he undertook ("charged himself") either to exact it or to produce some reason for exoneration satisfactory to the court. 258 "Onied" items, therefore, were such as were still unaccounted for by the sheriff at the completion of his year of office. These were now grouped in a special entry to form a compendium of his residuary account (see "Statement of sheriffs' arrears", pp. lxxxvii seq.), and thereafter received the full attention of the Exchequer auditors. In the annotations subsequently added thereto we have our guide to the eventual winding-up of the year's account and the sheriff's final acquittance. Revocation of seizures. We conclude this section with a note on proceedings which could, in any term, bring all the business described above to an abrupt and final close. After seizure by the Crown, there was, indeed, no way of freeing the property except by a plea heard and allowed by the barons in the court of Exchequer, but, provided : the statutory conditions were fulfilled, discharge of the petitioner {and of the sheriff) was then immediate and automatic. The grounds for a favourable judgment in such suits we may summarise as follows. (a) Submission and conformity of the recusant. (b) Submission and conformity of the heir upon the death of an unsubmissive recusant. Satisfactory evidence in either category could obtain for the petitioner the cessation of all obligations and restoration of the lands-with certain reservations in the latter case. 259 (c) Proved legal error or

Cf. Memoranda Roils, under headings Precepta super compotos and Visus et Status Compotorum. It is noteworthy that in these sections the recusant account is given no separate enrolment. Recusant items, however, are occasionally included in the sheriff's general account. See infra, p. lxxxvii, note 344. 257 An abbreviation of oneratur nisi [habeat sufficientem exonerationemJ- " He (the sheriff) is charged, unless (he can show sufficient cause for exoneration)". Cf. Giuseppi's Guide, I, 135; Gilbert, op. cit., 149-50. Many instances of such conditional charging occur in the margin of the present document, e.g. Berks. [3J. Not infrequently the words de anna are added. The note oni de anna limits the charge to the rent due for the current year, ignoring the arrears. 158 The various ways in which sheriffs discharged their recusant arrears are referred to on pp. lxxxix-xc. 259 Cf. "Inherited debts", supra, pp. xli-iii. IS6

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insufficiency in the original proceedings. Pleas of this kind appear to have been rare. 260 (d) An outright grant of seized recusant lands by the Crown to another person. 261 Evidence to this effect presented by the grantee likewise resulted in the immediate disappearance of the item from the rolls. Particulars of these cases are recorded only in the Memoranda Rolls of the L.T.R., but references to them are always to be found in the Recusant Rolls. 262 IV.

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Having, in 1592, transferred all recusant debts from the Pipe Rolls to the first Recusant Roll, the Exchequer completed, in this second roll, the segregation of recusant business by adding recorded audits of the arrears of individual sheriffs. Thus constituted as a register of sheriffs' accounts, the Recusant Roll now attained its full functional status as the "Great Roll of Recusants". 263 It is consequently worthy of note that the first Recusant Roll is actually transitional in character, and that in the present document we may claim to have the true prototype of the series. Moreover, since all the various classes of entry which appear in subsequent rolls of the Elizabethan period are herein represented,264 the analysis of its contents given in the following pages and in the "Key to the Abstracts" (p. cxv) is applicable also to the remaining rolls of the reign. The MS consists of twenty-seven rotulets, the average number for the next five years: not until 1599 265 do the rolls begin to receivequite suddenly-their later normal quota of 40-50 rotulets. It bears no general title. The text begins immediately with the account for Bedfordshire. All the English counties are mentioned

An example is referred to on p. xcv, note 376. Normally such pleas were disallowed unless accompanied by evidence of conformity. m This practice, which began in the 1580s(seeDraycote'scase, infra, pp.1xxxvi-vii) and was common in the next reign up to 1611 (cf. S.P. 14/80, no. 69), necessarily severed all Exchequer interest in the lands in favour of the petitioner (the grantee). No conformity on the part of the recusant was, of course, involved. 262 See further remarks on this subject on p. cv. 263 Magnus Rotulus Recusancium-a title appearing in L.T.R., M.R. Mich, 36 Eliz. (E. 368i477: Process touching Sir Walter Covert, sherifi' of Surrey/Sussex). This distinctive title, however, was by no means universally used. In the records of the Exchequer of Receipt, for instance, the generic title Magnus Rotulus Pipe is regularly applied to both Pipe and Recusant Rolls indiscriminately. 284 With the single exception of "Ex-sheriffs' debts" (infra, pp. xciv-vi). 265 E. 377/8-in which (under various counties) are enrolled hundreds of new convictions certified from the Assizes of Summer 1599 and Lent 1600. 1160

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except Cumberland (a rare omission), Hertfordshire 266 and Northumberland,267 but the proportion of Welsh counties included is considerably less. 268 The amount of recusant business involved will be seen to vary greatly in different counties-from the massive accounts of Lancashire and Yorkshire to the single items recorded under Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire. Regarding the Palatinates and Wales, see pp. cvi-ix. Further details are given under "Statistics and General Observations" (pp. cix seq.). A.

CLASSIFICATION OF ENTRIES

The entries occurring in the Elizabethan Recusant Rolls may be classified under eight headings. Of these the most significant for the student of recusancy are "Enrolments of estreated convictions", "Records of fines paid", "Rentals of seized lands" and "Seizures of goods and chattels" - in that they link the rolls immediately with the provisions of the statute of 1586-7,269 the last three indicating the actual sources of revenue. The remaining four, namely, "Preambles", "Arrearages of rent", "Ex-sheriffs' debts" and "Statements of sheriffs' arrears", primarily refer to routine Exchequer business, and, although of no little interest in that respect, are useful for our purpose only in enabling us to trace the later history of recusants' debts. In the text of the present volume will be found instances of all the above types of entry-except "Ex-sheriffs' debts", which do not begin to appear until the 4th Recusant Roll (1595-6). I shall now describe these eight varieties in the order in which they usually occur in the county accQunts, giving, in each case, examples of the original Latin form 270 and showing, by the insertion of letters in square brackets, the method of analysis employed throughout the work. Occurring in the 5th, 7th, 10th and 11th Elizabethan rolls only. Of all the counties Hertfordshire provided the Exchequer with the least recusant business. 287 Although represented in the first Recusant Roll (C.R.S., vol. xviii), this county is thereafter conspicuous by its absence until the 9th and 10th rolls (1600-1602), when the long lists of convictions and land-seizures show the existence of a strong recusant population. The evidence of the Pipe Rolls and Receipt Books (Pells') indicates that, certainly after 1588, the Elizabethan sheriffs of Northumberland-preoccupied with Border defence (cf. S.P. 12/28/ no. 27)-made no proffers of revenue whatever at Westminster, and seems to imply that such Crown revenue (recusant and non-recusant) as was collected was accounted for locally before the Queen's Auditor on circuit, and periodically paid into the Exchequer as gross sums by the Queen's Receiver appointed for the county, in accordance with the new Tudor Exchequer system (cf. p. xcvi, note 438). This would explain the irregularity of Northumberland enrolments in the Recusant Rolls and the absence of annotations of payment. IS8 The Wallia section is wholly absent in the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th and 11th Elizabethan rolls. 180 Â§Â§II, ill and IV (see Appendix; and supra, pp. xxiii-v). 170 In doing so I have expanded the Latin text and added punctuation. IG6

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1. The preamble to a county section gives the name of the sheriff responsible for the ensuing account and the Exchequer dating of his year of office. In the preamble to the first occurring county (normally, as here, this was Bedfordshire) a reference is also given to the Q.R. Memoranda Roll wherein the text of the statute of 1586-7, the authority for the present Exchequer proceedings, is enrolled. Those relating to the subsequent counties have an abbreviated form.271 The following is the Latin of the present Bedfordshire preamble : NICHOLAUS LUKE armiger, vicecomes huius comitatus a festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni domine nunc Elizabeth, Dei gratia Anglie, Francie et Hibemie regine, fidei defensoris etc. xxxvto usque idem festum sancti Michaelis Archangeli extunc proxime sequentem, anno eiusdem domine regine nunc xxxvjto, scilicet per unum annum integrum, REDDIT COMPOTUM de firmis et aliis debitis Recusancium infrascriptorum eidem domine regine debitis PRAETEXTU cuiusdam Actus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium vicesimo nono die Octobris anno vicesimo octavo eiusdem regine in huiusmodi casu editi et provisi, ac irrotulati in Memorandis ex parte Rememoratoris Regine de anno xxixno , videlicet inter Recorda de termino Pasche, rotulo [blank], UT INFERIUS. (Translation in text, p. 1) These items do not appear in the first Recusant Roll (C.R.S., xviii). Instead, we find a single, general preamble to the whole roll,272 with no mention of sheriffs' names or of their "rendering of accounts" -a fact which emphasises the difference in character (already pointed out) between that roll and its successors. The recurrence henceforth of county preambles and statements of sheriffs' arrears indicates that from now on the Recusant Rolls, as distinct from the Pipe Rolls, form the official records of sheriffs' accounting in the matter of recusancy. 2. Rentals of seized lands. These entries, which (with "Forfeitures of goods and chattels" : no.4-below) give details oftbe statutory penalties incurred by individual recusants who failed to pay the fine of ÂŁ20 a month, are by far the most informative items in the rolls. Containing particulars of lands and tenements which, having been seized, now constitute Crown "farms" from which a fixed rent is due, they are identifiable in the MS by the marginal an The county Preamble being actually an unessential adjunct to the roll, it is not surprising that through negligence on the part of the engrosser it was occasionally omitted. However, its omission in the case of the Welsh counties and of the Counties Palatine (and probably also of Northumberland -see note 267) was deliberate and significant of the fact that their sheriffs did not account at the Westminster Exchequer (see infra, pp. cvii-viii). Regarding Huntingdonshire in this roll, see the preamble to Cambridgeshire. 272 The Latin text may be seen in C.R.S., vol. xviii, p. 1.

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letter f' (firma- farm) which invariably precedes them 273: it is. indeed, by this term-firma- that such entries are always referred to by the annotating clerks.274 As may be gathered from the "Key to the Abstracts", the items are formal in construction but replete with facts, normally comprising at least nine particular points-the order of which occasionally varies. Of notable interest are the specifications of property, and the annotations of discharge with which, from time to time, they conclude. 275 Since they describe the sources of annual rents, they are repeated (in a shortened form) every year after their first enrolment, until "the removal of the Queen's hands" from the property results in their disappearance from the rolls. Although many examples of the original Latin may be seen in C.R.S. vol. xviii-to which references are given in footnotes to the text of the present book-it will be convenient, in order to illustrate the application of our analytical scheme, to set out here afresh a typical entry of this class. 276 The following item from the current roll is the first enrolment of the newly-seized lands of the recusant widow, Martha Braybrook (Berks., [7]). The inserted letters in square brackets show the divisions of the analysis as indicated in the "Key". firma. [A] Tenentes duarum parcium terrarum et tenementorum (B] Marthe Brabrooke, vidue, recusantis, [C] debent xlij.s. ij.d. obolum quadrantem per annum [D] de firma duarum parcium medietatis mCl:neriorum de Marleston et Adresham, ac octo tenementoni.m in Abindon, unius tenementi in Sutton Courtney & unius pecie terre vocate Coppes Lease in Sparsholte in Comitatu predicto, [E(a)] in manus do mine Regine nunc per Edmundum Fettiplace, armigerum, et alios virtute commissionis dicte domine Regine eis et aliis directe [E(b)] xxvto die Septembris anno xxxvto capta et seisita, [E(d)] sicut continetur in Memorandis predictis de anno xxxvto videlicet inter Recorda de termino sancti The same indicatory letter is prefixed to Pipe Roll entries relating to "feefarm" rents of the Crown, with which class these recusant farms are identicalexcept that the tenure described in the latter is not permanent but essentially contingent and temporary (cf. the quamdiu clause in Crown leases, section (He), infra, p.lxxviii, and in "Key"). Incidentally, recusant farms are in no way connected with "the farm of the county", as is wrongly stated in Recusant History, IV, 196, note 10. 274 E.g. in the annotation to Derbys. [2J, and passim in division D of Statements of sheriffs' arrears. It should be remarked, however, that in the phrase nec de eadem firma de cetero onerari debet (regularly occurring in annotations of final discharge; e.g. Berks. [6]), the word firma signifies "rent". Such is the rendering given in the English rolls of the Commonwealth period in similar contexts. 276 See infra, pp. lxxiv-v and cii-v. 276 Variant forms of entries relating to land-seizures carried out prior to 1587 are referred to on p. lxxix. 273

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Michaelis, rotulo [blankJ. [FJ Et xxj.s. j.d. quadrantem dimidium de anno preterito. [GJ SUMMA lxiij. s. iiij.d. dimidium quadrantis. [JJ Sed non debent summoneri de xlij.s. ij. d. obolo quadrante qui sunt de eadem firma de hoc anno, nec de eadem firma a festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli anna xxxvto de cetero onerari, eo quod Willelmus Broncker, miles, et alius respondent de eadem firma a dicto festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli dicto anna xxxvto & deinceps debent domine Regine respondere per aliam commissionem, sicut continetur immediate infra. Et debent xxj.s. j.d. quadrantem dimidium. In Thesauro xxj.s. j.d. obolus tercio die lunii anna xxxvjto infra quandam summam lxiij.s. iiij.d. sub nomine Humfridi Foster, militis, vicecomitis, de eadem firma de solucione. Et quie ti sunt. (Translation) farm. [AJ The tenants of two third parts of the lands and tenements of [BJ Martha Brabrooke, widow, recusant, [CJ owe 42s. 2id. yearly [DJ from the farm of two thirds parts of a moiety ... [etc., translation in text, p. 4J, [E(a)J by virtue of the Queen's commission directed to Edmund Fettiplace, esq., and others, [E(b)J taken and seized into the hands of the present Queen on 25 September, 35 Eliz.; [E(d)J as is contained in the said Memoranda Roll, 277 Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [blankJ. [FJ And 2ls. 1id. and a halffarthing for the preceding year. [GJ Total: 63s. 4d. and a half-farthing. [JJ But they . .. [etc. translation in text, ibid.J. Some points in the above sections call for explanation. [AJ "Tenants" (Tenentes). In the case of extensive lands previously let to farm, the word will refer to the recusant's former tenantry occupying and cultivating the land contained within the seized portion, whose rents were now forfeited by the recusant to the Crown. Where the estate was small and farmed by the owner-as, for instance, were probably most of the properties listed under Lancashire in this roll-the word will of course signify the recusant himself. "Two third parts". This rendering of duarum parcium appears regularly under the Commonwealth. 278 After 1586 the amount of land seized was always two-thirds of the total estate-as was required

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by section IV of the statute of that year. 279 This fact must be remembered when we meet items specifying the seizure of whole properties (e.g. Cambs. [2J; Essex [17J; Lancs. [138]). In such cases the implication is that an undisclosed "third part", retained by the recusant, exists elsewhere. [DJ "from the farm of . . . " (de firma . .. ). The recusant's former tenants, materially unaffected (in theory at least) by the change of landlords, now held their land directly of the Crown, without obligation of feudal service, for a fixed "fee-farm" rent at the old rate. These rents, however, they apparently continued (in some cases) to pay to the recusant-the latter being held responsible for their actual delivery to the sheriff. 280 In the first enrolment of a land-seizure 281 this section- D- is normally more detailed than in later re-enrolments of the same farm, and indeed would appear, from an examination of some of the cited Memoranda Rolls, to give the actual terms of the jurors' verdict on the property. We may here remark, however, that many specifications returned by Elizabethan commissioners of inquiry were, in fact, inadequate for purposes of a lawful seizure, and there is evidence that Coke, during his attorney-generalship (1593-1606), accepted not a few recusants' petitions for discharge in the court of Exchequer on grounds of "insufficient" or inaccurate description. 282 An attempt to correct this laxity was made shortly after the Queen's death when instructions were issued to commissioners pointing out the requirements for a satisfactory return of recusants' lands. 283 These were that it must describe the l~gal tenure of the estate, identify the various manors, and distinguish, by their local names if possible, the several messuages, tenements, farms and cottages, stating the parish in which they lie, the names of the occupiers and the yearly value of each. It must also give the separate acreage and value of the lands-arable, meadow, pasture, woods etc.-and certify the terms of all leases held. One observes that, in the light of these directions, the specification in the present entry was itself seriously deficient. It was nevertheless allowed to pass : no action was ever taken unless the recusant himself raised the issue. [E(a)J "Queen's commission". These Exchequer commissions for seizure are referred to under "Property-seizure", pp. lxii-iii. [E(b)J The date given is that of the inquisition and seizure, not of the issue of the commission. Between 1581 and 1587 the amount of land to be seized for the non-payment of recusant fines was undefined. Cf. supra, p. xxxiii, 5(b). 280 Cf. Cal. S. P. Dom. Eliz., vol. 271, no. 108. 281 First enrolments of seized lands are asterisked throughout the text of the present work. 282 Cf. Biographical Studies, IT, pp. 10-12. 283 Instructions to Such as are appointed by Commission out 0/ her Majesty's Court 0/ Exchequer to inquire 0/ the lands 0/ Recusants, Sharp MSS, 110, fr. 16-17 : Prior's Kitchen, Durham. Undated: early 17th c. This document was kindly brought to my notice by Dr. Anne M. C. Forster. 279

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It will be noticed that the phrase asserting the reason for the seizure- racione recusancie sue: "by reason of his/her recusancy" (division (c) in the "Key")-is often, as in this case, omitted. [E(d)] "Recorda" section. Matters dealt with in this section of the L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls are there entitled Communia Recorda ("Records of Common Business") and relate to the judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings of the Exchequer court of revenue. For all matters touching the seizure of property these rolls give the authoritative record, and are therefore regularly cited in first enrolments of rental items in the Recusant Rolls. 284 Further remarks on these important sources will be found on p. cv. [F] "from the previous year". We should note that although this seizure was carried out only three days before the commencement of the new Exchequer year (when the lease began), the tenants were held responsible for the rent of the whole previous periodLadyday to Michaelmas 1593. Whatever the date of the seizure, the Crown always claimed the full rent for the half-year in which the seizure was made. [1] On the general subject of annotations see pp. cii-v. The first part of the present annotation announces a change of farmers, the tenants having been replaced by two Crown-appointed lessees. The same form is used in recording a change of lessees (e.g. Lancs. [17]). Added beneath- beginning with the words In Thesauro-is a later note of payment and acquittance, a more typical example of which may be seen under the Crown lease set out below (p. lxxviii). The following points are also worthy of remark. "to be summoned" (summoneri). The term, in this context, signifies "to be called upon to pay, or answer for." "by another commission" (per aliam commissionem). This was a commission of inquiry for leasing. 285 Such commissions were always issued preparatively to the appointment of a lessee-farmer for the seized lands, and were concerned, in particular, with an investigation of the legal details relating to the existing estate. Like commissions for seizure, they were awarded out of the Exchequerthe Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer being responsible for their drafting 286- and appear to have been accompanied in each case by a copy of the assessment made at the time of the seizure. On these occasions, therefore, a fresh inquiry was carried out on lands already in the Queen's possession, and the prospective lessee or his agent was doubtless always in attendance. In some instances~ when the latter was suing for the lease at the time of the seizure, In re-enrolments there is usually substituted a reference to the Pipe or Recusant Roll containing the last previous mention of the item, e.g. Berks. [2], D; Cheshire [5], E(d). 285 Cf. supra, p. lxiii, note 240. 286 See the Treasurer's warrant, signed by himself and the Sub-Treasurer, for the leasing of Thomas Barneby's lands to Ann Twiste (E. 367/1017). This lease is recorded in the present roll (Yorks. [19], [36] and [45]). 284

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the records of the two commissions were merged in a single entry in the Recusant Roll--e.g. Lincs. [15J, where the first enrolment of the seizure is combined with that of the lease. "in the name ... (sub nomine ...). Such parentheses are not uncommon in annotations of payment (e.g. Berks [2J; Norfolk [31J, D ; Suffolk [24]). They indicate the actual payer as recorded in the Receipt Books of the Clerk of the Pells. 287 (a) Crown leases. The necessity of maintaining some direct control over the collecting of rents from seized recusant lands led the Exchequer, even before the passing of the statute of 1586-7, to remove this task as quickly as possible out of the hands of sheriffs' officers by the leasing of such lands to "farmers" who had, or could be given, a personal interest in its performance. 288 After that date, the system was widely developed, particularly in regard to the more valuable estates, owing to the new spate of seizures consequent upon section IV of the Act. 289 The accommodating attitude adopted by officialdom in this business gave considerable scope to lease-hunters. The only conditions imposed were that the lessee (and his assigns) should conform to the established religion, and undertake, upon good security, to pay a yearly rent not lower than that found for the Queen by the commissioners. But the general readiness of the latter to seize only the more profitable portions of the lands and to underestimate their rental value providedÂˇ an additional inducement to speculators, who, as prospective managers of useful property, saw in the situation opportunities of great :personal gain. Among the various means of securing a grant was, notably, the Lord Treasurer's warrant, offered in the first place to servants of the Queen's household and others in office about the Court, whereby anyone by whose information a recusant was indicted and convicted was guaranteed a place on the commission of inquiry to "find" the lands, and a lease of the seized two-thirds. This produced many acceptable applicants. Upon receipt of the warrant, a practice of theirs-according to a contemporary report-was, first, to interview the recusant, threaten a high assessment and offer composition, and when this had been agreed upon and paid, to procure at the ensuing commissioners' inquiry a valuation below the true rate, and sublet the lands to a conforming relative or friend nominated by the recusant. 290 Transactions of this kind, safeguarding the Infra, p. civ, note 419. Cf. supra, p. xxi, note 60. The "letting to farm" of lands escheated to or confiscated by the Crown was, in fact, normal Exchequer practice. 289 By 1593, seized recusant lands by far exceeded, in certain counties (e.g. Lancs. and Yorks.), the number of non-recusant fee-farms of the Crown enrolled in the contemporary Pipe Rolls. Of the approximately 400 recusant properties recorded in the present roll, about half had by this time been leased. 290 Such a proceeding in no way affected the status and liabilities of an official lessee vis-a.-vis the Crown. 187

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family lands from spoliation by strangers, were considered "tolerable" by the recusants, and are said to have been common throughout the country up to 1597. 291 Official sources naturally throw but little light on such matters. Nevertheless, the present roll explicitly mentions a connection with the royal household in the case of twenty-six of the lessees (e.g. Berks. [5J; Bucks. [1]), and so affords some valuable confirmation of the above report292: nor should we assume that the list is complete. 293 Further research upon the data of this roll also corroborates the statement that in certain instances the official lesseeship was obtained by a kinsman of the recusant: examples have been found in the entries Oxfords. [7J and Berks. [8]. Obviously, a knowledge of the character and careers of individual lessees would be very pertinent to an appreciation of the fate of the recusant concerned. The traffic in leases described above was successful, despite its chicanery, in producing a small but fairly regular.. flow of revenue by way of rents. In August 1597, however, Thomas Felton, assisted by Sir John Stanhope, began his disastrous "service". On the strength of his undertaking to increase the revenue from recusant lands, Felton obtained a special commission under the Great Seal, at a salary of ÂŁ200 a year plus expenses,294 to review existing leases, raise the rents, and appoint agents with new leases in the various counties who would supervise personally and rigorously the management of each property. 295 His scheme, after seriously dislocating the earlier system, failed in its object, the only gainer being its ingenious contriver. The story of his operations and of the official backing he received- too involved to be discussed here-deserves a special study. 296 Cf. the report dated 1599 from "Francis Cordale" of London to "Marco Tusinga of Venice" (identified by Fr. Leo Hicks, S. J., as respectively Anthony Rivers, a Catholic layman, and Father Parsons, S. J.). This highly informative and important despatch was intercepted and is now preserved among the State Papers: S.P. 12/271, no. 108. 192 Some of these persons will be seen to hold several leases, e.g. John Parker in Lanes.; William Hunnis in Suffolk, Herefords. and Yorks. 293 For instance, Roger Gifford (Yorks. [42]), whose connection with the Court is not mentioned in the roll, is described in the original particular of his lease (E. 318, Box 49) as "one of her Maties phisitions". 29 4 Profitably exchanged by him in 1602 for an overall grant of one sixth of all moneys raised. 295 Among his victims were Henry Kervile of West Toftes (Norfolk [21]), John Thymolby of Irnham (Lines. [6]), Thomas Gawen of Fisherton Anger (Wilts. [8]) and William Fawkenor of East Meon, Hants. (Wilts. [2]): see S.P. 12/271/108. Cf. also the petition of Robert Grey (Suffolk [10]),printed in C.R.S. vol.liii (p. 177, no. 1305). 298 Felton's public career may be followed in the Calendars of State Papers (Domestic) of the years 1598, 1599, 1600, 1602 and 1607. His earliest experience as a lessee of recusant lands appears to have occurred in 1592 : cf. Suffolk [24J in the present roll ("Peter Whyte", mentioned in the annotation, is stated in the corresponding Receipt Book (Pells') to have been his " assignee"). 191

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In considering the form of Crown lease entries, some two hundred of which are to be seen in the present document, we immediately notice that while in most cases they concern one lessee and one recusant, there are several instances of doubled lessees (e.g. Berks, [2]), and also of compound leases (e.g. Norfolk [28]) combining in a single entry the properties of two or three recusants- a fact referred to again under "Re-enrolments" below. The general form of lease-enrolments, however, remains constant, and as a convenient example we may select that of the lands seized from the abovementioned Martha Braybrook. This item (Berks. [8])297 well illustrates the three main points which differentiate the enrolment of a lease from that of a seizure, viz. the insertion of the name of the lessee as farmer of the seized lands, replacing the "tenants" (section A in the "Key"); a more detailed specification of the lands, with a definition of the tenure of the recusant's estate (section D); the presence of an additional section, H, giving particulars of the lease. The Latin form of this item is as follows : firma. [AJ Willelmus Broncker, miles, et Ricardus Hyde, armiger, 298 [C] de bent xlij.s. ij.d. & ij partes denarii per annum [DJ de firma duarum parcium medietatis manerii de Marleston alias Marston alias Maston cum pertinenciis universis in Comitatu Berk', unde Martha Braybroke, nuper de parochia de Brickleton in Comitatu predicto, vidua, Recusans, seisita est in dominico suo ut' de libero tenemento pro termino vite sue, annui valoris; ultra reprisas,299 viginti solido rum, unde due partes domine Regine valencia per annum tresdecim solidi & quattuor denarii; ac duarum parcium medietatis manerii de Fowelescott alias Foulscott & Adresham cum pertinentiis universis in dicto Comitatu Berk', unde predicta Martha seisita est ut supra, annui valoris, ultra reprisas, viginti solidorum, un de due partes domine Regine valencia per annum tresdecim solidi & quottuor denarii ... [etc. The above form is repeated in specifying the remaining lots referred to in Berks. [8J : freely translated in text, pp. 4-5J: que premissa sunt parcella terrarum et tenementorum [BJ predicte Marthe Braybroke [E(b)J ac in manus domine Regine xxv to die Septembris anno xxxv to [E(a)J per Edmundum Fetyplace, armigerum, & alios dicte do mine Regine commissionarios First enrolments of leases are indicated by a dagger throughout the present work. BII8 The relationship of the Bronckers and Hydes to the Braybrooks is shown in Visitations o/Berkshire (Harleian Soc., vols. 56 and 57), and in V.C.H., Berkshire. Other instances of kinship between lessee and recusant may probably be found to exist. 2011 Reprises, i.e. yearly payments out of a manor or lands, as rent-charges or annuities, were always deducted in assessing the value of a property. m

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capta & seisita. [H(a)]300 Habendum et tenendum firmam predictam prefatis Willelmo Broncker & Ricardo Hyde, executoribus & assignatis suis, [H(b)] a festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno xxxv to Regine huius [H(c)] quamdiu in manibus domine Regine remanere contigerint, [H(d)] reddendo inde per annum quadraginta duos solidos, duos denarios & duas partes denarii legalis monete Anglie [H(e)] ad festa Annunciacionis beate Marie Virginis, et sancti Michaelis Archangeli, ad Receptam Scaccarii per equales porciones; [H(k)J sicut continetur in Rotulo de Irrotulamentis dimissionum 301 de anno xxxvjto Regine huius, sub signo Berk'. [1] In thesauro xxj.s. ij.d. xx mo die Aprilis an no xxxvjto de eadem firma de solucione. 302 Et in thesauro xxj.s. ij.d. xvjmo die Octobris anna xxxvjto de eadem firma de solucione. Et Quieti Sunt. (b) Re-enrolments of land-seizures and leases. By 1593, the number of annual re-enrolments (e.g. Derbys. [6J; Berks. [2]), accumulating year by year after 1583,303 formed the majority of the entries in the rental sections of the Recusant Rolls. Although, as abridgments of the first enrolments, they usually omit details of the actual seizure and present a much curtailed specification of the lands, they regularly cite an earlier record wherein further particulars may be found 304 and are by no means of negligible interest. Their very presence in the roll is, of course, itself of historical value in that thereby the total number and identity of recusant properties in the Crown's possession at any period is revealed. Moreover, new facts are often currently appended regarding the financial condition The "Habendum clause" which follows may be rendered thus: "[R(a)] To have and to hold the said farm to the aforesaid William Broncker and Richard Hyde, their executors and assigns, [H(b)] from Michaelmas 35 Eliz., [H(c)] for as long as it shall remain in the Queen's hands, [H(d)] rendering annually in respect thereof 42s. 2d. and two-thirds of a penny of lawful English money [H(e)] at Ladyday and Michaelmas to the Receipt of the Exchequer, in equal portions; [R(k)] as is contained in the Roll of the Enrolments of Leases of the year 36 Eliz., under the title" Berk' " " . 301 The "Roll of the Enrolments of Leases" (possibly in book form, and relating exclusively to recusants) is regularly cited in first enrolments, but has apparently not survived. A number of "particulars" for such leases, however, may be seen in E. 318, box 49. 802 This is the regular phrasing of annotations recording rent-payment. It is of course a mere Latin jotting: literally, "In the Treasury, 21s. 2d., 20 April 36 Eliz., from the same farm, in payment". Regarding the note Et Quieti Sunt, see p. ciii, note 418. 303 The earliest instances of recusant land-seizures are recorded in the Pipe Roll of Mich. 25-26 Eliz. (1583-4)-E. 372/429, e.g. under Item Southt' and Wiltes'. 304. Where the Pipe Rolls are cited, however, I find that the reference is often not to the original enrolment but merely to the last previous mention of the farm. This is true for instance of all Hugh Cuff's leases. To find full particulars, one has, in exasperation, to work back by stages to the original entry. 300

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of each farm- arrears of rent, total current debt, references to previous unsuccessful attempts at rent-levying (e.g. Derbys. [5]), annotations of payment and discharge-from which the continued Exchequer history of the recusant may be broadly inferred. 305 In this respect, indeed, re-enrolments merit our close attention. We may here remark upon the curious phrasing of rent-statements occasionally found in re-enrolled entries. This occurs where parts of seized properties have been relinquished, e.g. "£27-9-4, the remainder of £58-5- 51" (Beds. [2J),306 or where compound leases have been broken-up and their components enrolled as separate items, e.g. "£1- 6- 8, a part of £31-15-7" (Oxfords. [14]).307 Notable examples may be seen in all Hugh Cuff's leases (e.g. Cheshire [2]). By such brief notes, regularly repeated, the Exchequer clerks ensured that the identity of each Crown farm was preserved and could be traced back through the rolls. (c) Land-seizures for pre-I587 debts. Our document contains forty-nine instances of lands sequestered for failure to pay pre-I587 fines as required by section III of the statute of 1586-7 (see p. xxiv). Each entry bears the distinctive phrase " ... who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of ... by virtue of a certain Act of the Parliament begun on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz.", and in the present work is indicated by the sign ~. It should, however, be pointed out that thirty-nine other rental entries occur wherein mention is likewi~e made of specific debts occasioning the seizure, in such formulas 3:S (a) " ... who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of . . . by reason of his recusancy" (e.g. Herefords. [9]), or (b), "for the satisfaction of the debt of ... " (e.g. Hants. [2]). Although in many instances these are explicitly related to debts contracted prior to the statute of 1586-7 (e.g. Suffolk [21]), there is some doubt, since they omit reference to that statute, whether they have any connection with the special preparatory regulations therein prescribed (§III) regarding unpaid pre-I587 fines. Formula (a), indeed, appears to be merely the survival of phraseology used in early enrolments of land-seizures, and to have no special significance; formula (b)- found mostly where the seizure itself is prior to 1587-may well indicate debts incurred in prosecutions by information, under the former statute of 1581. In the case of Hugh Cuff's farms, for example, there is particular likelihood that the phrase has reference to his own operations in the role of common informer. 3. Arrearages of rent. In dealing with this perennial problem, the Exchequer from time to time selected, out of the vast mass of The significance of a total absence of annotations (e.g. Beds. [2J and Warwicks. passim) is referred to infra, pp. lxxxvii-viii, notes 344 and 351. 306 Cf. supra, p. xxxi, note 98. 307 This latter practice is exemplified in the four items, Oxfords. [8J, [14J, [15J and [16]. Note the change in the rent-statements of the last three items. 305

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accumulated arrears, certain specific sums for separate enrolment, and ordered process to be issued to the sheriffs for their collectionor, failing this, the production of a report for the scrutiny of the barons. In form, these items are similar to enrolments of seized lands (described above), wherefore their analysis in the present book follows the scheme adopted for that class of entry. 308 They are, however, differentiated from the latter in the MS by the absence of the initial note firma, being in fact records of isolated debts, not of serial rents. Thirty-one examples occur in our roll. Fifteen of them309 will be seen to be half-year rents owed for the period between the date of the land-seizure and the following Ladyday or Michaelmas- from which days leases usually ran. 310 Although we occasionally find lessees accepting responsibility for the rent of the half-year thus immediately preceding their grants (e.g. Devon [2]), such debts, when left chargeable to the "tenants" of the lands, tended to be often neglected. The remaining sixteen examples 311 relate to longstanding arrears of one (or more) year's rent, transferred to the charge of current sheriffs from the accounts of their unavailing predecessors. In these cases the purpose of the enrolment is intimately connected with the procedure of discharging sheriffs, as will be explained later.312 An alternative method of enrolling arrearages of this kind was to include them in the year's total debt in rental entries (e.g. Herefords. [4J ; Monmouths. [2J and [3]). These items are of little historical interest, except as illustrating the conduct of normal Exchequer business. 4. Forfeiture of goods and chattels. The "goods" liable to forfeiture by recusants in default of payment of the monthly ÂŁ20 fine 313-usually designated in the items of the present roll as "goods and chattels" (bona et catalla)-signified "all goods, movable and immovable, except such as are in the nature of freehold, or parcel of it."314 These might be "chattels personal", as livestock (e.g. Cheshire [8J ; Notts. [5J; Yorks. [28]), cut crops (Cambs. [7]), A difference will be observed, however, in the order of some of the points within the items. The most important part of these entries is of course division F (see "Key"). 309 I.e. Cheshire [6J and [7] ; Rants. [22J ; Kent [6J ; Lanes. [25J, [26J, [35J ; Norf. [21] ; Notts. [7]; Salop [17J, [18]; Staffs. [21J ; Wores. [11] ; Yorks. [39J, [40J. Several examples of the Latin form of this type of Arrearage item may be seen in C.R.S. XVIII, pp. 214-16. 310 Cf. supra, p. lxxiv [P]. 811 I.e. Gloues. [9] ; Rants. [26] ; Rerefs. [16] ; Lanes. [80] ; Norf. [26J, [27J ; Salop [23] ; Staffs. [20], [22] ; Suff. [20] ; Surr./Sussex [31] ; Westmld. [3J, [4J ; Yorks. [44J, [45], [46]. For the Latin form of such entries cf. C.R.S. xviii, p. 18 (last item). 312 Cf. infra, p. lxxxix (c). alS Statute of 1586-7, Â§IV. Supra, pp. xxiv and xxxiii (b). 314 Jacob, Law Dictionary: "Chattels". 808

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woods and underwood (Salop [19]), household furniture, plate, jewelry315 ; or "chattels real", as leases, rents for a term of years (Lancs. [21]), interest in advowsons. 316 Money was not accounted goods or chattels,317 but debts credited to the recusant were so regarded (Surrey/Sussex [27]). Seizure of goods and chattels was initiated by a process similar to that issued for the seizure of lands, directing commissioners, assisted by a jury, to investigate each case and to return to the Exchequer an inventory of the goods, with an appraisement of their worth and a statement that they had been "taken and seized into the Queen's hands". Although, in accordance with the statute, a single writ of commission normally required simultaneous action to be taken on both the lands and the goods of a newly convicted recusant,318 we find not a few instances in the Recusant Rolls where the seizure of goods was omitted. 319 On the other hand, the latter penalty was evidently regarded as especially applicable to the landless recusant, and there are many first enrolments of such seizures in this and later rolls which are not accompanied by corresponding seizures of lands. 320 It is also apparent that, although the statute demanded the forfeiture of all goods and chattels, a very loose interpretation was tolerated, the sums allotted to the Queen's use being often paltry in relation to the financial standing of the recusant. Inquisitions indeed seem to have been mostly of a perfunctory character. One may, for instance, safely assert that the ÂŁ5-19-4 due from James Digby of Liddington (Rutland [3]) did not represent more than a fraction;Âˇ . of the value of his total chattel possessions. Here the inventory" shows that only common household articles were seized (this was apparently the normal practice), of which the most valuable lot-found in the "Butrychamber" of his dwelling-house-was priced at 23s. 4d. and consisted of "1 bedstedd, 1 fetherbedd, 2 blanketts, 1 coverlett, 1 coffer, 2 cubbords, 1 truncke, 6 wooden boxes, 1 lether box, 1 cheyre". The only animals listed were "1 sowe, 2 pigges-price iiij.S."321. Whether this scanty return signifies merely the successful concealment by the recusant of his more valuable goods or implies his actual bribery of the inquisitor, we have no means of telling. The Utensilia, occasionally mentioned under Lanes. (e.g. entry [76]), were doubtless the implements of the recusant's trade or occupation. S16 Such property was, alternatively, sometimes farmed as "realty" (e.g. Wilts. [7] ; Lines. [8]). 317 Jacob. loco cit. 318 Cf. records of such proceedings in the L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls, e.g. E. 368/470, rot. 60 (Lanes.). Consecutive first enrolments in the present document illustrate this fact (e.g. Cambs. [6] and [7] ; Rutland [2] and [3]). 319 Note, for example, the absence of seizures of goods belonging to the recusants named in Cornwall [8] to [13]. Under James I it was the rule to forbear the seizure of goods when the recusant's lands were of considerable value (Recusant History, IV, 194, (9)). 320 E.g. Northants. [10]-[20]. 821 L.T.R., M.R. ; E. 368/473, rot. 4. 315

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Exchequer, in any case, accepted it without demur. It should, nevertheless, be pointed out that any advantage to recusants in such transactions was offset by the fact that further parcels of goods could from time to time be sought for and taken from the same recusant if he showed no signs of responding to coercion by going to church. These additional seizures were carried out by fresh commissions issued purely for the seizure of goods. 322 As instances of a statutory penalty inflicted upon recusants, the entries relating to such forfeitures have for the student of this subject an interest equivalent to that of enrolled land-seizures. As records, however, they are far less informative, chiefly because the Pipe Office authorities, concerned solely with the cash value of the goods, usually omit all details regarding their specific charactereven though, as shown above, inventories were demanded and actually copied into the Memoranda Rolls of the Treasurer's Remembrancer. Of the 104 entries of this class occurring in the present document only the seven cited above mention, casually, the nature of the things seized. In the Recusant Rolls such forfeitures thus appear simply as pecuniary debts, the amount in each case being the sum fixed by the appraisers when the goods were seized for the Queen. Only four other points are invariably present- the name of the official debtor (who, not infrequently, was the commissioner(s) responsible for the seizure), the name of the recusant, the date of the seizure, and a reference to the Memoranda Roll containing the record of its authorisation and performance. Nearly every item, however, bears a postscript which refers us to the later history of the debt. With regard to the execution of these seizures the information yielded by our roll is so meagre that any attempt to describe the procedure followed in individual cases must necessarily be largely speculative. Nevertheless, the form of the entries, which in each case is based on facts returned to the Exchequer by the commissioners, would seem to offer some general guidance on this point. We observe that, with a view to charging the sheriff with the levying of the debts, the clerk is careful to state at the outset the identity of the persons who, as the present holders of the goods, are answerable to the Crown for their cash value. A closer examination of our roll shows that (a) in eighteen of the items this official debtor is stated to be the commissioners (e.g. Cornwall [7] : Derbys. [3J) ;323

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(b) in twenty, the sheriff (e.g. Berks. [9J: Lancs. [79]) ;324 (c) in sixty-five, the recusant himself (e.g. Cheshire [8J: Dorset [5]).325 Seemingly, the situation respectively alluded to in these three categories 326 was that, at the date of the return, the goods- or their value in money- had been (a) secured and retained by the commissioners ; (b) handed over by the commissioners to the sheriff; (c) left undisturbed in the hands of the recusant, but earmarked for the Queen and awaiting the attention of the sheriff. 327 We may note in passing that the sheriff's subsequent investigation occasionally disclosed serious errors in the original enrolments. 328 Except in cases where the money was immediately tendered by the recusant 329 (when the goods, of course, were never removed), it was the usual practice for the sheriff's bailiffs to impound the goods and, if necessary, sell them by auction. In the course of such proceedings peculation was rife. This is vouched for by contemporary writers,330 and is corroborated by the infrequency with which these sums actually reached Westminster. In only fifteen instances in the present roll (seven of them in Lancs.) is there definite proof of the receipt of such forfeitures by the Exchequer. 331 Re-enrolments of unpaid debts of this kind are indeed Original text of the former entry: "Humphridus Foster miles vicecomes deb' xxvj .s viij.d. super ipsum onerat' pro precio sive valore bonor' Rogeri Astell de Basseldon yoman Recusan' Sicut Âˇ cont' in Memorand' ex parte Remem'Thes' de anno xxxvjto videlicet int~r Record' de termino Pasche rotulo [ ]" . ... 325 Original text of the latter entry: "Ricardus Okeford de Hamperton yom' Recusans deb' x.s. pro precio sive valor' bonor' et catall' suor' in manus dicte domine Regine per prefatos commissionar' similiter capt' et seisit' Sicut cont' ibidem". 326 Actually a fourth category exists- of which only one example appears in this roll (Surrey/Sussex [27J)-wherein a person in debt to the recusant is recorded as the official debtor to the Crown for the sum owed. All such assets were forfeit as part of the recusant's goods: cf. Ford and Sheldon's case (1606), 12 Co. Rep. I, at p. 2. (Coke, Reports (1826), VI, p. 189). 327 It would appear that the injunction "to take and seize into the Queen's hands" (a phrase used in writs of commission in regard not only to goods but also to lands) did not imply any special mandate to remove the goods or to take their cash value, but only necessitated the formal investiture of the Queen with their possession. Nevertheless, items in category (a) above show that commissioners did in fact occasionally carry out these further functions normally reserved to sheriffs' officers (cf. Rutland [3]). 8 28 Cf. Lancs. [93J, annotation; Staffs. [10]-[19J, note 11. The latter cases, incidentally, are referred to in Foley, Records S. J., vol. iv (series ix, x, xi), p.492. 329 The date in the annotation to Rutland [3J seems to indicate that this was a case in point. S30 E.g. Morris, Troubles (1877), Series ill, pp. 8-59. 331 Lancs. [142J. For the rest, cf. Berks. [l1J, E; Dorset [5J-[8J, note 3 ; Rutland [3J ; Shropshire [22J, E. Finally, the Memoranda Roll cited in the annotation to Lancs. [79J (i.e. E. 368/474, rot. 102) reveals that the ÂŁ20 debt of Nicholas Langford was also actually paid, but that this sum, together with all the Queen's interests in the lands seized from him, was made over to Sir William Hatton by royal grant dated 16 June, 34 Eliz. (1592).

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of common occurrence in the earlier Recusant Rolls.332 After 1596 (and especially under James I) it was customary to consign new, unpromising items quickly to the special Exannual Roll of Recusants 333 as "desperate debts", where they were often finally abandoned without formal discharge. All entries relating to the forfeiture of goods and chattels are fully translated in the present work, their brevity and diversity of form rendering analysis both unnecessary and impracticable. 5. Ex-sheriffs' debts, although occurring next in the sequence of entries in the rolls, will be more conveniently dealt with after "Statements of sheriffs' arrears" (section 7)-with which subject they are intimately connected (see p. xciv). 6. Records of annual fines paid. Reference has already been made to the thirteen recusants who during the present Exchequer year paid their annual fine of ÂŁ260. 334 The enrolments of these payments will be found in the following entries: Thomas Throgmorton-Bucks. [4J, John Arrundell-Cornwall [14J, George Cotton-Hants. [25J, Robert Aprice-Hunts., John TowneleyLanes. [137J, Ferdinand Parris-Norfolk [30J , Sir Thomas Tresham -Northants. [22J, Edward Rookewood, Edward Sullyard and Michael Hare-Suffolk [25J, [26J and [27J, John Gage-Surrey/ Sussex [28J, John Talbott-Worcs. [12J, John Sayer-Yorks. [41J. By the end of Elizabeth's reign their number had increased to fifteen, the three who had died (Parris, Rookewood and Gage) having been replaced by five others, namely, John Southcotte of Bulmer, Essex, gentleman, who began his regular payments in January, 1600335 ; Thomas Welles of Brambridge, Twyford, Hants., esquire, William Roper of Eltham, Kent, esquire, Francis Parkins of Bathampton, Wilts., esquire, who all three began in November of that year,336 Thirty-four of the items in this roll are in fact re-enrolments. This document, relating exclusively to recusants and covering the years 23 Eliz. to 10 Charles I, is listed at P.R.O. as E. 363/9, i.e. the 9th of a series of fifteen Exannual Rolls dating from Edward 1. The purpose of an "exannual" roll was to ease the burden of repetitive clerical work upon the Pipe or Recusant Roll by providing a single schedule (arranged under counties) of all debts regarded as virtually hopeless, which could be read out each year to the appropriate sheriffs, to see if any of the debts could be collected (cf. Guide (1963), I, 73). This 9th roll consists, up to 29 Eliz. (1587), almost entirely of estreated recusant fines copied out of the Pipe Rolls-fines which, until the passing of the Act of that year, were, as we have seen (p. lviii), regarded as leviable, individual debts. Such items peter out altogether by 1592, after which a gap of four years ensues. Recommencing in 1596, the roll thenceforth confines itself solely to copies of Recusant Roll items relating to unpaid forfeitures of goods, and to rent-arrears from "dead" recusant farms. 8S4 Supra, pp. xxx, xliii-iv. 835 Recusant Roll, E. 377/5, Essex'. aSB Recusant Roll, 377/8, London/Middx. 332

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and Henry James of Romden, Smarden, Kent, gentleman, who began in April 1601. 337 We are here mainly concerned with the form and significance of the entries recording these yearly dues and payments. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that, despite their prima Jacie resemblance to the simpler form of "estreated convictions" (pp. xcvi seq.), these enrolments are not based (as are the estreats) on actual convictions certified from local courts, but are entirely of Exchequer originbeing mere statements of fixed, annually recurrent debts due from such recusants as had already contracted to pay them. Their invariable omission of a date of conviction bears this out. The routine character of these entries itself emphasises the fact that a recusant's decision to pay his fines, once taken, was thereafter regarded as involving a permanent tax upon his estate. To the recusant, regularity of payment was of vital importance, in view of the statutory threat to seize his property for default "in any part of any payment"338-an alternative which, from the outset, it was his aim precisely to avoid. Imposing, in each case, a fine of £260 339 for recusancy of one year's duration (comprising thirteen lunar months), entries of this class show a fairly consistent form,340 and regularly conclude with an annotation of discharge recording the two half-yearly settlements, at Easter and Michaelmas, in the Treasury of the Exchequer. The similarity between their phrasing and that of "Enrolments of estreated convictions" has made it possible, in this work, to include both under the same scheme of analysis (see "Key"). The following entry in the present roll (Bucks. [4]) gives a typical example of the Latin text : [A] Thomas Throgmorton armiger [C] debet [D] cclx.l. [H] eo quod ipse non frequentavit aliquam ecclesiam capellam sive locum usualem communis precacionis sed seipsum abinde absentavit [E] a xxvto die Octobris anno xxxvto Regine nunc Elizabeth usque xxiiijtum diem Octobris extunc proxime sequentem anno xxxvjto eiusdem Regine scilicet per spacium tresdecim mensium [K] videlicet iuxta ratam xxviij dierum pro quolibet mense [G] contra formam actus parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium Recusant Roll, E. 377/9, London/Middx. The last four persons had been convicted at the Old Bailey, London, as residents of the local parishes of St. Dunstan-in-the-West (Welles and Parkins), St. Andrew, Rolborn (Roper), and Clerkenwell (James)-where, presumably, their Town houses were situated. The enrolment of their annual payments was continued under London/ Middx. in subsequent rolls, except that of Parkins which, in 1601 (E. 377/9), was transferred to the Wiltes' account, and there remained. Some reference to the later history of these debts will be found in C.R.S. LIn, p. 154. 388 Statute of 1586-7, §IV. 339 The exception in Suffolk [25] is explained by the fact that a payment of £280 had been recorded in the previous year. Cf. C.R.S. xvrn, p. 138. 340 In the present roll, Cornwall [14] and Rants. [25] show a variant arrangement of the usual seven points.

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xxixno die Octobris anno xxviijvo dicte domine Regine inde nuper editi et provisi pretextu predicti actus parliamenti irrotulati in Memorandis ex parte Rememoratoris Regine de anno xxixno eiusdem Regine videlicet inter Recorda de termino Pasche rotulo

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[OJ In Thesauro exx.l. xjmo dieMaii anna xxxvpo de solucione Et in Thesauro exl.l. xxviijvO die Novembris anno xxxvijmo de solucione. Et Quietus Est. (Translation) [AJ Thomas Throgmorton, esquire, [CJ owes [DJ £260 [HJ because he did not frequent any church, chapel or usual place of common prayer, but absented himself [EJ from 25th October, 35 Eliz., to 24th October next following, viz. for a period of thirteen months, [KJ reckoning twenty-eight days to every month, [GJ against the form of an act of the parliament held [i.e. begunJ at Westminster on 29th October in the 28th year of the said Queen, in that case lately published and provided, according to the text of the said act [asJ enrolled among the Memoranda, on the Queen's Remembrancer's side, of the 29th year of the same Queen, viz. among the Recorda of Easter term, rotulet [177J. [OJ In the Treasury, £120, 11th May, 36 Eliz., by payment. And in the Treasury, £140, 28th November, 37 Eliz., by payment. And he is quit. Mention should be made, in conclusion, of the special case of John Draycote, esq., of Paynesley, Draycott, Staffs., the levying of whose annual debts for recusancy was stayed by royal intervention. On 18 March 1585, the Exchequer authorities were notified, by warrant under the privy seal, that the Queen, to whom Draycote owed £600 for recusancy between March 1582, and August 1584, had made an outright grant of this sum to a certain William Ashbye, esq., "our welbeloved servaunt", for unspecified services rendered to the Crown. Again, after the passing of the statute of 1586-7, they were similarly informed (on 11 Oct., 1587) of a further grant to the same person of all future sums accruing to the Queen at the rate of £260 a year by reason of Draycote's continued recusancy, as from 22 April, 1587. On these grounds, Ashbye, in Trinity term 1591, successfully petitioned the barons in the court of Exchequer for a formal judgment discharging Draycote (and himself) of all past and future debts to the Crown in this case. Thereafter, until the end of the reign, the Recusant Rolls annually record (in the form set out above) Draycote's current debt in two half-yearly sums, always with the note of cancellation which may be seen under the entries Staffs. [24J and [26J in the present roll. The above details emerge from the Memoranda Roll there cited, 341 wherein, incidentally, it is also stated that Draycote had already compounded with Ashbye to the latter's "full satisfaction", and that an L.T.R., M.R., E. 368/464, rot. 95.

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no part of these debts had actually been paid into the Exchequer.342 An added interest attaches to the Draycote episode in that it is seemingly the earliest instance of the payment of Crown servants by the grant of recusants' forfeitures- a practice widely extended in the first seven years of the next reign. 7. Statements of sheriffs' arrears. The separation of the sheriff's recusancy account from his general account, regularised in the present year (1593), necessitated a separate recording of its audit. This was done briefly and simply in the roll itself, by a method, traditional to the Pipe Rolls, in which the entry we are now considering played a conspicuous part. It should first of all be noticed that, of the various debts set forth in a county account, the sheriff was responsible for collecting only those which were entered in the Summons of the Pipe, twice issued to him during his year of office. 343 Not all the enrolled items were so entered. This we learn from the marginal note non in somonic[ioneJ ("not in the Summons"), often to be found in the Recusant Rolls after 1594-so frequently, indeed, as to make the omission probably ascribable, not to clerical negligence, but to an official decision to ignore the debt for the time being. Other items (e.g. Wilts [4J in this roll), although entered in the Summons, bear no notes of payment or of shrieval action. Here again it would seem that a temporary stay of proceedings was ordered,344 especially in cases where the Pipe Office is directed, by the marginal note scri[bendumJ, 345 to continue the enrolment of the item in subsequent rolls. References to the writ supersedeas (e.g. Bucks. [3]), likewise more frequent after 1594, provide actual proof of the granting of such reprieves. In none of the above cases would further action by the sheriff be required. His standing charge (onus) would be confined by the auditors to the other debts enrolled, and for such of these as had been settled during the course of the year his personal acquittance was never separately recorded in the roll, but was regarded as implicit in the acquittance of the debtors themselves noted at the au ... et proinde plene satisfecit ipsum prefatum Gulielmum Asshebye ... Whether

this grant was confirmed by Elizabeth's successor has not been ascertained. However, no reference to Draycote's recusancy appears in the R.R.s of James I until 1611, when two-thirds of his lands are recorded as having been seized on 18 May of that year and immediately leased by the Crown for 41 years to "John Pursall, esq." for a rent of ÂŁ27-4-5t (E. 377/19, Res' Staff'). us Supra, pp. lxiv-v. au Information on such points, generally lacking in the Recusant Rolls, is occasionally supplied in the Memoranda Rolls under Status et Visus Compotorum (States and Views of Accounts). For instance, in L.T.R., M.R., E. 368/481, rot. 6, we learn, with reference to the entry Beds. [2J in our roll, that the sheriff Nicholas Luke was in fact discharged of the rent due from Lord Vaux's lands by a warrant of the Lord Treasurer. 345 The form scribend' is found in E. 377/14, Adhuc Item Ebor'.

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foot of the individual entries. But for debts which still remained uncollected at the end of his year 346 a special aUditing procedure was reserved. These debts, having been onied, i.e. conditionally re-charged to him, were now made the subject of a separate arrears account and re-enrolled among the final items of the county in a special financial statement 347 . The general purpose of this entry will, it is hoped, be clarified as we proceed. For the moment we are concerned with its actual composition. When complete, the "Statement of sheriff's arrears" has five divisions, the first three of which (A, B, and C in our analysis : see "Key to the Abstracts") relate to the preliminary work of the auditors, viz. the identifying of the particular debts and the calculation of the total deficit (the Summa). These three divisions, unlike the remaining two (D and E) always appear in their entirety. Division D, intended for later annotations describing the sheriff's corresponding discharges (gained after such respites as the court had allowed him for this purpose), and division E, intended for details of his final settlement and acquittance, are rarely found to be completed. How rarely this was done is exemplified in the present roll. In only seven of the twenty-three Statements here displayed does the Quietus occur. 348 In the remaining sixteen, division D is either entirely omitted349 or present only in part 350 (indicating that the time allowed for its completion had expired before the sheriff's settlement and final discharge could be registered), and division E contains, instead, a closing note of deferment to a later roll.351

A complete clearance of all his commitments by that time was rarely achieved. Only five sheriffs succeeded in doing so within the present year, viz. those of Bucks., Dorset, Kent, Rutland and Somerset-whose recusancy accounts were comparatively small. 347 Supra, pp. lxvi-vii. One should point out that the only example of this type of entry occurring in the first Recusant Roll may be seen under Hampshire in C.R.S. XVIII, p. 289, 1. 35 seq. 348 See Berks. [l1J, Gloucs. [8J, Lines. [17J, Northants. [23J, Shropshire [22J, Suffolk [26] and Wilts. [llJ. 849 See Cambs. [9J, Cornwall [1 5J, Derbys. [8J, Devon [7J, Essex [18J, Westmld [5J and Worcs. [17J. 350 See Hants. [27J, Herefords. [18J, Mon. [4J, Norf. [31J, Notts. [8J, Oxfords. [17] Staffs. [23J, Surr./Sussex [29J and Yorks. [43J. 351 It will be seen that for twelve counties in the present roll no "Statements" appear. In the case of the Palatinates (Cheshire and Lanes.) and Wales, the reason will be explained later (pp. cvi seq). It is already obvious in the case of the five counties mentioned in note 346, where every debt had been accounted for. With regard to Beds., Leics. and London/Middx, the smallness of their accounts may well have been the reason. But as to why Warwicks., with its sizeable account, lacks all indication of an audit no satisfactory explanation can be offered. There seems to be no doubt that its sheriff of this year was not charged to collect his recusancy dues (nor, according to the corresponding Pipe Roll, was he charged therewith in his general account). Oddly enough, this apparent inertness continues for another two years. Not until 1595 (E. 377/4) does the roll of this county begin to show signs of Exchequer activity regarding recusants' debts. 346

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Nevertheless, even when incomplete, these latter sections remain the focal point of our interest. From the dates given in division E, for instance, we can prove that it was an established Exchequer custom to keep the Statement open for annotations up to two years after the expiry of sheriffs' patents (throughout which period the roll would doubtless remain in the custody of the auditors), i.e., in the case of the present roll, until Michaelmas, 38 Eliz. (1596)352 Again, a note of deferment in division E is of importance in that, if pursued, it leads us immediately to an entry setting forth these sheriff's arrears in the form of an ex-sheriff's debt, by means of which their history can be followed through later rolls (see below). The value of division D lies in the fact that we are therein informed of the manner in which, and the extent to which, the sheriff obtained -item by item-his particular discharges. A study of division D in the Elizabethan series of Statements discloses three methods whereby sheriffs could be discharged of their arrears of recusant debts. These methods we may summarise as follows. (a) By post-audit payments into the Receipt of the Exchequer-of which an example occurs in the case of John Grove's debt in the excerpt below. (b) By the Treasurer's warrant for "allowances" exhibited to the auditors by the accounting sheriff. It was customary in the Exchequer thus to reimburse a sheriff for personal expenses incurred in the course of official duties by deducting the amount from the total of his arrears (e.g. Lancs. [142}, postscript).353 Similar reductions of a sheriff's debt might also be allowed by the application of surpluses from other accounts. 354 Evidence of such procedure, however, is seldom found in the Recusant Rolls.355 (c) By the transference of the charge to a later sheriff-a proceeding, likewise traditional in the Exchequer, which was initiated by the sheriff's petition to a baron, accompanied by an affidavit that Note for example the date in division E of the (complete) entry Lincs. [17]. This custom may well explain why the enrolling of estreats was regularly performed in rolls dated two years earlier than the estreats themselves. No later rolls would seemingly have been available to the estreating clerks. Cf. infra, pp. xcix-c, "Location of entry". 363 The recusancy arrears of sheriff Roger Boddenham (Herefords. [18]) were likewise diminished in 1597 by an allowance of ÂŁ6-13-8 for his expenses in conveying (named) prisoners from Hay and Hereford to Ludlow for the Assizes. L.T.R., M.R., E. 368/478, Status et Visus Compotorum: see also his "Ex-sheriff's debt" in R.R., E. 377/6, Here!,. 364 Thus in R.R., E. 377/8, Wiltes' it is recorded that a surplus of ÂŁ7-5-4 held by John Straker, farmer of the lands of the recusant Silvester Huysshe (Somerset [2]), was allowed in part-payment of the arrears of Edward Hungerford, sheriff of Wiltes. Procedure in such transactions is described by Gilbert, op. cit., 153-5. 366 The Memoranda Rolls (States and Views of Accounts) appear to indicate that allowances connected with the sheriff's recusancy business were almost invariably applied to the reduction of arrears in his general account.

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the money could not be found. 356 The procedure was, first, to re-assign responsibility for the debt to the original debtor (the "tenants", or the lessee, of the seized property) by inserting the sum as "further arrears" under the entry of the latter's farm in a subsequent roll, and then to put it in charge, by Summons of the Pipe, to the sheriff of that year. The formula used in recording this transference and the resultant discharge of the departing sheriff may also be seen in the cases of David and John Grove quoted below. This repeated shifting of the burden of obstinate debts from sheriff to sheriff in the hope of final settlement sometime by someone was a frequent Exchequer practice. Instances of it abound in the Recusant Rolls. Being the authoritative summary of the sheriff's residual account and the intended locus of his final acquittance, the Statement represents (in theory at least) the culmination of the Exchequer's dealings with him, and high importance was officially attached to it-as is indicated by the artistic elaboration with which, as in the Pipe Roll prototypes, its initial letter is penned (see Frontispiece). Throughout the present work, these entries, by reason of their excessively repetitive character, have been rendered mostly in precis. Their general form may be gathered from the following example (Wiltshire, entry [11]).357 [A] Idem vicecomes videlicet Johannes Thynne armiger reddit compotum [B] de liij.l. vj.s. viij.d. quadrante pro tenentibus duarum parcium terrarum & tenementorum Johannis Grove Et. xij.1. pro tenentibus duarum parcium terrarum & tenementorumDavid Grove sicut supra continetur [C] SUMMA lxv.l. vj.s. viij.d. quadrans [D] Sed tenentes resp- duarum parcium terrarum & tenementorum David Grove de ond- quibus oneratur supra de xij.1. respondent inde in rotulo etur sequenti in Wiltes' post firmam suam Et tenentes duarum 358 parcium terrarum & tenementorum Johannis Grove de quibus 8118

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This shorthand sign, now generally interpreted as comprising the first and last letters of the word respondetur ("it is answered": cf. p. ciii, note 416), invariably occurs in the margin opposite annotations recording the transference of the sheriff's responsibility for a debt. In this case, the charge is transferred to the "tenants". Usually found only in connection with "Statements of sheriffs' arrears", the sign occasionally appears elsewhere, e.g. alongside the annotations to Lancs. [93J and [97J in this roll (where the sheriff's responsibility is passed to commissioners). As an auditors' memorandum, its importance of course lies in the necessary implication that in regard to such debts the current sheriff is exonerated-a fact to which the Quietus of sheriff Hutton (see p.lxv, note 247) bears witness, by the words Et exoneratur which are there actually prefixed to all items of this kind.

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resp- similiter oneratur supra de liij.l. vj.s. viij.d. quadrante respondond- ent in rotulo sequenti in Wiltes' post firm am suam de xxxv.!. etur xj.s. j.d. obolo inde Et in thesauro xvij.!. xv.s. viij.d. xxix DO die Novembris anno xxxviijvO de quibus oneratur supra infra quandam summam liij.l. vIs. viij.d. quadran tis sub nomine Johannis Grove de solucione [E] Et habet superplusagium de j.d. quadrantis quos remittit Regine. Et Quietus Est. (Translation) [A] The same sheriff, viz. John Thynne, esquire, renders an account [B] of £53-6-81 for the tenants of two [third] parts of the lands & tenements of John Grove, and of £12 for the tenants of two [third] parts of the lands & tenements of David Grove, as is contained above. [C] Total: £65-6-81. [D] But the tenants of two-thirds of the lands and tenements It is of David Grove, for whom he [sheriff] is charged above in ans- the sum of £12, [themselves] answer for it in the next [Recuswered ant] Roll, under" Wiltes' ", after their farm. And the tenants of two-thirds of the lands & tenements of It is John Grove, for whom he [sheriff] is charged above in the ans- sum of £53-6-81, [themselves] answer for £35- 11- 1t thereof wered in the next [Recusant] Roll, under" Wiltes' ", after their farm. And on 29th November in the 38th year [of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1595)], £17-15-8, of the sum of £53-6-81, for which he [sheriff] is charged as above, was paid into the Treasury [of the Exchequer, anq.· there entered] under the name of John Grove. . [E] And he [sheriffJ has a surplus of 1 ld., which he remits to the Queen. And he [sheriffJ is quit. The purport of the above account is that John Thynne finished his year of office still owjng to the Crown a gross debt of £65-6-81-, due to be collected from two recusant items-the rents and arrears of David and John Grove (Wilts. [10] and [3J). £17-15-8 of this sum (covering one year's rent from the latter property) he collected and paid into the Exchequer on 29 November, 1595- about a year after the inception of his final audit proceedings. 359 With regard to the remainder of the debt, he obtained, upon petition, a discharge, by being allowed to transfer responsibility for settlement to the tenants themselves, and thence to the next sheriff. Having thus cleared his account, he received his Quietus. One should point out that if the above-mentioned payment of £17-15-8 be added to the payments noted beneath the entries numbered 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in this Wiltshire section of the roll, it will be found that Thynne, who was clearly one of the more diligent sheriffs in this particular field, produced, in all, £150-9- 11 for the Queen from the recusants of his county. 35\1

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The later history of the two transferred Grove debts shows several points of interest, and the tracing of them through the rolls affords us a useful glimpse of the system followed by the Pipe Office clerks. In its main aspects the course here described is typical of many such cases. Turning to "the next roll, under 'Wilts'" (i.e. E. 377/3)referred to in the quoted text above-we discover that the re-enrolment of David Grove's lands now bears a note of permanent discharge, citing the L.T.R. Memoranda Roll of Hilary term, 37 E1iz. (1594/5).360 Thus both tenants and sheriff were speedily freed of the first debt (£12), and the entry does not reappear after this date. 361 A much longer career, however, awaited the second debt, viz. that of £35-11-1l due from the tenants of the lands of John Grove. This, having been added, in the same "next roll", to the rent (£17-15-6£) for the current year, as "arrears for John Thynne, the late sheriff"-and joined with a further debt of £8 due from another property more recently seized from Grove 362-now formed part ofa total debt of£61-6-81. No payment was made during that year (Mich. 1594-5) by the tenants of either farm; consequently both items were onied for the current sheriff-Edward Hungerford, esq.-and the debts entered as separate charges against him in his "Statement of arrears", a further two years being allowed him in which to find the money or show "sufficient reason for his discharge". He failed to do either, and, the barons having refused to transfer the debts to another sheriff, his Statement was closed with the note "And he answers in [Recusant] Roll, 39 Eliz. under Wilts". (Mich. 1597-8). Continuing our search in this later roll (E.377/6), we now find Hungerford's total arrears (£61-6-81) set forth as a separate entry among the rental items of the county account-in the form of an "Ex-sheriff's debt" (described below). Herein, be it noted, Hungerford's name alone (not Grove's) is mentioned, and henceforth only under this guise will the debt be recorded and traceable in the rolls. Sir James Marvin was the sheriff of this year, and Hungerford's E. 368/478, rot. 145. Judgment for "removal of the Queen's hands" was given on the grounds that the lands were copyhold. By a directive of the Judges (Recusant History, IV, p. 194 (16)) the seizure of such lands was forbidden. The present item thus fixes an early date for this ruling. 361 Other property of his was seized in 1598 (E. 377/7, Wiltes'), but this again was found to be copyhold, and was likewise discharged. David Grove, a copyholder of the manor of Marten, was apparently untouchable by process of this kind. His goods indeed could have been seized, but (oddly enough) there is no evidence of such proceedings-up to 1610 at least. Whether he was prosecuted by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners is of course not recorded here. 362 This was Ashgrove Farm in Donhead St. Mary, seized in 1591 and previously unrecorded in the Recusant Rolls. 160

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debt, remaining unpaid, was re-charged to the former at his audit in October, 1598. Marvin's "Statement of arrears", however, shows him to have later raised, on his own account, the current rent from Grove's farms, whereupon he was allowed to transfer responsibility for Hungerford's debt and received his Quietus, Hungerford himself (it is added) "answering for his debt in the roll of 41 Eliz., under " Wilts' ". The above procedure accordingly recommences in the last-mentioned Recusant Roll (1599-1600: E. 377/8) with the re-enrolment of Hungerford's "Ex-sheriff's debt", which, still unpaid, was given in charge to the current sheriff, Walter Vaughan. Vaughan it was, apparently, who engineered the transfer of the Straker surplus already referred to,363 thus reducing the debt by £7-5-4 to a total of £54-1-41. In a similar way it then passed through the account of Henry Baynton (1602-3)-who for one year carried it within a similar debt of his own-until, still at that figure, it finally reached the hands of John Hungerford, sheriff of 1605-6 (E.377/14). It was Grove himself who eventually called a halt to these wearisome proceedings. On 27 February, 1605/6, he solved everyone's problems by presenting himself before Henry Cotton, bishop of Salisbury, to make his submission, hear Divine Service and promise life-long religious conformity, "in due obedience to the King's Most Protestant Majesty,364 his heirs and successors". The final episode took place in the Exchequer at the end of Hilary term, 1606, when, producing the bishop's certificate, he petitioned for and obtained by judgment of the court, a discharge of all penalties due to his former recusancy, and the restoration of his lands, by virtue of the Act 1 James I, cap. 4, §2. 365 All that now remained to be done was to clear the Recusant Roll of these debts. This the annotator did in the last-mentioned one (E.377/14; under "Item Wiltes' ") by adding beneath the eleven-year-old "Ex-sheriff's debt" of Edward Hungerford,366 and also beneath the current

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Supra, p. lxxxix, note 354. in sua debita obedientia Regie Protestantissime Maiestati . .. This striking phrase regularly occurs in formal records of submission as given in the Memoranda Rolls. An Elizabethan example (1601) is quoted in Biographical Studies, II, p. 126. It is noteworthy, however, that in the bishop's (English) certificate of conformity (always included in the record) the phrase "the King's most excellent majesty" is substituted. A doctrinal point would seem to be at issue here.

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re-enrolments of Grove's lands, the official note of acquittance, with a citation of the Memoranda Roll recording the case. 367 Ex-sheriff's debts. From the foregoing facts we gather that this class of entry is the formula used in the Pipe Office for the recording of a post-audit deficit in a sheriff's account, and for the transmitting of that deficit, in terms of a gross sum, through subsequent Pipe, or Recusant, Rolls until the account was settled. The sixteen undischarged sheriffs of the present year (ending at Michaelmas, 1594) are those whose arrearage accounts are listed above. 368 Division E of these Statements indicate that they were granted respites, in some cases, of one year (until Mich. "37 Eliz." : 1595), in other cases, of two years (until Mich. "38 Eliz.") after the completion of their terms of office, for the personal clearing of their outstanding debts. 369 The Statements were then closed, and the existing balance against each sheriff was immediately embodied, as an "ex-sheriff's debt", in the new roll opening at that date. Thenceforth it was by way of this formal entry that the Exchequer continued to deal with him-no longer directly, but as with a private debtor, through the agency of a series of his successors in the shrieval office, who in turn assumed temporary charge of the debt and could be empowered to use the normal means of coercion against him for its settlement. 370 Always containing (for Exchequer purposes) a reference to the sheriff's original "Statement of arrears"-ofwhich, in fact, it is a brief summary-the entry ensured that the individual items constituting its total would be kept under frequent review by later sheriffs, and enabled the Exchequer, amidst a welter of such debts, never to lose sight of a single one of them. Though diminutive in size, it formed an important link in the accounting scheme, and, as such, an appreciation of its functions is essential for those who would study the rolls. Since the sheriffs named in this roll are the first to render separate accounts for recusant revenue, it will be understood that no examples of the present type of entry will appear until the Recusant Roll of L.T.R., M.R., 3 James I, Hilary Recorda (E. 368/522, rot. 204). The circumstances of John Grove's submission, as outlined in this record, seem to carry some interesting implications. A convicted recusant from April 1587, his lands-first seized in October 1588- were found by two later commissions (1600 and 1601) to be actually copyholds. Why, then, did he not (as did David Grove) plead his discharge on these grounds, instead of conforming? Was it because, in the midst of the Powder Plot scare, some considerable pressure was being put upon him by the Ecclesiastical authorities? There is clear evidence in the Recusant Roll of 1605-6 (E. 377/14, Res' Wiltes') that Bishop Cotton (1598-1615) was an exceptionally energetic hunter of papists. In September 1605 (Le. before the Plot) he headed the Exchequer Commission for the seizure of their lands in Wiltshire and was busily engaged in this work. 368 Supra, p. lxxxviii, notes 349 and 350. 369 This period was seemingly never longer than two years. 870 Cf. W. A. Morris, The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300, pp. 256-7. 867

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1595-6 (37 Eliz.: E. 377/4). Therein we shall find the six earliest "Ex-sheriff's debts" relating solely to recusancy. They concern the present sheriffs of Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Essex, Herefordshire and Staffordshire, and are entered under their appropriate counties. 371 Thenceforth entries of this kind are of frequent occurrence. Their general form never varies. The following example from the 4th Recusant Ro1l372 shows the debt of ex-sheriff Thomas Lower (cf. Cornwall [15] in the present document). [A] Thomas Lower armiger nuper vicecomes [B] de anno xxxv to Regine huius [C] [debet] clxxj.l. ij.s.j.d. [DJ de pluribus debitis suis pro recusantibus [E] sicut continetur in rotulo xxxvto in Cornubia. [FJ De quibus vicecomes respondet infra [L. Margin] oni (Translation) [A] Thomas Lower, esquire, lately sheriff [BJ of the 35th year [of the reignJ of the present Queen [CJ [owesJ373 £171-2-1, [D] [being the total] of his various debts for recusants; [EJ as is contained in the [RecusantJ Roll of 35 Elizabeth, under "Cornwall" [FJ For which the [currentJ sheriff answers below. 374 [L. MarginJ [The current sheriffJ is charged, unless . .. 375 The particular recusant debts constituting the total sum mentioned are never specified until the time of their individual discharge-when they sometimes reappear in a postscript to a repetition of the entry. In the above case, for instance, the debt due from the lands of Elizabeth Arrundell (Cornwall [12J, and [15J B) again comes to light in the 5th Recusant Roll, when her arrears of £6-13-4 are expressly eliminated from ex-sheriff Lower's charge 376 thus reducing his total debt to £164-8-9. Further reductions were similarly recorded in the following years. To these must be added the ex-sheriff's debt of Sir John Seymor of Hants, 1592-3, who was actually the earliest to render a separate recusancy account (cf. supra, p. lxxxviii, n. 347). Those of the remaining ten sheriffs of the present year (ibid., notes 349 and 350) appear in the following roll (38 Eliz. : E. 377/5). 872 Latin expanded. The letters in square brackets refer to the analysis in the "Key". 373 Space left in MS for the word debet (owes): cf. pp. lxiv, xcix. Not due for insertion until after the charging of the current sheriff, it was often omitted, apparently through negligence. Under James I, however, it was commonly inserted. 874 I.e. in his "Statement of arrears". 875 These two annotations (division F) are regularly added, at every re-enrolment, until the sheriff-debtor is finally discharged. 876 The record cited for this discharge is L.T.R., M.R., 37 Eliz., Mich., Recorda (E. 368/481, rot. 165). Incidentally, it states that the petitioner was a "John Arundell, esq.", who was allowed amoveas manus on 18 Oct. 1595, having satisfied the court that Cregmoricke actually belonged not to Elizabeth, but to him. No further information is given regarding the identity or relationship of these two persons. 871

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Thomas Lower, still owing ÂŁ87-15-8~ of his original debt in 1612,377 proves to have been by far the most dilatory of the sheriffs who took office in the present year. 378 Delays of several years were nevertheless quite common. The number and duration of exsheriffs' debts in the Recusant Rolls indicate the difficulty experienced by the Exchequer, despite a vast amount of office-work meticulously performed, in exacting financial penalties during this period. 8. Enrolments of estreated convictions. It has been pointed out above that the recording of the year's business ended with the Statement of the sheriff's arrears. The Recusant Rolls, however, are not merely a series of sheriffs' accounts: they served also as registers of recusants' convictions- a function in no way connected (as we shall see) with the business of the current year or with the sheriffs under whose accounts the convictions are enrolled. These lists of convictions provided the new material upon which the Exchequer concentrated at a later date in the work of property-seizure, their enrolment being an essential prelude to such future action. Form. In Section II of the statute of 1587-6 it was laid down that " . . . every conviction [for recusancy] hereafter . . . shall, from the Justices before whom record of such conviction shall remain, be estreated and certified into the said Court of Exchequer before the end of the term next ensuing after every such conviction ... " As delivered into the Exchequer from the local courts,379 the certified abstracts known as "estreats" (see p. xxiii) listed the convicted recusants of each county in groups according to the date of conviction, stating, after the first person mentioned, the main particulars contained in their annotated indictment-the period of recusancy, the date of conviction and the fine incurred. 380 As afterwards enrolled by the Exchequer clerks, the estreats, between the years 1581 and 1587, had been mere copies of the actual certificates sent in by the Justices. An example from the Pipe Roll of 23 Eliz. may be Englished thus: Richard Lingen, lately of Dormington in the county of Hereford, esq., [owes] ÂŁ60, because he, being above the age of sixteen years, did not repair to his parish church, nor to any other church, chapel or usual place of common prayer and service from 22 Sept., 24 Eliz. [1582] to 5 Jan. next following, viz. for the space of three months, but forbore the same, wherefore he was convicted at Hereford Assizes on Thursday, 7 March, 25 Eliz. [1583].381 Cf. E. 377/17. Cornwall was always one of the least remunerative areas in the matter of recusant rents. 378 Francis Stonard (Oxfords. [17]), his closest competitor in this respect, obtained his quittance in 1607. 879 Supra, p. Iviii. 880 Recusant convictions were also entered in local court-books of "Fines, Amercements and Recognisances forfeited and assessed", many of which still survive in county archives. A late example in transcribed in C.R.S., XXXIV, Introd., p. Iii. 381 E. 372/427, Res' Hereford'. 377

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After 1587, however, although the estreats on arrival retained the same simple form, their Exchequer enrolments became notably more elaborate, embodying additional matter relevant to the requirements of the statute of that date. With the exception of certain items under London/Middlesex, this new form is universally exhibited in the present roll. The following example gives the first two items of the Essex list (entry [19]).382 [AJ Johannes Moore de Layghton in comitatu Essex' generosus [BJ (space for debet) [DJ clx.l. [FJ videlicet cxx.I. inde [GJ virtute Actus praedicti [H] quia non accessit ad aliquam ecclesiam capellam vel alium locum usualem communis precacionis [J] ad aliquod tempus infra sex menses integros proxime sequentes vicesimum diem Decembris anno xxxvijmo Regine huius [LJ Et xU. residuum [MJ a die Jovis xxvjto383 die Februarii anno xxxviijvo quo die convictus fuit [N] usque xxijdumdiem Aprilis extunc proxime sequentem scilicet pro duo bus mensibus [OJ Eo quod ipse non fecit submissionem et devenit confirmabilis 384 secundum veram intencionem Actus Parliamenti de anno xxiijCio eiusdem Regine in huiusmodi casu editi et provisi Radulphus Worsley de Dagenham in comitatu predicto generosus alias dictus Hugo Worsley de eadem generosus (space for debet) clx. 1. pro consimili [PJ [L. MarginJ fiat commissio (Translation) [AJ John Moore of Layghton in the county of Essex, gentleman, [BJ (space for owes) [DJ £160, [FJ to wit, £120 thereof [GJ by virtue of the aforesaid Act, [HJ because he did not attend any church, chapel or usual place of common prayer [JJ at any time within six full months next following the twentieth day of December in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of the present Queen, [LJ and the remaining £40 for the period from [MJ Thursday, · the twenty-sixth day of February, 38 Eliz., on which day he was convicted, [N] until the 22nd day of April next following, i.e. for two [lunarJ months, [OJ because he did not make submission and become conformable according to the true meaning of an Act of Parliament of the 23rd year of the reign of the same Queen in a like case made and provided. Ralph Worsley of Dagenham in the aforesaid county, gentleman, otherwise called Hugh Worsley of the same, gentleman, (space for owes) £160 for the like [offence]. [PJ [L. MarginJ Let a commission be issued.

Latin expanded. The letters in square brackets refer to the analysis in the "Key". 883 Sic, for "xxvto ". 384 Sic, for "conformabilis"-an habitual error in these enrolments (cf. wording of the statute of 1586-7, §§III and IV). 382

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Thus the construction of post-1587 enrolled estreats is so devised as to include not merely the fine stated in the original certificate, but also the additional fine (at the same rate of £20 a month) which was imposed in section IV of the recent statute for persistent refusal, after conviction, of the proffered discharge in return for submission and conformity.385 Let us first observe, therefore, that these additional "1587" penalties were applied and recorded not by the Justices before whom the recusant was convicted, but by the Exchequer authorities. Other facts to be inferred from the enrolled estreats in this and later rolls may be briefly stated as follows. (a) The work of recasting the estreats was performed only in the terms of Easter and Michaelmas. 386 (b) The extent of the recusant's further period of non-compliance was reckoned by the number of lunar months (28 days) which had elapsed between his conviction and the date in Easter (or Michaelmas) term chosen for the enrolment of the estreat. 387 Both (a) and (b) are firmly established by the data in divisions M and N. (c) From the dates of conviction (division M) we gather that this new form of enrolment was reserved exclusively for estreats issuing from the general assizes 388 and from other courts whose estreats likewise came to hand at convenient times for Exchequer recasting at Easter and Michaelmas. Many of the estreats from the gaoldelivery sessions of Newgate, London, did not do so, and were copied without alteration into the roll.389 The same applies to estreats from sessions of the peace of all counties after 1606. 390 (d) Recusant Rolls of the 17th century show, however, that recasting, even of estreats sent in from the assizes, was sometimes omitted-especially in cases where conviction had not followed immediately after the period of the offence. The existence of such exceptions indicates that the explicit statement therein of the" 1587" penalties was not regarded by the Exchequer as prerequisite to the

Cf. divisions L, M, N, and 0 in our analysis. The words "according to the true meaning ... " (in division 0) refer to the interpretation given to §§V and X of the statute of 1581 by §§ IV and VI of the statute of 1586-7-to the effect that the fines are now to be regarded as running on until submission and conformity, but that a discharge may be obtained by submission and conformity, even after conviction (supra, pp. xxiv, xxix-xxx, xxxiii-iv; xxvi). 886 For the dates of the law terms see pp. xxvii-viii. 887 Thus the date 22 April 1596 in division N of the above example will be seen to be the 56th day (two lunar months) after the stated date of conviction (26th Feb.). In Recusant History, IV, 186, the date in division N is wrongly said to be the day on which the estreat was despatched to the Exchequer. It could in fact have been sent in at any time before or during Easter term. 388 Supra, pp. xxviii-ix. 889 Ibid. The Newgate Gaol-delivery estreats, entered in the present roll under London/Midd' [3J, show examples of both forms of enrolment-depending on the date of the sessions at which the conviction was recorded. 890 cr. p. xxiii, note 72. 885

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levying of them, but was merely a token acknowledgment of the implications of the Act. As Hawkins argues, these additional accumulative fines were not strictly "of record". 391 Purport. As will already be obvious, the enrolled estreats are not records of fine-payments. 392 It is maintained above (p. Ix) that after 1587 they were regarded by the Exchequer merely as records of certified recusant convictions, enrolled in preparation for an immediate issue of process for property-seizure-the latter being now the statutory penalty facing every recusant who had failed (as had all the persons in these lists) to pay their fines at the stipulated time. This interpretation receives further support from the omission of the word debet (owes), for which a blank space is regularly left in the MS (see division B in our analysis)- indicating that the fines mentioned are actually uncharged debts, and therefore not due for levying by the current sheriff. 393 In fact, no such shrieval action was involved until at least a year later, when, the process of commission having resulted in the seizure and enrolment of the recusants' possessions, the Summons of the Pipe was issued demanding the collection, not of the fines, but of the rents and other dues consequent upon such seizure: by which time another sheriff was in office. The debet in the estreat meanwhile remained conspicuous by its absence. It was indeed never inserted unless the recusant either discharged the debt by paying the actual fine, thus beginning a series of annual fine-payments,394 or was excused from all liability upon plea in the court of Exchequer-in which cases the word was added at the same time as the 'a nnotation of discharge, to complete the record. 395 The above evidence clearly demonstrates the dissociation of the listed estreats from the current account of the roll.396 Location of entry. The latter conclusion is furthermore strikingly corroborated by the discrepancy between the date of the convictions given in the estreats (division M) and that of the roll in which they are entered. It was precisely because the estreats, as such, in no way affected the sheriff's charge that the clerk was free to inscribe Pleas of the Crown, I, ch. 10, sect. 56. Actually, of course, the fines "ran on for ever till conformity" (supra, p. xxx), and were not limited to the extra months mentioned in the enrolment. 392 Such items were separately enrolled, and always bear the annotation of payment. See "Record of annual fines paid" (supra, pp. lxxxiv-vii). 393 "the Sheriff was not to levy any estreats before they were brought in charge by the Summons of the Pipe" Gilbert, op. cit., 116. Cf. supra, p. lxiv. 39 4 See John Southcote's first payment in R.R., E. 377/5, Essex'. Subsequent annual payments were of course enrolled in the form shown on p. lxxxv. 895 A recorded discharge would have been meaningless unless it cancelled a , recorded charge. Examples of this procedure are fairly common in the present roll, e.g. Devon [8J and Essex [19J (Margaret Terryll's estreat). We should here observe that this annotating was performed on all enrolled estreats of the recusant's previous convictions, even (as in the latter example) after the lands had been seized. 896 This important feature of the estreats is referred to on p. xcvi. 891

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them in any convenient roll. Curiously enough, the roll chosen was usually of a date two years earlier than that of the conviction,397 so that in the present document the convictions are nearly all of the year 1595-6. One can only surmise the reason for the consistency of this choice. It may be suggested that the contemporary roll and its predecessor were normally retained by the auditors for work in connection with the clearing of sheriffs' accounts, and were not available, during that time, to the engrosser of the estreats. 398 Whatever the reason, the fact emerges that the date of the roll in which an estreat is entered is itself of no particular historical significance. This is a point to be borne in mind when investigating the Exchequer history of a convicted recusant. Having discovered an enrolled estreat relating to the subject of his study, the searcher, ignoring the date of the roll, should concentrate his attention on the date of conviction mentioned in the estreat, and, allowing a full year for the issue and return of process, begin his quest for evidence of further Exchequer action in the roll of the second Exchequer year following that date. Herein-if proceedings for sequestration had been carried out with promptitude-he might expect to find the first enrolment of the recusant's lands and/or goods. From what has been said above it will be clear that the roll marked out for examination with regard to most of the estreats in the present document is that of 1597-8. 399 Search ought not, however, to be confined to the county under which the estreat was entered. This is especially important in the case of estreats enrolled under London/ Middlesex, where recusants with seizable estates in other counties were often convicted while staying at their Town lodgings. Several examples occur in the present roll of a conviction in London originating a land-seizure in the provinces. 400 The London/Middlesex estreats are therefore always well worthy of the student's attention, whatever the locale of his interest. General comments. It must be said, however, that many disillusionments await the explorer of the Recusant Rolls. Of the majority of estreats in our document, for instance, I can find only a handful (in Somerset, Wilts. and Norfolk) which came duly to Four years earlier in the case of George Easton (Somerset [4]). On the other hand, Yorkshire estreats in the present roll give convictions which are of an earlier date than the roll. In this they are quite exceptional. An attempt seems to have been made in 1600 (E. 377/8) to enter estreats uniformly in the contemporary roll, but the old anomaly soon recommenced-and persisted thereafter. 398 Cf. p. lxxxix, note 352. 899 I.e. 39Âˇ40 Eliz. (E. 377/6). 400 See the annotations to the estreats relating to William Gerrard and John Robertson (London/Midd', [3]); see also the place of residence mentioned in entries Cornwall [5J, Devon [4J and Essex [16J. Francis Plowden's penalty (Berks, [6J and Salop [15]) was likewise due to a conviction in London; cf. C.R.s. XVIII, p. 145. 897

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fruition in the roll of 1597- 8. 401 There is in fact ample evidence that seizure of property by no means inevitably ensued. The names on these lists, in certain counties and during periods of more intense watchfulness,402 run into thousands. Many commissions indeed were issued, each with its annexed list of cases to be investigated, but it would seem that the Exchequer, overwhelmed by so great a harvest, omitted from the schedules vast numbers of available recusants. Moreover (and this applies to all periods), many whose names the Exchequer included in the schedules were eliminated, after inquiry, by the jurors' verdicts. Thus, in 1589, a jury in the West Riding of Yorkshire, having been handed a list of 46 recusants for investigation, reported to the commissioners that only 14 of them had seizable property, the remaining 32 "being seised of no lands nor possessed of any goods to our knowledge" -a suspiciously sweeping verdict, which was nevertheless allowed to pass. 403 We may therefore safely infer that a considerable number of the less notorious or less wealthy recusants in this way escaped further attention from the Exchequer, even after the inquisitions had been carried out. An estreated conviction may thus quite frequently turn out to be the only type of reference to a recusant discoverable in the rolls. Nevertheless, an enrolled estreat, even if not scheduled for inquiry by a commission, represented an abiding threat to the recusant's possessions, and since it was not uncommon for offenders to be repeatedly convicted and enrolled before,,proceedings for seizure of property were begun, one ought not to abandon too soon the search for evidence of this later development. A remarkable example of delayed Exchequer action is to be seen in the case of the recusant yeoman, John Cherington of Edgmond (Shropshire [24]), whose story is told at considerable length in the Memoranda Roll of Hilary term 1646/7404 cited in the postscript beneath his enrolled estreat (p. 151). The son and heir-apparent of a non-recusant, Cherington was convicted for recusancy on no fewer than eight occasions between 1594 and 1607 before a commission was sent out to assess and seize his lands. 405 The seizure, in fact, did not take place until October, 1624 406-after he had succeeded to the family

Property-seizure in some cases may have been delayed. Later rolls have not been exhaustively searched on this point. '02 E.g. Yorks. and Lanes., at the end of Elizabeth's reign and after the year 1605. 403 L.T.R., M.R., E. 368/456, rot. 11 v. Some of the above 32 persons/ however, were not so fortunate at a later inquiry. ' '04 E. 368/667, rot. 4. '05 Situated in Cherrington (Edgmond parish), Tibberton and Waters Upton, Shropshire. '08 Cf. R.R., E. 377/33, Salop'. 401

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estate-and it was done by reason of these twenty-year-old convictions. 407 The tenacity of the Exchequer in dealing with persistent disobedience is here well illustrated. While the enrolled estreats of conviction are of considerable historical interest and provide reliable evidence of the recusancy of the persons concerned, they need to be studied with circumspection. Christian names may possibly be erroneous. 408 Corrupt spelling of surnames is common. Place-names are often hardly recognisable. Defects of this kind, no doubt traceable to the shortcomings of original informants and the reticence of the persons accused, are of course common in records of this character and period, and need cause little surprise-especially when it is realised that by the time they reached the Recusant Roll they were at least fourth-hand copies. 409 There is no reason to think that these recusant estreats are abnormally inaccurate. That factual accuracy was, in general, striven for by the framers of the original indictments is shown, for instance, by the presence of aliases or alternative names in several estreat-lists in this roll. 410 Finally, a note on the not-infrequent coupling of the designation "spinster" with that of "wife". 411 It should be remarked that before the 17th century "spinster" signified simply "a spinner of wool", not "an unmarried woman" (cf. a.E.D.). The combination "spinster-uxor" in Elizabethan records therefore carries no necessary implication of a clandestine marriage. 412

9. Annotations. The official annotations or postscripts to the roll are of two kinds, marginal and textual, and may be found in connection with any type of entry except the Preambles. All are fully translated in the present work, with the exception of those occurring in Statements of sheriffs' arrears, where an abridgment is given.

The record shows that having died in 1642 he was buried in Chedulton parish church (Staffs) on 8 Oct., of that year, and was succeeded by his grandson, another John Cherington, who now (on 11 Feb. 1646/7 : 22 Car. I) successfully petitioned the Exchequer to "remove the King's hands" from his lands on the evidence of an affidavit signed by a "John Cherrington of Parkhouse, Staffs. gent''' to the effect that this grandson "ever was and still is conformable to the Religion established in the Church of England". 408 "They may be indicted by such names as they are known, if other names be not found" (Practice Directions of the Judges: quoted in Recusant History, IV, p. 193, no. 1). '09 Originating usually as churchwardens' presentments, they were copied successively by engrossers of indictments, by writers of estreats at the assizes and by clerks in the Exchequer. uo See those of Essex, Hants., Staffs., Somerset, Suffolk and Worcs. Ul Examples may be seen in the estreat-lists of Hants., Lanes., London/Middx, Mon., Salop, Somerset, SUIT/Sussex, Wilts. and Worcs. in this roll. U2 Non-recusant instances of this combination are to be found elsewhere: e.g. Cal. Patent Rolls, 1563-6, nos. 2365 and 2670.

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The comparatively scarce marginal annotations-written to the left of the entries and for the most part in a cursive hand-appear to have been penned during the final audit of the account, and consist of brief memoranda of those proceedings for the guidance of the Clerk and Controller of the Pipe. The most prevalent notes of this kind are the oni or oni de anno 413 relating to rents, forfeited goods and ex-sheriffs' debts; and, in the case of estreats, the fiat commissio. 414 Textual annotations, added subsequently to the marginalia, constitute the dfficial minuting of the roll and are engrossed, in formal Pipe Office script, beneath the items to which they refer 415unless the note covers a number of consecutive items, when a bracket on the right-hand side of the rotulet was contrived for the purpose, as in the Cheshire and Lancashire sections of this roll. The most frequently occurring note is the simple cross-reference de quibus vicecomes respondet infra ("for which the sheriff answers below"), linking an onied debt with its "answer"416 in the Statement of the sheriff's arrears. The main purpose of textual annotations, however, was the registering of discharges. These could be occasioned by a variety of circumstances: for instance, tenants or occupiers of seized lands might be discharged of direct responsibility for the rents by the appointment of an official lessee (e.g. Berks. [7]); one lessee might be discharged in favour of another (Lancs. [17]). Of greater interest are the records of annual discharges by reason of rent-or fine-payment (Berks. [8J; Bucks. [4])41-7. Such notes are always prominently displayed in bold handwriting, and are evidently the work of a specially appointed clerk. 418 Here, it will be noticed, the QUietus Est is not added unless the payment completely corresponds to the recorded debt: part-payments of rent often appear, e.g. Bucks. [2]. The facts stated in annotations of payments are drawn from the authoritative records of the Exchequer of Receipt

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Cf. supra, pp. lxvii, lxxxviii, xcii. Supra, p.lxii. A court order for the issue of the writ supersedeas is noted under Bucks. [3J, and Surrey/Sussex [18J and [19J. The Latin fonn of other incidental marginalia will be found in the editor's "notes to the text" under Cheshire, Kent, Lanes., Norfolk, Northants., Shropshire and Staffs. Regarding the note serf, see p. lxxxvii, note 345. The meaning of the sign "\l... is referred to at p. xc, note 358. Til

Wherefore the engrosser of the rolls always left a wide space between each entry. m It should be noticed that in such Exchequer contexts the word responde! has the sense of "is held responsible" or "assumes responsibility for". It bears no necessary implication of actual payment made. m For the fonn of this annotation see p. lxxviii, note 302. 418 Possibly a Secondary of the Clerk of the Pipe. The Et Quietus Est, one observes, is invariably in the same hand as the rest of the note.

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and may be traced in the still intact Receipt Books of the Clerk of the Pells.419 A discharge might also be attributable to the partial or total cancellation of debts, in which case the annotation always includes a reference to the original record. In partial cancellations the L.T.R. Books of Orders and Decrees 420 are sometimes cited (e.g. Leics. [2]), but more frequently the L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls (Hants. [26J ; Herefords. [3]). Annotations of total cancellation, implying a permanent cessation of all liability, invariably cite the Memoranda Rolls, and are noteworthy as guides to important entries therein (see below). Remarkable for their brevity, the latter notes have a constant and recognisable form, the Latin of which is exemplified in that under Dorset [4J. This runs as follows: Sed non debent inde summoneri nec de eadem firma de cetero onerari per considerationem Baronum annotatam in M emorandis ex parte Rememoratoris Thesaurarii de anna xxxvpo Regine huius videlicet inter Recorda de termino Sancte Trinitatis rotulo [blankJ421 Et Quieti Sunt Signifying in probably the majority of instances the submission and conformity of the recusant or of the succeeding heir,422 and heralding the disappearance of their names from the Recusant Roll, forty-three annotations of this form may be seen in the present document-thirteen occurring under rental items, the rest under P.R.O., series E. 401/1, 794-2,279 (period 1559-1834). See Guide (1963), I, p. 97. These manuscript books, each covering a half-yearly period beginning at Easter or Michaelmas, contain copies of the original Tellers' notes (Bills) relating to items of revenue paid to them in the Exchequer of Receipt, including sums received from recusant sources-fines, rents and forfeited goods. The recusant's name and abode are regularly mentioned; likewise, in items of rent-payment, the "accountant" (the debtor by whom, or for whom, the money was paid), viz. the "tenants", or the Crownappointed lessee. Occasionally the sum is entered under the name of the sheriff himself, or of the lessee's representative or assignee. Such exceptional entries in the Receipt Books are (for the guidance of Exchequer clerks) usually notified in the Recusant Rolls by a parenthesis within the annotation of payment, e.g. "under the name (sub nomine) of Sir Humphrey Foster, knt., sheriff" (Berks. [7]): "under the name of Richard Ward" (Berks. [2]). Tempore Elizabeth and James I the final pages of the volumes have a useful summary of the recusant contents, under the title De recusantibus accedere ad ecclesiam. 420 Cf. "Entry Books of Orders", E. 369/99-116 (Guide (1963), I, 75; "Miscellaneous Books: L.T.R. and Pipe Office"). Of these, unfortunately, the earliest survival is dated 35 Car. II (1683). Ul The number of the particular rotulet of the Memoranda Roll on which the case is to be found is invariably omitted, but may be ascertained from contemporary "repertories" or indexes to these rolls, preserved at P.R.O . â&#x20AC;˘ 211 Cf. "Inherited debts", supra, p. xlii (b). Of several references of this kind actually traced from the present roll into the Memoranda Rolls I have found only one (Shropshire [15]) showing a petition based on a technical defect in the original proceedings (Cf. p. xxv, note 76). Under James I (up to 1611) many will be found to refer to petitions brought by grantees of recusants' lands in order to obtain unencumbered possession thereof (cf. p.lxviii, n. 261). U9

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enrolled estreats.423 It should be observed that since the date of the Memoranda Roll stated in the annotation identifies for us, in each case, the date of the discharge, we are able to ascertain that only fifteen (i.e. those under the rental items, plus two inscribed in the precedingroll 424) relate to discharges granted during the current Exchequer year (35-36 Eliz.) and are due to take effect immediately. The presence of many similar annotations in other Recusant Rolls is also indicated herein by cross-references-such as that under the estreat of Margaret Terryll in the list, Essex [19]. 425 Recusant cas~s in the L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls. More frequently referred to than any other source, the "Recorda" sections of these rolls contain, inter alia, authoritative statements of proceedings relating not only to the seizure of recusant property (see p. lxxiv), but also, as noted above, to the cancellation of such seizures and the surrender of royal claims in regard to them, wherein may be found the details of successful "petitions of right"426 sued, in person or by an attorney, before the barons in the Exchequer Court of Revenue. The record of each case is formal in pattern and expression, and invariably openS with a summary of the recusant's various convictions and a recapitulation of the proceedings leading up to the seizure of his property. Then follow a statement of the grounds, with supporting evidence presented by the petitioner, for the claimed discharge; his formal plea in abatement, checked and approved by the Attorney General; and, finally, the judgment of the court freeing the property by an award of "removal of the Queen's hands" freeing the property by an award of "'removal of the Queen"s hands"427 and discharging the petitioner of penalties incurred under the recusancy laws. In cases where the claim is based purely on the recusant's personal submission to the ecclesiastical regulations a request is added-tempore Elizabeth-for his inclusion in the Queen's General Pardon (p. xxvi), and the record usually contains a transcript of the necessary certificate or affidavit of conformity. The evidence noted in these reports often discloses facts of considerable interest about the recusant and his family, not to be found elsewhere. The L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls, intact for the whole recusancy period and available for consultation at the Public Record Office,428 prove to be a valuable and largely unexplored field of inquiry for the student of recusant history. 423

In those occurring under estreats and forfeited goods the phrase nec de eadem . .. onerari is always omitted (since in such items the recorded debt

is a single sum, not an annually recurring rent.) Essex [11] and Worcs. [9] : cf. C.R.S. XVllI, pp. 115, 360. 425 Total cancellations were thus noted not merely beneath the current item but also (mostly by cross-reference) under the recorded debts of the same recusant in previous rolls. 426 Cf. Wharton, Law Lexicon (l1th edition), s.v. "Monstrans de droit". 427 Amoveas manus regine (or ouster Ie main). Wharton, lac. cit. 428 Series E. 368. 424

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Certain peculiarities in the Elizabethan Exchequer's method of dealing with these areas are reflected in the rolls and require special comment. Of the three Counties Palatine, both Cheshire and Lancashire show separate accounts in the Recusant Rolls of this reign, the former irregularly, the latter regularly but often incompletely. The Durham accounts are incorporated with those of Yorkshire,429 and never receive separate enrolment except during the period 1652-1660.430 Self-governing in pre-Tudor days, the Palatinates had been deprived after 1 July 1536 of much of their independent judicial power 431 and-Durham alone offering any determined resistancebegan to be assimilated for all practical purposes to the rest of the country in both law and administration. By the close of Elizabeth's reign only the empty forms of ancient autonomy remained. In the matter of recusancy, for instance, free access and local co-operation were demanded and obtained- in the 1590s, even from Durhamfor Exchequer-appointed officials executing royal writs of commission to seize the property of convicted offenders, and these proceedings were carried out in the same way as in other counties-as is indicated in the numerous enrolments of lands and goods in the Palatinate sections of the Recusant Rolls. Likewise, the levying of recusant debts was made the duty of palatine sheriffs, as it was elsewhere. Nevertheless, such special procedural traditions as still lingered seem to have been studiously respected by the Elizabethan government. 432 Sheriffs continued to be appointed by the local authorities, and all correspondence between Westminster and the Palatinates regarding the collection of Crown revenue was addressed, not individually to the sheriffs, but under the form of precepts to the chief administrative officials of these counties 433-the Chamberlain of Chester, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 434 and the The present roll contains only two Durham items: Yorks. [31] and [42]. Cf. G. T. Lapsley, The County Palatine of Durham (1900), pp. 299-300. 431 By the "Act of Resumption", 27 Henry VIII, c. 24. Cf. G. Barraclough, The Earldom and County Palatine of Chester (1953) ; R. Somerville, The Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster (Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancs. and Cheshire, vol. CIII (1951)). ' S2 Cf. Act 5 Eliz., c. 23, ยงxi. 433 See marginal annotations in the Cheshire and Lancs. accounts in the present roll (given in the editor's notes to the texts), i.e. ft [eriJ fa [ciasJ Camerar[ioJ Cestr[ieJ. ft' fa' Cancellar[ioJ Ducat[usJ Lanc[astrieJ. In the next roll, and thereafter, Durham items regularly bear the similar annotation ft' fa' Ep [iscopJo Dunolm[ensisJ-" [IssueJ afterifacias to the Bishop of Durham". In the above cases this writ bade the recipients see that their sheriffs executed attached orders regarding the levying of specific statutory forfeitures of recusants' goods as found by the commissioners. '3' The County Palatine of Lancaster was (and is) part of the Duchy, which appointed, paid and controlled the officers of the county. '29

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Bishop of Durham-who were required to pass on the demands of the royal Exchequer to their sheriffs under the palatine seals. More noteworthy is the continued exemption of the sheriffs from accounting for Crown revenue before the Westminster Exchequer barons. The fact is clearly indicated in the Elizabethan Memoranda Rolls,435 and explains the omission in the relevant sections of the Recusant Rolls of all the usual signs of a sheriff's "apposal"-the Preamble, the Statement of sheriff's arrears, the marginal oni. Durham, in 1635, claimed this exemption as an ancient palatine right. 436 The procedure actually followed is obscure, but each of these counties had its own exchequer and it is not unlikely-Burghley having originally consigned recusancy business to "ancient" procedures 437-that their sheriffs at this period accounted for such revenue before the local barons and auditors, the palatine receivers afterwards conveying the audited statements and the money to Westminster. Moreover, since no recusant material has been found of an earlier date than 1627 among the records of accounts declared, in the new Tudor manner,438 before the Auditors of the Land Revenue, it seems probable that after the money had been paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer by the said receivers, the audited statements of account were immediately delivered by them on oath for examination in the office of the Queen's Remembrancer, and were thence passed to the L.T.R. side for enrolment in the Recusant Roll by the Pipe Office clerks. Such a procedure might well

Sheriffs of the Palatinates (and Wales) are at this period invariably omitted in the Adventus Vicecomitum and Dies dati lists (relating, respectively, to the biannual "proffering" of sheriffs, and to the audit of their accounts) as set forth in the Memoranda Rolls of both Remembrancers. 436 S.P. 16/302, no. 6. According to this document (dated 1635) the sheriffs of the other Palatinates were by that time accounting at the Westminster Exchequer "as other sheriffs do". Durham, however, still held out, and it was agreed that in future sheriffs of the Bishopric should account locally before the Crown "Auditor in his circuit". This method was maintained until 1652 : cf. Pipe Roll, 1651-2 (E. 372/496, Durham), and Lapsley, lac. cit. '37 Supra, p. lix. 438 Guide (1963), I, 46-7. Most of the fiscal duties of the sheriffs had by 1515 been assigned to Crown-appointed Receivers General. By the new Exchequer system, originating under Henry VII as a more expeditious method of dealing with the public revenue, and widely developed under Henry YIn for his Court of Augmentations and General Surveyors (ibid., 1,80-3), the revenue was gathered and the accounts audited locally by Crown officers on circuit, who, on their return to Westminster, "declared" (explained) the accounts to Auditors of the Exchequer and paid the money directly into the King's coffers. The Court of Augmentations was abolished by Mary and its finances handed over to the old Exchequer, but under Elizabeth many of its methods were continued and thenceforth functioned alongside the "ancient course" until c. 1629, when (on the evidence of the Recusant Rolls) a merger of the two systems appears to have been effected (ibid., pp. 70-1,89). It is important to notice that the consigning of all recusant revenue to the "ancient course" in 1582 was largely responsible for the continued existence of that moribund institution. 435

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explain the existence of the entries Cheshire [13J-[21J, and Lancs. [142J in the present document.439 Variant features, however, distinguish procedure in each county. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had his Chamber actually at Westminster, adjoining the royal Exchequer, and it would presumably have been there that his sheriff, receiver and auditor assembled for the accounting. Durham, also, had a peculiar arrangement whereby the sheriff of Yorkshire acted as receiver of all revenue collected by the palatine sheriff from the recusants of that county44Â°-whence, no doubt, arose the practice of entering Durham items among those of Yorkshire in the Recusant Rolls. While the true extent of recusancy in the Bishopric of Durham does not begin to emerge until later rolls of the reign, its strength in Cheshire and Lancashire is already made evident. Attention should be called particularly to the massive Lancashire section in the present document, which adds considerably to our knowledge of recusancy in that county. As may be gathered from the accompanying annotations,441 many items of land-seizure there recorded are not due to reappear until 1596 (38 Eliz.)-the fifth roll of the series. It is worthy of notice that such irregularity of re-enrolment is a normal feature of the palatinate and Welsh sections of the rolls. Wales is represented in the first, second, fourth, fifth, eighth and tenth Recusant Roll of the Elizabethan series, but these contain, intermittently, items relating only to the counties of Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan and Pembroke. 442 No palatine immunities impeded communication between the royal Exchequer and the sheriffs of the twelve counties of the Principality, and its precepts of fieri facias were issued to them personally and directly. 443 Even so, they also-in the great administrative reform of 1543-were exempted from journeying to Westminster, by the establishment of a method of accounting Note that the last item significantly omits the phrase "renders his account", and so differs radically in character from the "Statements of Arrears" of other English sheriffs. The same omission is observable in the enrolled account of Peter Warburton, sheriff of the County Palatine of Chester, in Recusant Roll, E. 377/6, Cestr', and also of sheriff Peter Leigh in E.377/8, Cestr'. '40 That this was an official appointment is proved by the fact that Durham items were included in the Recusant Summonses of the Pipe to Yorkshire sheriffs, e.g. in Hutton's Book of Summons (p. lxv, note247). The absence of annotations to such entries seems to indicate, however, that he did not account for them. 441 Cf. editor's notes to the text of that county. 4402 Brecon, Montgomery and Radnor make their first appearance in E. 377/14 (1606-6). Anglesey, Cardigan and Merioneth are mentioned not at all, up to 1611 (the limit of my investigation). 4408 See annotations in the margins of later rolls, e.g. fieri facias separalibus vicecomitibus separalium comitatuum-"Issue a fieri facias to the separate sheriffs of the several counties" (E. 377/8, Wallia). 438

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before Crown auditors at local exchequers. 444 By this system the collected dues and audited accounts were passed to Receivers General of North and South Wales for delivery to Westminster, where (under Elizabeth) the accounts were examined by the Auditors of the Land Revenue and declared before the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a manner similar to the modified "Augmentation" procedure already referred to.445 However, since the general similarity of the marginal instructions throughout the rolls indicates that all writs to the Welsh sheriffs for the levying of recusant debts originated from the same Remembrancer as directed their English colleagues, it is clear that in Wales, too, this branch of shrieval work was dealt with, in part at least, by the old Exchequer course. Financially, the results seem to have been far from satisfactory. Although justices in their circuits and Exchequer-appointed commissioners adequately performed their respective duties-as may be seen from the long lists of estreated convictions and seizures of lands and goods entered in the Wallia section of the rolls after 1600 (E.377 j8)- recorded payments are of extremely rare occurrence. In the first nineteen Recusant Rolls (1592-1611) only five payments are entered, from the lands of three recusants, representing a total of £21-11-10. 446 So meagre a contribution from three-quarters of the Principality gives cause to wonder whether the Pipe Office records are here incomplete. Several of the enrolled seizures are, indeed, annotated as having been discharged upon plea in the Exchequer court at Westminster,447 but by far the greater number are without notes of any sort. Are we to believe that these numerous debts were allowed to remain unlevied? Or ought we to infer that detailed records of Welsh recusant payments were normally kept elsewhere-for instance, in the department of the Land Revenue Auditors- and that the moneys were included, without specification, within the gross sums paid yearly into the Receipt of the Exchequer by the Receivers? It is a point worthy of further consideration and research. If any particularised records were actually made and preserved, they have yet to be discovered. C.

SOME STATISTICS AND GENERAL OBSERVATIONS

Compared with the first roll, whose considerable bulk is chiefly due to a mammoth consignment of over 3,000 estreated convictions of various dates, our present document (comprising 27 rotulets) is Cf. Acts 27 Henry VIII, c. 26, §9,; and 34 and 35 Henry VIII, c. 26, §§52. 60, 64 (S. at L.). Cf. also Lists and Indexes, IX, Introd., p. iv (p.R.O.). U5 Supra, p. cvii, note 438. 446 The one Elizabethan payment is a rent of £11-9-4 from the lands of Erasmus Saunders in Cos. Pembroke and Carmarthen (E. 377/4). The four Jacobean rent-payments comprise one of 13s. 4d. by Morgan Thomas of Co. Brecon (E. 377/15), and three, totalling £9-3-3, by Richard Bannister of Co. Denbigh (E. 377/17, 18, 19). 447 The majority of such references occur in roll E. 377/15. U4

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diminutive. Nevertheless, within its modest capacity are to be found the names of approximately 1,100 recusants, 687 of whom are unrecorded in its predecessor. Most of these, of course, appear in the lists of enrolled estreats, Staffordshire making the biggest contribution with 144 new names. Also appearing for the first time are 121 land-seizures,448 71 seizures of goods, and 26 Crown leasesthe enrolment of which, unlike that of the estreats, represent work performed during the current Exchequer year. 449 Since the corresponding figures in the preceding roll are shown to be 58, 18 and 39, it is clear that the clerical staff was actually more busily engaged with recusancy in 1593-4 than in 1592-3. The year to year treatment of recusancy by the Exchequer may to a great extent be inferred from the number of confiscations of property exhibited in the rolls. Despite difficulties caused by the intermittent enrolment of the accounts of certain counties, the rental items, being annually re-enrolled and never terminating without a dated note of cancellation, provide an opportunity for the assembly of statistical evidence on this point. A feasible and useful line of inquiry would therefore be to check, in each roll, the number of new land-seizures with that of land-discharges occurring in the same year.450 Such an investigation, if pursued through the remaining rolls of the reign, could produce reliable figures enabling the student not merely to measure the constancy of Elizabethan recusants but also to note fluctuations in the Exchequer threat to property. A study of the present roll, its predecessor and its two immediate successors,451 shows that the Crown's acquisition of the above-mentioned 121 new recusant properties during this year was offset by only 19 discharges in the same period, bringing the overall total of such properties remaining in the Queen's hands, as at Michaelmas 1594, up to 375-an increase of 102 over the previous year. This provides at least a starting point for the suggested inquiry. In general terms, it seems safe to say that the same tendency was maintained in subsequent rolls of the reign. Recusant lands continued to accumulate-at a varying pace-in the Queen's hands, new seizures being normally more numerous than concurrent discharges. The mounting acquisition of recusant lands by the Crown resulted indeed in an increasing number of debts, but not necessarily in a corresponding increase of revenue. A further factor has to be 68 of which appear under Lancashire. As we have seen (p. xcix, "Location of entry"), estreat-enrolment was normally a late addition to the roll. 450 Note that the date of the Memoranda Roll cited in such annotations is invariably also the date of the actual discharge. 4.51 Annotations of total land-discharge are not infrequently misplaced. Thus those dated as occurring in the first term (Michaelmas) of the current year will often be found in the roll of the preceding year. Moreover, belated annotations of this kind, relating to other terms of the current year, may occasionally appear in either of the two next following rolls. 4.48

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considered- the shortcomings of sheriffs in the collecting of recusant rents. Of great significance here are the following figures of the revenue actually derived from recusant sources during the years covered by the Elizabethan Recusant Rolls.452 Date

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£6,240-6-10 £6,160-4-7 £6,551- 5-11 £6,074-7-6 £6,546-5-6 £6,295- 8-7 £6,047-13- 1 £7,654-19--0 £9,126-19-3 £8,548-2-8 £7,115-7--0 454

It will be noticed that the increase in receipts after 1599 455 (accompanied, incidentally, by a notable increase in the physical size of the corresponding rolls) divides the above years into two clearly defined periods. While the signs of livelier activity in the rolls of the latter period probably reflect official anxiety over the question of the succession to the throne,456 the remarkably level figures of the first seven years undoubtedly indicate the habitual lack of urgency in Exchequer proceedings during less critical times. This, however, is not to say that they signify a general relaxation of antipapist zeal. In another sphere, namely, the prosecution of priests and of their lay helpers,457 there is no sign of tolerance at this time. Drawn from the records of the Clerk of the Pells and quoted by F. C. Dietz in The Exchequer in Elizabeth's reign (Smith College Studies in History, vol. viii, p. 87-9). 453 The year of the present roll. 454 Dietz, Receipts and Issues of the Exchequer temp. James I and Charles I (ibid., vol. xiii, p. 136). Tbis final figure is given under James I, but seems intended to include the receipts of the last balf-year of Elizabeth's reign. 456 The increase is partly accounted for by tbe receipt of £780 p.a. from new fine-paying recusants (cf. p. !xxxiv). 456 An even more striking example of this kind of reaction to public events is seen in Dietz' continuation of the above table : Year ending Mich. 1604 - £1,414-3-5 1605 - £2,213- 12- 3 1606 - £10,210-1-8 (Gunpowder Plot) 1607 - £8,321-12-6 1608 - £8,537-19-4 " " ,,1609 - £12,965-14-0. 41)7 Two of the latter, destined in later years of this reign to pay the extreme penalty, appear in the present roll, viz. John Talbot (Yorks. [26]) and John Bretton (Yorks. [32]). Cf. Biographical Studies (Recusant History), II, pp. 4 seq. and 111 seq. 452

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For example, the number of executions (nine) carried out between Michaelmas 1593 and Michaelmas 1594-the year of the present roll-was actually well above the average annual figure (five) for the period 1592-1603. The fact remains, nevertheless, that in the matter of recusants' debts the Elizabethan Exchequer normally showed an astonishing laxity. As evidence we need only point to the disparity between ÂŁ19,600-the sum of the debts (excluding fines) charged upon lands and goods in the present roll- and the ÂŁ2,780 actually raised from such sources. 458 Whether this situation was due to deliberate policy favouring intimidation rather than impoverishment, or to Exchequer incapacity in dealing with a vast problem, it is at any rate clear that the potentialities of recusancy as a regular and valuable source of State revenue were not yet being seriously weighed. On the other hand, it must not be overlooked that the quoted annual figures relate solely to public revenue and are not necessarily commensurate with the actual losses suffered by the recusants. What was extorted from them, additionally, by informers, lessees and grantees in the ordinary course of private compounding remains unknown, but it is possible-even probable-that the greater part of their financial losses were inflicted thus in secret by these beneficiaries of the Crown. Private family papers would seem to be the most likely source to throw light on this important aspect of the penalties of recusancy. 459 D.

METHOD OF PUBLICATION

The system of analytical abridgment adopted in this book is set forth in the "Key to the Abstracts" (p. cxv, and book-mark). 1. Regarding the scheme itself, one should notice, first, that the sequence of points in the set analyses corresponds with the order most commonly observable in the original entries (this not infrequently varies, especially in rental items); secondly, that the use of direct translation is limited to original annotations, and to such entries or parts of entries (clearly indicated in the "Key") as are of particular importance or are subject to notable variation. 2. Regarding the principles followed in the arrangement of the material and the Englishing of the text some further explanation is necessary. The original order of the entries within each county section has been preserved, but the counties themselves are rearranged in strictly alphabetical sequence, and "overflow" portions of county accounts, originally scattered in other parts of the roll, are gathered Even if all the charged arrears had been eliminated, the latter sum would still have been considerably less than one third of the total debt. '59 William Ashby's report on his dealings with John Draycote (see p.lxxxvi) is the only reference to this subject so far encountered in official Exchequer records. '118

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under their appropriate county titles. The roll's own prolix footnote directions regarding the whereabouts of such continuations have therefore been rendered unnecessary, and are here omitted. 460 Editing of the roll has, in fact, been greatly facilitated by the presence of a pencilled number recently added to each rotulet of the MS. This numbering I have reproduced at the head of every county section. For purposes of easy reference, I have also numbered the entries occurring under each county and provided titles explanatory of their character. All such matt'er extraneous to the text of the MS is enclosed in square brackets. Round brackets are used where the original Latin needs to be quoted, and whenever an abbreviated rendering of the text demands them. Translation is, on principle, as literal as possible, but the repetitive style of these records, notably in land-specifications, makes some abridgment often desirable (e.g. Berks [8J, D). Where the sense can be safeguarded, I have not hesitated, in such passages, to resort to precis. Punctuation, generally absent in the original, is added throughout. The MS frequently includes vernacular words: these are always incorporated in the English rendering, within quotation marks. The original spelling of surnames and place-names is preserved. 461 Christian names are anglicised, except where a dubious or unusual Latin form necessitates its retention. Arabic figures are substituted for the Roman numerals of dates and pecuniary sums, and in the case of the latter the form of expression is modernised-e.g. "ÂŁ5" for c.s.: "ÂŁ1-13--4" for xxxiij.s. iiij.d.: "Is." for xij.d. Italic type is reserved exclusively for translations of original annotations. Recusants' names are printed in bold type, in order to facilitate identification. Editor'.s notes to the text are inserted at the end of each county section.

Acknowledgments. In conclusion I wish first to express my gratitude for the constant encouragement extended to me by Abbot Mooney of Douai during the compilation of this work. I am also

'"0 E.g. Quere Res' huius eompoti post Res' Lane' post Cestr'-"Seek the rest of

this account under 'The Remainder of Lanes' after 'Cheshire'''. Such "overflow" sections occur in the case of eight counties in the present roll : Lanes., Norfolk, Oxfords., Staffs., Suffolk, Surrey/Sussex, Worcs. and Yorks. m Efforts have been made to identify the many curiously-spelt places mentioned in this document. The identifications affirmed or suggested in square brackets are the result of a study of the volumes of the English Place-name Society, Bartholomew's Survey Gazetteer, the Victoria County Histories, and in some cases (e.g. regarding place names in Wales and Monmouthshire) of consultation with local historians-to whom I wish to express my thanks. H

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deeply indebted to Mr. P. R. Glazebrook, Miss M. H. Mills, Mr. M. F. Bond and Dr. J. Conway-Davies for valuable advice on specific points; likewise to Mr. R. E. Latham, Mr. C. A. F. Meekings and other Assistant Keepers of the Public Records for much essential help readily given, and to their Staff for unfailing courtesy over a long period of research. I am particularly grateful to Dr. N. J. Williams of the Public Record Office and to Mr. G. de C. Parmiter for kindly reading the above introducti.on in typescript and for their very useful comments and suggestions. My sincere thanks are offered also to Mrs. D. Steer for her efficient typing of an exceptionally difficult text. Douai Abbey, Woolhampton Christmas, 1963

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KEY TO THE ABSTRACTS PREAMBLES Translated in the caSe of the first two occurring counties: the rest abridged. RENTALS OF SEIZED LANDS and CROWN LEASES (also ARREARAGES OF RENT)

A B C D E

F G H

indicates the first enrolment of seized lands. indicates the first enrolment of a Crown lease. indicates lands seized for "pre-1587" debts.

Crown debtor, viz. the "farmer" of the seized lands (whether the original tenants or a named, Crown-appointed lessee). (translation) Name etc. of the owner, i.e. the recusant (translation). Note: "B. I ", "B.2" etc. in compound entrie-s. Amount of rent due annually to the Crown. Specification of the seized portion of the recusant's lands (translation). Note: "D.I", "D.2" etc. in compound entries. Particulars of the seizure : (a) name etc. of the commissioner(s) responsible for the seizure (translation) (b) date of seizure (c) reason for seizure (translation) (d) reference to earlier Exchequer record of the seizure. Arrears of rent. Total rent due. Particulars of Crown lease of seized lands : (a) name etc. of the lessee(s) (translation) (b) date of inception of lease (c) duration of lease (formula) : "so long as the property shall remain in the Queen's hands" (d) annual rent due from lessee(s) (e) how and when payable (formula): "in equal portions, at Ladyday and at Michaelmas, to the Receipt of the Exchequer" (f) (formula continued) "or into the hands of the Sheriff of the county" (g) (formula continued) "or into the hands of the appointed Bailiff or Receiver of the above" (k) reference to earlier Exchequer record of the lease. Annotations. (All such postscripts, textual and marginal, are translated) cxv

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SEIZED GOODS AND CHATTELS indicates the first enrolment of a forfeiture. All entries, and annotations, are translated. EX-SHERIFFS'DEBTS A Name etc. of sheriff (translation). B His year of office. C Total debt. D Nature of debt (formula): "of his various ("pluribus") debts concerning recusants". E Reference to the original "Statement" of his arrears. F Annotations (translation). STATEMENTS OF SHERIFFS' ARREARS A Name etc. of current sheriff "rendering this account". B = Particular rents and forfeitures unaccounted for during his term of office. Note: The numbers in square brackets refer to the numbered entries in the preceding text. (abridged) C Sum total of above debts owed by sheriff. D Discharges of the numbered particulars in B (abridged). E Note of sheriff's acquittance, or of deferred settlement (translation). ENROLMENTS OF ESTREATED CONVICTIONS (and RECORDS OF FINES PAID) A Name etc. of convicted recusant (translation). B The word "owes" omitted. C The word "owes" inserted. D Total fine incurred. E Total period of recusancy. F Division of fine: (a) for period of recusancy specified in indictment. G Reference to statutory authority for fine (i.e. the Act 28 Eliz., c. 6 [1586-7J, enrolled in Q.R.,M.R., Easter term, "Recorda" section). H Recital of the offence as therein stated, i.e. of not attending "any church, chapel or usual place of common prayer" during the time of divine service of the Established Church. J Period of recusancy as specified in indictment. K Computation of the duration of recusancy (formula): "at the rate of 28 days per month". L Division of fine: (b) for non-compliance after conviction.

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M N

o P

Date of conviction. Period (in lunar months) of non-compliance. N on-compliance defined: viz. failure to submit and conform in accordance with the "true meaning" of the Act 23 Eliz., c. 1 [1581J. Annotations (translation).

All original annotations are italicised. Names of recusants are printed in bold type.

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}.1ichaelmas 35-Michaelmas 36 Elizabeth 1. (Exchequer: L.T.R., Pipe Office series)

BEDFORDSmRE (" Bedd' ") [rotulet 1] [Preamble] [1J Nicholas Luke, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J to Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., to wit, for one full year, renders an account of rents and other debts due to the Queen from the recusants mentioned below, pursuant to a certain Act of the Parliament held [i.e. begunJ at Westminster on the 29th day of October, 28 Eliz. [1586J, in a matter of this kind published and provided, and enrolled in the Memoranda Roll of the Queen's Remembrancer, Easter term, 29 Eliz., "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J1 ; as follows ~ [Seized land. RentalJ 2 [2J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the lordships or manors of Eaton Soken [Eaton SoconJ, Beds. C.: £27-9-4, being the remainder of [an original rent ofJ £58-5-51. B: William, Lord Vaux, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1420, by virtue of a certain Act of the Parliament [begunJ on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): cf. the Great [pipeJ Rolls of 29 and 33 Eliz., under" Bed'''. F: £123-11-111 from previous years. G: £151-1-31.

IBlank space in MS for number of the rotulet. Actually it is rot. 177. The Act referred to is 28 Eliz., cap. 6. IlText as C.R.S., vol. XVIII, p. 1. 1. 14 seq to "xxxiijcio in Bedd' ".

[rotulet 16J BERKSmRE (" Berks' ") [PreambleJ [IJ Sir Humphrey Foster, knt., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J, to MichaeImas, 36 Eliz., to wit, for 1

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one full year, renders an account of rents and other debts due from the recusants mentioned below, pursuant to the said Act of Parliament referred to elsewhere in this roll, viz. under "Bedd' " ; as follows [Lease of seized land. RentalJI [2] farm. A: John Arden and Vincent Coventrye [lessees]. C: £24-16-4. D: The whole messuage or tenement called "Bensheves" [BeansheavesJ, with appurtenances, in Tilehurste, Berks.; and the various other messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, with appurtenances, in Burghefeild [BurghfieldJ, Greishill [? Grazeley], Northe Streate and Shinfeild, Berks., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under "Res' Berk'" : of the lands and tenements of. .. B: Thomas Vachell, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John and Vincent, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 7 July, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Berk'''. F: £74-9-0 from previous years. G: £99-5-4. J: On 28 April, 33 Eliz. [1591 J, £12-8-2 was paid into the Treasury from this same farm. And on 4 Nov., 33 Eliz. [1591], £12- 8-2 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 27 April, 34 Eliz. [1592], £12-8-2 was paid . .. [etc. as above: under the name of Richard Warde-deletedJ. And on 7 Nov ., 34 Eliz. [1592], £12-8-2 was paid from this farm into the Treasury , under the name of Richard Warde, esq. And they [Arden & Coventrye] owe £49-12-8. For which the sheriff answers below. 2 [L. Margin] [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . .. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 3 [3] farm. A: Ralph Smythe, gent. [lessee]. C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of a capital messuage or tenement, with its appurtenances, and of a certain meadow called "Ie Poole", in Sutton [Sutton CourtenayJ , Berks., and of various other messuages, lands and tenements, with their appurtenances, specified in the Great [PipeJ Rollof32 Eliz., under "Res' Berk'''. B: Thomas Hulse, recusant. H(a): The aforesaid Ralph Smythe, his executors and assigns. H(b): From 27 Nov., 33 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £6-13-4 from the previous year. G : £13-6-8. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 2 [L. MarginJ [The sheriff] is charged, unless . .. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 4 [4] farm. A: Thomas Purcell, gent. [lessee]. C: £20- 19- 9 & two-thirds of i d. D: Messuages, lands and tenements, with their appurtenances, in Snosewick [SnowswickJ and Burscott [BuscotJ, Berks. of the yearly value of £20-17- 9 & two-thirds

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of td. ; and two-thirds of one capital messuage in Bathampton, Wilts., together with various other lands and tenements, specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll of 32 Eliz., under" Res' Berk' ". B : Francis Parkins, lately of Langford, Wilts., gent., recusant. H(a): The aforesaid Thomas Purcell, his executors and assigns. H(b): From 15 Dec., 33 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. F: £20-19- 9 & two-thirds of id. from the previous year. G: £41-19-6 & two-thirds of one penny. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3]]. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 5 [5] farm. A: Charles Pagett, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: 13s. 4d. per ann., being part [of an original rent] of £65-16- 61 & a half-farthing. D: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement, and of various lands, tenements, meadows, grazing and pasture land, and hereditaments belonging or appertaining thereto, situated, lying and existing in Estillesley or Esthillesley [East Ilsley], Berks., commonly called "Le Ferme de Illesley". B: Walter Illesley, gent., recusant. H(a): The aforesaid Charles Pagett, his executors and assigns. H(b): From 30 May, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): 13s.4d. H(e). H(f). H(k): cf. the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under " Berk' ". F: £1- 6-8 from previous years. G: £2. J : On 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], 6s. 8d. was paid into the Treasury from this same farm. And he [Pagett] owes £1-13-4. [Further postscripts as under entry [3]]. *[Seized land. Rental] [6J farm. A: Tenants. B: Francis Plowden, gent., recusant. C: £9-18-6. D: Two-thirds of one capital messuage in Burghfeild, with its appurtenances, and of other grazing lands and pastures in Sulhamsteed Banyster otherwise called "Michelles" [MighealsJ, Sulhamsteed Abbott, and Stratfeld Mortymer, Berks., of the yearly value of £6-13-4; and also of one tenement or farm in Wokefeld, in the parish of Mortymer, yearly value £2-13-4; also of the reversion of various tenements in Wokefeld aforesaid, in the several tenures of Ann Pearson, William Hawthorne and others, yearly value £4-15-Oi; and of the several reversions of three separate tenements, with appurtenances, in Michells, Burghfeld and Wookefeild, in the several tenures of John Dee, Thomas James and Robert Ildesley, yearly value 16s. E(a): Humphrey Foster, esq., and others. E(b): 6 April, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 34 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. F: £ 14-17-9 from preceding years. G: £24-16-3. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ,

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nor ought the said rent be to charged henceforth, for a reason stated elsewhere in this roll, viz. under "Salop", in the farm of the tenants of two-thirds of the lands and tenements of the aforesaid Francis Plowden in the said county of Salop. And they are quit.

*[Seized land. RentalJ [7J farm. A: Tenants. B: Martha Brabrooke, widow, recusant, C: £2-2-21. D: Two-thirds of a moiety of the manors of Marleston [in BuckleburyJ, Foulescott [FulscotJ and Adresham [in S. MoretonJ ; and of 8 tenements in Abindon [AbingdonJ ; of one tenement in Sutton Courtney, and of one piece of land called "Coppes Lease" in Sparsholte, Berks. E(a): Edmund Fettiplace, esq., and others. E(b): 25 Sept., 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Mich. term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: £1-1-1! & a halffarthing from the previous year. G: £3-3-4 & a half-farthing. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summonedfor £2-2-21, the rent for this year, nor ought the said rent to be charged from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J, because Sir William Broncker, knt., and another person answer for the same rent from the said feast of Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., and thereafter are answerable to the Queen by another commission, as is contained [in the entryJ immediately below. And they [tenantsJ owe £1-1-1! & a half1arthing. [Later noteJ On 3 June, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-1-1t of the above sum of £3-3-4 was paid into the Treasury under the name of Sir Humphrey Foster, knt., sheriff, from this same farm. And they [tenantsJ are quit. t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [8J farm. A: Sir William Broncker, knt., and Richard Hyde, esq. [lessees]. C: £2-2-2 & two-thirds of ld. D: Two-thirds of a moiety of the manor of Marleston alias Marston alias Maston, with all appurtenances in Berks., of which Martha Braybroke, lately of the parish of Brickleton [Bright Walton], Berks., widow, recusant, is seised in her demesne, as of freehold estate, for the term of her life, of the clear yearly value of £1, of which the Queen's two-thirds amounts to 13s. 4d. per an. And two-thirds of a moiety of the manor of Fowelescott alias Foulscott [FulscotJ and Adresham, with all appurtenances in Berks., of which the said Martha is seised as above; clear yearly value £1 (13s. 4d. p.a. due to the Queen). And twothirds of eight tenements, with appurtenances, in Abindon [AbingdonJ, Berks., of which the said Martha is seised as above; clear yearly value lOs. (6s. 8d. p.a. to the Queen). And twothirds of one tenement or messuage in Sutton Courtney, Berks., of which the said Martha is seised as above; clear yearly

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value 3s. 4d. (2s. 2d. & two-thirds of Id. p.a. to the Queen). Also two-thirds of a pasture called "Coppes Lease" in the parish of Sparshoult, Berks., of which the said Martha is seised as above; clear yearly value lOs. (6s. 8d. p.a. to the Queen). B: Aforesaid Martha Braybroke. E(b): 25 Sept., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Edmund Fetyplace, esq., and others. H(a): William Broncker and Richard Hyde, their executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under" Berk' ". J: On 20 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-1-2 was paid into the Treasury jrom this jarm. And on 16 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-1-2 was paid [etc. as aboveJ. And they [Broncker and HydeJ are quit. t[Seized goodsJ [9J Sir Humphrey Foster, knt., sheriff, owes £2-6-8, charged upon himself, for the price or value of the goods of Roger Astell of Basseldon [BasildonJ, "yoman", recusant; as is contained in Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. [postscripts as under entry [3JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [10J jarm. A: Tenants. B: Roger Astell of Basseldon, "yoman", recusant. C: £3-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a certain farm lying & existing in Peasemore, Berks. E(b): 17 Jan., 36 Eliz. [1593-4J. E(a): John Dolman, esq., and others. E(c): The recusancy of the said Roger. E(d) : cf. Memoranda Roll, as in entry [9J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [l1J A: The same sheriff, viz. Sir Humphrey Foster, knt. B : [2J £49- 12-8 (Arden etc.). [3J £13-6-8 (Smythe). [4J £41-19-6 6 (Purcell). [5J £3-3-4 (Pagett). [9J £1-6-8 (Foster). [10J £3-6-8 (Astell's tenants). C : £111-5-6 7 & two-thirds of Id. D: [2J Arden etc. answer jor £49-12-8 in Recusant Roll, 37 Eliz. under" Berk' ", ajter their jarm. 8 [3J Smythe answers jor £10 oj his debt oj £13-6-8 in same Roll (loc. cit.) ajter his jarm. 8 [4J Purcell answers jor £41-19-6 & two-thirds oj 1d. in same Roll (loc. cit.) ajter his jarm. 8 [5J Pagett answers jor £1-13-4 in same Roll (loc. cit.) ajter his jarm. 8

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E: And on 5 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6J, £8 was paid by the said sherifj into the Treasury, to settle the remainder of his account. And he [sheriffJ is quit. lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 6, 1. 39 seq., to "xxxiijcio in Res' Berk' ". 2Cf. entry [l1J, D. 3Text as op. cit., p. 8, 1. 17 seq. 4Text 5Text as op. cit., p. 9, 1. 38 seq as op. cit., p. 8, 1. 30 seq. to" equales porc' solvend". 6"and two-thirds of 1d." omitted in MS. 7Sic for £112-15-6. 8Note in L. margin : It is answered ("r[espondet]ur"). The sheriff (Foster) was therefore discharged of this amount.

[rotulet 1, dorseJ

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (" Buck' ")

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ! [IJ jarm. A: Robert Balthroppe, chief surgeon to the Queen [lesseeJ. C: £136-6-5. D: The whole capital messuage, with its appurtenances, called "Amerden", in Taplowe; and various other messuages, lands, tenements, meadows, woods and fisheries, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 29 Eliz., under "Item Buck' " : of the lands and tenements of ... B : Henry Manfeyld, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Robert Balthroppe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 24 Feb., 30 Eliz. [1587/8]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(g). H(k): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Buck' ". J: On 25 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £68-3-2-i was paid from this jarm into the Treasury, under the names oj the executors oj the said Robert Balthroppe. And on 30 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £68-3-2t was paid [etc. as aboveJ. And he [BalthroppeJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 2 [2J jarm. A: Thomas Sheffeild and Richard Brewster [lessees]. C: £19-15-6l . D: The whole rectory of Bledlowe, with all the rights, members and appurtenances belonging and pertaining to it; together with various other messuages, lands, meadows, woods and pastures specified in the [pipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under" Buck' ": of the lands and tenements of . .. B: Edward East, recusant. H(a): The aforesaid Thomas & Richard, and their assigns. H(b): From 14 Feb., 31 Eliz. [1588/9J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [IJ. F: £11-15-6l for Francis Cheyney, esq., late sheriff of the year 31 Eliz., as is contained in the Great [PipeJ Roll of 31 Eliz., under " Buck' ", being part of the said rent for the year 31 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under " Buck'''. Total £31-11-1 ; and £19-15-6t for the past year. G : £51-6-7t.

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J: On 18 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £9-17-9l was paid into the Treasury jrom this jarm, under the name oj Henry Langvyle, esq., sheriff. And on 15 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £9-17-9t was paidjrom thisjarm into the Treasury. And on 13 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-17-9t was paid [etc. as preceding]. And on 28 Nov., Eliz. [1594J, £9-17-9-~ was paid [etc.J. And they [ShefIeild & BrewsterJ owe £11-15-5t. And they answer in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under" Buck' ". [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [3J jarm. A: Henry Eveside, one of the chaplains to the Queen [lesseeJ. C: £63-16-10. D: The whole capital messuage, with an estimated 50 acres of meadow land, in the tenure of Thomas Tasburgh, esq., together with various other manors, messuages, lands and tenements, with appurtenances, specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Buck' "3; being a parcel of the lands and possessions of . . . B: John Gardiner of Fulmer, Bucks., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Henry Eveside, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 22 June, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Buck'''. F: £159- 12-1 from the preceding year. G: £223-8-11. J: [L. MarginJ Supersedeas. 4 [Record of annual fine paidJ [4J A: Thomas Throgmorton, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: 25 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J to 24 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, viz. for a period of thirteen [lunarJ months. K. G. P: On 11 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 28 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £140 was paid [etc.J. And he is quit. lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p.1, 1. 25 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "xxxiijcio in Buck' ". 2Text as op. cit., p. 2, 1. 16 seq. sCf. op. cit., pp. 3-5. 4A writ for stay of proceedings.

[rotulet 2J CAMBRIDGESHIRE (" Cant' ") [PreambleJ [IJ John Peyton, esq., sheriff of this county and of the county of Huntingdon from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J to Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as under BerkshireJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ.1 [2J farm. A: John Hutton, esq. [lessee]. C: £32. D: The whole manor of Milton alias Midleton, Cambs., with all its

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appurtenances ; of the lands and possessions of . . . B : Henry Cooke of Milton aforesaid, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Hutton & his assigns. H(b): From 28 June, 30 Eliz. [1588J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Cant' Hunt'''. F: £32 from preceding year. G: £64. J: On 3 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £16 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 6 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £16 was paid [etc. as above]. And on the last day of April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £16 was paid [etc.J. And on the last day of Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £16 was paid. [etc.J. And he [HuttonJ is quit. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ 2 [3J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of certain lands and tenements in Linton, Cambs. C: £2. B: Agnes Thurgare, widow, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £200, 3 by virtue of a certain Act 4 of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d) as in entry [2J, H(g). F : £2 from preceding year. G: £4. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 6 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged unless . . .

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ 6 [4J farm. A: William Twittye [lesseeJ. C: £10. D: Twothirds of the whole manor or messuage of Eltesley [EltisleyJ, Cambs., with appurtenances; and of a whole messuage and cottage, with appurtenances, in Finchingfeild, Essex, lately in the tenure of Giles Watford, and of another cottage there in the tenure of Alexander Glastock; being a parcel of the lands and possessions of ... B : Ann Mannock, lately of Stoke-by-Naylond, co. Suffolk, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Twyttye, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 1 May, 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: On 26 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5 was paid [etc. as aboveJ. And he [TwittyeJ is quit. *[Seized land. RentalJ [5J farm. A: Tenants. B: Frances Torrell, widow, recusant. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of 76 acres of arable and of Ii acre of free pasture land in Great Shelford, and of one close containing 4 acres of customary arable land in Stableford [StaplefordJ in the occupation of Francis Brawyn, gent. E(a) : Sir John Cutts, knt., & others. E(b): 28 April, 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: £6-13-4 from the preceding year. G: £20. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ.

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*[Seized land. RentalJ [6J farm. A: Tenants. B. Evan ("Evanus") Fludd, gent. , recusant. C: lOs. D: Two-thirds of one enclosed pasture in Lynton, estimated to contain 3 acres. E(a), (b), (d), as in entry [5J. F: 5s. from the preceding year. G: 15s. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ . t[Seized goodsJ [7J Sir Henry Cromwell, knt., late sheriff of this county owes £24, charged upon himself, for the price of 63 quarters of barley ("ordei"), of the goods of the aforesaid Evan Fludd, recusant; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 EIiz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. [PostscriptJ And he answers in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under "Cant' ". ~ [Seized land. RentalJ [8J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manors of Cheynes and Wallinge in Longstanton, and of the manor of Fendytton, called "Dytton Hall", Cambs. C: £42-14. B : William, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1420, by virtue of a certain Act of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 EIiz. E(d): cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 31 EIiz., under" Cant' Hunt' ". F: £206-4s. from previous years. G: £248-18s.

[Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [9J A: The same sheriff, viz. John Peyton, esq. B : [3J £4 (Thurgare's tenants). [5J £20 (Torrell's tenants). [6J 15s. (Fludd's tenants). C : Total £24-15s. E: And he [sheriff] answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Cant' ". IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 13, 1. 21 seq. 2Text as op. cit., p. 13, 1. 34 seq. 3Sic in MS.; "£300" in C.R.S., XVllI (loc. cit.). 4The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 5Cf. entry [9J. E. 6Text as op. cit., p. 13, 1. 40 seq., to "equales porco ibidem".

[rotulet 3a]

CH ESm RE (" Cestr' ")

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ1 [lJ farm. A: William Grafton [lesseeJ. C: £15-17-10. D: All the closes of land, with appurtenances, lying & existing in Thurstaston. Cheshire, called or known by the name of "Le Woodhey," "Harpurs Hey," "Foxeholes", and "Oxheys";

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and two-thirds of "Le Marledheys" there, together with various other messuages, lands and tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll of 31 Eliz., under "Cestr'''. B: John Whitemore, esq., recusant. HCa): Aforesaid William Grafton & his assigns. HCb): From 18 Nov., 31 Eliz. [1588]. H(c). HCd): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Cestr'''. F: £76- 19-2 from previous years. G : £92-7s. J: [Postscripts]2 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ3 [2J farm. A: Hugh Cuff, gent. [lessee]. C: £5-13-4, being part of £75-13-10, the remainder [of an original rentJ of £84-3-10. D.1: The whole of a certain messuage or tenement, with appurtenances in Little Pulton [PoultonJ, Lancs.; two messuages or tenements, with appurtenances, in Kirkham, Lancs. ; also certain lands, messuages & tenements in Croston, Lancs., and other messuages, lands & tenements in Lancashire, with their appurtenances : being a parcel of the lands and possessions of ... B.1 : William Heskethe, recusant. D.2: The whole of a messuage, with appurtenances, in Windle, Lancs., being a parcel of the goods & chattels 4 of ... B.2: Matthew Travers, recusant. HCa): Aforesaid Hugh Cuffe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585J. HCc): .. "for the satisfaction of the debts of William Heskethe and the other person". HCd): £5-13-4. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [lJ. F: £39-13-4 from previous years. G: £45- 6-8. J: [PostscriptsJ2 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ5 [3J farm. A: William Whitemore, gent. [lessee]. C: £26-13-4. D : The whole manor of Thorneton, with all its rights, members & appurtenances in Cheshire; together with various other messuages, lands, meadows and pastures specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll of 25 Eliz., under" Res' Cestr' "; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B: William Hougbe, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William [WhitemoreJ, his executors & assigns. H(b): 1 March, 26 Eliz. [1583/4]. H(c): ... "for the satisfaction of the debt of the said William Houghe". H(d) : as C. H(e): [variantJ "at the feast of St. John Baptist and at Christmas, to the Receipt" ... [etc. as formulaJ. H(f). HCk): as in entry [1 J. F: £266-13-4 from previous years. G: £293-6-8. T: [PostscriptsJ. 2 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ6 [4J farm. A: John Hocknell of Hocknell [HockenhullJ, esq., [lessee]. C: £10. D: The whole manor of Prenton, with

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all its rights & appurtenances in Cheshire, being a parcel of the possessions of ... B: John Hocknell. 7 D: and various other lands, meadows and pastures specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 27 Eliz., under" Res' Cestr'''. H(a): Aforesaid John Hocknell, esq., and his executors & assigns, for the use of Margaret, the present wife of the said John Hocknell, gent., and of the children of the same Margaret. H(b): From Ladyday, 26 Eliz. [1584]. H(c) ... "for the satisfaction of a debt of £200". H(d): £10. H(e). H(g). H(k): as in entry [1]. F: £95 from previous years. G: £105. J : [PostscriptsJ2 [Seized land.

Rental] 8

[5] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the reversion, after the

death of Hugh Eardswick, of the manor of Leighton, Cheshire, with appurtenances. C: £4-8-IOi & two-thirds of a fartWng. B: Sampson Eardswick, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260 by reason of his recusancy. E(a): Sir John Savage, knt., and others. E(b): 1 Sept., 31 Eliz. [1589J. E(d): cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Cestr' ". F: £20 from previous years. G: £24-8-10t & two-thirds of a farthing. J: [Postscripts] 2 [Arrearage of rentJ2 [6] 9 A: Tenants. B: Margaret Davenporte, widow, recusant. F: £1-13-4, of a certain rent of £3- 6-8, being part of the said rent due at Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592]. D: Two-thirds of a third of two-thirds of the manor of Bromhall [Broomhall ; Stockport paL]. E(d): cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under " Cestr' ".10 [Arrearage of rent] [7] A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 4 closes of land in Thurstaston and of other lands & tenements in Cheshire. F: £7- 13-11 of a certain rent of £15-7-10, being part of the said rent due at Michaelmas, 30 Eliz. [1588J. B: John Whytmore, esq., recusant. E(d): cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under " Cestr' ". J.: [Postscripts] 9 t[Seized goods] [8] Katherine Crockett of Tilston, "spinster", owes to the Queen 13s. 4d., charged upon herself, for the price of one mare, taken and seized into the Queen's hands by Sir Hugh Cholmeley, senior, knt., & others, by reason of the recusancy of the same Katherine; as is contained in Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz. [1593J, Mich. term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. [PostscriptJ 9

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CHESHIRE

*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: RanuH ("Ranulfus") Aldersey, lately of Bunbury, gent. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement in Acton, and of certain lands & tenements pertaining to the same. E(b): 26 Sept., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a) : Sir Hugh Cholmeley, knt., and others. E(c): Recusancy of the same Ranulf. E(d): Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Mich. term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. F: 6s. 8d. from the preceding half-year. G: £1. J: [Postscript]l1

[9] farm.

*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: John Whitbye of Spurstowe in the parish of Bunbury. C: 13s. 4d., for Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., being part of an annual rent of £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage and of certain lands in Spurstowe aforesaid, estimated to contain 10 acres of land ("terrae"). E(b): 3 April, 36 Eliz. [1594]. E(a): Peter Warburton, esq., and others. E(c): Recusancy of the same John. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J: [Postscript]l1

[10] farm.

*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: Ellen ("Ellena") Woolley of the parish of Bunbury. C. 6s. 8d., for Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., being part of an annual rent of 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage and of 6 acres of land, with appurtenances, in Tylston [Tilston], Cheshire. E(b) and (a) as in entry [10]. E(c): Recusancy of the same Ellen. E(d) as in entry[IO]. J: [Postscript]l1

[11] farm.

*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: John Wilson, junior, lately of Wordhull [1 Wardle], "laborer". C: I2s., for Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., being part of an annual rent of £l-4s. D: Two-thirds of one messuage and 9 acres of land, with appurtenances, in W ordhull aforesaid. E(b) and (a) as in entry [10]. E(c): Recusancy of the same John. E(d) as in entry [10]. J: [Postscript]l1

[12] farm.

t[Seized goods & chattels] [13] Peter Warburton, esq., sheriff, owes £I-iOs., which he has taken ("quos [solidos] cepit") of the goods & chattels of Margery Boothe, widow, recusant. Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz. [1594/5], Easter term, "Recorda" section, ]. rotulet [ [postscript]12

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t[Seized goods & chattels] [14] The same sheriff owes 6s. 8d., which ("quos" [denariosJ) he has taken of the goods & chattels of Robert Longton, "husband' " , recusant. Cf. Memoranda Roll [etc. as [13J aboveJ.12 t[Seized goods & chattels] [15J £11 ("quas [librasJ cepit") from Margery Cotgreve, widow, recusant. [formula etc. as entry [14] above].12 t[Seized goods & chattels] [16J £2-6- 8 ("quos [denariosJ cepit") from Thomas Huxley, " husband' ", recusant. [formula etc. as [14] aboveJ. 12 t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [17] £10 ("quas [libras] cepit") from John Whitbye, " husband' " , recusant. [formula etc. as [14] aboveJ. 12 t[Seized goods & chattels] [18] Is. ("quos [denarios] cepit") from Ralph Cooke, "laborer", recusant. [formula etc. as [14] aboveJ. 12 ~[Seized goods & chattels] [19J £3-6-8 ("quos [denariosJ cepit") from John Wilson, junior, "laborer", recusant. [formula etc. as [14] aboveJ.12

t[Seized goods & chattels] (20J £1 ("quos [solidosJ cepit") from Elizabeth Dytowe, "spinster", recusant. [formula etc. as [14J above].12 t [Seized goods & chattels] [21] £12 ("quas [librasJ cepit") from John Streete, "yoman", recusant. [formula etc. as [14] aboveJ.12 lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 20, 1. 17 seq. to" Regine huius in Cestr' " . 2Entries [1J to [6J indus. are bracketed, L., with the notes: "Fieri facias" to the Chamberlain of Chester. Cf. Introd., p. cvi, note. Entries [1J to [5J indus. are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under "Cestr' " , for the same several rents and their arrears. SText as op. cit., 'Leasehold property p. 20, 1. 36 seq. to" sicut cont' ibidem ". ("chattels real"). 5Text as op. cit., p. 21, 1. 13 seq. to "equales 6Text as op. cit., p. 21, 1. 27, seq. to "equales porciones". pore' ibid". 7Without addition in MS. Clearly, however, to be identified with the John Hocknell, gent., mentioned below in text. 8Text as op. cit., p. 21, 1. 42, seq. to "capt' et seisit' ". gEntries [6J to [8J indus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Cestr'''. lOCf. op. cit., p. 22, 1. 10 seq. llEntries [9J to [12] indus. , are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Cestr' ", for the same several rents and their arrears. l2Entries [13J to [21] indus., are bracketed, R., with the note: The total of these 9 debts-fAl- lls. And he [WarburtonJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Cestr' ".

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[rotulet 3b, dorseJ

CORNWALL

CORNWALL (" Cornub' ")

[PreambleJ [IJ Thomas Lower, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., renders . . . [etc. as under Berkshire, [IJ, p. 1]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ! [2J farm. A: John Wingfeild, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £41-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a manor house ("bartonie") or tenement called "Cortider" [CartutherJ, Cornwall, and of one mill there, with their appurtenances ; together with various other manors, messuages, lands and tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under" Cornub'''. B: Robert Beckett, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Wingfeild, his executors & assigns. H(b): Ladyday, 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Cornub'''. F: £41-6-8 from the preceding year. G: £82-13-4. J : For which the sheriff answers below 2 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . .. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ3 [3J farm. A: Hanniball Vivian, esq. [lesseeJ. C: £22-4-4!. D: Two-thirds of one tenement, with appurtenances, in Tregonnon [TregonanJ, Cornwall; and two-thirds of another tenement, with appurtenances, in Treleswick [TrelissickJ, also of two other tenements, with appurtenances, in Morvell [MorvalJ and St. Martin. B: Richard Tremayne, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Hanniball Vivian, his executors & assigns. H(b): 18 March, 31 Eliz. [1588/9J. H(c). H(d): £22-4-5! [sicJ. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. F: £22-4-4! from the preceding year. G: £44-8- 9. J: [Postscripts as under preceding entry [2JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ4 A: Hugh Cuffe, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £8, being part of £75-13-10, the remainder [of an original rentJ of £84-3-10. D: The whole tenement called "Tregannon", with appurtenances, and a whole tenement in "Ludcotte", Cornwall, with appurtenances; being a parcel of the possessions of . . . B: Richard Tremayn, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Hugh Cuffe, his executors & assigns. H(b): Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585J. H(c). H(d): £8. H(e). H(f). H(k) as in entry [2J. F : £8 from preceding year. G: £16. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ.

[4] farm.

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CORNWALL

[Seized land. RentalJ 5 [5J f arm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Arrundell alias Courtney of Clerkenwell, gent., recusant. C: £2- 13-4. D: One messuage and tenement, with appurtenances, in Paddistowe [PadstowJ, and other messuages, lands and tenements, with appurtenances, in Carlegas [CarloggasJ, Prespinneck [ProspidnickJ, Trengove [TrengroveJ, Pellawyn, Carwyngan [? CarwinnenJ, Polglase, Truthall [TrythallJ, Gwenna [GwinearJ, Tresowes [TresowasJ, Tretharrap and Hellegie [? HeliganJ, in Cornwall. E(a): William Flannack, esq., & others. E(b) : 9 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(d): cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Cornub'''. F: £2- 13-4 from previous year. G: £5- 6-8. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Seized land. RentalJ 6 [6J farm. A: Tenants of two-thirds of the lands and tenements of . . . B: Trevenor Rosecarrock, recusant. C: £l-l1s. D : A moiety of 4 messuages in Tregennon [TregonanJ, of 2 messuages in Tregarrick [? TrevarrackJ, and of 4 messuages in Gayre [GearJ, with appurtenances, being a parcel of the manor of Lamoran [LamorranJ, Cornwall. E(a) , (b), and (d), as in entry [5]. F: £1-11s. from previous year. G: £3-2s. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Seized goods & chattelsJ7 [7J Anthony Rous and George Kekewiche, esq., owe 18s. which they have taken ("quos [solidosJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of Robert Beckett, esq., recusant. Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz. [1589/90J, under" Cornub' ". [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [8J farm. A: Tenants. B: Peter Coffyn. C: £4. D: Twothirds of a certain tenement called "Tolcarne", in the parish of Mawyan [MawganJ in Pyder, of the yearly value of 40s. ; and of one tenement in Tredeneck [TredinnickJ, called "Wilton", in the parish of Decklo [DuloeJ, of the yearly value of £4. E(b): 3 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a): Richard Carewe, esq., & others. E(c): Recusancy of the same Peter. (Ed): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: William Han, lately of Maugan [MawganJ, "yoman". C: £5-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a third or fourth part of 2 closes of land in the parish of St.

[9] farm.

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CORNWALL

Evattes [1 St. EvalJ, in the possession of David Arthure. E(b) and (a) as in entry [8J. E(c): Recusancy of the same William. E(d) : as in entry [8]. [*Seized land. RentalJ [10J farm. A: Tenants. B: Nicholas Burlace, lately of Newlyn, gent. C: £1-6- 8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Cary ole [CargollJ, with appurtenances, in Newlyn aforesaid. E(b) and (a) as in entry [8]. E(c): Recusancy of the same Nicholas. E(d) as in entry [8J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ . *[Seized land. RentalJ [IIJ farm. A: Tenants. B: Digory ("Digorius") Trevillian of -St. Cleder CSt. CletherJ, gent. C: £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a certain tenement called "Stapps", with appurtenances, in the parish of Adven [AdventJ. E(b) and (a) as in entry [8J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Digory. E(d): as in entry [8J. *[Seized land. RentalJ [12Jfarm A: Tenants. B: Elizabeth Arrundell, lately of Maugan [MawganJ, widow. C: £6- 13-4. D: Two-thirds of a certain close of land called "Cregmorycke", with appurtenances, in the parish of st. Meryn CSt. MerrynJ. E(b) and (a) as in entry [8J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Elizabeth. B(d) : as in entry [8J. J: [postscripts as under entry [2JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [13J farm. A: Tenants. B: Alexander Bradley, lately of St. Erme, "yoman". C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of a certain tenement, with appurtenances, in St. Terme eSt. ErmeJ, lately in the occupation of the said Alexander. E(b) and (a) as in entry [8J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Alexander. E(d): as in entry [8J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ . [Record of annual fine paidJ [14J A: John Arrundell, esq. C. D: £260. E: From 21 Sept., 35 Eliz. [1593J to 20 Sept., 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. 13 [lunarJ months. H. K. G. P: On 4 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £140 was paid into the Treasury. And on 23 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit.

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CORNWALL-DERBY

[Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [15J A: The same sheriff, viz. Thomas Lower, esq. B: [2J £82-13-4 (Wingfeild). [3J £44--8-9 (Vivian). [4J £16 (Cuffe). [5J £5-6-8 (Thos. Arrundell's tenants). [6] £3-2s. (Rosecarrock's tenants). [7J 18s. (Rous etc.). [8J £4 (Coffyn's tenants). [10J £1-6-8 (Burlace's tenants). [12J £6-13-4 (Eliz. Arrundell's tenants). [13J £6-13-4 (Bradley'S tenants). C: £171- 2-1. E: And he [sheriffJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under "Cornub' ". lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 16, 1. 16 seq. 2Cf. entry [1S], E. SText as op. cit., p. 16, l. 33 seq. 'Text as op. cit., p. 17,1. 6 seq. 5Text as op. cit., p. 17,1. 18 seq. to" capt' & seisit' ". IIText as op. cit., p. 17,1. 30 seq. 7Text as op. cit., p. 18,1.12.

[rotulet 15, dorseJ DERBYSIDRE (" Derb' ") [preambleJ [IJ Francis Cocken, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. to Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as under Berkshire [IJJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [2J farm. A: Tenants of two-thirds of the lands and tenements of ... B: Christopher Rolston, "yoman", recusant. C: £3-6-8. D: One messuage in Rossington alias Roston, Derbyshire, with appurtenances. E(a): Robert Aston, esq., & others. E(b): 11 August, 33 Eliz. [1591J. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 34 Eliz., Mich. term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. F: £8-6-8 from previous years. G: £11-13-4. J: And they [tenantsJ answer in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Derb' ", after their farm. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [3J Robert Aston, esq., Thomas Alsopp and John Bamford, gents., owe £23 which they have taken ("quas [librasJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of the aforesaid Christopher Rolston, recusant. Cf. Memoranda Roll [etc. as in entry [2J, E(d)]. [Postscript[ And they answer in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz. , under Derb' ". [Seized land. RentalJ1 [4J farm. A: Tenants. B: Nicholas Langford, esq., recusant. C: £98-3-4t & two-thirds of a farthing. D: Two-thirds of

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the mansion house or manor of Longeford, Derbyshire ; and two-thirds of one park called "Longford Parke", and of various other closes, farms, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with appurtenances, in Longeford aforesaid, of the clear yearly value (charges deducted) of £147-5-1. E(a): John Manners, esq., & others. E(b): 14 Oct., 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Derb' ". J : For which the sheriff answers below 2 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged unless . ..

,-r [Seized land. RentalJ [5J

farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity of £100 per annum, and of one messuage or tenement, with certain lands pertaining to it, in Tupton, Derbyshire. C:3 £68-5-61. B: Constance ("Constancia") Fuliambe, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £220, by virtue of the aforesaid Act 4 of the Parliament [begunJ on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Derb'''. F: £68-5-61 from preceding year. G: £136-11-1 t . [Further arrearsJ £68-5-61 for Humphrey Dethicke, esq., sheriff of 32 Eliz.; cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Derb''', viz. the rent for the year 32 Eliz. [1590-91J : and £68-5-61 for Thomas Greseley, esq., sheriff of 33 Eliz., ; cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Derb' ", viz. the rent for the year 33 Eliz., [1591/2J. [Total debtJ £273-2-3. J : [Postscripts as under entry [4JJ.

[Seized land. RentalJ [6J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of lands and tenements in Langford [LongfordJ, Derbyshire. C: £6-13-4. B: Nicholas Langford, esq., lately of Longford, recusant. E(b): 13 April, 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(a): John Harpur & John Bullock, esqs., & others. E(c): Recusancy of the aforesaid Nicholas. E(d): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Derb' ", "where the said rent is demanded from the aforesaid John Harpur & John Bullock, esqs."5 F: £6-13-4 from preceding year. G: £13-6-8. [Further arrearsJ £10 for Thomas Greseley, esq., sheriff of 33 Eliz., being the rent for the year 33 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Derb''', "where the said rent ... [etc. as in E(d) above]. [Total debtJ £23-6-8. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4JJ. *t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [7J farm. A: Henry Merrye [lessee]. C: £13-6-11, for Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., being part of an annual rent of £26-13-10. D: The whole of a certain messuage, with appurtenances, in Sturson [? SturstonJ, in the tenure of John Palmer of Kegworth, Leics., recusant; the whole of a certain messuage, with apps.,

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DERBY-DEVON

in Brissingcote [BrizlincoteJ, in the tenure of Edward Blount ; the whole of a certain messuage, with apps., in Lees Hill, in the tenure of Francis Starkye, gent.; and the whole of a certain messuage, with apps., in Westbroughton, Derbyshire, in the tenure of Richard Smithe, or his assigns: being two-thirds of the lands & possessions of ... B : The aforesaid John Palmer, recusant. E(a): John Harpur, esq., and others. E(b): "divided in separation from the above recusant's third part, and seized"6 on 28 March, 36 Eliz. [1594]. H(a): Aforesaid Henry Merrye, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 18 June, 36 Eliz. [1594J. H(c). H(d): £5 for Palmer's messuage; £13-16-8 for Blount's messuage; £3-14s. for Starkye's messuage; £4-3-2 for Smithe's messuage. H(e). H(k): cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under" Derb' ". [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [8] A: The same sheriff, viz. Francis Cocken, esq. B: [4J £98- 3-4t & two-thirds of a farthing (Langford's tenants). [5J £273-2-3 (Fuliambe's tenants). [6J £23-6- 8 (Langford' s tenants). C: £394-12-3t & two-thirds of a farthing. E: And he [sheriffJ answers in [Recusant[ Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Derb' ". lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 28, 1. 17 seq. to "capta & seizita". 2Cf. entry [8], E. 3A blank space is left in MS for "debent" ; 4The Act apparently an oversight on the part of the scribe. 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 5" . • . ubi firma pred' exigitur sub nomine pred' 10hannis Harpur & 10hannis Bullock Ar' " in MS. s"in separalitat' a tercia parte Recusan' superius divis' et seisit' ... "in MS.

[rotulet 3bJ DEVONSHIRE (" Devon' ") [Preamble] [IJ William Strode, esq., sheriff of this county from Mich., 35 Eliz. to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [I]]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ1 [2] farm. John Clapham and Thomas Culliford [lessees]. C: £32. D: Two-thirds of the manor of East Ayshford, Devon; and two-thirds of the manor of Butterley [ButterleighJ, Devon, together with various other manors, messuages, lands & tenements specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under " Devon'''. B: James Courtney, esq., recusant. H(b): 25 March, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Devon'''. F : £32 from preceding year. G: £64. [Further arrears] £16

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DEVON

for Thomas Ridgeway, esq., sheriff of 32 Eliz.; cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Devon' ", being part of this rent for the year 31 Eliz. ; cf. Great [Pipe] Rolls of 32 & 31 Eliz., under" Devon'''. [Total debt] £80. J : And they [Clapham etc.] answer in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Devon' ", for this rent & the arrears. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 2 [3] farm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas ArrundeU alias Courtney of Clerkenwell, Midd., gent., recusant. C: £2-15s. D: Twothirds of a twelfth part of 4 messuages, with appurtenances, in Bleckburye [Blegberry] ; of 2 messuages, with apps., in Becklondes [Beckland] ; of 250 acres of meadow & pasture land in Heandon [? Heanton Punchardon] ; of 70 acres of meadow & pasture land in Northdeerparke; of 300 acres of meadow & pasture land in Greston, Pirebeacons, Gosden Parke, Butterbimes & Whiteles, with other messuages, lands & tenements in Norton, Yeapham, Rotheridge and Parford, Devon. E(a): John Docton, gent., & others. E(b): 21 Oct., 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Devon'''. F : £2-15s. from preceding year. G: £5-10s. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 3 [L. Margin] [The sheriff] is charged, unless. ... [Seized land. Rental] 4 [4] jarm. A: Tenants. B: Nicholas Rosecarrocke of 8t. Clement Danes, Midd., gent., recusant. C: lOs. 8d. D: Two-thirds of a moiety of two messuages and tenements, with appurtenances, at Smythes Hill and Ashewater [Ashwater), Devon. E(a) and (b) as in entry [3]. F: lOs. 8d. from preceding year. G: £1-1-4. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3]]. *t[Lease of seized land. Rental] [5] A: Robert Seale, one of the yeomen-in-ordinary (" valect' ordinar''') of "les usshers" of the royal chamber [lessee). C: £14--10-2!d. D: Two-thirds (1) of the manor of Parkeham [Parkham], Devon, with appurtenances; (2) of the manor of Buckysshe [Buckish], with apps., in the parish of Woolfridisworthie [Woolfardisworthy], Devon; (3) of the manor of Horton, with apps., in the parish of Bradworthie, Devon; (4) of the manor of Upcott, with apps., in the parish of Weicom [WelcombeJ, Devon; (5) of the manor of Torrington alias Torrington Tadpoole, with apps., in the parishes of Great Torrington & Litle Torrington, Devon; (6) of 30 messuages and 40 acres of land, with apps., in the parish of Okehampton, Devon; (7) of one messuage and one garden, with apps., in Shipwash [Sheepwash], Devon; (8) of one messuage & 40

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acres ofland, with apps., in Higheanton [HighamptonJ, Devon ; (9) of one messuage & 30 acres of land, with apps., in Buckland Bruer [Buckland Brewer], Devon; (10) of one messuage & 40 acres of land, with apps., in Allington, Devon; (11) of a third part of one messuage & 60 acres of land, with apps., in Crabb don [CrabadonJ, in the parish of Dipford [Diptford], Devon; (12) of the reversion of one messuage & 40 acres of land in Herberton [HarbertonJ, Devon; (13) of 2 messuages, 2 gardens & 44 acres of land, with apps., in Allington aforesaid; (14) of 2 messuages & 12 acres of land, with apps., in Abbotesham [AbbotshamJ ; (15) of one messuage & 80 acres of land, with apps., in Buckland Bruer, Devon; (16) of one messuage & 30 acres of land, with apps., in Parkeham aforesaid; also two-thirds (17) of one messuage in Wadebridge, in the parish of St. Breock, Cornwall; (18) of one messuage in the parish of Bodmyn, Cornwall; and (19) of one messuage or tenement in the parish of St. Tethe [St. Teath], Cornwall. B: Giles Risden, lately of Bableygh [BableighJ in the said parish of Parkham, Devon, gent., recusant. E(b): 21 June, 35 Eliz. (1593]. E(a): Robert RoUes & others. H(a): Aforesaid Robert Seale, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): For (1)5 4s. 5d. & twothirds of !d. until 12 Dec., 1599, thereafter £6-13-4; for (2), 138. 4d.; for (3), £2; for (4), 4s. 5d. & two-thirds of id.; for (5), 4s. 5d. & two-thirds of !d. until 12 Dec., 1599, thereafter £4; for (6), !d. & two-thirds of i d. until 12 Dec., 1599, thereafter £8-17-9 & two-thirds of l d.; for (7), 3s. 4d. & two-thirds of Id. ; for (8), 17-9d. & two-thirds of ld. ; for (9), 4s. 5d. & two-thirds of i d. ; for (10), lOs. 8d. ; for (11), 13s. 4d. ; for (12), ! d. & two-thirds of i d. ; for (13), £4-8-10 & two-thirds of Id. ; for (14), £1-2-2 & two-thirds of Id. ; for (15), £1-15-6 & two-thirds of 1d. ; for (16), 5s. 4d. ; for (17), 4s. 5d. & two-thirds of id.; for (18), 6s. 8d. ; for (19), lOs. 8d. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 31 Eliz., under" Devon' ". J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ. *t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ. [6J farm. A: Robert Seale, one of the yeomen-in-ordinary of "les usshers" of the royal chamber [lesseeJ. C: £9-5-5 & two-thirds of i d. D: Two-thirds (1) of one messuage in the borough of Zeal ("Burgo de Zeale"), Devon, and of 12 acres of arable & 4 acres of meadow, with appurtenances ; (2) of a water-mill in Zeale; (3) of one messuage or tenement, with apps., in Colluber [Collibear], in the parish of Southtawton [South TawtonJ, Devon; (4) of one tenement, with apps. , in Yandicott [Yendacott], in the aforesaid parish; (5) of one messuage in Southtowton [South Tawton] aforesaid; (6) of

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one cottage in Southtowton aforesaid; (7) of 3 tenements in Plumpton Marie [plympton St. MaryJ, Devon; (8) of 2 tenements in Dotscombe Leighe [DoddiscombsleighJ, Devon; (9) of one tenement in Inwardley [InwardleighJ; (10) of one messuage in Chagford ; (11) of 4 acres of land in the parish of Southtowton aforesaid, in the tenure of a certain John Bright. B: William Burgen, alias Burgan, alias Burgoyn, lately of South Zeale in the parish of Southtowton aforesaid, gent., recusant. E(b): 21 June, 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a): Robert RoUes, gent., and others. H(a): Aforesaid Robert Seale, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593]. H(c). R(d): For (1)5 £3-6-8; for (2), £1-6-8 ; for (3), £1-6-8 ; for (4), £1-6-8 ; for (5), Is. 4d. ; for (6), Id. & two-thirds of id.; for (7), 4s.; for (8), 3s. 4d.; for (9), 2s. 8d.; for (10), 8d.; for (11), £1-6-8. H(e). H(k): as in entry [5]. J: On 2 May, 31 Eliz., [1594J, £4-12-9 was paid jrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £4-12-9 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Seale] is quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrears] [7) A: The same sheriff, viz. William Strode, esq. B: [3J £5-10s. (Arrundell's tenants). [4J £1-1-4 (Rosecarrock's tenants). [5J £14-10-21 (Seale). C : £21-1-61. E: And he [sheriffJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Devon' ". [Enrolment of estreated conviction for recusancyJ [8J A: Bridget Roe, wife of Christopher Roe of W 0011 [Well] in the parish of Stoke Gabriell, Devon, gent. C. D: £260. F: £240. G. H. J: For 12 months from 10 July, 36 Eliz. [1594J. L: £20. M: Monday in 2nd week of Lent, 38 Eliz. [8 March, 1595/6]. N: From date of conviction till 6 April next: i.e. one [lunarJ month. O. P : But she ought not to be summonedjor this [debtJ by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 4 James I [1606J, Mich. term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And she is quit. [L.MarginJ Let a commission be issued. 6 lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 35, 1. 5 seq. zCf. entry (7), E. 8Text as op. cit., p. 35, 1. 19 seq. to "capt' et seisit'''. ' Text 6The bracketed figures refer to the as op. cit., p. 35, 1. 33 seq. numbered properties above, in the text of this entry. The items S"fi[at) Commissio" in MS. are not numbered in the original.

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[rotulet 19, dorseJ DORSETSlllRE (" Dorst") [PreambleJ [IJ George Moreton, esq., sheriff of this county from Mich., 35 Eliz., to Mich. 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [IJ]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [2) farm. A: William Arrundell, esq. [lessee]. C: £19-13-9. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Brodwey [Broadway], with appurtenances, in Dorset, together with other manors, messuages & lands, with apps., in Dorset, specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Dors ", ; 1 also two-thirds of a third part of the manor of Trent, Somerset, with apps.. B: William Gerrard of Clerkenwell, Midd., gent., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid William Arrundell, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 15 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591J. R(c). R(d): as C. R(e). R(f). R(k): cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Dors' ". J: On 1 May 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-17-5 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-17-5 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Arrundell] is quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 2 [3] jarm. A: John Ropkynson [lesseeJ. C: £6-13-4, being part [of an original annual rentJ of £10-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Godlingston, alias Godlinston, in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, with appurtenances. B: Henry Wells, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Ropkynson, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 3 Nov., 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): £6-13-4. R(e). R(f). R(k): as in entry [2]. J: On 19 April 36, Eliz. [1594J, £3-6-8 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 15 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594] £3-6-8 was paid . . . [etc. as aboveJ. And he [Hopkynson] is quit. *[Seized land. RentalJ [4] jarm. A: Tenants. B: Dorothy Kellway, recusant, wife of Robert Kellway, gent. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a moiety of one messuage & 300 acres of meadow & pasture land in Tarrant Rynton, Dorset. E(a): Sir George Trenchard, knt., & others. E(b): 24 April, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: £6-13-4 from preceding year. G: £20. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And they are quit.

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~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [5] 3Richard Okeford of Hamperton [? HamprestonJ, "yoman", recusant, owes 1Os. for the price or value of his goods & chattels similarly taken & seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid commissioners; as is contained above. 4 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [6J 8David Yonge of Henton Marye [Hinton St. MaryJ, "yoman", recusant, owes 11s.... [etc. as in entry [5J]. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [7J sJohn Gould of Crambome [CranborneJ, "yoman", owes £3-3-10 [etc. as in entry [5JJ. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [8J 3William Symes of Netherbury, "yoman", owes £1 ... [etc. as in entry [5JJ.

lCf. C.R.S., XVIII, pp. 36-37. 2Text as op.cit., p. 40, 1. 18 seq. to "pro tempore existen'''. SEntries [5J to [8J inc1us. are bracketed, R., with the note: Total of these 4 deb ts =£5-4-1 O. They delivered this sum ("liberaverunt") in the Treasury on 25 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, under the name oj John Williams, esq., sheriff. And they are quit. 4In entry [4J : i.e. Sir George Trenchard, knt., & others, on 24 April, 35 Eliz. [1593].

[rotulet 5J ESSEX (" Essex' ") [PreambleJ [IJ Humphrey Mildemay, esq., sheriff of this county from Mich., 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [IJJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ! [2J jarm. A: Thomas Gentt, esq., Second Baron of the Queen's Exchequer [lessee]. C: £36-7-8. D: A full moiety of the manor of Great Sampford, and the whole manor of Canfeild ; also the whole manor of Bloys, a complete windmill, and a whole tenement, now or lately in the tenure or occupation of Robert Pettytt, in Essex. B: Richard Greene, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Gentt, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 19 June, 31 Eliz., [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Essex' ". J: On 24 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £18-3-10 was paid into the Treasury jrom this jarm, under the names oj the administrators oj Thomas Grente [sicJ, esq.. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £18-3- 10 was paid . .. [etc. as above] ... under the names oj the administrators oj Thomas Gente, esq. And he [Gentt] is quit.

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[Lease of seized land. Rental] 2 [3J farm. A : John Gerrard [lesseeJ. C: £6-13-4. D: Twothirds of one messuage, and of various other lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Walthamstowe, Essex. B: Thomas Hayle, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Gerrard, his executors & assigns. H(b): "From the time when the lease and grant of the same premises, by letters-patent, to a certain William Whiskins, esq., in 28 Eliz. [1585-6J, for the payment of £100, shall have been finally vacated ("vacari"), completed and terminated". H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £23-6-8 from previous years. G: £30. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 3 [4J Jarm. A: Henry Marwood [lessee]. C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one tenement, and of certain lands in Bulmer, Essex; and of various other messuages, lands & tenements in Northbemflete [North Benfleet] & elsewhere in Essex, specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Item Essex'''. B: John Danyell, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Henry Marwood & his assigns. H(b): From 20 March, 32 Eliz. [1589/90]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £3-6-8 was paidjrom thisjarm into the Treasury. And on the last day oj Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], £3-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Marwood] is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ' [5J jarm. A: Francis Mannock, gent. [lessee]. C: £4. D: Two-thirds of various lands, tenements & hereditaments, with appurtenances, in Bulmer and other villages in Essex. B: Richard Martin, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Francis Mannock, his executors & assigns. H(b): From [ ]5 March, 32 Eliz. [1589/90]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £2 was paid jrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 30 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], £2 was paid .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [Mannock] is quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 6 [6] jarm. A: Ralph Smythe, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £24. D: One house, called "Ie mannor house of Bacons", and 70 acres ofland, with all appurtenances ; and various other & tenements, with apps., in Essex: being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : Ambrose Jermyn, lately of Barneby [ ? Barnby, co. Suffolk], esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Ralph Smythe & his assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £12 was paid jrom this jarm

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into the Treasury. And on the last day oj Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], £12 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [Smythe] is quit.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ 7 [7J jarm. A: Robert Seale, one of the yeoman of the royal chamber [lesseeJ. C: £14-9-4. D: The whole manor of Chary [CherryJ, with all its rights, members & appurtenances, in the parish of Brocksteed [BrockstedJ; and various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Strethall and elsewhere in Essex: of the lands and possessions of . . . B : Thomas Crawley, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Robert Seale & his assigns. H(b): From 11 June, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: On 24 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £7-4-8 was paidfrom thisjarm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £7-4-8 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [SealeJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ8 [8] farm. A: Hugh Cuffe, gent. [lessee]. C: £1-10s., being part of £75-13-10, the remainder [of an original rent] of £84-3-10. D: Two whole cottages or tenements, with appurtenances, in Barkinge, Essex: being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B. : William Tucker, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Hugh Cuff, his executors & assigns. H(b): Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585]. H(c) ... "for the satisfaction of the debt of the said William Tucker". H(d): £1-10s. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £1-10s. from preceding year. G: £3. [Seized land. Rental] 9 [9] jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 4 acres of land in Westham [West HamJ, in the tenure or occupation of William Townesend. C: £1-15-7. B: Lady Margaret Throckmorton, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by reason of her recusancy. E(a): Francis Blythe, esq., & Laurence Bingham, gent. E(b): 13 Sept., 31 Eliz. [1589]. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Essex'''. F: £8--O-1l from previous years. G: £9-15-8t . J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they are quit. [Seized land. Rental] 1 0 [10] jarm. A: Tenants. C: £1-15-6!d. D: Two-thirds of 4 acres of marsh-land, lying in Newmarshe, in the parish of Westham [West HamJ, Essex, in the tenure or occupation of Joan Smythe, widow, of Greenstreet, or her assigns. B:

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Lady Margery Throgmorton, who is indebted to the Queen in

the sum of £140, by reason of her recusancy. E(a): "commissioners".l1 E(b): Last day of Sept., 33 Eliz. [1591] E(d): as in entry [9J. F: £3-11-1 t from previous years .. G : £5-6-8. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, for the reason referred to immediately above, under the jarm oj the tenants oj two-thirds oj 4 acres oj land in Westham, oj the lands & tenements oj Lady Margaret Throckmorton. And they are quit. [Seized land. RentalJ12 [11] farm. A: Tenants. B: Katherine Stone, recusant. C: £4-8-101. D: Two-thirds of one mansion house & 5 acres of land in Walden, Essex, in the occupation of George Nicholls, gent. B: The aforesaid Katherine, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by reason of her recusancy. E(a): "aforesaid commissioners".13 E(b): as in entry [10]. E(d): as in entry [9J. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned jor this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, for the reason given under the jarm oj the said tenants in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Essex' ". And they are quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [12J jarm. A: William Twittye, gent. [lessee]. C: £22-16-8. D: The whole manor, with appurtenances, in Toppesfield, Essex, in the tenure or occupation of John Wade14 & others, or their assigns; the whole messuage or [? "tenement"-omittedJ, with apps, called, "Carbonells", situated & existing in Wickes [Wix], Essex, in the tenure or occupation of John Wade or his assigns ; and the whole messuage or tenement called "Bellows" with apps., [? "situated"-omittedJ & existing in Highe Ester [High EasterJ, Essex; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Co. Suffolk, specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Essex' " :15 being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B: William Mannock, junior, lately of Stoke juxta Naylond [Stoke by Nayland], Suffolk, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Twitty, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 3 May, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(n. H(k): Cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Essex' ".15 J : On 22 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £11-8-4 was paidjrom thisjarm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], £11-8-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Twittye] is quit. [Seized land. Rental]16 [13] jarm. A: Tenants. B: William Wiseman, esq., recusant. c: £28-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the manor ("manerii")

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of Brocholls [? BrockholdsJ, Mockinhall and Welbarnes, in Radbenter [RadwinterJ, Thaxstede [ThaxstedJ and Barlinge ; of one farm called "Brodockes", in Wimbisshe; and of other messuages, lands & tenements in Thaxstede, Finchingfeild, Debden and Felstede, Essex. E(a): Jerome ["Jerominus"J Weston, esq., & others. E(b): 10 April, 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Essex' ". J: On 27 May, 37 Eliz. [1595J, they [tenantsJ delivered17 [this rentJ in the Treasury. And they are quit. [Seized land. Rental]18 [14J farm. A: Tenants. B: Richard White, lately of London, gent., recusant. C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Runwell, with appurtenances, in Runwell; and of the manor or farm called "Herberts", with apps., in Rawleighe [RayleighJ and Hockley, Essex. E(b): 1 Feb., 35 Eliz. [1592/3J. E(a): Laurence Bingham & others. E(d): as in entry [13]. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned jar this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, jar the reason rejerred to under the jarm oj the said tenants in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Essex' ". And they are quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ19 [15J jarm. A: Thomas Webber, a groom of the Queen's private kitchen [lesseeJ. C: £4. D: Two-thirds of the rectory of Bulmer, Essex, lately in the tenure of Richard Howlbrooke & William Bragge ; and of one tenement, with appurtenances, in Bulmer, in the tenure of Robert Lyster; also of one tenement, with apps., in Ballenden [BallingdonJ, Essex. B: John Danyell, lately of Acton, Co. Suffolk, gent., recusant. H(a): Moresaid Thomas Webber, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 14 July, 34 Eliz. [1592]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [12]. J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2 was paid jrom this farm into the Treasury. And on the last day oj Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [Webber] is quit. [Seized land. Rental] [16J jarm. A: William Elinge, a yeoman ("valectus") of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £6-13-4. D: The whole manor of Herberts, with appurtenances, in Rayleigh [RawleighJ, Rawreth & Hockley or elsewhere in Essex; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Essex, specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Essex' " : 20 being a parcel of the lands & tenements of ... B : Richard White of London, gent., recusant. H(a): Moresaid William Elinge, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 30 March, 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): "£6-13-4 for the said

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manor called "Her-berts", with apps., and for a parcel of meadow, grazing & pasture lands, with apps., called "Chawdell Shotte", "Putford Hill", "Roughe Close", "the great meadowe", & "Chapples Vise", during a term of 14 years next following Ladyday, 34 Eliz. [1592] ; and £33-6-8 thereafter, for the term of the present lease. And £4--8-10 & two thirds of 1d. for two-thirds of the reversion of the manor of Thundersley, after the death of Katherine White, mother of the aforesaid Richard". H(e). H(k): as in entry [12]. J: On 18 April, 26 Eliz. [1594], £3-6-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], £3-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [ElingeJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 21 [17J farm. A: Thomas Dickenson, a groom of "Ie pastrie"22 [lesseeJ. C: £6. D: The whole manor, messuage or farm called "Weald, alias Weald Barnes", in the parish of Debden, Essex ; and the whole messuage or farm called "Yardley Hall" in the hamlet of Wymbisshe [WimbishJ, in the parish of Thaxstede, Essex, with appurtenances: being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : Jane Wiseman of Wymbysshe, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Dickenson, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 20 June, 35 Eliz., [1593]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [12]. F: £3 for the last part of the preceding year. G: £9. J: For which the sheriff answers on the dorse of this roll. 23 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . ... [rotulet 5, dorseJ [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [18J A: The same sheriff, viz. Humphrey Mildmay, esq. B: [17] £9 (Dickenson). E: And he [sheriffJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Essex' ". [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ24 [19J A: John Moore of Layghton [LaytonJ, Essex, gent. B. D: £160. F: £120. G. H. J: For 6 months from 20 Dec., 37 Eliz. [1594]. L: £40. M: Thursday, 26 Feb. , 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From day of conviction to 22 April, 38 Eliz. [1596J, i.e. 2 [lunarJ months. O. Ralph Worsley of Dagenham, Essex, gent., alias Hugh Worsley of the same, gent ... . 25 [ J £160 for the like. Alice Worsley, wife of the said Ralph [ J " " "" Dorothy Worsley of the same, "spinster" [ ] " """ Elizabeth Worsley of the same, "spynster" . [ J " " " "

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Mary Worsley of the same, "spynstel" J £160 for the like. Alice Worsley, jun., of the same, "spynster" " " " " Edward Worsley of the same, gent . " " " John Worsley of the same, gent. " George Wharton of Hutton, Essex, gent " " " " Joan Wynterfludd of Little Canfeild, Essex, widow . " " " " Margaret Terryll of Downeham, Essex, "spynster" owes" " " " [Postscript] But she ought not to be summoned jor this [debtJ, jor a reason rejerred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 42 Eliz. [1600-1J, under the jarm oj the tenants oj the lands oj the ajoresaid Margaret Tyrrell [sic]. And she is quit. lText as C.R.S., xvrn, p. 110, 1. 36 seq. to "remanere contigerint". ·Text as op. cit., p. 111,1. 34 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "equaJes pore' ". 3Text as op. cit., p. 112, 1. 5 seq. (with variant phras4Text as op. cit., p. 112, ings) to "equales pore' ibidem". 1. 23 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "equaJes porciones ibid'''. 6A space is left in MS for the day of the month. 6Text as op. cit. p. 112, 1. 38 seq. to "remanere contigerint". 7Text as op. cit., p. 113, 1. 17 seq. to "remanere contigerint". 8Text as op. cit., p. 113, 1. 40 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "equaJes porciones". "Text as op. cit., p. 114, 1. 9 seq. to "capt' et seisit' ". lOText as op. cit., p. 114,1. 27 seq. to" capt' et seisit'''. llNames not stated. l2Text as op. cit., p. 114, 1. 40 seq. to " capt' et seisit' ". 13Names not stated: the same persons as those referred to in entry [10J, E(a). 14Not "John Cosyn", as in op. cit., p. 115. HCf. op. cit., pp. 115-116. l6Text as op. cit., p. 116, 1. 29 seq. to .. capt' et seisit'... l7"lib[eraverunt]" in MS. l8Text as 19Text as op. cit., p. 117, 1. 1 seq. to "capt' et seisit'''. op. cit., p. 117,1. 20 seq. to" Com' Suff' gen' recusantis". 2°Cf op. cit., p. 118. 2lCf op. cit., pp. 119-120. 22A still-room attendant. 23Cf entry [18J, E. 24All the entries under this heading are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be 26The brackets here and in issued ("fi[atJ Commissio"). entries below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word "debet" (owes). Cf Introd., p. xcix.

[rotulet 6J GLOUCESTERSHIRE (" Glouc' ") [Preamble] [1] Sir John Davers,l knt., sheriff of this county from Mich., 35 Eliz., to Mich., 35 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [1]J. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 2 [2] jarm. A: Francis Thynne, gent. [lessee]. C: £20. D: Two-thirds of a moiety of certain water-mills, called "Whellford

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I\1il1s", in the parish of Kemsford [KempsfordJ, Gloucs. ; and of a moiety of certain pasture, meadow & grazing lands, called "Dudgrove", in the said parish, with all appurtenances, now or lately in the occupation of John Doule. B: John Hitcheman, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Francis Thynne & his assigns. R(b) : From 7 March, 31 Eliz. [1588-9]. R(c). R(d): as C. H(e).3 R(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Glouc' n. F : £60 from previous years. G: £80. J :4 But ,he [ThynneJ ought not to be summoned jar this [rent] nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, because answer has been made to the Queenjor £40for the ajoresaid 2 years jrom this jarm (which was found jor the Queen by an inquisition dated 14 January, 31 Eliz. [1588/9J, and enrolled among Commissions & Letters-Patent, 5 Trinity term, L.T.R., and thereupon leased to the ajoresaid Francis Thynne, as said above) viz. by Sir Henry Poole, knt., & Thomas Lucy, esq., successive sheriffs oj this county jar the years 30 & 31 Eliz., viz. £20 by each oj them; as is more fully stated in the Great [PipeJ Rolls, 30 & 31 Eliz., under "Res' Glouc"', preserved here in the custody of the engrosser of the present roll. And he [Thynne] is quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 6 [3J farm. A: Hugh Cuffe, gent. [lessee]. C: £20, being part of £75-13-10, the remainder [of an original rentJ of £84-3-10, D: The whole farm or grange called "Woolaston Graunge", also the whole farm called "Tedenham, alias Tednam", Gloucs., with all woods and underwood, and appurtenances in the said county : being a parcel of the goods & chattels of ... B: Thomas Somersett, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Rugh Cuffe, his executors & assigns. R(b): From Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585]. R(c): ... "for the satisfaction of the debt of the aforesaid Thomas Somersett". R(d): £20. H(e). H(f). H(k) : as in entry [2J. F: £20 from preceding year. G: £40. [Further arrearsJ And £100 for William Dutton, esq., sheriff of this county for the year 32 Eliz.; cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Res' Glouc' ", viz. from this farm for the year 32 Eliz., and its arrears; cf. the said Great [Pipe] Roll of 32 Eliz., under" Glouc'''. [Total debtJ £140. J: For which the sheriff answers below. 7 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . . . ~

[Seized land. Rental] 8 [4J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 4 messuages and other lands, with appurtenances, in Staunton and EldersfeiId, W orcestershire; and of one tenement or messuage & certain arable lands in Corse, Gioucs.. C: £7-1-4.9 B: William Bradstock of Corse aforesaid, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £120, by virtue of an ActIO of the

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Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £7-1-4 from preceding year. G: £14-2-8. [Seized land. RentalJll [5J farm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Bradford, "yoman", recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £60, by reason of his recusancy. C: £2-4-6. D: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement in Cirencester, in a certain street called "Gosdiche Street"; and of one messuage or tenement (copyhold)12 in Ebnoy [Epney]. E(a): Sir Thomas Throgmorton, knt., & others. E(b): 23 March, 34 Eliz. [1591/2]. E(d): cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Glouc'''. F: £4-9s. from previous years. G: £6-13-6. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3J]. [Seized goods & chattelsJI3 [6] Thomas Bradford, lately of Cirencester, "yoman", recusant, owes £66- 6-8, charged upon himself, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the said Thomas, taken and seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid commissioners; as is contained above.a [Postscripts as under entry [3]]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJI5 [7] farm. A: Thomas Keyes, one of the Queen's cooks-inordinary [lessee]. C: £4-8-10 2 & half i d. D: Two-thirds of a certain lease of one pasture called "the towne furlonge" ; and of another pasture called "the orchard", with appurtenances in Mickleton, Gloucs. B: Thomas Porter, recusant. R (b): From 15 Feb., 31 Eliz. [1588/9]. H(c). R(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Glouc'''. F: £22-4-5 & half id. from previous years. G: £26-13-3 1. J: But he [KeyesJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; Cf. M emoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he [Keyes J is quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [8] A: The same sheriff, viz. Sir John Davers,1 knt. B: [3J £140 (Cuffe). [5J £6-13-6 (Bladford's tenants). [6J £66-6-8 (Bradford). C: £213-0-2. D : [3J Cuffe answers for £140 in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Glouc' ", after his farm. 16 [5J Bradford's tenants answer for £6-13-6 in same roll (loc. cit.)16 [6J Bradford answers for £66-6-8 in same roll (loc. cit.)16

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E: And he [sheriffJ is quit. [Arrearage of rentJ [9J A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 4 messuages and other lands, with appurtenances, in Staunton & Eldersfeld [EldersfieldJ, Worcestershire; and of one tenement or messuage and certain arable land in Corse, Gloucs. F: £28-5-4 for Sir John Poyntes, knt., sheriff of 33 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., :under" Res' Glouc' ", being the rent (£7- 1-4) of this farm for the year 33 Eliz., with arrears; cf. same roll, under " Glouc' ". B: William Bradstock of Corse aforesaid, gent., recusant. J : But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, f or a reason referred to in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under "Glouc''', in this same farm. And they [tenantsJ are quit. lSic, for Danvers. lIText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 123 1. 1 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "xxxiijcio in Glouc' ". 3The phrase "to the Receipt of the Exchequer", omitted in op. cit., is present in 'Text is as follows: "Sed non deb' inde sum' Nee this MS. de eadem firma de cetero onerari Eo quod respons' est domine Regine nunc de xl lib. de eadem firma pro pred' duo bus ann' repert' pro eadem domina Regina per inquisic' dat' xiiijto die lanuarii anno xxxjmo & irrotul' inter commission' & litteras paten' de termino sancte Trin' rotulo [ ] ex parte Rem' Thes' ac superinde dimiss' prefat' Franc' Thynne ut prefertur viz per Henr' Poole mil' & Thorn' Lucy ar' nuper succ' vic' com' pred' de ann' xxxmo & xxjmo eiusdem Regine viz per utrumque eor' xx lib. prout in separaI' magnis rotulis de ann' xxxmo & xxxjmo in res' Glouc' hic in custod' ingrossat' huius 51. e., in the rotuli plenius liquet & apparet. Et quietus est". L.T.R. Memoranda Roll, under this sub-heading. 6Text as op. cit., p. 123, 1. 16 seq. (with variant phrasings). 7C! entry [8],D. 8Text as op. cit., p. 123,1. 30 seq. 9Not £7-10s. , as in C.R.S. (loc . cit). lOThe Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. llText as op, cit.. p. 123, 1. 38 seq to "capt' et seisit". 12"per copiam lSText rotulorum curie" in MS (lit. "by copy of the court-rolls"). as op. cit., p . 124,1. 9 seq. to" sicut cont' ibid' ". HC! entry [5], 15Text as op. cit., p. 124, 1. 36 seq. to "xxxjmo in E(a) & (b). 16Note in L. margin: It is answered ("r[espondet]ur") Glouc' ". The sheriff (Davers) was therefore discharged of this amount.

[rotulet 18J HAMPSHIRE (" Suthi' ") [PreambleJ [IJ Richard Milles, esq., sheriff of this county from Mich., 35 Eliz. , to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... . [etc. as Berkshire [IJJ. [Lease of seized land. Rental]1 [2] farm. A: Hugh Cuff, gent. [lessee]. C: £24-13-4, the remainder of [an original rent of] £72-18-4. D: Two whole

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messuages & tenements, with appurtenances, in Axor [Axford] and Nutlett [NutleyJ, Rants. ; and the whole site or messuage called "Langred", with apps., in Ileffeld [EllisfieldJ, Rants. ; also the whole rectory of Preston Candover & Nutlett aforesaid, Rants. : being a parcel of the possessions of ... B : William Hoorde. R(a): Aforesaid Rugh Cuffe, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 2 March, 26 Eliz. [1583/4]. R(c) : "for the satisfaction of the debt of the aforesaid William Roorde" R(d) : £24-13-4. R(e). R(f). R(k): cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Sutht'''. F: £148 from previous years. G : £172-13-4. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 2 A: John Stockman, gent. [lessee]. C: £9. D: The manor of Lydshott [LudshottJ, Rants., with all rights, members & appurtenances: of the lands & tenements of ... B : Alice Knight, widow, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Stockman, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 25 Nov., 27 Eliz. [1584]. R(c) : "for the satisfaction of the debt of the said Alice Knight". R(d): as C. R(e). H(f). R(k): as in entry [2]. F: £9 from the preceding year. G: £18.

[3) farm.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ3 A: John Stockman, gent [lessee]. C: £17-5s. D: The whole manor of Godfeild & Swarrowton, alias Swallowton [SwarratonJ, with all its rights, members & appurtenances in Rants.; of the lands & tenements of . . . B: Robert Knight, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Stockman, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 25 Nov., 27 Eliz. [1584]. R(c): "for the satisfaction of the debt of the said Robert Knight". R(d): as C. R(e). R(k): as in entry [2]. J: On the last day oj April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-12-6 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-12-6 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ And he [StockmanJ is quit.

[4) farm.

~ [Seized land. RentalJ4 [5J A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of lands, tenements & hereditaments in [ J6 Rants. B: Richard Warneford, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,540, by virtue of a certain Act 6 of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. C: £12-8-10t. E(d): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Sutht' ". J : For which the sherif) answers on the dorse oj this rotulet. 7 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . ...

[Lease of seized land. Rental] 8 [6] jarm. A: William Stile, gent. [lessee]. C: £78-3-101, the remainder [of an original rentJ of £84-17-21. D: Two-thirds

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of the manor of Idesworth [IdsworthJ, with all its rights, members & appurtenances in Hants.; together with various other manors, messuages, lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 29 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Sutht'''. B: Edward Banyster, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Stile, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 30 Eliz. [1588J. H(c). H(d): £78- 3- 101. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: On 26 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £39-2s. was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £39-2s. was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Stile] is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 9 [7J farm. A: Sir James Marvin, knt. [lesseeJ. C: £72--4-41. D : Two-thirds of the capital house or messuage of the manor of Westbury, with all the meadow, grazing & pasture lands on the south-east side of a certain high road leading to Eastmean [East MeonJ, Hants.; together with various other messuages and lands, arable & pasture, specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under "Item Sutht'''. B: William Fawkenor, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Sir James Marvyn, knt., his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 30 Eliz. [1588]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(et H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. J: On 29 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £38-2-2i was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 23 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J £38-2s. [sicJ was paid. . . . [etc. as aboveJ And he [MarvinJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJlO A: Charles Pagett, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £16-4-6, of a certain rent of £65-16-61 & half 1d. D: Two-thirds of the farm at Woodcotes [WoodcoteJ, near Alefford [AlresfordJ, Hants., with 250 acres of land pertaining to it; and of an annual rent ("redditus") of £2-13-4. B: Anthony Uvedall, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Charles Pagett, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 30 May, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): £16-4-6. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [5JJ.

[8] farm .

[Lease of seized land. RentalJll [9] farm. A: Thomas Hixon [lessee]. C: £71-16-0·1, the remainder [of an original rent ofJ £89-1-2£d. D: Two-thirds of the reversion of the manor of Brembridge [BrambridgeJ, with appurtenances in Hants. ; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements in Hants. and Dorset, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Sutht'''. B: Gilbert Wells, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Hixon & his assigns. H(b): From 4 Feb., 31 Eliz. [1588/9].

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H(c). H(d): £71-16-01. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry[2]. J: On 18 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £35-J8-0t was paid from this farm into the Treasury. Andon 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594],£35-18-0t was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Hixon] is quit. ~

[Seized land. Rental]12 A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity or annual rent issuing from certain lands & tenements in Elleffeild [? Ellisfield] & Preston Candover, Hants. C: £7-11-2. B : Lady Pawlett, widow, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £180, by virtue of a certain Act of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): as in entry [5]. J : [Postscripts as under entry [5]].

[10] farm.

[Lease of seized land. Rental]13 [11] farm. A: John Peirson & Thomas Culleford [lessees]. C: £42-8-10t. D: Two-thirds of 2 tenements lying in Preston Candover & Nutley, Hants., now in the tenure of William Ryland & Richard Woodward or their assigns; together with various other lands & tenements specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Item Southt'''. B: William Hoorde, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Peirson & Thomas Culleford, their executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. F: £169-15-6 from previous years. G: £212-4-4l. [Lease of seized land. Rental]14 [12] farm. A: George Burley, gent. [lessee]. C: £2-13-4, & 1 peppercorn. D: Two-thirds of one lease, for a term of some years to come (" divers' almor' futuror' "), of a site or manor called "Middleton, alias Longeparisshe" [Long Parish], Hants. ; and two-thirds of the manor of Deverells Langbridge [Longbridge Deverill], Wilts.; together with various other lands, tenements, woods & rents specified in the Great [pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Item Sutht'''. B: William Burley, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid George Burley, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 5 May, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d) : as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. J: [postscripts as under entry [5]]. [Seized land. Rental]15 [13] farm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Knight and Alice Knight, widow, who are indebted to the Queen in separate sums of money by reason of their recusancy. C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the lordship of Ludshott; and of 3 messuages in Odeham [Odiham], with appurtenances. E(a): Thomas

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Flemynge, esq., & others. E(b): 5 Oct., 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Southt'''. F : £l3- 6-8 from previous years. G: £20. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned jor £16-13- 4 oj the above rent jrom 27 March, 34 Eliz. [1592J, nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, because John Goodwyn answersjor an annual rent oj £7-10s. jor these and other premises jrom the said 27 March, 34 Eliz., andjrom this date is answerable to the Queen by another commission; as is stated on the dorse oj this present roll.1 6 And they [tenantsJ owe £3-6-8. [Further postscripts as under entry [5J]. [Seized land. Rental]17 A: Tenants. B: Thomas Stockwithe & Benjamin Stockwithe, recusants, who are indebted to the Queen in various sums of money, by reason of their recusancy. C: 16s. 8d. D : Two-thirds of certain lands & pastures in Henton Dawbeny [Hinton DaubnayJ, called "Whethams" & "Cookes Crofte" ; and of another parcel of land, being a parcel of the manor of Frodington. E(a), (b) and (d) as in entry [l3J. F: £1-l3-4 from previous years. G: £2- 10s. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned jor £2- 1-8 of the above [rentJ jrom 27 March, 34 Eliz., [1592J, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth,Jor the reason stated immediately above in the note under the jarm oj the tenants oj the lands & tenements of Robert & Alice Knight. And they [tenants] owe 8s.4d. [Further postscripts as under entry [5]].

[14] jarm.

[Seized land. Rental] 18 [15] farm. A: Tenants. B: John Goldsmith, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of 100 marks, because he voluntarily heard Mass. C: £26-l3-4. D: Two-thirds of various lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Exton. E(a): Thomas Flemynge, esq., & others. E(b): 3 Oct., 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): as entry [l3]. F: £26-l3-4 from preceding year. G: £53- 6- 8. J: [Postscripts as under entry [5]]. [Seized land. Rental]19 A: Tenants. B: Gilbert Ticheborne, gent., who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of 100 marks, because he similarly heard Mass. C: £6-13- 4. D: Two-thirds of a third part of a certain messuage, and of various lands, tenements & hereditaments, with appurtenances, in Totford. E(a) , (b) and (d) : as in entry [15]. F: £6-l3-4 from preceding year. G : £13- 6-8.

[16] jarm.

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[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [17J farm. A: Barnard Wakefeild, one of the yeomen of the chamber royal [lesseeJ. C: £29-13-4. D. 1 : Two-thirds of 3 closes of land in Hambledon, Hants. ; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Rants., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Southt' ".20 B.l: Anthony Norton of the city of Winchester, recusant. D. 2: Two-thirds of a third part of the farm or manor of Bossingdon [BossingtonJ, with apps., R ants. ; together with other lands & tenements in Bossingdon aforesaid, specified in the same roll.20 B.2: Margery Wigmore, widow, recusant. D.3 : Two-thirds of the manor of Rothercombe, Rants., with apps . B.3: Richard Brewninge, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Barnard Wakefeild, his executors & assigns. R (b): From 21 July, 33 Eliz. [1591]. R(c). R(d): £18-1-1 i (for Norton's lands); £8-5-6l (for Wigmore's lands); £3-6-8 (for Brewninge's lands). H(e). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Sutht' ".20 F: £74-3-4 from previous years. G: £103-16-8. J: [Postscripts as under entry [5J]. [rotulet 18, dorseJ [Lease of seized land. RentalJ21 [18J farm . A: Charles Pagett, one of the yeomen of the chamber royal [lesseeJ22 C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of a certain farm or messuage, with appurtenances, in Pittleworth, in the parish of Broughton, Rants.; also of 200 acres of land & of 60 acres of "coppices", pertaining to the same farm or messuage. B: Anthony Uvedall, lately of Rambledon, Hants., esq., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Charles Pagett, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 1 Dec., 35 Eliz. [1592J. R(c). H(d): as C. R(e). R(k): as in entry [17]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 23 [19J farm. John Goyte, William Bake and John Thomas [lesseesJ. C: £11-16-111. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Rordell Bremor [Hordle Breamore], Rants., with appurtenances; and of the manor of Keyb.aven, Rants.; also of the manor of Souham [SouthamJ alias Ramworthie [HamworthyJ, Co. Dorset. B: Henry Carye of Tadford, Rants., esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Goyte, William Bake & John Thomas, their executors & assigns. R(b): From 15 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591]. R(c). R(d): £12-16-111.24 R(e). R(k): as in entry [17J. J: On 17 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5-18-6 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 11 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5-18-6 was paid. ... [etc. as aboveJ. And they [lesseesJ are quit.

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[Lease of seized land. Rental] 25 [20] farm. A: Charles Pagett, one of the yeomen of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £48-17-10, being part of [an originalJ rent of £65-16-61 & a half id. D: Two-thirds of the farm called "Heathehouse", with appurtenances, lying & existing in Borryton [BuritonJ, near Petersfeild, Hants.; together with various lands & tenements specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 30 Eliz., under" Item Sutht'''. B: Stephen Vachell, gent., recusant. H(b): From 30 May, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): £48-17-10. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [17]. J .: On the last day of April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-3-3 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-3-3 was paid. ... [etc. as above]. And he [Pagett] ought not to be summoned for £30-11-4, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., Michaelmas term, 31 & 32 Eliz., "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ] And he [Pagett] is quit. [Seized land. RentalJ 26 [21J farm. A: Tenants. B: Richard Warneford of the city of Winchester, gent., recusant. C: £26-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the farm of Newland, with appurtenances, in the parish of Southwick, Hants., of the yearly value of £40. E(b): 20 May, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(a): William Udevall & others. E(d): as in entry [13]. F: £40 from previous years. G: £66-13-4. J : The sheriff answers below for £26-13-4 of this rent. 27 And they [tenantsJ owe £40. [L. MarginJ [The sheriff] is charged, unless . ... [Arrearage of rentJ [22] A: Tenants. B: Henry Carye, esq., recusant. D: Twothirds of the manor of Hordell Bremor, and of other lands in Hants., and Dorset. F: £5-18-6 of a certain rent of £11-16-11 viz. a part of the said rent, from 6 August, 33 Eliz. [1591J (on which day the same premises were taken and seized into the Queen's hands) until Michaelmas next following; cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" southt' ".28 J: For which the sheriff answers below. 27 [L. MarginJ [The sheriff] is charged, unless . ... t[Lease of seized land. Rental] A: John Dunne [lessee]. C: £9. D: The whole manor of Ludshott, with all its rights, members & appurtenances in Hants., being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B : Alice Knighte, widow, recusant. H(a); Aforesaid John Dunne, bis executors & assigns. H(b): 24 Dec., 36 Eliz. [1593]. H(ct H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under" Southt' ".

[23] farm.

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t[Lease of seized land. Rental) [24) jarm. A: John Goodwyn, gent. [lessee]. C: £7- 10s. D.l : Two-thirds of the lordship of Ludshott, Hants., with all appurtenances; and of 3 messuages in Odyham [OdihamJ, with apps., in Hants. B.l . Robert Knyght of Abbotes Itchinge [Itchen Abbas], gent., and Alice Knyght of Itchinge Abbottes, Hants., widow, recusants. D.2: Two-thirds of certain lands, arable & pasture, in Henten Dawbenye [Hinton DaubnayJ, Hants., called "Whethams" & "Cokescrofte", estimated to contain 30 acres of pasture land; and of another parcel of land, with apps., being a parcel of the manor of Frodington, Hants., estimated to contain 30 acres of arable land ("terrae"). B.2: Thomas Stockwith, lately of Lymyngton, Hants., and Benjamin Stockwithe, lately of Southwarke, Co. Surrey, gents., recusants. E(b): 5 Oct., 33 Eliz. [1591J. E(a): Thomas Fleminge & others. H(a): Aforesaid John Goodwyn, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 27 March, 34 Eliz. [1592J. H(c). H(d): £6. (for Ludshott); 13s. 4d. (for Odiham property); lOs. 8d. (for Hinton property); 6s. (for Frodington property). B(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 34 Eliz., under" Southt'''. F: £11-5s. from preceding year. G: £18- 15s. J: [Postscripts as under entry [22]]. [Record of annual fine paid] [25] A: George Cotton of Warblington, Rants., esq. C. D: £260. R. G. E: From 25 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J, to 24 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. 13 [lunarJ months. K. P: On the last day oj April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 25 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £140 was paid into the Treasury. And he [CottonJ is quit. [Arrearage of rentJ [26J A: Charles Pagett, one of the yeomen of the chamber royal [lessee]. F: £48-17-10 for Sir Walter Sands, knt., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Item Sutht' " ; viz. one full year's rent, ending at Michaelmas, 34 Eliz.; cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Sutht' ". D : Two-thirds of the farm, with appurtenances, called "Heathouse", in Borryton [BuritonJ near Petersfeild, Hants., together with various other lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Sutht'''. B: Stephen Vachell, gent., recusant. J: On 28 April, 34 Eliz. [1592J, £9-3-3 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 6 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1592J, £9-3-3 was paid. ... [etc. as above). And he [Pagett) ought not to be

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summoned for £30-11-4, by the consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ : cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., Michaelmas term, 31 & 32 Eliz., "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he [Pagett] is quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [27] A: The same sheriff, viz. Richard Milles, esq. B: [5J £12-8-10t (Warneford's tenants). [8J £16-4-6 (Pagett). [10] £7-11-2 (Pawlett's tenants). [12J £2-13-4, & 1 peppercorn (Burley). [13] £3-6-8 (Knight's tenants). [14J 8s. 4d. (Stockwithe's tenants). [15J £53-6-8 (Goldsmith). [17J £103-16-8 (Wakefeild). [21J £26-13-4 (Warneford's tenants). [22J £5-18-6 (Carye's tenants). [24J £18-15s. (Goodwyn). C: £251-3-Ot & 1 peppercorn. D : [22J On 29 April, 37 Eliz. [1595J, £5-18-6 was paid into the Treasury, in the name oj Carye's tenants. [15J Goldsmith's tenants answer jor £53-6-8 in thejollowing [RecusantJ Roll, ajter their jarm. 29 [24J On the last day of April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, 3s. was paid into the Treasury by Robert Wright, gent., in Goodwyn's name. And on the same date, 5s. 4d. was paid [etc.] by the same person, in Goodwyn's name. And on 7 Nov., 36 Eliz., [1594J 8s. 4d. was paid [etc.J by the same person, in Goodwyn's name. E: And he [sheriffJ owes £191-1-2t & 1 peppercorn. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Sutht"'. [Enrolment of estreated convictions for recusancyJ30 [28J A: Constance Knight, wife of Robert Knight, lately of Bramshott, Hants., gent. B. D: £160. F: £120. G. H. J : for 6 months following 10 April, 37 Eliz. [1595J. L: £40. M: Monday, 23 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From date of conviction to 20 April, 38 Eliz. [1596J, i.e. 2 [lunar] months. O. Joan Preignishe lately of Hurslye 31 [HursleyJ, Hants., widow . £160 for the like. Katherine Harfle, lately of Weke [WeekeJ, Hants., widow J " " " Katherine Hall lately of Eston [EastonJ, ] Hants., widow " " " " Mary Cotton, wife of Richard Cotton, lately of Bedhampton, Hants., gent " " " "Christiana" Beare, lately of Southstonham [South StonehamJ, Hants., widow. . [

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Stephen Wattes, lately of Owre [Ower], Hants., "yoman" . [ ] £160 for the like. John Cowdrey of Wynslade [Winslade], Hants., "yoman" . [ ] " George Cooke, lately of Milton "yoman" [ ] " " Eleanor Abraham, alias Bradman, lately of Bramlye [Bramley], "spinster" " " Alice Milles, lately of Itchin Abbattes, [Itchen Abbas], Hants., "spinster" . [ ] " " " " A: Ann Huntt. wife of Thomas Huntt of Farley, Hants., "spinster". B. D: £280. F: £240. G. J: For 12 months following 22 Feb., 37 Eliz. [1594/5]. L, M, N, and 0: As under Constance Knight, above. Simon Hunte", lately of the same place, "husbandman" £280 for the like. Elizabeth Hunte of the same place, "spinster" " " " " Agnes Littlefeild, wife of Arthur Littlefeild of the same, "spinster" .

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IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 273,1. 26 seq. to" Regine huius in Sutht' ". 2Text as op. cit., p . 274, 1. 6 seq. to " sicut cont' ibid' ". SText as op. cit., p. 274, 1. 19 seq. to" equales porc' ", (the passage "pred' manerium . . . decimas" is here omitted in MS). 'Text as op. cit., p. 274, 1. 37 seq. to " sicut cont' ibid' ". sBlank space left in MS for name of place. 6The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 7 C! entry [27], E. 8Text as op. cit., p. 275, 1. 1 seq. (with variant 9Text as op. cit., p. 275, phrasings) to "equales pore'''. 1. 21 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "equales pore' ". 10C! op. cit., pp. 275-6. nC! op. cit., pp. 276-7. 12Text as op. cit., p. 277, 1. 10 seq. to" Regine ibid'''. ISText as op. cit., p . 277, 1. 19 seq. to "equales pore' ibid' ", (the passage "omnia et singula ... pertin' universis" is here replaced by "firmam pred' "). 14Text as op. cit., p. 277,1. 39 seq. (with variant phrasings) to " equales Eorc'''. ISText as op. cit., p. 280,1. 1 seq. to "capt' et seisit' ". 6C! entry [24], below. 17Text as op. cit., p. 280, 1. 13 seq. to "sicut cont' ibid'''. 18Text as op. cit., p. 281, 1. 11 seq. to .. capt' et seisit'''. 19Text as op. cit., p. 281,1. 21 seq. to "capt' et seisit'''. 20C! op. cit., pp. 282-4. 2lText as op. cit., p. 284, 1. 44 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "equales pore' ''. The passage "in man' Regine . . . quarreriis premissorum" is here 22The original "particular" of this lease omitted in MS. (P.R.O., E .318, Box 40, No. 46) describes Pagett as "a yeoman of her Maty's Guard". 23C! op. cit., pp. 285-6. 2' Sic in MS, for £11-16-111: c! section C above. 25Text as op. cit., p. 286, 1. 7 seq. to " pro tempore existen' ". 26Text as op. cit., p. 287, 1. 14, seq. to "capt' et seisit'''. The words "et nuper ... Simonis Broxton" are here omitted in MS . 27Cf. entry [27]. 28C! op. cit., p. 278, 1. 16 seq. 29Note in L. margin: It is answered ("r[espondet]ur"). The sheriff (Milles) was therefore discharged of this amount. 30All the entries under this heading are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] 3lThe brackets here and in items below indicate Commissio"). a space in MS, for the later insertion (when required) of the word "debet" (owes). C/. Introd. p. xcix.

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[rotulet 7] HEREFORDSHIRE (" Herefr") [Preamble] [1] Roger Boddenham, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders .... [etc. as Berkshire [IJJ. ~ [Seized land. Rental]l [2] jarm. A : Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one capital messuage; of 2 dovecots ; of 3 orchards ; and of various meadow, grazing & pasture lands, with appurtenances, in Bifford [Byford], Herefords.. C: £8-16-9. B: John Gomond, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,480, by virtue of a certain Act 2 of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Hereff' ". J : But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned jor this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, for the reason rejerred to under the jarm of the same tenants in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Hereff'''. And they [tenantsJ are quit.

[Lease of seized land. Rental] 3 [3J jarm. A: Thomas Braban [lesseeJ. C: 20 marks.4 D: The lordship or manor of Kenchurche [KentchurchJ, with all its rights, members & appurtenances, Co. Heref. : being a parcel of the lands and possessions of ... B : John Scuadamore, esq., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £300. R(a) : Aforesaid Thomas Braban & his assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 30 Eliz. [1588]. H(c): "for the satisfaction of the aforesaid debt". H(d): 20 marks. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Hereff' ". F: £40 from previous years. G: £53-6-8. J: On 18 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £6-13-4 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And he [BrabanJ ought not to be summoned for £20, viz. the rent jor this year and the last part oj the preceding year, nor ought the said rent to be charged ajter 9 July, 35 Eliz. [1593J, (on which day the ajoresaid John Scudamore died), during the l(fe-time oj a certain Margaret Scudamore, relict oj the ajoresaid John Scudamore, and oj a certain Thomas Scudamore, son & heir oj the said John and Margaret, and oj the legitimate male heirs oj the same Thomas; by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ, noted in the Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he [BrabanJ owes £26-13-4. And he answers below. 5 ~ [Seized land. RentalJ8 [4J jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement, called "Ie OldefeiId", with apps., in Garwey [GarwayJ and St. Wenyardes [St. WeonardsJ, co. Heref. C: £4-17-9 & two-thirds of td. B: William Mynors of Garwey, recusant, K

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who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 7 E(d): as in entry [2J. F: £9-15-61 & two-thirds of id. from previous years. G: £14-13-4. [Further arrearsJ £4-17-9 for William Rudhall, esq., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Hereff' ", being the rent from this farm for the year 33 Eliz. ; as is contained in the same Great Roll, under " Hereff' ". [Total debtJ £19-11-1. J: For which the sherifj answers on the dorse oj this present rotulet. 8 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . ... ~ [Seized land. RentalJ 9 [5J jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Winferton [WinfortonJ, with appurtenances in co. Heref. C: £22-4-5 & two-thirds of t d. B: Michael Vaughan, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by virtue of the aforesaid Act.7 E(d): as in entry [2]. F: £122-4-4t & one-third of i d. from previous years. G: £144-8-10. J: And they [tenantsJ answer in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Herejj' ",jor this rent and the arrears. ~ [Seized land. RentalJlO [6J jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one messuage and of certain lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Stanford Episcopi [Stanford BishopJ and Bromeyard [BromyardJ, co. Heref. C: £1-2--01d. B: Richard Abington, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by virtue of the said Act.7 E(d): as in entry [2J. F: £1-2--01 from preceding year. G: £2-4--lt. J : [Postscripts as under entry [4J].

[Lease of seized land. RentalJll [7J farm. A: William Wellington [lesseeJ. C: £16-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Allensmore, with appurtenances; and of certain lands & tenements in Peterchurche, co. Heref. B : John Seaborne, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Wellington & his assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e).12 H(f). H(k): as in entry [3J. J: On 18 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-6-8 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-6-8 was paid. ... [etc. as above]. And he [WellingtonJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ13 [8J jarm. A: Hugh Cuffe, gent., [lesseeJ . C: £6-13-4, the remainder of a rent of £16-13-4, being part of £75-13-10, viz. the remainder [of an original rentJ of £84-3-10. D: The farm

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of Stretford, co. Heref., with appurtenances, being a parcel of the goods & chattels14 of . . . B: Edmund Jones, recusant. H(a) : Aforesaid Hugh Cuffe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585]. H(c). H(d): £6-13-4. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3]. F: £36-13-4 from previous years. G: £43-6-8. [Seized land. Rental]15 [9] farm . A: Tenants. B: Thomas Morgan, lately of Arkeston, in the parish of Kingston [Kingstone], esq., who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £680, by reason of his recusancy. C : £44-8-11. D: Two-thirds of the manor16 of Arkeston, Kilpeck, Kevernoll [Kiverknoll], Hongerston [Hungerstone] and Mayfeild, with appurtenances of the said manor, of the clear yearly value (after [the cessation of] the term & lease of this property, made and granted to James Morgan, gent)17 of 100 marks. E(a): Richard Tompkins, esq., & others. E(b): 2 Oct., 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(d): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Hereff''', and preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Hereff'''. F: £88-17- 10 from previous years. G: £133- 6-9. J: And they [tenants] answer in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Hereff' ",jor this rent and the arrears. [Seized land. Rental]18 [10] jarm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Preest, "yoman", recusant. C: 6d. & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of one acre of customary land in Oblington [Cublington] in a field called "Woodwardes Feild" ; of the lands & tenements of the aforesaid Thomas Price [sic], who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £8, by reason of his recusancy. E(a) , (b) and (d) : as in entry [9]. F: Is. Old. & two-thirds of id. from previous years. G: Is. 7d. & two-thirds of id. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4]]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ19 [l1J jarm. A: George Hochenson [lesseeJ. C: £4-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Wellington, co. Heref., with various lands, tenements, meadows, grazing lands, pastures, woods & hereditaments pertaining to the same manor in Wellington & Mardon, co. Heref., of the yearly value (apart from a moiety of one coppice called "Chaunte Wood", a parcel of the said manor) of £6; and two-thirds of the reversion of a moiety or half-part of the said coppice or wood-land called "Chaunte Wood", with the woods and stone-quarries existing therein (after the death of Elizabeth Clarke, widow 20), of the yearly value of £10. And two-thirds of the manor or capital messuage of Clifford, co. Heref., called "the Nethercourte", with various lands & tenements in Clifford, Hardwick, Pidstowe and Hent-

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land, co. Heref., of the yearly value of £5; also two-thirds of a certain lease of the manor or capital messuage of Horton [? HoughtonJ, co. Heref., with various arable lands, meadows, grazing lands & pastures pertaining to it, of the yearly value of £1-10s. (with the exception of all such trees, woods, underwoods, mines & stone-quarries on the above properties as are wholly reserved to the Queen, her heirs & successors). B: Richard Clarke of Wellington aforesaid, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in various sums of money, by reason of his recusancy. E(b): 18 Sept., 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(a): John Breinton, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid George Hochenson, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 15 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): £3-6-8 21 (for Clifford property); £1 (for the Horton lease); £4 (for Wellington property, "when it shall have fallen [into the Queen's hands],,) ; £6-13-4 (for Chaunte Wood reversion, "when it shall have fallen" etc). R(e). R(k): Cf. preceding [Recusant1Roll, under" Rereff' ". J: On 22 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2-3-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2-3-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [RochensonJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [12J farm. A: Edward Redhead [lessee]. C: £7-1-1 & twothirds of t d. D: Two-thirds ofthe manor of Routon [Rowton] co. Reref., with appurtenances; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., co. Reref., specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Hereff'''. 22 B: Thomas Scudamore of Kenchurche [Kentchurch], co. Reref., gent., recusant. R(a): Edward Redhead, his executors & assigns. R(b): Flom 29 Dec., 34 Eliz [1591]. R(c). R(d): as C. H(e). R(k): as in entry [11]. F: £14-2-2t & twothirds of ! d. from previous years. G: £21-3-4. J: On 18 May, 35 Eliz. [1593], £3-10-7 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And he [Redhead] owes £17-12-9. For which the sherUf answers on the dorse of this rotulet. [L. Margin] [The sheriff] is charged unless . .. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ23 [13J farm. A: Anthony Pembridge [lessee]. C: £10. D.l: Two-thirds of a certain farm in Westhide, co. Reref. B.l: Henry Rawley, lately of Westhide, co. Reref., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of the manor of Westhide, co. Reref. B.2: Jane Baskervile of Westhide aforesaid, widow, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Anthony Pembridge, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 18 Dec., 34 Eliz., [1591]. R(c). H(d): £3-6-8 (for Rawley's farm): £6-13-4 (for Baskervile's manor). H(e). R(f). R(k): as in entry [11]. F: £20 from previous years. G: £30.

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J: On 18 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £5 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 10 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £5 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [PembridgeJ owes £20. For which the sherifj answers on the dorse oj this rotulet. [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . . .

* [Seized land. RentalJ [14J jarm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Price, "yoman", recusant. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of a certain house & of certain customary lands, with appurtenances, being a parcel of the manor of Cublington, in the parish of Madley. E(a): Walter Vaughan, esq., & others. E(b): 7 April, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: 6s. 8d. from preceding year. G: £1. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4]J. [Lease of seized lnad. Rental. J [15J jarm. A: William Hunnys, ope of the gentlemen of the chapel royal [lesseeJ. C: £8-17-91 & two-thirds of 1d., being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £30-4-5. D: Two-thirds of one capital messuage; of 2 dovecots; of 3 orchards; and of other lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Bifford [ByfordJ, co. Heref. B: John Gomond, gent., recusant. H(b): From 26 March, 3 [ ]24 Eliz. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e).25 H(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Ebor'" [sicJ. F: £22-4-51 & two-thirds of id. from previous years. G: £31-2-3. J: But he [HunnysJ ought not to be summoned jor this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he [HunnysJ is quit. [Arrearage of rentJ [16J A: Thomas Braban [lessee]. F: £26-13-4, of a certain annual rent of 20 marks, viz. the rent for the year 33 Eliz. [1591/2J, and arrears. D: The lordship or manor of Kenchurch [KentchurchJ, co. Heref., with all its rights, members & appurtenances; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : John Scudamore, esq., recusant. J: But he [Braban] ought not to be summoned jor this [rentJ, because answer has been made to the Queen for the said £26-13-4 by Charles Brudges and William Rudhall, esqs., late successive sherifjs oj Herejordshire oj the years 33 & 34 Eliz.,26 viz., £13-6-8 by each oj them, jrom the issues oj the same premises, taken & seized into the Queen's hands jor his [Scudamore'sJ recusancy; as is stated more fully in the separate Foreign

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Accounts oj the said two sherifjs, preserved here in this Exchequer in the custody 0./ the engrosser oj the present roll. And he [Braban] is quit. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ [17J jarm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Palmer of Halton [Bucks.J, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £240, by reason of the aforesaid Act. 27 C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a certain annual rent of £20, issuing from the manor of Wiggenton, co. Reref. E(a): John Crooke, Edward Bulstrode & Richard Tredway, esq. E(b): 8 April, 33 Eliz. [1591J. E(d): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Item Buck' ". "where the aforesaid rent is demanded under the names 28 of [i.e. "from"J John Crooke and the aforesaid other commissioners". F: £33-6-8 from previous years. G: £46- 13-4.

[rotulet 7, dorseJ [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [18J A: The same sheriff, viz. Roger Boddenham, esq. B: [4J £19-11-1 (Mynors' tenants). [6J £2-4-1 ! (Abington's tenants). [10J Is. 7d. & two-thirds of ! d. (Preest's tenants). [12J £17-12- 9 (Redhead). [13J £20 (Pembridge). [14J £1 (Price's tenants). C: £50-9-6p9 & two-thirds of ~d. D: [4J Mynors' tenants answer jar £9-15-6! oj their debt oj £19-11-1 in the jollowing [RecusantJ Roll under " Herejj''', ajter their jarm. 30 [13J On 4 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5 oj the debt oj £20 was paid into the Treasury jar Pembridge, under the name oj the sherifj Roger Bodenham, esq. E: And he [sheriffJ owes £35-14s.31 & two-thirds oj ! d. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Herejj' ".

[19J

[Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ 2 A: Richard Abingdon of Bromyard, co. Heref.. esq. B. D: £100. F: £80. G. H. J: For 4 months following 1 April, 37 Eliz. [1595J. L: £20. M: Monday, 15 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. N: From day of conviction until 12 April following i.e. 1 [lunarJ month. O. John Seaborne of Sutton [St.J Michael, esq., owes £100 for the like. [PostscriptJ But he [SeaborneJ ought not to be summoned jar this [debtJ jar a reason rejerred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 40 Eliz., under" Herejj' ", in the jarm oj Jrilliam Wellington. And he is qUit. 3

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HEREFORD

Katherine Rooper of the same, wife of Christopher Rooper, esq. ]33£100 for the like. Thomas Fowlar of Llanrothall, "yoman" ]" """ Edward Pryce of Pype [Pipe and Lyde], "yoman" . " " " " Katherine Price, wife of the same Edward [ ] " " " " A: William Griffethes,34 lately of Llanrothall, co. Heref., gent. B. D: £40. F: £20. G. J: For 1 month following 10 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. L, M, N, and 0: as under Richard Abingdon above. Ann Griffithes, lately of the same, wife of the aforesaid William £40 for the like. Thomas Fowlar, lately of the same, gent . " " " " Ann Price, lately of the parish of All Saints in the city of Hereford, "spinster" [ " " " " Jane Malard, lately of the same, wife of Ro bert Malard . [ " " " " Richard Powell, lately of Kylpeck [KilpeckJ, gent. . . [ " " " " Margaret Powell, lately of the same, wife of the aforesaid Richard . " " " " Thomas Kerriock, lately of the same, "yoman" . " " " " Margaret Kerriok, lately of the same, wife of the aforesaid Thomas . " " " " Richard Baker, lately of Kenchurche [KentchurchJ, "smithe", " " " " Lucy Griff, lately of All Saints in the county [sicJ of Hereford, wife of Ambrose Griffeth . . [ " " " " Francis Berrington, junior, lately of Yarkhill, g e n t . . [ " " " " Elizabeth Russell, lately of Marden, wife of John Russell, gent. . [ " " " " William ap Thomas, lately of Kinnersley, " husb'''. . . . . [ ] " " " " William Harper, lately of Madley, gent. . [ ] " " " " Nicholas Harper, lately of the same, gent. [J " """ John Harper, lately of the same, gent. [J" " " " Edward Pryce, lately of Pipe, " husb' " . [ ] " " " " Katherine Pryce, lately of the same, wife of the aforesaid Edward .

" " "

IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 125, 1. 41 seq. to "xxxiijC!O in Hereff'''. 2The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 3Text as op. cit., p. 126, 1. 15 seq. to "sicut cont' ibid' ". 'A Mark=13s 4d. 5CI entry [16]. Text of the above postscript, from "and he [BrabanJ" :-"Et non deb' sum' de £xx qui sunt de eadem firma de hoc anno et ultima

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parte anni preteriti Nec de eadem firma a nono die Julii anno xxxv to quo die pred' Johannes Scudarnore obiit duran' vita cuiusdam Margarete Scudamore relict' pred' Johannis Scudamore Et de vita cuiusdarn Thome Scudamore fir et hered' pred Johannis & Margarete et her' masculor' de corpore eiusdem Thome legitime procreat' de cetero onerari per cons' Baronu' ", etc. 6Text as op. cit., p. 126,1. 31, seq. to" Act' pred' ibid '. 7C! entry [2],B. BC! entry [18],D. 9Text as op. cit., p . 126, 1. 41 seq. to " Act' pred' ibid' ". IOText as op. cit., p . 127, 1. 6 seq. llText as op. cit., p. 128, 1. 9 seq. to "tempore existen' ibid' ". 12The words "ad Fest' sancti Michaelis Archangeli & Annunc' Beate 13C! op. cit., pp. 128-9, Marie Virginis" are present in MS . omitting the lands of Edward Clarke, recusant, and thus reducing 14Stretford Cuffe's rent by £10. (C! postscript: loco cit.). was therefore leasehold property ("chattels-real"). 15Text as op. cit., p . 129,1. 11 seq. to" capt' et seisit' " . leOne manor only here. This is proved by the fact that £44-8- 11=two-thirds of 100 marks (see below in this entry). 17A tentative rendering of the difficult clause" post terminu' ... fact' et concess' ". 18Text as op. cit., p. 129, 1. 26 seq. to "capt' et seisit' ". 19Text as op. cit., p. 130, 1. 30 seq. to "equaIes porciones". 2°It is clear from the facts given in H(d) (below in this entry) that this clause refers both to Chaunte Wood and to the Wellington property above. 2lSic in MS; not 6s. 8d., as in C.R.S., loco cit. 22C! op. cit., p . 131-2. 23C! op. cit., p. 132. 24Last figure of this date is illegible. 25"To the Receipt of the Exchequer" etc. omitted in MS . 26Text of the following passage: " videlicet per utrumque eor' xiij .l. vj .s. viij.d. de exit' eorundem premissor' in manus dicte domine Regine racione recusancie sue capt' et seisit' Sicut cont' in separaIibus compotis forinc' dictor' nuper separaliu' vic' hic in hoc Sceccario in custod' ingrossator' huius rotuli plenius liquet et apparet". Clearly the insertion here of the word "cont[inetur]" is a clerical error. 27C! entry [2],B. 28"Item Buck' ubi firma predict' exigitur sub nominibus" in MS. 29Sic, for £60-9- 6t. 30Note in L. margin: It is answered ("r[espondetJur"). The sheriff (Boddenham) was therefore discharged of this debt. 3lSic, for £45-15s. (see note 29). 32The first six items, to Katherine Price, inclus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] Commissio"). 33The brackets here and in items below indicate a space left in MS, for the later insertion (when required) of the word " debet" (owes). C/. 34This and the remaining items, to Katherine Introd. p. xcix. Pryce, indus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued.

[rotulet 2, dorse] HUNTINGDONSHIRE (" Hunt' '') [Record of annual fine paid] A: Robert Aprice, esq. C: D: £260. H. E: From 23 Sept., 35 Eliz. [1593] to 22 Sept., 36 Eliz. ; i.e. 13 [lunarJ months. K. G . P: On 10 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J £140 was paid into the Treasury. And on 27 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594], £120 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit.

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KENT

[rotulet 8J KENT (" Kanc' ") [PreambleJ [1] Michael Sandes, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [IJ]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ1 [2] jarm. A: Thomas Horseman, esq., a gentleman sewer! [lessee]. C: £68-2- 2t & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of the manor and rectory of Leneham [LenhamJ, Kent, with appurtenances; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under "Item Kanc'''. Thomas Wilford, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Horseman, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 19 Dec., 33 Eliz. [1590J. H(c): ... "by reason of the recusancy of the said Thomas Wilford". H(d): £68-2-2 [sicJ & two-thirds of id. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Kanc' ". J: On 27 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £34-1-6 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £34-1-6 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Horseman] is quit. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ3 [3] jarm. A: Tenants: B: Ann Mayneye, lately of Highley Carr in the parish of Winwick, Lancs .. widow, recusant. C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of various lands, tenements, marsh-lands & other hereditaments, with appurtenances, in the parishes of Lamberherst, Brenchley, Snabe [SnaveJ & Ivychurche, Kent; being the jointure of the said Ann Mayney, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £280, by virtue of a certain Act 4 of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Kanc' ". J: On 24 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J £3-6-8 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 25 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £3-6-8 was paid . .. [etc.J, under the names oj the jarmers [i.e. tenantsJ oj the premises. And they [tenantsJ are quit.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ 5 [4] jarm. A: John Iden [lessee]. C: £12-15-6 & two-thirds of td. D: Two-thirds .of one capital messuage or farm called "Frognall" ; and of another messuage called "Sorapes Hill", in the parishes of Tonge, Tenham [TeynhamJ and Bapchild, Kent; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Kanc'''. B: Norton Greene, gent., recusant. H(b): From 8 May, 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k) : Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Kanc' ".

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KENT-LANCS

J: On 23 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6-7-10 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 22 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6-7-10 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [IdenJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. Renta1J6 [5J farm. Richard Lockesmythe, gent., [lessee]. C: £44-8-11. D: Two-thirds of the manor or farm called "Esthall", with appurtenances, in the parish of Marston [MerstonJ & Tonge [ThongJ, Kent. B: Thomas Hartfurthe, gent., recusant. H(b): From 21 Dec., 33 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [4J. F: £133-6-9. G: £157-15-6 7 J: But he [LockesmytheJ ought not to be summoned jor this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 33 Eliz., I-filary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he [Lockesmythe] is quit. [Arrearage of rentJ (6J A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one capital messuage or farm called "Frognall", in the parishes of Tenham [Teynham] & Tonge, and elsewhere in Kent. B: Norton Grene, gent., recusant. F: £6-7-91 & half l-d., being part of a certain annual rent of£12- 15-61, viz., the rent for the half-year ending at Ladyday, 33 Eliz., [1591J; cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Kanc' ". 8 J : [L. MarginJ Not to be written again, by warrant oj the Chancellor [of the ExchequerJ, until, etc. 9 IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 139, 1. 5 seq. to "xxxiijcio in Kane' ". 21. e., an attendant at the royal table. 3Text as op. cit., p. 139, 1. 26 seq. to " sieut eont' ibid'''. 4The Act 28 Eliz., eap.6. IiText as op.cit., p. 140,1. 18 seq. to" in Item Kane'''. 8Text as op. cit., p. 140, 1. 40 seq. to "sieut eont' ibid'''. 7Sic., for SC! op. cit., p. 140, 1. 37 (where £6-7-1 & two£177-15- 8. thirds of td. is given as the debt). 9Text :-" Non seri ulterius per warran' eancellar' quamdiu etc."

[rotu1et 11J LANCASIDRE (" Lanc' ") [Lease of seized land. Rental]l [lJ 2jarm. A: Edward Bradshawe, gent., [lessee]. C: £9-15-6 & two-thirds of td. D: Two-thirds of lands & tenements in the parish of Kirkeham, together with various other lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Lanc'''. B: Alice Clifton of Westby, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Edward Bradshawe. H(b): From 25 June,

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LANCS

33 Eliz. [1591]. R(c). R(d): as C. R(e). R(f). R(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Lane'''. F: 8d. & two-thirds of 1d. from preceding year. G: £9- 16-3 & twothirds of id. J: On 8 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £4-17-10 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 30 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £4- 17-10 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Bradshawe] owes 7td. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ3 [2J 2jarm. A: Richard Mollineux, esq., [lessee]. C: £77-16-2t. D : Two-thirds of the demesne lands of Mowbreck [MowbrickJ & Burne, together with various other lands, tenements & hereditaments specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Lane'''. B: John Westbye, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Richard Mollyneux & his assigns. R(b): From 1 May, 30 Eliz. [1588J. R(c). R(d): as C. R(e). R(g). R(k): as in entry [1J. F: £38-18s. from the last part of the preceding year. G: £116-14--2t. J: On 6 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £38- 18- 1t was paid jrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 24 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £38- 18- 1t was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £38-18-1t was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [MollineuxJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 4 [3J 2farm. A: John Chapman, gent., [lessee]. C: £23-8-6t . D : Two-thirds of the demesne lands of Cottam, Lanes., with appurtenances. B: William Haddock, gent., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Chapman & his assigns. H(b): From 1 Aug. , 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [1]. J: On 24 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £11-14-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 16 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £11- 14- 4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [ChapmanJ is quit. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ5 [4J 6jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 100 acres of land commonly called "the demeans of Cottam"; and of the rents of other tenants, at-will, for life, & for years, 7 in Lanes. C: £46-9-10. B: William Haydock, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1580, by virtue of an ActS of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): as in entry [1J , H(k). F: £278-19s. from previous years. G: £325-8-9. 9 ~ [Seized land. RentalJlO [5J 6jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Molbrick [MowbrickJ & Borne, and elsewhere, with appurtenances,

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in Lancs. and Yorks. C: £139-11-101. B: John Westby, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1580, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. l l E(d): as in entry [IJ, H(k). F: £873-11-4! from previous years. G: £977-3-3 i .9

,-r [Seized land. RentalJ12 [6J 6farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 60 acres of land in Barton, Lancs. C: 20 marks. B: Ann Barton, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1580, by virtue of the aforesaid Act.u E(d): as in entry [l J, H(k). F: £80 from previous years. G: £93-6-8. 9 ,-r [Seized land. RentalJ13 [7J 6farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 100 acres of land, called "the demeanes of Printon [PrentonJ", Cheshire. C: £26-13-4. B: John Hocknell, esq., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1060, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. l l E(d): as in entry [IJ, H(k). F: £160 from previous years. G: £186-13-4. 9 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ14 [8J 6farm. A: Richard Urmeston, gent. [lessee]. C: £14-13-4. D.1: Two-thirds of a capital messuage called "Ie Crosby Hall", together with various other lands, tenements, meadows & pastures in Lancs., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Lanc'''. B.I: Richard Blundell, recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of a messuage called "BaHam", with various lands & pastures specified in the said Great [PipeJ Roll of 33 Eliz. B.2: William Clifton, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Richard Urmeston, gent. H(b): From 12 Nov. , 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): £13-6-8 (for Blundell's property); £1-6-8 (for Clifton's property). H(e). H(k): as in entry [1]. F : £14-13-4 from preceding year. G: £29-6-8. 9 [Seized land. RentalJ15 [9J 6farm. A: Richard Bolton, gent., [lessee]. C: £1-6-10 & two-thirds of i d. D: The whole of the close & parcel of land, containing 5 acres, called & known by the name of "Ie Stoney Pighell"; and one other close & parcel of land, containing 3 acres, called "Roughfeilde", within ("infra") the villages of Salebery [SalesburyJ & Whilpshire [WilpshireJ, Lancs. ; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : Nicholas Bolton, lately of Salebery, in the parish of Blackbome [BlackburnJ, Lancs., gent., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Richard Bolton. H(b): From 19 Nov., 33 Eliz. [I590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [IJ. F: £2-13-8 & two-thirds of td. from previous years. G: £4-0-7. J: On 28 March, 35 Eliz. [I593J, 13-5! d. was paid/rom this

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jarm into the Treasury. And on 8 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, 13s. 5d. was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 27 April, 36 Eliz. [I594J, 13s. 4d. was paid . .. [etc.J. And on ult. Oct., 36 Eliz. [I594J, 13s. 5d. was paid ... [etc.]. Andhe [R. BoltonJ owes £1-6-11.16 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ17 [IOJ 6jarm. A: John Parker, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £24-1-8. D.l: Two-thirds of the manor of Lighshawe [LightshawJ, together with various other lands, tenements & hereditaments in Lancs., specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Lanc'''. B.l.: Elizabeth Kighley, lately of Lighshay, Lancs., recusant. D.2: Twothirds of the capital messuage of Mosborough [MossboroughJ, called "Mosborough Hall", together with various other tenements and burgages in Lancs., specified in the same Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Lanc'''. B.2: Henry Lathome, recusant. D.3: Two-thirds of a certain lease or rent for the term of one year, together with various other messuages, mills, lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, under "Lanc'''. B.3: Ann Sonkey, lately of Sonkey [Great Sankey], in the parish of Warrington, widow, recusant. DA: Twothirds of a third part of the manor of Rixton, with appurtenances in the aforesaid parish, Lancs. BA: Ann Massey, lately of Rixton, in the aforesaid parish, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Parker. H(b): From 1 July, 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [IJ. F: £60-4-2 from previous years. G: £84-5-10. 18 [Seized land. RentalJ19 [IlJ Gjarm. A: Tenants. C: £5. D: One messuage, with appurtenances, in Litle Pulton [Little PoultonJ ; 2 messuages in Kirkeham [KirkhamJ; and various lands & tenements, with apps., in Croston, Lancaster, Warton, Lyverpoole [Liverpool] & Mawdesley: of the lands and tenements of . . . B: William Hesketh, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): Ranulf Hurlston, esq., & others. E(b): 9 Aug., 27 Eliz. [1585]. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Lanc'''. F: £42-10s. G: £47-l0s. 18 [Seized land. RentalJ 20 [12J Gjarm. A: Tenants. C: 13s. 4d. D: One messuage, with appurtenances, in Windle, Lancs. ; of the lands & tenements of .. . B : Matthew Traves, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £240, by reason of his recusancy. E(a), (b), and (d): as in entry [IIJ. F: £5-13-4 from previous years. G: £6-6- 8. 18

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[Seized land. RentalJ21 [13J 6Jarm. A: Tenants. C: 15s.2d. D: 3 acres of land, and other lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Preston; of the lands & tenements of . . . B: William Garstange of Preston Amondernes, in the County Palatine Duchy of Lancaster, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): William Farrington, esq., & others. E(b): 12 Oct., 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Lanc'''. F: £2-5-6 from previous years. G: £3-0-8. 18 [Seized land. RentalJ 22 [14J 6jarm. A: Tenants. B: Margaret Holden, widow, recusant. C : £5- 18-10 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of 20 acres of land in Pleasington; of 30 acres of land in Shirrockhey [Shorrock HeyJ; and of a certain annual rent or annuity of £6- 13-4 (granted to her by her late husband, John Houlden, and by her son, Richard) issuing from all her lands & tenements in Cheigley [ChaigleyJ, Lancs. E(a): Thomas Hesketh, esq., & others. E(b): 29 May, 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(d): as in entry [13J. F: £14-17-2 & two-thirds of Id. from previous years. G: £20-16-1 id. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned jor £3 oj the ajoresaid rent oj £5-/8-10 & two-thirds oj 1d., jor the said two-thirds oj 20 acres oj land in Pleasington and 30 acres oj land in Shirrockhey, viz. jor the 2 years ending this Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, nor be charged hencejorth jor £1-10s. (being part oj the said annual rent oj £5-18-10 & two-thirds oj 1d.,), because Thomas Bradshawe answers for the said £1-10s. per ann. oj the said rent jrom 28 Feb., 35 Eliz. [1592/3J, and thereafter he [BradshaweJ is answerable to the Queen by another commission; as is contained in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Lane' ".23 And they [tenants] owe £17-16-1 i. 18 [Seized land. RentalJ 24 [15J 6jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the capital messuages called "Woodend and Newhall", with appurtenances, in Eccles & Kilshett, and elsewhere in the said county. C: £20-13-4. B: Hamlet ("Hamlettus") Holcrofte, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £280, by reason of his recusancy. E(b): 26 March, 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(a): John Writtington,25 esq., & others. E(d) : as in entry [13J. F: £51-13-4 from previous years. G: £72-6-8. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned jor £68-12-8 due jrom the said jarm jor the period 30 May, 33 Eliz. [1591J , to this Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J ; nor ought this rent to be charged ajter the said 30 May, 33 Eliz., by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ : cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R.,

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33 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they [tenantsJ owe £3- 14s. And they answer in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Item Lancastr' ". [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [16J 6farm. A: John Parker, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C : £1-12- 5. D.1: Two-thirds of a messuage of the Earl of Derby, with an adjacent water-mill, & appurtenances, [?leasedJ for a certain time as yet unexpired. B.1: Robert Adamson of Broughton, Lancs., "yoman", recusant. D .2: Two-thirds of lands in Woodplumpton & Catterall, Lancs., with apps. B.2: Anthony Pickeringe of Clatherhall [?CatterallJ, Lancs., "yoman", recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Parker & his assigns. H(b): From 7 July, 34 Eliz. [1592J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Lanc' ".26 F: £2- 8-7t from previous years. G: £4-1-Ot. [rotulet 11, dorseJ [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [17J 27farm. A : Thomas Bradshawe, esq., sergeant-at-arms [lessee]. C: £1-10s. D: Two-thirds of 20 acres of land in Plesington [PleasingtonJ, Lancs., called "Sharrockhey" [Shorrock HeyJ ; and of 30 acres of land in Sharrockhey aforesaid. B: Margaret Houlden of Plesington, in the parish of Blackborne [BlackburnJ, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Bradshawe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 28 Feb., 35 Eliz. [1592/3]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. preceding[RecusantJ Roll, under" Lanc' ".28 F: £1-10s. from preceding year. G: £3. J : But he [BradshaweJ ought not to be summoned for £1-10s., being the rent for this year, nor ought the said rent to be charged after Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J, because Robert Singleton answers for £1-13-4 per ann. from this farm from the said Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., and thereafter he [SingletonJ is answerable to the Queen by another commission; as is shown [in the present rollJ under "Item Adhuc Item Res' Lane' "29. And he [BradshaweJ owes £1-JOs. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Item Lancastr' ". [L. MarginJ [?J By division, 30s. by each farmer [i.e. Bradshawe & SingletonJ. 3o [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 31 [18J 27farm. A: Nicholas Okeham [lessee]. C: £2-13--4. D: Two-thirds of a third part of all & each of the manors, messuages, lands & tenements in Kirkeland [KirklandJ, which lately belonged to John Butler, esq., of Kirkeland, Lanes., during his

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lifetime. B: Jane Butler of Kirkeland aforesaid, recusant, wife of the said John Butler, esq. H(a): Aforesaid Nicholas Okeham, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 18 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [17]. F: £5-6-8 from previous years. G: £8. J: On 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1 594J, he [OkehamJ delivered ("liberavit") this sum in the Treasury. And he is quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 32 A: John Parker, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £1-6-8, being part [of an original rentJ of £25-8-4. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, and of certain lands, with appurtenances, in Pemberton, Lancs. B: Henry Laythwaite, for a long time 33 of Wigan, Lancs., "yornan", recusant. H(b): From 1 July, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): £1-6-8. H(e). H(k): as in entry [17]. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2-13-4. J: On 23 May, 35 Eliz. [1593]. 13s. 4d. was paid from this jarm into the Treasury. And on 24 Jan., 36 Eliz. [1593/4], 13s.4d. was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 6 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], 13s. 4d. was paid . .. [etc.]. And on 9 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J 13s. 4d. was paid . .. [etc.]. And he [ParkerJ is quit.

[19] 27jarm.

[Lease of seized land. Rental] A: William Davenporte, gent. [lessee]. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage in Pulton [Poulton], Lancs., together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Lancs., Westmoreland & Cheshire, specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Item Lanc' "34. B: Margaret Davenporte, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Davenporte, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 8 March, 35 Eliz. [1592/3]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Item Lanc' ".34 F: £13-6-8 from preceding year. G: £26-13-4. J: On 4 May, 35 Eliz. [1593], £6-13-4 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 8 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593], £6-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 26 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6-13-4 was paid . .. [etc.]. And on 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J. £6-13-4 was paid . .. [etc.]. And he [Davenporte] is quit.

[20] 27jarm.

[Seized goods & chattels] 35 [21] 27Ranulph Hurleston, esq., and Hugh Cuffe, gent., owe £10, which they have taken ("quas [libras] ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of Thomas Hutton, clerk, recusant, viz. for the interest, title & estate of the said Thomas of and in 3 acres of land with appurtenances, in [ ]36 Lanes.; cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Lane' ".37

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[Seized goods & chattelsJ38 [22J 27 Jane Butler owes £10, charged upon herself, for the price or value of her goods & chattels, seized into the Queen's hands by Richard Holland, esq., & other commissioners; cf ... [ref. as in entry [21J]. 37 [Seized goods & chattelsJ39 [23J 27Roger Wright, John Wright & Cicely Wright owe £21-14-8, charged upon themselves, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of John Wright, lately of Charnock Richard, Lancs., "husbandman", recusant, seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid commissioners [i.e. Holland etc.J ; cf. [ref. as in entry [21J]. 37 [Seized goods & chattelsJ40 [24J 27Margaret Houlden, widow, recusant, owes £11 to the Queen for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Margaret, taken & seized into the Queen's hands by Thomas Hesketh, esq., & other commissioners ; cf. .. [ref. as in entry [21J].37 [Arrearage of rentJ 41 [25J 27 A: Tenants. B: Richard Blundell, gent., recusant. F: £6-13-4. [being partJ of a certain annual rent of £13-6-8 ; viz. rent due from 1 Sept., 33 Eliz. [1591J (on which day the property was seized) to Michaelmas next following. 42 D: Two-thirds of the capital messuage called "Crosbye Hall" ; and of other messuages, cottages, lands & tenements, with appurtenances, & of one wind-mill, in Parva & Magna Crosby [Little Crosby & Great CrosbyJ, Thorneton, Innce [Ince] Blundell, Orrell, Leverpoole [LiverpooIJ, Dytton [Ditton], Warington [WarringtonJ, Boulde and Hindley, Lancs. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Lanc' ".37 [Arrearage of rentJ43 [26J 27 A: Tenants. B: William Clifton, gent., recusant. F: 13s. 4d., [being partJ of a certain annual rent of £1-6-8 ; viz. rent due from 1 Sept., 33 Eliz. [1591J (on which day the property was seized) to Michaelmas next following.42 D: Two-thirds of a messuage called "Ballam", with appurtenances, in Westbye [Westby with PlumptonJ ; and of certain tithes of grain & cornblade ("granor' et blador' ") in the lands or fields of the hamlet of Treyles [TrealesJ. E(d) : as in entry [25J. 37 (Seized goods & chattelsJ44 [27J 27Edward Rigbye, Thomas Tildesley, esqs., and John Lever, gent., owe £4-10s., charged upon themselves, which they have taken ("quos [solidosJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of Richard Blundell, gent. , recusant; cf... [ref. as in entry [21 )] .87 L

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[Seized goods & chattelsJ45 [28J 27William Farington & John Bradshawe, esqs., owe £13-6-8, which ("quos" [denariosJ) they have taken of the goods & chattels of Alice Clifton, widow, recusant; cf. . . [ref. as in entry [21J]. 37 [Seized goods & chattelsJ46 [29J 27John Writtington, Edward Rigbye & Thomas Heskethe, esqs., owe £13-6- 8, which ("quos" [denariosJ) they have taken of the goods & chattels of Ann Sonkey, widow, recusant; cf. . [ref. as in entry [21JJ. 37 [Seized goods & chattelsJ47 [30J 27The same John, Edward & Thomas owe £20, which ("quas" . [librasJ) they have taken of the goods & chattels of Henry Lathwayte, recusant; cf.. [ref. as in entry [21JJ.37 [Seized goods & chattelsJ48 [31J 27The same John, Edward & Thomas owe £4-6-8, which ("quos"[denariosJ) they have taken of the goods & chattels of Haml[etJ Holcrofte, recusant; cf. . [ref. as in entry r2111. 37 [Seized goods & chattels]49 [32] 27Robert Adamson of Broughton, "yoman", recusant, owes £5-0-8, due to the Queen, and charged upon himself, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Robert, taken & seized into the Queen's hands by Thomas Holcrofte, esq., & other commissioners; cf. . [ref. as in entry [21]].37 [Seized goods & chattels] 50 (33] 27 Anthony Pickeringe, lately of Catherall [CatterallJ, "yoman". recusant, owes £1-6-8, due to the Queen, and charged upon himself, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Anthony, taken & seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid commissioners [cf. entry r3211: cf. . [ref. as in entry [21JJ. 37 [Seized goods & chattels] 51 [34J 27 John Blackburne, lately of Sandholme Milne. in Barnaker [BarnacreJ, "yoman", owes 3s. 4d., due to the Queen. and charged upon himself, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid commissioners [cf. entry [32J] ; cf. . . [ref. as in entry [21JJ.37 [Arrearage of rentJ52 [35] 27A: Tenants. B: Margaret Davenport, widow, recusant. F: 15s. 2td. & one third of id., [being partJ of an annual

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rent of £1- 10-5 & two-thirds of id.; viz. rent due from 27 Sept., 34 Eliz. [1 592J (on which day the property was seized) to Michaelmas next following.42 D: Two-thirds of various messuages, cottages & tenements, with appurtenances, in Pulton [PoultonJ, Fluckborowe [FlookburghJ and Lyndall (LindaleJ, Lancs. E(d): as in entry [25J.37 * [Seized land. RentalJ [36J 27farm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Williamson of Hyton [HuytonJ, "husbandman", recusant. C: £2- 13-4. D: Twothirds of one tenement, with appurtenances, in Torbocke [TarbockJ, containing 20 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, in Lancs. E(a): Thomas Hesketh, esq., & others. E(b): 13 April, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F : £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £4.53 * [Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: Edward Haywarde, sen., lately of Tarboote [TarbockJ, recusant. C: £1- 6-8. D: Two-thirds of one tenement, with appurtenances, in Torbocke, containing 10 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G : £2.53

[37] 27farm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Edward Haywarde, jun., lately of the same [i.e. TarbockJ, "husb' ", recusant. C: £1-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one tenement, with appurtenances, in Tarbock, containing 12 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: 16s. 8d. from preceding year. G: £2- 10s.53

[38] 27farm.

*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: Robert Ball, lately of Windle, "husbandman", recusant. C: £2-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, with appurtenances, in Windle aforesaid. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £4.53

[39] 27farm.

*[Seized land. Rental] [40J 27farm. A: Tenants. B: John Mosse, lately of Parr, "carpenter", recusant. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement, with appurtenances, in Parr aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36]. F: 6s. 8d. from preceding year. G: £1. 53

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*[Seized land. RentalJ [41J 27jarm. A: Tenants. B: William Traves, lately of Harshaghe [HardshawJ, gent., recusant. C: £6-8-10 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of 2 messuages & tenements, with apps., in Harshaghe & Windle & Whiston, Lanes., containing 58 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: £3-4-5 & one third of Id. G: £9-13-4. 53 *[Seized land. RentalJ [42J 27jarm. A: Tenants. B: Peter Wetherby, lately of Wiston [WhistonJ, gent., recusant. C: £2. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & 30 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land in Whiston aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36J. F: £1 from preceding year. G: £3. 53 *[Seized land. RentalJ [43J 27jarm. A: Tenants. B: John Haughton, lately of Lawton [1 LowtonJ, " husb' ", recusant. C: £1-2-2 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, and of 10 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with appurtenances, in Lawton aforesaid. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: 11 s. 1d. & one-third of 1d. from preceding year. G: £1-13-4. 53 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [44J 27John Haughton, lately of Lawton [? LowtonJ aforesaid, "husbandman", recusant, owes £6-13-4 for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid commissioners: [ref. to entry [36J, E(a), (b) and (d)J. [PostscriptJ And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Item Laneastr' ".

*[Seized land. RentalJ [45J 27jarm. A: Tenants. B: Richard Aspinall, lately of Bickerstaff, "husb''', recusant. C: £1-3-6 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of a moiety of one messuage & tenement in Bickerstaff aforesaid, containing 20 acres; and of one cottage & a moiety of one acre of land in Lathome [Lathom], Lanes. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: lIs. 9d. & one-third of Id. G: £1-15-4. J: And they [tenantsJ answer in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Lane' ", jar this rent & the arrears. [rotulet 3a, dorseJ (" Res' Lancastr' ") *[Seized land. RentalJ [46] 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Hugh Shepley, lately of Crompton, "yoman", recusant. C: £3-4-5 & two-thirds of td. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, and of 20 acres of

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arable, meadow & pasture land, with appurtenances, in Crompton aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: £1-2-2t & one-third of !d. from preceding year. G: £3-6-8. J : [Postscript as under entry [45JJ. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [47J 54Hugh Shepley, lately of Crompton, "yoman", recusant, owes £20 for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Hugh, seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid commissioners: . . [ref. to entry [36J, E(a), (b), (d)J. [PostscriptJ Rendering to the Queen £3-6-8 oj this debt in every Trinity term ajter 11 Feb., 37 Eliz. [1594/5J, until the said debt oj £20 shall have been jully satisjied & paid, without jurther delay; jor which payment James Pemberton oj Halsnade [HalsneadJ in the parish oj Prestcott [PrescotJ, Lanes., gent., gives security ("per manuc[aptionemJ Jacobi Pemberton . ."): cj. Memoranda Roll, Q.R., 37 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recogniciones" section, rotulet [ ]. And he [ShepleyJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Lane' ".

*[Seized land. RentalJ [48J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: John Windle, lately of the same [i.e. CromptonJ, "yoman", recusant. C: £2-4-5 & two-thirds of !d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement in Crompton aforesaid, containing 20 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: £1-2-2t & one-third of td. from preceding year. G: £3-6-8. J: [Postscript as under entry [45JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [49J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Humphrey Winstanley, lately of Markeland Mylne, gent., recusant. C: £1-6-8. D: Twothirds of one messuage & tenement, with appurtenances, in Pemberton, in the parish of Wigan, containing 20 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £2. J: [Postscript as under entry [45JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [50J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Southworth of Middleton, in the parish of Wynockes [WinwickJ, gent., recusant. C: £3-15-6 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, one garden and 16 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., in Middleton; and of 20 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., in Crofte. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: £1-17-9 & one-third of Id. from preceding year. G: £5-13--4.

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J : But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned jor this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they are quit. *[Seized land. Rental] [51] 54farm. A: Tenants. B: Richard Hyton, lately of the parish of Wigan, gent., recusant. C: 6s. 8d. D: Two-thirds of the reversion of one messuage & tenement in Abraham [Abram], containing 6 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36]. F: 3s. 4d. from preceding year. G: lOs. J: [postscript as under entry [45JJ. ~[Seized goods & chattels] [52] 54Richard Hyton, lately of the parish of Wigan, gent., owes £3-6s. for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Richard, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [36J, E(a), (b), (d)]. [PostscriptJ And he answers in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Adhuc Item Lane' " .

*[Seized land. RentalJ [53J 54farm. A: Tenants. B: John Thissleton, lately of the parish of Kirkeham, "yoman", recusant. C: £2-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, with apps., in Weeton, containing 16 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36]. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £4. J : [Postscript as under entry [50J]' And they [tenantsJ are quit. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [54] 54John Thissleton, lately of Kirkeham aforesaid, "yoman", owes £6-13-4 for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized ... [ref. to entry [36J, E(a), (b), (d)J. [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned jor this [debtJ, by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he is quit.

*[Seized land. RentalJ [55J 54farm. A: Tenants. B: Ann Stanley, lately of the parish of Leygh [LeighJ, widow, recusant. C: £3-6-8. D: [Twothirds ofJ55 a certain annuity or annual rent of £5, issuing from the lands & tenements of Robert Charnock, esq., in Luestley

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[LuzleyJ, Lanes. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. £1-13- 4 from preceding year. G: £5. J: [Postscript as under entry [45JJ.

65 F:

*[Seized land. RentalJ [56J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Richard Assheton, lately of the parish of Wigan, gent., recusant. C: 13s. 4d. D: Twothirds of one messuage & 10 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., in Abraham [AbramJ, Lanes. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36]. F : 6s. 8d. from preceding year. G: £1. J : [Postscript as under entry [45]]. *[Seized land. RentalJ [57J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: John Assheton, jun., lately of the same [i.e. WiganJ. C: £1-6- 9. D: Two-thirds of 10 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with appurtenances, in Assheton [AshtonJ. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £2.56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [58J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: William Aston, lately of the parish of Warrington, gent., recusant. C: £2- 13- 4. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, with apps., in Orford, containing 10 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £4.56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [59J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Margery Blundell, lately of Crosby, widow, recusant. C: £2-10s. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, and 15 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., [heldJ for the term of her life. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36]. F: £1-5s. from preceding year. G : £3-15s. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [60J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Dorwyn, lately of the parish of Seston [SeftonJ, "husb' ", recusant. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, with apps., containing 8 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land in Ince, Lanes. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: 6s. 8d. from preceding year. G: £ 1. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [61J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Richard Bolton, of the parish of Seston [SeftonJ, recusant. C: £1-2-7 & two-thirds of Id. D : Two-thirds of oue messuage & 5 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land in Lytherland [LitherlandJ. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36]. F: lIs. Id. & one-third of Id. from preceding year. G: £1-13-4. 66

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*[Seized land. Rental] 5~farm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Marrall of Seston [Sefton], "husband' ", recusant. C: £1-2-2 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement in Seston, containing 10 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: lIs. Id. & one-third of Id. from preceding year. G: £1-13-4. 56

*[Seized land. RentalJ [63J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: James Dalton of the parish of Seston [SeftonJ, "yoman", recusant. C: 6s. 8d. D: Twothirds of one messuage & tenement, with apps., in the parish of Seston aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: 3s. 4d. from preceding year. G: lOs. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [64J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: John Gregson of Whalley, "lynnen webster", recusant. C: 6s. 8d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & 4 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., in Whalley aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36]. F: 3s. 4d. from preceding year. G: lOs. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [65J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Johnson of Seston [SeftonJ, "husb' ", recusant. C: £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage; of an ox-gang of arable land, and of a moiety of another ox-gang of meadow & pasture land, with apps. , in Crosby. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £2.56 t [Seized goods & chattelsJ [66] 54Thomas Johnson of the parish of Seston [SeftonJ, " husb' " , owes £1-10s. for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Thomas, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [36J , E(a), (b), (d)]. J: [Postscript as under entry [52J]. *[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Sarah Towneley, lately of the parish of Whalley, "spinster", recusant. C: 8d. D: Twothirds of one messuage, with appurtenances, in [ ]. 57 E(a), (b) and (d): as jn entry [36J. F: 4d. from preceding year. G: Is.56

[67] 54jarm.

*[Seized land. Rental] [68J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: Oliver Manwaringe, lately of Windle, gent. , recusant. C: £2-4-5 & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, and of 20 acres of arable,

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meadow & pasture land in Windle aforesaid. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: £1-2-2t & one-third of !d. from preceding year. G: £3-6-8. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [69J "'farm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Gerrarde, lately of Newhall, in the parigh of Winwick, gent., recusant. c: £2-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, called "Ie Newhall" : of 25 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land in Asheton [Ashton], and of one windwiIl in Asheton aforesaid. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: £1-3-4 from preceding year. G: £3-10s.56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [70J 5'farm. A: Tenants. B: William Anderton, lately of Anderton, esq., recusant. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of certain demesne lands & other tenements [sic] in Anderton aforesaid. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: £6-13-4 from preceding year. G: £20. 56 "'[Seized land. RentalJ [71J 54farm. A: Tenants. B: Brian Hayward, lately of Parre [parrJ, "husbandman", recusant. c: 6s. 8d. D: Twothirds of one messuage & 4 acres of land in Parre aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [36J. F: 3s. 4d. from preceding y~r. G: lOs. 56 ·[Seized land. RentalJ [72J 54jarm. A: Tenants. B: John Walton of Ditton, in the aforesaid parish [sicJ, "carpenter", recusant. C: 3s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & 5 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, ¥nth apps. , in Ditton aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: Is. 8d. from preceding year. G: 5S. 56 [rotulet 27, dorseJ

(" Adhuc Res' Lancastr' ")

·[Seized land. RentalJ [73J s8Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Francis Raws, lately of Dytton [DittonJ, "husbandman", recusant. C: 6s. 8d. D: Twothirds of one messuage & 4 acres of arable meadow, & pasture land, with apps., in Dytton aforesaid. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36J. F: 3s. 4d. from preceding year. G: 10s. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ8 [74J 68Jarm. A: Tenants. B: John Gerrard, lately of Hollinhey, in the parish of Wynwyck [WinwickJ, gent., recusant. C: 16s. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & tenement, and of 12 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., in Assheton [AshtonJ, in the aforesaid parish. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: 8s. from preceding year. G: £1-4S.51

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*[Seized land. Rental] [75] 58Jarm. A: Tenants. B: John HaIlywell of Wrightington, in the parish of Eccleston, gent., recusant. C: 4s. 8d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & of 2 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with appurtenances, in Parbold; and of one acre of arable land, with apps., in Wrightington, Lancs. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [36]. F: 2s. 4d. from preceding year. G: 7S. 56 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [76J 58Thomas Irelande, lately of Wigan, "yoman", owes £16, for the price or value of the goods, chattels & implements ("utensilium") of the same Thomas, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [36J, E(a), (b), (d)J. [PostscriptJ And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Adhue Lane' Item Lane' ".59 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [77J 58Richard Chilson, of Wigan aforesaid, "tanner", owes £5, for the price or value of the goods & implements of the same Richard, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [36J, E(a), (b), (d)]. [PostscriptJ And he answers in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Adhuc Item Lane' ".

*[Seized land. RentalJ [78J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Wythington [WithingtonJ, Lancs., and of 100 messuages, 100 gardens, 2 water-mills, 200 acres of arable land, 100 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 500 acres of moor & moss-land ("more et mossete"), [andJ of £10 worth of rents ("decem librat' reddit' "), with appurtenances, in Wythington aforesaid; also two-thirds of the park of Wythington; all the above (together with service & carting dues, i.e. "the boone & services" of the tenants there, and with tithes of the demesne lands of Wythington)60 being of the clear yearly value of £216- 19s. C: £114-12-8. B: Nicholas Langford, lately of Langford [LongfordJ, Derbyshire, esq., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £220, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): Thomas Hesketh, esq., & others. E(b): 30 Sept., 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. F: £144-12-8 from preceding year. G: £289-5-4. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £144-12-8, viz. the rent of this property from Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592J to Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they owe £144-12-8.

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t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [79J Richard Asheton, esq., late sheriff, owes £20, charged upon himself, and received by himself ("et per ipsum recept' "), for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the aforesaid Nicholas Langford, esq., recusant, seized into the Queen's hands by the aforesaid Thomas Hesketh, esq., & others, and delivered to the same sheriff ("et eidem vic' deliberat' ") ; cf. Memoranda Roll ... [ref. as in entry [78J, E(d)J. [postscriptJ But he [AshetonJ ought not to be summoned for this (debtJ, by consideration of the Barons; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. [Arrearage of rentJ [80] elA: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the demesne lands of Cottom [CottamJ, and of other lands & tenements, with apps., in Cottom, Ingole [IngoIJ, Woodplumpton & Preston, Lancs. B: William Haydock, gent. F: £23-7-3t, being the rent due from the said property for one whole year ending Ladyday, 31 Eliz. [1590J ; cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Adhuc Item Lancastr' ".62 [Fine for recusancy, following qui tam actionJ63 [81J 61[TranslationJ Sir John Sonthworthe, knt., of the parish of Blackborne [BlackburnJ, Lancs., owes £120, charged upon himself, for two-thirds of the sum of £180 ("pro duabus terciis partibus summe £180") imposed upon the same John Southworthe, for that he did not frequent any church, chapel or usual place of common prayer, but withdrew himself for the space of 9 full months, against the form of the statute for a case of this kind made & provided; as is contained in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz. [1589-90J, under" Res' Lancastr' " .62 *[Seized land. RentalJ [82J 61Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Margaret Holden, widow, recusant. C: £1-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one capital messuage, with appurtenances, commonly called "Shorrocke Hey", [andJ of 2 gardens, one orchard & 60 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., in Plesyngton [PleasingtonJ, Lancs., lately of the inheritance of John Issherwood, at one time husband of the aforesaid Margaret. E(b): 10 Sept., 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a) : Thomas Hesketh, esq. , & others. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., MichaeImas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Margaret. F: 16s. 8d. from the preceding half-year. G: £2-10s. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £1-13-4, viz. the rent for this year, nor ought the said rent to be charged from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., because Robert Syngleton answer:J for the same farm from the said Afichaelmas, 35 Eliz., from

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which date he [SyngletonJ is answerable to the Queen by another commission; as is stated [in this present Recusant Roll] under " Item Adhuc Item Res' Lane' ".64 And they owe 16s. 8d.62

*[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Robert Catterall of Clayton, in the parish of Blackbome, "yoman". C: £4-8-10 & two-thirds of 1d. D: One tenement & 20 acres of land in Clayton aforesaid. E(b), (a) and (d) : as in entry [82J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Robert. F: £2-4-5 & one-third of Id. from preceding half-year. G: £6-13-4. J: And they [tenantsJ answer in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Lane' ", for the same rent & the arrears.

[83] 6lfarm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ [84J 6IJarm. A: Tenants. B: Edward Chew, lately of Pottersford [PotterfordJ in Billyngton. C: £3-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a moiety of one tenement & 14 acres of land in Billington aforesaid. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [82J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Edward. F: £1-13-4 from preceding half-year. G: £5. J: [Postscript as under entry [83JJ. *[Seized land.

Rental]

[85] 6lfarm. A: Tenants. B: John Talbott of Salisbury [SaIesburyJ,

deceased. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Salisburye, & of certain lands & tenements in Dynckley [Dinckley], Whilphire [WilpshireJ & Clayton in Ie Dale, Lancs. E(b): 6 Jan., 35 Eliz. [1592/3]. E(a): Nicholas Bannester, esq., & others. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. E(c): Recusancy of the same John. F: £13-6-8 from preceding year. G: £26-13-4. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [86J 6IJarm. A: Tenants. B: John Kyrkeshawe, lately of CoIne, "husbandman". C: lOs. 8d. D: Two-thirds of 5 acres of land. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [85J. E(c): Recusancy of the same John. F: lOs. 8d. from preceding year. G: £1-1-4.56 *[Seized land. Rental] [87J 6IJarm. A: Tenants. B: Adam Bolton, lately of Salisbury [Sales buryJ, "yoman" . C: £2-17-9 & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of 8 acres of land in Salisbury, of the yearly value of £1-6-8; and of 12 acres of land there, of the yearly value of £3. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [85J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Adam. F: £2-17-9 & two-thirds of !d. from preceding year. G: £5-15-6!. 66

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*[Seized land. Rental] [88J 61Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Lawe of Wiswall [Wiswell], "husbandman". C: £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one tenement. E(b), (a) and (d) : as in entry [85J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Robert. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2-13-4. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [89] 61Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Catherall. C: £4-8-10 & two-thirds of ld. D: Two-thirds of one tenement in Clayton in Ie Dale, estimated to contain 20 acres. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [85J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Robert. F: £4-8-10 & two-thirds of Id. from preceding year. G: £8-17-9. 56 *[Seized land. RentalJ [90J 61Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Edward Chewe of Potterford. C: £3- 6-8. D: Two-thirds of a half of one tenement in Billington, containing 14 acres of land. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [85]. E(c): Recusancy of the same Edward. F : £3-6-8. from preceding year. G: £6-13-4. 56 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [91] 61John Kirkeshawe, lately of Colne, "husbandman", owes £5, for the price or value of the goods, chattels & implements of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands . . . [ref. to entry [85J, E(b), (a), (d)J. [postscriptJ And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Adhuc Item Lancastr' ". ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [92] 61Adam Bolton, lately of Salisbury [Salesbury], "yoman", owes 13s. 4d. for the price or value of various implements of the same Adam, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85], E(b), (a), (d)]. [Postscript as under entry [91J].

USeized goods & chattels] [93J 61Robert Lawe of Wiswall [Wiswell], "husbandman", owes £10-12s. for the price or value of various implements & of other goods & chattels of the same Robert, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85J, E(b), (a), (d)J. [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ], where it is considered by the same Barons that Robert Worsley, Thomas Worsley & Robert Colleigue,65 commissioners, ought to be charged with, and answer to the Queenfor, the said £10-12s. ,

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being the price or value of the goods of the aforesaid Robert Lawe. And they answer in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under "Lancastr' ". [L. MarginJ It is answered. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [94J 61John Howar of Wiswall, "wollen webster", owes £2, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85J, E(b), (a), (d)]. (Postscript as under entry [91]].

t[Seized goods & chattels] [95] 61Nicholas Dale of Wiswall, owes £5, for the price or value of various chattels & implements of the same Nicholas, taken & seized into the Queen's hands . . . [ref. to entry [85], E(b), (a), (d)J. [postscript as under entry [91]]. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [96] 61Henry Whitacres of Burneley, owes £2, for the price or value of various implements of the same Henry, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85J, E(b), (a), (d)J. [Postscript as under entry [91JJ. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [97J 61James Alston of Whalley, owes £8-12s. for the price or value of various goods, chattels & implements of the same James, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85J, E(b), (a), (d)J. [Postscript as under entry [93J: but for "£10-12s." , read "£8-12s."; and for "Robert Lawe", read "James Alston"]. [L. Margin] It is answered. [rotulet 9]

(" Item Adhuc Res' Lancastr' ")

~[Seized goods & chattels] [98J 66John Gregson of Whalley, owes £5-10s. for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85J, E(b), (a), (d)].67 ~[Seized goods & chattels] [99] 66John Bradley of Chippen [Chipping], owes £3-6-8, for the price or value of various goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85], E(b), (a), (d)].67

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t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [100J 66Christopher Issherwood, owes £2, for the price or value of the goods of the same Christopher, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85J, E(b), (a), (d)].67 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [101J 66Robert Catherall, owes £1-6-8, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Robert, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [85], E(b), (a), (d)].67

[102J

*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: Ann Mason, widow. C: £4-4-5 & two-thirds of t d. D: Two-thirds of a parcel of a house & 7 acres of land, [heldJ for the term of her life, yearly value £3-6-8 ; and of a certain parcel of the grain-tithe of Newton ( "xme gran' de Newton"), yearly value £3. E(a): Edmun.d Fleetwood & others. E(b): 8 Jan., 35 Eliz. [1592/3]. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Ann. F: £4-4-5 & two-thirds of td. from preceding year. G: £8-8-11.68 66/a rm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Richard Whittingham, lately of Whittingham. C: 17s. 9d. & two-thirds of id. D: Twothirds of a parcel of a tenement & 4 acres of land in Whittingham aforesaid. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [102]. E(c) : Recusancy of the same Richard. F: 17s. 9d. & two-thirds of td. from preceding year. G: £1-15-7. 68

[103] 66Jarm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Peter Longworth of BaHam, in the parish of Gosenargh [GoosnarghJ, "scholemaster". C: £2-4-5 & two-thirds of t d. D: Two-thirds of one tenement. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [102J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Peter. F: £2-4-5 & two-thirds of t d. from preceding year. G: £4-8-11.68

[104] 66/a rm.

[105J

*[Seized land. RentalJ 66Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Richard Worthington. C: £10. D: Two-thirds of a messuage & 30 acres of land in Cophill [CoppuIJ, yearly value £10; of 3 tenements in Cophill, 1 tenement in Turton and 1 tenement in BrindhiH [Brindle], yearly value £5. E(a), (b) and (d) ; as in entry [102J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Richard. F: £10 from preceding year. G: £20. 68

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*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: Richard Beseley, lately of Bamaker [BamacreJ, " husband'''. e: £2-4-5 & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of one tenement & 12 acres of land in Bamaker aforesaid. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [102]. E(c): Recusancy of the same Richard. F: £2-4-5 & twothirds of id. from preceding year. G: £4-8-11.68

[106] G6Jarm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Roger Kighley, lately of Woodplumpton, in the parish of Woodplumpton, gent. e: £7-2-2 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity of £4; and of a moiety of one tenement in Gosnargh [Goosnargh], yeady value £6-13-4. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [102J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Roger. F: £7-2-2 & twothirds of Id. from preceding year. G: £14-4-6. 68

[107] 66Jarm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ [l08J 66Jarm. A: Tenants. B: William Clifton, lately of Westby, in the parish of Kirkeham, gent. e: £3-6-8. D: Twothirds of a grain-tithe in Warton ("decim' gran' in Warton"). E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [102J. E(c): Recusancy of the same William. F: £3- 6-8 from preceding year. G: £6-13-4. 68 *[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Edward Jackson, lately of Westham [WeshamJ, in the parish of Kirkeham, "husband' ". e: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one cottage and It acre of land in Westham. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [102J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Edward. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £1-6-8. 66

[109] 66farm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ [llOJ 66Jarm. A: Tenants. B: George Singleton, lately of We sham, in the parish of Kirkeham, "husbandman". c: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one cottage & 2 acres of land in Wesham. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [102]. E(c): Recusancy of the same George. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £1-6-8. 68 *[Seized land. RentalJ [l11J 66farm. A: Tenants. B: William Worthington, lately of Westby, in the parish of Kirkeham, gent. C: 13s. 4d. D : Two-thirds of one messuage & 2 acres of land in Westby, [heldJ for a term of 4 years. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [102]. E(c): Recusancy of the same William. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £1-6-8. 68

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*[Seized land. RentalJ [112J 66farm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Bee, lately of Byworth [ByreworthJ, "carpenter". C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of a half-part (" dim' part' ") of one tenement & 4 acres of land in Barnaker [Barnacre]. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [102J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Robert. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £1-6-8. 68 [rotulet 9, dorseJ *[Seized land. RentalJ [113J 69farm. A: Tenants. B: John Johnson, lately of Wesham, "milner". C: 6s. 8d. D: Two-thirds of one cottage & one acre ofland. E(b): 8 Jan., 35 Eliz. [1592[3J. E(a): Edmund Fletewood & others. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. E(c): Recusancy of the same John. F: 6s. 8d. from preceding year. G: 13s.4d. 68 *[Seized land. RentalJ [114J 69fal'm. A: Tenants. B: John Lawrenson, lately of We sham, "blacksmythe". C: 6s. 8d. D: Two-thirds of one cottage & It acre of land. E(b), (a) and (d) : as in entry [113J. E(c): Recusancy of the same John. F: 6s. 8d. from preceding year. G: 13s. 4d. 68 [*Seized land. RentalJ 115J 69Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Laurence Crooke, lately of Westby. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & 3 acres of land in Westby. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [113J. E(c): Recusancy of same Laurence. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £1-6-8. 68 *[Seized land. Rental] [116J 69Jarm. A: Tenants. B: John Knowle, lately of Westby. C: 8s. 10d. & two-thirds of 1d. D: Two-thirds of one cottage & 2 acres of land. E(b), (a) and (d) : as in entry [113J. E(c): Recusancy of same John. F: 8s. 10d. & two-thirds of Id. from preceding year. G: 17s. 9d. 68 *[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: William Southworth, "yoman" . C: £2-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one tenement in Westby. E(b) , (a) and (d): as in entry [113]. E(c): Recusancy of same William. F: £2-13-4 from preceding year. G: £5-6-8. 68

[117] 69Jarm.

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*[Seized land. RentalJ68 [118J 69Jarm. A: Tenants. B: William Calvert, lately of Garstange, "carpenter". c: [ J. 70 D: Two-thirds of one cottage & It acre of land in Inskip. E(b), (a) and (d) : as in entry [113J. E(c): Recusancy of same William. 71 *[Seized land. RentalJ [119J 69Jarm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Johnson, alias Wilkinson, lately of Thorneton [ThorntonJ, "husbandman". C: £1- 2-2 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of one tenement & 5 acres of land in Thometon. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [113J. E(c): Recusancy of same Thomas. F: £1-2-2- & two-thirds of Id. from preceding year. G: £2-4-5. 68 *[Seized land. RentalJ [120J (l9farm. A: Tenants. B: William Hodgeson, lately of Plympton [plumptonJ, "husband'''. C: £3-6-8. D: Twothirds of one tenement & 15 acres of land in Plompton. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [113J. E(c): Recusancy of same William. F: £3- 6-8 from preceding year. G: £6-13-4.68 *[Seized land. RentalJ [121J 69farm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Worthington, lately of Preston. C: £1-6- 8. D: Two-thirds of one burgage in Preston in Amondemes, Lancs. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [113J. E(c): Recusancy of same Robert. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2-13-4. 68 t[Seized goodsJ (122J 69Elizabeth Baneke, lately of Wrightington, in the parish of Eccleston, widow, owes £1-10-4, for the price or value of the goods of the same Elizabeth, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J.72 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [123J 69Peter Longeworth, lately of BaHam, in the parish of Gosnarghe [GoosnarghJ, "scholemaster", owes £3-6-8, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Peter, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J.72

:I:[Seized goodsJ [124J 69Elizabeth Bueke, lately of Westby, widow, owes £2, for the price or value of the goods of the same Elizabeth, taken & seized into the Queen's hands .... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J. 72

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~[Seized goodsJ [125J 69George Singleton, lately of We sham, in the parish of Kirkham, "husband' ", owes £1, for the price or value of the goods of the same George, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J.72 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [126J 69John Johnson, lately of Wesham, "milner", owes £2, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [l13J, E(b), (a), (d)J.72

t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [127J 69John Laurenson, lately of Wesham, "blacksmyth", owes £2, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(a), (b), (d)]. 72 ~[Seized goodsJ [128J 69George Bamber, lately of Westby, owes £5, for the price or value of the goods of the same George, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J. 72

~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [129J 69John Knowle, lately of Westby, owes £2, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J.72

t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [130J 69William Sotheworth, "yoman", owes £10, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same William, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b) , (a), (d)J.72 ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [131J 69Henry Richardson, lately of Pulton [PoultonJ, " husband' ", owes £12, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Henry, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)].72

t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [132J 69James Bramber, lately of Laton [Layton], "husb''', owes £3-6-8, for the price or value of various goods & implements of the same James, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)]. 72

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~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [133J 69Jobn Crooke, lately of Little Marton, "husband' ", owes £4, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J. 72 ~[Seized goodsJ [134J 69William Hodgeson, lately of Plimpton [plumpton], " husb' ", owes £1, for the price or value of the goods of the same William, taken & seized into the Queen's hands . . . [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J.72 ~[Seized goodsJ [135J 69Robert Worthington, lately of Preston, owes £6-13-4 for the price or value of the goods of the same Robert, taken & seized into the Queen's hands ... [ref. to entry [113J, E(b), (a), (d)J.72

*t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [136J 69Jarm. A: John Gill [lesseeJ. C: £11-6-8. D: Twothirds of one capital messuage & of 60 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with appurtenances, in Little Crosby, Lancs., of which Richard Blundell, father of William Blundell of Crosby, in the parish of Seaffton [SeftonJ, Lancs., gent., recusant ("recusantis"), was seised & possessed at his death ; after whose death the aforesaid messuage, lands & tenements etc. descended to the aforesaid William Blundell as son & heir, by virtue of which the said William Blundell took possession ("intravit"), and was and is still seised of the same; of the yearly value of £5, of which two-thirds due yearly to the Queen amounts to £3-6-8. Also, two-thirds of one windmill in Crosby, of which the aforesaid Richard Blundell was also seised & possessed at death, the said mill thereupon descending to the aforesaid William Blundell, as above; of the clear yearly value of £2 (£1-6-8 per ann. due to the Queen). Likewise, two-thirds of 16 messuages, 16 gardens, 100 acres of arable, 40 acres of meadow & 100 acres of pasture land, with appurtenances, in Crosby, then in the several tenures of several tenants, of which the said Richard Blundell was seised and possessed at his death, the said property thereupon descending to the aforesaid William Blundell, as above; the annual rents amounting to £10 (£6-13-4 per ann. due to the Queen). B: William Blundell, recusant. E(b): 13 April, 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a): Thomas Hesketh, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid John Gill, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 2 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under " Lanc' ". J: And he [GillJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz ., under " Item Lane' ",jar the same rent & the arrears.

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[Record of annual fine paidJ [137J A: John Towneley, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: From 18 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J, to 17 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. 13 [lunarJ months. K. G. P: On 6 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £140 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit. *t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [138J jarm. A: Richard Bradshawe, gent. [lessee]. C: £4, [dueJ at Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, being part of an annual rent of £8. D: The whole capital messuage & tenement, with appurtenances, in Fazakerley, and 50 acres of arable, meadow, pasture & wood-land, with apps., in Fazakerley aforesaid, belonging to the said capital messuage, in the tenure of Edward Tarleton, gent., recusant; also the whole of various closes of land in Garston, called "Two Brandearths", estimated to contain 6 acres, "Ie Marled Feild" (2 acres), "Barsey Hey" (2 acres), "Bromefeild" (2 acres), "Ryehey" (2 acres), "Shepcotefeild" (2 acres), "Bothome Hey" (3 acres), "Pingo Meadow" (2 acres), "Pasnipfeild" (6 acres), "Brakefeld" (6 acres): the above being two-thirds of the lands and possessions of . . . B: "The aforesaid Tarleton", recusant. E(b): 8 Jan., 36 Eliz. [1593/4J. E(a): John Bradshawe, esq., and others. H(a) : Aforesaid Richard Bradshawe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 8 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J. H(c). H(d): £8. H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under "Lane' ". J : And he [R. BradshaweJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz. , under" Item Lane' ",jor this rent & the arrears. t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [139J jarm. A: Richard Kindesley, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £2-4-5 & one-third of 1d., [dueJ at Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., [1594J, being part of an annual rent of £4-8-10 & two-thirds of 1d. D: Two-thirds of one tenement in Clayton in Ie Dale, Lanes., estimated to contain 20 acres. B: Robert Catherall, recusant. E(b): 6 Jan., 35 Eliz. [1592/3J. E(a): Nicholas Bannester, esq., & others. 73 H(a): Aforesaid Richard Kindesley, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 8 July, 36 Eliz. [1594]. H(d): £4-8-10 & two-thirds of Id. H(e). H(k): as in entry [138J. J: And he [KindesleyJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Item Lane' ", for this rent & the arrears. *t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [140J farm. A: Richard Kindesley, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £3-17-3, [dueJ at Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, being part of an annual rent of £7-14-6. D: The

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whole manor of Claughton, with appurtenances, in Launsdall [Lonsdale], Lanes.; a whole water-mill, one free fishery (" liber' piscar' ") in the water of Loyne [Lune]. Lanes, and all other messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments of William Crofte of?4 Claughton aforesaid; also a whole messuage & tenement in Tatham. Lanes., and certain lands, tenements & hereditaments in Tatham aforesaid pertaining to it ; also 6 messuages & tenements, and all other messuages, lands & tenements of the said William Crofte in Caton, Lanes: the above being two-thirds of the lands and possessions of ... B: William Crofte, esq., recusant. E(b): 4 April, 36 Eliz. [1594]. H(b): From 8 July, 36 Eliz. [1594]. H(c). H(d) : £7-14- 6. H(e). H(k): as entry [138J. J: On 30 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], he [Kindesley] delivered (" lib' ") this sum in the Treasury. And he is quit. [rotulet 12, dorseJ (" Item Adhuc Item Res' Lancastr' ") t[Lease of seized land. Rental] [141] farm. A; Robert Syngleton [lessee]. C: £1-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the capital messuage, with appurtenances, commonly called "Sharrockhey"; and of 2 gardens, 1 orchard, & 60 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land, with apps., in Pleasyngton, Lanes., lately of the inheritance of a certain John Issherwood, at one time husband of Margaret Holden, widow, recusant, of which she is seised in her demesne, as of freehold estate, for the term of her life. B: Margaret Holden, widow, recusant. E(b): 10 Sept., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Thomas Hesketh, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid Robert Singleton, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under " Lane' ". J: On 7 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], 16s. 8d. was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 17 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, 16s. 8d. was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Singleton] is quit. [Sheriff's account (translation)J75 [142] Ralph Asheton, esq., sheriff of the County of Lancaster, owes £81-5-O!, charged upon himself, and levied by him from the goods & chattels, lands & tenements of the several undermentioned recusants, for the satisfaction of their several debts: viz. From the goods & chattels of Robert Adamson [32],76 £5-0-8; of Thomas Johnson of the parish of Sypton [Sefton], [66], £1-10s. ; of John Blackburne [34], 3s. 4d. ; of William Farrington & John Bradshawe, esqs., (taken by them from the goods & chattels of Alice Clifton, widow) [28], £13-6-8; of George Syngleton of Wesham [125], £1; of John Johnson of the same [126], £2; of John Lawrenson

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[127J, £2 ; and from the lands & tenements of Robert Ball of Wyndle [39J, £4; of Peter Wetherby [42J, £2; of Thomas Gerrard of Newhall [69J, £3- 10s.; of William Clyfton of BaHam [26J, 13s. 4d. ; of Richard Whittingham [103J, £1- 15-7; of Edward Jackeson [109J, £1-6-8 ; of Robert Bee [112J, £1-6-8; of John Lawrenson [114J, 13s. 4d; of Laurence Crooke [115J, £1-6-8; of William Southworthe [117J, £3 ; of William Hodgeson [120J, £4; of William Winstanley [49J, £2; of Robert Catterall [89J, £4--8-10; of Henry Lathom [10J, £4--19-4; of Margaret Holden [17J, £17- 16- 1td.; of Robert Lawe [88J, £2- 13-4; of John Gregson [64J, lOs. ; of Robert Adamson [16J, 4s. 5!d.: as is contained in Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. [postscriptJ On 15 Feb., 37 Eliz. [1594/5J, £52-7-8td, was paid into the Treasury. And on 15 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £25-0-8 was paid into the Treasury. And £3-16-8 is allowed to the same sheriff for money paid by him to a certain Richard Holland, esq., & to certain other commissioners & jurors assigned to inquire of the goods & chattels of the recusants in the said county; cf. the process on this matter & the consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ, noted in Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 37 Eliz., Hilary term, under "Status et Vis' Compotorum". And he [sheriffJ holds a balance of !d., which he remits to the Queen. And he is quit. [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusaney]77 [143J A: William Chesheare, lately of Holme in the parish of Wynwick [WinwickJ, Lancs., "husbandman". B. D: £100. F: £60. G. H. J: for 3 months following 7 Oct., 37 Eliz. [1595J. L: £40. M: Tuesday, 10 Aug., 38 Eliz. [1596]. N: from date of conviction to 5 Oct., 38 Eliz., viz. 2 [lunarJ months. O. Elizabeth Gerrard, lately of Ashton in the parish of Wynwick, Lancs., "spinster", wife of John Gerrard, gent. . . . . . . . . [ J 78£100 for the like Ellen Mason, lately of Wigan W oodhouses in the parish of Wigan, .. . [ J " "" " Lanes., widow. Ann Standyshe, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Ralph Standyshe of the same, gent., owes £100 for the like. [postscriptJ But she ought not to be summoned for this [debt] for the reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Res' Lanc' ", in another debt of the same Ann. And she is quit. Cecily Berrye, lately of the same, "spinster" . [ ] £100 for the like

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Margaret Markeland, lately of Wigan, "spinster", wife of Oliver Markeland of the same, gent . [ Thomas Fairebrother, lately of the same, "potter" . [ Roger Haslam, lately of the same, "pedlar" [ William Mollyneux, lately of Pemberton in the parish of Wigan aforesaid, "husbandman" Ellen Pemberton, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Richard Pemberton of Pemberton aforesaid, gent Robert Lathwayte, senior, lately of the . [ same, "husbandman" Ann Naylior, lately of the same, widow [ Robert Langton, lately of Hyndley [Hindley] in the parish of Wigan, "webster" [ Ann Talbott, lately of Carre in Wilpshire, in the parish of Blackbume, "spinster", wife of George Talbott of the same, gent [ Mary Singleten, "spinster", wife of Thomas Singleton, lately of Scalles [Newton with Scales] in the parish of Lancaster, esq. [ Elizabeth Calvert, alias Browne, lately of the same, "spinster" [ Richard Kydd, lately of Fazakerley in the parish of Walton, "husbandman" Margaret Kydde, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Richard Kydde of the same, "husbandman" [ Margaret Fazakerley, lately of the same, widow [ Margaret Barker, lately of Derbye [West Derby] in the parish of Walton, widow. [ Alice Peper, lately of Leverpoole [Liverpool] in the aforesaid [ parish, "spinster" Bridget Standley, wife of Edward Standley, lately of Moorehall [Moor Hall] in the parish of Aughton, gent [

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Katherine Marshe, lately of Ditton in £100 for the like the parish of Prescotte, widow. . [ Margaret Blundell, lately of Boulde [Bold] in the aforesaid parish, widow . . . . . . [ " " " Elizabeth Shepley, lately of Cronton in the aforesaid parish, "spinster" . [ ] " " "" George Bradshawe, lately of Gravecake in the parish of Leigh , "yoman", owes £100 for the like. [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 7 James I, Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Roger Salle, lately of Hoppcarre [Hopecarr] in the parish aforesaid, £100 for the like "yoman" .... . Margaret Bradshawe, lately of Gravecake in the aforesaid parish, "spinster", wife of Christopher Bradshawe, lately of the same, "yoman" . . . . . . . [ ] " " " " Richard Mawdisley, lately of Overforde in the parish of Warrington, "yoman". B. D: £140. F: £100. G. H. J: for 5 months following 17 Aug. 37 Eliz. [1595J. L: £40. [M, Nand 0 : as under William Chesheare]. Dorothy Massye, wife of William Massie, lately of Rixton in the aforesaid parish, esq., owes £140 for the like. [postscript] But she ought not to be summoned jor this [debt], by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L .T.R., 7 James I, Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And she is quit. Ann Rowlandson, lately of the same, widow ...... [ £140 for the like Henry Ratchdaile, lately of l\fuchewoolton in the parish of Childwall, "husbandman". . . . . . [ " " " " Ralph Hitcheman, lately of the same, " husb' " . .. .. [ " " " " Elizabeth Challyner, lately of the same, widow . . . . . . . . [ " " " William Lake, lately of Garston in the aforesaid parish, "husbandman" . [ " " " " Alice Lake, wife of William Lake, lately of the same . . . . . [ ] " " " " Ellen Whitfeild, lately of the same, widow [ ] " """ Alice Baxter, lately of the same, widow. [ ] " " " " "Geneta" Chalenor, alias Chawnor, . [ lately of the same, widow

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William Haward, lately of the same, "webster" Katherine Haward, wife of the said William Percival Chalinor, alias Chawnor, lately of the same, "carpenter" Katherine Chalenor, alias Chawnor, wife of the said Percival "Geneta" Ireland, lately of the same, widow Alice Sadler, lately ofWartrie [?Wavertree] in the aforesaid parish, widow Alice Woodley, lately of the same, widow . "Geneta" Vawce, lately of Litle Wolton [Woolton] in the aforesaid parish, widow William Hitchmeugh, lately of the same, "lynnen webster" Alice Almond, lately of Allerton in the aforesaid parish, widow Elizabeth Milner, lately of Speake [Speke] in the aforesaid parish, widow Henry Corker, lately of the same, " husb' " Isabella Corker, wife of the said Henry Edmund Chawnor, alias Chalenor, lately of the same, "husband' " Henry Mones, lately of the same, " husband' " William Wainewright, lately of the same, " husb' " . Edward Wainewright, lately of the same, " husb' " . "Geneta" Brookes, lately of the same, widow Jane Norres, lately of the same, widow John Pendleton, lately of the same, " husband' " Henry Cooke, lately of the same, " husband' " William Norres, lately of the same, " husband' " Elizabeth Norres, wife of the said William William Mercer, lately of Oglett in the aforesaid parish, " husb' " .

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IText as C.R.S. XVIII, p. 156, 1. I seq. (with variant phrasings) to "Regine huius in Lane'''. 2Entries [IJ to [3J indus., are bracketed, L., with the note: "Fieri facias" to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (" fi' fa' Cancellar' Ducatus Lane' "). Cj. Introd., p. cvi, note 433. 3Text as op. cit., p. 156, 1.20 seq. (with 'Text as op. cit., variant phrasings) to "Sicut cont' ibid'''. p. 156,1. 41 seq. with variant phrasings, to" tempore existen' ibid'''. SCI. op. cit., p. 157,1. 30 seq. to" in MDiiijxx. [". 6Entries [4J to [16J are bracketed, L., with the note: "fi' fa' Cancellar' ducat' 7" Ac reddit' al' tenen' ad Lane' "; see note (2) above. volunt' pro termino vite & annor' " in MS. 8The Act 28 Eliz., 9Entries [4J to [8J indus., are bracketed, R., with the cap 6. note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under "Lanc' ", jor the same several rents & the arrears. I°Text as nCj. entry [4J, B. op. cit., p. 157,1. 38 seq. to" Act' pred' ibid"'. 12Text as op. cit., p. 158,1. 11 seq. to" Act' pred' ibid'''. 13Text as op. cit., p. 158, 1.18 seq. to " Act' pred' ibid''', 14Text as IsText as op. cit., p. 158,1. 41 seq. to op. cit., p. 158, 1. 24 seq. "equales porciones ibid'''. 16Sic; for £1-6-11t. 17Cj. op. cit., p. 159. 18Entries [10J to [14J indus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Lanc''', for the same several rents & the arrears. IOText as op. cit., p. 160, 1. 1 seq. to "capt' et seisit'''. 20Text as op. cit., p. 160,1. 14 seq. to "sicut cont' ibid'''. 21Text as 22Text as op. cit., op. cit., p. 161,1. 11 seq. to" capt' et seisit'''. 23Cj. op. cit., pp. 164-5. p. 161,1. 22 seq. to " capt' et seisit'''. 24Text as op. cit., p. 162, 1. 28 seq. to " capt' et seisit' ". 25Not "Whittington", as in CR.S., XVIII, loco cit. 26Cj. op. cit., pp. 163-4. 27Entries [17J to [45J indus., are bracketed, L., with the note: "fi' fa' cancellar' ducat' Lane' " ; see note (2), above. 28Cj: op. cit., pp. 164-5. 29Cj. entry [141], p. 87, below.

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30MS rather worn: the note appears to be "per di[visionemJ 30s. per utr' finnar'. 31C! op. cit., p. 165, 1. 6 seq. 32Text as op. cit., p. 165, 1. 30 seq. to "equales pore' ". 33"diu"; not "domini", as in C.R.S., XVIII, loco cit. 34Cf op. cit., pp. 166170. 35Text as op. cit., p. 160, 1. 21 seq. to "Com' Lane'''. 86Space left in MS for the name of the place. 37Entries [21J to [35J inelus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under "Item Laneastr'''. 3SC! op. cit., p. 161. 39Text as op. cit., p. 161, 1. 5 seq. to "seisit' ibid'''. 4Â°Text as op. cit., p. 161,1. 36 seq. to "capt' et seisit'''. 41Cf op. cit., pp. 161-2. 42Any period beginning after Ladyday and ending at the following Michaelmas was counted as a half-year. 43C! op. cit., p. 158. 44Text as op. cit., p. 162, 1. 19, seq. to "recusantis ibid'''. 45Text as op. cit., p. 162, 1. 23 seq. to "vidue recusantis". 46Text as op. cit., p. 162, 1. 39 seq. to "vidue recusantis". 47Text as op. cit., p.162, 1. 43 seq. to "recusantisibid'''. 4SText asop. cit., p. 163, 1. 1 seq. to "recusantis ibid' ". 49Text as op. cit., p. 163, 1. 4 seq. to " capt' et seisit' ". 50Text as op. cit., p. 163, 1. 10 seq. to" seisit' ibid'''. 5lText as op. cit., p . 163,1. 15 seq. to "capt' et seisit'''. 52Cf op. cit., p. 163. 53Entries [36J to [43J inelus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Lane' ", for the same several rents & their 54Entries [46J to [72J inelus., are bracketed, L., with arrears. the note: "fi' fa' canceIIar' Ducat' Lane' "; see note (2) above. 55The bracketed words are omitted here in MS, but present at the beginning of entry. 56Entries [57J to [65J incIus., [67J to [72J incIus., [73J to [75J incIus., and [85] to [90J incIus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz. , under" Item Lane''', for the same several rents & their arrears. 57Space left in MS for the name of the place. 5SEntries [73] to [77J incIus., are bracketed, L., with the note: "fi' fa' Cancellar' 59Sie, for" Adhuc Item ducat' Lane' "; see note (2) above. 6Â°Text of the parenthesised passage: "cum servic' Lane' ". et averagiis Anglice the Boone & services tenenciu' ibidem et cum decimis terr' dominicaliu' de Wythington pred' ''. "Averagia" were carting services due from the tenant, with his beasts of burden, to his feudal lord. The "boon" was unpaid service of various 6lEntries [80] to [973 kinds due from the tenant to his lord. incIus., are bracketed, L., with the note: "fi' fa' Cancellar' Ducat' Lane' " ; see note (2) above. 62Entries [80] to [82] inelus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Adhue Item Laneastr'''. 63Cf Introd., pp. xv-xx, and footnote 49. 64Cf entry [141J below. 65? Or "Colleigne". 66Entries [98J to [112J inelus., are bracketed, L., with the note: "fi' fa' Cancellar' Ducat' Lane' "; see note (2) above. 67Entries [98J to [101] inelus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., 6SEntries [102] to [112J incIus., under "Adhue Item Laneastr' ". and [113] to [121J inelus., are bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer separately in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Item 69Entries Lane' ", for the same several rents & their arrears. [113J to [136] incIus., are bracketed, L., with the note: "fi' fa' CancelIar' Ducat' Lane'''; see note (2) above. 70Space left in MS for the amount of rent due. 71Arrears and total debt 72Entries [122J to [135] incIus., are bracketed, omitted in MS. R., with the note: And they answer separately in [RecusantJ Roll, 73See entry [89]. 38 Eliz., under" Adhuc Item Lancastr'''. 74"de" in MS (? for "in"). 75The form of this entry is interesting. Ashton, being a palatinate sheriff, was not summoned personally

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to account at the royal Exchequer. Cj. Introd., p. cvii. 76The added figures in square brackets refer to the numbered entries in the text above. It will be seen that some of these sums are only part77 All the following items are bracketed, L., with payments. 78The the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] Comrnissio"). brackets here & in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion, when required, of the word "debet" (owes): cf Introd., p. xcix.

[rotulet 23, dOfseJ LEICESTERSIDRE (" Leic' U) [PreambleJ [IJ William Turpyne, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Michaelmas, 36 Eliz., renders . . . [etc. as Berkshire [IJ]. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ [2J jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in the parish of Linley [LindleyJ, Leics., being a parcel of the manor of Linley aforesaid. C: £6-13-4. B: Walter Whitehall, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,040, by virtue of a certain Actl of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Leic"'; and preceding [RecusantJ Rill under, " Leic' ". 2 J: On 10 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2-JOs. was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury, under the name oj Audley ("Audelei") Dennys. And on 18 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £2-1 Os. was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ under the name oj the same Audley Dennys. And they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned jor £1-13-4 because they stand to be discharged thereoj by virtue oj an order or decree oj this Exchequer, dated Michaelmas term, 29 Eliz., recorded in the Book oj Orders or Decrees oj the Treasurer's Remembrancer's side. And they are quit. [Seized land. Rental] [3J jarm. A: Tenants. B: George Bull, junior, of Assordley [? AsfordbyJ, "husbandman", recusant. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of a certain lease for a term of about 38 years still to run, of and in a moiety of one messuage & 2 virgates of land, and of [a furtherJ I! virgate of land, with appurtenances, in Assordley aforesaid, [? granted to BullJ by letters-patent of the present Queen dated 23 May, 24 Eliz. [1582J; of the yearly value (apart from reserved rent) of £1. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Leic' ".3 F: £1-6-8 from previous years. G: £2. lThe Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 1. 1 seq. to "xxxiijC!O in Leic' ". seq. to "pred' Georgii".

2Text as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 154, 3Text as op. cit., p. 154, 1. 19

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LINCS

[rotulet 10] LINCOLNSIDRE (" Lincoln' ") [Preamble] [IJ Valentine Browne, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire[IJ]. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ1 [2J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Brentbroughton [Brant Broughton], with appurtenances. C: £21-2-10£. B: William, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,420, byvirtue of a certain Act 2 of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Lincoln'''. F: £21-2-101 for Charles Hussey, esq., late sheriff of this county for the year 33 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll of 33 Eliz., under" Item Lincoln' "; viz. the rent due from this farm for the year 33 Eliz., cf. Great [Pipe] Roll of 33 Eliz., under" Lincoln'''. [Further arrears] £42-5-9t from previous years. G: £84-11-7. J: On 13 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], £7-19-2 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And they [tenants] owe £76-12-5.

'i [Seized land. Rental] 3 [3] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of various messuages, cottages, lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Newton [? by Toft], Lincs. C: £2-2-2t, being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £3-15-6t. B: John Morley, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £220, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 2 E(d): as in entry [2]. F: £2-10-6t from previous years. G: £4-12-9. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 4 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . . . [Lease of seized land. Rental] 5 [4J farm. A: John Bendbowe [lesseeJ. C: £43-6s. D: Twothirds of one messuage or tenement, with one cottage & 78 acres of pasture in Ingoldmells; and of various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Orby and Ingoldmells aforesaid, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Res' Lincoln'''. B: Thomas Allott, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Bendbowe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 4 June 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). R(d): as C. R(e). H(f). H(k) : as in entry [2], E(d). F: £64-19s. G: £108-5s. J : [Postscripts as under entry [3J]. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 6 [5J farm. A: Edward Billesby, esq., & Michael Hennage, gent. [lessees]. C: £51-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Beilsbye 7 [BeelsbyJ & Irenham [IrnhamJ; and of other lands

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& tenements, with apps., in Beilsbye & Irenham aforesaid, Lincs. B: John Thymolby, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Edward & Michael, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 23 July, 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). J: On 13 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £25-13-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 12 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £25-13-4 was paid ... [etc. as aboveJ. And they [Billesby & HennageJ are quit.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [6J farm. A: Edward Helwys [lesseeJ. C: £37-7-41; 9 capons; 12 pecks of barley; 2 quarters, 2 pecks & two-thirds of a peck of malt ; 4 capons ; 2 quarters, 5 pecks & two-thirds of a half-peck of malt; 1010z. of pepper; and 10!oz. of cummin. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Corby, Lincs., with appurtenances; and of various messuages, lands & tenements in Bulby & Awthorp [HawthorpeJ, in the parish of Irneham, Lincs. B: John Thymolby, lately of Irenham [IrnhamJ, gent, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Edward Helwys, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 15 July, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): £40-0-51, including the barley, malt, capons, pepper & cumin ("priced by the Barons of the Exchequer, in all, at £2-13-1!,'). H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Lincoln' ".8 G: £40-0-51. J: On 13 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £19-19-8! was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 12 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £19-19-8! was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [HelwysJ owes Is. Oid. *[Seized land. RentalJ [7] farm. A: Tenants. B: Andrew Litlebury of Asheby [? Ashby in BottesfordJ, gent. C: £4. D: Two-thirds of one messuage in Ashebye aforesaid, with appurtenances. E(b): 2 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Sir George St. Poll, knt., & others. E(c): Recusancy of the same Andrew. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3)). "'[Seized land. RentalJ [8] farm. A: Tenants. B: John Morreley of Toftnewton [Newton by ToftJ, "yoman". C: £8-1-8. D: Two-thirds of a lease, still to run for several years, of the Dean & Chapter of Lincoln ("dimissionis Decani et Capituli Lincoln' "), lying in Newton, of the yearly value of 2s. 6d. ; and of the lease of one messuage in Lyndwood [LinwoodJ, still to run for a term of 35 years, of the yearly value of £12. E(b), (a) and (d) : as in entry [7J. E(c): Recusancy of the same John. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ.

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~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [9J 9Nicholas Saunderson, esq., sheriff, owes £5, which sum he has received ("quas [librasJ recepit") by the hands of the aforesaid commissioner,lO for the price of the goods & chattels of Humphrey Cowardon, recusant; cf. .Memoranda Roll . . . [as in entry [7J, E(d)J.

t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [10J 9The same sheriff owes £12-15s., similarly received ("recept' ") by him by the hands of the aforesaid commissioners,lO for the price of the goods & chattels of John Burrell, recusant; cf ... [ref. as in entry [7J, E(d)]. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [llJ 9The same sheriff owes £13-6s ..... [etc. as in entry [10JJ ... for the price of the goods & chattels of John Morreley, recusant. cf. .. [ref. as in entry [7J, E(d)J. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [12J 9The same sheriff owes £3-6-8, similarly received by him by the hands of Edward Heron and other commissioners, for the price of the goods & chattels of George Tyler, recusant; cf ... [ref. as in entry [7J, E(d)].

t [Seized goods & chattelsJ [13J 9The same sheriff owes £2 ... [etc. as in entry [12JJ ... for the price of the goods & chattels of Edward Thimbleby, gent. , recusant; cf ... [ref. as in entry [7J, E(d)]. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [14J 9The same sheriff owes lOs .. [etc. as in entry [12JJ ... for the price of the goods & chattels of John Clawes, gent., recusant; cf ... [ref. as in entry [7J , E(d)].

*t [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [15J farm. A: William Fitzwilliams, gent. [lessee]. C: £20. D: The whole manor of Immingham, Lincs., with appurtenances, and all the other lands, tenements & hereditaments of the late Sir Robert Tirwhitte, knt., deceased, of Immingham aforesaid, of which a certain Elizabeth Tirwhitte is seised for the term of her life, as her jointure, by grant of the said Sir Robert Tirwhitte, knt., father of William Tirwhitte, esq., deceased, late husband of the said Elizabeth; of the clear yearly value, in all issues (charges deducted) of £13-6-8 ; also the whole lease of a capital messuage, with apps., commonly called "Twigmore", with all messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., pertaining to the same messuage in Twigmore aforesaid, in the parishes of Boltesford [? BelchfordJ,

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Manton & Messingham, Lincs,!l the lease to run for 12 years from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1953J (if the same Elizabeth live that long), by grant & surrender of Roger Ascoughe, esq. & Gervase Markeham, esq., to whom the aforesaid William Tirwhitt, deceased, granted the same premises for a further term; of the clear yearly value, in all issues (reserved rents & other charges deducted), of £6-13-4; the above being twothirds of the lands & possessions of . . . B: Elizabeth Tirwhitte, lately of Kettlebye in the parish of Bigbye, Lines., widow, recusant. E(b): 10 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a) William Fitzwilliams, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid William Fitzwilliams, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593]. H(c). H(d): £13-6-8 (for the manor of Immingham etc.): £6-13-4 (for Twigmore etc.). H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under" Lincoln' ". J: [Postscripts as under entry[3JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [16J farm. A: Tenants. B: Elizabeth Tirwhitt of Thorpe, widow. C: £3-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the lease of a capital messuage, & of various meadows, grazing lands, pastures & hereditaments, with apps., in Thorpe near Kettlebye, Lines., made over to the same Elizabeth (" inde fact' eidem Elizabeth") by William Tirwhitt, esq., deceased, for a term of 16 years from Michaelmas, 1589. E(b) and (a): as in entry [15]. E(c): Recusancy of the same Elizabeth. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [17J A: The same sheriff, viz. Valentine Browne, esq. B: [3J £4-12-9 (Morley's tenants). [4J £108-5s. (Bendbowe). [7J £4 (Litlebury's tenants). [8J £8-1-8 (Morreley's tenants. [9J to [14J £36-17-8 (Saunderson's particulars). [15J £20 (Fitzwilliams). [1 6J £3-6-8 (Tirwhitt's tenants). C: £185-3-9. D : [3J On 13 May, 36 Eliz. [1 594J, £1-1-lt was paid into the Treasury (from Morley's tenants). And on 12 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-1-lt was paid . .. [etc. as above]. [4J On same dates, two sums of £21-13s. were paid into the Treasury (from Bendbowe). [8J On 12 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, one sum of £8-1-8 was paid into the Treasury Urom Morreley's tenants). [15J On ult. April, 36 Eliz. [1594J and 12 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, two sums of £10 were paid into the Treasury Urom Fitzwilliams). N

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LINCS-LONDON & MIDDLX

[16] On 12 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], one sum of £3-6-8 was paid into the Treasury (from Tirwhitt's tenants). [4] Bendbowe answers in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under "Lincoln' ", for the remaining £64-19s. of his debt.12 [7J Litlebury's tenants answer for their rent of £4 in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under "Lincoln' ", after their farm. 12 [3J On 16 Nov., 35 Eliz., [1593] £2-2-3 was paid into the Treasury Urom Morley's tenants). E: And on 27 May, 38 Eliz. [1596J, £37-6s. was paid into the Treasury by the said sheriff, to settle the remainder of his account. IS And he [sheriffJ has [a surplus of Id.].14 lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 148, 1. 23 seq. to "xxxiijC!O in Lincoln". 2The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. sC/. op. cit., p. 149. 4Cf. entry [17J, D. 6Text as op. cit., p. 149, 1. 42 seq. to "existen' ibid'''. 6Text as op. cit., p. 150,1. 12 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "Scaccarii equaliter". 7Sic. in MS. Not "Beilesly", as in C.R.S., loc. cit. sC/. op. cit., pp. 150-151. 9Entries [9J to [14J inclus. are bracketed, L., with the note: [the sheriff] is charged, unless . .. ; and R., with the note: Total of these 6 debts, £36-17-8; for which the sheriff answers below. C/. entry [17J, D. lOC/. entry [7J, E(a). llText of the remainder of this passage: "pro termino duo decem annor' a festo Michaelis Archangeli anno xxxv to Regine huius si eadem Elizabeth tamdiu vixerit ex concessione & tradicione Rogeri Ascoughe ar' & Jervasii Markeham ar' quibus pred' Willelmus Tirwhitt defunct' eadem concessit pro ulterior' termino valen' per ann' in omnibus exit' ultra reddit' inde reservat' & repris' sex libr' tresdecem solid' & quatuor denar' ". l2Note in L. Margin: It is answered ("r[espondet]ur"). The sheriff (Browne) was therefore discharged of this amount. 13Including [9] to [14J (Saunderson's particulars). 14 "Et hah'" in MS.

[rotulet 9]

LONDON & MIDDLESEX

("London' Midd' ") [Preamble] [1] Paul Banninge & Peter Houghton, sheriffs of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., render ... [etc. as Berkshire [1]]. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 1 A: Hugh Cuffe, gent. [lessee]. C: £3, being part of £75-13-10, the remainder [of an original rent] of £84-3-10. D: The whole messuage or tenement called "Ie Blewbell" in Breadstreate, in the city of London; being a parcel of the lands and possessions of . . . B: William Tucker, recusant.

[2] farm.

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H(a) ; Moresaid Hugh Cuffe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585J. H(c): ... "for the satisfac· tion of the debt of the aforesaid William Tucker". H(d): £3. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "London' Midd' ". F: £21 from previous years; cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, and the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "London' Midd'''. G: £24. [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ2 [3J A: Geoffrey Throwgood of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the ward of Farringdon Without London, gent. B. D: £40. E: From ult. Jan., 38 Eliz. [1595/6J to 1 April following, i.e. 2 months" & more". H. George Gage of the same, gent . [ J3£40 for the like Francis Eyreman of the same, gent. [J" " " " John Barton of the same, gent. . [ J " """ William Goodacres of the same, gent. [J " " " " Francis Eyreman of the same, gent. 4 [],,""" Margery, his wife. . . . . [ J " "" " John Barton of the same, gent. 4 • [ ] " " " " Ann, his wife . .. [ ] " """ Ann Goodacres of London, "spinster," alias Ann Goodacres, wife of William Goodacres of the parish and ward aforesaid, gent. . . . [ " " " " Agnes Holmes of London, "spinster," . [ " " " " alias Agnes Holmes, wife of [ J5 Holmes of the parish of Christ Church in the ward of Farringdon Within London, "Parishe Clarke" . [ " " " " John Noble of the parish of St. Mary Wollnothe [WoolnothJ in the ward of Walbroke, London, gent. . . [ " " " ,. Nicholas Fysher of the parish of St. Olave in Hartestreet, in the ward of Algate, London, gent. . . . [ ] " " " " A: Mary Jerningeham of Hamesey [HomseyJ, Midds., "spinster", alias Mary Jemingeham, wife of [ J5 Jerningham of the same, gent. B. D: £60. G. H. E: From 20 Dec., 38 Eliz. [1595J to ult. March following, i.e. 3 months. M : 23 April, 38 Eliz. [1596]. Joan Mouscley of Hillingdon, Midds., "spinster", alias Joan Mouscley, wife of John Mouscley of the same, "yoman" . . . . . [ ] £60 for the like A: Henry Duckett of the parish of St. John Zachary in the ward of Aldersgate, London, gent. B. D: £100. F: £40. G. H. J: From 1 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1595J to 2 Jan. following,

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i.e. 2 months. L: £60. M: 16 Jan., 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From date of conviction to 9 April following, i.e. 3 [lunar] months. O. "Avisa" Allen of London, "spinster", alias Avisa Allen, wife of William Allen of the parish of St. Botolph in the ward of Billingsgate, London . [ £100 for the like Margery Griffyn of the parish of St. Sepulchre in the ward of Farringdon Without London, "spinster" . . [ " " " " Edith Burrowes of the parish of St. Bridget in the same ward, widow . [ " " " " Constance Foxe of the parish of St. Olave in the ward of Aldersgate, 6 widow . [ " " " " JamesWoodcockoftheparishofSt. Olave in "Ie olde Jury", London, in the ward of Colmanstreet, London, gent [ " " " " John Clarke of the parish of Christ Church in the ward of Farringdon Within London, "yoman". . . [ ] " " " " A: Simon Skidmore of Fincheley, Midds., "yoman". C. D: £80. G. H. E: From 20 May, 32 Eliz. [1590J to ult. Sept. following, i.e. 4 months "& more". P : But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debtJ, by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 41 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. A: William Gerrard of Clerkenwell, Midds., gent. C. D: £240. G. H. E: From 6 Dec., 32 Eliz. [1589J to 3 Jan., 33 Eliz. [1590/91 J, i.e. 12 months "& more". P: But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, jor a reason rejerred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 5 James I, under "Somers' ", in the jarm oj Henry, Lord Cobham, jarmer oj the lands of the aforesaid JtVilliam Gerrard. And he is quit. A: John Robertson of the Inner Temple, London, gent. C. D: £100. F: £60. G. H. J: For 3 months following 20 Aug., 33 Eliz. [1591 ]. L. £40. M: 21 Jan., 34 Eliz. [1591/2]. N: from date of conviction to 18 March following i.e. 2 [lunarJ months. P: But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, jor a reason rejerred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 9 James I, under" Res' Nott' ", in another debt of the same John Robertson. And he is quit. IText as C.R.s., XVIII, p. 143,1. 14 seq. to "equalesporc' ". 2The entries under this heading, to "John Clarke" indus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi [at]Commissio"). 3The brackets here & in entries below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word "debet" (owes). Cf, Introd. p. xcix. 4Entries thus repeated in MS: see above. 5Space left in MS for Christian name. 6Sic in MS, for Aldgate.

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[rotulet 12J MONMOUTHSIDRE ("Monmouth") [PreambleJ [1 ] Walter Jones, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [lJJ . [Lease of seized land. RentalJ1 [2J farm. A: Hugh Cuffe, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £9-16-8, being part of £75-13-10, the remainder of [an original rent ofJ £84-3-10. D.1 : One whole tenement, with appurtenances, in Llangattock [nigh UskJ, Mon., being a parcel of the lands and possessions of ... B.1 : William Lewes, recusant. D.2: Various other messuages, arable lands, meadows & pastures in Co. Monmouth, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Monmouth". B.2: Thomas Somers' [SomersetJ and others, recusants. H(a): Moresaid Hugh Cuffe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585J. H(c}: ... " for the satisfaction of the debt of the aforesaid William Lewes". H(d}: £9-16-8. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Rolls, 30 & 33 Eliz., under "Monmouth". F: £9-16-8 from preceding year. G: £19-13-4. [Further arrearsJ And £49-3-4 for Edward Kemys, esq., sheriff of the year 32 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under "Monmouth", viz. the rent from this same farm for the year 32 Eliz. and the arrears, as stated in that Great Roll. Also £9-16-8 for Walter Vaughan, sheriff of the year 33 Eliz., cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Monmouth", viz. the rent from this same farm for the year 33 Eliz., as stated in that Great Roll. [Total debtJ £78-13-4. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 2 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . .. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 3 [3J farm. A: Hugh Williams [lesseeJ. C: £10-5-10!&!farthing. D.1 : Two-thirds of lands & tenements of the yearly value of £1. B.1: William Wrothe, lately of Aburgavennye [AbergavennyJ, Mon., "yoman", recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of lands & tenements in Llanlowell, Mon., of the yearly value of £2. B.2: James Thomas Reynold, recusant. D.3: Two-thirds of lands & tenements of the yearly value of £2. B.3: Alice Hewe of Scurfrithe [SkenfrithJ , Mon., recusant. D.4: Various other lands & tenements in Co. Monmouth, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Item Monmouth". B.4: Various other recusants [unnamed]. H(a}: Aforesaid Hugh Williams, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 6 July, 32 Eliz. [1590J, H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f}. H(k): Cf. Great Rolls. 31 Eliz., under "Item Monmouth", and 33 Eliz., under "Monmouth". F: £10-5-10t & l farthing, from preceding year. G : £20-11-91. [Further arrearsJ And £10-5-101 & 1 farthing for Walter Vaughan, esq., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz., cf. Great

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[PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Monmouth", viz. the rent from this same farm for the year 33 Eliz., as stated in that Great Roll. [Total debtJ £30-17-71 & t farthing. J : [postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [4] A: The same sheriff, viz. Walter Jones, esq. B: [2J £78-13-4 (Cuffe). [3J £30-17-71 & ! farthing (Williams). c: £109-10-111 & l farthing. D : [3J Hugh Williams answers jor 13s. 6d. oj his debt in the jollowing [RecusantJ Roll, under "Monmouth", ajter his jarm.' And the same Williams answers jor £l-8s. oj his debt in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under "Monmouth", ajter his jarm. 4 E: And he [sheriffJ owes £107-9-51 & tjarthing. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under "Monmouth". [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ5 [5J A: Roger Morgan, lately of Tredenock [TredunnockJ, Mon., gent. B. D: £140. F: £120. G. H. J: For 6 months following 13 Sept., 37 Eliz. [1595]. L: £20. M: Friday, 12 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. N: From date of conviction to 9 April following, i.e. 1 [lunarJ month. O. John Parry of Llanvihangell Pountmoell [Llanvihangel PontymoilJ, "yoman" [ J6£140 for the like. Eleanor Morgan, lately of Tredenock "spinster", wife of Roger Morgan, gent. . . . . . . . [ J " " " " Cicilia Jevan, lately of the same, "spinster" . . . . . . [ J " " " " Elizabeth John, lately of the same, "spinster" . . . .. [ " " " Mary Powell, lately of Raglan, "spinster" . . . . . . . [ " " " " "Maudea" Adam, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of John Adam . " " " "Maudea" Thomas, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Jevan Thomas .. . . [ David . " " " " Margaret Gruffithe, lately of the same, .... [ widow . .. " " " " Katherine Griffithe, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of James Watkyn. [ " " " " Joan Griffithe, lately of the same, "spinster" . . . . . . . [ " " " " Ann Tailor, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Howell Taylor . [

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Elizabeth Gyles, lately of Llangebye, [Llangibby], "spinster", wife of Walter Gyles. owes7 ÂŁ140forthelike [Postscript] But she ought not to be summoned jor this [debt], jor a reason rejerred to in [Recusant] Roll, 12 James I, in the jarm oj the tenants oj the lands & tenements oj the same Elizabeth. And she is quit. Mary Powell, lately of the same, "spinster" Grace Watkyns, lately of the same, "spinster" Jane Gyles, lately of the same, "spinster" "Maudea" Kemys, lately of the same, "spinster" "Didvilla" Thomas, lately of the same, "spinster" Sibyl Thomas, lately of the same, "spinster" Jane William, lately of Llanhenock [Llanhennock], "spinster", wife of David William "Maudea" Davyes, lately of the same, "spinster" Katherine Water, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Edward William Jenkyn "Gwenlliana" John, lately of the same, "spinster" Margaret John, lately of Llanvihangell juxta Lantemam [Llanvihangel Llantarnam], "spinster", wife of Roger Jevan David Katherine John, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Rice ("Ricei") ap John Ellen Gruff, lately of the same, "spinster" Elizabeth Philippe, 8 lately of the same, "spinster" Katherine Thomas, lately of the same, "spinster Elizabeth Howell, lately of the same, "spinster" Matilda Howell, lately of the same, "spinster" "Gresilla" J"ones, lately of Nova Villa [Shirenewton], "spinster", wife of Henry Jones

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Jane Williams, lately of the same, [ ] ÂŁ140 for "spinster" "Alsona" Watkyn, lately of Llandenny, "spinster", wife of William Watkyn [ " " Joan John, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of John Thomas, "merchaunt" [ " " Ann Morris, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of David Morris " " Margaret John, lately of the same, "spinster" " ., Katherine David, lately of U ske, "spinster", wife of Walter David ap John " " Margaret Waters, lately of the same, "spinster" [ " " Elizabeth Richard, lately of Llanvihangell Pontmoell, widow [ " " Blanche Edward, lately of Gwernesni [Gwemesney], widow [ " " Elizabeth Howell, lately of the same, "spinster" [ " " Mary Howell, lately of Carlyon [Caerleon], "spinster", wife of William Howell [ " " Katherine Thomas, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Roger Thomas " " Lettice Thomas, lately of the same, "spinster" " Katherine Coxe, lately of Llantilio Gressennye [Crossenny], widow " " Jenetta" Watkyns, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of Thomas Watkyns, gent. " " Mary Thomas, lately of the same, " spinster" " " Jane Jenkyns, lately of Bringwyn [Bryngwyn], "spinster" " " Katherine Lewis, lately of the same, "spinster" " " Katherine Thomas, lately of Skenfrithe, "spinster", wife of Philip William Thomas [ " " Alice David, lately of the same, "spinster" " " Katherine Hughes, lately of Llangattock [Vibon Avel] , "spinster" " " Elizabeth Philippe,S lately of the same, widow " "

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Joan John, lately of the same, "spinster" Katherine Herbert, lately of the same,

"spinster" Katherine Morgan, lately of Llantilio

Pertholey, widow Joan Morgan, lately of the same, "spinster" Elizabeth Morgan, lately of the same, "spinster" Joan Morgan, lately of the same, "spinster" "Jenetta" Harry, lately of the same, "spinster", wife of David Harry

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IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 212, 1. 36 seq. 2Cf. entry [4]. 3Text as op. cit., p. 213, 1. 11 seq. "Note in L. Margin: It is answered ("r[espondet]ur"). The sheriff (Jones) was therefore 5All the items under this heading discharged of this amount. are bracketed, L., with the note : Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] 6The brackets here and in entries below indicate Commissio"). a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word "debet" (owes). Cf. Introd. p. xcix. ?A later insertion. See 8"Phe" (with contraction mark) in MS. preceding note.

[rotulet 13J NORFOLK (" NorfI' ") [PreambleJ [IJ "Bassingburnus" Gawdye, esq., sheriff of this country from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders .... [etc. as Berkshire, [IJ]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ1 [2] farm. A: Barnard Guilpin, gent. [lesseeJ . C: £33-6-8. D: The whole manor of Birchehamwell [BeachamwellJ, otherwise called "Wellhall", "graces", "Joyseys" & "Asshwell", with appurtenances, in Bircheamwell, Norfolk; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B: Robert Lovell. H(a): Aforesaid Barnard Guylpyn, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 26 Eliz. [1584J. H(c): ... "for the satisfaction of the debt of the aforesaid Robert Lovell". H(d) : as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Norff'''. F: £33-6-8 from preceding year. G: £66-13-4. J: On 3 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £16-13-4 was paid from this jarm into the Treasury, under the names oj the executors oj Barnard Gilpin. And on 7 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £16-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ ... under the names oj the executors of

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Barnard Guilpyn. And on 29 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £16-13-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 24 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], £16-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Guilpin] is quit. ~ [Seized land. Rental] 2 [3] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the site of the manor of Wellhall, in Birchamwell [Beachamwell], and of other lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Birchamwell and Singham [Shingham], Norfolk. C: £86-8-10i & t farthing. B : Robert Lovell, esq., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,480, by virtue of a certain Act 3 of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Norff'''. F: £345-15-6£ from previous years. G: £432-4-51 & t farthing. J: [L. Margin] Not to be written, until etc. 4

~ [Seized land. Rental] 5 [4] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor ofPeverelles & Haggins, & others ("et aI' "). C: £99-0-61 & 1 farthing, being the remainder of [an original rent ofJ £111-15-6! & 1 farthing. B: Robert Downes, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,480, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 6 E(d): as in entry [3]. J : But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for this [rent] nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, for a reason referred to in the farm of the same tenants in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Norjf' ".7 And they are quit.

~ [Seized land. Rental] 8 [5] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & of certain lands, tenements & hereditaments in Hilbroughe [HilboroughJ, Norfolk. C: £1-6-8. B: Thomas Welles, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act6 • E(d): as in entry [3J. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2-13-4. J : But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for £2, the rent for this year & the last part of the preceding year, nor ought the said rent to be charged after Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J, because Thomas Forster, esq., answers for £2-16s. per ann., the rent of the same premises together with other property, from the said Ladyday, 35 Eliz., and thereafter is answerable to the Queen by another commission, as is stated on the dorse of this present. rotulet. 9 And they [tenants] owe 13s. 4d. [Further postscripts] For which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 10 [L. Margin] : [The sheriff] is charged, unless. . . .

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~ [Seized land. RentalJll [6J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one tenement & of certain lands, tenements & hereditaments pertaining to the same in Longa Stratton [Long StrattonJ, Norfolk. C: 9s.4d. B: Edmund12 Townesend, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act6 • E(d): as in entry [3J. F: 9s. 4d. from preceding year. G: 18s. 8d. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for 14s., the rent for this year & the last part of the preceding year. nor ought the said rent to be charged after Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J for the reason stated immediately above in the farm of the tenants of two-thirds of the property of Thomas Welles. And they owe 4s. 8d. [Further postscripts as under entry [5JJ. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ13 [7J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one tmlement & of certain lands & tenements [unspecifiedJ, with apps., in the county of Norfolk. c: £1. B: Edward Jackeson, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act6 • E(d): as in entry [3J. F: £3 from previous years. G: £4. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £1-10s., the rent for this year & the last part of the preceding year, nor ought the said rent to be charged after Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J, for the reason stated above in the farm of the tenants of twothirds of the property of Thomas Welles [entry [5JJ. And they owe £2-10s. [Further postscripts as under entry [5JJ. ~ [Seized land. Rental]14 [8J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annual rent of £10, reserved from the manors of Franchams & Barres in Holmedale, and from the manor of Vic1es in N orthepikenham [North PickenhamJ, Norfolk. C: £6-13-4, being the rent of two-thirds of the said manors. B: Elizabeth Bedingfeild, widow, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act6 • E(d): as in entry [3J. F : £6-13-4 from preceding year. G: £13-6-8. J: On 14 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £6-13-4 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And they [tenants] are quit. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ15 [9J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one tenement & of certain lands in West Derham [Dereham], Norfolk. C: £2. B : Ralph Barney, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act6 • E(d): as in entry [3J. F: £6 from previous years. G: £8.

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J: For which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotuletlO [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged unless, . . . [Lease of seized land. RentalJ16 [10J farm. A: Humphrey Sackford, esq. [lesseeJ. C: £63-6-9! & i farthing. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Bigottes, with appurtenances, in Westoftes [West ToftsJ, Norfolk, and of the various other manors, messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under "Item Norff' ". B: Henry Carvile, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Humphrey Sackford, & his assigns. H(b): From 29 March, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c): H(d): £63- 6-9i & 1 farthing [sic]. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3J, E(d). F : £63-6-9t & ! farthing from preceding year. G: £ 126-13-7 & l farthing. J : [Postscripts as under entry [9JJ . [Lease of seized land. RentalJ17 [l1J farm. A: William Cordell [lessee]. C: £75-2-10i. D: Two-thirds of 18 acres of land lying in Marten [MertonJ, Norfolk, and of the various other messuages, mills, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Item Nodf'''. B: Robert de Grey of Marten aforesaid, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Cordell, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 20 Oct., 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3J, E(d). F: £150-5-9 for Henry Doyly, esq., sheriff of the year 32 Eliz., cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Item NodI' ", viz. the rent of this farm for the year 32 Eliz., & the arrears; cf. the same Great Roll, under "Norff' ". And £150-5-9 from previous years. G: £375-14-4t. J: [postscripts as under entry [9JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ18 [12J farm. A: George Lee [lesseeJ . C: £56-4-5 & two-thirds of ld. D: Two-thirds of the site of the manor of Marten [MertonJ, Norfolk, and of the various lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Martyn [MertonJ & Thomson [ThompsonJ, Norfolk, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Res' NodI'''. B: Robert de Grey of Marten aforesaid, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid George Lee, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 20 Oct., 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3J, E(d). F: £112-8-10 for Hemy Doyly, esq., sheriff of the year 32 Eliz., cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Item Norff' ", viz. the rent of this farm for the year 32 Eliz., & the arrears; cf. the same Great Roll, under "Norff'''. G:

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£168-13-4. [Further arrears] £112-8-10 & two-thirds of Id. from previous years. [Total debt] £281-2-2 & two-thirds of Id. J: [postscripts as under entry [9]]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ. [13J jarm. A: Richard Weston [lesseeJ. C: £36-4-51 & t farthing, being part [of an original rentJ of £43-15-21 & i farthing. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Quiddenham [QuidenhamJ, & of other lands in Banham, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Res' NorfI'''. B: Humphrey Bedingfeild, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Richard Weston, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 29 May, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): £36-4-51 & i farthing. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3J, E(d), and as in preceding [RecusantJ RollJ, under" NorfI" ".19 J: [postscripts as under entry [9J]. [Lease of seized land. Rental] [14J jarm. A: Richard Weston [lessee]. C: £7-10-8, being the remainder of [an original rent ofJ £43-15-21 & t farthing.2o D : Two-thirds of 6 tenements, with appurtenances, in Lynne, Norfolk, and of the various other lands & tenements, with apps., in Norfolk, specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Res' NorfI"". B: Francis Kynnebye, "yoman", recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Richard Weston, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 29 May, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): £7-10-8. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3J, E(d). J: [Postscripts as under entry [9JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 21 [15J jarm. A: John Coleman & Peter White [lesseesJ. C: £111-8-9i. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Peverelles & Haggins, and of the various other manors, messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Norfolk, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Res' NorfI"". B: Robert Downes, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Coleman & Peter White, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 3 March, 32 Eliz. [1589/90]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3], E(d). J: On 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £49-10-4 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 7 Nov .. 36 Eliz. [1594J, £49-10-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And they [Coleman & WhiteJ ought not to be summonedjor £12-8-1t , by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R. , 31 Eliz. , Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they are quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ22 A: Rice ("Riceus") Maunsell, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £20.

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D: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement & 85 acres of arable & pasture land in Tilney, and of one messuage or tenement & 54 acres of arable & pasture land in Islington, Norfolk; together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Islington aforesaid, specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Norff'''. B: George Willougbby, esq., recusant. H(b): From 10 Sept., 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Norff'''. F: £50 from previous years. G: £70. J: But he [MaunsellJ ought not to be summoned for £30 (the rent of the aforesaidfarmfrom Ladyday, 33 Eliz., to Michaelmas, 34 Eliz., viz. for It year) because answer has been made to the Queen for the said £30; viz. for £10 by Henry Doyley, esq., sheriff of the year 32 Eliz., under the name of the tenants of two-thirds of the said property, by tally allowed to the same sheriff [& recordedJ after his "Total"23 in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Item Norff'" ; andfor the remaining £20, by a separate tally allowed [& recordedJ in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " NorjJ' ", in the farm of the tenants of two-thirds of the said property. And on 4 May, 35 Eliz. [1593], £10 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 17 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1593J, £10 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Maunsell] owes £20. [Further postscripts as under entry [9]]. [rotulet 13, dorse] [Lease of seized land. Rental] 24 A: William Huckerbye, gent. [lessee]. c: £8. D: The fixed rents of free-holders & copyholders, and the profits of the court & leet 25 of the manor of Marten [Merton], with appurtenances; also the rent of a wood called "the Nobbe", together with the various other lands & tenements in Marten aforesaid, Watton, Thompson, Ellingham, Depenham [Deopham] & Attleboroughe, specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Norff' ", being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : Robert de Grey, esq., recusant. H(b): From 22 Dec., 33 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [16J. F: £20 from previous years. G: £28. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 26 [L. MarginJ [The sheriff] is charged unless . . .

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[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [18J farm. A: William Cobb & John Dover [lessees]. C: £10. D : The manor of Morleys, with all apps., in Norfolk; together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements, with

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apps., in the said county specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Norff' ",27 being a parcel of the lands & tenements of . . . B: Edward Yelverton, lately of Grimston, Norfolk, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Cobb & John Dover, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 2 March, 33 Eliz. [1590/91]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Norff'''. J: On 26 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 16 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he is quit. 28 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 29 [19J farm. A: Rice ("Riceus") Mansell, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £2. D: The manor of Easthall, with apps., in Denver, Norfolk, in the tenure of Edmund Gawsell or his assigns, being two-thirds of the lands & possessions of George Willoughby, in Norfolk. B: George WiIIougbbye, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Rice Mancell [sicJ, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 25 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [18J. F: £4 from previous years. G: £6. J: [Postscripts as under entry [17JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [20J farm. A: John Shelton, esq. [lesseeJ. C: £5. D: The whole of a piece of land estimated to contain about 10 acres (viz. part of a piece called "Banham Haugh", Norfolk), together with the various other lands & tenements, with apps., in Norfolk, specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Norff",30 being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B: Humphrey Bedingfeild, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Shelton, his executors & assigns. H(b) From 26 Feb., 35 Eliz. [1592/3]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [18]. J: On 18 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2-10s. was paid from this farm into the Treasury. On 26 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2 lOs. was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And they are quit. 31 [Arrearage of rentJ [21] A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Biggottes, with apps., in Westoftes [West ToftsJ & elsewhere in Norfolk. B: Henry Kervile, recusant. F: £31-13-1! & ! farthing, viz. the rent [of this propertyJ from 18 Oct., 30 Eliz. [1588] (on which day the premises were taken and seized into the Queen's hands) to Ladyday next following, 31 Eliz. [1589J ; as is contained in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item NorfI' "32 where [it is recorded thatJ the aforesaid rent is demanded under the name of Sir Nicholas Bacon, knt., & of other farmers of the same premises. J: [Postscripts as under entry [17J].

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*[Seized land. Rental] [22J farm. A: Tenants. B: Alice Barney of Watton, widow, who is indebted to the Queen in various sums of money ("divers' denar' summis") by reason of her recusancy. C: £99-6-8 D : Two-thirds of the manor of Castonhall [Caston HallJ and Burreyes, with appurtenances; of one tenement called "Porters", and of other lands, tenements & hereditaments in Caston, Rockland [? Rockland St. MaryJ and other nearby villages, of the yearly value of £106; also two-thirds of the site of the manor of Caston Hall, lying in Westofts [West ToftsJ, of one bam (" horr' "), of certain arable, meadow & pasture lands, of a certain sheep-pasture ("pastur' ovilis") & freedom of faldage ("libertat' faldag' ") in Westofts aforesaid and in other nearby villages, of the yearly value of £30: also two-thirds of the manor of Caston Hall [lying] in Westoftes & Shipdam & of other woods & lands there, of the yearly value of £13. E(a): "Bassingbomus" Gawdye, esq., & others. E(b): 16 Jan., 35 Eliz. [1592/3]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: £99-6-8 from preceding year. G: £198-13--4. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they are quit. *[Seized land. Rental] [23J farm. A: Tenants. B: John Constable, lately of Martham, gent., recusant. C: £5-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage & 40 acres of arable & pasture land in Martham, Rolesbye [RollesbyJ, Eastwick and Repps, in the tenure of Christopher Gamble. E(a): William Blenerhasset, esq., & others. E(b): 25 April, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. F: £2-13--4 from preceding year. G: £8. *[Seized land. RentalJ [24J farm. A: Tenants. B: William Taylor, lately of Ormesby, "yoman", recusant. C: £1-13--4. D: Two-thirds of 5 acres & 1 rood of arable & pasture land in Ormesby aforesaid, in the separate tenures of William Love & William Taylor; and of 3 acres & 1 rood of land in Ormesby St. Margaret, in the tenure of Edmund Goose; also of 4 acres of land in Hembesby [HemsbyJ, in the tenure of the aforesaid William Taylor. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [23J. F: 16s. 8d. from preceding year. G: £2-10s. J: [Postscripts as under entry [17J].

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*[Seized land. RentalJ [25J farm. A: Tenants. B: Frances St. John, widow, recusant. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a certain lease of the park ("parci") called "Hockeringe Parke" in Hockeringe; and of other lands & tenements there; also of a sheepwalk with faldage there, called "Murfeeld" ("curs' unius faldag' voc' Murfeeld ibidem"). E(a): Sir Arthur Heveningham, knt. & others. E(b): 10 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J: [Postscripts as under entry [17J]. [Arrearage of rentJ [26J A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Marten [MertonJ, and other property ("et al"). B: Robert de Grey. F: £125-16-2t & t farthing for Henry Doyly, esq., sheriff of the year 32 Eliz. (cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Item Norff' ", viz. concerning a certain rent of £118-9-6! & ! farthing, being the remainder of [an original] rent of £125-16-2i & ! farthing for the said property), due at Michaelmas, 33 Eliz. [1590J ; cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Nodf'''. J : But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for this [rent], because William Cordell and George Lee answer separately, in two particulars,for the samefarmfrom 20 Oct., 31 Eliz. [1589J, and thereafter they [Cordell & LeeJ have been answerable to the Queen by another commission, as is contained in another part of this rotulet. 33 And they [tenants] are quit. [Arrearage of rent] [27J A: Tenants. D: The fixed rents 34 of free-holders & copyholders, and the profits of the court and leet of the manor of Marten [Merton], with its appurtenances, also of a wood called "the Nobbe", and other property ("et al' "); [being a parcelJ of the lands & tenements of ... B : Robert de Grey of Marten, esq., recusant. F: £16 for the same sheriff35 (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Item Nodf' ", viz. concerning a certain annual rent of £8, being the rent for 2 years ending at Michaelmas, 33 Eliz. [1590J ; cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz., under " N orff' ", J: And they [tenants] answer in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under "Norff ' ". t[Lease of seized land. Rental] [28J farm. A: Thomas Forster [lesseeJ. C: £2-16s. D.I: Two-thirds of one tenement & of certain lands & hereditaments pertaining to it in Longa Streatton [Long StrattonJ, Norfolk, lately in the tenure of James Hastinges of Gissinge, Norfolk, or his assigns. B.I: Edmund Townesend, lately of Longestraton Norfolk, o

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gent., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of one messuage & of certain lands, tenements & hereditaments pertaining to it in Hilbroughe [HilboroughJ, Norfolk, lately in the occupation of John Welles of Cressingham Magna [Great CressinghamJ, Norfolk, or his assigns. B.2: Thomas Welles, lately of Holmehall [Holme HaleJ, Norfolk, "yoman", recusant. D.3: Two-thirds of one tenement, with apps., in Eccles, Norfolk, & of 2t acres of arable & pasture land. B.3: Edward Jackson, lately of Eccles aforesaid, clerk ("clericus"), recusant. E(b): 18 Oct., 30 Eliz. [1588J. E(a): Sir William Heydon, knt. & others. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Forster, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593]. H(c). H(d): 9s. 4d. (for Townesend's property); £1-6-8 (for Welles' property) ; £1 (for Jackson's property). H(e). H(k): cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 35 Eliz., under" NodI' u. F : £1-8s. from preceding year. G: £4-4s. J: On 8 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £1-8s. was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 26 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1 - 8s. was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 12 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-8s. was paid [etc. as aboveJ. And he [ForsterJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [29J jarm. A: Thomas Palgrave, gent., & John Murfyne [lesseesJ. C: £20, being part [of an original rentJ of £32- 2-2t & t farthing. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Brandon Parva, with apps., in Brandon Parva aforesaid, together with various other lands, tenements & hereditaments there. B: John Yaxley recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas & John. H(b): From2Dec.,32Eliz.[1589]. H(c). H(d): asC. H(e). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" NorfI' " .36 F: £80 from previous years. G: £100. J: On 4 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £9-19-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury, under the names oj the tenants. And on 1 May , 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-19-8 was paid . .. [etc.J into the Treasury. And on 17 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1593J, £9-19-8 was paid . .. [etc.] .. under the names oj the tenants. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £10 was paid . .. [etc.] ... into the Treasury. And they [Palgrave & MurfyneJ ought not to be summoned jor £59-18s., because answer has been made to the Queenjor the said £59-18s. by the tenants of the above property (cj. the Great [Pipe] Rolls, 31, 32 & 33 Eliz., under" Norjj' "), by several tallies allowed to the same tenants in their said jarm. And they [Palgrave & MurfyneJ owe 3s. [Record of annual fine paidJ [30] A: Ferdinand Parris, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: From 10 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J to 9 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], i.e. for 13 [lunar] months. K. G.

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P: On 11 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £140 was paid into the Treasury. And on 5 Nov ., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [31J A : The same sheriff, viz. "Bassingburnus" Gawdye, esq. B: [5J 13s. 4d. (Welles' tenants): [6J 4s. 8d. (Townesend's tenants); [7J £2-10s. (Jackson's tenants); [9J £8 (Barney's tenants); [10J £126-13-7 & t farthing (Sackford) ; [I1J £375-14-4t (Cordell); [12J £281-2-2 & two-thirds of 1d. (Lee); [13J £36-4--51 &! farthing (Weston); [14J £7-10-8 (Weston); [16J £20 (Maunsell); [17J £28 (Huckerby); [19] £6 (Maunsell); [21J £31-13-1! & t farthing (Kervi1e's tenants); [24J £2-10s. (Taylor's tenants); [25J £13-6-8 (St. John's tenants). C: Total £940-3-1. D : [7J Jackson's tenants answer for their debt of £2- l0s. in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under "Norff' ".37 [5J Welles' tenants answer for their debt of 13s. 4d. in the same roll (lac. cit.).37 [llJ & [12J On 7 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1 595J, £59-4-9 was paid into the Treasury, under the names of William Cordell & George Lee. [13J On 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £18-2-2 was paid into the Treasury, oj the debt oj £36-4-51 & t jarthing, under the name oj Richard Weston. [17J On 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1 594J, £4, oj the debt of £28, was paid into the Treasury, under the name oj William Huckerby. And he [sheriffJ owes £855-12-10. And he answers under " Res' Norjj' " [below]. (" Res' Norff' ") [rotu1et 6, dorseJ [Statement of sheriff's arrears : continuedJ The same sheriff, viz. "Bassingburnus" Gawdye, esq., owes £855- 12-10, the remainder of a debt of £940-3-1, being the sum of his debts for recusants, as specified on the principal rotulet. 38 : D : [9J Barney's tenants answer for £8 in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Norjj' ", ajter their jarm. 37 [10J Sackjord answers jar £126-13-7 & t jarthing in same roll (lac. cit.), ajter his jarm. 37 [1 6J Maunsell answers jar £20 in same roll (lac. cit.), after his jarm. 37 [17J Huckerby answers for £20 oj his debt oj £28 in same roll (lac. cit.), ajter his jarm. 37 [1 9J Maunsell answers jar £6 in same roll (lac. cit.), after his farm. 37 [21J Kervile's tenants answer jar £31-13-1! & ! jarthing in same roll (lac. cit).37

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[24] Taylor's tenants answer for £2-10s. in same roll (loc. cit.), after their farm. 37 E: And he [sheriff] owes £640-16-1 t. And he answers in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" NorjJ' , ". [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancy]39 [32J A: John Hawes, lately of Weareham [WerehamJ, Norfolk, "yoman". B. D: £300. F: £240. G. H. J: For 12 months following 20 Feb., 37 Eliz. [1594/5J. L: £60. M: Monday, 12 July, 38 Eliz. [1596J. N: From date of conviction to 4 Oct., following, i.e. 3 [lunarJ months. 0: Alice Steward, lately of Owtewell [OutwellJ, "spinster" .. . [ J4°£300 for the like Katherine Melton, lately of Testerton, "spinster" . . . . . . . [ " " " " Andrew Tompson, lately of the same, "yoman". . . . . . . . [ " " " " John Bettes, lately of Corpusti cum Irmingland, gent . . . . . owes" " " " [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L. T.R., 40 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Nicholas Suffild, lately of Brampton, "yoman". . . . . . . . owes £300 for the like [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, I Charles I, under " N orff' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands and tenements of the same Nicholas. And he is quit. John Rowleston, lately of the same, "yoman" . . . . . . . . [ J40 £300 for the like Lawrence Bedin~feild, lately of Holmehale, esq.. . . . . . . " " " " Ann Foster, lately of Old Buckenham, "spinster" . . . . .. [ " " " " Thomas Brooke, lately of Hales Hall, "yoman" .. . [ " " " " Hugh Wroothe, lately of Swanton Novers, "yoman" . . . . . [ J " " " " John Dykes, lately of Kellinge, "yoman" [ ] " " " " Thomas Middleton, lately of Bicham [1 Beachamwell] Sancte Marie, "yoman" ....... [ J " " " " Henry Lawes, lately of the same, "yoman" owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], jor a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 1 [ J41, under " Adhuc Res' Norff''', in another debt oj the same Henry. And he is quit.

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John Powle of Thorpe next Norwich, "yoman" . Thomas Parker, lately of Cranworthe, "yoman" . Stephen Offwood, lately of Banham, "husbondman" Elizabeth Baker, lately of Eastwalton, "spinster" Beatrice Moundford, lately of Weareham [Wereham] "spinster" Katherine Curson, wife of Thomas Curson, lately of Byntree [Bintree], gent. Jane Bedingfeild, wife of Lawrence Bedingfeild, lately of Holmhale, esq. George Norton, lately of Ellingham, gent. Ann Stubbes, wife of Francis Stubbes, lately ofSkottowe [Scottow], gent.. Richard Attkyns, lately of Owtwell [Outwell], "yoman" Susanna Grey, lately of Carbrooke, "spinster" Mary Hampden, wife of Thomas Hampden, lately of the same, gent. . Alexander Hamond, lately of Marten [Merton], "yoman" Ralph Barney, lately of the same, gent. Francis Baxter, lately of the same, gent. . Winifred Kervile, wife of Henry Kervile, lately of Wiggenhale [Wiggenhall] St. Mary, esq. Thomas BromeweU, lately of the same, "yoman" . Robert Tompson, lately of Wolterton, "yoman" . Frances Trott, wife of Matthew Trott, lately of Hockeringe, gent. Cecily Lynne, lately of Northtuddenham, "spinster" John Warde, lately of the same, "yoman" Ann Lynne, lately of the same, "spinster" Ann Morris, lately of the same, "spinster" Robert Coppinge, lately of the same, "blacksmith" John Wattes, lately of Brandon Parva, "yoman" .

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Bridget Downes, lately of Melton, "spinster" . owes £300 for the like [PostscriptJ But she ought not to be summoned jor this [debtJ,jor a reason rejerred to in [RecusantJ Roll, I James I, under" Adhuc Res' Norjj' ", in another debt oj the same Bridget. And she is quit. WaIter Neave, lately of Buckenham St. Martin, "yoman" Richard Drake, lately of the same, "'yoman" . Philip Middleton, lately of Keningale [KenninghallJ, "yoman" Henry Hubbert, lately of Fyncham [FinchamJ, esq. . Eleanor Ulster, lately of the same, "spinster" John Ulster, lately of the same, "yoman" Henry Bedingfeild, lately of Weareham [WerehamJ, gent.

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" " " " [Estreat of conviction for pre-I587 recusancyJ42 [33J A : Robert Lovell of Bitchamwell [BeachamwellJ, Norfolk, esq. C. D: £1,480. F: £1,360. G. H. J: For 68 months ending 24 Oct., 28 Eliz. [1586J. K. L: £120. M: "Before 29 Oct., 28 Eliz.". N: "For 6 months ending 15 April last past" [? I587J. O. P : But he ought not to be summoned jor this [debtJ by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 43 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 218, 1. 28 seq. 2Text as op. cit. , p. 219, 1. 1 seq. to "sicut cont' ibid'''. 3The Act 28 Eliz., 4"Non scri[bendumJ quousque etc." in MS . 5Text cap. 6. as op. cit., p . 219, 1. 11 seq. to " Act' pred' ibid'''. 6Cf entry 7Cf. loc. cit., 1. 16-21. 8Text as op. cit., p. 219, [3J,B. 1. 33 seq. 9Cf entry [28J below. IOCf entry [31J, D. llText as op. cit., p. 219, 1. 38. 12"Edi" in MS: not "Edward", as loc. cit. l3Text as op. cit., p. 220, 1. 3 seq. to " Act' pred' ibid''' . l4Text as op. cit., p. 220, 1. 22 seq. l5Text as op. cit., p . 220, 1. 29 seq. to "Act' pred' ibid'''. l6Text as op. cit., p. 220, 1. 38 seq. 17Text as op. cit., p. 221, 1. 11 seq. to "equales porc' ibid' ". l8Text as op. cit., p. 221, I. 29 seq. to "solvend' ibid'''. 19Cf op. cit., p. 222, 1. 5 seq. 2°Cf entry [13], C. 2lText as op. cit., p. 222, 1. 21 seq. to " equales porc' ibid'''. 22Text as op. cit., p. 223, 1. 38 seq. to "xxxiijcio in Item Norff'''. 23"per tall' allocat' eidem nuper vic' post summam suam" in MS. 24Text as op. cit., p. 224, 1. 11 seq. to "tempore existen'''. 2liText of section D begins: "Reddit' assis' tam liber' quam nativor' tenen' & profic' cur' & let' . . . ". For "Rents of Assize", cf Jacob, Law Dictionary. 26Cf

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entry [31J, D. 27C! op. cit., p. 224, 1. 26 seq. 28"Quietus Est" in MS, for "Quieti Sunt" (referring to Cobb & Dover). 29C! op. cit., p . 225, 1. 25 seq. 30Cf. op. cit., p. 226, 1. 22 seq. 31"Quieti Sunt" in MS, for "Quietus Est" (referring to Shelton). 32Text of the remainder of this passage: "ubi firma predict' exigitur sub nomine Nicholai Bacon mil' et aI' firmar' eorundem premissor' ". 33C! entries [l1J & [12J above. 34C! entry [17J, and footnote 35I.e. Henry Doyly, as in preceding entry. 36C! (25). op. cit., p. 219 seq., and p. 230, 1. 40. 37Note in L. margin: It is answered ("r[espondetJur"). The sheriff (Gawdy) was 38C! Sheriff's charge, therefore discharged of this amount. [31 J, B above. 39The items under this heading, to "Henry Bedingfield" inclus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission 4°The brackets here & in items be issued ("fi[atJ Commissio"). below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when 4lThe required) of the word "debet" (owes). C! Introd. p. xcix. King's name is omitted in MS. It should be "James I". C! Recusant Roll, E.377/12, " Adhuc Res' Norff''', where the reference for Lawes' discharge is given as "Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 4 Jac. I, 42CJ.Introd.,pp. Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet []''' xxx-xxxii.

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[PreambleJ [1J Tobias Chauncey, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berks [IJ]. ~

[Seized land. RentalJl A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor ("manerii") of Great & Little Rarrowden, Isham, Clipson [ClipstonJ, Meares Asshebye [Mears Ashby] and elsewhere (" et aI' "). C: £259-13-3 £. B: William, Lord Vaux, of Rarrowden recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,400 2 by virtue of a certain Act 3 of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz. under" Northt'''. F: £1,817-13-1t from previous years. G: £2,077-6-51.

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[Lease of seized land. RentalJ 4 [3J farm. A: John Checkley [lessee]. C: £3-6-8. D: Twothirds of 4 tenements, of 6 virgates of land & of a windmill, in Arthingworth, Northants. B: Humphrey Marriett, recusant. R(b) : From 12 Feb., 33 Eliz. [1590/91]. R(c). R(d): as C. R(e). H(f). R(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Northt'''. F: £10 from previous years. G: £13-6-8. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 5 [L. Margin] [The sheriffJ is charged unless, ...

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[Lease of seized land. RentalJ6 [4J farm. A: John Newett [lesseeJ. C: £4. D: Two-thirds of a messuage or tenement, with appurtenances, in Ringsted [RingsteadJ, & of all tithes of sheaves of grain & hay annually growing & reviving ("omniu decim' garb' gran' & feni annuatim crescen' & renovan''') in Ringsted aforesaid. B: John Ward, recusant. H(b): From 7 Feb., 31 Eliz. [1588/9]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 Eliz., under "Northt'''. F: £20 from previous years. G: £24. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ7 [5J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of one cottage or tenement, with apps., in Ringsted, and of the tithes of grain- & hay-sheaves in Ringsted aforesaid. C: £4. John Ward, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. s E(d): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Northt'''; and Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under "Item London", in a certain discharge made to John Conyers & others, farmers of the same property; cf. also preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Northt'''. F: £20 from previous years. G: £24.

*[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Richard Anson of Billinge Magna [Great Billing]. C: lIs. I!d. D: Two-thirds of one virgate & of one quarter [? -vir gateJ of land ("unuis virgat' & unius quartron' terr''') in Billinge Magna aforesaid. E(b): 2 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Sir John Spencer, knt. , & others. E(c): Recusancy of the same Richard. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz. , Michaelmas term, "Recorda' section, rotulet [ J.

[6] farm.

*[Seized land. RentalJ [7J farm. A: Tenants. B: Jerome ("Jeronimus") Lowe, gent. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the wardship of the park ("parci" ) of Yardley Hastynges. E(b) , (a) and (d): as in entry [6]. E(c): Recusancy of the same Jerome. *[Seized land. RentalJ [8] farm. A: Tenants. B: Simon Gutteridge of Yardley Hastynges, "husbandman", C: 8s. 10l d. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, & of one virgate of land in Yardley Hastinges aforesaid. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [6]. 9 J: [Postscripts as under entry [3J]. *[Seized land. RentalJ [9J farm. A: Tenants. B: Humphrey Marryett of Artyngworthe [ArthingworthJ, gent. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity or rent of £20 per ann., issuing from a

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certain pasture of Edward Gryffyn, esq., called "Oxen Close", in the parish of Oxenden Magna [Great Oxen don]. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [6J. E(c): Recusancy of the same Humphrey. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [1 0J William Drewrye, of Thrapston, "yoman", owes 6s. 8d., charged upon himself, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same William, by reason of his recusancy : returned ("retornat") by the said commissioners.lo [PostscriptJ And he answers in the jollowing [Recusant] Roll, under" Northt' ". t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [IIJ John Browne of the town ("vill' ") of Northampton, "yoman", owes £1-17-4, charged upon himself, for the price or value of his goods & chattels: returned by the said commissioners.lo [PostscriptJ And he answers in the jollowing [RecusantJ Roll, under " N ortht' ". t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [12J Edward Roydon, lately of Gretton, gent., owes £1-10s., for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [11J, excluding postscript]. [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [13J Robert Pettyver of Brigestocke [BrigstockJ, "yoman", owes £3-6-8, for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [IIJ, including postscript]. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [14J Thomas Walker of Geddington, "yoman", owes £4-3-4, for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [11J, including postscript]. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [15J Joan Arden of Evenlye, owes £7, for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [11J, including postscript]. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [16J Richard Anson of Billinge Magna [Great BillingJ, [ J11 £13-10s. for the price or value . . [etc. as in entry [11J, excluding postscript [Postscript: L. MarginJ Not to be written again, by warrant oj the Chancellor [of the ExchequerJ. 12 t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [17J Jerome Lowe of Yardley, gent., owes £20, for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [IIJ, including postscriptJ. t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [18J Simon Gutterydge of Yardley Hastinges, "husbandman", owes £9, for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [IIJ, excluding postscriptJ.

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[PostscriptsJ For £1-11-2 of which the sheriff answers below. 13 And he [GutterydgeJ owes £7-8-10. And he answers in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under" Northt' ". [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged for £1-11-2, unless . .. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [19J Robert Tyton of Irtlingburghe [IrthlingboroughJ, "yoman", owes £2, for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [11 J, including postscriptJ. ~[Seized goods & chattelsJ [20J Henry Tuke of Harrowden, "yoman", owes £18, for the price or value ... [etc. as in entry [11J, including postscriptJ.

[Debt for pre-1587 recusancy: statement. (Translation)].14 [21J Sir Thomas Tressham of Rushton, Northants., knt., owes £600 for Sir George Farmor, knt., late sheriff of the year 31 Eliz., as is contained in the Great [PipeJ Roll of 31 Eliz., under " Item Northt' ", i.e. the residue of £953-6-8 remaining [of an original debtJ of £1,260; because he [TreshamJ, being above the age of 16 years, did not attend any church, chapel or usual place of common prayer, but absented himself from 20 Dec., 24 Eliz. [1581J to 24 Oct., 28 Eliz.15 [1586J, viz. for 63 months, at the rate of 28 days to the month: pursuant to a certain Act ofParliament16 enrolled in Memoranda Roll, Q.R., 29 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [177]. [This debt to be paidJ17 by rendering to the Queen £353-6-8 in the Michaelmas term next following 4 July, 29 Eliz. [1587J, and thereafter £300 annually every Michaelmas term, until full satisfaction shall have been made to the Queen for the remaining debt of £953-6-8; for which payment Thomas Louis, Lord Mordaunt and Edward Watson of Rockingham, esq., are sureties ;18 cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 30 Eliz., under" Item Northt' ". [PostscriptJ On 25 Feb., 32 Eliz. [1589/90J, £100 was paid into the Treasury. And on 4 Dec., 33 Eliz. [1590J, £50 was paid .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 19 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1593J, £70 was paid .. [etc. as above]. And on 22nd Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £26-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [TresshamJ ought not to be summoned for £80, because answer has been made to the Queen jor the said £80, as jollows : [IJ £53--6-8 thereoj by Edward Watson, esq., sheriff oj this county jor the year 34 Eliz., viz: [aJ £30 oj the said £53-6-8, jrom the issues oj the manors, with appurtenances, oj Dreyghton [1 DraytonJ (oj the yearly value oj £20), Thrapston (yearly value £5) and Addington (yearly value £5); being lands & tenements of Louis, Lord Mordant, seized into the Queen's hands jor the ajoresaid debt on 2 Sept., 33 Eliz. [1591J by Sir John Spencer, knt., late sherifj of this

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county, by virtue of a writ of this Exchequer: total yearly value £30. [bJ £13-6-8 of the said £53-6-8 from the issues of the manor of Rockyngham, Northants., with apps., being lands & tenements of the aforesaid Edward Watson, esq., similarly seized into the Queen's hands for the same debt, on the same date, by the said late sheriff, Sir John Spencer, knt., of the clear yearly value of £13-6-8. [cJ £10, the remainder of the said £53-6-8 from the issues of a third part of the manor of Rusheton, Northants., with apps., being lands & tenements of the aforesaid Sir Thomas Tressham, knt., likewise seized into the Queen's hands by the said late sheriff, Sir John Spencer, knt., by virtue of a similar writ, on the date &for the debt aforesaid; of the clear yearly value of £10. [2J £26-13-4, residue of the aforesaid £80, by Anthony Mildmay, esq., sheriff for the year 35 Eliz., from the issues of the same several premises [as aboveJ. This appears in greater detail in the separate Foreign Accounts of the said several sheriffs, preserved in this Exchequer in the custody of the present engrosser. And he [TresshamJ owes £273-6-8. And he answers in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under" Northt' ".

[Record of annual fine paidJ [22J A : Sir Thomas Tresham, knt. C. D. £260: H. E: From 25 Oct., 35 Eliz., [1593J to 24 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. 13 [lunarJ months. K. G. P: On 13 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 28 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1 594J £140 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [23J A: The same sheriff, viz., Tobias Chauncey, esq. B: [3J £13-6-8 [Checkley); [8J 8s. 101d. (Gutteridge's tenants); [12J £1-10s. (Roydon); [18J £1-11-2 (Gutteridge). c: £16-16-8 1.1 9 D : [3J On 4 May, 33 Eliz. [1 591 J, £1-13-4 of Check ley's debt was paid into the Treasury, under the name of John Checkley. And Checkley answers in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under" Northt' ", for £3-6-8 of the remainder. 20 On 16 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £1-13-4 was paid into the Treasury, under the name of John Checkley. And on 13 Feb., 35 Eliz. [1 592/3J £1-13-4 was paid . . [etc. as aboveJ. E: And on 4 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1595J, £8-10-1 was paid [by the sheriffJ into the Treasury, to settle the remainder of his

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account jor recusants. And he has a surplus oj !d., which he remits to the Queen. And he [sheriff} is quit. 1Text as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 234, 1. 40 seq., to "xxxiijCiO in Northt' ". Sic, for £1,420 (cf. Beds. [2J,B). 3The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 'Text as op. cit., p. 235,1. 38 seq. to " tempore existen' " . sCf entry [23J, E. 6Text as op. cit., p. 236, 1. 32 seq. to "xxxijdO in Northt' " . 7Text as op. cit., p . 236, 1. 1 seq. to "firmariis eorundem". sCf entry [2J, B. 9E(c) omitted in MS. 10Cf entry [6J, E(b), (a), (d). llSpace left in MS for the word " deb'" [owes] . 12" Non scri ulterius per warrant' Canc' .. in MS. l3C!. entry [23J, E. l'Cf Introd. p. xxxii, n. lsMS has "24 Eliz.", a clerical error. l6I.e., 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 17Text of the remainder of this statement is as follows: "Reddendo inde Regine a quarto die Julii anna xxixno Regine huius videlicet termino Sancti Michaelis tunc proxim' futur' cccliij .l. vj.s. viij .d. et sic deinceps annuatim eodem termino Sancti Michaelis ccc.l. quosque eidem domine Regine de dictis Dccccliij.l. vj.s. viij .d. plenar' fuer' satisfact' per manuc, Thome Lodovici domini Mordaunt & Edwardi Watson de Rockingham in com' predicto ar' sicut cont' in Magno Rotulo de anno tricesimo in Item Northt' In thesauro c.l. xxv to die Februarii anno xxxijdo de sol' Et in thesauro l.l. quarto die Decembr, anna xxxiijCiO de sol' Et in thesauro lxx.l. xixmo die Novembr' anna xxxvjto de sol' Et in Thesauro xxvj.l. xiij.s. iiij.d. xxijdo die Novembr' anno xxxvijmo de sol' Et non deb' sum' de iiijxxi. eo quod respons' est domine Regine nunc de dictis iiijxx.l. videlicet liij.l. vj.s. viij.d. inde per Edwardum Watson ar' nuper vic' com' pred' de anno xxxiiijto eiusdem Regine videlicet xxx.l. parcell' dicte summe liij.l. vj.s. viij .d. de exit' manerii de Dreyghton cum pert in' annui valoris xx.l. Ac maner' de Thrapston annui valoris C.s. Ac maner' de Addington annui valoris c.s. de terr' & tenementis Lodovici domini Mordant In manus Domine Regine nunc pro debito predicto per Johannem Spencer mil' nuper vicecomitem corn' pred' secundo die Septembr' anno regni sui xxxiijciO virtute brevis huius Scaccarii capt' & seisit' inter se ad x1lx/. per ann' xiij.1 vj .s. viij .d. parcell' dicte surnme Iiij.l. vj.s. viij.d. de exit' manerii de Rockyngham cum pertin' in com' predicto de terr' et tenementis predicti Edwardi Watson ar' In manus domine Regine nunc per prefat' Johannem Spencer militem nuper vic' die et anno predictis pro debito predicto similiter capt' & seisit' ad xiij.l. vj.s. viij.d. per ann' ultra repris' Et x.l. res' surnme liij.l. vj .s. viij .d. predicte de exit' tercie partis manerii de Rusheton cum pertin' in com' pred' de terr' et tenementis predicti Thome Tressham mil' in manus dicte domine Regine nunc virtute consimilis brevis per prefat' Johannem Spencer mil' nuper vic' corn' pred' die & anno predictis pro debi to predicto sirnili ter capt' & seisit' ad x.l. per ann' ultra repris' Ac xxvj .1. xiij.s. iiij .d. res' predicte surnrneiiijXxl. per Anthonium Mildmay ar' nuper vic' com' predicti de anno xxxv to eiusdem Regine de exit' eorundem separalium premissor' prout in separalibus Compotis Forinc' dictorum nuper separaliurn vic' in hoc Scaccario in custod' huius Ingrossator' reman' plenius liquet et apparet Et deb' cclxxiij.l. vj .s. viij.d. Et r' in Rotulo sequen' in Northt' ". lSLit: "by the mainprise (manucaptionem) of Thomas Louis . . .... The payments listed above show that the terms of the recognisance were by no means fulfilled. This explains the forfeiture of £80 apportioned among Mordaunt, Watson (the two mainpernors or sureties) & Tressham (the principal party). 19Sic., for £16-16-1O! d. 2°Note in L. Margin: It is answered ("r[espondetJur"). The sheriff (Chauncey) was therefore discharged of this amount (£3-6-8).

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[PreambleJ [IJ Sir Francis Willoughbye, knt., sheriff of tbis county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich. 36 EIiz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [IJJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [2J farm. A: Thomas Cawood [lesseeJ. C: £6-13-4, twothirds of Id. & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of one capital messuage or tenement, with appurtenances, in Stanford [Stanford upon SoarJ, Notts., together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Notts., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Nott' ".1 B: Nicholas Reynes, lately of Stanford, Notts., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Cawood, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 21 April, 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): £6- 13-4 [sicJ. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Nott' ": F: £16-13-4 from previous years. G: £23-6-S. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 2 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [3J farm. A: Clement Spilman, esq. [lesseeJ, C: £S-10s. D: The whole manor of Broughton, with all its rights, members & apps., in Broughton Solney [Broughton SulneyJ, Willoughby & Bonney [BunnyJ, Notts., and the whole manor of Willford [WilfordJ, Notts., with apps.,; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B: Henry Kervile, lately of Toftes [West ToftsJ, Norfolk, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Clement Spilman, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k). Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Nott' ".3 F: £S-10s. from preceding year. G: £ 17. J: [Postscript as under entry [2JJ. [Seized goods & chattelsJ [4] Sir George Chaworth, knt., & Edward Stanhoppe, esq. , owe 13s. 4d., which sum they have taken ("quos [denariosJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of Robert Collyson, recusant: cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 EIiz., under" Nott' ". [Postscript as under entry [2]]. [Seized goods & chattelsJ [5] The same George & Edward owe £2 for the price of one horse, which they have taken ("quem [equumJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of John Fyssheborne, recusant: cf. . [ref. as in entry [4]]. [Postscript as under entry [2J].

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[Seized goods & chattelsJ [6J William Wydmerpoole, esq., & Henry Stanley, gent., owe £3-6-8, which sum they have taken ("quos [denariosJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of Nicholas Reynes, recusant: cf. . . [ref. as in entry [4JJ. [Postscript as under entry [2JJ. [Arrearage of rentJ [7J A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of various lands & tenements in Stanford, Notts. F: £3-6-8, being the rent due from this property for the half-year ending Ladyday, 33 Eliz. [1591]. B: Nicholas Reynes, recusant. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Nott' ".4 J: [Postscript as under entry [2J]. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [8J A: The same sheriff, viz. Sir Francis Willoughbye, knt. B: [2J £23-6-8 (Cawood); [3J £17 (Spilman); [4J 13s. 4d. (Chaworth & Stanhope); [5J £2 (Chaworth & Stanhope); [6J £3-6-8 (Wydmerpoole); [7J £3-6-8 (Reynes' tenants). C: £49-13-4. D : [3J On 3 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £4-5s. was paid into the Treasury under the name oj Clement Spylman. And on 6 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £4-5s. was paid . . [etc. as above. And on 20 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £4-5s. was paid . . [etc. as above]. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £4-5s. was paid . . [etc. as aboveJ. [2J Cawood answers jar £10 oj his debt oj £23-6-8 in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Nott' ", ajter his jarm. 5 [4J & [5J Chaworth & Stanhope answer jar their two debts oj 13s. 4d. & £2 in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Nott' "5 [6J Wydmerpoole answers in same roll (lac. cit.) jar his debt oj £3-6- 8. 5 [7J Reynes' tenants answer in same roll (lac. cit.) jar their debt oj £3-6-8. 5 E: And he [sheriffJ owes £13-6-8. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Nott' ". lCf C.R.S.,XVIII,p.240,1. 20 seq.

2Cfentry[8],D. The marginal note "oni" ([The sheriff] is charged, unless . .. ) is missing throughout 3Cf op. cit., p. 242, 1. 46 seq. 'cl. this Notts. account. op. cit. , p. 239,1. 36 seq. 5Note in L. margin: "r[espondet]ur" (it is answered). The sheriff (Willoughby) was therefore discharged of this amount.

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[PreambleJ [IJ Francis Stonard, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas. 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [1]]. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ1 [2J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of 4 cottages, with appurtenances, in Eynesham, Oxon. C: £1-0-8. B: John Daye, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £180, by virtue of a certain Act 2 of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Oxon'''. F: £2-1--4 from previous years. G: £3-2s. J : For which the sherif.! answers below. 3 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . ...

~ [Seized land. RentalJ4 [3J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of W olgercote, alias W olvercote, & of one messuage called "Godstowe", & of other property ("et aI' ") in Oxfordshire. C: £65-15-6t, being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £159-2-2t. B: Richard Owen, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,580, by virtue of the said Act. 5 E(d): as in entry [2J. F: And £65-15-61 for Sir Anthony Cope, knt., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Res' Oxon' "), being the rent due for the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Oxon' "). G: £131-11-1. [Further arrearsJ £65-15-6t from preceding year. [Total debtJ £197-6-71' J: On 26 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £32-17-10 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 15 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £32-17-10 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 25 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £32-17-10 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £32-17-10 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ . And they [tenantsJ owe £65-15-4t.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ 6 [4J farm. A: Thomas Read, esq. [lessee]. C: £13-14-8. D: Two-thirds of a parcel of land called "Payges", estimated to contain 30 acres, in Mapledurham, Oxon. ; and two-thirds of the manors of Ippesden [IpsdenJ Huntercombe & Ippesden Bassett, Oxon. B: Thomas Vachell, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Read, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Oxon' ". [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 7 [5J farm. A: Edward Streete [lessee].

C: 3s. 4d., being the

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remainder of [an original rent of] £33-10s. D: Two-thirds of one cottage, with the land pertaining to it, let to farm to a certain Edward Maynard. B: John Daye, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Edward Streete & his assigns. H(b): From 5 July, 31 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): 3s. 4d. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [4]. F: 13s. 4d. from previous years. G: 16s. 8d. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2]]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 8 [6] jarm. A: John Hopkynson [lessee]. C: £4, being the remainder of [an original rent ofJ £10-13-4. D: One close, called "Gollyfers Close" ; two other closes, called "Ie churchecloses" ; a pasture, called "Ie breches" ; and all the arable & pasture land in Stanlake, Oxon. ; being a parcel of the manor of Gollofers in Stanlake, Oxon. : all the above being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : Edward Easte of Bledlowe, Bucks., gent., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Hopkinson, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 3 Nov., 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). R(d): £4. R(e). H(f). R(k): as in entry [4]. F : £12 from previous years. G: £16. J : For £4 oj which the sheriff answers below. 9 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged jor this year's rent only. unless . ...10 [Lease of seized land. RentalJll [7J jann. A: Francis Stonor, esq. [lessee]. C: £18-4-10. D: The remainder of the manor (" res' maner' ") of Stonor alias Purshull [PishillJ & Wamescombe [WarmodescombeJ ; also the farms of Rollingridge [HollandridgeJ & Bromesden [BroundesdenJ, Oxon., together with all underwood; being two-thirds of the lands & possessions of ... B: Lady Cecily Stonor, widow, recusant. H(b): From 29 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591]. R(c). R(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Oxon'''. F: £36-9-8 from previous years. G: £54-14-6. J : [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ12 [8J jarm. A: Edward Ferrys, usher-in-ordinary of the chamber royal [lesseeJ. C: £31-5-7. D.l: Two-thirds of a virgate of land in Totbalden [TootbaldenJ, Oxon. B.l: John Spencer, senior, "husbandman", recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of a certain farm in Chesterton Grange. 13 B.2: William Bourne, recusant. D.3: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements in Brockin, in the parish of Castleton [ChastletonJ, and of an annual rent of £5 issuing therefrom. B.3: Katherine Onslowe, widow, recusant. H(b): From 27 July, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c).

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H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [7J. F: £79-8-111 from previous years. G: £111-4-61. J : But he [FerrysJ ought not to be summoned for £46-13-4 (of the above annual rent of £31-15-7), being the rent due from the above property in Brokin, in the parish of Castleton, from 27 July, 33 Eliz. [1591J to Michaelmas in this present year, 36 Eliz. [1594J, viz. for the period of 3l years, nor ought this sum to be charged henceforth by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he owes £64-11-2!. And he answers below for this rent & its arrears in three separate particulars .14 [Seized land. RentalJ15 [9J farm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Hoord of Weston, Warwickshire, gent., recusant. C: £27-14-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Aston, with appurtenances. E(a): Richard Fines, esq., & others. E(b): 22 March, 34 Eliz. [1591/2J. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Oxon'''. F: £55-9-4 from previous years. G: £83-4s. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2J]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ16 A: Noel Sotherton, esq. [lessee]. C: £3-6-8. D : The whole manor or farm of Hardwick, Oxon., with all its rights, members & appurtenances ; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B: John Bulleyne, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Noel Sotherton, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 6 June, 34 Eliz. [1592]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k) : as in entry [9J, E(d). J: On 24 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-13-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And he [SothertonJ owes £1-13-4. But he ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R ., 37 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ].17

[10] farm.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ A: Edward Smythe & Ralph Smythe [lessees]. C: £2-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, 2 virgates of land & one cottage, with apps., in Crowmarshe Gifford & Newneham Moren [Newnham MurrenJ, Oxon. (in one or other of these parishes), together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Oxon., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Oxon' ".18 B: Walter Hillesley, and his mother, Margaret Hillesley of Cromarshe, Oxon, widow, recusants. H(a): Aforesaid Edward Smythe & Ralph Smythe & their assigns. H(b): From Ladyday,

[11] farm.

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35 Eliz. [1 593J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [9J, E(d). F: £1-3-4 from the last part of the preceding year. G: £3-10s. J : But they [Edward & Ralph SmytheJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, because Leonard Wyllmott & John Simondes answer for this farm from the said Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J, and thereafter they [the latterJ are answerable to the Queen by another commission; as is stated below.19 And they [E. and R. SmytheJ are quit. [Seized land. RentalJ [12J farm. A: Tenants. B: Walter Hildesley, and Margaret Hildesley, widow, recusant. C: £2-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, of 2 virgates of land & of one cottage in Crowmarshe Gifford & Newenham Moren; of one messuage or tenement, with appurtenances, in Howbery; and of other property in Oxon. E(a): Owen ("Owinus") Oglethorpe, esq. & others. E(b): 20 May, 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. F: £3-10s. from previous years. G: £5-16-8. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £3-10s., being the rent for this year & the last part of the preceding year, nor ought the said rent to be charged after Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J, because Leonard Willmott & another answer for the same farmfrom the said Ladyday, 35 Eliz., & the latter are thenceforth answerable to the Queen by another commission; as is stated immediately below.19 And they [tenantsJ owe £2-6-8. On 4 Feb., 36 Eliz. [1593/4J, they [tenantsJ delivered this sum in the Treasury. And they are quit. t[Lease of seized land. Rental] [13J farm. A: Leonard Willmott & John Simondes [lesseesJ. C : £2-6-8. D.l: Two-thirds of one messuage, 2 virgates of land & one cottage, with appurtenances, in the villages, fields, parishes or hamlets of Crowmarshe Gifford & Newenham Moren, Oxon. (in one or other of them), in the tenure of Walter Bigges, or his assigns. B.l: Walter Hilldesley of East Illesley, Berks., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement, with apps., in Howberie, Oxon., commonly called "The Farm of Howberie", and of all the arable, meadow & pasture land in Howberie & Cowmarshe Gifford, Oxon., belonging to the same messuage or tenement, of which William Hildesley, father of the said Walter, was possessed for a long time before his death, [the lease of which] was then to run for the term of a further 30 years ("pro termino trigint' annor' adtunc ventur' "). B.2: Walter Hildesley & his mother, Margaret, of Crowmarshe, Oxon., widow, recusants. E(b) : 20 May, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(a): Owen Oglethorpe, esq.

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others. H(a): Aforesaid Leonard Willmott & John Symondes, their executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): 6s. 8d. [for the property described in D.l. aboveJ; £2 [for the property described in D.2. aboveJ. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 35 Eliz., under" Oxon'''. F: £1-3-4 from preceding year. G: £3-10s. J: On 6 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £1-3-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury, under the names of the tenants of the said property. And on 29 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-3-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And they [Willmott & Simondes] are quit. &

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [14] farm. A: Richard Ferrys, usher-in-ordinary of the chamber royal [lesseeJ. C: £1-6-8, being part of [an original rent of] £31-15-7. D: Two-thirds of a virgate of land in Totbalden [TootbaldonJ, Oxon. B: John Spencer, senior, "husb' " , recusant. H(b): From 27 July, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): £1-6-8. H(e). H(k): as stated above. 2o F: £3-6-8 from previous years. G: £4-13-4. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [15] farm. A: Richard Ferrys . . . [etc. as entry [14J]. C: £13-6-8, being part of [an original rent ofJ £31-15-7. D: Two-thirds of a certain farm in Chesterton Grange. B: William Bourne, recusant. H(b), (c), (e) and (k): as in entry [14J. H(d): £13-6-8. F: £33-6-8 from previous years. G : £46-13-4. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ . [Seized land. RentalJ [16J farm. A: Richard Ferrys . . . [etc. as entry [14J]. C: £3 15-7, being the remainder of [an original rent ofJ £31-15-7. D: Two-thirds of a certain annual rent of £5-13-4, issuing from certain lands & tenements in Brockin, in the parish of Castleton [ChastletonJ, Oxon. B: Katherine Onslowe, widow, recusant. H(b), (c), (e) and (k): as in entry [14J. H(d): £3-15-7. F: £9-8-11! from previous years. G: £13-4-61. J : On 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, he [FerrysJ delivered this sum in the Treasury. And he is quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [17] A: The same sheriff, viz. Francis Stonard, esq. B: [2J £3-2s. (Daye's tenants); [5J 16s. 8d. (Streete); [6] £4 (Hopkinson); [7J £54-14-6 (Stonor); [9J £83-4s. (Hoorde's tenants); [14J £4-13-4 (Ferrys-Spencer); [15J £46-13-4 (Ferrys-Bourne).

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C: £197-3-10. D : [6J On 25 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2 was paid into the Treasury, under the name of John Hopkynson. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. E: And he [sheriffJ owes £193-3-10. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Oxon' ". [rotulet 25, dorseJ (" Res' Oxon' ") Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancy] [18J 21A: Edward Williams, lately of [the parish ofJ St. Michael in Oxford. B. D: £80. F: £40. H. J: For 2 months following 20 May, 37 Eliz. [1595J. L: £40. M: Monday, 1 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. N: From date of conviction to 26 April, 38 Eliz. [1596J, i.e. for 2 [lunarJ months. O. John Fourde, lately of Watlyngton, "yoman" . . .. . [ J22£80 for the like. Phillipa Blott, lately of the same, "spinster" . . .. . [ " " " " Ann Curson, lately of Waterpury, [WaterperryJ, wife of Francis Curson, gent. . . . . . . [ J " " " " 23A: John Bourne of Wendlebury, Oxon., gent. B. D: £280. F: £240. G. J: For 12 months following 6 March, 37 Eliz. [1594/5J. L, M, Nand 0 : as under Williams. William Beckley of the same "husb". [ J £280 for the like. Elizabeth Eden, wife of John Eden of the same, gent . . . owes" " " " [PostscriptJ But she ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ,for the reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Oxon' ", in another debt of the same Elizabeth. 24And she is quit. Jane Hytche, wife of Thomas Hytche of the same, gent. . . . . . [ J £280 for the like. William Bourne of Dedington [DeddingtonJ, gent. . . . . . . . owes" " " " [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for the reason referred to in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Oxon' ", in another debt oj the same William. 25 And he is quit. William Smithe of the same, "laborer" [ ] £280 for the like. Allce Moore of the same, "spinster" . [ J " " " " George Jeninges of Chastleton, "yoman" [ J " " " " Ann Belson of Aston Rowaunt, widow. [ ] " " " " Cecily Bigge, wife of Walter Bigge of Cromarshe [Crowmarsh Gifford?], "yoman". . . . . . . . [ " " " " Mary Penne, wife of Edward Penne of Chynnor [Chinnor], gent.. . [

" " "

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John Penne of the same, gent. . [ ] £280 for the like. Eleanor Penne of the same, "spinster" . [ ] " " " " Elizabeth Horseman, wife of Paul Horseman of Haseley, gent. . [ ] " " " ., Frideswide Newe, wife of Abraham Newe of the same, "tailor" [ " " " " William Badger of Cowley, "laborer" . [ " " " " l\ifargaret Lee of Stoke Talmage, widow. . . . [ ] " ""., Elizabeth Englishe, wife of John Englishe of the same, gent. . [ ] " "",. Alice Philbie of the parish of Mary Magdalen, Oxon., widow. . [ " " " ,. Mary Clarke, wife of Henry Clarke of Carsington [?Garsington], gent. . [ " " " " Ann Barbor, wife of John Barbor of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen in Oxford. .. . [ " " " " Elizabeth Betterton, wife of John Betterton of W olvercott, "laborer" . . [ " " " ,. Elizabeth Clarke, wife of Sir William Clarke, knt., of the parish of St. Mary in Oxford. . [ " " " " Jane Coxe, wife of Ralph Coxe of Blechington [Bletchington], "yoman" . " " " " Joyce Bulleyn of Hardewick, widow. . [ " " " " Mary Kytchen, wife of John Kytchen of the same, gent. . . . . . [ " " " " Ann Smithe, wife of Robert Smithe of the same, "yoman" . . [ " " " " Alice Aldworth of Combe . [ " " " " Elizabeth Wyntersall of Chakenden [Checkendon], widow . . . . [ " " " " Jane Owen, wife of George Owen of Shorthampton, gent. . [ " " " " Magdalen Denton of Ambresden [AmbrosdenJ, widow. . [ ] " " " " A: Nicholas Rande [1 or RaudeJ of Somerton, "yoman". B. D: £240. F: £200. G. J: For 10 months following 4 May, 37 Eliz. [1595J. L, M, Nand 0: as under Williams. Katherine, his wife . [ ] £240 for the like. Isabel Hall of the same, widow. . . [ J " " " " Ann Vaham, wife of [ J26 Vaham of Bampton, gent. . . [

" " "

lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 251,1. 37 seq. to "Regine huius". 2The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 3CI. entry [17],E. 'Text as op. cit., p. 252, 1. 1 seq. to " Act' pred' ". 6I.e. Act 28 Eliz. cap. 6,

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referred to in entry [2J. 6Text as op. cit., p. 252, 1. 8 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "tempore existen 'ibid'''. The present text gives, correctly, "Habend' & tenend' firmam pred' prefato Thome Read". 7Cf op. cit., p. 252, 1. 26 seq. sCf op. cit., p. 253, 1. 28 seq. 9C!. entry [17J,E. lo"De Anno" in MS. llText as op. cit., p. 254, 1. 4 seq. to " in Item Ox on' " . UText as op. cit., p. 254, 1. 16 seq. to " sicut cont' ibid'''. l3C.R.S., XVIII (loc . cit.) has "in Chesterton Parva, called Chesterton Grange". aS ee entries [14], [15] & [16J below. 15Text as op. cit., p. 254, 1. 32 seq. to "capt' & seisit'''. 16 Cf op. cit., p. 254, 1. 41 seq. 17"Et quietus est" is omitted; seemingly in error. 18C!. op. cit., p. 255, 1. 22 seq. 19See entry [13J, below. 2°Cf entry [8], above. 2lTbe items Williams to Curson, inc1us. are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] commissio"). S2The brackets here & in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word "deb'" (owes). 23The items Bourne to Vaham, inc1us., are Cf. Introd. p.xcix. bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] 24Cf op. cit., p. 260, 1. 30. 25Cf op. cit., commissio"). p. 260, 1. 9. 26Tbe brackets indicate a space left in MS for Christian name.

[rotulet 14, dorse]

RUTLAND ("Rotlande")

[preambleJ [IJ Sir James Harrington, knt., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders . . . [etc. as Berkshire [1]J . *[Seized land. RentalJ [2J farm. A: Tenants. B: James Digby, gent., recusant. C: £18-2s. D: Two-thirds of a capital messuage, with appurtenances, in Northluffengham [North Luffenham] ; and of various other messuages, lands & tenements, with appurtenances in Northluffengham aforesaid, Morcotte, Pylton [piltonJ, Seaton, Thorpe juxta aquam [Thorpe by Water] & Bysbrooke [Bisbrooke], with apps., in Rutland. E(a): Sir Andrew Nowell, knt. & others. E(b): 25 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R. , 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J: On 3 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], £9-Js. was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And they [tenantsJ owe £9-Js. But they ought not to be summoned jor this [sumJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, because Robert M illicentt & Thomas Phillippes answer belowl for the same rentjrom Ladyday, 36 Eliz. [1594J, and thereajter they [Millicentt & PhillippesJ are answerable to the Queen by another commission. And they [tenantsJ are quit.

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t[Seized goods & chattelsJ [3J Roger Smythe, esq., lately sheriff of this county, owes ÂŁ5- 19-4, charged upon himself, for the price or value of the goods and chattels of the said James Digby, recusant, delivered by indenture to the same sheriff by the aforesaid commissioners 2 ; cf. Memoranda Roll .. [etc. as in entry [2J, E(d)J. [PostscriptJ on 21 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1593J, he [SmytheJ delivered this sum in the Treasury. And he is quit. t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [4J farm. A: Robert Millicent & Thomas Phillipes, gents. [lessees]. C: ÂŁ9-1s., for Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, being part [of an annual rentJ of ÂŁ18-2s. D3: Two-thirds (l)of one capital messuage, with apps. in Northluffenham, Rutland, & of various arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands pertaining to the same, lately in the tenure of James Digby, or his assigns; (2)of another messuage or tenement, with apps., in Northluffenham aforesaid & of various arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands pertaining to it, lately in the tenure of John Luff, or his assigns; (3)of another messuage or tenement, with apps., in Northluffenham aforesaid & of various arable, meadow grazing & pasture lands pertaining to it, lately in the tenure of Ro bert Larratt, or his assigns; (4)of a cottage in N orthluffenham aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Edward Croftes, or his assigns; (5)of another cottage in Northluffenham aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Margaret Swan, widow, or her assigns; (6)of another cottage in Northluffenham aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Thomas Wells, or his assigns; (7)of another cottage in Northluffenham aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Henry Fesant, or his assigns; (8)of another cottage, with apps., in North luffenham aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Roland Swanne, or his assigns; (9)of another cottage, with apps., in Northluffenham aforesaid, lately in the tenure of William Andrewe, or his assigns; also two-thirds (10)ofa messuage, with apps., in Morcott, Rutland, & of various arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands pertaining to it, lately in the tenure of Henry Brightmore, or his assigns; (II )of another messuage or tenement, with apps., in Morcott & of various arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands pertaining to it, lately in the tenure of John Peachie, or his assigns; (12)of another messuage, with apps., in Morcott aforesaid & of various arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands pertaining to it, lately in the tenure of Henry Cooke & Edward Smythe, or their assigns; (13)of a cottage, with apps., in Morcott aforesaid, lately in the tenure of John Jenkenson alias Croson, or his assigns; (14)of another cottage, with apps., in Morcott aforesaid, lately in the tenure of John Wellam, or his assigns; (15)of another cottage, with apps., in Morcott aforesaid, lately in

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the tenure of William Crowdson, or his assigns; (16)of another cottage, with apps., in Morcott aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Thomas Cam, or his assigns ; (17)of another cottage, with apps., in Morcott, aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Margaret Rarryson, widow, or her assigns; also two-thirds (18)of a messuage or tenement in Pilton, Rutland, & of various arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands pertaining to it, lately in the tenure of Alice Cooke, widow, and Roger Cooke, or their assigns; and (19)of a cottage, with apps., in Pilton aforesaid, lately in the tenure of Isabel Fawknor, widow, or her assigns; also two-thirds (20) of a messuage or tenement, with appurtenances in Seaton, Rutland, & of various arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands in Seaton & Thorpe juxta aquam [Thorpe by WaterJ, Rutland, pertaining to the same messuage, lately in the tenure of George Cooke or his assigns; also two-thirds (21 )of a messuage or tenement in Bisbrooke, Rutland, & ofvarious arable, meadow, grazing & pasture lands pertaining to it, lately in the tenure of Thomas Phillipps, gent., or his assigns. B: James Digby of Luddington [LiddingtonJ, Rutland, gent., recusant. E(b): 25 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a): Sir Andrew Noell, knt., & others. R(a): Aforesaid Robert Millicentt & Thomas Phillipps, their executors & assigns. R(b): From Ladyday, 36 Eliz. [1594]. R(c). R(d): £6-10-10 & twothirds of 1d. for (l)(Digby's capital messuage); 17s. 9d. & two-thirds of -ld. for (2)(Luff's tenement); 8s. 10d. & two-thirds ofld. for (3) (Larratt' s tenement); 3s. 4d. for (4)(Crofte's cottage); Is. 4d. for (5)(Margaret Swan's cottage) ; 4s. for (6)(Wells' cottage); 4s. for t7)(Fesant'scottage); 2s. 2d. & two-thirds ofld. for (8)(Roland Swanne's cottage); 2s. 2d. & two-thirds of Id. for (9)(Andrewe's cottage); £1-0-4 for (10)(Brightmore's tenement); 19s. 4d. for (11) (Peachie's tenement); £1-3-2 & two-thirds of 1d. for (12)(tenement of Cooke & Smythe); 3s. 4d. for (13)(Jenkinson, alias Croson's cottage); 2s. 8d. for (14)(Wellam's cottage) ; 4s. for (15)(Crowdson's cottage); 4s. for (16)(Cam's cottage) ; 2s. 8d. for (17)(Harryson's cottage); £2-8-10 & two-thirds of 1d. for (18) (Alice & Roger Cooke's tenement); 4s. 5d. & two-thirds of id. for (19)(Fawknor's cottage); £1-12-2 & two-thirds of 1d. for (20)(George Cooke's tenement) ; £1-2-2 & two-thirds of Id. for (21)(Phillipps' tenement). R(e). R(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under "Rutland". J: On 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, he delivered4 this sum [£9-1s.J in the Treasury. And he is quit. 4lSeeentry [4J, below. 2Cf entry [2J, E(a). 3Thenumbering of the properties (omitted in the original), in this section and under 4MS H(d) below, has been added for convenience of reference. has "liberavit" and "Et Quietus est", instead of "liberaverunt" and "Et Quieti Sunt" (referring to Millicent and Phillipps, the lessees).

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131

SHROPSIDRE (" Salop' ") [rotulet 17] [PreambleJ [IJ Robert Powell, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [IJJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ1 [2] farm. A: John Lloid, junior [lesseeJ. C: £20. D: The whole capital messuage called "PI as Ucha", with all the barns, buildings & gardens belonging to it; and the various other messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with appurtenances, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under" Res' Salop' ": of the lands & tenements of . . . B : John Lloyd, recusant. H(a) : Aforesaid, John Lloyd, junior, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 12 Dec., 31 Eliz. [1588J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Salop' ". F: £40 from previous years. G: £60. J: For £20 of which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 2 And he [lessee] owes £40. For £20 of which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 2 And he [lesseeJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Salop' ". And he owes £20. [L. MarginJ [The sheriff] is charged for this year's rent only, unless . .. 3 [Lease of seized land. Rental]4 [3] farm. A: Edward Lloide [lessee]. C: £6-13-4. D: Twothirds of one capital messuage called "Lloynemayn", with appurtenances in Lloynemayne [LlwynymaenJ, Llanvorda [LlanfordaJ, Trevorghla, Swynney [SweeneyJ and 5the parish of Oswestry, Salop. B: Richard Lloyde, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Edward Lloyd & his assigns. H(b): From 17 May, 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. J: On the last day of April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £3-6-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 25 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £3-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [Edw. LloideJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ6 [4J farm. A: Griffin Price [lesseeJ. C: £6. D: Two-thirds of the court-Ieet, view of frank-pledge & royalties of the manor of Betton-under-Lune, Salop.; of other lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Tunstall and Drayton, Salop. ; and of a farm called "Almyngton farme " , in Almington, Staffs. B: John Preston, gent., recusant. H(b): From 25 June, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Salop"'. F: £6 from preceding year. G: £12.

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J : For £6 of which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 2 And he [PriceJ owes £6. [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged for this year's rent only, unless . .. 3 [Lease of seized land. Rental]? [5J farm. A: William Sebright, esq. [lessee]. C: £26-13-4. D: The manor & rectory of Dutton, alias Ditton, Salop. ; and the manor or capital messuage of Harvington, with apps., in the parish of Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs.; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Salop' ": being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : Humphrey Pakington, gent., recusant. H(b): From 25 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £13-6-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 11 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £13-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [SebrightJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ8 [6J farm. Isaac Burges, gentleman of the chapel royal, & George Dickenson [lesseesJ. C: £15. D.1: Two-thirds of various messuages, cottages & other hereditaments in Buntingesdale, Longeslowe [LongslowJ & Drayton, Salop. B.l: Rowland Bulkeley, recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of a certain messuage or tenement, called "Blackway farme", with apps., in the parish of Harley. B.2: William Carleton, gent., recusant. D.3: Two-thirds of a tenement, called "Erand" [? BrandJ, with apps., in the parish of Norton in Hales. B.3: Richard Gravenor, gent., recusant. H(b): From 30 Nov., 33 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [4J. F: £45 from previous years. G: £60. J: For £15 of which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 2 And he [BurgesJ owes £45. [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is chargedfor £15, unless . ... [Lease of seized land. RentalJ9 [7] farm. A: Thomas Pigott, esq., [lesseeJ. C: £24-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the manor or demesne ("dominii") of Swynnerton, & of the advowson of the church there, with its rights, members & appurtenances, together with other property in Staffs. ; of the manor of Hughley, & of the advowson of the church there; of a capital messuage in Blackeway, and of the capital messuage called "the Hall of Gattacre", with apps. ; together with the other property in Salop, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Res' Salop'''. B: Francis Gattacre, esq., recusant. H(b): From 22 July, 34 Eliz. [1592J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Res' Salop' ".

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J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £12-6-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 16 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £12-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. An~ he [pigottJ is quit. [Seized land. RentalJ10 [8J farm. A: Tenants. C: £1-6-8. C: Two-thirds of one messuage with apps., in Clareley [ClaverIeyJ, [leaseholdJ for a number of years not yet expired. B: Ann Lythall, widow, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by reason of her recusancy. E(b): 4 Oct., 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(a): "Rowland" Barker, esq., & others. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J; and preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Salop' ". F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2-13-4. [Seized land. RentalJll [9J farm. A: Tenants. C: £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, with apps., [leaseholdJ for a number of years not yet expired. B: William Jervis of the parish ofClun, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £120, by reason of his recusancy. E(b), (a) and (d) : as in entry [8J. F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2-13-4. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [10J farm. A: Richard Mason, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £6-4-5 & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of certain tenements in the town (" vill''') of Shrewsbury; of the tithes of sheaves of grain & hay, with apps., in Meolbrace [Meole BraceJ; of other lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Weme [WemJ & Edcason [? EdstastonJ, Salop; and of a capital messuage in Essington [? EasingtonJ. Yorks. B: Richard Banister, esq., recusant. H(b): From 5 July, 34 Eliz. [1592]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Salop' ".12 J : For which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet.1 3 [L. Margin] [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . ... [Lease of seized land. RentalJu [l1J farm. A: William Jewett [lesseeJ. C: £2-13-4, being part [of an original rentJ of £7-2-2£. D: Two-thirds of one tenement, with apps., called "Termehill", in Drayton. B: Thomas Vernon, gent., recusant. H(b): From 16 April, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): £2-13-4. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 EIiz., under" Salop'''. F: £8 from previous years. G: £10-13-4. J: But he [JewettJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration

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of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 33 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he [Jewett] is quit.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ15 [12J farm. A: William Jewett [lesseeJ. C: £4-8-101, being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £7-2-2£. D: Two messuages, with apps., in Tonge Norton: being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B: Humphrey Foster16 gent., recusant. R(b), (c), (e) and (k): as in entry [IIJ. R(d): £4-8-10£. F: £13-6-8 from previous years. G: £17-15-6£d. J: But he [JewettJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, for a reason referred to in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Salop' ", in the farm of the tenants of two-thirds of the said property. And he [Jewett] is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ17 [13J farm. A: Thomas Palgrave & John Murfyne [lessees]. C: 6s. 8d., being part [of an original rentJ of £32-2-21 & t farthing. D: Two-thirds of one messuage or tenement in Diddlaston, alias Duddleaston [DudlestonJ, with apps., in Salop. B: Thomas ap Richard, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Palgrave & Murfyne, their executors & assigns. R(b): From 2 Dec., 32 Eliz. [1589J. R(c). R(d): 6s. 8d. R(e). R(k): Cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Sussex"'. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ18 [1 4] farm. A: Thomas Palgrave & John Murfyne [lessees]. C: £1-15-6t & t farthing, being part [of an original rent] of £32-2-2 & 1 farthing. D: Two-thirds of one messuage, with apps., in the demesne of Betton under Lyne, Salop. B: John Preston, lately of Drayton, Salop., gent., recusant. R(a), (b), (c), (e) and (k): as in entry [13]. R(d): £1-15-6; & 1 farthing. F: £7-2-21 from previous years. G: £8-17-9 & 1 farthing. J: [postscript as under entry [10J]. *[Seized land. Rental] [15J farm. A: Tenants. B: Francis Plowden, lately of Shiplake, Oxon., gent., recusant. C: £26-2-5 & two-thirds of ld. D : Two-thirds of a capital messuage in Plowden, with appurtenances, of the yearly value of £6; of a tenement or farm in Lidbury Northe [Lydbury NorthJ, yearly value £4; of the reversion of 10 separate tenements, with apps., in Yeaton & Cholton [Choulton], yearly value £7-16-8; of the reversion of a tenement in Totterhill, yearly value £2-13-4; of the reversion of 12 tenements & cottages in Lidbury Northe,

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yearly value £8-14-8; of the reversion of a tenement & of certain rents in Lea & Okeley, yearly value £1-12-4; of various tenements, with apps., in Bisshoppescastle [Bishop's Castle], yearly value £6-6-6; and of various tolls of the holiday & weekly markets of Bysshopscastell ("theolon' mercat' feriar' et nundin' de Bysshopscastell"), yearly value (with the rectory of Lidbury Northe), £2. E(a): Richard Corbett, esq. & others. E(b): 28 March, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 34 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: £39-3-8 1 from previous years. G: £65-6-11. J: But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R. , 36 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And they are quit. *[Seized land. RentalJ [16J farm. A: Tenants. B: John Longfeyld, "husbandman", recusant. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of one tenement in Ditton, of the yearly value of £1. E(a): "Rowland" Barker, esq. & others. E(b): 24 April, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): cr. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: 6s. 8d. from preceding year. G: £1. [Arrearage of rent] [17J A: Tenants. B: Francis Gattacre, esq., recusant. F : £6-6-8 (part of a certain rent of £ 12-13-4), being the rent due from the undermentioned property for the half-year ending Ladyday, 34 Eliz. [1592J ; cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Salop' "19 D: Two-thirds of the manor & of the advowson of the parish church of Hughley, and of the capital messuage called " The Hall of Gattacre", & of other lands & tenements. J: [L. MarginJ Not to be written again, by warrant of the Chancellor [of the ExchequerJ, until etc. 20 [Arrearage of tentJ [18J A: Tenants. B: Richard Bannester, esq., recusant. C: £3-2-3 (part of a certain rent of £6-4-6), being the rent due from the undermentioned property for the half-year ending Ladyday, 34 Eliz. [1592J ; cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Salop' ".21 D: Two-thirds of certain tenements in the town of Shrewsbury; of tithes in Meolbrace [Meole BraceJ ; of the lease of a messuage & of other lands, tenements & hereditaments in Wem & Edstason [EdstastonJ ; and of other property [" et al' "] J: [Postscripts as under entry [10J].

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[Seized goods & chattels] [19] John Preston, recusant, owes £13-6-8, for the price or value of certain woods & underwood, called "Peettes Wooddes" within the demesne of Tirley [Tyrley], Staffs., which ("quos" [denariosJ) Thomas Salter & Richard Heylyn took into the Queen's hands, of the goods & chattels of the said John Preston; cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Salop' ",22 viz. in a certain discharge made to the aforesaid Thomas Salter & Richard Heylyn. [postscripts as under entry [IO]J. [Seized goods & chattels] [20] William Cause, lately of Tonge [Tong], "yoman", owes £2, charged upon himself & due to the Queen for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the said William, taken & seized into the Queen's hands on 4 Oct., 34 Eliz. [1592], by Rowland Barker, esq., & others, by virtue of the Queen's commission directed to them & others; cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Salop' "23 [postscriptJ And he answers in the follOWing [Recusant] Roll, under" Salop' ". [Seized goods & chattels] 24 [21] John ap Hughe of Guilden Downe, in the parish of Clune [ClunJ, "yoman", owes £2, charged upon himself & due to the Queen for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the said John, taken & seized into the Queen's hands on the aforesaid date, by the said commissioners,25 as stated above. [postscript as under entry [20J]. [rotulet 17, dorseJ [Statement of sheriff's arrears] [22] A: The same sheriff, viz. Robert Powell, esq. B: [2J £20 (John Lloide, jun.); [4J £6 (Price); [6] £15 (Burges); [10] £6-4-5 & two-thirds of id .. (Mason) ; [14] £8-17-9 & t farthing (Palgrave & Murfyne); [18] £3-2-3 (Bannester's tenants); [19J £13-6-8 (Preston). C: £72-11-li. D : [10] Mason answers for his above debt in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under "Salop''', after his farm. 26 [18] Bannester's tenants answer for their above debt in the same roll (loc. cit). 26 [14] Palgrave & Mwfyne answer for £7-2-2! of their above debt in the same roll (loc. cit.), after their farm. 26 E: [2], [4J, [6] & [19J On 30 May, 37 Eliz. [1955], he [sheriff] paid £56-2-3 into the Treasury, under the names of John Lloide, jun., & of the other recusants,27 to settle the remainder of his account. And he is quit.

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[Arrearage of rent] [23] A: John Lloide, jun. [lessee]. D: The whole of a messuage called "Plas Ucha" & the barns, buildings & gardens belonging to it; and the various other messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 30 Eliz., under "Res' Salop'''. B: John Lloyde, recusant. F: £20, viz. the rent due from the above property for one whole year ending Michaelmas, 33 Eliz. [1591J; as is stated in another part of this rotulet. 28 J: And he [John L10ide, jun.] answers in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Salop' ". [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ2~ [24] A: Alice Chorleton, lately of Harley, Salop., "spinster", wife of William Chorleton, gent. B. D: £100. F: £80. G. H. J: For 4 months following 1 March, 37 Eliz. [1594/5]. L: £20. M: Thursday, 18 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From date of conviction to 15 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunar] month. O. Elizabeth Draycotte, lately of Preston Gub bolles [Gubbals], "spinster", wife of John Draycott, esq. . . [ ]30£100 for the like. Margery Gravenar of Norton in Hales, "spinster" . . .. .. [ " " " " Margaret Higgynson, wife of John Higgynson of the same. . . . [ " " " " Katherine Gravenar, lately of Weme [ [Wem], "spinster" . . . . " " " " Cecily Haward, lately of the same, "spinster" " " " " Meredith ap Thomas of Dudleston, "laborer" . " " " " Joan, his wife . " " " " Thomas ap Richard of the same, "laborer". . . . . . [ " " " " Ellen verch Richardes of the same, "spinster" . . . . . . . [ ] " "" " A: Winefrid Bannystar, lately of Weme, "spinster", wife of Richard Bannyster, esq. B. D: £260. F: £240. G. J: For 12 months following 1 March, 37 Eliz. [1594/5]. L, M, Nand 0: as under Chorleton. John Cherington, lately of Edgemond [Edgmond], "yoman" ... [ ] £260 for the like. [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 22 Charles i, Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit.

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Thomas Howle of the same, "yoman" . [ ] £260 for the like. John Careles of Tonge [Tong], "yoman" [ ] " " " " 1Text as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 260, 1. 42 seq. to "Regine huius in Salop'''. 2Cj. entry [22J, E. 3"Oni De Anno" in MS ; i.e. the sheriff is charged to collect the rent for the current year only. 'Text as op. cit., p. 262, 1. 30 seq. to "tempore existen' ibid'''. 5MS has "&" (? for "in"). 6Text as op. cit., p. 262, 1. 13 seq. to .. in Item Salop' ". 7Text as op. cit., p. 263, 1. 36 seq. to "Westmonasterii equaliter". 8Text as op. cit., p. 264, 1. 11 seq. to " tempore existen' ibid' ". 9Text as op. cit., p. 264, 1. 26 seq. to "xxxiijCiO in Res' Salop' ". lOText as op. cit., p. 265, 1. 31 seq. llText as op. cit., p. 265, 1. 41 seq. 12C/. op. cit., p. 266, 1. 38 seq. lSCj. entry [22J, E. 14Text as op. cit., p. 267, 1. 40 seq. to "xxxijdO in Salop'''. l5Text as op. cit., p. 268, 1. 6 seq. to " sicut cont' ibid'''. 16 Sic in MS : not "Folcer", as in Recusant Roll, no. 1 (op. cit.). 17C/. op. cit., p. 268, 1. 36 seq. l8Cj. op. cit. p. 269, 1. 30 seq. 19C/. op. cit., p. 265, 1. 1 seq. 2°"Non scri per warran' Cancellar' quousque etc." in MS. 2lCj. op. cit., p. 266, 1. 18 seq. 22Cj. op. cit., p. 270, 1. 40, seq. 23Cj. op. cit., p. 266, 1. 7 seq. 24Cj. op. cit., p. 266, 1.12 seq. 25Cj. entry [20J. 26Note in L. Margin: It is answered ("r[espondetJur"). The sheriff (Powell) was therefore discharged of this amount. 27"sub nominibus Johannis Loide, junior' & al' Recusan' " in MS. 28C/. entry [2J, postscript. 29All items under this heading are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] Commissio"). 30The brackets here & in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word "deb' "(owes). Cj. Introd., p. xcix.

[rotulet 19] SOMERSET (" Somers''') [PreambleJ [IJ George Lutterell, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berks. [IJJ. [Lease of seized land. Rental] [2J farm. A: John Straker [lessee]. C: £14-10-8. D: Twothirds of a capital messuage, with appurtenances, in St. Deacons [St. Decuman'sJ, Somerset, called "Donyford", of the yearly value of 6s.; with certain other messuages, arable land & pastures, with apps., in Somerset, specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Somers'''. B: Silvester Huysshe, lately of St. Deacons, Somerset, gent., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Straker, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 8 May, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll under, "Somers'''1 F: £36-6-8. from previous years. G: £50-17-4. J: On 8 Nov., 33 Eliz. [1591J, £7-5-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 29 April, 34 Eliz . [1592J, £7-5- 4

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was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 12 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1592J, £7-5-5 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 7 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £7- 5-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 2 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £7-5-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 27 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £7-5- 4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 8 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £7-5-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [Straker] is quit.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ2 A: Thomas Griffeth, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £10-4-5 & two-thirds of -!d. D: Two-thirds of the capital messuage or tenement of3 Greneham [GreenhamJ, and of all the demesne lands, tenements, meadows, grazing & pasture lands & hereditaments, with apps., in the parish of Asshebrittle [AshbrittleJ, Somerset; two-thirds of the tithes of sheaves & grain of the rectory of Hockworth [HockworthyJ, in Devon, with apps.; and of 2 water-mills in the parish of Stawley, called "Tracebridge Mills", with apps., in Somerset. B: Edmund Marvin of Asshebrittle aforesaid, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Griffith. H(b): From 20 June, 34 Eliz. [1592J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: On ult. April, 26 Eliz. [1594J, £5-2-3 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5-2-3 was paid. .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [GriffethJ is quit.

[3] farm.

[Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ [4] 4A: George Easton, lately of Tymberscombe [TimberscombeJ, Som., gent. B. D: £200. F: £160. G. H. J: For 8 months following 20 May, 36 EIiz. [1594J. L: £40. M: Wednesday in the first week of Lent, 40 EIiz. [1597/8J. N: From date of conviction to 28 April next following, i.e. for 2 [lunarJ months. O. Robert Steare, lately of Thome St. Margettes [Thome St. MargaretJ . [ J5£200 for the like. 6A: William Gerrard of Trent, Somst., gent. C. D: £240. F: £200. G. H. J: For 10 months following 1 Nov., 36 EIiz. [1594]. L: £40. M: Wednesday, 3 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From date of conviction to 28 April next following, i.e. for 2 [lunarJ months. O. P: But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 5 James I, under "Somers' ", in thefarm of the most noble [" pemobil' "J Henry, Lord Cobham. And he is quit. J £240 for the like. Mary Gerrard, wife of the said William Ralph Thacker of the same, "husbondman". . . . . . . . . " " " James Hall of the same, servant of the said William Gerrard

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Margaret Bisbopp, lately of the same, widow. . . . . . [ ] £240 for the like. Joan Bishopp, servant of the said Margaret. . . .. " " " " Elizabeth Perham, wife of John Perham, lately of the same, gent. . " " " " Vincent Willes, lately of the same, "yoman". . " " " " John Gryndon, lately of Horsington, . Somst., "yoman". " " " " Stephen Morris of Quene Carnell [Queen [ Camel], Somst., "husbondman" " " " " Henry Morris, jun., lately of the same, "husbondman" . . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned/or this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 5 James I, under "Somers' ", in the farm of William Davenporte. And he is quit. Leonard Bennett, lately of the same, "weaver" . [ £240 for the like. Jane Kemyshe, wife of John Kemishe, lately of Cucklington, Somst., gent.. [ ] " " " ., [ ]7Prater, wife of George Prater, lately of Wytham Frarye [Witham Friary], Somst., gent. " " " " Dorothy Cooke, wife of William Cooke, latelyofBreuham[Brewham],Somst. [ ] " " " " Robert Hunton, lately of Penselwood, Somst., gent. ] " " " " Edward Keynes, lately of Compton Pansfote [Compton Pauncefoot], Somst., gent. owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 12 James I, under " Somers' ", in another debt of the same Edward. And he is quit. Katherine, wife of the said Edward [ ] £240 for the like. Keynes [ ] Henry Sherwood, lately of Brewton " " " " [ ] [Bruton], Somst., "Groome" " " " " Jane Fitzjames, wife of John Fitzjames, lately of Shepton Mountague, [ Somst., gent. " " " " Edmund Marvyn of Aysshbrittell [Ashbrittle], Somst., esq.. [ " " " " Margaret Steere, wife of George Steere of Thome St. Margaret, Somst., [ ] " husb.' " . " " "

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Robert Steere of the same . [ ] ÂŁ240 for the like John Hill of Westmunckton [West Monkton], Somst., gent. [ " " " " Thomas Seller, of Netherstowey [Nether Stowey], Somst., " husb' " [ " " " " Humphrey Seller of the same, " husb'" . [ " " " " Robert Seller, son of Robert Seller of the same, "husbond' " [ ] " " " " Margaret Parsons of the same, widow [ ] John Kinge of the same .[ ] " " " " John Ellys of the same . [ ] " " " " " " " Elizabeth Maunsell, wife of Richard Maunsell of Northpetherton [North Petherton], Som., esq. [ " " " Katherine Maunsell of Otterhampton, [ ] Somst. " " " [ ] " Christopher Sayward of the same " " " " John Walker, lately of Bridgewater, Somst., gent. . " " " " Edward Walker, son of the said John [ Walker, of the same. " " " " Clement Culverwell of Stogursey, Somst., [ "yoman" . " " " " Alice Luke, daughter of George Luke of Crewkerne, Somst., "Shoemaker" [ " " " " John White of Dunster, Somst. [ " " " John Hill ofWythicombe [Withycombe], ] Somst. " " " [ ] " John Elston of Tymberscombe, Somst. " " " " [ Ambrose Hill of Taunton, Somst., gent .. ] " " " " Thomas Davyes alias Welshman of the same . " " " " Ursula Joller, servant of Thomas Muttleberye of Aishill [As hill] , Somst., gent. . [ " " " George Baylie, lately of Kaynsham [Keynsham], Somst., "husband'" . [ " " " " William Bull of the same, "husbondman" . . [ ] " "" "" Richard Gaie ofthe same, "husbondman" [ ] " " Joan Browne, wife of William Browne of Priston, Somst., "spinster". . [ ] " """ Joan Browne, their daughter, of Priston, "spinster" . owes" " " " [Postscript] But she ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 40 Eliz., under" Somers' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands & tenements of 10hnLewick. And she is quit.

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John Milson of the same, "husbondman" owes £240 for the like. [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 40 Eliz., under" Somers' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands & tenements of the said John Lewick. And he is quit. John Justis of the same, "husbond'" . [ £240 for the like. Joan Werrett of the same, "spinster" . [ """" Thomas Culverhowse of Inglescombe [Englishcombe], Somst., "husband'" [ " " " " William Ludwell of the same, "husbondman" . . . [ " " " " Humphrey Grove alias Seller of Huntspill, Somst., "husband' " [ " " " " Robert Grove alias Seller of the same, " husband' " . [ " " " " John Force of Weston super Mare, Somst., gent. . owes" " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf. M emoranda Roll, L.T.R., 40 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Katherine Force, wife of the said John Force, of the same . [ ] £240 for the like. Grace Poyntington, wife of Ralph Poyntington of Froome Zelwood [Frome Selwood], Somst., "husbond'" " " " " William Collyns of Charterhowse Henton [Hinton Charterhouse], Somst., "husbond'" . [ ] " " " " Henry Tayler alias Joice of Merston Bigott [Marston Bigott], Somst., "husbondman" . . owes £240 for the like. [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 40 Eliz., under " Somers' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands & tenements of John Lewick. And he is quit. ( fhis wife . . . [ ] £240 for the like. Anthony Peyrd of Roade [Rode], Som., . owes" " " " "Fuller" . . . [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 40 Eliz., under " Somers' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands & tenements of John Lewick. And he is quit. Thomas Tyler of the same, "Fuller" . [ £240 for the like Mary Sheppherd, wife of Philip Sheppherd of Phillipps Norton [Norton St. Philip), Somst., "clothier". . [

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Mary Catatt of Brimpton . . [ £240 for the like Alice Johnson of the same, servant of John Siddenham of Bympton [? Brimpton], esq. . [ " " " Thomas Goodsole of Cheeselborough [Chiselborough], Somst., "husbondman" . [ ] " """ Henry Keymer of Pendomer, Somst., esq. owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf

Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 40 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he is quit. Thomas Hawker, senior, of Evill [? YeovilJ, Somst., "husband' " [ J £240 for the like. Grace Knowle, wife of William Knowell of Sampford Orcas [Sandford OrcasJ, Somst., gent. [ ]

Ie! C.R.S., XVIII, p. 292, 1. 11 seq.

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[rotulet 20] STAFFORDSHIRE (" Staff' tt) [PreambleJ [1] Sir Edward Litleton, knt., sheriff of this county from Michael. mas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders. . .. [etc. as Berkshire [IJ]. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 1 A: Thomas Greysley, esq. [lessee]. C: £15. D: The manor of Wolseley, and all the arable land, tenements, meadow, grazing & pasture land, woods, underwood & hereditaments belonging to the said manor in Staffs. ; also all the lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Parheywood [Little (Parva) Haywood], Staffs.: of the lands & tenements of ... B : Erasmus Wolseley, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Greysley, his executors & assigns. R(b): From Michaelmas, 27 Eliz. [1585]. H(c): . . . "for the satisfaction of the said Erasmus Wolseley's debt of £500". H(d): as C. H(e).

[2] farm.

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H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Staff' ". F : £15 from preceding year. G : £30. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 2 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged unless . ... [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 3 [3J farm. A: Ralph Husbond, gent. [lessee]. C: £45-5-3. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Chillington, Staffs., with appurtenances; and of the various other manors, messuages, lands, & tenements specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 29 EIiz., under "Res' Staff'''. B: John Gifford, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Ralph Husbond, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 8 July, 30 EIiz. [1588]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. J: On 27 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £22-12-71 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], £22-12- 7t was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [HusbondJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 4 [4J farm. A: Hugh Cuffe, gent. [lessee]. C: £16-3-10, being part of £75-13-10, the remainder [of an original rentJ of £84-3-10. D: A moiety of the farm of Litlewood, in the parish of Bradley, Staffs., together with the various other lands & tenements in Staffs., specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 31 EIiz., under" Res' Staff'''. B: Walter Blunt, "and other recusants". H(a): Aforesaid Hugh Cuff, his executors and assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 27 EIiz. [1585]. H(c). H(d): £16-3-10. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F : £28-17-8 from previous years. G: £45-1-6. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ . [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 5 [5J farm. A: Hugh Worthe [lessee]. C: £8-11-11!d. D: Twothirds of certain lands & tenements in Milwiche, Cotton & Garringshall [GarshallJ, Staffs.; together with the various other rents, messuages & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 32 EIiz., under "Res' Staff'''. B: William Macclesfeild, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Hugh Worthe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 14 June, 33 EIiz. [1591J, "for a term of 21 years". H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £8-11-11 ! from preceding year. G: £17- 3-11t· J: [postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ6 [6J farm. A: Edward Thome [lessee]. C: £12-16-8. D.1: One tenement, with apps., called "Hartsmeare", and various arable & meadow lands in the fields of Hampstall Ridware,

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Staffs.; of the lands & tenements of ... B.l : Richard Fytzherbert, gent. D.2: A moiety of a certain tenement called "Sandborowe" [SandboroughJ, with certain lands belonging to it ; of the lands and possessions of ... B.2 : Agnes Knowles. D.3: A moiety of the said tenement called "Sandborrowe", of the lands & tenements of ... B.3 : John Knowles, recusant. D.4: Two-thirds of a certain farm called "Bancroftes", with apps. B.4: Thomas Collyer, clerk, recusant. H(a); Aforesaid Edward Thorne. H(b): From 22 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Res' Staff'''. F: £25-13-4 from previous years. G: £38-1 Os. J: But he [ThorneJ ought not to be summonedfor £7-10s. (part of the above annual rent of £12- 16- 8), viz. £4-10s. from the Sandborowe property of Agnes Knolles & £3 from the Sandborowe property of John Knowles, from the said 22 Dec., 34 Eliz., to Michaelmas of this year, 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. for a period of 3 years, nor ought the said£2-10s7 of the above rent of£12-16-8 to be charged henceforth, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he [ThorneJ owes £31. [Further postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Seized land. RentalJ 8 [7J farm. A: Tenants. C: £2-4-5t & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of a certain annual rent of £3-6-8, for a term of 1 years or thereabouts, issuing from a capitai messuage & various lands or tenements in Denston [DenstoneJ, payable at Michaelmas only. B: Thomas Chetwinde, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £60, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): Thomas Hesketh, esq. & others. E(b): 29 May, 33 Eliz. [1591J. E(d): Cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Staff'''. F: £5-11-1t & two-thirds of id. from previous years. G: £7-15-7, & two-thirds of ld. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ 9 A: Thomas Hill & Elizabeth, his wife [lessees]. C: £47-2- 2 & two-thirds of !d. D.l: Two-thirds of a tenement in Goscott [GoscoteJ, Staffs., with certain closes, pastures & meadows pertaining to it. B.l: Edward Birche, "husbandman", recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of a house in Walls hall [WalsallJ, called "Ladyhall", together with the various other messuages, crofts, lands & tenements. with appurtenances, in Staffs., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Staff'''. B.2: Walter Whittall, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas & Elizabeth, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 15 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C.

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H(e). H(k): as in entry [7J, E(d). F: £94-4-4! & twothirds of id. from previous years. G: £141-6-7. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ10 [9J farm. A: Thomas Higgenson & Anthony Witheringes [lessees]. C: £2. D: The whole of a messuage, 2 cottages, and 10 acres of arable land, 3 acres of meadow & about 10 acres of pasture land, with apps., situated in Fenton Vivion, Berryhill [in HanleyJ & "Ie meere lane ende" [in CaverswallJ, Staffs. ; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B: Edmundl l Viez, "yoman", recusant. H(a): Moresaid Thomas & Anthony, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 11 April, 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [7J, E(d). F: £1, for the last part of preceding year. G: £3. J: [Postscripts as under entry [2JJ. [Seized goods & chattelsJ12 [10J Richard Bagott & Edward Leighe, esqs., & Henry Duporte, gent., owe £11-1s., which sum they have taken ("quos [denariosJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of Agnes Knolles, widow, recusant; cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Adhuc Res' Staff' ". [Seized goods & chattelsJ12 [l1J The same Richard, Edward & Henry owe £33-3s., which sum they have taken [into the Queen's handsJ, of the goods & chattels of Edward Birche, recusant; cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Adhuc Res' Staff'''. [Seized goods & chattelsJ12 [12J The same Richard ... [etc.J ... owe £7-ls., which sum .. [etc.J ... of John Collyer, recusant; cf ... [ref. as in entry [11]]. [Seized goods & chattelsJ12 [13J The same Richard ... [etc.J ... owe £5-0-4, which sum ... [etc.J ... of George Cooke, recusant; cf .. [ref. as in entry [11J]. [Seized goods & chattelsJ12 [14J The same Richard ... [etc.J ... owe £2-12-10, which sum ... [etc.J ... of Timothy Browne, recusant: cf ... [ref. as in entry [IIJ]. [Seized goods & chattelsJ12 [1 5J The same Richard ... [etc.J ... owe £30-5-4, which sum .. . [etc.J ... of Richard Fitzherbert, gent., recusant & fugitive; cf .. . [ref. as in entry [l1J].13

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[Seized goods & chattels]12 [16] The same Richard ... [etc.] .. owe £22-10s., which sum ... [etc.] . . . of William Poker, supposed recusant & fugitive (" supposit' recusan' et fugitivi") ; cf.... [ref. as in entry [11]].13 [Seized goods & chattels]12 [17] The same Richard . . . [etc.] . . owe £2-18s., which sum . . [etc.] ... of Thomas Gretton, supposed recusant & fugitive; cf. .. [ref. as in entry [11]].13 [Seized goods & chattels]12 [18] The same Richard ... [etc.] ... owe £4, which sum ... [etc.] ... of Thomas Collyer, supposed recusant & fugitive; cf .. [ref. as in entry [11]].13 [Seized goods & chattels]12 [19] The same Richard ... [etc.] ... owe £7-2-2, which sum ... [etc.. ] .. of Margery Wade, supposed recusant & fugutive; cf. .. [ref. as in entry [11]].13 [Arrearage of rent] [20] A : Tenants. D: Two-thirds of lands & tenements in Walsall & Bloxwyche, Staffs.; and of various lands & tenements in Linley [Lindley], Leics. B: Walter Whittall, recusant. F: [ J14£66-13-4, of a certain annual rent of £44-8-101, viz. the rent due from the above property for 1t year ending at Michaelmas, 33 Eliz [1 591]; cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Staff' ".15 J: [Postscripts as under entry [2]]. [Arrearage of rent] [21] A : Tenants. B: Francis Gattacre, lately of Clareley [Claverley], Salop., esq. recusant. D: Two-thirds of the manor or demesne of Swynnerton & of the advowson of the church there ; and of other lands & tenements of the said Francis. F: [ J14 £6, being part of a certain annual rent of £12, viz. for the half-year ending at Ladyday, 34 Eliz. [1592]; cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Staff' ".16 J: [L. Margin] Not to be written again by warrant of the Chancellor [of the Exchequer], until etc. 17 [Arrearage of rent] [22] A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of lands & tenements in Walsall & Bloxwiche, Staffs. ; and of various lands & tenements in Linley [Lindley], Leics. B: Walter Whittall, recusant. F: £44-8-101 for Thomas Leveson, esq., lately sheriff of the year 33 Eliz. (as stated in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Res' Staff '''), being the rent due from the above

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property for one whole year ending Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592J; cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Staff"'. J : But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, because Thomas Hill & another person answers above I8 for this & other rents in a certain annual sum of £47-2-2 & two-thirds of td. from 15 Dec., 34 Eliz. [1591], since which date they [Hill & wife] have been answerable to the Queen by another commission; as stated above. I8 And they [tenants] are quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrears] [23] A: The same sheriff, viz. Sir Edward Litleton, knt. B: [2] £30 (Greysley); [4] £45-1-6 (Cuffe); [5] £17-3-11t (Worthe); [6] £31 (Thorne); [7] £7-15-7 (Chetwinde's tenants); [8] £141-6-7 (T. & E. Hill); [9] £3 (Higgens on and another) ; [20] £66-13-4 (Whittall's tenants). C: £342-O-11t. D : [9J On 1 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], £1 (of the debt of £3) was paid into the Treasury, under the name of Thomas Higginson & another. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], £1 (of the debt of £3) was paid . .. [etc. as above]. [2] Greysley answersfor £15 of his debt of£30 in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Staff' ", after his farm. 19 [5] Worthe answers for his debt of £17-3-11t in the same roll (loc. cit.), after his farm. 19 [6] Thorne answersfor his debt of£31 in same roll (loc. cit.), after his farm. I 9 [7J Chetwinde's tenants answer for their debt of £7-15-7 in same roll (loc. cit.), after their farm. I9 [8] T. & E. Hill answer for £138-13-4 of their debt of £141-6-7, in same roll (loc. cit.), after their farm.1 9 [9] Higgenson etc. answer for the remaining £1 of their debt of £3 in same roll (loc. cit.), after their farm. I9 [20] Whittall's tenants answer for their debt of £66-13-4 in same roll (loc. cit.).19 E: And he [sheriff] owes £62-14-10. And he answers in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Staff' ". [rotulet 20, dorse] [Record of annual fine-payment due]20 [24] A: John Draycote, esq. C. D: £140. H. E: From ult. Sept., 37 Eliz. [1595] to 13 April, 38 Eliz. [1596], i.e. for 7 [lunar] months. K. G. P : But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 33 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he is quit.

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[Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancy].21 [25] A: John Comberford, lately of Wednesbury, Staffs., gent. B. D: £80. F: £60. G. H. J: For 3 months following 1 May, 37 Eliz. [1595]. L: £20. M: Monday, 22 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From date of conviction to 19 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunar1month. O. Lady Ann Butler, wife of John Draycote of Chedull [Cheadle], in the parish of Chedull, Staffs., esq. . [ ]22 £80 for the like. George LitIeton of Swynford Regis [Kingswinford], gent. . [ " " " " Alban Draycott ofWolstanton, gent. . [ " " " " Ellen Draycott, his wife . . . [ " " " " Dorothy Walker, wife of Samson Walker of Weston, gent. . . .. [ " " " " George Cockeram of Patting ton [Patting. .. [ ham ?J, gent... " " " " Edmund Conwey of Hanbury, "yoman". [ " " " " Ellen Dorrington, wife of Thomas Dorrington of Muckleston [MuxonJ, "yoman".. . . [ J " " " " Margaret Willington of the parish of St. Mary, Stafford, "spinster". . [ ] " " " " Joan Wright, wife of John Wright of Stowe, "yoman".. .. [ " " " " Jane Acton, wife of Robert Acton of Muckleston, "yoman" . . [ " " " " Joan Bolte alias Stone of Churcheaton [Church Eaton], "spinster" . . [ ] " """ Margery Loune 23 of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " " Robert Hamlyn of Meere [Maer], "yoman" . .. . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt), for a reason referred to in another debt of his [recorded] in And he is quit. [Recusant] Roll, 41 Eliz., under" Staff' ". William Faldringe of Leighe, "laborer" . [ ] £80 for the like. Francis Conwey of the same, "laborer" . [ ] " " " " Joan Greene, wife of Thomas Greene of Roceter [RocesterJ . . . [ ] " """ Margaret Madley, wife of Thomas Madley of the same, "yoman". . [ ] " " " " Joyce Rowley of Norton in Ie Mores [Moors], widow . . .. [ " " " " Joan Boulde of Chedulton [CheddletonJ, widow . . . . . . . . [ J " """ Ralph Leighe of the same, "yoman". . [ ] " " " " James Fourde of Ipstons [Ipstones], "yoman" . . [ " " " "

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Philippa Fourde, his wife John Sutton, alias Pyncke, of Leeke, "yoman" Jane Riddyard of the same, "spinster" Joan Johnson of Shene [SheenJ, "spinster" Joan Shemans, wife of John Shemans of Tamworth, "yoman" Joan Sadler, alias Nucklyn, of the same, "spinster"

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[Record of annual fine-payment dueJ20 [26J A: John Draycote, esq. C. D.: £140. H. E: From From 13 April, 38 Eliz. [1596J to 26 Oct., Eliz. [1596J, i.e. for 7 months. K. G. P : But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debtJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 33 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And he is quit. [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ24 [27J A: George Lyttleton of Swinford Regis [Kingswinford] Staffs., esq. B. D: £80. F: £60. G. H. J: For 3 months following 1 Dec., 38 Eliz. [1595J. L: £20. M: Monday, 22 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. N: From date of conviction to 19 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunarJ month. O. John Gifford of Chillyngton, esq. . owes £80 for the like. [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 11 James I, under " Salopp' ", in the farm of the tenants of the land & tenements of the said John Gifford. And he is quit. Joyce Gifford, wife of the aforesaid John [ J £80 for the like. Ann Heveningham, wife of Walter Heveningham of Clyston Camvile [Clifton CampvilleJ, Staffs., esq.. . . . [ " " " " Philip Draycott of Chedull [CheadleJ, esq. ........ [ ] " " " " Lady Ann Butler, wife of the said Philip . [ J " " " " William Robertes of Dreewood [?BrewoodJ, Staffs., "yoman" [ J " "" " Joan Dale of the same, widow . [J " " " " Dorothy Smithe of the same, "spinster" . [ J " " " " John Sotherne of the same, "laborer" . [ ] " " " " Simon Ryder of Westbromwich, Staffs., "yoman" . ..... . " " " " Margaret Ryder, wife of the said Simon. [ " " " " Alice Sheppard, wife of William Sheppard of the same . [

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Elizabeth Harper, lately of Chesardu' in the parish of Bysshebury [Bush] £80 for the like bury], Staffs., "spinster" ] John Simondes of Tamworth, "Draper" " " " Grace Simondes of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " " " Margaret Dey, wife of Thomas Dey of the same . [ ] , " " " Elizabeth Tomlinson of the same, "spinster" [ " " " " Joan Sadler, alias Nicklin, of the same, "spinster" . [ " " " " John Freeman of the same, "laborer" . [ " " " " John KeeJinge of the same, "laborer" . [ " " " " Richard Garden of Wallsall, "laborer" . [ " " " Cassandra Holland, wife of Thomas Holland of the same, "yoman" " " " " Walter Whitall of the same, gent owes"" " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt] ,for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 6 James I, under "Leic''', in the farm of Thomas Hill & another [" & al' "]. And he is quit. [ ]25Whitall, wife of the said Walter. [ ] £80 for the like. Edward Byrche of the same, "yoman" . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 2 James I, under "Staff''', in another debt of the same Edward. And he is quit. Rose Byrche, wife of the said Edward . [ £80 for the like. Elizabeth Turner, wife of William Turner of Pemkriche [Penkridge] [ " " " Isabel Hart of the same, widow . [ " " " " Thomas James of Dunston within the parish of Pemkriche [Penkridge], Staffs., "laborer", owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 42 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Edward Lynes of Copnall [Coppenhall], Staffs., "weaver" . [ ] £80 for the like. Margaret Lane of Horborne [Harborne, Warwicks], widow . owes" " " " [Postscript] But she ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 7 James I, Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And she is quit. Mary Comerford, wife of William Comerford of Wednesbury, Staffs., esq. [ ] £80 for the like. ~

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Edward Bregge of the same, "weaver" .. [ ÂŁ80 for the like. Thomasina Harris, wife of John Harris of Typton [Tipton], "laborer". . [ " " " " William Stafford of Weeford, "laborer" [ " " " " Margery Lee, wife of William Lee of Hynce [Hints], Staffs. . . . []" " " " Margery [ ] 26 of the same, "spinster" . [ ] " " " " Katherine Chetwyn of the same, widow . [ ] " " " " [ ] 25Serjaunt of the same, gent. . . [ ] " " " " Thomas [ ]26 of the same, "laborer" . [ ] " " " John Fonte [? or Foute] of the parish of St. Chad ["Sancti Cedde"), Stafford, Staffs., "Buttonmaker" . . [ " " " " William Stapleton of Frodeswall [Fradswell], Staffs., gent. . . [ " " " " Margaret Stapleton, wife of the said William . [ " " " " Erasmus Worseley of Colwich, Staffs., gent. . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this[debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 3 James I, under "Staff' ", in thefarm ofErasmusWolsley, esq. And he is quit. John Winockle of the same, "laborer" . [ ] ÂŁ80 for the like. Isabel, his wife [ ] " " " " Joan, wife of Thomas Plant of Colwiche, [ ] ., " " " Staffs., "laborer" Ralph Uppingham of the same, "laborer" [ ] " """ Alice Blythe of the same, "spinster" [],,""" Joan Snowe of Berkeswiche [Berkham Sytch?], Staffs., "spinster" . [ ] " " " " Isabel Stapleton, wife of George Stapleton of the same, gent. [ ] " " " " Isabel Stapleton of the same, widow [J " "" William Minoo' 27 0 f the same, gent. [ J " "" " Alice Dickenson of the same, "spinster" . [ J " " " " William Barnesley of the same, "laborer" . " " " " [ ] 25S myth of Wolverhampton, Staffs., widow " " " " Margaret Smythe of the same, "spinster" [ " " " " Elizabeth Wylkes of Bilson [Bilston], in the parish of W olverhampton, whlow . [ " " " " Humphrey Hall of Hylton [Hilton], in the same parish, "laborer" . [ " " " " Alice James of Gnosall, "spinster" [ " " " " Felicia Lane of the parish of St. Mary, Stafford, "spinster" .

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William Willington of the same, "laborer". . . . . . . . [ Ellen, wife of the aforesaid William. . [ [rotulet 10, dorse]

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£80 for the like.

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A : Margaret Willington of the parish of St. Mary, Stafford, Staffs., "spinster". B. D: £80. F: £60. G. H. J: For 3 months following 1 Dec., 38 Eliz. [1595J. L: £20. M: Monday, 22 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. N: From date of conviction to 19 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunarJ month. O. Francis Thornebury of the same, "yoman" . [ J 22 £80 for the like. .. . [] " " " " [ J25 his wife John Yate of the same, "laborer" . [J " " " " [ J25 his wife . [ J " """ John Margeram of the same, "laborer" . [ ] " " " " Ralph Byddulphe of Horton, Staffs., gent. [ J " "" " Ann, his wife . . . . . [ ] " " " " Frances Wood of the same, "spinster" . [ ] """ Christopher [ J26 of the same, "laborer" [ ] " " " " Joan Gould of Chedulton [CheddletonJ, [ Staffs., widow. " " " " Alban Draycott of Wolstanton, Staffs., gent. . . [ " " " " Ellen, his wife ....... [ " " " " Ranulph ("Ranulphus") Drett of the " " " same, gent. . [ ] " Thomas Burne of the same, "yoman" . owes" " " " [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in a debt of William Crompton, esq., sheriff, in [Recusant] Roll, 40 Eliz., under" Staff'''. And he is quit. Joan Wright of Hixon, in the parish of Stoue [StoweJ Staffs., wife of William Wright. . [ £80 for the like. Elizabeth Goodwyn, wife of John Goodwyn of Swynnerton, Staffs., "blacksmith" . . . . . . . . [ " "" " Alice Tully, wife of Henry Tully of Stafford, within the parish of Castle Church, near Stafford 29. • [ " " " " Frances Bolt, wife of Hugh Bolt of Churcheyton [Church Eaton], Staffs. [ " " " ,. Joan Stonner of the same. . . . . [ " " " " Margery Sherrott, alias Lymer, of the . [ same, "spinster" .

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Katherine Maxfeild of Trentham, Staffs., "spinster" [ ] £80 for the like. William Maxefeild of Meare [Maer], Staffs., gent. owes" " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to immediately below, in another debt of the same William. And he is quit. William Maxefeild of Trentham, Staffs ... owes £80 for the like. [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 43 Eliz., under " Item Staff' ", in another debt of the same William Maxfeild And he is quit. John Maxefeild of the same, gent. [ £80 for the like. Ursula, wife of William Maxefeild of Meare . [ ] " " " " Margaret Maxfeild of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " Andrew Maxfeild of Bradley, Staffs., gent. [ ] " " " " Ann, his wife [ ] " " " " Humphrey Maxfeild of the same, gent. . [ ] " " " " Joyce Stapleton of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " " Joan Amyes of the same, "spinster" [] " " " " " Joan Adderley, wife of Richard Adderley of the same, "yoman" " " " " Michael Broxton of Ellenhal1, "laborer" " " " " Ellen Vise of Staunden [Standon], "spinster" " " " " Edmund Draycott of Stone [? or Stoue (Stowe)], Staffs., gent. ] " " " [ ],25 his wife ] " " " " " Grace Vyse of the same, widow . ] " " " William Morrys of the same, "carpenter" [ ] " " " " Ranolf ("Ranulphus") Grosvenor of Muckleston [Muxon], Staffs., gent. [ ] " " " Jane, his wife [ ] " Robert Grosvenor of the same, gent. [J " " " " " " " Cecily Grosvenor of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " " [] " Ellen [ ] 26 of the same, "spinster" " " " " William Claxton of the same, gent. . [] " " " Elizabeth, his wife [ J " " " " " Ellen Dorrington, wife of Thomas Dorrington of the same, gent. [ ] " " " " Elizabeth Dorrington . [ ] " " " [ ] " Mary Dorrington Ann Dorrington [ ] " " " " " " " Lucy Dorrington of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " " William Dorrington of the same, "yoman" " " " "

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Margaret Gryme, wife of John Gryme of Hopton, Staffs., " husb' " . owes £80 for the like. [Postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 5 James I, Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And she is quit. Humphrey Henner of the same, " husb' " £80 for the like. Margaret Walhowe of Tutbury, Staffs., widow " " " " Alice Faldringe of Leighe, in the parish of Faldringe, Staffs., widow " """ Edward Faldringe of the same, "laborer" "" " " William Faldringe of the same, "laborer" " " " " Ellen Conwey, of the same, widow " " " " John Conwey of the same, " husb' " owes"""" [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, I Charles I , in the farm of the tenants of the lands of the same John. And he is quit. Thomas Conwey of the same, " husb' " owes 3°£80 for the like. Alice Conwey of the same, "spinster" [J " " " " Alice Ryley, wife of Edward Ryley . [ J" """ Francis Alte of the same, "laborer" [],,"" " Margaret, his wife. ( ] " " " ,. [ ] " "" " Agnes Ley of the same, widow . Francis Ley of the same, " husb' " []"""" George Ley of the same, " husb' " [],,""" John Ley of the same, " husb' " [ ] " " " " Alice Ley of the same, "spinster" [] """ Elizabeth Ley of the same [ ] " " " " James Fourde of Ipstons [Ipstones], Staffs., " husb' " . [ ] " " " " "Philadelphia", his wife . [ ] " " " " Francis Fourde of the same, "laborer" [ J " "" " Philip Trevyn of the same, "yoman" [],,""" Matilda Poker of Hampstall Ridware, wife of William Poker ] " " " Margaret Eke of the same, widow . ] " " " " ] Katherine Eke of the same, "spinster" " " " " Margery Arnold, wife of Thomas Arnold of the same, "yoman" " " " Eleanor Burges of the same, "spinster" [ " " " " Eleanor Yate, wife of Richard Yate of Kinson [? Kingston], Staffs., "yoman" . " " " Elizabeth Draycott, wife of John Draycott of Draycott, "yoman" . " " " " R

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Elizabeth Trevyn, wife of John Trevyn of the same, "yoman" . [ ] £80 for the like. Mary Warrilowe, wife of John Warrylowe of the same, "yoman". []" """ Ellen Hancockes, wife of John Hancockes of the same, "yoman". [ """" Joan Gallymore of the same, widow [J"""" Isabel Hallam of the same, widow. [J"""" Edmund Hallam of the same, "laborer" [J " " " " Humphrey Browne of the same, "laborer" [ ] " " " " A: JohnCumberfortofWednesbury, Staffs., gent. B. D: £500. F: £480. G. J: For 2 years following 1 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4]. L. M, Nand 0: as under Margaret Willington above. William Cumberfort, jun., of the same, ] £500 for the like. gent. Dorothy Cumberfort of the same, [ ] " " " " gentlewoman 31 A: Elizabeth Hanson of the same, "spinster". B. D: £40. F: £20. G. J: For 1 month following 1 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. L: £20. M: Monday, 22 March, 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From date of conviction to 19 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunar] month. O. A: Dorothy Wollescrofte of the same, widow. B. D: £500. F: £480. G. J: For 2 years following 1 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4]. L, M, Nand 0 : as in preceding item. IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 295, 1. 15 seq. (with variant phrasings). 2Cj. entry [23J, D. 3Text as op. cit., p. 295, 1. 35 seq. (with 4Text as op. cit., variant phrasings) to "equales porc'''. p. 296, 1. 19 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "equales porc'''. 6Text as op. cit., p. 298, 1. 5 seq. (with variant phrasings) to " equales porc'''. 6Text as op. cit., p. 298, 1. 20 seq. (with variant phras7"predict' Ls." in MS. The word ings) to " in Res' Staff'''. "predict" is confusing. The sum, £2-10s., is the combined yearly rent from the properties of Agnes and John Knowles (unspecified in the text). In the following Recusant Rolls these properties are omitted from Thorne's farm, and the yearly rent, stated as being 8Text as op. cit., p. 298, 1. 37 seq. due from him, is £10-6-8. to" capt' et seisit' ". 9C! op, cit .. p. 299, 1. 30 seq. lOCI op. cit., p. 301, 1. 40 seq. llSic in MS: not "Edward", as in l2Entries [10J to [19J inclus., are Rec. Roll No. 1 (op. cit.). bracketed, R., with the note: Total of these 10 debts: £125-13-8. But they [Bagott, Leighe & DuporteJ ought not to be summoned for these [debtsJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; c! Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 32 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J, where it is considered that the aforesaid Richard Bagott, Edward Leyghe, esqs., & Henry Duporte, gent., should be exonerated & quit of the said debts [totallingJ £125-13-8, as regards the Queen, and that Edward Thorne should answer to the Queen for the said several debts, taken & seized by him. And he [ThorneJ answers in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under" Staff' ". l3C! Introd., p. xxxix, n. l4A blank space is left in MS for the word

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" deb'" (owes). l5C/. op. cit., p. 296, 1. 37 seq. l6C/. op. cit., p. 299, 1. 8 seq. l7"Non scri per warran' Cancellar' l8C/. entry [8J, above. 19[L. margin] quamdiu etc." in MS. It is answered ("r[espondetJur"). The sheriff [Litleton] was therefore 2°For Draycote's case, see Introd., discharged of this amount. p.lxxxvi. 2lThe items under this heading, to Joan Sadler inclus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] 22The brackets here & in items below indicate a Commissio"). space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word " deb'" (owes). Cf. Introd. p. xcix. 23possibly "Louve" or "Lonne". 24The items under this heading, to Ellen Willington inclus., are bracketed, L., with the Note: Let a commission be issued. 25The brackets indicate a space left in MS for Christian name. 26The brackets indicate a space left in MS for surname. 27 Sic in MS, for Minors. In the Recusant Roll of 1600 (E.377/9], "Res' Staff''') the name is given as "William Miners". 28The items under this heading are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued. 29"de Staff' infra paroch' Castri prope Staff' " in MS. sOThe insertion of the word" deb' " here is obviously Sl"generos' in MS. A rare example of the a clerical error. feminine "generosa": see other examples under" Res' Suff' ". p, 168.

[rotulet 21J SUFFOLK (" Suff' ") [preamble] [1] Robert Forthe, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [1]J. [Lease of seized land. Rental]l [2) farm. A: William Dunston [lessee]. C: £15-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the lands, tenements & hereditaments, called "Charsfeild Close", with apps., situated, lying & existing in Charsfeild, Suff., of which a certain John Bedingfeild is seised for the ternl of his life, with reversion after the death of the said John to a certain Thomas Bedingfeild, esq., for an annual sum exceeding £40, payable to the said Thomas, and now in the tenure of John Bedingfeild or his assigns. B: John Bedingfeild of Redlingefeild, 2 Suff., esq., recusant. R(a): William Dunston, his executors & assigns. R(b): From 14 June, 30 Eliz. [1588J. R(c): "for the satisfaction of a debt of £70,3 owed by the said John Bedingfeild, esq." R(d): as C. H(e). H(g). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Suff' ". J: On 20 April, 36 Eliz. [1 594J, £7-13-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 15 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £7-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJI And he [DunstonJ is quit. ~ [Seized land. Rental] 4 [3] farm. A: Tenants. C: £8-17-91.

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other property [unspecifiedJ. B: Thomas Stone, alias Oliver, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 5 E(d) : as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £8-17-9i from preceding year. G: £17-15- 6t. J : For which the sheriff answers on the dorse of this rotulet. 6 [Lease of seized land. Rental]? [4J farm. A: John Forrest, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £30. D: Twothirds of the manor of Milles [? MellsJ, with all its rights, members and appurtenances; also of the various other manors, mills, messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Suff., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 EIiz., under" Item Suff' ". B : WaIter Norton, recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Forrest, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 31 EIiz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: But he [Forrest] ought not to be summoned for this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged from 16 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4], because Thomas Webber answers on the dorse of the present rotulet a for £36-13-4 per ann., as rent for the same premises from the said 16 March, 36 Eliz.; and thereafter he [Webber] is answerable to the Queen by another commission. And he [Forrest] is quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 9 [5J farm. A: Edward Androwes [lesseeJ. C: £20. D: Twothirds of a lease of certain lands & tenements in the village of Dynnyngton [? DenningtonJ, Suff. B: Ann Rowse of Dynnyngton, Suff., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Edward Androwes & his assigns. H(b): From 28 Jan., 31 Eliz. [1588/9J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £20 from preceding year. G: £40. J: [Postscript as under entry [3JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJlO [6] farm. A: Thomas Keys & Thomas Stowe [lessees]. C: £77-2-91, being part [of an original rentJ of £179-17-31. D: Two-thirds of the fixed rents of the free-holders of the manor ("manerii") of Overhall & Netherhal1, in the parish of Stansted [StansteadJ, Suff.; also two-thirds of the demesne lands of the said manor, and of the various other manors, messuages, mills, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 EIiz., under" Item Suff '''. B: Roger Marten, lately of Melford [Long Melford], esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Keys & Thomas Stowe, their executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): £77-2-9£. H(e). R(f). H(k): as in entry [2].

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J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £38- 11-5 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 30 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1 594], £38- 11-5 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And they [Keys & Stowe] are quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 10 [7J farm . A: Thomas Keys & Thomas Stowe [lesseesJ. C: £102-14-6, being part [of an original rentJ of £179-17-31. D: Two-thirds of a capital messuage, commonly called "Coldhamhall" [Coldham Hall], in Staningfeld [StanningfieldJ, Suff. ; and of the various other messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with appurtenances, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Item Suff' ". B: Robert Rookewood, lately of Staningfeild aforesaid, esq., recusant. H(a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (k) : as in entry [6J. R(d): £102- 14-6. J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £51- 7-3 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on ult. Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £51-7- 3 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And they [Keys & Stowe] are quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental]ll [8] farm. A: Matthew Cripes [lessee]. C: £30, being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £32-17- 9 & two-thirds of td. D.l: Two-thirds of lands, tenements & hereditaments in Acton, Coverth12 Magna [Great CornardJ & Melford [Long MelfordJ, Suff., of the yearly value of £26-13-4. B.l: John Daniell, gent., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of a certain house & lands in Acton aforesaid, let to a certain [ J13 Ral1, of the yearly value of £3--6-8. B.2: William Danyell, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Matthew Cripes, his executors & assigns. H(d) : £30. R(b), (c), (e), (f) and (k) : as in entry [6J. J: On 19 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £15 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on ult. Oct., 35 Eliz.14. [1594J, £15 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [CripesJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ15 [9] farm. A: Henry Marwood [lesseeJ. C: £2-13-4. D: Two-thirds of various lands & tenements, with apps., in Kirley [Kirkley, South LowestoftJ, Kesingland [KessinglandJ, Packefeild [PakefieldJ & Carleton Colvile [Carlton ColvilleJ, Suff., B: Henry Hubert, gent., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid Henry Marwood & his assigns. H(b): From 20 March, 32 Eliz. [1 589/90J. H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £2-13-4 from preceding year. G: £5-6-8. J : [Postscript as under entry [3JJ. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 16 [10J farm. A: George Lee [lessee].

C: £22-17-9.

D: Two-

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thirds of the manor of Cawstons, alias Caxtons, with apps., in Corneard Parva [Little CornardJ ; and of the various other lands & tenements, with apps., specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Res' Suff'''. B: Robert de Grey, esq., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid George Lee & his assigns. R(b): From 2 May17,32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. F: £22-17-9 for Nicholas Garnyshe, esq., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Suff' "), viz. the rent due from this farm for the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Suff' "). G: £45-15-6. J: And he [LeeJ answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 40 Eliz., under " Suff' ", after his farm. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ18 [11] farm. A: Lawrence Hussey, a groom of the chamber royal [lesseeJ. C: £33-19- 21 & a half 1d. D: Two-thirds of a tenement called "Bagges", & 66 acres of freehold land in Linsted Parva, Suff.; and of the various other lands & tenements, with apps., in Suff., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Res' Suff'''. B: Henry Everard, gent. , recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Lawrence Hussey & his assigns. R(b) : From Michaelmas, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. F: £33- 19- 21 & a half l d. from preceding year. G: £67-18-41. J: [Postscript as under entry [3JJ. [Further postscriptJ On 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, (£16-19-8 deleted) was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 25 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, (£16-19- 8 deleted),19 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 20 [12J farm. A: Richard Brewster [lesseeJ. C: £40. D: The manor called "Abbas Hall", in Cornerd Magna [Great Cornard], alias the manor of Cornerd Magna, Suff.; and the various other messuages, lands, tenements, rectories & hereditaments, with apps., in Suff. , specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Res' Suff' " : being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B: John DanyeU, esq. H(a): Aforesaid Richard Brewster, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 16 July, 32 Eliz. [1590]. "to the end of the term & for the term of 21 years next following & fully completed." H(d): as C. H(e). R(f) . . . "during the said period". R(k): as in entry [2]. F : £40 for Nicholas Garnyshe, esq., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under " Item Suff' "), viz. the rent due from this property for the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Suff' "). And £40 from preceding year [i.e. 34 Eliz.J. G: £120.

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J: But he [BrewsterJ ought not to be summoned for £100, i.e. the rent due from this property from Ladyday, 34 Eliz. [1592J, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, because Thomas Felton, gent., answers for [a rent of] £43-6-8 per ann. for the same property from the said Ladyday, 34 Eliz. from which date he [FeltonJ is answerable to the Queen by another commission: cf preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Res' Suff"',21 & the dorse of the present rotulet. 22 And he [BrewsterJ owes £20. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" SujJ' ". [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 23 [13J farm. A: Matthew Crippes [lesseeJ. C: £2-17-9 & twothirds of ld., being part [of an original rentJ of £32-17-9 & two-thirds of ld. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements, with apps., in Mellis, of the yeady value of £2-4-5 & twothirds of ld.; also of certain lands & tenements, by copy of court-roll, of the yeady value of 13s. 4d. B: Christopher Toftwood, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Matthew Crippes, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): £2-17-9 & two-thirds of ld. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2]. F: £3-11-1 & two-thirds of ! d. from previous years. G: £6-8-11. J: [Postscript as under entry [3J]. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ 24 [14J farm. A: Tenants. C: £38-16-0£, being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £63-18-3£. D: One tenement & other property [unspecified]. B: Robert Jettor, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,500, by virtue of a certain Act 25 of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £38-16-O! from preceding year. F: £77-12-11d. J: On 16 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £19-8s. waspaidfrom thisfarm into the Treasury. And on 22 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1593J, £19-8s. was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £19-8s. was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 30 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £19-8s. was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And they [tenantsJ have a surplus of 9s. lild. , which is allowed to the same tenants of this farm for the following year; cf following [RecusantJ Roll, under "Suft'''. And the account is balanced. 26

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ27 [15J farm. A: William Hunnys, a gentleman of the chapel royal [lesseeJ. C: £10. D: Two-thirds of a certain lease of the manor of Lawshall, Suff., with appurtenances. B: Elizabeth Drurye, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Hunnys, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 11 Nov., 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [2J.

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J : On 3 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5 was paid from this farm into

the Treasury. And on 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [HunnysJ is quit.

[Seized land. RentalJ 28 [16] farm. A: Tenants. C: £20. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity of £30 per ann., issuing from certain lands lying & existing between the townships of Becclis [BecclesJ & Lowstofte [Lowestoft], Suff. B: Richard Norton, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): Sir Charles Framlingham, knt., & others. E(b): 1 Oct., 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Suff'''. F: £40 from previous years. G: £60. J: [Postscript as under entry [3]]. [Seized land. Rental] 29 [17J farm. A: Tenants. C: £33-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Lawsull [Lawshall] & Wheltham [WelnethamJ, SufI., with appurtenances. B: Henry Drewrye, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £240, by reason of his recusancy. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [16J. F: £66-13-4 from previous years. G: £100. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £50, viz. the rent due from the above property for this year & the last part of the previous year, nor ought the said rent to be charged after 2 July, 35 Eliz. [1593], because Thomas Lee, alias Webber answers for [a rent ofJ £36 per ann. for the same property from the said 2 July, 35 Eliz., from which date he [Lee] is answerable to the Queen by another commission ; cf the dorse of the present rotulet. 30 And they owe £50. But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for this [£50J, for a reason referred to in the farm of Thomas Lee, alias Webber, farmer of the same property; cf dorse of the present rotulet. 30 And they [tenantsJ are quit. [rotulet 21, dorse] [Seized land. RentalJ31 [18J farm. A: Tenants. C: 17s. 9d. & two-thirds of id. D: Two-thirds of one tenement & 8 acres of arable, meadow & pasture land in Hicham [Hitcham]. B: John Rookewood, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by reason of his recusancy. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [16]. F: £1-15-6t & two-thirds of !d. from previous years. G: £2-13-4. J: [Postscript] For which the sheriff answers below. 32 [Lease of seized land. Rental] [19J farm. A: Ra]ph Lathome, gent. [lessee].

£21-3-4.

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D : The whole manor of Pountney Hal1, alias Lancasters, alias Warkes, with all its rights, members & apps., lying & existing in Melles [? Mellis], Burgatt [Burgate], Yaxley, Great Thorneham [Thornham MagnaJ, Little Thorneham [Thornham ParvaJ & Gislingham, Suff.; together with various other manors, messuages, lands & tenements specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Suff' "33: being two-thirds of the lands & possessions of . . . B: Eve YaxIey, lately of Yaxley, Suff., widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Ralph Lathome, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 5 July 33 Eliz., [1591J. H(c). R(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Suff' ". J: On 25 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £10-11-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £10-11-8 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [Lathome] is quit. ~ [Arrearage of rentJ34 [20J A : Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a tenement called "Bagges," and other property. F: £32-16-5i, of a certain annual rent of £33-8-21, viz. the rent due from this property for the year 29 Eliz., ; cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Res' Suff' ". B : Henry Everard, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £1,500, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 35 J: [postscript as under entry [18J].

t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ36 [21J farm. A: Thomas Webber, of the Queen's private kitchen [lessee]. C: £36-13-4. D: The whole manor of Milles [? MellsJ, with all its rights, members & apps., in Suff.; the whole of 2 water-mills, with certain lands & tenements in Milles, Wennesden [? WenhastonJ, Walpoole [WalpoleJ, Cookeley & Holton, Suff., or in some of them (" sive eor' aliqua"), in the tenure of \Vil1iam Colston, or his assigns ; and the whole manor of Wrightes, alias Glemhams & Dame Margeries, with all appurtenances, in Cheston [? ChedistonJ, Wissett, Cookeley, Halsworth [HalesworthJ & Holton, Suff., (or in some of them), now or lately in the tenure of Cyprian Swallowes & George Meeke, or their assigns, of which Walter Norton, lately of Cheston, Suff., esq., recusant, deceased, was seised in his demesne, in fee-tail ("ut de feodo talliato"), of the clear ("ultra omnes repris") yearly value, until Michaelmas, 1595, of £30, and, after the said Michaelmas, of the clear yearly value of £50; also the whole manor of Blenches & Baventtes, with all its rights, members & apps., in Wissett, Halesworth, Holton & Spexhall, Suff., (or in some of them), of the clear yearly value of £6-13-4; [all the aboveJ being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : The said Walter Norton, deceased, who was indebted to the Queen in various sums of money, viz.

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in the sum of £180, because he, Walter Norton~ for the space of 9 months, i.e. between 29 Sept., 23 Eliz. [1581J & 18 July, 24 Eliz. [1582J, did not attend any church, chapel or usual place of common prayer on Sundays & other days appointed & usually observed as festivals ("pro diebus fer' ") at the time of common prayer & of the celebration of divine service, but abstained from the same, against the form of the statute in that case made & provided; and in the sum of £520, for [similar recusancy lastingJ 26 months, between 1 April, 25 Eliz. [1583J & 13 June, 27 Eliz. [1585J ; also in the sum of £120, for another 6 months, between 21 March, 28 Eliz. [1585/6J & 12 Sept., next following. E(b): 5 Feb., 36 Eliz. [1593/4J. E(a): Robert Forth, esq., sheriff of Suffolk. E(c): For the satisfaction of the said several debts of Walter Norton. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Webber, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 16 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4]. H(c). H(d): £30 until Michaelmas 1595, & thereafter, £50 (for the manors of Milles & Wrightes with the 2 water-mills) according to the terms of this present grant: and £6-13-4 (for the manor of Blenches & Baventtes). H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under" Suff' ". J: On 27 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £18-6-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £18-6-8 was paid from this farm, under the title" Norff'''. 37 And he [WebberJ is quit. t [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [22J farm. A: Thomas Lee, alias Webber, of the Queen's private kitchen [lesseeJ. C: £36. D: The whole manor of Magna Weltham [Great WelnethamJ ; the whole messuage or tenement called "Benndes", with apps., in Magna Wheltham aforesaid; the whole tenement, with apps., in Magna Wheltham aforesaid. called "Oldhall", alias "Oldhalls"; the whole manor of Lawshall, with all apps., in Lawshall & Stanfeild [Stanningfield] & other places & villages in Suff. ; also the whole tenement, with apps., called "Hawkyns", in Lawshall & Stanfeild aforesaid; [all the aboveJ being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B: Henry Drewyre, lately of Lawshall, Suff., esq., recusant, deceased. E(b): 22 Sept., 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(a): Nicholas Gamisshe, esq., sheriff of Suffolk. E(c): For the satisfaction of the same Henry's debt of £220. 38 H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Lee, alias Webber his executors & assigns. R(b): From 2 July, 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): £20 (for Gt. Welnetham manor); £4 (for Benndes property); £3 (for Oldhall property) ; £4 (for Lawshall manor) ; £5 (for Hawkyns property). H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 35 Eliz., under" Suff'''. F : £18 from preceding year. G : £54. J: But he [Lee, alias WebberJ ought not to be summoned for

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this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section. rotulet [ ]. And he [Lee, alias Webber] is quit. t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [23J farm. A: George Lee, a yeoman of the Queen's private kitchen [lessee]. C: £30. D.1: Two-thirds of the manor, messuage or farm called "Wrightes", alias "Glemhams", in Cheston [? ChedistonJ, Suff., with all appurtenances; of the manor, messuage or farm called "Bavens", in Cheston aforesaid, with all apps. ; of 2 farms, with apps., in Wenhaston & Milles Ende, Suff., (in one or the other of them), lately in the tenure of Robert Denny & John Dowsinge or their assigns; of the late monastery of Sypton [SibtonJ, with apps., lately in the tenure of Edward Chapman, alias Barker, or his assigns; of the manor, messuage or farm, with apps., called "Frostendenhall", Suff., lately in the tenure of Thomas Mosse or his assigns; also of 2 water-mills & of various arable lands, tenements, meadow, grazing & pasture lands, with apps., in Wenhaston, Milles Ende, Cookeley, Holton & Walpoole [WalpoleJ, Suff., lately in the tenure of William Colson or his assigns. B.l: Henry Norton, lately of Chaddeston [ChedistonJ Suff., gent., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of the manor, messuage or farm of Milles [? MellsJ, with apps., in Suff., and of the messuage or farm [calledJ "Dame Margeries", with apps., in HalIisworth [HalesworthJ, Suff. B.2: Katherine Norton, lately of Chaddeston, widow, recusant. E(b): 7 July, 35 Eliz. [1 593J. E(a) John Browne, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid George Lee, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 3 Aug., 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): £5-6-8 (for Wrightes manor) ; £1-6-8 (for Bavens manor) ; £3-6-8 (for the 2 farms in Wenhaston etc.); 13s. 4d. (for Sypton monastery); £1-6-8 (for Frostenden Hall) ; £8-13-4 (for the 2 mills etc. in Wenhaston etc.) ; £8 (for Milles manor) ; £1-6-8 (for "Dame Margeries"). H(e). H(k): as in entry [22]. F: £15 from preceding year. G: £45. J : But he [LeeJ ought not to be summoned for £30 (the rent for this year), nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, because Thomas Webber answers for £36-13-4 per ann. as rent for the same property from 16 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4J, from which date he [WebberJ is answerable to the Queen by another commission, as stated above. 39 And he [LeeJ owes £15, for the last part of the preceding year. But he [LeeJ ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ because answer has been made to the Queen for the said £15 by John Forrest, esq., farmer of the same property, by a tally allowed

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(" per talliam allocat' ") [& recordedJ in the farm of the same John in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Sufi' ".40 And he [LeeJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [24J jarm. A: Thomas Felton, gent. [lessee]. C: £43-6-8. D: The whole manor called by the name of "Abbas Hall", otherwise called "the manor of Comard Magna" [Great CornardJ, with all its rights, members & apps., in Sufi'. ; and all the messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Cornard Magna, Waldingefeild Parva [Little WaldingfieldJ, Myldinge [? MildenJ, Sudburye, Cornerd Parva [Little ComardJ & Acton, in Sufi'olk; and in Wymbysse [WimbishJ near Walden, Horneden [HorndonJ & Childerwick, alias Childerdick [ChilderditchJ near Homeden, in Essex, together with the various other lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Res' Sufi" ".41 H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Felton, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 24 May, 34 Eliz. [1592J, "for a term of 245 years next following". H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Res' Sufi"". J: On 3 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], £21-13-4 was paidjrom this farm into the Treasury, under the name oj Peter Whyte. And on 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £21-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Felton] is quit. [Record of annual fine paid] [25J A: Edward Rookewood, esq. C. D: £240. H. E: From 30 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593] to 1 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. for 13 42 [lunar] months. K. G. P: On 11 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit. [Record of annual fine paidJ [26J A: Edward Sullyard, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: From 18 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J to 17 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. for 13 [lunar] months. K. G. P: On 3 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 18 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594], £140 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit. [Record of annual fine paidJ [27J A: Michael Hare, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: From 1 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J to ult. Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], i.e. for 13 [lunarJ months. K. G. P: On 15 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 22 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £140 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit.

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[Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [28J A: The same sheriff, viz. Robert Forthe, esq. B: [3J £17-15-6! (Stone's tenants); [5J £40 (Androwes) ; [9J £5-6-8 (Marwood); [l1J £67-18-41 (Hussey); [13J £6-8-11 (Crippes); [16J £60 (Norton's tenants) ; [18J £2-13-4 (Rookewood's tenants); [20J £32-16-5i (Everard's tenants). C: £232-19-3t D : [3J Stone's tenants answer for £8-17-91 of their above debt of £17-15-6! in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under "Suff' ", after their farm. 43 [5J Androwes answers for his above debt in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under" Sujj"', ajter his farm. 43 [9J Marwood answers for £2-13-4 oj his above debt of £5-6- 8 in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Suff' ", ajter his farm. 43 [13J Crippes answers for his above debt in same roll (loc. cit.) ajter his farm. 43 [1 6J Norton's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (loc. cit.), after their farm. 43 [18J Rookewood's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (loc. cit), ajter their farm. 43 [20J Everard's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (loc. cit.), after their farm. 43 [IIJ On 16 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £16-19-8 was paid (of a debt oj £67-18-41) into the Treasury, under the name of Lawrence Hussey. And on 22 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1593], £16-19-8 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £16-19- 8 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 25 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1 594J, £16-19-8 was paid. ... [etc. as above]. E: And on 4 Dec., 38 Eliz. [1 595J, £11-11-2 was paid into the Treasury by the said sherifj, that being the remainder of his account jor the [aboveJ recusants. And he [sheriffJ has [a surplus].44 [rotulet 5, dorseJ (" Res' Suff' ") [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancy]45 [29J A: Mary Sherman, lately of Yaxley, Suff., wife of Anthony Sherman of the same, gent. B. D: £300. F: £240. G. H. J : For 12 months following 1 March, 37 Eliz. [1594/5]. L: £60. M: Tuesday, 6 July, 38 Eliz. [1596]. N: From date of conviction to 28 Sept. next following, i.e. for 3 [lunarJ months. O. John Sewell, lately of the same, "yoman" [ J46£300 for the like. Katherine Hall, wife of John Hall, lately of Fynbarowe [FinboroughJ, Suff., gent. . [

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Nicholas Everard, lately of Eye, gent. . owes £300 for the like. [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in another debt of the said Nicholas Everard, in the following [Recusant] Roll, under" Suff' ". And he is quit. John Smithe, lately of Redlingfeld [Redlingfield], "husbandman". . [ ] £300 for the like. John Lyntall, lately of Hawley [Haughley], gent. . . . [ " " " " Ann Mannock, lately of Grundesburghe [Grundisburgh], gentlewoman 47 • [ " " " " Margaret Tunstall, lately of the same, "spinster" . . . . . . . [ " " " " Richard Sullyard, lately of the same, gent. [ " " " " Mary Tymperley, lately of Mycklefeild [Mickfield], gentlewoman 47 • • [ " " " " Ann Tymperley, lately of the same, gentlewoman 47 . [ ] " " " " John Dunne, lately of Ipswiche, gent. . [ ] " " " " Joan Bales, lately of Wilby, wife of Thomas Bales of the same, gent. . [ " " " " Alex' Foster, lately of Copdock, gent. . [ " " " " Henry Parker, lately of Dynnyngton [Dennington], "yoman" [ " " " " Bridget Browne, lately of the same, "spinster" " " " " Bridget Moulton, lately of the same, "spinster" . " " " " Robert Woodward, lately of Syleham, "yoman" . . [ ] " " " " Samuel Dunne, lately of Acton. B. D: £180. F: £120. G. H. J: For 6 months following 1 Aug., 37 Eliz. [1595]. L, M, Nand 0 : as under 1vlary Sherman, above. John Moulton of Stoake juxta Nayland [Stoke by Nayland], "yoman". B. D: £80. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month following 1 Jan., 38 Eliz. [1 595/6]. L, M, Nand 0 : as under Mary Sherman, above. Thomas Bragge, alias Tynkes, lately of Melford [Long Melford], "yoman" [ £80 for the like. [ Henry Daniell, lately of Acton, gent. " " " " Margaret Daniell, his wife . . . [ " " " " Margaret Marten, lately of Melford, "spinster" . . . .. . [ " " " George Ford, lately ofthe same, "yoman" [ ] " " " " Elizabeth Drurye of Lawshull [Lawshall], widow. . . . . . [ ] " " " " William Knappinge, lately of the same, "yoman" . . [ ] " " "

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Bridget Browne, lately of the same, "spinster" [ ] £80 for the like. Ann Rolffe, lately of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " Edmund Talkett, lately of Bury St. Edmunds; parish of St. James " " " " William Tyller, lately of Stanyngfeld [Stanningfield], "yoman" owes"" " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedjor this [debt], for a reason rejerred to in [Recusant] Roll, 6 James I, under " Item Sujj' ", in another debt oj the same William. And he is quit. Ann Ludbrocke, lately of the same, "spinster" £80 for the like. Dorothy Flower, lately of the same, "spinster" " " " " Nicholas Rookwood, lately of Ewston [Euston], gent. owes " " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedjor this [debt], jor a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 2 James I, under " Item Sujf' ", in another debt of the same Nicholas. And he is quit. Elizabeth Knapton, lately of Melford "spinster" £80 for the like. Clemence Payne, lately of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " " Owen Mighell, lately of Ewston, "laborer". B. D: £80. F : £20. G. H. J: For 1 month following 1 June, 38 Eliz. [1 596]. L, M, Nand 0 : as under Mary Sherman, above. lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 309,1. 14 seq. to "Regine huius in Suff'''. 2Not "Bedingfeld", as in Rec. Roll, No. 1. (op. cit). 3"septuagint' librar'" in MS; probably an error for "septingentarum librarum" (£700) as in Rec. Roll, No. 1 (op. cit.). 4Text as op. cit., p. 310, 1. 13 seq. to "Act' pred'''. 51.e., the Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 6CI entry [28], D. The marginal note "oni" ([the sheriff] is charged unless, ...) is missing throughout this Suffolk account. 7Text as op. cit., p. 310, 1. 17 seq. to "equales porc' 8C!. entry [21], below. 9Text as op.cit., p. 310, ibid' ". 1. 33 seq. lOCI op. cit., p. 311, 1. 4 seq. llText as op. cit. , p. 311, 1. 36 seq. to "equales porc' ibid". l2Sic in MS, for "Conerth". l3The brackets indicate a space left in MS for 14Sic in MS, for "36 Eliz". 15Text as Christian name. op. cit., p. 312, 1. 10 seq. l6Text as op. cit., p. 312, 1. 23 seq. to "equales porc' ibid' ". l7Not "March", as in Rec. Roll, No.1 (op. cit.). 18Text as op. cit., p. 312, 1. 40 seq. 19It will be found that these deleted sums have been transferred to the sheriff's arrears (entry [28], D) and their payment enrolled there. 2°Text as op. cit., p. 313, 1. 13 seq. 2lCI op. cit., p. 321, 1. 35 seq. 22See entry [24], below. 23Text as op. cit., p. 313, 1. 28 seq. to "equales porc' ibid'''. 24Text as op. cit., p. 314, 1. 1 seq. 251.e., 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 26"Et eq' " in MS ; an abbreviation of "Et equivaiens est". 27Text as op. cit., p. 314, 1. 7 seq. to "equales porc' ibid'''. 28Text as op. cit., p. 314, 1. 20 seq.

170 ROLL 2. MICH. 35-36 ELIZ. (1593-4) SUFFOLK- SURREY & SUSSEX to "capt' & seisit'''. 29Text as op. cit., p. 314, 1. 32 seq. to " sicut cont' ibid'''. 30See entry [22J, below. 31Text as op. cit., p. 315, 1.1 seq. to "capt' & seisit' ibid'''. 32Cj. entry [28J, D. 33C! op. cit., p. 315, 1. 10 seq. 34Cj op. cit., p . 309, 1. 44 seq. 35C! entry [14J, B. 36C! entry 37The word "Norff'" here possibly repeats an [4J, above. error in the records of the Clerk of the Pells. 38Sic in MS : c! "£240" in entry [17JB. 39See entry [21J, above. 40C! op. cit., p. 310,1. 17 (postscript). 41Cj. op. cit., p. 321,1. 35 seq. The recusant (not named in text) is John Danyell, esq.; c! entry [12J, above. 42"Tresdecim" in MS, for "duodecim" (twelve). 43Note in L. margin: It is answered ("r[espondetJur"). The sheriff 44"Et hab' " (Forthe) was therefore discharged of this amount. in MS. The surplus amounts to 2td. 45All the items under this heading are bracketed, L., in MS with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[atJ Commissio"). 46The brackets here & in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word "deb'" (owes). C! Introd., p. xcix. 47"generos' " in MS : c! p. 157, note 31.

[rotulet 22J

SURREY and SUSSEX

(" Surr' Sussex' ")1 [PreambleJ [1J Sir Nicholas Parker, knt., sheriff of this county (" huius Com' to) from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders . . . [etc. as Berks. [IJ]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ2 [2J farm. A: Richard Bellingham, gent. [lessee]. C: £55-11-2. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Horton [in Upper Beeding, SussexJ, with all its rights, members & appurtenances, of the yearly value of 40 marks; together with the various other manors, messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in the said county, specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under " Surr' Sussex' ". B: Edward Banister, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Richard Bellingham, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 6 March, 31 Eliz. [1588/9]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Surr' Sussex' ". J: On 26 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £27-15-7 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £27-15-7 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [BellinghamJ is quit. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ 3 [3] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of fresh marshland in Wessham [Westham, Sussex]. C: £2-6-8. B: Henry Norton, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 4 E(d): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Surr' Sussex'''. F: £2-6-8 from preceding year. G: £4-13-4.

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~ [Seized land. Rental] 5 [4J jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity or annual rent of £4 issuing from certain lands in Hoe [Hooe, Sussex], in the tenure of Thomas Hais. C: 6£2- 13-4. B: Agnes Pilcher, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act.' E(d) : as in entry [3]. F: £2-13-4 from preceding year. G: £5-6-8. J: For which the sheriffanswers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 7 [L. Margin] [The sheriff] is charged unless, ...

~ [Seized land. RentalJ8 [5] jarm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a messuage & 80 acres of land in Aysshington [Ashington, Sussex], Worminghurst [Warminghurst, SussexJ, & Thackham [Thakeham, SussexJ ; and of various other lands & tenements in "the said county". C:6 £15-11-1i. B: Nicholas Wolff, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act.' E(d): as in entry [3]. F: £15-11-1id. from preceding year. G: £31-2-21. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4]].

[Lease of seized land. Rental] 9 [6] jarm. A: Edward Gage, esq. [lessee]. C: £75-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Marisfeld [Maresfield, Sussex], with all its rights, members & apps., in Sussex; together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., specified in the Great [Pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Adhuc Item Sussex'''. B: Lady Elizabeth Gage, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Edward Gage, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 4 Aug., 32 Eliz [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3], E(d). F: £75-6-8 from preceding year. G: £150-13-4. J: On 18 May, 35 Eliz. [1593], £37-13-4 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 8 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593], £37-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 8 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £37-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Edw. Gage] owes £37-13-4. But he [Gage] ought not to be summoned jor this [sumJ nor ought the said rent to be charged hencejorth, by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he [Gage] is quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 10 [7] jarm. A: Richard Olyve, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £20-16-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Dichelinge Garden, estimated to contain 120 acres, lying & s

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existing in Dichelinge [Ditchling, Sussex], in the county of Surrey & Sussex, together with the various other manors, lands & tenements, with apps., in the said county, specified in the Great [pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Sussex'''. B: Thomas Gage of Alceston [Alciston, Sussex], gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Richard Olyve, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 21 May, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3], E(d). F: £20-16-8 from preceding year. G: £41-13-4. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4]]. [Lease of seized land. Rental]l1 [8 ] farm. A: John Wattes [lessee]. C: £66-3-111 & twothirds of id. D: Two-thirds of a capital messuage & park, estimated to contain 100 acres of land, in Horssham [Horsham, Sussex] ; together with the various other manors, messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Sussex, specified in the Great [pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Sussex'''. B: Katherine, Lady Copley, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Wattes, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 29 July, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C.12 H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3], E(d). F: £66-3-11 1 & two-thirds of id. from preceding year. G: £132-7-10!d. & two-thirds of !d. J: And he [Wattes] answers in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Surr' Sussex' ", after his farm. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 13 [9] farm. A: Thomas Palgrave & John Murfyne [lessees] . C : £10. D: Two-thirds of certain lands, with apps., in Brightlinge or Burwasshe [BurwashJ, Sussex; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Sussex. B: William Assheborneham, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Palgrave & John Murfyne, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 2 Dec., 32 Eliz. [1589]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3J, E(d). F: £10 from preceding year. G: £20. J : But they [Palgrave & MurfyneJ ought not to be summoned for £10 , i.e. the rent for part of this year & of the preceding year (£5 for each year), nor be charged henceforth with £5 of the said £10 per ann. (for a moiety of the aforesaid property), by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 33 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And they owe £10. [Further postscripts as under entry [4JJ . [Seized land. RentalJ14 [10J farm. A: Tenants. B: Elizabeth, Lady Gage, recusant.

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C: £26-13-4. D: Two-thirds of certain lands in Alciston [SussexJ, of the yearly value of £40. E(a): Henry Nevell, esq., & others. E(b): 1 Oct., 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 34 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: £26-13-4 from preceding year. G: £53-6-8. J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, for a reason referred to in the farm of Edward Gage, esq.15 And they [tenants] are quit. [Seized land. RentalJ16 [11J farm . A: Tenants. B: Lancelot Gildridge, gent., recusant. C: £5-6-8. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenerrients in Bedingham [Beddingham, SussexJ, of the yearly value of £8. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [10]. F: £5-6-8 from preceding year. G: £10-13-4. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4]]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ17 A: John Johnson, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £3-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a messuage or tenement, and of certain lands in Arlington, Sussex, called "Cobles", estimated to contain, in all, 30 acres, of the yearly value of £5. B: Thomas Tyndall of Arlington, Sussex, "yoman", recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Johnson, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 2 March, 34 Eliz. [1591/92J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Sussex' ".

[12] farm.

[Lease of seized land. Rental] [13J farm. A: William Cordell, master cook of the Queen's kitchen [lesseeJ. C: £106-8-10t & two-thirds of i d. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Assheborneham [Ashburnham, SussexJ, with appurtenances; together with the various other lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps. , in Sussex, specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Sussex' ".1 8 B: John Assheborneham, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Cordell, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 30 Nov., 33 Eliz., [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [12]. F: £319-6-8! from previous years. G: £425-15-7 & two-thirds of i d. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4J]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [14J farm. A: William Cordell, master cook of the royal kitchen [lesseeJ. C: £10. D: The whole manor of Assheborneham,

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with all its rights, members & apps., in Sussex; together with the various other manors, lands & tenements, with apps., in Sussex, specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under " Sussex' "19 being a parcel of the lands & possessions of ... B : John Asshebomeham, esq., recusant. H(a): Moresaid William Cordell, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 12 May, 34 EIiz. [1592]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [12]. F: £15 from previous years. G: £25. J: On 8 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1592], £5 was paidfrom this farm into the treasury. And on 4 May, 35 Eliz. [1593], £5 was paid . . . [etc. as above]. And on 8 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593], £5 was paid . . . [etc. as above]. And on 19 June, 36 Eliz. [1594], £5 was paid . . . [etc. as above]. And on 15 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], £5 was paid . . . [etc. as above]. And he [Cordell] is quit.

[Lease of seized land. Rental] [15] farm. A: Thomas Henslowe, esq. [lessee]. C: £74-1-6! , a half ld. & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Wiltinge, Sussex, with apps., containing 300 acres; together with the various other manors, lands & tenements, with apps., in Sussex, specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under " Sussex' " ;20 also two-thirds of a capital messuage & certain lands called "Beamondes", in the parish of Farlington, Hants., together with the various other manors, messuages, lands tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Hants., similarly specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Sussex' "20 B: Thomas Pownde of Farlington, Hants., gent., recusant. H(a): Moresaid Thomas Henslowe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 15 Feb., 35 Eliz. [1592/3]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [12]. J: On 24 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £36 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], £38-1-8 was paid . . . [etc. as above]. And he [Henslowe] is quit.

[Lease of seized land. Rental] 21 [16] farm. A: John Salysbury, one of the Queen's servants [lessee]. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a third part of the manor of Eastborne [Eastbourne], [East] Sussex. B: Alice Gildridge, lately of Eastborne aforesaid, "spinster", recusant. H(a): Moresaid John Salisbury, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 3 Oct., 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [3], E(d). F: £13-6-8 from preceding year. G: £26-13-4. J: [Postscripts as under entry [4]].

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*[Arrearage of rent] [17] A: Tenants. B: Mary Scotte of Iden, "spinster". F: £6- 13- 4, being part [of an annual rent] of £13- 6-8, viz. the rent due from the date of seizure until Michaelmas next following, i.e., 35 Eliz. [1593]. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Ryver & Flott, with apps., in Playden [Sussex], in the tenure of Ann Martyn, widow; of a messuage, with apps., in the tenure 22 of Thomas Austen; of a messuage, with apps., in Peasemarshe [Peasmarsh], in the tenure of Thomas Baker; and of various parcels of fresh marsh-land in Peasemarshe aforesaid, in the tenure of John Haukyns [or Hankyns ?], gent. E(b): 25 Aug. , 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a): Edmund Pelham, esq., & others. E(c): Recusancy of the same Mary. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J : [postscripts as under entry [4]]. [rotulet 22, dorseJ *[Seized land. Rental] [18J farm. A: Tenants. B: George Faukes of Hartynge [Harting], Sussex, gent. C: £16. D: Two-thirds of certain lands, tenements & hereditaments in Kingston [-upon-Thames], Surrey, of the yearly value of £4; and of a certain lease of a messuage & 120 acres of arable & pasture land, with apps. , called "Holtfarme", in the parish of Hartynge aforesaid, of the value of £20. E(b): 2 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Thomas Bisshoppe, esq., & others. E(c): Recusancy of the same George. E(d): as in entry [17J. [L. Margin] Supersedeas 23 t [Seized goods & chattels] [19] Sir Walter Covert, knt., sheriff, owes £9-18-4, charged upon himself, and by him received ("et per ipsum recept' "), for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the aforesaid George Faukes, recusant, taken into the Queen's hands and returned (" & retornat' ") by the aforesaid commissioners, as stated above. 24 [PostscriptsJ And he [Covert] answers in the/ollowing [Recusant] Roll, under " Surr' Sussex' ". [L. MarginJ Supersedeas. 23 *[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: Joan Ockenden of Westfirles [West Firle, SussexJ, "spinster". C: £3-6-8. D: Twothirds of various customary lands (" terr' custum' ") in West-

[20] farm.

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fude. E(b): 5 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Edmund Pelham, esq., & others. E(c): Recusancy of the same Joan. E(d): as in entry [17]. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 25 [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ ics charged, unless . ... *[Seized land. Rental] [21J farm. A: Tenants. B: William Assheborneham, gent. C : 13s. 4d. D : Two-thirds oflands & tenements in Asheborneham aforesaid. E(b), (a) and (d): as in entry [20]. E(c): Recusancy of the same William. J: [postscripts as under entry [20J]. *[Seized land. Rental] [22J farm. A: Tenants. B: Thomas Asheborneham. C: 13s. 4d. D: Two-thirds of lands & tenements in Asheborneham aforesaid. E(b) , (a) and (d): as in entry [20]. E(c): Recusancy of the same Thomas . J: [Postscripts as under entry [20J]. [tLease of seized land. RentalJ [23J farm. A: Walter Windesor, esq. [lessee]. C: £13-6-8. D: The whole manor of Ryver & Flott, with all its rights, members & appurtenances in Sussex, and a messuage & barn built within & upon the said manor; also all the 12 acres of fresh marsh-land & the 10 acres of wood-land belonging & pertaining (" spectan' & pertinen''') to the same manor, messuage & barn in the parish of Playdon [PleydenJ, Sussex, now in the tenure of Ann Martin, widow, or her assigns, of which Mary Scotte of Iden Sussex, "spinster", recusant, is is seised in her demesne, freehold (" ut de libero tenemento"), for the term of her life; of the clear yearly value of £4: the whole of another messuage & 12 acres of pasture land, with apps., in the parish of Iden aforesaid, in the tenure of Thomas Austen, being a parcel of the manor of Mott, of the clear yearly value (charges deducted) of £1 : the whole of another messuage, [withJ an orchard, a garden, 10 acres of pasture land, 7 acres of fresh marsh-land and 15 acres of wood-land, with apps., in the parish of Peasemarsshe [peasmarshJ, Sussex, now in the tenure of Thomas Baker, or his assigns, being a parcel of the said manor of Mott, of the clear yearly value (charges deducted) of £1-13-4. Also the whole of a parcel of fresh marsh-land, with apps., estimated to contain 20 acres : the whole of another parcel of fresh marsh-land, with apps., estimated to contain 11 acres : the whole of 6 pieces or parcels of pasture and brookland (" terr' pastur' & broci anglice voc' brookes"), known by the name or names of "Le Ripes"; of

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another parcel of brookland ("terr' broci"), estimated to contain 9 acres; of another parcel of brook-land, called "Brewers Brooke"; of another parcel of brook-land, called "The Milpine Brooke": the whole of 2 parcels of pasture land, called "Le Strakes" ; of the wood called "Copwood" & of the wood called "The Milpine Wood", all in the said parish of Peasemarshe, being a parcel of the said manor of Mott, and now in the tenure of John Haukins [or Hankins ?J, gent. ; of the clear yearly value (charges deducted) of £6-13-4: all the above property being two-thirds of the lands & possessions of . . . B: The aforesaid Mary Scotte of Iden aforesaid, Sussex, "spinster", recusant. E(b): 25 Aug., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Edmund Pelham, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid Walter Windes or, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under " Sussex' ". J: On 3 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6-13-4 was paidJrom this Jarm into the treasury. And on 22 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [WindesorJ is quit. [Seized goods & chattelsJ [24J Thomas Bowyer, Richard Lewkenor & John Savile, esqs., owe £13 for Thomas Pelham, esq., late sheriff (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Item Sussex' "), viz. a sum which they have taken ("quas [librasJ ceperunt") of the goods & chattels of Nicholas Wolffe, recusant; cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under " Adhuc Item Sussex' ". [Postscripts as under entry [20JJ. [Seized goods & chattelsJ [25J The same Thomas, Richard & John owe £21-6-8 for the same late sheriff [ref. as in entry [24JJ, which sum ("quos" [denariosJ) they have taken of the goods & chattels of Elizabeth Croucher, recusant; cf. . [ref. as in entry [24J]. [postscripts as under entry [20JJ. [Seized goods & chattelsJ [26J The same Thomas, Richard & John owe £1-13-4 for the same late sheriff, which sum they have taken of the goods & chattels of Henry Chadderton, recusant; cf .. [ref. as in entry [24JJ . [Seized goods & chattelsJ26 [27J William Chaderton of Garneley [EarnleyJ, Sussex, gent., owes £10 for the same late sheriff [PelhamJ .. [ref. as in entry [24JJ, which he [WilliamJ owes to Henry Chaderton, recusant, and

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[whichJ is due to the Queen by reason of the recusancy of the same Henry; cf . . [ref. as in entry [24J]. [Postscripts as under entry [20JJ. [Record of annual fine paidJ [28J A: John Gage, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: From uIt. Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593J to 30 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. for 13 [lunarJ months. K. G. P: On 8 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And on 15 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1 594J , £140 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit. [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [29J A : The same sheriff, viz. Sir Nicholas Parker, knt. B: [4J £5-6-8 (Pilcher's tenants): [5J £31-2-2t (Wolff's tenants); [7J £41-13-4 (Olyve); [9J £10 (Palgrave & Murfyne); [llJ £10-13-4 (Gildridge's tenants); [13J £425-15-7 & two-thirds of id. (Cordell); [16J £26-13-4 (Salysbury); [17J £6-13-4 (Scott's tenants); [20J £3-6-8 (Ockenden's tenants); [21J 13s. 4d. (Will. Asheborneham's tenants); [22J 13s. 4d. (Thos. Asheborneham's tenants) ; [24J £13 (Bowyer etc.); [25J £21-6-8 (Bowyer etc.); [26J £1-13-4 (Bowyer etc.); [27J £10 (Will. Chaderton). C: £608-11-1! & two-thirds of id. D : [7J Olyve answers below 27 for £33-13-4 of his debt of £41-13-4.28 [13J Cordell answers for his above debt in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under" Surr' Sussex' ", after his farm. 28 [20J Ockenden's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (Zoc. cit.) after their farm. 28 [21J Will. Asheborneham's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (Zoc. cit.), after their farm. 28 [22J Thos. Asheborneham's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (Zoc. cit.), after their farm. 28 [24J [25J, [26J Bowyer etc. answer for £36 [i.e. the sum of their 3 above debtsJ in same roll [Zoc. cit.), in three separate particulars. 28 [27J Will. Chaderton answers for his above debt in same roll (loc. cit.). 28 [5J Wolff's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (Zoc. cit.), after their farm. 28 [11 J Gildridge's tenants answer for their above debt in same roll (Zoc. cit.) after their farm. 28 E: And he [sheriffJ owes £56-13-4. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Surr' Sussex' ". [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [30J farm. A: Francis Cotton, esq. [lesseeJ.

£22-16-81.

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D : Two-thirds of the manors of Weltinge & Hollington, with appurtenances, in Sussex, together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements specified in the preceding ; [RecusantJ Roll, under "Sussex'''. 29 B: Thomas Pownde, lately of Farlington, Hants., gent. , recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Francis Cotton, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 20 Feb., 33 Eliz. [1590/91]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Sussex'''. F : £45- 13-41 from previous years. G: £68-10-1i. J: But he [CottonJ ought not to be summoned for £45- 13-5!, being the rent for this & the preceding year nor ought the said rent to be charged after 15 Feb., 35 Eliz. [1592/3J, because Thomas Henslowe, esq.; answers in another part of the present rotulet 30 for an annual rent of £74-1-6i, a half-farthing and two-thirds of 1 penny for the same premises, together with other property,from the said 15 Feb., 35 Eliz., and is thenceforth answerable to the Queen by another commission. And he [Cotton] owes £22- 16-8. And he answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under "Surr' Sussex' ". [Arrearage of rent] [31] A: Richard Olyve, a yeoman of the chamber royal [lessee], owes £33-13-4 for the sheriff, as stated above, 31 viz. of a certain annual rent of £20-16-8. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Dichelinge Garden, and of a moiety of all the lands, tenements & profits of the manor of Ersham, alias Hailesham, in Harlesham [HailshamJ, Sussex. B: Thomas Gage, gent., recusant. F: The above rent [£33-13-4J being the part due from the manor of Ersham, alias Hailesham aforesaid, for this year, 36 Eliz., & the preceding year, as may be seen in another part of the present rotulet; 31 cf. also the Great [Pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under " Adhuc Item Sussex' ". J: But he [OlyveJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; Cf, Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 33 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, -rotulet [ J. And he [OIyveJ is quit. [rotulet 2, dorseJ

(" Res' Sussex' ")

[Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ [32J 32A: James Lynacre of the parish of St. Mary Overyes, in Southwarke, Surrey, esq. B. D: £60. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month following 1 Jan., 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. L: £40. M: Monday, 16 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. N: From date of conviction to 12 April next following i.e., for 2 [lunar] months. O.

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William Cooke of the same parish and county, gent. . [ ]33 £60 for the like. Robert Adyne of the same, gent.. [ ]" """ Edward Cottrington of the same, gent. [ ]" """ Richard Dowse of the same, "yoman" [ ] " """ David Ryngsted, "yoman" [ ]" """ Ralph Emerson, "yoman" [ ]" """ John Brigges of the same, "yoman" [ " """ John Moore of the same, "yoman" . [ ] ]" """ William Thornbury of the same, "yoman" . [ " " " " John Lillye of the same, "yoman" [ " " " " Thomas Bassett of the same, "yoman" . [ ] " "" " William Lokyer of the same, "yoman" [ ] " " " " Clement Hale of the same, "yoman" []" " " " John Ayre of the same, "yoman" [ ] " "" " Ann Glascock, of the same, "spynster" [ ] " """ Alice Cole of the same, "spynster" [ ] ,,""" "Christiana" Ringwood of the same, "spynster" ] " " " " Ann Byrde of the same, "spynster" ] """ Jane Clitterbuck of the same, "spynster" ] " "" " Joan Twyne of the same "spynster". []" " " " A: Richard Page of Newicke, Sussex, "yoman". B. D: £60. F: £40. 34 G. H. J: For 1 month following 1 June, 37 Eliz. [1595]. L: £40. M: Monday, 23 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. N: From date of conviction to 19 April next following, i.e. for 2 [lunar] months. O. "Licia" Temple of Estgrinsted [East Grinstead], Sussex, "spinster" [ £60 for the like. Alice Quested of Westham, Sussex, "spynster" . " " " " Thomas Abrooke of Alfriston, Sussex, gent. . . . . . . . . . [ ] " " " " 35A: Anthony Copley, lately of Horsham, Sussex, gent. B. D : £80. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month following 1 Jan., 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. L: £60. M: Friday, 9 July, 38 Eliz. [1596]. N: From date of conviction to 1 Oct. next following, i.e. for 3 [lunar] months. O. John Copley, lately of the same, gent. £80 for the like. Elizabeth Woodward of Lodsworth, Sussex, "spinster" " " " Katherine Diggins, lately of the same, "spinster" " " " " Thomas Brooke, lately of Alfriston, Sussex, "yoman" [ ] " " "

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Thomasina Mathiman 36 wife of Custance ("Custancie") Mathiman, lately of Pevensey, Sussex, "spinster" [ Alice Anested,37 wife of Daniel Anested,37 lately of Westham, Sussex, "spinster" Richard Page, lately of Newick, Sussex, "yoman" . Ann Sho",sewell, lately of Echingham [EtchinghamJ Sussex, "spinster" William Malham of Wartlinge, Sussex, "laborer" . [ Joan Alcherne [? or Altheme], wife of Thomas Alcherne, lately of Pyecombe, Sussex, "spinster"

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£80 for the like.

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lSurrey & Sussex formed a single sheriffwick until 163 5. aCf C.R.S., XVJTI, p. 325, 1. 31 seq. 3Text as op. cit., p. 326, 1. 27 seq. to " virtute Act' pred'''. 4I.e., Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 6Text 6The word "deb' " (owes) is present as op. cit., p. 327, 1. 1 seq. 7Cf entry in this roll (omitted in Rec. Roll, No.1: op. cit.). [29J, D. or E. 8Text as op. cit., p. 327, 1. 21 seq. 9C!. op. cit., p. 327,1. 28 seq. 10Cf op. cit., p. 328, 1. 8 seq. llText 12" unum ob' " (Ioc. cit., 1. 38) is as op. cit., p. 328, 1. 27 seq. l3C!. op. cit., p. 328, 1. 43 seq. omitted in the present roll. aCf op. cit., p. 329, 1. 29 seq. l5Entry [6J, above. l6Text as op. cit., p. 329, 1. 34 seq. l7Cf op. cit., p. 330, 1. 43 seq. l8Cf op. cit., p. 332, 1. 33 seq. 20C!. op. cit., p. 333, 1. 33 seq. 2lCf op. cit., p. 335, 1. 25 seq. 22The words "in tenura" are repeated in MS: probably the location of this messuage (i.e. Iden, Sussex; cf entry [23J, below) has thus been omitted by a clerical 24Cf oversight. 23Title of a writ for stay of proceedings. entry [18J, E(b), (a) & (d). 25Cf entry [29J, D. or E. 26Text of this entry: "Willelmus Chaderton de Garneley in Com' pred' generos' deb' £10 pro eodem nuper vic' ibidem viz, quas deb' Henr' Chaderton Recusan' & Regine debit' racione Recusanc' eiusdem Hem' ibidem: " apparently, an instance (rare) of assignment to the crown of a financial debt owed to a recusant and included in his "personal chattels" (cf Wharton, Law Lexicon "personal property" ). 27See entry [31J. 28Note in L. margin: It is answered ("r[espondetJur"). The sheriff (Parker) was therefore discharged of this amount. 29Cf op. cit., p. 329, 1. 39 seq. 80See entry [15J, above. 31See entry [29J, D. 32This & the following items, to Thomas Abrooke, inclus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[atJ Commissio"). 38The brackets here & in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word" deb' " (owes). C!. 34Sic in MS, for £20. 35This & the remainIntrod., p. xcix. ing items are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be 36"Mathewman" in later rolls. 37Sic: for issued. "Quested"? Cf item above.

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WARWICKS

[rotulet 23] WARWICKSIDRE (" Warr''') [preamble] [1] George Devereux, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich, 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire[I]] , [Seized land. Rental] 1 [2] farm. A: Tenants. C: £6-13-4. D: A messuage, with appurtenances, in Barkeswell [Berkswell], and other property: of the lands & tenements of ... B : Thomas Higginson, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by virtue of a certain Act 2 of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Wan'''. F: £6-13-4 from preceding year. G: £13-6-8. [Seized land. Rental] [3J farm. A: Tenants. C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one tenement & of 4 cottages in Barkeswell, Warwicks. B: Thomas Higgenson, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): Thomas Dabrigcourt, esq., & others. E(b): 20 Oct., 33 Eliz. [1591J. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Warr' ".3 F : £13-6-8 from previous years. G: £20. [Seized land. Rental] 4 [4J farm. A: Tenants. C: £6-13-4. D: Two-thirds of one tenement & of various lands in Tanworthe. B: Thomas Greene of Tamworthe [Tanworth], "yoman", recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £40, by reason of his recusancy. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [3J. F: £6-13-4 from preceding year. G : £13-6-8. [Seized land. Rental] 5 [5] farm. A: Tenants. C: £3-6-8. D: Two-thirds of certain customary lands in Rowington. B: Margaret Atwood, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £40, by reason of her recusancy. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [3]. F: £6-13-4 from previous years. G: £10. [Seized land. Rental] 6 [6] farm. A: Tenants. C: £9-8-10. D: Two-thirds of various lands and tenements, with appurtenances, in Wood Bevington. B: Elizabeth Ferrers, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £40, by reason of her recusancy. E(a), (b) and (d) : as in entry [3]. F: £18-17-8 from previous years. G: £28-6-6. IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 344, 1. 15 seq. 2The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 3Text as op. cit., p. 344,1. 23 seq. to "capt' et seisit' ". 'Text as op. cit., p. 344,1. 34 seq. to" sicut cont' ibid'''. 5Text as op. cit., p. 344, 1. 42 seq. to " capt' & seisit' ibid'''. 6Text as op. cit., p. 345, 1. 7 to " capt' & seisit' ibid' ".

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WESTMORLAND

183

[rotulet 26] WESTMORLAND ("Westmorland") ~ [Seized land. Rental] 1 [1] farm. A: Tenants. C: £2. D: Various lands & tenements lying & existing in the manor of Burton [in Warcop], Westmld. ; of the lands & tenements of ... B : Andrew Hilton, gent., of the city of Karlion' [Carlisle], Cumberland, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £300, by virtue of a certain Act 2 of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Westmorl' ", where the above rent is demanded ("exigitur") under the name of Geoffrey Lawson & others. F: £17 from previous years. G: £19. J: For £2 oj which the sheriff answers below. 3 And they [tenants] owe £17. [L. Margin] [The sheriff] is charged jor this year's rent only, unless . ... 4 [Lease of seized land. Rental] [2] jarm. A: John Budgell [lessee]. C: £11-10-10. D.1: Two-thirds of the manor of Helbeck [? Hillbeck], with all its rights & appurtenances; together with the other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Westmld., specified in preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" W estmorl' ".5 B.1: Henry Blinkinsopp of Burghe subtus Staynemore [Brough-underStainmore], Westmld., esq., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of the manor of Burton [in WarcopJ, with all its rights & apps., and of various other messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Burton and Hilton [in Murton], Westmld. B.2 : Andrew Hilton of Burton, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Budgell. H(b): From Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592J. H(c). H(d): as C., i.e. £7-10-10 for Blinkinsopp's property, and £4 for Hilton's property. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Westmorland". F: £11-10-10 from preceding year. G: £23-1-8. [Arrearage of rent] [3] A: Tenants. B: Henry Blenkynsoppe, esq., recusant. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Helbecke, with apps., and of one watermill there; together with various other messuages, mills, lands & tenements in Burght subtus Stannymore [Broughunder-StainmoreJ, Racebeck [Raisbeck], Southvegin & elsewhere ("et aI' "), Westmld. F: £7-10-10, being the rent for one full year ending at Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d) : Cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Westmorl' ".6 J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ : cj. M emoranda Roll, L.T.R., 37 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they [tenants] are quit.

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WESTMORLAND-WILTS

[Arrearage of rent] [4] A: Tenants. B: Andrew Hilton, gent., recusant. D: D: Two-thirds of the manor of Burton, with apps., F : 7£4, being the rent for one full year ending at Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " W estmorl' ". 8 J : For which the sheriff answers below. 9 [Statement of sheriff's arrears]. [5] A: The same sheriff, viz. George, Earl ("Comes") of Cumberland. B: [1] £2 (Hilton's tenants): [4] £4 (Hilton's tenants). C: £6. E: And he [sheriff] answers in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Westmorl' ". [Enrolment of estreated conviction for recusancy] [6] A: Thomas Pickeringe, lately of Crosthwayte, gent. B. D: £60 F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month following 3 May, 30 Eliz. [1588J. L: £40. M: 8 Aug., 30 Eliz. [1588]. N: From date of conviction to 3 Oct. next following, i.e. for 2 [lunar] months.10 O. P: Cf. Great [pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz. , under. " Westmorl' ". [L. Margin]. Let a commission be issued. ll lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 370,1. 8 seq. to "et aliorum". 2Text 3Cj. entry [5], E. 4"Oni De Anno" Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. in MS: i.e. the sheriff is charged to collect the rent for the current 5Cj. op. cit., p. 371, 1. 34 seq. year only, omitting arrears. ecj. op. cit., p. 370, 1. 19 seq. 7The word " debet" (owes) is omitted in MS: by clerical oversight. sCj. op. cit., p. 371, 1. 1 seq. 9Cf. entry [5], E. The left-hand margin is damaged lOThe MS here gives, erronhere, obliterating the note "oni". 11 "fi[at] Commissio". eously, "pro uno mense".

WILTSHIRE (" Wiltes' " ) [rotulet 24] [Preamble] [1] John Thynne, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [1]] . [Lease of seized land. Rental] 1 [2] farm. A: Sir James Marvin, knt. [lessee]. C: £55-6-8. D : Two-thirds of various lands & tenements in Laverstock & Tidworthe, Wilts., of the yearly value of £83, excluding the £30 assured & granted to Edith Fawkenor, the natural daughter of William Fawkoner of Eastmeane [East MeonJ, Hants. , gent.

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B: The said William Fawkoner, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid James Marvin, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Michaelmas, 30 Eliz. [1 588]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Wiltes' ". J: On 29 April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £27-13-4 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 23 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594], £27-13-4 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [Marvin] is quit.

IJ [Seized ,land. Rental] 2 [3] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a third part of a certain farm called "Burry Courte" [Berry Court Farm], in Dunhedd [Donhead] St. Andrew. C: £17-15-61. B: John Grove, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of a certain Act 3 of the Parliament [begun] at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £35-11-1t from previous years. G: £53-6-81. J : For which the sheriff answers below. 4 [L. MarginJ [The sheriff] is charged unless . . . IJ [Seized land. RentalJ 5 [4] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements in Compton Chamberlayne & elsewhere. C: £66-13-4. B: John Codrington, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £80, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 3 E(d) : as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £333-6-8. G: £400. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 6 [5] farm. A: "Fremanus" Yonge [lessee]. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Alb 0 me [AldboumeJ, Wilts., let to a certain Thomas Walrand. B: George Walrand, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid "Fremanus" Yonge & his assigns. H(b): From 5 May, 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. J: On 1 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], £6-13-4 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6-13-4 was paid . . [etc. as aboveJ. And he [YongeJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalF [6] farm. A: Robert Penruddocke [lessee]. C: £13-6-8. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements in Compton Chamberlayne, in the tenure of Edward Frowd & John Nicholas, senior. B: John Codrington, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Robert Pen ruddock, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 13 July, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C.S H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J.

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WILTS

J : But he [PenruddockeJ ought not to be summonedfor £4-8-10 & two-thirds of 1d., being part of the above rent for this year, i.e. for a moiety of one messuage or tenement, with apps., in Compton Chamberlayne aforesaid, a copyhold by grant of John Nicholas senior, (" tent' per copiam cur' ex concession' Johannis Nicholas senior' "), nor ought the said £4-8-10 & two-thirds of 1d. to be charged henceforth, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And on ult. April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £4-8-11 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1 594J, £4-8-11 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [PenruddockeJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ9 [7] farm. A: John Gregorye [lessee]. C: £10-13-4. D: Two-thirds of a purparty & portion ("purpartis & pore' ")10 of the manor of Buryeblunsdon alias Burytowne [in Broad BlunsdonJ, Wilts., being a parcel of the goods & chattels of11 ... B: Richard Warneford of the city of Winton [WinchesterJ, Rants., gent., recusant. R(a): Aforesaid John Gregorye, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 22 March, 33 Eliz. [1590/91]. R(c). H(d): as C. H(f). R(k): as in entry [2J. J: On 22 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5-6-8 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [GregoryeJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ12 [8] farm. A: John Carpenter, gent. [lessee]. C: £28-4-5 & two-thirds of ld. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Norington [N orringtonJ, and of the other messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with appurtenances, in Trowe, Semleighe [Semley], Rurcotte [Hurdcott], Barford St. Martin, Brodchalke [BroadchalkJ, Burchalke [BowerchalkJ & Ebbesbornewak [Ebbesborne WakeJ, Wilts., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Wiltes' ". B: Thomas Gawen, recusant. H(b): From 4 Feb., 34 Eliz. [1591/2J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Wiltes' ". J: On 15 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £14-2-3 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 28 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £14-2- 3 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [CarpenterJ is quit. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 13 [9] farm. A: Edward Stone [lessee]. C: £16-5-4. D: Twothirds of the manor of Eston, alias Eston Bassett [Easton BassettJ, & of the manor or "graung' " [grangeJ called "Lucies", in the parishes of Donhedd [DonheadJ & Barwick St. John [Berwick St. JohnJ, Wilts.; together with the various other

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manors, messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Sussex, specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Wiltes'''. B: John Shelley, gent., recusant. H(b): From 12 Nov., 33 Eliz., [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k) : as in entry [8]. J: On 23 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-2-8 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 7 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-2-8 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [StoneJ is quit. *[Seized land. RentalJ [10J farm. A: Tenants. B: David Grove of West Marten, "yoman". C: £12. D: Two-thirds of a tenement, with apps., in West Marten aforesaid, being a copyhold for the term of the life of the said David (" tent' per copiam pro termino vite pred' David"), in the occupation of Thomas Grove & John Harrys. E(b): 13 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Sir William Bruncker, knt. & others. E(c): Recusancy of the same David. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. J: (Postscripts as under entry [3]], [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [11] A: The same sheriff, viz. John Thynne, esq.· B: [3J £53-6-81 (John Grove's tenants); [10] £12 (David Grove's tenants). C: £65-6-81. D : [10J David Grove's tenants answer for their above debt in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under "Wiltes''', after their farm. 14 [3J John Grove's tenants answer for £35-11-1! of their above debt in the same roll (loc. cit.).14 And on 29 Nov., 38 Eliz. [1595J £17-15-8 oj the above sum of £53-6-81 was paid into the Treasury under the name of John Grove. E: And he [sheriffJ has a surplus of 1 id., which he remits to the Queen. And he [sheriff] is quit. [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ [12] 15A: Robert Barnes, lately of Knoyle, Wilts., "yoman". C. D: £220. F: £180. G. H. J: For 9 months following 30 Sept., 36 Eliz. [1594]. L: £40. M: Thursday, 26 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. N: From date of conviction to 22 April next following, i.e. for 2 [lunarJ months. O. P: But he ought not to be summoned jor this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 13 James 1, under" Wiltes' " , in the farm of Walter Fifeild, gent. And he is quit. T

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WILTS

John Grindle of Fovente [Fovant], ]16£220 for the like. "yornan" . Edward Scanmell of Burzer [Bridzor], in the parish of Tysburye [Tisbury], "yornan" . [ ] " """ John Fezarde of Tysbury "yornan" . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedjor this [debt], jor a reason rejerred to in [Recusant] Roll, 9 James I, under " Wiltes' ", in the jarm of Walter Scamell. And he is quit. Robert Damneck17 of Chidlade, [Chicklade], "yornan" £220 for the like. David Brooke of Dunhedd [Donhead St. Andrew], "yornan" . [ ] " " " " John Davys of Tevante [Teifont], "yornan" . [ ] " " " " William Browne of Sernblye [Sernley], "yornan" . " " " " Denyse ("Dionisia") Carde of Tisburye aforesaid, "spinster" . . . . [ ] " " " " 18 A : David Brooke of Dunhedd St. Andrew, Wilts., "yornan". B. D: £220. F: £180. G. H. J: For 9 months following 30 Mar., 37 Eliz. [1595J. L, M, N and 0: as under Barnes above. "Phillida" Brooke of the same, "spinster", wife of the said David . ] £220 for the like. Elizabeth Brooke of the same, "spinster" ] " """ Mary Brooke of the same, "spinster" ] "

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lText as C.R.S., xvrn, p. 352, 1. 8 seq. to "equaliter". 2Text as op. cit., p. 352, 1. 24 seq. to "Regine ibid'''. 3The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 4Cf. entry [11], D. SText as op. cit .• p. 352, 1. 35 seq. to "Act' pred' ibid'''. 6Text as op. cit., p. 353, 1. 1 seq. to "tempore existen' ibid'. 'Text as op. cit., p. 353, 1. 27 seq. to " tempore existen' ibid' ". 8MS here gives rent, erroneously, as "tresdecim solid' & octo denar' ". 9Text as op. cit., p. 354,1. 9 seq. to "tempore existen' ibid' ". lO"pur_ party" (the Latin is not "proprietatis", as in op. cit.)=a share, esp. in an inheritance: "portion" = that part of a person's estate which is given or left to a child. (Wharton: Law Lexicon). llAn instance of the seizure & farming of "chattels real". The term implies certain rights connected immediately with real estate, e.g. an interest in leaseholds, advowsons, etc. l2Text as op. cit., p. 355, 1. 3 seq. to " Item Wiltes' " (1. 15). l3Text as op. cit., p. 355, 1. 19 seq. to " sicut cont' ibid' ". l4Note in L. margin: It is answered ("r[espondet]ur"). The sheriff (Thynne) was therefore discharged of this amount. lSThis & the following items, to "Denyse Carde" inclus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a l6The brackets commission be issued ("fi[at] Commissio"). here & in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word "deb'" (owes). See Introd. p. xcix. l7"Dominick" in later rolls. l8This & the remaining items are bracketed, L.. with the note : Let a commission be issued.

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[rotulet 25J

WORCS

189

WORCESTERSffiRE ("Wigorn' ")

[preambleJ [IJ Thomas Bigges, esq., sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire[IJJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJl [2J farm. A: James Wilcockes [lesseeJ. C: £51-6-8. D: Two-thirds of the site of the manor or mansion-house of Alvechurche, and of the park there ; together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements specified in the Great [pipeJ Roll, 30 Eliz., under" Wigorn'''. B: William Heathe, junior, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid James Wilcockes, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 1 Mar., 31 Eliz. [1588/9J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Wigorn'''. F: £51-6-8 from preceding year. G: £102-13-4. J: But he [WilcockesJ ought not to be summoned for £76 (part [of the arrearsJ of the said rent of £51-6-8), being the rent for a piece of land called" Ie launde" in Alvechurche, within the park of Alvechurche, and for one barn, for a meadow called "Ie newe Poole M eadowe", for a park called" Ie great parke", and for a certain house, with orchard (" gardin' "), garden ("horto") & 4 virgates of land called "Ie Chauntrye landes", adjacent to the aforesaid house in }ladbury, of the lands & tenements of the said William Heathe, from Michaelmas, 34 Eliz. [1592J, to Mich., 36 Eliz., viz. jor the space oj 2 years, nor ought £38 of the said annual rent oj £51-6-8 to be charged henceforth by consideration oj the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 33 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he [WilcockesJ owes £26-13-4 jor two-thirds of a certain annual rent of £20, of and from the aforesaid site, park & other premises, granted to a certain Dorothy Heathe, widow, recusant, during her life. For which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 2 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ3 [3J jarm. A: Henry Middlemore, esq. [lessee]. C: £18-6s. D: Two-thirds of a capital messuage or mansion-house called "Hawkeslowe", with appurtenances, in the parish of Kingesnorton [Kings NortonJ, Worcs.; together with the various other manors, messuages, lands & tenements specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Wigorn' ". B: John Middlemore, esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Henry Middlemore & his assigns. H(b): From 22 June, 30 Eliz. [1588J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J.

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J: On 20 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-3s. was paid from this farm into the Treasury, under the names of the tenants of the premises. And on 12 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £9-3s. was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ And he [H. MiddlemoreJ is quit. ~ [Seized land. RentalJ 4 [4J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annual rent of £2, issuing from a certain messuage & from various lands, with apps., in the parish of [ J on Severn, 5 Worcs. C: £1- 6-8. B: Richard Hill, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by virtue of a certain Act6 of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d) : as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2- 13-4. J: For which the sheriff answers on the dorse of the present rotulet. 2 ~ [Seized land. Rentalf [5J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annual rent issuing & reserved from one messuage & from various lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Hanley Castle, Worcs. C: £1-6-8. B: Hugh Ligon, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £260, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 6 F: £1-6-8 from preceding year. G: £2-13-4. J: On 12 Feb., 37 Eliz. [1594/5J, £1-6-8 was paid jrom this jarm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov. 36 Eliz. [1594J, 13s. 4d. of the sum oj £1-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And they [tenantsJ owe 13s. 4d. [Further postscript as under entry [4)]. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 8 [6] jarm. A: John Chare [lessee]. C: £12. D: Two-thirds of two messuages or tenements called "Woodend" & "Pleistowe"; together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements in Worcs., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Res' Wigorn'''. B: John Bradstock, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid John Chare, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 3 April, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k) : as in entry [2]. F: £24 from previous years. G: £36. J: On 2 May, 34 Eliz. [1592J, £6 was paid from this jarm into the Treasury, under the names oj the tenants of the premises. And on 13 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1592J, £6 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 23 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £6 was paidjrom thisjarm into the Treasury, under the name of the said John Chare. And he [ChareJ owes £18. But he [ChareJ ought not to be summoned jor this [sumJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda", section rotulet [ ). And he [Chare] is quit.

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Rental] 9

[Seized land. [7J farm. A: Tenants. C: £3-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity or annual rent of £5, issuing from the lands & tenements of a certain Thomas Follyatt, esq., ofPirton, Worcs. B : Michael Follyatt, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £280, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): "Griffinus" Lewis & others. E(b): 12 Jan., 32 Eliz. [1589/90]. E(d): Cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Wigorn' ".9 F: £13-6-8.from previous years. G: £16-13-4. J: [postscript as under entry [4]]. [Seized land. Rental]lO A: Tenants. C: £7-11-4. D: Two-thirds of 4 messuages & of other lands, woods & rents, with apps., in Staunton [1 Gloucs.] & Eldersfeild, Worcs.; of a certain tenement, with apps., in Corse, Gloucs. ; and of the moiety of a certain messuage & certain lands in Hanley Castle, Worcs. B : William Bradstock, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £280, by reason of his recusancy. E(a) , (b) and (d): as in entry [7]. F: £30-5-4 from previous years. G: £37-16-8.

[8] farm.

[Lease of seized land. RentalJll A: Thomas Cole, gent. [lessee]. C: £8-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Glasshampton; with the various messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Worcs. specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Wigom' ".1] B : Thomas Blunt, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Cole, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 23 Nov., 33 Eliz. [1 590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [7], E(d). J : But he [Cole] ought not to be summoned for this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, for a reason referred to in preceding [Recusant] Roll, under " Wigorn' ", in the farm of the aforesaid Thomas Cole. 12 And he [Cole] is quit.

[9] farm.

*[Seized land. Rental] A: Tenants. B: Giles Nanfan, esq., recusant. C: £26-13-4. D: Two-thirds of the manors of Brutes Morton, alias Birchemorton [Birtsmorton], Borrowe [Berrow] & Pendock, with appurtenances; and of a messuage or tenement called "Marshe Farme", with apps., in Longdon, Worcs. E(a): Sir Henry Bromeley, knt., & others. E(b): 10 Oct., 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 34 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F : £26-13-4 from preceding year. G: £53-6-8. J: But they [tenants] ought not to be summoned for this [rent], nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, by consideration

[10] farm.

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of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they [tenantsJ are quit.

[Arrearage of rentJ [11J A : Tenants. B: John Brodstock, recusant. D: Two-thirds of 2 messuages or tenements called "Woodend" & "Pleystowe" with apps., in Quennill [QueenhillJ, in the parish of Rypple [RippleJ; and of certain lands & tenements in Ombersley, Worcs. F: £6, being part of a certain rent of £12, viz. the rent for the half-year ending Ladyday, 32 Eliz. [1 590]. E(d): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Wigorn' "13 J: [postscript as under entry [4JJ. [Record of annual fine paidJ [12J A: John Talbott, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: From 5 Oct., 35 Eliz. [1 593J to 4 Oct., 36 Eliz., i.e. for 13 [lunarJ months. K. G. P: On 11 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £140 was paid into the Treasury. And on 28 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £120 was paid into the Treasury. And he is quit. t[Lease of seized land. Rental] [13J jarm. A: Thomas Willyams [lesseeJ. C: £2-6-8, due at Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, being part of an annual rent of £4--13-4. D: Two-thirds of a messuage or tenement in Upton-on-Severn, Worcs., called "Grenefyld", and of certain lands & tenements in Upton aforesaid, belonging & pertaining to the said messuage, with their apps., in the tenure or occupation of a certain Thomas Bracye. B: Richard Hill, recusant. E(b) : 16 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4J. E(a): Sir Henry Bromeley, knt., & others. R(a): Aforesaid Thomas Williams, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 7 Aug., 36 Eliz. [1594]. H(c). H(d): £4--13-4. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under" Wigorn' ". J: On 9 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], he [WillyamsJ delivered this sum in the Treasury, under the name oj John Grene. And he [WillyamsJ is quit. t[Lease of seized land. Rental] [14J jarm. A: Thomas Willyams [lessee]. C: 13s. 4d., due at Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, being part of an annual rent of £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements in Hanley Castle, Worcs., in the tenure of William Suffeyld, by a lease of the same property ("per dimissionem inde"). B: Hugh Lygon, gent., recusant. E(b) and (a): as in entry [13]. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Willyams, his executors & assigns. H(b): as in entry [13]. H(c). H(d): £1-6-8. H(e). H(k) : as in entry [13J.

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J: On 5 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, he [WillyamsJ delivered this sum in the Treasury. And he [WillyamsJ is quit.

* t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [1 5J farm. A: Thomas Willyams [lesseeJ. C: 13s. 4d., due at Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, being part of an annual rent of £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of various lands & tenements, with apps., in the parish of Northfield, Worcs. B: Edward Geest, "yeoman.", recusant. E(b) and (a): as in entry [13J. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Willyams, his executors & assigns. H(b): as in entry [13J. H(c). H(d): £1-6-8. H(e). H(k): as in entry [13J. [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJu [1 6J A: Thomas Bluntt of Astlee [AstleyJ, Worcs., gent. C. D: £80. F: £60. G. H. J: For 3 months next following 1 May, 37 Eliz. [1595J. L: £20. M: Thursday, 25 March, 38 Eliz. [1596J. N: From date of conviction to 22 April, next following, i.e. for 1 [lunarJ month. O. P: But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to on the dorse of the present rotulet, in another debt of the same Thomas. And he is quit. Bridget Bluntt of Astlee aforesaid, wife of the said Thomas Bluntt ... owes £80 for the like. [PostscriptJ But she ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 43 Eliz., under " Wigorn' ", in another debt of the same Bridget. And she is quit. A: John Yeemold, lately of Hadsor [HadzorJ, "yoman". C. D: £40. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month next following 11 Aug., 33 Eliz. [1591J. L: £20. M: Thursday, 9 March, 34 Eliz. [1591/2J. N: From date of conviction to 7 April, next following, i.e. for 1 [lunarJ month. O. P : But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 12 James i, under" Wigorn' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands & tenements of the same John. And he is quit. [rotulet 25, dorseJ [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [1 7J A: The same sheriff, viz. Thomas Biggs, esq. B: [2J £26-13-4 (Wilcockes); [4J £2-13-4 (Hill's tenants) ; [5J 13s. 4d. (Ligon's tenants); [7J £16-13-4 (Follyatt's tenants); [IIJ £6 (Brodstock's tenants); [15J 13s. 4d. (Willyams). C: £53-6-8. E: And he [sheriff] answers in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Wigon'''.

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[Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancy]15 [18] A: Thomas Bluntt, lately of Asteley, [Astley], Worcs., gent. C. D: £40. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month next following 1 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1585/6]. L: £20. M: Thursday, 25 March, 38 Eliz. [1596]. N: From date of conviction to 22 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunar] month. O. P : But he ought not to be summonedjor this [debt], by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 4 James I, Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Hugh Throgmorton, lately of Kingsnorton, gent . . . . . . . [ ] 16£40 for the like. Thomas Greene, lately of Bransford, gent. owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedjor this [debt], by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 4 James I, Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. William CoDes, lately of Hallowe [North Hallow], gent . . .. . owes £40 for the like. [postscript] But he ought not to be summonedjor this [debt], jor a reason rejerred to in [Recusant] Roll, 3 James I, under "Wiltes' ", in another debt oj the same William. And he is quit. Mary CoDes, wife of the said William . £40 for the like. Edward Goldwyre, lately of the same, "yoman" . " " " " Hugh Daye, lately of the same, gent. " " " " Margery Daye, wife of the same Hugh . [ " " " Dorothy Abington, lately of Hynlipp [Hindlip], "spinster" . [ " " " " Katherine Sparkes, lately of the same, "spinster" . " " " " Lion' Barton, lately of the same, gent. " " " " Nicholas Woodhappe of the same, "yoman" . " " " " Ralph Goulde of the same, "yoman" . owes " " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summonedjor this [debt], by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cj. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R. , 4 James I, Hilary term, "Recorda" section [ ]. And he is quit. John Ellys of the same, "yoman" . [ ] £40 for the like. J ames Morgan of the same, "yoman" . [ ] " " " " John HoDyman of the same, "yoman" . [ ] " " " " Margaret Smith of the same, "spinster" . [ ] " " " " Alice CoDes of the same, "spinster". . [ ] " """ Elizabeth Bradshawe of the same, "spinster" . [ ] " "" " Thomas Abyngton, lately of the same, esq. [J " " " "

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Dorothy Abyngton, wife of the same Thomas .. . [ ] £40 for the like. Ann Parsons of the same, "spinster". . [ ] " " " " George Harrys, lately of Halesowen, gent. owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, by consideration oj the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L .T.R., 9 James I, Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. John Moore of the same, "yoman" . [ J £40 for the like. John Collyns of the same, "yoman". [J" """ William Higgyns of the same, "yomall" [ ] " """ Richard Reyno1de~ of the same, "yoman" [ ] " " " " Mary, his wife [ J " """ Robert Smithe of the same, "yoman" [] " " " " Margaret Penne, lately of Hageley [HagleyJ, wife of Roger Penne, gent. [ " " " " [rotulet 24, dorse] (" Res' Wigom' ") [Enrolments of estreated convictions : continued]15 [19J A: Thomas Smithe of Elmeley Lovett, Worcs. , " husband' ". B. D: £40. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month next following 1 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6J. L: £20. M: Thursday, 25 March, 38 Eliz. [1596J. N: From date of conviction to 22 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunar] month. O. Elizabeth Smythe of the same, "spinster" [ J £40 for the like. Joan Smythe of the same, "spinster" . . [ J " " " " Humphrey Smythe of the same, "hus b' " owes £40 for the same17 Elizabeth Smythe, wife of the same Humphrey, . . . . . owes 17 Edward Gest, lately of N orthfeild, " husb'''. . . . . . . owes" " " ,,18 George Gest, lately of the same, " husb'" owes" " " " 18 Frances Geste, wife of the same George [ J £40 for the like. Dorothy Andros of the same, widow . owes " " " " [PostscriptJ But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt), by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 3 James I, Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And she is quit. Elizabeth Smythe of the same, wife of John Smithe, "yoman". . . . [ £40 for the like. Ann Greves, lately of Yardley, wife of John Greves, "yoman". . . . [ " " " " John Smithe, lately of Stoke Priors, "yoman". . . . . . . . owes " " " " [postscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt] , for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Res' Wigorn' ", in another debt of the same John. l9 And he is quit . H

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Margaret Smithe, wife of the same John £40 for the like. John Middlemore, lately of Kingsnorton, esq. . " ., " Jane Middlemore, lately of the same, wife of George Middlemore, gent. . " " " " Henry Walderne of the same, "Blacksmithe" ... [ ] Roger Palmer of the same, "Taylor" [ ] " " " " " " " " Daniel Pynnynge of the same, "Blacksmith" . . . .. . ] " " " ., Humphrey Packyngton of Chadsley Corbett [Chaddesley Corbett], gent. owes" " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "London Midd''', in another debt of the same Humphrey. 20 And he is quit. Ann, wife of William Mowsill of the same [ £40 for the like. William Walderne of the same, "laborer" . . . [ " " " George Bache of the same, " husb' " . owes" " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 1 James I, under "Res' Wigorn''', in another debt of the same George. And he is quit. Alice, wife of George Hornyold of Breedon [Bredon], gent. [ £40 for the like. Katherine Hornyhold of the same, "spinster" . . . . .. [ " " " " "Radygon" Horwood of Bradforton [Bretforton], "spinster" [ " " " William Moore of Ripple, "Fysherman" [ " " " " Frances, wife of John Wynnall of the same [ " " " " Henry Moore of the same, "Fysherman" [ " " " " John Wolmer, lately of Inckbarrowe, [Inkberrow], gent. . . owes"" " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt), for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 3 Charles I, under " Wigorn' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands & tenements of the same John Woolmore. And he is quit. "Rowfe" Woolmer of the same, gent. . [ ] £40 for the like. John Wolmer of Kyngton [Kington] gent. . owes" " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 5 James I, under " Wigorn' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands of the same John Wollmer. And he is quit. Mary Woolmer, lately of the same, wife of William Woolmer, gent. . . [ ] £40 for the like. ."

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Ann Byssell, lately of Yardley, wife of John Byssel1. . . . . . . [ £40 for the like. Jane Waldem of the same, wife of Roger Waldern . . . . . . [ " " " " Dorothy Wrenford of Longdon, wife of Thomas Wrenford, gent. . . . [ J " "" " Frances Wrenford of the same, "spinster" [J " " " " Elizabeth, wife of Edmund Courte, alias Smithe, of Ouldbarrowe [? Oldberrow, WarwicksJ . . . . . [ J " "" " John Hill, lately of Castle Morton, "yoma.n". B. D: £40. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month next following 5 Sept., 37 Eliz. [1595J. L: £20. M: Thursday, 25 March, 38 Eliz. [1 596]. N: From date of conviction to 22 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunarJ month. o. Alice HilI, wife of the said John [ J £40 for the like. [J" " " " Richard Hill, son of the said John . Alice HilI, daughter of the said John . [ J " "" " John Smithe, lately of Stoke Priors, "yoman". . . . . . . . owes " " " " [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Res' Wigorn' ", in another debt of the same John. 19 And he is quit. Margaret, wife of the said John . . . [ J £40 for the like. Elizabeth Sutton, wife of John Sutton, lately of Upton-on-Severn . . . [ " " " " Thomas Morrys, lately of Claynes [ClainesJ, " husb'''. . . . . [ " " " " Hugh Lygon, lately of Hanley Castell, gent. . . owes" " " " [postscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Res' Wigorn' ", in another debt of the same Hugh.21 And he is quit. £40 for the like. Barbara Lygon, his wife. . . . . [ Michael Follyott, lately of the same, gent. [ " " " " Margaret, his wife . . .. [ " " " " John Newport of the same, gent . [ " " " " Margaret, his wife. . . . . [ " " 7: " Joan Wakeman, wife of Richard Wakeman of the same, "yoman" . . [ """" Ann Leethe, lately of the same, widow . [ J " """ John Greene, lately of Hynlipp [Hindlip] owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 11 James I, under " Wigorn' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands of the same John Greene. And he is quit.

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£40 for the like. Margaret, his wife . . .. . [ John Cookes, lately of Hallesowen [Halesowen], "yoman" . " " " " Francis Collyns, lately of the same, "yoman" . " " " " Agnes, his wife . . " " " " Robert Brigges, of Elmelye Lovett, "yoman". . . . . . . . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., of the 16th year [of the reign] of the present King, 22 Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Dorothy Heathe, lately of Alchurche [Alvechurch], widow [ ] £40 for the like. Ann Haynes of the same, "spinster" []"""" Jane Sheldon of the same, widow . [ ] " " " " Ann Byssell, lately of Yardeley, "spinster", wife of John Bissell . [ " " " " Joan Prettye, wife of John Prettye of the same . . . [ " " " Edward Averell of the same, "laborer" . [ " " " tt Mary, his wife . [ " " " " [ Joan Greene of the same, "spinster" . " " " " Richard Avery of the same, "Blacksmith" [ " " " " [ Eleanor Cowper of the same, widow " " " " Alice, wife of Simon Swifte of the same, "yoman". . . . . . . [ ] " """ William Cowper of the same, "yoman" . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 6 James I, Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Margaret, his wife . . .. . [ £40 for the like. Margaret Rigbye, wife of William Rigbye, lately of Stoke Priors, gent. . []" "" " Mary, wife of Thomas Sheldon of the same, gent. . . . . . . . [ ] " "" u Isabell, wife of Henry Waldron of the same, "Blacksmith" . " Richard Reynoldes of the same, "wheeler" . " " " " William Averell, alias Tailor, of the same, "Baker" "

" " "

IText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 356, 1. 44 seq. (with variant phrasings). 2Cj. entry [17J, E. The marginal note "oni" ([The sheriff] is charged unless . .. ) is .n ot discernible on this rotulet. The margin is rather worn. 3Text as op. cit., p. 357, 1. 14 seq. (with variant phrasings) to "sicut

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cont'ibid'. 'Text as op. cit., p. 357, l. 29 ~eq. 5Name of parish omitted: ?Upton-on-Sevem (cf. entry [13J, below). 6The Act 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 7Text as op. cit., p. 357,1. 36 seq. 8Text as op. cit., p. 358, l. 11 seq. to" existen' ibid' ". 9Text as op. cit., p. 358, l. 22 seq. to" capt' et seisit'''. lOText as op. cit., p. 359, 1. 10 seq. to " capt' et seisit' ". llCf. op. cit., p. 359, 1. 35 seq. l2The reference is there given to Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section. l3Cf. op. cit., p. 358, l. 34 seq. 14The first two items under this heading are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a Commission be issued ("fi[atJ Commissio"). l5A1Lthe items under this heading are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued. l6The brackets here & in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word" deb' " (owes). Cf. Introd., p. xcix. l7These two items are bracketed, R., with the note: Sum oftheu 2 debts-£80. But they ought not to be summoned for these debtJ, for a 1eaWIl referred to in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Wigorn' ", in another debt of the aforesaidHumphT'!Y. And they are quit. l8These two items are bracketed, R., with the note: Sum of these 2 debts£80. But they ought not to be summoned for these debts, for a reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 3 Charles I, under" Wigorn''', in the farm of the tenants of the lands & tenements of George Gest. And they are quit. 190p. cit., p. 368, 1. 31 : "Sed non debet" etc. 200p. cit., p. 145, 1. 24: "Sed non debet" etc. 210p. cit., p. 369 (last line): "Sed non debet" etc. 22"de Anno xvjto Regis nunc" in MS, almost certainly a reference to James I. The handwriting and ink are the same as in other similar Jacobean postscripts on this rotulet.

[rotulet 4] YORKSIDRE (" Ebor' ") [preamble] [1] Ralph, Lord Ewre, sheriff of this county from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., to Mich., 36 Eliz., renders ... [etc. as Berkshire [1]]. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 1 [2] farm. A: Lawrence Dutton, an usher-in-ordinary of the chamber royal [lessee]. C: £4--8-10£; D: Two-thirds of various lands lying & existing in Moreton, Yorks. B: John Rookeby of Moreton [? Mortham], in the parish of Rookeby [Rokeby], Yorks., esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Lawrence Dutton & his assigns. H(b): From 4 April, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Ebor'''. F: £4--8-10£ from preceding year. G: £8-17-9t. J: For £8 of which the sheriff answers under " Res' Ebor' ".2 And he [Dutton] owes 17s. 9td., which is charged to the same farmer within a sum of £8-17-9t, as is shown in [Recusant] Roll, 40 Eliz., under" Adhuc Res' Ebor' ". [L. Margin] [The sheriff] is charged: unless . ...

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~ [Seized land. RentalJ 3 [3J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Cauthorne [CawthorneJ, with certain iron-mills (" molend' ferr' "), lands & tenements in Mensthorpe, in the parish of Southkirkebye [South KirkbyJ, Yorks. C: £34-3-4. B: Mary Waterton, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of a certain Ace' of the Parliament [begunJ at Westminster on 29 Oct., 28 Eliz. E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £34-3-4 from preceding year. G: £68-6-8. J : For which the sheriff answers under" Res' Ebor' "2. [L. MarginJ [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . ... ~ [Seized land. RentalJ5 [4J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements in Kykesboroughe [KexbroughJ, Yorks., and of a certain [woodJ usually [calledJ "Ie springe wood." C: £28-17-9. B: Mary Savile, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, but virtue of the aforesaid Act. 4 E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £28-17-9 from preceding year. G: £57- 15-6.

~ [Seized land. RentalJ6 [5J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annuity or annual rent of 20 marks, issuing yearly from the lands & tenements of Thomas Procter or John Procter, or either of them. C: £8- 17-10. B: Alice Procter, widow, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 4 E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £8-1 7-10 from preceding year. G: £17-15-8. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ. ~ [Seized land. Rental]? [6] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a celiain annuity or annual rent of 20 marks, issuing yearly from certain lands & tenements in Bretton [Bretton WestJ, Yorks. C: £8-1 7-10. B : Matilda Wentworth, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 4 E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £8-17-10 from preceding year. G: £17-15-8. J: [postscripts as under entry [3JJ.

~ [Seized land. RentalJ 8 [7J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a parcel of arable & meadow land in Bentham, Yorks. C: 8s. B: William Granger of Bentham aforesaid, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of the aforesaid Act.4 E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: 8s. from preceding year. G: 16s. J: [postscripts as under entry [3JJ .

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~ [Seized land. Rental] 9 [8] farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a capital messuage in Northmillfurthe [North Milford], and of various lands pertaining to the same in Yorks. C: £17-6-8. B: Thomas Leedes, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of the aforesaid Act.4 E(d): as in entry [2], H(k). F: £5-8-4 for Richard Goodrick, esq., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Ebor' "), viz. the rent due from this property for the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz.: under "Ebor' "). G: £22-15s. [Further arrears] £17-6-8 from preceding year. [Total debt] £40-1-8. J: On 22 May, 35 Eliz. [1593], £5-6-8 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 12 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593], £5-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594], £5-6-8 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz., [1594], £5-19-2 was paid . . [etc. as aboveJ. And they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £18-2-6, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 32 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And they [tenantsJ are quit. ~ [Seized land. Rental] 10 [9J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a certain annual rent of £40, issuing from the lands of Francis Metham. C: £26-13-4. B: Katherine Bowmer, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of the aforesaid Act 4. E(d): as in entry [2J, H(k). F: £26-13-4 from preceding year. G: £53-6-8.

[Lease of seized land . . RentalJll [10J farm. A: William Stere [lessee]. C: £47-15-61 & ! farthing, being part [of an original rent] of £87-15-61 & t farthing. D: Two-thirds of certain lands in Carleton, with appurtenances, in Yorks., of the yearly value of £44-8-101 & t farthing; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Estlayton [East LaytonJ, Yorks. B: George Cattrick, gent.. recusant. R(a): Moresaid William Stere, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 11 Oct., 31 Eliz. [1589J. R(c). R(d): £47-15-61 & t farthing. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £47-15-61 & t farthing, from preceding year. G: £95-11-11. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ. [Lease of seized land. Rental]ll [IIJ farm. A: William Stere [lessee]. C: £40, being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £87-15-61 & t farthing. D: Various messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Barforth.

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B: Elizabeth Pudsey, widow, recusant. H(a): as in entry [10J. H(b): From 11 Oct., 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): £40. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £40 from preceding year. G: £80. J: On 22 May, 35 Eliz. [1 593J £20 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury. And on 15 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £20 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And on 12 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £20 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [StereJ owes £20. [Other postscripts as under entry [3J]. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ12 [12] farm. A: Richard Maunsell [lesseeJ. C: £2. D: Twothirds of certain lands lying & existing in Calverley, Burghley [BurleyJ & Pudsey, Yorks. B: William Calverley, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Richard Mansell, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 11 July, 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F: £2 from preceding year. G: £4. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ13 [13J farm. A: James Bellamy, one of the Queen's servants [lesseeJ. C: £2-13-4, being part [of an original rentJ of £19-12-6. D: Two-thirds of a messuage and 11 oxgangs of land, with apps., in Thornton, Yorks. B: Dorothy Hunter, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid James Bellamye, his executors & assigns. H(b): From 3 Aug., 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [2J. F : £2-13-4 from preceding year. G: £5-6-8. [Lease of seized land. Rental] 14 (14J farm. A: John Twiste & George Hill [lesseesJ. C: £4-18-4 & two-thirds of lid. D.l: Two-thirds of various lands & tenements, with appurtenances, in Sheffeld [Sheffield], Attercliff, Darnell [Darnall] & Doncaster. B.l: Richard Fenton of Hathersage, Co. Derby, gent., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of various messuages, lands, tenements, meadow & pasture land in Clayton and elsewhere in Yorks. B.2: Gervase ("Jervasii") Anne, gent., recusant. H(b): From Michaelmas, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., ~nder " Res' Ebor' ". [Lease of seized land. RentalJ15 [15J farm. A: Richard Mussenden, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £7-15-9. D.l : Two-thirds of a moiety of one messuage or tenement in Swynfiete [SwinefieetJ & Rednes [ReednessJ, in the parish of Whitguifte [WhitgiftJ, called "Westholdinge", and of one messuage or tenement, with apps., in Ottringham, Yorks. B.l: William Stevenson, gent., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of

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various messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Gowle [GooleJ, in the parish of Snaythe [SnaithJ, Yorks. B.2: Robert Stevenson, gent., recusant. H(b): From 29 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [14J. J: On ult. April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £1-13-51 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 19 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £1-13-5! was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ And he [MussendenJ owes £4-8-10; and £2-4-5 from preceding year. Total debt: £6-13-3. [Seized land. RentalJ16 [16J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of certain closes & copsewood (" copic' bosci") in Cavell [CavilJ & Burland [1 Bennetland, in EastringtonJ, Yorks. C: £24-6-6. B: Christopher Manckton of Cavill, lately of Londesbroughe [LondesboroughJ, esq., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £100, by reason of his recusancy. E(a): Sir Christopher Hillyard, knt. , & others. E(b): 3 Nov. , 31 Eliz. [1589J. E(d): Cf. Memoranda, L.T.R., 31 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Commissiones" section" rotulet [ ]; and preceding [RecusantJ Ro1l., under" Ebor' n. F: £97-6s. from previous years. G: £121-12-6. J: [postscripts as under entry [3]]. [Seized land. RentalJ1? [17J farm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Ellerker, gent. , recusant. C: £2. D: Two-thirds of a tenement & certain oxgangs of land, with apps. , in Riplingham, in the tenure of Ambrose Huntman, alias Tenent. E(a): John Savile, gent., & others. E(b): 23 Oct., 33 Eliz. [1591]. E(c): for the satisfaction of a debt of £140, which the said Robert then owed to the Queen by reason of his recusancy. E(d): as in entry [16]. F: £4 from previous years. G: £6. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ . [Seized land. RentalJ18 [18J farm. A: Tenants. B: Janet ("Jenetta") Bellowes, lately of Ledeston [LedstonJ, "spinster". C: lOs. D: Two-thirds of a certain lease or rent of one messuage & of various lands & tenements in Ledeston aforesaid; and of another lease or rent of certain tithes of hay in the meadows of Allerton per Aquam [Allerton Bywater]. E(a), (b) and (d): as in entry [17]. F : £1 from previous years. G: £1-10s. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3]J . [Lease of seized land. RentalJ A: Ann Twiste, laundress to the Queen [lessee]. C: £39-13-4i. D.l: Two-thirds of a moiety or half-part

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of a manor or capital messuage, with appurtenances, in Reston in Holdemes [Long Riston, in HoldernessJ, Yorks, called "Ie hall garthe" ; and of a moiety or half-part of a close pertaining to the said messuage ; together with the various other messuages, and arable, meadow, grazing & pasture land and hereditaments. with apps., in Yorks., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Ebor' ".19 B.l; Thomas Barnebye of Barnebye [Bamby, W.R.J, Yorks., esq., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of the manor or capital messuage of Roall, with apps., in Yorks., and of all the messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments in Roall aforesaid, belonging to the said manor or capital messuage. B.2: George Anne, lately of Frickley, Yorks., esq., recusant. H(a) : Aforesaid Ann Twiste, her executors & assigns. H(b) : From 26 May, 34 Eliz. [1592J. H(c). H(d): £26-6-8t (for Barnebye's property) ; £13-6-8 (for George Anne's property). H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Ebor' ".19 J : And she [TwisteJ answers on the dorse of the present rotulet 20 for £26-6-8t, i.e. the rent of two-thirds of a moiety or half-part of the manor or capital messuage, with apps., in Reston in Holdernes, & of the other lands & tenements of the aforesaid Thomas Barneby, esq. And she owes £13-6-8 [for George Anne's propertyJ, and £20 21 from previous years. Total debt: £33-6-8. [Further postscripts as under entry [3JJ. [rotulet 4, dorseJ [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [20J farm. A: Thomas Bayley, gent., & Thomas Thorney [lessees]. C: £17-13-4. D.I: All tithes of wool & lambs belonging to the rectory of Rudbye [in ClevelandJ, Yorks., and the tithes of grain- & hay-sheaves in Potto, being a parcel of the said rectory; together with the various other tithes [? andJ arable, meadow, grazing & pasture land, with apps., Yorks., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Ebor' " 22; being a parcel of the lands & possessions of . . . B.l : John Ingleby of London, gent., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of the manor of Clapham, with apps., in Yorks. ; and of various other lands & tenements within the aforesaid parish. B.2: Thomas Ingleby, gent., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Thomas Bayley & Thomas Thomey, their executors & assigns. H(b): From 30 June, 34 Eliz. [1592J. H(c). H(d): £13-13-4 (for John Ingleby's property); £4 (for Thomas Ingleby's property). H(e). H(k): Cf preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Ebor' ".22 J: On 25 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2 was paid from this farm into the Treasury, under the name of Robert Lawson. And on 25 April, 36 Eliz., £6-16-8 was paid . .. [etc. J, under the name of Robert Oglethorpe. And on 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8- 16- 8

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was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz., [£8-13-3t deletedJ was paid. [etc. as above]. And he is quit 23

[Lease of seized land. RentalJ 24 [21J farm. A: James Bellamye, one of the Queen's servants [lesseeJ. C: £15-12-51 & i farthing, being the remainder [of an original rentJ of £19-12-6. 25 D: Two-thirds of a mansion-house, with various lands pertaining to it, in Sharleston, and of various other lands & tenements in Yorks. B: Francis Jackson, recusant. H(b): From 3 Aug., 32 Eliz. [1590]. H(c). R(d): £15-12-51 & i farthing. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Ebor' " (dorse of the rotulet)24. F : £15-12-5 1 & t farthing from preceding year. G : £31-4--101. J: [Postscripts as under entry [3JJ . ~ [Seized land. RentalJ 26 [22J farm. A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of an apartment or house, called "a chambre", in Pountfrett [PontefractJ, and of a messuage or tenement, called "Hampall Stubbes" or "Stubbes Hampall" [Hamphall Stubbs], with apps., in Yorks. C: £6-16-8. B: Edward Royston, lately of Kridlinge [Cridling StubbsJ, gent., recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of£160, by virtue of the aforesaid Act.4 E(d) : Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Res Ebor' ".26 F: £10-5s. for Richard Goodrick, esq., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Ebor' "), viz. the rent for the year 33 Eliz., & its arrears (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Ebor'''); and £6-16-8 from preceding year. (34-35 Eliz.). G: £23-18-4. J : For £6-16- 8 of which the sheriff answers under "Res' Ebor' "27. And they [tenantsJ owe £17-1-8. [L. MarginJ. [The sheriffJ is charged, unless . . . .

[Lease of seized land. Rental] 28 [23J farm. A: Brian Metcalff, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £4-8- 10. D: Two-thirds of the manor or lordship ("dominii") of Ugthorpe, Yorks., and of 2 messuages, with various arable, meadow & pasture lands, with appurtenances, in Westbarneby [West BarnbyJ, Yorks. B: Katherine Radcliff of Ugthorpe in the parish of Lyeth [LytheJ, Yorks., "spinster", recusant. E(b): 22 May, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Ralph Rookeby, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid Brian Metcalf, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under" Res' Ebor' ".28 F: £2-4--5 from last part of preceding year. G: £6-13-3.

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J: On 27 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1 593J, £2-4-5 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 27 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2-4-5 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And on 12 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £2-4-5 was paid . .. [etc. as above]. And he [MetcalffJ is quit. [Seized land. RentalJ 29 [24J farm. A: Tenants. B: John Smytheson, "yoman", recusant. C: 10s.10d. D: Two-thirdsofcertainlandsinSkeby[SkeebyJ, Yorks. E(b): "[SeizedJ into the Queen's hands by reason of a writ of this Exchequer, returned into this court in the quindene of St. Martin, 33 Eliz. [1591]". E(d): as in entry [22J. J: [postscripts as under entry [3JJ. *[Seized land. RentalJ [25J farm. A: Tenants. B: Margaret Scroope, widow, recusant. C: £17-6-7. D: Two-thirds of various lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Danby Yore [Danby upon Yore], of the yearly value of £10-11-1 ; and of various lands, tenements & hereditaments in Staynton [Stainton, N.R.J, of the yearly value of £6-15-6. E(a): Talbott Bowes, esq., & others. E(b): 3 July, 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [J. F: £8-13-3! from last part of preceding year. G: £25-19-10!. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £17-6-7 (the rent for this year), nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J, because John Pepper answers below 30 for the same rent from the said Michaelmas, 35 Eliz., and thereafter is answerable to the Queen by another commission. And they [tenantsJ owe £8-13-3t. On 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, they delivered this sum in the Treasury. And they [tenantsJ are quit. *[Seized land. RentalJ [26J farm. A: Tenants. B: John Talbott, gent., recusant. C: £8. D: Two-thirds of the lands in Otteringham [South Otterington, N.R.J let to farm to Roger Talbott, his brother, for an annual rent of £5-10s., they being of the yearly value of £12 (so found by the verdict of Christopher Bowes & others, jurors, taken on 17 April, 34 Eliz. [1592J before Robert Rookeby & other commissioners assigned for this inquiry). E(d): as in entry [25J. F: £12 from previous years. G: £20. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £10-16-8 (i.e. part of the above rent due from the aforesaid date of seizure 31 to Michaelmas this year, 36 Eliz), nor ought £4-6-8 (viz. part of the said annual rent of £8) to be charged henceforth until 25 March, A.D. 1611; by consideration of the Barons [of the

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Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 36 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And they [tenantsJ owe £9-3-4. On 8 Feb., 37 Eliz. [1594/5J, they delivered this sum in the Treasury. And they [tenantsJ are quit. *[Seized land. RentalJ [27] farm. A: Tenants. B: Robert Bowes, recusant. C: £2-8-8. D: Two-thirds of a farm in Appleton [Appleton WiskeJ, of the yearly value of £1; and of certain lands at Angram Graunge [in Welbury, N.R. YorksJ, of the yearly value of £2-13s.; the rent payable to the Queen being 7s. more than as was found & certified on the day & year aforesaid. 32 E(d): as in entry [25]. F: £3-13s. from previous years. G: £6-1-8. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for £2-8-8 (i.e. the rent due for this year), nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, because John Pepper answers below 33 for the same rent from Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593J, and thereafter is answerable to the Queen by another commission. And they [tenantsJ owe £3-13s. [Further postscripts as under entry [3JJ. *[Seized goods & chattelsJ [28] Christopher Danby of Scruton, gent., owes £3, for the price or value of 2 horses ("duor' equor' ") of the same Christopher; found & certified as above: 32 [ref. as in entry [25J, E(d)]. [PostscriptJ And he answers in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under" Res' Ebor' ". *[Seized land. RentalJ [29J farm. A: Tenants. B: Katherine Radcliffe, recusant. C: £2- 19- 2 & two-thirds of Id. D: Two-thirds of the lordship or manor of U gthorpe~ with apps. ; and of 2 messuages in West Bameby, with apps. E(a): Ralph Rookeby, esq., & others. E(b): 22 May, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet ( ]. F: £1-9-7 & one-third of Id. from preceding year. G : £4-8-10. J: But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, nor ought the said rent to be charged henceforth, because Brian Metcalfe, gent., answers above 34 for £4-8-10 per ann. for this farm [asJ from Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593J, and thereafter is answerable to the Queen by another commission. And they [tenantsJ are quit. t[Seized goods & chattels] [30J Katherine Radclyff, "spinster", lately of U gthorpe in the parish of Lyethe [LytheJ, recusant, owes £3-6-8, charged upon

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herself, for the price or value of the goods & chattels of the same Katherine; returned & certified by the aforesaid commissioners, as stated above. 35 [postscripts as under entry [3]]. *[Seized land. RentalJ [31J farm. A: Tenants. B: Grace Lamberte, widow, recusant. C: £1-6-8. D: Two-thirds of a tenement or messuage within the city of Durham, called "Shacklock Hall". E(a): Thomas Chaiter, esq., & others. E(b): 25 April, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 35 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section rotulet [ ]. F: 13s. 4d. from preceding year. G: £2. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 36 [32J farm. A: Cuthbert Stillingflette, an usher of the chamber royal [lesseeJ. C: £4-17-91 & t farthing. D: Two-thirds of certain lands in Bretton, alias Westbretton [Bretton WestJ, Yorks., together with the various other messuages, lands & tenements in Dewsbury & elsewhere in Yorks., specified in the Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Res' Ebor'''. B: John Bretton, "yoman", recusant. H(b): From Ladyday, 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Ebor'''. F: £4-17-91 & t farthing from preceding year. G: £9- 15-7 i . J: [postscripts as under entry [3JJ . [Lease of seized land. RentalJ37 [33J farm. A: John Sotherne, gent. [lesseeJ. C: £10-0-4. D: Two-thirds of the manor of Baronburgh [BarnbroughJ, and of other messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with appurtenances, in Baronburgh, Moseley Tyltes, & elsewhere in Yorks. B: Thomas Moore, lately of Layton [LeytonJ, Essex, gent., recusant. E(b): 9 Dec. , 33 Eliz. [1590J. E(a): William West, gent., & others. H(b): From Ladyday, 33 Eliz. [1591J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Adhuc Item Ebor' ''. F: £25-0-10 from previous years. G: £35- 1-2. J: On 15 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5-0-2 was paidfrom this farm into the Treasury, under the name of Robert Scrope, gent. And on 11 Oct., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £5-0-2 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [SoutherneJ owes £25- 0-10. And on 22 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £5- 0- 2 was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 12 Nov. , 35 Eliz. [1593J, £5-0- 2 was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [SotherneJ owes £15-0-6. But he [SotherneJ ought not to be summoned for this [sumJ, because answer has been made to the Queen for the said £15-0-6, within a certain total of £20-0- 8 levied ("exact")

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under the name of the tenants of two-thirds of the aforesaid manor, lands & tenements by Richard Goodderycke, esq., sheriff of this county for the year 33 Eliz.: cf. Great [pipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Item Ebor' ". And he [SotherneJ is quit. [Seized land. RentalJ [34J farm. A: William Hunnis, a gentleman of the chapel royal [lesseeJ. C: £8-17-9 i- & t farthing, being part [of an original rentJ of £30-4-5. D: Two-thirds of an annual rent of £13-6-8, issuing from a grange called "Branton", from two-thirds of a grange called "Barrobie", and from a grange called "Migtelwhite" [? MicklethwaiteJ~ Yorks. B: Ann Paver, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Hunnys. H(b): From 26 March, 33 Eliz. [1591]. H(d): £8-17-91- & t farthing. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [33]. F: £22-4-51 & two-thirds of !d. from previous years. G: £31-2-3. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [35J farm. A: William Hunnis .. [etc. as entry [34JJ. C: £12-8-10! & i farthing, being part [of an original rentJ of £30-4-5. D: Two-thirds of a close called "Bayne landes": of others called "Mylvescott" & "Belvens" ; and of a house, with apps., in Assheton [? Eshton]. B: Alice Martin, widow, recusant. H(a): Aforesaid William Hunnys. H(b): From 26 March, 33 Eliz. [1 591 J. H(c). H(d): £12-8-10i- & t farthing. H(e). H(f). H(k): as in entry [33]. F: £31-2-2 from previous years. G: £43-11-Oi. J: [postscripts as under entry [3JJ. [Lease of seized land. RentalJ [36J farm. A: Ann Twiste, laundress to the Queen [lesseeJ. C: £26-6-8t, being part [of an original rentJ of £39-13-4!. D : Two-thirds of the moiety of a manor or capital messuage, with apps., in Reston in Holdernes [Long Riston, in Holderness] Yorks., called "Ie hall garthe"; and of a moiety of all closes pertaining to the said messuage; together with the various other messuages, arable, meadow, grazing & pasture land, and hereditaments, with apps., in Yorks., specified in the preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under "Ebor'''. 38 B: Thomas Barnebye of Bamebye [Barnby, W.R.J, Yorks., esq., recusant. H(a): Aforesaid Ann Twiste her executors & assigns. H(b): From 26 May, 34 Eliz. [1592]. H(c). H(d): £26-6-8!. H(e). H(f). H(k): Cf. another part of the present rotulet. 39 F: £39-10-01 from previous years. G: £65-16-91-. J: On 8 Nov., 34 Eliz. [1592J, £13-3-4i, of a total of £19-16-9, was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And she [Twiste] owes £52-13-5. And she answers under " Res' Ebor'''. [L. MarginJ Paid for Michaelmas, 34 [Eliz.J, by tally raised on 8 Nov., 34 [Eliz.J, £13-3-4i of a total of £19-16-9. 40

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t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [37J farm. A: John Pepper, gent. [lessee]. C: £2-8-8. D: Two-thirds of a certain farm in Appleton, Yorks., of which Robert Bowes was possessed at the time of his conviction, of the yearly value of £1 (of which the two thirds due to the Queen amount to 13s. 4d.) ; and two-thirds of land at ("apud") Angram Graunge [later Ingram Grange, Welbury, N.R., YorksJ, with apps., of which the said Robert was seized at the time of his conviction, of which the yearly value (charges deducted) is £2 13s. (£1-15-4 per ann. due to the Queen). B : Robert Bowes of Appleton, Yorks., gent., recusant. E(b): 17 April, 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(a): Robert Rookesby & others. R(a) : Aforesaid John Pepper, his executors & assigns. R(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593]. H(c). H(d): as C. R(e). R(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz .• under " Ebor~ ". J: [postscripts as under entry [3J]. t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [38] farm. A: John Pepper, gent. [lessee]. C: £17- 6-7. D: All the various lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps., in Danby Yore [Danby upon YoreJ, in Northriddinge [North RidingJ, Yorks., of which Margaret Scroope, lately of Danby Yore in the parish of Thorneton Steward, widow, recusant, is seised in her demesne as of freehold estate ("ut de libero tenemento"), of the value, in all issues, charges deducted ("valen' in omnibus exit' ultra repris' "), of £10-11-1; also all the various lands, tenements & hereditaments in Staynton [StaintonJ, Yorks., of which the said Margaret is seised as above, of the clear yearly value ("valen' per ann' in omnibus exit' ultra repris' ") of £6-15-6; the above being two-thirds of the lands & possessions of . . . B : The said l\1argaret Scroope of Danby Yore aforesaid, recusant. E(b): 3 July, 35 Eliz. [1593]. E(a): Talbott Bowes, gent., & others. H(a): as in entry [37]. H(b): From Michaelmas, 35 Eliz. [1593]. R(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [37J. J: On 29 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-13-3t was paid from this farm into the Treasury. And on 4 Nov. , 36 Eliz. [1594J, £8-13-3t was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ. And he [pepperJ is quit. (" Res' Ebor' ") [rotulet 8, dorseJ [Arrearage of rentJ [39J A: Tenants of two-thirds of the lands & tenements of . B : John Ingleby of London, gent., recusant. D: The tithes of wool & lambs belonging to the rectory of Rudbie [Rudby-inClevelandJ, and the tithes of grain & hay in Pottoe, being a parcel of the said rectory; also other lands, tenements & hereditaments, with apps. , in Yorks. , & in the city of York.

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F: £6-16-8, being part of a rent of £13-13-4, viz. the rent due from this property for the half-year ending Ladyday, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): cr. preceding [RecusantJ Roll, under " Ebor' ".41 J: And they [tenantsJ answer in the following [Recusant] Roll, under " Res' Ebor' ". [Arrearage of rent] [40] A: Tenants of two-thirds of the lands & tenements of . B: Thomas Ingleby of London, gent., recusant. D: The manor of Clapham, & lands & tenements in "Ie Eldrothe" & Landshawe [LanshawJ, with apps., in Yorks. F: £2, being part of a certain rent of £4, viz. the rent due from this property for the half-year ending Ladyday, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): as in entry [39J. 41 [Record of annual fine paid] [41] A : John Sayer, esq. C. D: £260. H. E: From 12 Sept., 35 Eliz., [1593J to 11 Sept. 36 Eliz. [1594J, i.e. for 13 [lunar] months. K. G. o : On ult. April, 36 Eliz. [1594], £140 was paid into the Treasury. And on 6 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594], £120 was paid.. .. [etc. as above]. And he is quit. *t[Lease of seized land. RentalJ [42J farm . A: Roger Gifford, esq., doctor of medicine [lessee]. C: £7-15-6 for Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594J, being part of an annual rent of £15-11 s. from the farm of ... D : The manors of Dalden [1 Dalton Ie DaleJ, Magna Chilton and Cox howe [CoxhoeJ, lands & tenements in Thorpe Thewles, Darlyngton and Elton, and the whole manor of Blackeston; with all their rights, members & appurtenances in the Bishopric of Durham (" in episcopatu Dunolm' ") : that is to say,42 two-thirds of the manors of Blackeston & Magna Chilton, Coxhowe and Dalden, in Co. Durham (" in com' Dunolm' ") aforesaid, and of various messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments in Blakeston, Magna Chilton, Coxhowe, Dalden, Thorpe Thewles, Darlyngton & Dinsdale [Low DinsdaleJ, or in some of these places (" seu in ear' aliqua"), in Co. Durham aforesaid: the above being two-thirds of the lands & possessions of ... B : William Blackiston, esq., recusant. E(b): 27 June 35 Eliz. [1593J. E(a): Ralph Bowes, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid Roger Gifford, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 36 Eliz. [1594]. H(c). H(d): £15-11s. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 36 Eliz., under " Episcopatus Dunolm' ". [Statement of sheriff's arrearsJ [43J A: The same sheriff, viz. Ralph, Lord Ewre. B: [2J £8 (Dutton); [3J £68-6-8 (Waterton's tenants);

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[5] £17-15-8 (Procter's tenants); [6] £17-15-8 (Wentworth's tenants); [7] 16s. (Granger's tenants); [10] £95-11-11 (Stere); [11] £20 (Stere); [16] £121-12-6 (Manckton's tenants); [17] £6 (Ellerker's tenants); [18] £1-10s. (Bellowes' tenants); [19] £33-6- 8 (Twiste) ; [21] £31-4-101 (Bellamye); [22] £6-16-8 (Royston's tenants); [24] lOs. 10d. (Smythson's tenants); [27] £3-13s. (Bowes' tenants); [30] £3-6-8 (Radcliffe); (32) £9-15-7£ (Stillingflette); [35] £43-11-0t (Hunnis) ; [37] £2-8-8 (Pepper). c: £492- 1-81. D : [11] On 28 May, 37 Eliz. [1595], £20 was paid into the Treasury under the name of William Stereo [10] On 22 May, 35 Eliz. [1593J, £23- 17-10 (of a debt of £95-11-1 £) was paid . .. [etc. as aboveJ, under the name of William Stereo [3J On 12 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £17-1-8 (of a debt of £68-6-8) was paid . .. [etc.J,for Waterton's tenants, under the name of Edward Byrde & others. And on 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £12-1-8 was paid . .. [etc.J, under the name of Edward Byrde & others. And on 4 Nov., 36 Eliz [1594J, £22-1-8 was paid .. [etcJ, under the name of the tenants of Mary Waterton. [21J On 12 Nov., 35 Eliz. [1593J, £7-16-4 (of a debt of £31-4-10£) was paid . .. [etc.J under the name of James Bellamye. [30J On 4 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1594J, £3-6-8 was paid . .. [etc.], under the name of Katherine Radclyffe. [10J On 22 Nov., 36 Eliz. [1593J, £23-17-10 was paid . .. [etc.], under the name of William Stere. And on ult. May 37 Eliz. [1595J, £23- 17-10 was paid . .. [etc.J, under the name of William Stereo Andon20 Nov., 37 Eliz. [1594J, £23- 17-10 was paid . .. [etc.J, under the name of William Stereo [21 J On 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £7-16-4 was paid . .. [etc.], under the name of James Bellamye. [19] On 2 May, 36 Eliz. [1594J, £6- 13-4 (of a debt of £31-6-8 [sic]) was paid . .. [etc.J, under the name of Ann Twiste. [22J The tenants of Edward Royston answer for their debt of £6-16-8 in the following [RecusantJ Roll, under " Ebor' ", after their farm. 43 [6J The tenants of Matilda Wentworth answer for their debt of £17-15-8 in [RecusantJ Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Ebor' ", after their farm. 43 [1 6J The tenants of Christopher Manckton answer for their debt of £121-12-6 in [RecusantJ Roll, 38 Eliz., under " Ebor' ", after their farm. 43

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E: And he [sheriff] owes £153-7-10£. And he answers in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Rss' Ebor' ". [Arrearage of rent] [44] A: William Steare [lessee]. D.l: Two-thirds of certain lands in Carleton [Carlton], with appurtenances, in Yorks., of the yearly value of £44-8-101 & t farthing; together with various other messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Eastlayton, Yorks. B.l: George Cattrick, gent., recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of various messuages, lands & tenements, with apps., in Barforth. B.2: Elizabeth Pudsey, widow, recusant. F: £87-15-61 & t farthing, for Philip Constable, esq., sheriff of the year 32 Eliz. (cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz. , under" Item Ebor' "), viz. the rent for the said property for one whole year ending at Michaelmas, 32 Eliz. [1590] (cf. Great [pipe] Roll, 32 Eliz., under" Ebor' "). J: But he [Steare] ought not to be summoned for this [rent], because answer has been made to the Queenfor the said £87-15-6£ & t farthing by Sir John Dawney, knt., sheriff of this county for the year 31 Eliz., in 2 parcels, under the name of the tenants of two-thirds of the lands & tenements of the aforesaid separate recusants; cf. Great [pipe] Roll, 31 Eliz., under" Item Ebor' ". And he [Steare] is quit. [Arrearage of rent] [45] A: Ann Twiste, laundress to the Queen [lessee]. D: Twothirds of a moiety of a manor or capital messuage, with apps. , in Reston in Holdernes, Yorks., called "Ie hall garthe", and of a moiety of all closes pertaining to the said messuage ; together with the various other messuages, and arable, meadow, grazing & pasture land, and hereditaments, with apps., in Yorks., specified in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Ebor' ".38 B: Thomas Barneby of Barneby [Barnby, W.R.], Yorks., esq., recusant. F: £52-13-5, of a certain annual rent of £26-6-8i-, viz. the rent due from this property for 2 whole years ending at Michaelmas, 36 Eliz. [1594] : cf. preceding rotulet for this county.44 £12-13-5 45 to be rendered to the Queen in the Michaelmas term following the 26th day of May, 37 Eliz. [1595], and thereafter £13-6-8 in each Michaelmas term, until full satisfaction & payment shall have been made to the Queen for the said debt of £52-13-5, without further delay; for which payment Thomas Barneby of Barneby Hall, Yorks., esq., Thomas Twiste of Eltham, Kent., esq, & Thomas Barneby of Selby, Yorks., gent., are bound by recognisance ;46 cf. Memoranda Roll, Q.R., 37 Eliz., Easter term, "Recogniciones" section, rotulet [ ]. J: And she [Twiste] answers in the following [Recusant] Roll, under " Res' Ebor' ".

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~ [Arrearage of rentJ [46J A: Tenants. D: Two-thirds of a messuage & 11 oxgangs of land in Thometon, Yorks. F: £2-13-4 for Richard Goodricke, esq., sheriff of the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [Pipe] Roll, 33 Eliz., under" Item Ebor' "), viz. the rent due from this property for the year 33 Eliz. (cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 33 Eliz., under "Ebor' "). B: Dorothy Hunter, recusant, who is indebted to the Queen in the sum of £140, by virtue of the aforesaid Act. 4 J : But they [tenantsJ ought not to be summoned for this [rentJ, because James Bellamy answers in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Ebor' ",47 for an annual rent of £19-12-6 for this & other farms from 3 Aug., 32 Eliz. [1590J ; and thereafter has been answerable to the Queen by another commission. And they [tenantsJ are quit.

(" Adhuc Res' Ebor' ") [rotulet 26J [Enrolments of estreated convictions for recusancyJ48 [47J A: Elizabeth Lawson of Broughe in the parish of Cattericke, North Riding, Yorks., alias Elizabeth Lawson, wife of Ralph Lawson, esq. B. D: £120. F: £60. G. H. J: For 3 months next following 1 April, 36 Eliz. [1594J. L: £60. M: Monday, 15 July, 36 Eliz. [1594J. N: From date of conviction to 7 Oct. next following, i.e. for 3 [lunarJ months. O. Ursula Cholmeley, wife of Marmaduke Cholmeley, lately of Brandesby [BrandsbyJ, esq.. . . . . . owes £120 for the like. [PostscriptJ But she ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 13 Charles I, Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ J. And she is quit. Katherine Metham, wife of Thomas Metham of Wigginthorpe [WigganthorpeJ, esq.. . . . . [ J49£120 for the like. Joan Gascoigne, wife of Richard Gascoigne of Sedbury, esq. . [ " " " " Margaret Francke, wife of Henry Francke of Middleton Tyas, esq. . [ " " " " Jane Wraye, wife of William Wraye of "St. Nicholas juxta Richemonde" [par. of St. Nicholas, RichmondJ, esq. . . . . . . . . . [ " " " " Ann Smith, wife of Richard Smith of Exton [EgtonJ, "yoman" . . . [ J " " " " Dorothy Salvyn, wife of Ralph Salvyn of Newbiggin, esq.. . . . . . [ J " " " " Winifred Mennell, wife of Thomas Mennell of Kilvington, esq. . [ J " " " "

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Mary Greene, wife of James Greene of Lanmouth [Landmoth]. esq. . owes £120 for the like. [Postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 40 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet. [ ] And she is quit. Jane Danby, wife of Thomas Danby of Leake, esq. . . . . . . [ ] £120 for the like. Mary Strangewishe, wife of William Strangewishe of Aclam [AckIam], gent. . . . . . . . . J"""" Bridget Beaseley, wife of Edward . [ ] " " " " Beaseley of Skelton, gent.. Thomas Mennell of Kilvington, esq. . [ ] " " " " Richard Talbott of Thornton in Ie Streete, gent. ...... [ " " " " Richard Danby of Newparke in the parish of Waffam [1 Masham], gent. . . owes" " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Item Adhuc Item Item Item Res' Ebor' ", in another And he is quit. debt of the same Richard. 50 William Sawden of Fowbrise [1Foulrice] "yoman". . . . . , . [ ] £120 for the like. . [ ] " " " " John Lockwood of Sowerbye, gent. John Sayer of Worsall, esq. . . owes" " " " [Postscript] And he answers in [Recusant] Roll, 37 Eliz., under " Res' Ebor' ". John Hodgeson of Gromonde [Grosmont], "yoman". . . . . . ] £120 for the like. William Phillippe of Danby, "yoman" . ]" """ Isabel Taylor, lately of Staythes [Staithes], widow . . . . . " " " " Robert Bowes, lately of Appleton [on Wiske], "yoman" . owes " " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 12 James I, under" Ebor' ", in the farm of James Sisson. And he is quit. Jane Stockton, lately of Potta [1 Potto], widow. . . . . . . . . [ ] £120 for the like. Katherine Ratcliffe, lately of U gthorpe, "spinster" . owes" " " " (Postscript] But she ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 3 James I, under " Adhuc Res' Ebor' ", in another debt of the same And she is quit. Katherine Radcliff.

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Francis Aslaby of Mowgrave [Hutton

Mulgrave], gent..

. [ ] £120 for the like.

Henry Thorney, lately of Mowgrave,

gent.

. [

Wllstropp Redman, lately of Borowby

" " "

[Borrowby] gent. . . . . . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under " Item Adhuc Item Res' Ebor' ", in another debt of the same Welstroppe. 51 And he is quit. John FowIthorpe of Barnaby, gent.. [ ] £120 for the like. John Bowes of Ellerbeck, gent. . . . [ ] " "" " Christopher Conyers, lately of Huton Benvell [Hutton Bonville]. esq. . owes, """ [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt]. for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Item Adhuc Item Item Item Res' Ebor' ", in another debt of the same Christopher Conyers. 52 And he is quit. Margaret MenneU, lately of North Kilvington, widow . . owes £120 for the like. [Postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 4 James I, Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And she is quit. John Iogleby, lately of Huton [Hutton] Rudby, esq. . owes £120 for the like. [postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], for a reason referred to in another part of the present rotulet,53 in another debt of John Ingleby of Ripley. And he is quit. Margaret Scroope, lately of Danby on ] £120 for the like. Yore, widow. . . . . . Christopher Scroope, lately of the sarne, gent. . . . . . . . . . " " " " Margaret Catterick, lately of Carleton, widow. . . . . . . . . " " " " Thomas Tanckard, lately of Branton [Brarnpton, N.R.], gent. . . owes" " " " [postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under " Item Adhuc Item Res' Ebor' ", in another debt of the same. 54 And he is quit. Christopher Awderson of Swinton, "yornan". . . . . . . . [ ] £120 for the like. Christopher Nicholson late of Audbrough [Aldbrough], "yornan". . . . [ " " " " Gllbert MetcaHfe, lately of Hoodegraunge [Hoodgrange], gent. . [ " " " "

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A : Thomas Barnabye of Cawthorne [W.R.], esq. C. D: £140. F: £80. G. H. J: For 4 months next following 18 March, 36 Eliz. [1593/4]. L, M, Nand 0: as under Elizabeth Lawson above. P : But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 40 Eliz., under" Item Adhuc Res' Ebor' ", in the farm of Robert Redhead. And he is quit. Beatrice Barmbye, his wife . . [ J £140 for the like. Lady Ann Wodroffe, wife of Richard of Wolley [Woolley in Royston], gent. [ " " " " George Anne of Frickley, esq. [ " " " " Richard Fenton of Attercliffe [ " " " " Jervase Anne of Frickley, gent. . [ " " " " Richard Fenton of the same, gent. . . [ " " " " "Villiam Rawson of Sheffeld [SheffieldJ, " yom' " [ " " " " [rotulet 26, dorseJ Laurence Clayton of Attercliffe . [ J £140 for the like. Ann Clayton, his wife. . [ ] " " " " John Everingham of Knottingley, gent. . [ ] " " " " William Stephenson of Swynflete [Swinefleet], "yoman" . . . . [ " " " " Grace Lunde, wife of Robert Lunde of the same . . . [ " " " " Thomas Heptenstall of Darryngton. . [ " " " Helen Heptenstall, his wife . . . . [ Ann Rawson of Womersley, widow. . [ ] "" "" "" "" Margaret Sale, wife of Thomas Sale of the same . . [ ] " " " [ J55 Methame, wife of Gregory Methame of Pollington, gent. . . [ ] " " " Thomas Leedes, senior of Northmylfurth [North Milford], gent. . . . . owes" " " " [PostscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Item Aduc Res' Ebor' ", in another debt of the same And he is quit. Thomas. 56 Thomas Leedes, junior, of the same, gent. [ ] £140 for the like. Mary Leedes, bis wife . .. . [ J """ Elizabeth Stapleton, wife of Richard Stapleton of Carleton [Carlton], gent. . . . . . . . . . [ " " " " Dorothy Walker, wife of John Walker of the same, "yoman" . [,," " " Francis Baxter of Draxe, gent.. . owes" " " "

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Baxter, his wife . . . . . owes £140 for the like. [postscript] 57Total of these two debts = £280. But they ought not to be summoned for these debts, for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Res' Ebor' ", in another debt of the aforesaid Francis Baxter. 58 And they are quit. John Trimingham, junior, of the same, . . . gent. . . . . ] £140 for the like. Margaret Hungate, wife of William Hungate of Huddleston, esq. . [ " " " " Ann Rawson of Sherebome [Sherburn] widow . . owes" " " " [Postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 42 Eliz., under " Item Adhuc Res' Ebor''', in another debt of the same Ann. And she is quit. Peter Witham of Ledsham, gent. [ ] £140 for the like. Elizabeth Cowpeland of the same, widow [ ] " "" " John Bretton of Sandall, gent. . [ ] " " " " Frances Bretton, his wife . . owes" " " " [postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in the preceding [Recusant] Roll, under" Adhuc Res' Ebor' ", in another debt of the same. 59 And she is quit. Francis Jackson of Sharleston, gent. ] £140 for the like. Jane Jackson, his wife . . . . . ]" """ William Gascoigne of Thorpe super Montem [Thorpe-on-the-Hill], gent. [ " " " " Christopher Milburne of Rodwell [Rothwell], "yornan" . . " " " Eleanor Parker, wife of Edmund Parker of the same, "yoman" " " " " Anthony West of Leedes [Leeds], "yoman" . .. " " " " Jane Lee, wife of Gilbert Lee of the same, gent. .... " " " " William Calverley of Calverley, gent. owes"""" [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 2 James I, under "Ebor''', in the farm of Ambrose As tell, gent. And he is quit. Katherine Calverley, his wife . . . owes £140 for the like. [postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to below, in another debt of the same. And she is quit. Isabel Draxe, wife of Gamaliel of Middleton, esq. . . [ ] £140 for the like. ,,!, " Thomas Gelstroppe of Kirkeby, gent. . owes60 " ]55

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John Ingleby of Ripley, gent. . owes £140 for the like. [postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf Memoranda Roll, "on the side of the Second Remembrancer in the Exchequer",61 A.D. 1649, Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Elizabeth Yorke of the same, widow . [ ] £140 for the like. Frances Watson of Kyllinghall [Killinghall], "spinster". . . . . [ " " " " Robert Beane of the same, "clothier" . [ " " " " Jane Withes, wife of Simon Withes of Clint . . . . . . [ " " " " Eleanor Atkynson of the same, widow . [ " " " " Elizabeth Eglesthroppe, wife of Michael Eglesthroppe of Thorner, gent. . [ " " " George Suttill of Hampsthwayte, gent. . [ " " " " Ann Burton, wife of Cuthbert Burton of the same, "yoman" . .. [ " " " " Jane Beckwythe of Burrowbrigges [Boroughhridge], "spinster" . [ " " " Jane Tanckard, wife of William Tanckard of the same, gent. [ ] " " " " James Tanckard, junior, of the same, gent. . . . . .... " " " " Barbara Mease, wife of Marmaduke Mease of Kirkestanley [North Stainley], "tanner" . . . . . [ " " " " Thomas Atkynson of the same, "taylor" . [ " " " Jane Bickerdick, wife of Edward Bickerdike of Farneham [Farnham], gent. [ " " " Mary Bickerdike of the same, "spinster" [ " " " " Mary Knarisbrough, wife of Walter Knarisbrough of Fermsbie [Ferrensby], gent. . [ " " " " Peter Knarisbrough of Knaresbrough [Knaresborough], gent. [ " "" " Katherine Knarisbrough, his wife . [ """" William Wilson of the same, "Mason". [ """ " John Casse of the same, "draper". [ """" Marmaduke Redman of Thorneton, esq. owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 7 James I, under " Ebor' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands of the aforesaid Marmaduke. And he is quit. Thomas Redman of the same, gent.. . [ ] £140 for the like. Margery Redman of the same, "spinster" [ ] " " " " Richard Cholmeley of Bentham, gent. . owes " " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], v

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by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 40 Eliz., Trinity term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Katherine Constable, wife of Robert Constable of the same, gent. . . [ ] £140 for the like. Isabel Yorke of Bumesall [Burnsall], widow. ,, " " " Katherine Tempest, wife of Stephen Tempest of Broughton, gent. . [ " " " " Isabel Tempest, wife of Henry Tempest of the same, esq. . .. . [ " " " " Henry Tempest of the same, gent. . . [ " " " " Frances Breers, wife of Oliver Breers of Easington, gent.. . . . . . [ " " " " Alice Lyster, wife of Thomas Lyster of Gisbume, esq. owes £140 for the like. [Postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 41 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And she is quit. Richard Jackson of Farburne [Fairburn], "yoman". . . . . . [ ] £140 for the like. John Belhouse of Saxton, "yoman". . owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 40 Eliz., Easter term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And he is quit. Janet ("Jenetta") Belhouse, his wife . [ J £140 for the like. William Belhouse of the same, "yoman" owes" " " " [Postscript] But he ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 2 James I, under " Adhuc Res' Ebor' ", in a debt of John Belhouse. And he is quit. 62 A: Thomasina Gale, lately of Wilberfosse, Yorks., widow. B. D: £20. G. H. E: For 1 month next following 28 June, 37 Eliz. [1595J. A: Clement Hodgeson, lately of Allerton Graunge, West Riding, Yorks. B. D: £60. G. H. E: For 3 months next following 22 Feb., 38 Eliz. [1595/6]. Katherine Hodgeson, wife of the said £60 for the like. Clement, lately of the same . . Elizabeth Oglethorppe, wife of Michael Oglethorppe of Thorner, gent. . " " " " Adriana Wetherell, lately of Kelfeild " " " " Elizabeth Read, lately of the same, "spinster" . . . . . " " " " Thomas Leedes, lately of Milforde63 Ann Colthirste, lately of Edesforth, in the parish of Mitton,

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Yorks. B. D: £240. E: For 12 months next following 1 Feb., 37 Eliz. [1594/5]. M: 22 May, 38 Eliz. [1596]. 64A: William Calverley, lately of Calverley, gent. C. D: £160. F: £120. G. H. J: For 6 months next following 20 Sept., 32 Eliz. [1590]. L: £40. M: Monday, 26 July, 33 Eliz. [1591]. N: From date of conviction to 20 Sept., next following, i.e. for 2 [lunar] months. O. 65Katherine, wife of the said William . owes £160 for the like. [Postscript] But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the ExchequerJ; cf Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 11 Charles I, Hilary term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. And she is quit. 64A: The same William Calverley. C. D: £40. F: £20. G. H. J: For 1 month next following 1 Feb., 34 Eliz. [1591/2J. L: £20. M: Monday in the 4th week of Lent, 34 Eliz. [1591/2J. N: From date of conviction to 3 April next following, i.e. for 1 [lunar] month. O. 65Katherine, his wife. . . . . . owes £40 for the like. [PostscriptJ But she ought not to be summonedfor this [debt], for a reason referred to immediately above, in another debt of the same Katherine. And she is quit. Thomas Hopton, lately of Felkirke, Yorks., "yoman" . . . . . owes £40 for the like. [postscriptJ But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in [RecusantJ Roll, 6 James I, under " Ebor' ", in the farm of William Found. And he is quit. lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 44, 1. 11 seq. 2C[. entry [43]. 4The Act 3Text as op. cit., p. 45, 1. 6 seq. to "cxl.l. virtute". 28 Eliz., cap. 6. 5Text as op. cit., p. 45, 1. 13 seq. 6Text as op. cit., p. 45, 1. 36 seq. 7Text as op. cit., p. 46, 1. 1 seq. 8Text as op.cit., p. 46, 1. 28 seq. 9Text as op. cit., p. 47, 1. 4 seq. lOText as op. cit., p. 47, 1. 28 seq. llC[. op. cit., p. 49, 1. 31 seq. 12Text as op. cit., p. 50, 1. 1 seq. l3Cf. op. cit., p. 50, 1. 13 seq. 14Text as op. cit., p. 50, 1. 44 seq. to " in Res' Ebor'''. l5Text lGText as op. cit., as op. cit., p. 51,1. 22 seq. to" in Res' Ebor'''. p. 51, 1. 44 seq. to " Sancti Mich' rotulo". l7Text as op. cit., p. 53, 1. 32 seq. to " recusancie sue ibid' ". l8Text as op. cit., p. 53, 1. 42 seq. to " capt' et seisit' ibid'. 19C[. op. cit., p. 54, I. 8 seq. 20See entry [36J. 21"£20" (by calculation). 22Cf. op. cit., p. 56, 1. 45 seq. 23"Et Figures illegible in MS. quietus est" in MS, for " quieti sunt" (Le. Bayley & Thomey, the 24Text as op. cit., p. 59, 1. 4 seq. lessee-farmers of the property). to " tempore existen' ". 25Cf. op. cit., p. 50,1. 13 seq., and entry 26Text as op. cit., p. 68, 1. 20 seq. to "virtute Act' [13J above. pred'''. 27Cf. entry [43] . 28Cf. op. cit., p. 69, 1. 23 seq. 29Text as op. cit., p. 70, 1. 17 seq. to "xxxiijcio Regine huius". aoC[. entry [38]. SlI.e., 17th April 1592 (same day as verdict). 32I.e., on 17 April 1592. C[. entry [26], D. 33See entry [37]. 34C[. entry [23J. 35C[. entry [29], E(a) , (b) and (d). SGCf. op. cit., p. 45, 1. 19 seq. 3?C[. op. cit., p. 67, 1. 38 seq. 38C[. op. cit., p. 54, 1. 8 seq. S9Cf. entry [19J, postscript. 4°"Sol' pro Festo Mich' 34 per tall' levat' 8 No 34:-£13-3-4 ob' infra Summam £19-16-9" in MS. n C[.

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op. cit., p. 52,1. 13 seq. 42The passage which follows is merely a more precise statement of the preceding part of the specification. 43Note in L. Margin : It is answered ("r[espondet]ur"). The sheriff 44Cj. entry (Ewre) was therefore discharged of this amount. 45Text of the following passage: "Reddendo [36J, postscript. inde domine Regine a xxvjto dieMaii Anno xxxvijmo videlicet termino sancti Michaelis Archangeli proxim' futur' xij. 1. xiij.s. v.d. Ac in quolibet termino sancti Michaelis Archangeli tunc proxim' futur' xiij .l. vjs. viij.d. quousque eidem domine Regine de dictis lij .l. xiij.s. v.d. plenar' fuerit Satisfact' et persolut' sine ulterior' dilacione per manuc' Thome Barneby de Barneby Hall in Com' Ebor' Ar' Thome Twiste de Eltham in Com' Kanc' Ar' et Thome 4GLit.; "by the Barneby de Selby in Com' Ebor' generos''' . 47 Cj. mainprise (manucaptionem) of Thomas Barneby" etc. op. cit., p. 50, 1. 13 seq. 48All items under this heading, to William Belhouse inclus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued ("fi[at] Commissio"). 49The brackets here and in items below indicate a space left in MS for the later insertion (when required) of the word" deb'" (owes). Cj. Introd., saThe reference states : "But he ought not to be sump. xcix. moned for this [debtJ, for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 9 James I, under" Adhuc Res' Ebor' ", in the farm of the tenants of the lands of the same Richard. And he is quit." (op. cit., p. 97). slThe reference states: "But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer] ; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 42 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section. And he is quit." (op . cit., p. 88). S2The reference states : "But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons [of the Exchequer]; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 12 James I, Easter term, "Recorda" section. And he is quit". (op. cit., p. 100). 5SS ee p. 219. s4The reference states: "But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, by consideration of the Barons; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 40 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section. And he is quit". (op . cit., p. 86). S5Space left in MS for Christian name. s6The reference states: "But he ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 4 James I, Hilary term, "Recorda" section. And he is quit." (op. cit., p. 82). 57This postscript refers to Baxter & his wife: the items are bracketed, R ., in MS. saThe reference states: "But he ought not to be summoned for this [debtJ, by consideration of the Barons; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 41 Eliz. , Easter term, "Recorda" section. And he is quit". (op. cit., p. 73). 59The reference states: "But she ought not to be summoned for this [debt], by consideration of the Barons; cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 44 Eliz., Hilary term, "Recorda" section. And she is quit. " (op. cit., p. 75). 60Sic in MS: the word "deb' " should have 61"ex parte been omitted here, according to normal practice. secundi Rem' in Scaccario" in MS: this substitute title for the old L.T.R. appears regularly on the rolls of the Commonwealth and Protectorate. 62This and the following items, to Ann Colthirste, inclus., are bracketed, L., with the note: Let a commission be issued. 6sProbably by an oversight, the phrase "vcl. pro consimili" has been omitted here. 64These two items are bracketed, R., with the note: Total of these 2 debts = ÂŁ200. But he [William Calverley] ought not to be summoned for these debts, for a reason referred to in [Recusant] Roll, 2 James I, under" Ebor' ", in the farm of Ambrose Astell, gent. And he is quit. 65These 2 items, with their postscripts, are later insertions in the roll by one and the same clerk (probably temp. Charles

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[Lease of seized land. RentalJ1 [lJ farm. A: John Griffen, servant to the Queen [lesseeJ. C: £2-19-6t. D.1: Two-thirds of 40 acres of land in Glam., of the yearly value of £1-6-8. B.1: William Thomas, lately of Whitchurch, "yoman", recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of 122 acres of land in Glam., of the yearly value of £l-4s. B.2: Robert Thomas, jun., of Colston [? ColwinstonJ, "yoman", recusant. D.3: Two-thirds of a messuage, with certain lands, at Langwich [LlangewyddJ, Glam., of the yearly value of2s. 2id. & two-thirds of id. B.3: "LIen'" John, lately of Haleston [? LalestonJ, Glam., recusant. DA: Two-thirds of a tenement called "Fortche Tom" · [? Tonmawr, or FforchdwmJ in the parish of Michelston [MichaelstonJ on Avon, of the yearly value of 2s. 2id. & two-thirds of id.; and of a tenement in the parish of Margan [MargamJ, Glam., of the yearly value of 4s. 5d. & two-thirds of id. BA: Edward Dio John, recusant. H(b): From 5 Sept., 32 Eliz. [1590J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Great [PipeJ Roll, 31 Eliz., under "Item Wallia". F :£10-8-4!frompreviousyears. G :£13-7-11 i d.3 [Lease of seized land. RentalJ 4 A: John Comewall [lesseeJ. C: £27-12-3. D.1: Two-thirds of a farm or grange & one windmill called "Llanvithen" [Llanvethyn], in the parish of Llancarvan [Llancarfan], Glam., in the separate tenures of Anthony Mauxell [? or ManxellJ, esq., & another person ("& al' "), of the yearly value of £13-6-8 ; also of a farm called "Flexland" [Flaxland] in Llancarvan aforesaid, of the yearly value of £3-6-8; and other lands. B.1: William Griffithe of Llancarvan aforesaid, gent. , recusant. D.2: Two-thirds of a messuage & 30 acres of land, with appurtenances, in Llanbetheme [LlanbetheryJ in the parish of Llancarvan aforesaid, in the tenure of Mary George, widow, of the yearly value of £2-4-5. B.2: Lewis Turbervile of Llancarvan aforesaid, gent., recusant. D.3 : Twothirds of a tenement & lands, with apps., called "Foyghe Thomissa" in the parish of Mighleston [Michaelston] on Avon, Glam., of the yearly value of 3s. 4d. B.3: David ap Jevan of Morgan, Glam., gent., recusant. H(b): From Ladyday, 31 Eliz. [1589J. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): as in entry [1J. F: £124-4-9 from previous years. G: £151-16-1P.

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[CARMARTHENSHIRE] [Seized land. Rental] 5 A: Tenants. B: Erasmus Saunders, lately ofPannyngham [Raveningham], Norfolk, gent., recusant. C: £5-4s. D : Two-thirds of certain lands & tenements in the parishes of Eglewyskymmyn [Eglwys Cymmin] , Pen dyne [Pendine] & Laugharne, Co. Carmarthen. E(a): Robert Barrett, gent., & others. E(b): 26 May, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): Cf. preceding [Recusant] Roll, under "Wallia". F: £7-16s. from previous years. G: £13. 3

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[pEMBROKESHIREJ [Seized land. RentalJ6 [4J farm. A: Tenants. B: Moresaid Erasmus Saunders, recusant. C : lOs. 8d. D: Two-thirds of a water-mill, and of various lands, tenements & hereditaments in the parishes of Cronwer [CrunwereJ & Temby [Tenby], Co. Pembroke. E(a): John Price, esq., & others. E(b): 24 May, 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(d): as in entry [3]. F: 16s. from previous years. G: £1-6-8. 3

[CARNARVONSHI REJ *[Seized land. RentalJ A: Tenants. B: John Wynn ap Robert. C: 6s.8d. D : Two-thirds of a messuage & certain lands called "Maysog" [MaesogJ, containing ("contin' in se") 6 acres of land. E(a): Robert Wynn ap Eliza: esq., & others. E(b): 10 Aug., 34 Eliz. [1592J. E(d): Cf. Memoranda Roll, L.T.R., 34 Eliz., Michaelmas term, "Recorda" section, rotulet [ ]. F: lOs. from previous years. G: 16s. 8d. 3

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t[Lease of seized land. Rental] [6J farm. A: Robert Griffithe, gent. [lessee]. C: 6s. 8d. D: Two-thirds of a messuage & certain [? landsJ and [ J,7 called "Mayssog", containing about 6 acres of land ("sive plus sive minus"), of the yearly value of lOs., in the village of Clinnock [Clynnog], Co. Carnarvon, of which John Wynne ap Robert, lately of Clynnock, in the said county, was seised ("seisitus fuit") in his demesne, as of freehold estate, for the term of his life. B: The said John Wynne ap Robert, recusant. E(b): 10 Aug., 34 Eliz. [1592]. E(a): Robert Wynne ap

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Eliza, esq., & others. H(a): Aforesaid Robert Griffithe, his executors & assigns. H(b): From Ladyday, 35 Eliz. [1593]. H(c). H(d): as C. H(e). H(k): Cf. Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, 35 Eliz., under "Carnarvan". F: 3s. 4d. from preceding year. G: 10s.3 lText as C.R.S., XVIII, p. 375, l. 20 seq. to "Item Wallia". 3This and the other 2"xij" in MS: not "xlij", as in op. cit. five entries on this rotulet are all bracketed, R., with the note: And they answer severally in [Recusant] Roll, 38 Eliz., under" Wallia", for the same separate rents & the arrears. 4Text as op. cit., 5Text as op. cit., p. 376, p. 376,1.3 seq. to" sicut cont' ibid' ". 6Text as op. cit., p. 376,1.37 seq. l. 26 seq. to" capt' et seisit'''. to" sicut cont' ibid'''. 7"& cert' et [blank]" in MS.

APPENDIX

THE STATUTE OF 1586-7 (28-29 Elizabeth, cap. 6)1

An Act for the more speedy and due Execution of certain Branches of the Statute made in the twenty-third year of the Queen's Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to retain the Queen's Majesty's Subjects in their due Obedience. For avoiding of all Frauds and Delays heretofore practised, or hereafter to be put in Ure, to the Hindrance of the due and speedy Execution of the Statute made in the Session of Parliament holden by Prorogation at Westminster the sixteenth Day of January in the three and twentieth Year of the Reign of our most gracious Sovereign Lady the Queen's Majesty, intituled, An Act to retain the Queen's Majesty's Subjects in their due Obedience, (2) Be it enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament, That every Feoffment, Gift, Grant, Conveyance, Alienation, Estate, Lease, Incumbrance and Limitation of Use, of or out of any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments whatsoever, had or made at any Time since the Beginning of the Queen's Majesty's Reign, or at any Time hereafter to be had or made, by any Person which hath not repaired or shall not repair to some Church, Chapel or usual Place of Common Prayer, but hath forborn or shall forbear the same, contrary to the Tenor of the said Statute, (3) and which is or shall be revocable at the Pleasure of such Offender, (4) or in any wise directly or indirectly meant or intended, to or for the Behoof, Relief or Maintenance, or at the Disposition of any such Offender, (5) or wherewith or whereby, or in Consideration whereof, such Offender or his Family shall be maintained, relieved or kept; (6) shall be deemed and taken to be utterly frustrate and void, as against the Queen's Majesty, for or concerning the levying and paying of such Sums of Money, as any such Persons by the Laws or Statutes of the Realm already made ought to payor forfeit for not coming or repairing to any Church, Chapel, or usual Place of Common Prayer, or for saying, hearing, or being at any Mass; (7) and shall also be seized and had to and for her Majesty's Use and Behoof, as hereafter in this Act is mentioned ; any Pretence, Colour, feigned Consideration, or expressing of any Use, to the contrary notwithstanding. II. And further be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Conviction heretofore recorded for any Offence before mentioned, not already estreated or certified into the Queen's Majesty's Court of Exchequer, shall, from the Justices before 226

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whom the Record of such Conviction shall be remaining, be estreated and certified into the Queen's Majesty's Court of Exchequer before the End of Easter Term next coming, in such convenient Certainty for the Time and other Circumstances, as the Court of Exchequer may thereupon award out Process for Seizure of the Lands and Goods of every such Offender as hath not paid their said Forfeitures, according to the Laws and Statutes in such Case provided ; (2) And that every Conviction hereafter for any Offence before mentioned shall be in the Court commonly called the King's Bench, or at the Assizes, or General Gaol-Delivery, and not elsewhere, and shall, from the Justices before whom the Record of such Conviction shall remain, be estreated and certified into the said Court of Exchequer before the End of the Term next ensuing after every such Conviction, in such convenient certainty as is aforementioned. III. And be it also enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every such Offender in not repaidng to Divine Service, but forbearing the same contrary to the said Estatute, as hath been heretofore convicted for such Offence, and hath not made Submission, and been conformable according to the true Meaning of the said Statute, shall, without any other Indictment or Conviction, pay into the Receipt of the said Exchequer all such Sums of Money as according to the Rate of twenty Pounds for every Month sithence the same Conviction do yet remain unpaid, in Form as hereafter ensueth ; that is to say, The one Moiety thereof before the End of the next Trinity Term, and the other Moiety thereof before the End of the next Hillary Term, or at any such other Times as by the Lord Treasurer, Chancellor and Chief Baron of the Exchequer, or any two of them, shall, by Composition, upon good Bond and Surety taken, be limited before the End of the said next Trinity Term, if any such Composition shall happen to be; (2) and shall also, in every Easter and Michaelmas Term, until such Time as the same Person do make Submission and be conformable according to the true Meaning of the said Statute, pay into the said Receipt of the Exchequer twenty Pounds for every Month which shall incur in all that mean Time. IV. And be it also enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every such Offender, in not repairing to Divine Service, but forbearing the same contrary to the said Estatute, as hereafter shall fortune to be thereof once convicted, shall, in such of the Terms of Easter or Michaelmas as shall be next after such Conviction, pay into the said Receipt of the Exchequer after the Rate of twenty Pounds for every Month which shall be contained in the Indictment whereupon such Conviction shall be; (2) and shall also, for every Month after such Conviction, without any other Indictment or Conviction, pay into the Receipt of the Exchequer aforesaid at two Times in the Year, that is to say, in every Easter Term and Michaelmas Term, as much as then shall remain unpaid, after the

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Rate of twenty Pounds for Every Month after such Conviction : (3) And if Default shall be made in any Part of any Payment aforesaid, contrary to the Form herein before limited, That then and so often the Queen's Majesty shall and may, by Process out of the said Exchequer, take, seize and enjoy all the Goods, and two Parts as well of all the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Leases and Farms of such Offender, as of all other the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments liable to such Seizure or to the Penalties aforesaid, by the true Meaning of this Act, leaving the third Part only of the same Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Leases and Farms to and for the Maintenance and Relief of the same Offender, his Wife, Children and Family. V. And for the more speedy Conviction of such Offender, in not repairing to Divine Service, but forbearing the same contrary to the said Estatute; (2) Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Indictment of every such Offender, mentioning the not coming 2 of such Offender to the Church of the Parish where such Person at any Time before such Indictment was or did keep House or Residence, nor to any other Church, Chapel, or usual Place of Common Prayer, shall be sufficient in the Law; (3) and that it shall not be needful to mention in any such Indictment that the Party Offender was or is inhabiting within this Realm of England or any other the Queen's Majesty's Dominions: (4) But if it shall happen any such Offender then not to be within this Realm or other her Majesty's Dominions, that in such Case, the Party shall be relieved by Plea to be put in in that Behalf and, not otherwise ; (5) And that upon the Indictment of such Offender, a Proclamation shall be made at the same Assizes or Gaol-delivery in which the Indictment shall be taken (if the same be taken at any Assizes or Gaol-delivery), by which it shall be commanded that the Body of such Offender shall be rendered to the Sheriff of the same County, before the said next Assizes or General Gaol-delivery to be holden in the same County; (6) And if at the said next Assizes or Gaoldelivery the same Offender so proclaimed shall not make Appearance of Record, that then, upon such Default recorded, the same shall be as sufficient a Conviction in Law of the said Offence whereof the Party so standeth indicted, as is aforesaid, as if upon the same Indictment a Trial by Verdict thereupon had proceeded and been recorded. VI. Provided always, That whensoever any such Offender, as is aforesaid, shall make submission, and become conformable, according to the Form limited by the same Estatute made in the three and twentieth Year of the Queen's Majesty's Reign, or shall fortune to die: That then no Forfeiture of twenty Pounds for any Month, or Seizure of the Lands of the same Offender, from and after such Submission and Conformity or Death, and full Satisfaction of all the Arrearages of twenty Pounds Monthly, before such Seizure

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due or payable, shall ensue or be continued against such Offender, so long as the same Person shall continue in coming to Divine Service, according to the Intent of the said Estatute. VII. And where, by the said former Statute, the third Part of the Forfeitures for not coming to Divine Service is limited to the Poor: (2) Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Treasurer of England, Chancellor and Chief Baron of the Exchequer for the Time being, or two of them, to assign and dispose of the full third Part of the twenty Pounds for every Month paid or to be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, as is aforesaid, for the Relief and Maintenance as well of the Poor, and of the Houses of Correction, as of impotent and maimed Soldiers, as the same Lord Treasurer, Chancellor and Chief Baron, or any two of them, shall order or appoint!; anything in the~said iEstatute made in the said three and twentieth Year of her Majesty's Reign mentioned to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. VIII. Provided always, That this Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not in any wise extend or be construed to make void or impeach any Grant or Lease heretofore made bona fide , without Fraud or Covin, whereupon any yearly Rent or Payment is reserved or payable; (2) or any Grant or Lease hereafter to be made bona fide, without Fraud or Covin, whereupon the accustomed yearly Rent or more shall be reserved ; (3) or any other Conveyance, Assurance or Assignment whatsoever heretofore made bona fide , upon good Consideration, and without Fraud or Covin, which is not or shall not be revokable at the Pleasure of such Offender ; (4) otherwise than to give Benefit and Title to her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, to have, perceive and enjoy such Rents and Payments during the Continuance of such Lease and Grant, according to the true Meaning of this Act. IX. And provided also, That th~s Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not in any wise extend or be construed to continue any Seizure of any Lands or Tenements of such Offender in her Majesty's Hands, or in the Hands of her Heirs or Successors, after the said Offender's Death, which Lands or Tenements he shall have or be seized of only for Term of his Life, or in the Right of his Wife; any Thing in this Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

The text below is as printed in Statutes at Large (1770) pp. 656-7. Cf. Introd. p. x, footnote 13.

The erroneous reading " . . . mentioning not the coming . . ." occurs here in the 1770 edition of S. at L. (corrected in later editions).

INDEX OF PERSONS AND PI,ACES An asterisk * signifies more than one entry on a page. "n" indicates a note on the page. The addition ree. stands for "recusant." Special sections are included under the titles Authorities and Exchequer. Abbas Hall, Great Comard, Suff., 160, 166 Abbot(e)sham, Devon, 21 Abergavenny, Aburgavennye, Mon., 95 Abindon; see Abingdon Abingdon, Abindon, Berks., lxxi; 4* Abingdon, Richard, esq., rec., 48; see Abington Abington, Abyngton, Dorothy, spr., rec., 194 ; wife, ree., 195 ; Richard, ree., 44, 48; Thomas, esq., rec., 194, 195; see Abingdon Abraham, a/so Bradman, Eleanor, spr., rec., 42 Abram, Abraham, Lanes., 64, 65 Abrooke, Thomas, gent., ree., 180 Acklam, Aclam, N.R. Yorks., 215 Acton, Cheshire, 12; Suff., 28, 159*. 166, 168* Acton, Jane, wife, ree., 149; Robert, yom., 149 Adam, John, 96; Maud, spr.-wife. ree., 96 Adamson, Robert, yom., ree., 57, 60*. 80,81 Adderley, Joan, wife ree., 154 Adderley, Richard, yom., 154 Addington, Northants., 116, 118n Adresham, Berks., lxxi, lxxvii; 4* Advent, Adven, Cornwall, 16 Adyne, Robert, gent., rec., 180 Ain(e)tree, Ametrie, Lanes., 85 Alcherne [? or Altherne], Joan, wife. spr., rec., 181 ; Thomas, 181 Alchurche, Worcs.; see Alvechurch Alciston, Alceston, Sussex, 172, 173 Aldbourne, Alborne, Wilts., 185 Aldbrough, Audbrough, N.R. Yorks., 216 Aldersey, Ranulf, gent., rec., 12* Aldersgate, London, Ward of, 93, 94 Aldworth, Alice, rec., 127 Alfriston, Sussex, 180* Algate, Aldgate, London, Ward of, 93,94n Allen, "Avisa," spr.-wife, ree., 94*; William, 94 231

Allensmore, Herefs., 44 Allerton, Lanes., 84; Bywater, W.R . Yorks., 203 Allerton Graunge, W.R. Yorks., 220 Allington, Devon, 21 * Allott, Thomas, ree., 88 All Saints parish, Hereford city, 49* Almington, Staffs., 131 Almond, Alice, wid., rec., 84 Almyngton fanne, Almington, Staffs .â&#x20AC;˘ 131 Alresford, Alefford, Bants., 35 Alsopp, Thomas, gent., commissioner. lxxxiin; 17 Alston, James, rec., 72* Alte, Francis, lab., ree., 155; Margaret, wife, ree., 155 Altherne; see Alcheme Alveehurch(e), Alchurche, Worcs., 189*, 198 Ambrosden, Ambresden, Oxon., 127 Amerden, Taplow, Bucks., 6 Ametrie, Lancs.; see Ainetree Amondernes [Amoundemess, Hundred of], Lanes., 56, 76 Amyes, Joan, spr., rec., 154 Anabaptists, ix Anderson, Sir Edmund, Knt., Justice of Assize, xxviin; Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas, xlvii Anderton, Lanes., 67* Anderton, William, esq., rec., 67 Andrewe, William, tenant, 129, 130 Andros, Dorothy, wid. , rec., 195 Androwes, Edward, lessee, 158*, 167* Anested, Alice, wife, spr., rec., 181, 181n; Daniel, 181, 181n; see Quested Anglesey, Co., cviiin Angram Graunge [later Ingram Grange, Welbury], N.R. Yorks., 207, 210 Anne, George, esq. , rec., 204*, 217 ; Gervase, Jervase, gent., rec., 202, 217 Anson, Richard, rec., 114*, 115 Antwerp, Flanders, xliiin Appleton, Appleton Wiske, N.R. Yorks., 207, 210*, 215

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Aprice, Robert, esq., ree., xliii, lxxxiv ; 50 Archbishop (Canterbury), xxxin ; (york), xx Archdeacons, xxxviii Arden, Joan, ree., 115; John, lessee, 2* 5* Arkest~n(e), Kingstone, Herefs., 45* Arlington, Sussex, 173 * Arnold, Margery, wife, ree., 155; Thomas, yom., 155 Ar(r)undell, Elizabeth, wid., rec., xcv*, 16*, 17; John, esq., xcvn; John, esq., rec., xliii, lxxxiv; 16; Thomas, also Courtney, gent., rec., 15, 17, 20, 22; William, esq., lessee, 23* Arthingworth, Artyngworthe, Northants., 113, 114 Arthure, David, 16 Ascoughe, Roger, esq., 91, 92n Asfordby, Assordley, Leics., 87* Ashbrittle, Asshebrittle, Somerset, 139*, 140 Ashburnham, Assheborneham, Sussex, 173*, 176* Ashby(e), William, esq., "servant to the Queen," Luxvi *, lxxxviin, cxiin Ash(e)by [? in Bottesford], Lincs., 89* Ash(e)ton, Ralph, esq., sheriff of Co. Pal., Lancaster, 80, 86n; Richard, esq., sheriff of Co. Pal., Lancaster, 69*,86n Ash(e)water, Devon, 20 Ashgrove Farm, Donhead St. Mary, Wilts., xciin Asbill, Aishill, Somerset, 141 Ashington, Aysshington, Sussex, 171 Aslaby, Francis, gent., rec., 216 Aspinall, Richard, husb., ree., 62 As(s)heborneham, John, esq., rec., 173, 174; Thomas, rec., 176*, 178*; William, esq., rec., 172; William, gent., rec., 176*, 178* As(s)heton, Ashton, Winwick, Lancs., 65, 67*, 81; [? Eshton: W.R.] Yorks., 209 Assheton, John, junior, ree., 65; Richard, gent., rec., 65 Asshwell, Beachamwell, Norf., 99 Assizes, xvii, xxiii, xxv*, xxvi*, xxviin, xxviii-ix, xln*, xli, lx*, lxviii, xcviii, ciin* ; (Hereford) xcvi; (Lancaster) xviii; (Ludlow) lxxxixn; (Norwich) viiin Assordley, see Asfordby, Leics. Ast(e)ley, Astlee, Worcs., 193*, 194 Astell, Ambrose, gent., lessee, 218, 222n; Roger, yom., rec., lxxxiiin, 5*

Aston, Oxon., 123 Aston, Robert, esq., comnusslOner, lxxxiin, 17* ; William, gent., ree., 65 Aston Rowaunt, Oxon., 126 Atkynson, Eleanor, wid., rec., 219 ; Thomas, tailor, ree., 219 Attercliff(e), W.R. Yorks., 202, 217* Attkyns, Richard, yom., ree., 111 Attleborough(e), Norf., 104 Attorneys, xviiin, lxvn, cv Attorney General, xv, xvi, XVlll, xxvi, xlvii*, xlviii, Iii, lxxiii, cv Atwood, Margaret, ree., 182 Auditors (palatine), cvii, cviii; (Wales) cix; see Exchequer (officials) Aughton, Lancs., 82 Austen, Thomas, tenant, 175, 176 Authorities cited in Introduction and notes: (MSS.) Agenda Books, Q.R., M.R., xvii, xix, xli* Ancient Indictments, xxix Black Book of the Exchequer, liii Cecil MSS. (Hatfield House), Iviii Chancellor's series of CounterRecusant Rolls, 1, li*, lxv Commissions (for leasing), lxxiv*, lxxv Commissions (for property-seizure), lxii, lxiii*, lxxiii*, lxxiv, lxxxi-iii, ci*, cvi; and passim in Text Controlment Rolls (King's Bench), xxix Cotton MS., Titus 2 (B.M .), ix Estreats of convictions (original), xxiii*, lviii-lxiii, lxxxv, xcvi, xcvii, xcviii *, ci i Estreat Rolls, lix Exannual Roll of Reeusants, Ii v, lxxxiv* Foreign Accounts, Sheriffs', 47-8, 50n, 117, 118n Great Roll, see Pipe Rolls Great Roll of Recusants, lxviii; see Recusant Rolls Hutton MSS. (Northallerton), lxv Indictment for recusancy, form of, xxxv-vi Informations (Exchequer), form of. xvii Instructions (to Commissioners of Inquiry), lxxiii Inventories of goods, lxxxi, lxxxii Letters Patent, xliv, lxiii; 87 L.T.R. Estreat Roll of Recusants, lxii Memoranda Rolls: Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (L.T.R.), xxv, xlviii, Iii, lvi, lvii*, lxii, lxiii*. lxvi-viii, lxxii-iv, lxxxi-iii.lxxxvi*,

INDEX Authorities lxxxvii*, lxxxix*, xcii-xcv, ci, civ* cv* cvii*, cx; and passim in Text' Memoranda Rolls: Queen's Remembrancer (Q.R.), xvi*, xx, xxii, Iii, lvi, Ivii*, lxvii, lxx, lxxxvi*, lxxxix, cvii; 1, 63, 213 Orders or Decrees (L.T.R.), Books of, civ; 87 Patent Rolls, Calendar, Iiv, cii Pipe (Great) Rolls, xiv, xv, xix, xxiv, xxx, xxxiii, xxxvi*, xxxvii, 1*, liii-ivii, lx-lxii, lxiv, lxviii-lxxi, lxxiv, lxxv, lxxviii*, lxxxiv*, lxxxvii, lxxxviiin, xc, xciv; and passim in Text Pipe Office series of Great and Recusant Rolls, Ii *, 1 Proclamation of Recusancy, form of, xl Receipt, Abbreviates of Ii; Books (Pells'), xx, Ii, lxv, lxix, lxxv, lxxvi, civ* ; Pells of, li ; Rolls, Ii. Recusant Rolls, I-Ii, liv-vii, lxii-viii; and passim Repertories: L.T.R., M.R., civ Roll of the Enrolment of Leases, lxxviii*, 5, 19, 21, 39, 40, 78, 79, 80, 91, 108, 125, 130, 164*, 177, 192, 210, 211, 225 Schedules of the Pipe, Iiv, lx, lxi-lxiii Sharp MSS. (Durham), lxxiii State Papers, Domestic, viii, xvii, x.xi, Ii, lviii, lxix, Ixxvi*, cvii Summonses of the Green Wax, xlix, lviii, lix* Summonses of the Pipe, xlix, iiii, liv, lx, lxiv*, lxv, Ixvi*, lxvii, Ix.xxvii, xc, xcix*, Recusant, lxv*, cviii Tellers' Bills, Ii, lxvi*, civ Tellers' Views of Payments and Issues, xxvii, ii, !iv, lviii, Iix, lxi, lxii, lxv (Printed Works) Acts of the Privy Council, xxill Anstruther, Godfrey: Vaux 0/ Harrowden, xliv Archives, articles, vii, x Bacon, Sir Nicholas: The Office 0/ Alienations, liii Barraclough, G. : The Earldom and County Palatine of Chester, cvi Bartholomew, J. : Survey Gazetteer, cxiii Biographical Studies, lxxiii, lxxxii, xciii, cxi; see Recusant History Birt, H. Norbert: The Elizabethan Settlement, viii, xii

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Authorities Bond, M. F.: Acts of Parliament, x Bowler, H.: Some Notes on the Recusant Rolls 0/ the Exchequer, vii Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Ii, lxii Calendar, S. P. Domestic, lxxiii, lxxvi Calthrop, M. M. C.: Catholic Record Society, vol. xviii,Introduction, vii Campbell, Mildred: The English Yeoman under Elizabeth and early Stuarts, xlv Caraman, Philip: John Gerard, xxi, xliii Catholic Record Society, vol. 2 : xxi; vol. 6: xxx; vol. 18: passim; vol. 22: xv; vol. 34: xxix*, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxvii, xxxviii, xxxix, xl, xcvi; vol. 53: xxiiin, lviii*, lix, lx, lxxvi, lxxxvn Cheney, C. R. : Handbook of Dates for Students of English History, Ivi Coke (Sir Edward), Law Reports, xxii; Ford and Sheldon's case, lxxxiii; Foster's case, xv, xviii, xxv, xxxiv, xl, xli, xlvi Davies, M. G.: The Enforcement of English Apprenticeship 15631642, xvi, xvii D'Ewes, Sir Simonds: A Compleat Journal 0/ the House 0/ Lords and the House 0/ Commons . .. temp. Eliz., xxii* Dictionary of National Biography, viii, xxi, xxxvi * Dietz, F. C.: Receipts and Issues of the Exchequer, temp. James 1 and Charles I, cxi; The Exchequer in Elizabeth's reign, xix, xx, xxvii, xliii, cxi* Downside Review, xxiv Encycl. Britannica, article "Exchequer," xlix English Place-name Society, vols. of, cxiii Fanshawe, Thomas : The Practice of the Exchequer Court, lxvi Finch, M. E.: Five Northamptonshire Families, xxxii Foley, H.: Records, S.J., xliii, lxxxiii Ford and Sheldon's case; see Coke, Reports Foster's case; see Coke, Reports Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey: A Treatise on the Court of Exchequer, xxxii in, xlix*, liii, lviii*, lix, Ix, lxv, lxvi, lxvii, lxxxix, xc, xcix

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Authorities Guiseppi, M. S.: Guide to the Public Records (1923), xlix, liii, lviii, lxvii Godber, Joyce: The Publication of Latin Records, vii Grimstone v. Molineux ; see Hobart, Reports Guide to the Contents of the Public Record Office ("Ouide 1963"), xlix, 1, Iii, liii, liv, lviii, lix, lxvi, lxxxiv, civ*, cvii Hall, Hubert: Antiquities and Curiosities of the Exchequer, liii* Havran, M. J.: The Catholics in Caroline England, xvin Hawkins, W.: Pleas of the Crown (ed. 1724), xxvi, xxviii, xxxiv*, xxxix*, xlii, xlvi, xcix Hobart (Sir Henry): Reports, Grimstone v. Molyneux, xvii; Pie v. Lovell, xxxix; Tredwaye's case, xxv Housebooks of the mayoral court of York, 1576-1601, xii Hugbes, Philip: The Reformation in England, viii , x*, xii* Jacob: Law Dictionary, xxvii, xxxiv, xxxviii*, lxiii, lxxxn, lxxxi ; 112n Jessopp, Augustus: One Generation of a Norfolk House, xxvii Lapsley, O. T.: The County Palatine of Durham, cvi, cvii Lilly, W. S., and Wallis, J.P.: A Manual of the Law specially affecting Catholics, xin Lists and Indexes, No. IX (P.R.O.), lv, cix Manuscripts of the House of Lords (New Series), viii Middlesex County Records (ed. J. Cordy Jeaffreson), xxix Middlesex Sessions Records (ed. W. Le Hardy and O. L. Reckitt), xxix Mills, M. H.: Adventus Vicecomitum (English Historical Review), xlix ; The Medieval Shire House, lxv Morgan, E. V. ; The study of prices and the value of money, xliv Morris, John: Troubles of our Catholic Forefathers (series II!), xii, xix, xxxix, lxxxiii Morris, W. A.: The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300, xlix, xciv Neale, J. E.: Elizabeth I and her Parliaments (2 vols.), ix, xii, xxii, xlvi, xlvii Parliament, Acts of (4 Henry VII, c.20), xvi; (27 Henry VIII, c. 26),

Authorities cix; (27 Henry VIII, c. 24), cvi ; (34 and 35 Henry VITI, c. 26), cix; (3 Edw. VI, c.1), x; (5 and 6 Edw. VI, c.l), x; (7 Edw. VI, c.4), viii; (1 Eliz., c. 2), viii, xi, xii, x*, xxxviii; (5 Eliz., c. 23), xi, cvi; (18 Eliz., c.3), xxvi; (18 Eliz., c. 5), xvii; ("Statute of 1581": 23 Eliz., c.I), ix, xii-xxi and passim; (27 Eliz., c. 2), xxxvii; ("Statute of 1586-7": 28-29 Eliz., c. 6), xii, xxii-xliii; and passim. See Appendix ; (29 Eliz. c.5),xviii; (35 Eliz., c. I), xxxvii*, xlvi-viii; (1 James I, c. 4), ix, xxvi, xli, xlii, xciii; (3 James I, c. 4), xii, xxiii, xxxiii, xxxvii, xxxviii, xli, xlviii, lxi ; (3 James I, c. 5), xi; (21 Jan1es I, c. 4), xvii ; (2 William and Mary, sess. 1, c. 5), xi; (4 Oeo. II. c. 26), xxxv; (23 Oeo. III, c. 82), Iii; (33 Oeo. ITT, c.13), xxiv; (3 and 4 William IV), liii Parmiter, O. de C. : Saint Thomas More and the Oath, xxiv Pie v. Lovell; see Hobart, Reports Poole, R. L.: The Exchequer in The Twelfth Century, xlviii, liii Powicke, F. J. . Henry Barrow, Separatist, xxxvi Powicke, F. M.: Handbook of British Chronology, Ivii Pugb, R. B.: Abstracts of Feet 0/ Fines relating to Wiltshire . .. , vii Recusant History (continuing Biographical S,.udies), vii, xiv, xxvi, xxxiv, xxxvii, xlii, lii, lxiii, lxxi, lxxxi, xcii, xcviii, cii Rowse, A. L. : Tudor Cornwall, xliv Ryan, O. H., and Redstone, L. J. : Timper/ey of Hintlesham, vii, xxxviii, xln Somerville, R.: The Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster, cvi Statutes at Large, x*, xxii*, xlvi, cix Statutes of the Realm, x Stow, John: The Survey of London, liii Strype, John: Annals of the Reformation, viii The Lord Coke his Speech and Charge, viii The Office 0/ the Clerk of Assize: together with the Office of the Clerk of the Peace, xl Tredwaye's case, see Hobart, Reports Victoria County History, lxxvii, cxiii

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Authorities Visitations of Berkshire (Harleian Soc.),lxxvii. Wharton, Law Lexicon, xi, xii, xxiii, cv*; 181n, 188n Williams, J. A.: Bath and Rome, xxxvii Williams, N. J.: Tradesmen in early Stuart Wiltshire, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix Wilson, Thoma'i, The State of England, 1600 (Camden Miscell., xvi), xliv-v Aveling, Hugh, O.S.B., ]xvn Averell, Edward, lab., rec., 198; Mary, wife, rec., 198; also Tailor, William, baker, rec., 198 Avery, Richard, blacksmith, rec., 198 Awderson, Christopher, yom., rec., 216 Axford, Axor, Hants., 34 Aylmer, John, bj, hop of London, xv Ayre, John, yom., rec., 180 Ayshford, East, Devon, 19

Bableigh. Bableygh, Parkham, Devon, 21 Babington, Gervase, viii Bache, George, husb., ree., 196* Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Knt., "farmer," 105, IBn

Bacons, manor house, Essex, 25 Badger, William, lab., rec., 127 Bagges, Linstead Parva, Suff., 160, 163 Bagott, Richard, esq., commissioner, 146* 147* 156n* Bailiffs' (Sheriff's), lxv, lxxxiii Bake, William, lessee, 38 * Baker, Elizabeth, spr., rec., 111; Richard, smith, rec., 49; Thomas, tenant, 175, 176 Bales, Joan, wife, rec., 168 ; Thomas, gent, 168 Ball, Robert, husb., rec., 61,81 Ballam, Goosnargh, Lanes., 73, 76, 81 ; Westby, Lanes., 54, 59 Ballingdon, Ballenden, Essex, 28 Balthroppe, Robert, chief surgeon to the Queen, lessee, 6* Bamber, George, rec., 77* Bamford, John, gent., commissioner, Ixxxiin; 17 Bampton, Oxon., 127 Bancke, Elizabeth, wid., rec., 76* Bancroftes, Staffs., 145 Banham, Norf., 103, 111; Haugh, Norf., 105 Banninge, Paul, sheriff of London/ Middx.,92 w

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Ban(n)ester, Ban(n)ister, Ban(n)yster, Bannystar, Edward, esq., rec., 35 ; Edward, gent., rec., 170 ; Nicholas, esq., commissioner, 70, 79; Richard, esq., 137; Richard, rec., cixn; Richard, esq., rec., 133, 135, 136* ; Winefrid, spr., wife, ree., 137 Bapchild, Kent, 51 Barbor, Ann, wife, rec., 127 ; John, 127 Barford St. Martin, Wilts., 186 Barforth, N.R. Yorks., 201, 213 Barker, Margaret, spr.-wife, rec., 85; Margaret, wid., rec., 82 ; Richard, yom., 85; Rowland, esq., commissioner, 133, 135, 136; also of Chapman, Edward Barking(e), Essex, 26 Barling(e), Essex, 28 Barmbye, Beatrice, wife, rec., 217; see Barnabye, Barnebye Barnaby, N.R. Yorks., 216 Barnabye, Thomas, esq., ree., 217 ; see Barmbye, Barnebye Barnacre, Barnaker, Lanes., 60, 74*, 75 Barnard, Christopher, deputy to the Lord Treasurer's RemembrÂˇancer, xxxn Barnbrough,Baronbur-gh, W.R. Yorks., xIiin; 208* Barnby, Barnebye, W.R. Yorks., 204, 209, 213 ; Suffolk, 25 Bamby, West, Westbameby, N.R. Yorks., 205, 207 Barneby Hall, W.R. Yorks., 213, 222n Barneby(e), Thomas, Ixxivn ; Thomas, esq., rec., 204* 209, 213*, 222n* ; Thomas, gent.. 213, 222n; see Barmbye, Baroabye Barnes, Robert, yom., rec., 187 Barnesley, William, lab., rec., 152 Barney, Alice, wid., rec., 106 ; Ralph, gent., rec., 101, 109*, 111 Barres, Holmedale, Norf., 101 Barrett, Robert, gent., commissioner, 224 Barrobie [? Barrowby] grange, [?W.R.] Yorks. 209 Barrowby, W.R., Yorks. ; seeBarrobie Barrow(e), Henry, gent., dissenter, viiin*, xxxvi* Barrowists, viii Barsey Hey, Garston, Lanes., 79 Barton, Lanes., 54 Barton, Ann, rec., 54 ; Ann, wife, ree., 93 ; John, gent., rec., 93* ; "Lion" [? Lionel], gent., rec., 194 Basildon, Basseldon, Berks., lxxxiiin ; 5* Baskervile, Jane, wid., rec., 46* Basseldon, see BasiJdon

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Bassett, Thomas, yom., ree., 180 Bathampton, Wilts., lxxxiv; 3 Baventtes, Bavens, manor, Suff., 163, 164 165* Baxter [ ], wife, rec., 218, 222n ; Alice, wid., rec., 83; Francis, gent., rec., 111,217, 222n Bayley, Thomas, gent., lessee, 204*,

Benndes, Great Welnetham, Suff., 164* Bennetland, Eastrington, W.R. Yorks.; see Burland Bennett, Leonard, weaver, rec., 140 Bentham, W.R. Yorks., 200*, 219 Berkeswiche [? Berkham Sytch], Staffs., 152 Berkshire, xxvn, lvn, lxviin, lxxi*, 221n lxxiin, lxxivn, lxxv-viii, lxxxiii*, Baylie, George, husb., rec., 141 lxxxviiin, en, ciii*, civn*, cxiii; Bayne landes [? Eshton: W.R.], 1-6, 124 Yorks., 209 Berkswell,Barkeswell, Warwicks., 182* Baynton, Henry, esq., sheriff of Wilts., Berrington, Francis, junior, gent., rec.,49 xciii Beachamwell, Birchehamwell, Bitch- Berrow, Borrowe, Worcs., 191 amwell, Norf., xxxii; 99*, 100*, Berry Court Farm, Burry Courte, 112 ; see Bicham Donhead St. Andrew, Wilts., 185 Berrye, Cecily, spr., rec., 81 Beamondes, Farlington, Hants., 174 Berryhill, Hanley, Staffs., 146 Beane, Robert, clothier, ree., 219 Beansheaves, Bensheves, Tilehurst, Berwick St. John, Barwick St. John, Wilts., 186 Berks., 2 Beseley, Richard, husb., rec., 74* Beare, Christiana, wid., ree., 41 Beaseley, Bridget, wife, ree., 215; Betton under Lune [Lyme], Lyne Edward, gent., 215 [Betton in Hales], Salop., 131, 134 Beecles, Becclis, Suff., 162 Betterton, Elizabeth, wife, rec., 127 ; Beckett, Robert, esq., ree., 14, 15 John, lab., 127 Beckland, Becklondes, Devon, 20 Bettes, John, gent., ree., 110 Beckley, William, husb., ree., 126 Bicham [? Beachamwell] St. Mary, Beekwythe, Jane., spr., rec., 219 Norf., 110 Beddingham, Bedingham, Sussex, 173 Bickerdike, Bickerdick, Edward, gent., Bedfordshire, xxiin, xxxi*, xlixn, lvn, 219; Jane, wife, ree., 219 ; Mary, lxviii, lxix, lxx*, lxxix*, lxxxviin, spr., ree., 219 lxxxviiin; 1*, 3 Bickerstaff, Lanes., 62* Bigby(e), Lines., 91 Bedhampton, Hants., 41 Bedingfeild, Elizabeth, wid., rec., 101 ; Bigge, Cecily, wife, rec., 126 ; Walter, Henry, gent., ree., 112 ; Humphrey, yom., 126 ree., 103; Humphrey, esq., ree., Bigg(e)s, Thomas, esq., sheriff of 105; Jane, wife, rec., 111; John, Worcs., 189, 193 157*; John, esq., rec., 157*; Big(g)ottes, West Tofts, Norf., 102, 105 Lawrence, esq., rec., 110, 111 Billesby, Edward, esq., lessee, 88, 89* Thomas, esq., 157* Billing, Great, Billinge Magna, NorthBedingfield [ ], viiin ants., 114*, 115 Billingsgate, London, Ward of, 94 Bee, Robert, carpenter, rec., 75*, 81 Beeding, Upper, Sussex, 170 Billington, Billyngton, Lanes., 70*, 71 Bilney, Norfolk, xxviin Beelsby, Beilsbye, Lines., 88, 89 Belchford [? or Bottesford], Lines. ; Bilston, Bilson, Wolverhampton, see Boltesford Staffs., 152 Belhouse, Janet, wife, rec., 220; Bingham, Laurence, gent., commisJohn, rec., 220 ; John, yom., ree., sioner, 26, 28 Bintree, Byntree, Norf., 111 220 ; William, yom., rec., 220 BeHamy(e), James, Queen's servant, Birche, Byrche, Edward, rec., 146; Edward, husb., rec., 145; Edward, lessee, 202*, 205, 212*, 214 yom., rec., 151 *; Rose, wife, ree., Bellingham, Richard, gent., lessee, 170* Bellowes, Janet, spr., rec., 203, 212 151 Bellows, High Easter, Essex, 27 Birtsmorton, Brutes Morton, also Belson, Ann, wid., rec., 126 Birchemoreton, Worcs., 191 Belvens [? Eshton: W.R.], Yorks., 209 Bisbrooke,Bysbrooke, Rutland, 128,130 Bendbowe, John, lessee, 88*, 91 *,92 Bishopp, Joan, serv't, rec., 140; Bcnfieet, North, Northbemflete, Essex, Margaret, wid., rec., 140*; see Bisshoppe 25

INDEX Bishops (Anglican), xln*, xii, xiii*, xv*, xxxviii, xciii*, cvi Bishop's Castle, Bysshopscastell, Salop., 135* Bissell; see Byssell Bisshoppe, Thomas, esq., commissioner, 175; see Bishopp Blackburn, Blakeborne, Lanes., xviii*; 54, 57, 69, 70, 82 Blackburne, John, yom., rec., 60*, 80 Blackeston, Blakeston, Co. Durham, 211* Blackiston, William, esq., ree., 211 Blackeway, Salop., 132 Blackway farme, Harley, Salop., 132 Bledlow(e), Bucks., 6, 122 Blegberry, Bleckburye, Devon, 20 Blenches, manor, Suff., 163., 164 Blenerhasset, William, esq., commissioner, 106 Blenkynsoppe, Blinkinsopp, Henry, esq., rec., 183* Bletchington, Blechington, Oxon., 127 Blewbell, Le, Bread Street, London, 92 Blinkinsopp, Henry ; see Blenlcynsoppe Blott, Phillipa, spr., rec., 126 Blount, Edward, tenant, 19* Bloxwich, Bloxwyche, Staffs., 147* Bloys, manor, Essex, 24 Blundell, Margaret, wid., ree., 83; Margery, wid., rec., 65; Richard, 78* ; Richard, rec., 54* ; Richard, gent., rec., 59*; William, gent., rec., 78* Blunsdon, Broad, Wilts., 186 Blont(t), Bridget, wife, rec., 193*; Thomas, gent., rec., 191, 193*, 194 ; Walter, rec., 144 Blythe, Alice, spr., rec., 152 ; Francis, esq., commissioner, 26 Bod(d)enham, Roger, esq., sheriff of Herefords., lxxxixn ; 43,48*, 501l Bodie, Edward, clothworker, informer, xlin Bodmin, Bodmyn, Cornwall, 21 Bold, Boulde, Lanes., 59, 83 Bolt(e), Frances, wife, rec., 153; Hugh, 153; a/so Stone, Joan, spr., rec., 149 Boltesford, ? Belchford [? Bottesford], Lines., 90 Bolton, Adam, yom., rec., 70*, 71 * ; Nicholas, gent., rec., 54; Richard, rec., 65; Richard, gent., lessee, 54*,55 Boothe, Margery, wid., ree., 12 Border (England-Scotland), lxixn Borne, Lanes., 53 Boroughbridge, Burrowbrigges, W.R. Yorks., 219

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Borrowby, Borowby, N.R. Yorks., 216 Bossington, Bossingdon, Hants., 38* Bothorne Hey, Garston, Lanes., 79 Bottesford, Lines.; see Boltesford, ? Belchford Boulde, Lanes. ; see Bold Boulde, Joan, wid., ree., 149 Bourne, John, gent., ree., 126; William, ree., 122, 125*; William, gent., ree., 126* Bowerchalk, Burchalke, Wilts., 186 Bowes, Christopher, foreman-juror, 206; John, gent. , ree., 216; Ralph, esq., commissioner, 211; Robert, rec., 207, 212; Robert, yom., rec., 215; Robert, gent., rec., 210*; Talbott, esq., commissioner, 206; Talbott, gent., commissioner, 210 Bowmer, Katherine, ree., 201 Bowyer, Thomas, esq., commissioner, 177* 178* Braban', Thomas, lessee, 43*, 47*, 48, 49n

Brabrooke; see Braybrook Bracye, Thomas, tenant, 192 BraMord, Thomas, yom., ree., 32* Bradley, Staffs., 144, 154 Bradley, Alexander, yom., ree., 16*, 17 ; John, ree., 72* Bradrnan, also of Abraham, Eleanor Bradshawe, Edward, gent., lessee, 52*, 53; Christopher, yom., 83; Elizabeth, spr., rec., 194 ; George, yom., rec., 83 ; John, esq., commissioner, 60, 79, 80; Margaret, spr.-wife, rec., 83 ; Margaret, wid., ree., 85 ; 79*; Richard, gent., lessee, Thomas, lessee, 56*; Thomas, esq., sergeant-at-arms, lessee, 57* Bradstock, John, ree., 190 ; William, ree., 191 ; William, gent., ree., 31, 33 ; see Brodstock Bradworthy, Bradworthie, Devon, 20 Bragge, William, tenant, 28; a/so Tynkes, Thomas, yom., ree., 168 Brakefeld, Garston, l.ancs., 79 Bramber, James, husb., rec., 77* Brambridge, Brembridge, Twyford, Hants., lxxxiv; 35 Bramley, Bramlye, Hants., 42 Brampton, Branton, Norf., 110 ; N.R. Yorks., 216 Bramshott, Rants., 41 Brand, Norton in Hales, Salop.; see Eland Brandearths, Two, Garston, Lanes., 79 Brand(e)sby, N.R. Y01'ks., 214 Brandon, Parva, Norf., 108*, 111 Bransford, Wores., 194

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Brant Broughton, Brentbroughton, Lincs .. 88 Branton 'grange, [? W.R.] Yorks., 209 Brawyn, Francis, gent., tenant, 8 Braybrook, Braybroke, Brabrooke, Martha, wid., rec., lxxi*, lxxii, lxxvii*' 4* 5* . Family lxxviin Bread street: B:eadstreate, city of London, 92 Breches, Stanlake, Oxon., 122 Breeon, Co., cviiin, cixll Bredon, Breedon, Worcs., 196 Breers, Frances, wife, ree., 220; Oliver, gent., 220 Bregge, Edwald, weaver, rec., 152 Breinton, John, esq., commissioner, 46 Brembridge, Hants.; see Brambridge Brenchley, Kent, 51 Bretforten, Bradforton, Worcs., 196 Bretton, Bretton West., W.R. Yorks., 200, 208 Bretton, Frances, wife, rec., 218; John, rec. [martyr], cxin; John, gent., rcc., 218; John, yom., ree., 208 Brewers Brooke, Peasmarsh, Sussex, 177

Brewham, Breuham, Somerset, 140 Brewninge, Richard, ree., 38* Brewood, see Dreewood, Staffs. Brewster, Richard, lessee, 6*, 7, 160*, 161* Brickleton, Berks.; see Bright Walton Bridewells, xxvin Bridg(e)water, Somerset, 141 Bridzor, Burzer, Tisbury, Wilts., 188 Brigges, John, yom ., rec., 180; Robert, yom., ree., 198 Bright, John, tenant, 22 Brightling(e), Sussex, 172 Brightmore, Henry, tenant, 129, 130 Bright Walton, Brickleton, Berks., lxxvii; 4 Brigstock, Brigestocke, Northants., 115 Brimpton, Somerset, 143; see Bympton Brindle, Brindhill, Lancs., 73 Brissingcote, Derbys.; see Brizlincote Bristol, Somerset, Ivin British Museum, viiin, ixn, xxixn Brizlincote, Brissingcote, Derbys., 19 Broadchalk, Brodchalke, Wilts., 186 Broadway, Brodwey, Dorset, 23 Brockholls (? Brockholds), Radwinter, Essex, 28 Bro(c)kio, Brokin, Chastleton, Oxon., 122, 123, 125 Brocksted [Broxsted], Brocksteed, Essex, 26

Brodockes, Wimbish, Essex, 28 Brodstock, John, rec., 192, 193; see Bradstock Bromefeild, Garston, Lancs., 79 Bromeley, Sir Henry, KnL, commissioner, 191, 192 Bromewell, Thomas, yom., rec., 111 Bromhall, Cheshire; see Broornhall Bromyard, Bromeyard, Herefs., 44, 48 Broncker, Sir William, Knt., lessee, lxxii L'{xvii lxxviii*' 4* 5*' Family, lxxvhn; see B:unck~r ' Brooke, David, yom., ree., 188*; Elizabeth, spr., ree., 188; Mary, spr., rec., 188 ; Phillida, wife, spr., ree., 188; Thomas, yom., rec., 110, 180 Brookes, "Geneta," wid., ree., 84 Broomhall, Bromhall, Stockport, Cheshire, 11 Brough-under-Stainmore, Westrnld., 183* Broughe, Catterick par., N.R. Yorks., 214 Broughton, Hants., 38; Lancs., 57, 60; Notts., 119; W.R. Yorks., 220; Sulney, Solney, Notts., 119 ; West, West Broughton, Derbys., 19 Broundesden, Bromesden, Oxon., 122 Browne, Anthony, xliiin; Bridget, spr., ree., 168, 169; Humphrey, lab., rec., 156; Joan, daughter, spr., rec., 141; Joan, wife, spr., ree., 141 ; John, esq., commissioner, 165; John, yom., rec., 115; Robert, dissenter, viiin*, xxxvin; Timothy, ree., 146; Valentine, esq., sheriff of Lincs., 88, 91, 92n ; William, 141; als. of Calvert, Elizabeth Brownists, viii, xxxvin; (Recusant), ix Broxsted, Brocksteed, Essex; see Brocksted Broxton, Michael, lab., ree., 154; Simon,42n Brudges, Charles, esq., sheriff of Herefs.,47 Bruisyard, Brusyard, Suffolk, xxvi in, xxx Bruncker, Sir WiJIiam, Knt., commissioner, 187; see Broncker Brutes Morton, also Birchemoreton, Worcs. ; see Birtsmorton Bruton, Brewton, Somerset, 140 Bryant, J., liiin Bryngwyn, Bringwyn, Mon., 98 Bucke, Elizabeth, wid., ree., 76* Buckenham, Old, Norf., 110 Buckenham, St. Martin [New Buckenham], Norf., 112

INDEX Buekinghamshire, xxvii, xliii, lvn, lxxvi, Lxxxiv, lxxxv, lxxxvii, lxxxviiin, ciii* ; 6-7,48, 122 Buekish, Buckysshe, Devon, 20 Buckland Brewer, Bruer, Devon, 21 * Bueklebury, Berks., 4 Budgell, John, lessee, 183* Bulby, Lines., 89 Bulkeley, Rowland, ree., 132 Bull, George, junior, husb., ree., 87* ; William, husb'n, ree., 141 Bulleyn(e), John ree., 123; Joyce, wid., ree., 127 Bullock, John, esq., commissioner, 18*, 1911 Bulmer, Essex, lxxxiv; 25, * 28 * Bulstrode, Edward, commissioner, 48 Bunbury, Cheshire, 12* Bunny, Bonney, Notts., 119 Buntingesdale, Salop., 132 Burgate, Burgatt, Suff., 163 Burgen, als. Burgan, als. Burgoyn, gent., ree., 22 Burges, Eleanor, spr., ree., 155; Isaac, gentleman of the chapel royal, lessee, 132*, 136 Burghfield, Berks., 2, 3* Burghlcy, Lord Treasurer (Sir William Cecil), xx, xxxvin, xlviii, lviiin, !ix, cvii Burgoyn ; als. of Burgen, William Buriton, Borryton, Hants., 39,40 Burlace, Nicholas, gent., ree., 16*, 17 Burland [? Bennetland, in Eastrington], W.R. Yorks., 203 Burley, Burghley, W.R. Yorks., 202 Burley, George, gent., lessee, 36*,41 William, gent., ree., 36 Burne, Lanes., 53 Burne, Thomas, yom., ree., 153 Bum(e)ley, l.ancs., 72 Burn(e)sall, W.R. Yorks., 220 Burrell, John, ree., 90 Burrowes, Edith, wid., ree., 94 Burryes, Caston Hall, Norf., 106 Burton (in Warcop), Westmorland, 183*, 184 Burton, Ann, wife, ree., 219; Cuthbert, yom., 219 Burwash, Burwasshe, Sussex, 172 Buryeblunsdon, also Burytowne [in Broad Blunsdon, Highworth], Wilts. 186 Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., 169 Burytowne, als. of Buryeblunsdon, Wilts. Buscott, Burscott, Berks., 2 Bushbury, Bysshebury, Staffs., 151 Butler, Lady Ann, wife, ree., 149, 150 ; Jane, ree., 58, 59 ; John, esq., 57, 58

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Butterbimcs, Devon, 20 Butterleigh, ButterIey, Devon, 19 Byddulphe, Ann, wife, ree., 153; Ralph, gent., ree., 153 Byford, Bifford, Herefs., 43, 47 Bympton, ? Brimpton, Somerset, 143 Byrche ; see Birche Byrde, Ann, spr., ree., 180; Edward, 212* Byreworth, Byworth, Lanes., 75 Byssell, Bissell, Ann, wife, rec., 197 ; Ann, spr., wife, ree., 198; John, 197, 198 Caerleon, Carlyon, Mon., 98 Calverley, W.R. Yorks., 202, 218, 221 Calverley, Katherine, wife, ree., 218, 221 *; William, gent., ree., 202, 218, 221 *, 222n Calvert, William, carpenter, ree., 76*; also Browne, Elizabeth, spr., ree., 82 Cam, Thomas, tenant, 130* Cambridgeshire, xxxi*, lv*, lxivll, lxxn, lxxiii, lxxx, lxxxin, lxxxviiin ; 7-9 Canfield, Essex, 24 ; Little, Essex, 30 Canterbury, Kent, ixn; Archbishop of, xxxin; eccles. Province of, xv Carbonells, Wix, Essex, 27 Carbrook(e), Norf., 111 Carde, Denyse, spr., ree., 188 Cardigan, Co., cviiin Careles, John, yom., ree., 138 Carewe, Richard, esq., commissioner, 15 Cargoll, Caryole, Newlyn, Cornwall, 16 Carlegas, Cornwall; see Carloggas Carleton, William, gent., ree., 132 Carl(e)ton, W.R. Yorks., 217 ; [Stanwick St. John, N.R.], Yorks., 201 , 213, 216; Colvil(l)e, Suff., 159 Carlisle, Karlion', Cumberland, 183 Carloggas, Carlegas, Cornwall, 15 Carmarthen, Co., cviii, cixn; 224* Carnarvon, Co., cviii; 224* Carpenter, John, gent., lessee, 186* Carre, Wilpshire, Lanes., 82 Carsington, Oxon. ; see Garsington Cartuther, Cortider, Cornwall, 14 Carvile, Henry, gent., ree., 102 ; see Kervile Carwinnen, Cornwall ; see Carwyngan Carwyngan (? Carwinnen), Cornwall, 15 Carye, Henry, esq., ree., 38, 39, 41 * Caryo)e, NeWlyn, Cornwall; see Cargoll Casse, John, draper, rec., 219

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Castle Chureh, parish, Stafford, 153, 157n

Castlemorton, Castle Mmton, Wores., 197 Caston, Norf., 106 Caston Hall, manor, Norf., 106* Catatt, Mary, ree., 143 Catherall, Lanes. ; see Catterall Catherall, Robert, ree., 71 *, 73*, 79; see Catterall Caton, Lanes., 80 Catterall, CatheralI, Clatherall, Lanes., 57, 60; Robert, yom., ree., 70*, 81 ; see CatheraU Catteriek, N.R. Yorks., 214 Catteriek, Cattrick, Margaret, wid., ree., 216; George, gent., ree., 201, 213 Cause, William, yom., ree., 136* Caverswall, Staffs., 146 Cavil, Caven, W.R. Yorks., 203 Cawood, Thomas, lessee, 119*, 120* Cawstons, also Caxtons, manor, Little Cornard, Suff., 160 Cawthorne, Cauthorne, W.R. Yorks., 200,217 Caxtons, also of Cawstons, Little Cornard, Suff. Chad(d)erton, Henry, ree., 117*, 178, 181n*; William, gent., 177*, 178*, 181n

Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs., 132, 196 Chaddeston, Suff. ; see Chediston Chagford, Devon, 22 Chaigley, Cheigley, Lanes., 56 Chaiter, Thomas, esq., commissioner, 208 Challyner, Chalenor, Chalinor, Elizabeth, wid .â&#x20AC;˘ ree., 83 ; also Chawnor, "Geneta," wid., ree., 83 ; Katherine, wife, ree., 84; Percival, carpenter, ree., 84* Chamberlain of Chester, cvi; 13n Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, cvi, cviii; 85n*, 86n*; chamber of, cviii Chancellor, Lord, of the Realm, 1*, Ii * Chancery, Court of, xin, xxviin, lixn, lxiiin Chapman, John, gent., lessee, 53*; also Barker, Edward, tenant, 165 Chapples Vise, Essex, 29 Chare, John, lessee, 190* Charles I, King of England, xxxvi in, lxiin, lxxxivn, ciin; 110, 137, 155, 196, 199n,214,221,222n Charles II, King of England, civn Charnock, Robert, esq., 64 Charnock Richard, Lanes., 59, 85 Charsfeild, Suff., 157; Close, Suff., 157

Chary, manor, Essex ; see Cherry Chastleton, Castleton, Oxon., 122, 123, 125, 126 Chauncey, Tobias, esq., sheriff. of Northants., 113, 117, 118n Chaunte Wood, nr. Wellington and Marden, Herefs., 45*, 46, 50n Chauntrye Landes, Le, Fladbury, Wares., 189 Chawdell Shotte, Essex, 29 Chawnor, also Chalenor, Edmund, husb., ree., 84; see Challyner Chaworth, Sir George, Knt., commissioner, 119*, 120* Cheadle, Chedull, Staffs., 149*, 150 Cheekendon, Chakenden, Oxon., 127 Cheekley, John, lessee, 113, 117* Cheddleton, Chedulton, Staffs., din; 149, 153 Chediston, Chaddeston, Suff., 165*; see Cheston Chedulton, Staffs.; see Cheddleton Cherrington, Salop., cin Cher(r)ington, John, ciin ; John, gent., ciin; John, yeoman, ree., ci*; 137 Cherry, Chary, manor, Broxted, Essex, 26 Chesardu', Bushbury, Staffs., 151 Chesheare, William, husb., ree., 81 Cheshire, lxxivn, lxxix, lxxx*, lxxxiii, lxxxviiin, ciii *, cvi *, cviii *. cxiiin ; 9-13, 54, 58 Chester, Co. Palatine of, cvi, cviiin ; 13n Chesterton Grange, Oxon., 122, 125, 128n

Chesterton Parva, Oxon., 128n Cheston [? Chediston], Suff., 163*, 165* Chetwinde, Chetwyn, Katherine, wid., ree., 152; Thomas, gent., ree., 145,148* Chew(e), Edward, ree., 70*, 71 * Cheynes, Long Stanton, Cambs., 9 Cheyney, Francis, esq., sheriff of Bucks., 7 Chieklade, Chidlade, Wilts., 188 Childerditeh, Childerwick, also Childerdick, Essex., 166 Childwall, Lancs., 83 Chillington, Chillyngton, Staffs., 144, 150 Chilson, Richard, tanner, ree., 68* Chilton, Magna, Co. Durham, 211 * Chinnor, Chynnor, Oxon., 126 Chipping, Chippen, Lancs., 72 Chiselborough, Cheeselborough, Somerset, 143 Cholmeley, Sir Hugh, Knt., commissioner, 12; Sir Hugh, senior, Knt. ,

INDEX commISSIoner, 11 ; Marmaduke, esq., 214; Richard, gent., ree., 219 ; Ursula, wife, ree., 214 Chorleton, Alice, spr.-wife, ree., 137 ; William, gent., 137 Choulton, Cholton, Salop., 134 Christ Church, parish, London, 93, 94 Christopher (surname omitted), lab., ree., 153 Church Eaton, Churcheyton, Staffs., 149, 153 Churehecloses, Stanlake, Oxon., 122 Church-papists, xli, xliii Churchwardens, xi, xiin, xxxviii* Chyllington, Staffs.; see Chillington Cirencestcr, Gloucs., 32* Claines [North], Claynes, Wores .â&#x20AC;¢ 197 Clapham, W.R. Yorks., 204, 211 Clapham, John, lessee, 19,20 Clarke, Edward, ree., 50n ; Elizabeth, wid., 45 ; Elizabeth, wife, ree., 127 ; Hemy, gent., 127; John, yom., ree., 94; Mary, wife, ree., 127; Richard, gent., ree., 46; Sir William, Knt., 127 Clatherall, Lancs., 57; see Catterall Claughton, Lancs., 80* Claverley, Clareley, Salop., 133, 147 Clawes, John, gent., ree., 90 Claxton, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 154; William, gent., ree., 154 Clayton, Ann, wife, ree., 217; Laurence, ree., 217 Clayton, Blackburn, Lancs., 70*; W.R. Yorks., 202; in-Ie-Dale, Lancs., 70, 71, 79 Clerkenwell,lxxxvn; 15 ; Middx., 20, 23,94 Clerks (clerici), xxxvi *, xxxvii * ; 58, 108, 145: see under Priests, Exchequer ; Parish, 93 Clerks of Assize, xln* Cleveland, N.R. Yorks., 204, 210 Clifford, Herefs., 45*, 46 Clifton, Clyfton, Alice, wid., ree., 52, 60, 80; William, gent., ree., 54*, 59, 74*, 81 Clifton Campville, Clyston Camvile, Staffs., 150 Clink, prison, Southwark, xxin Clint, W.R. Yorks., 219 Clipston, Clipson, Northants., 113 C1itterbuek, Jane, spr., ree., 180 Clun(e), Salop., 133, 136 Clynnog, Clinnock, Clynnock, Carnarvons., 224* Cobb, William, lessee, 104, 105, IBn Cobham, Henry, Lord, lessee, 94, 139 Cobles, Arlington, Sussex, 173

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Coeken, Francis, esq.,sheriff ofDerbys., 17, 19 Cockeram, George, gent., ree., 149 Codrington, John, ree., 185; John, gent., ree., 185 Coffyn, Peter, ree., 15*, 17 Coke, Sir Edward, Knt., viii*; xl, xlvi-vii; General, xxvn*, xliiin*, xlvii, lxxiii ; see Authorities (printed) Cokeserofte; see Cookes Crofte Coldham Hall, StamIingfield, Suff., 159 Cole, Alice, spr., ree., 180; Thomas, gent., lessee, 191 * Coleman, John, lessee, 103* Col(e)man Street, London, Wardof, 94 Colleigne [Robert], 86n ; see Colleigue Colleigue, Robert, commissioner, 71 Colles, Alice, spr., ree., 194; Mary, wife, ree., 194; William, gent., ree., 194* Collibear, Colluber, Devon, 21 Collyer, John, ree., 146; Thomas, xxxixn ; Thomas, clerk, ree., xxxviin; 145; Thomas, supposed ree., and fugitive, 147 Collyns, Agnes, wife, ree., 198; Francis, yom., ree., 198; John, yom., ree., 195; William, husb'n, ree., 142 Collyson, Robert, ree., 119 Colne, Lanes., 70, 71 Colson, William; see Colston Colston, Colson, William, tenant, 163. 165 Colston, ? Colwinston, Glam., 223 Colthirste, Ann, ree., 220 Colwieh(e), Staffs., 152* Colwinston, Glam.; see Colston Combe, Oxon., 127 Comberford, John, gent., ree., 149; see Comerford, Cumberfort Comerford, Mary, wife, ree., 151; William, esq., 151 Commission of the Peace, xxiii Commissioners of inquiry, lxiii *, lxxiii, lxxv*, lxxxi-iii, xcn, xcivn, ci, cvin, cix; and passim in Text; for Ecclesiastical Causes, viii, xiin, xciin; see High Commission, Courts of Common Pleas, Court of, Westminster, xvii, xxvii, xlvi Commons, House of; see Parliament Commonwealth, lxxin, lxxii; 222n; see Interregnum Compton Chamberlayne, Wilts., 185*. 186 Compton Pauneefoot, Pansfote, Somerset, 140

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Congregationalists, viii Constable, John, gent., ree., 106; Katherine, wife, ree., 220 ; Philip, esq., sheriff of Yorks., 213 ; Robert, gent., 220 Constables, xxxviii * Conwey, Alice, spr., ree., 155; Edmund, yom., ree., 149; Ellen, wid., ree., 155; Francis, lab., ree., 149; John, husb'n, ree., 155*; Thomas, husb'n, ree., 155 Conyers, Christopher, esq., ree., 216*; John, "farmer," 114 Cooke, Alice, wid., tenant, 130*; Ambrose, ree., xxin; Dorothy, wife, ree., 140; George, ree., 146 ; George, tenant, 130*; George, yom., ree., 42; Henry, esq., ree., 8; Henry, husb., ree., 84; Henry, tenant, 129, 130; Ralph, lab., ree., 13 ; Roger, tenant, 130 ; William, 140; William, gent., ree., 180 Cook(e)ley, Suff., 163*, 165 Cookes, John, yom., ree., 198 Cookes Crofte, Cokescrofte, Hinton Daubnay, Hants., 37, 40 Copdoek, Suff., 168 Cope, Sir Anthony, Knt., sheriff of Oxon.,121 Copley, Anthony, gent., ree., 180; John, gent., ree., 180; Katherine, Lady, ree., 172 Coppenhall, Copnall, Staffs., 151 Coppes Lease, Sparsholt, Berks., lxxi ; 4,5 Coppinge, Robert, blacksmith, ree., 111 Coppul, CophiIl, Lancs., 73* Copwood, Peasmarsh, Sussex, 177 Copyholders, xlv, xciin*, xcivn; 186, 187 Corbett, Richard, esq., commissioner, 135 Corby, Lincs., 89 Cordale, Francis, Ixxvin Cordell, William, lessee, 102*, 107*, 109* ; William, master cook of the Queen's Kitchen, lessee, 173 *, 174*, 178* Cork, county, Ireland, xxin Corker, Isabella, wife, ree., 84; Henry, husb., ree., 84* Cornard, Great, Corverth, Cornerth Magna, Suff., 159, 160, 166*; Little, Corneard Parva, Suff., 160, 166 Cornard Magna, manor of, 160, 166 Cornewall, John, lessee, 223

Cornwall, xliii, lxivn, lxxxin, lxxxii, lxxxiv, lxxxvn, lxxxviiin, xcv*, xcvin, cn; 14-17, 21 * Cornwallis [ J, viiin Corpusty, Corpusti, with Irmingland, Norf., 110 Corse, Gloucs., 31 *, 33*, 191 Cortider, Cornwall ; see Carthuther Cosyn, John, 30n Cotgreve, Margery, wid., ree., 13 Cottam, Cottom, Lanes., 53*, 69* Cotton, Staffs., 144 Cotton, Francis, esq., lessee, 178, 179*; George, esq., ree., xxx, lxxxiv ; 40*; Henry, bishop of Salisbury, xciii, xcivn; Mary, wife, ree., 41; Richard, gent., 41 Cottrington, Edward, yom., ree., 180 Courte, also Smithe, Edmund, 197; Elizabeth. wife. ree., 197 Courtney, James, esq., ree., 19; also of Arrundell, Thomas Courts, ecclesiastical, xvin; civil, xin, xxxviii; see under Assizes, Common Pleas, Exchequer, King's Bench, Gaol-delivery, Quarter Sessions, Star Chamber, Oyer and Terminer, Sessions of The Peace. Coventrye, Vincent, lessee, 2* Covert, Sir Walter, Knt., sheriff of Surrey/Sussex, lxviiin; 175* Cowardon, Humphrey, ree., 90 Cowdrey, John, yom., ree., 42 Cowley, Oxon., 127 Cowmarshe Gifford; see Crowmarsh Cowpeland, Elizabeth, wid., ree., 218 Cowper, Eleanor, wid., ree., 198; Margaret, wife, ree., 198 ; William, yom., ree., 198 Coxe, Jane, wife, ree., 127 ; Katherine, wid., ree., 98 ; Ralph, yom., 127 Coxhoe, Coxhowe, Co. Durham, 211 * Crabadon, Crabbdon, Devon, 21 Cranborne, Cramborne, Dorset, 24 Crane, Nicholas, clerk, dissenter, ixn, xxxvi Cranworth(e), Norf., 111 Crawley, Thomas, esq., ree., 26 Cregmorieke, St. Merryn, Cornwall, xcvn; 16 Cressingham, Great, Norf., 108 Crewkerne, Somerset, 141 Cridling Stubbs, Kridlinge, W.R. Yorks., 205 Crip(p)es, Matthew, lessee, 159*, 161 *, 167* Crockett, Katherine, spr., ree., 11 * Croft(e) (Southworth with Croft), Lancs.,63

INDEX Crofte, William, esq., rec., 80* Croftes, Edward, tenant, 129, 130 Cromarshe, Oxon. ; see Crowmarsh Crompton, Lanes., 62, 63* Crompton, William, esq., sheriff of Staffs., 153 Cromwell, Sir Henry, Knt., sheriff of Cambs., 9 Cronton, Lanes., 83 Crooke, John, commissioner, 48*; John, husb., rec., 78*; Laurence, rec., 75*, 81 Crosby, Lanes., 65, 66, 78* ; Great, "Magna," Lanes., 59; Little, "Parva," Lanes., 59, 78, 85; Much, Lanes., 85 Crosby(e) Hall, Lanes., 54, 59 Croson, also of Jenkenson, John Crosthwaite, Crosthwayte, Westmld., 184 Croston, Lanes., 10, 55 Croucher, Elizabeth, rec., 177 Crowdson, William, tenant, 130* Cro(w)marshe, Cowmarshe, Oxon., 123, 124, 126; Gifford, 123, 124* Crunwere, Cronwer, Pembrokes, 224 Cryer, court-, xln* Cublington, Oblington, Herefs., 45, 47 Cucklington, Somerset, 140 Cuff(e) , Henry, xxin; Hugh, gent., commissioner, 58; Hugh, gent., lessee, lxxviii, * lxxix; 10*, 14*, 17, 26*, 31*, 32*, 33, 34, 44, 45, 50n, 58, 92, 93, 95*, 144*, 148; Hugh, gent., informer, xvii-xxi, !xxix Culliford, Culleford, Thomas, lessee, 19, 36* Culverhowse, Thomas, husb'n, rec., 142 Culverwell, Clement, yom., rec., 141 Cumberfort, Dorothy, gentlewoman, rec., 156; John, gent., rec., 156 ; William, junior, gent., rec., 156; see Comberford, Comerford Cumberland, xlin, lxix; 183 Cumberland, George, Earl of, sheriff of Westmld., 184 Corson, Ann, wife, rec., 126 ; Francis, gent., 126; Katherine, wife, rec., 111 ; Thomas, gent., 111 Cutts, Sir John, Knt., commissioner, 8

Dabrigcourt, Thomas, esq., commissioner, 182 Dagenham, Essex, xcvii; 29 Dalden, ? Dalton Ie Dale [? or Dalton Piercy], Co. Durham, 211 *

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Dale, Joan, wid., rec., 150 ; Nicholas' rec., 72* Dalton, James, yom., rec., 66 Dalton Ie Dale, Co. Durham; see Dalden Dame Margeries, farm, Suff., 165* ; manor, Suff., 163 Damneck, Dominick, Robert, yom., rec., 188, 188n Danby, N.R. Yorks., 215 ; upon Yore, Danby Yore, N.R. Yorks., 206, 210*,216 Danby, Christopher, gent., rec., 207* ; Jane, wife, rec., 215; Richard, gent., rec., 215*, 222n; Thomas, esq., 215 Daniell, Danyell, Henry, gent., rec. , 168; John, esq., rec., 160, 170n; John, gent., rec., 25, 28, 159 ; Margaret, wife, rec., 168 ; William, gent., rec., 159 Danvers, Davers, Sir John, Knt., sheriff of Gloucs., 30, 32, 33n* Danyell; see Daniell Darlington, Darlyngton, Co. Durham, 211* Darnall, Darnell, W.R. Yorks., 202 Darrington, Darryngton, W.R. Yorks. , 217 Davenport(e), Margaret, wid., rec. , 11, 58, 60; William, lessee, 140; William, gent., lessee, 58* Davers; see Danvers, Sir John David, Alice, spr., rec., 98; Jevan Thomas, 96; Katherine, spr.-wife, rec., 98 ; Roger Jevan, 97 Davyes, Maud, spr., rec., 97; also Welshman, Thomas, rec., 141 Davys, John, yom. , rec., 188 Dawney, Sir John, Knt., sheriff of Yorks., 213 Daye, Hugh, gent., ree., 194* ; John, ree., 121, 122, 125; Margery, wife, rec., 194 Dean of York, xx Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, 89 Debden, Essex, 28, 29 Ded(d)ington, Oxon., 126 Dee, John, tenant, 3 Denbighshire, cviii, cixn Dennington, Suff. ; see Dynnyngton Denny, Robert, tenant, 165 Dennys, Audley, 87* Denston(e), Staffs., 145 Denton, Magdalen, wid., rec., 127 Denver, Norf., 105 Deopham, Depenbam, Norf., 104 Derby, Earl of, 57 Derbye, West Derby, Lanes., 82

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Derbyshire, xx, lvn, lxxin, lxxiin, lxxviii, lxxix, lxxxii, lxxxviiin, xev ; 17-19, 68,202 Dereham, West, Derham, Norf., 101 Desart, Earls of, xxin Dethicke, Humphrey, esq., sheriff of Derbys., 18 Devereux, George, esq., sheriff of Warwicks., 182 Devonshire, xn, xxxvn*, lxxx, lxxxviiin, xev, xcixn, cn; 19-22, 139 D'Ewes, Sir Simonds, xxii Dewsbury, W.R. Yorks., 208 Dey, Margaret, wife, rec., 151; Thomas, 151 Dichelinge Garden, Sussex, 171, 179; see Ditchling Dickenson, Alice, spr., rec., 152; George, lessee, 132; Thomas, groom of "Ie pastrie," lessee, 29* Digby, James, tenant, 129, 130; James, rec., lxxxi; 129; James, gent., rec., 128, 130 Diggins, Katherine, spr., rec., 180 Dinckley, Dynckley, Lanes., 70 Dinsdale [Low Dinsdale], Co. Durham, 211 Diptford, Dipford, Devon, 21 Dissenters, xxxvii Ditchling, Dichelinge, Sussex, 172; see Dichelinge Ditton, Dytton, Lanes., 59, 67*, 83 ; also Dutton, Salop., 132, 135 Docton, John, gent., commissioner, 20 Doddiscombsleigb, Dotscombe Leighe, Devon, 22 Dolman, John, esq., commissioner, 5 Dominick, Robert, rec., 188n; see Damneck Doncaster, Yorks., 202 Donhead, Dunhedd, Wilts., 186, 188 ; St. Andrew, Wilts., 185, 188*; St. Mary, Wilts., xciin Donyford, St. Decuman's, Somerset, 138 Dormington, Herefords., xcvi Dorrington, Ann, rec., 154 ; Elizabeth, rec., 154; Ellen, wife, rec., 149, 154; Lucy, spr., rec., 154 ; Mary, rec., 154; Thomas, gent., 154; Thomas, yom., 149; William, yom., rec., 154 Dorsetshire, xxxvn, lvn, lxxxiii*, lxxxviiin, civ; 23-4, 35, 38, 39 Dorwyn, Robert, husb., ree., 65 Doule, John, 31 Dover, John, lessee, 104, 105, IBn Down(e)bam, Essex, 30

Downes, Bridget, spr., rec., 112*; Robert, rec., 100; Robert, esq., rec., 103 Dowse, Richard, yom., rec., 180 Dowsinge, John, tenant, 165 Doyly, Doyley, Henry, esq., sheriff of Norf., 102*, 104, 107, IBn Drake, Richard, yom., rec., 112 Drax(e), W.R. Yorks., 217 Draxe, Gamaliel, esq., 218 ; Isabel, wife, rec., 218 Draycott, Staffs., lxxxvi ; 155 Draycot(t)e, Drayeott [ ], wife, rec., 154; Alban, gent., rec., 149, 153; Edmund, gent., rec., 154; Elizabeth, spr., wife, rec., 137; Elizabeth, wife, rec., 155; Ellen, wife, rec., 149, 153; John, esq., 149; John, esq., rec., lxviiin, lxxxvi*, lxxxvii*, exiin; 137, 148, 150, 157n; John, yom., rec., 155 ; Philip, esq., rec., 150* Drayton, Northants; see Dreyghton Drayton, Salop., 131, 132, 133, 134 Dreewood [? BrewoodJ, Staffs., 150 Drett, Ranulf, gent., rec., 153 Drewrye, Anthony, xliiin; Henry, rec., 162; Henry, gent., xliiin; Henry, esq., rec., xlii; 164*; William, yom., rec., 115*; see Drurye Dreygbton, ? Drayton, Northants., 116,118n

Drurye, Elizabeth, ree., 161; Elizabeth, wid., rec., xliiin, ; 168 ; see Drewrye Duckett, Henry, gent., rec., 93 Dudgrove, Kempsford, Gloucs., 31 Dudleston, Diddlaston, also Duddleaston, Salop., 134, 137 Duloe, Decklo, Cornwall, 15 Dunhedd, Wilts. ; see Donhead Dunne, John, gent., rec., 168 ; John, lessee, 39*; Samuel, ree., 168 Dunster, Somerset, 141 Dunston, William, lessee, 157* Dunston, Penkridge, Staffs., 151 Duporte, Henry, gent., commissioner,

146* 156n*

Durha':", bishop of, evin, cvii ; Bishopric of, cviin, cviii; 211 *; city, lxxiiin; 208; Co. Palatine, cvi*, cvii*, cviii*; 211* Durham, Richard, rec., xxin Dutton, Salop. ; see Ditton Dutton, Lawrence, usher-in-ordinary of the chamber royal, lessee, 199*, 211; William, esq., sheriff of Gloues., 31 Dykes, John, yom., rec., 110

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INDEX Dynnyngton [1 Dennington], Suff., 158*, 168 Dytowe, Elizabeth, spr., rec., 13 Dytton Hall, Fen Ditton, Cambs., 9 Eardswick, Hugb, 11 ; Sampson, rec., 11 Earnley, Garneley, Sussex, 177 Easington, Essington, W.R. Yorks., 133,220 Eastbourne, Eastborne, E. Sussex, 174* East(e), Edward, ree., 7; Edward, gent., rec., 122 Eastball, Denver, Norf., 105 East Meon, Hants., lxxvin Easton, Eston, Hants., 41 Easton, George, rec., cn; George, gent., rec., 139 Easton Bassett, Eston, also Eston Bassett, Wilts., 186 Eastrington, W.R. Yorks., 203 Eastwalton, Norf.; see Walton, East Eastwick, Norf., 106 Eaton Socon, Soken, Beds., 1 Ebbesborne Wake, Ebbesbornewak, Wilts., 186 Ebnoy, Gloucs. ; see Epney Eccles, Lancs., 56; Norf., 108* Eccleston, Lancs., 68, 76 Edcason, Salop. ; see Edstaston Eden, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 126*; Jobn, gent., 126 Edesforth, Mitton par., W.R. Yorks., 220 Edgmond, Salop., ci*; 137 Edstaston, Edstason, Edcason, Salop., 133, 135 Edward I, King of England, lxxxivn Edward VI, King of England, viii, x-xi Edward, Blanche, wid., rec., 98 Egerton, Sir Thomas, Knt., Attorney General, xlvii Eglesthroppe, Elizabeth, wife, rec., 219; Michael, gent., 219; see Oglethorppe Eglwys Cymmin, Eglewyskymmyn, Carmarthens., 224 Egton, Exton, N.R. Yorks., 214 Eke, Katherine, spr., ree., 155; Margaret, wid., ree., 155 Eldersfield, Worcs., 31, 33, 191 Eldroth, Ie Eldrothe, W.R. Yorks., 211 Elinge, William, yeoman of the chamber royal, lessee, 28*, 29 Elizabetb I, Queen of England, passim; Household staff of (lessees of seized recusant lands), lxxv-vi, lxxvi*; 3, 6, 7, 20, 21, 26, 28*, 29, 32, 35, 38*, 39, 40, 42n, 47, 51, 55, 57*, 58, 79*, 122, 125, I

132, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 171, 173*, 174, 179, 199, 202, 203, 205, 208, 209*, 223 Ellen (surname omitted), spr., ree., 154 Ellenball, Staffs., 154 Ellerbeck, N.R. Yorks., 216 Ellerker, Robert, gent., rec., 203*, 212 Ellingbarn, Norf., 104, 111 Ellisfield, Elleffield, Ileffeld, Hants., 34, 36 ElIys, John, rec., 141; John, yom., rec., 194 Elmley Lovett, Worcs., 195, 198 Elston, John, rec., 141 Eltham, Kent, lxxxiv; 213, 222n Eltisley, Eltesley, Cambs., 8 Elton, Co. Durham, 211 Emerson, Ralpb, rec., Jesuit, xxin; Ralph, yom., rec., 180 Enfield, Midds., xxx Englisbcombe, Inglescombe, Somerset, 142 Englisbe, Elizabeth, wife, rec., 127 ; John, gent., 127 Epney, Ebnoy, Gloucs., 32 Erand (? Brand), Norton in Hales, Salop., 132 Ersbarn, also Hailesham, manor, Sussex, 179* Esbton, W.R. Yorks; see Assheton Essex, xxxvn, xlii, xlix, lvn, lxiin*, lxxiii, lxxxiv, lxxxviiin, xcv, xcvii*, xcixn, cn, ciin, cv*; 8, 24-30, 166, 208 Essington, Yorks. ; see Easington Estball, Merston, Kent, 52 Estillesley, Berks. ; see Ilsley, East Eston, Wilts. ; see Easton Bassett Etcbingbam, Echingham, Sussex, 181 Euston, Ewston, Suffolk, xxx; 169* Evenley, Evenlye, NOlthants, 115 Everard, Henry, ree., 163, 167*; Henry, gent., rec., 160; Nicholas, gent., rec., 168* Everingbam, John, gent., rec., 217 Eveside, Henry, cbaplain to the Queen, lessee, 7* Evill, 1 Yeovil, Somerset, 143 Ewre, Ralph, Lord, sheriff of Yorks., 199, 211, 222n Ewston, Suff. ; see Euston Excbequer, Westminster, xlviii-liii; and passim (Departments) Account,

"Upper" Exchequer of, xlix, I, lii* ; Augmentations, Court of, cviin* ; Augmentation Office, liiin ; Exchequer Chamber, liin ; "Lower" Exchequer (see Receipt, Exchequer of); Pipe Office, I-Ii,

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liii, Iii in, lv, lviii, lxin*, lxii, lxiv*, lxvn, lxxxii, lxxxvii, xcii, xciv, ciii, cvii, cix; Receipt, Exchequer of, xiv, xx, xlix, Ii-iii, lxv, lxviiin, lxxviiin, lxxxix, ciii, civ, cvii, cix; Revenue Court, xlix, lii*, liii, lxxiv, cv*, Tally Court, liii, lxvin; Treasury, xlix, Iii, lxxiv, lxxviii*, lxxxv, lxxxvi*, xci* (and passim in Text) ; "Upper" Exchequer, see Account, Exchequer of (Officers), Auditor of the Receipt, li, liii; Auditors, lxvi, lxvii, lxixn, lxxxvii, lxxxix*, xcn, cvii, cix; Auditors of the Land Revenue, cvii, cix *; Barons, xvii *, xx, xxvi, xliiin, xlviii, xlix, Iii, liii, !ix, lxin, lxvn, lxxxvi, lxxxix, xcii, cv, cvii (and passim in Text) ; Baron, Cursitor (4th), lviiin, lxvi ; Baron, Second, 24; Calculator, xlviiin; Chamberlains, xlix, Ii, lxvi*; Chancellor of the Exchequer, xxvi, xlix-Iii, Iix*, lxin, lxvn, cix; 52, 115, 135, 147 (see Under-Treasurer); Clerk of the Estreats, Ii, lviii*, lix-lxii ; Clerk of the Pelis, xixn, Ii-liii, lxv, lxviin, lxxv, civ, cxin; 170n; Clerk of the Pipe, I-Ii, Iii in, liv*, lviiin, !ix-lxiii, lxvii, ciii* ; Clerk of the Pipe, Secondary to, lxn, ciiin; Controller of the Pipe, Ii, lviiin, lxiv, lxv*, ciii ; Foreign Apposer, lix; Knights, Ii; Receivers (Crown), lxixn ; Receivers General, cviin; Remembrancer, Lord Treasurer's, xxxn, xlix-liii, lviii*, lx-lxiii, lxxiv, cvii, cix (and passim in Text); Remembrancer, Queen's (King's), xvii, xlix-liii, lxxxvi*, cvii; 1, 63,213 ; Remembrancer, Second, 219, 222n; Tellers, xxviin, Ii-liii, lixn, lxn, lxin*, lxiin, lxv, lxvi; Treasurer, Lord, xx*, xxvi, xlviii, xIix-liv, lix*, lxi*, lxiii, lxv, lxxivn, lxxv, lxxxviin, lxxxix; Under-Treasurer, xlix, lixn, lxxivn (see Chancellor of the Exchequer) Exchequer of Pleas, Iii Exchequers (palatine), cvii ; (sheriffs'), lxvn ; (Wales), cix Exton, Hants., 37 ; Yorks., see Egton Eye, Suff., 168 Eynsham, Eynesham, Oxon, 121 Eyreman, Francis, gent., ree., 93*; Margery, wife, rec., 93

Fairburn, Farburne, W.R. Yorks., 220 Fairebrother, Thomas, potter, ree., 82 Faldringe, parish, Staffs., 155 Faldringe, Alice, wid., ree., 155; Edward, lab., rec., 155; William, lab., rec., 149, 155 Familists, ix Farford, Devon, 20 Farley [? Farley ChamberlayneJ, Hants.,42 Farlington, Hants., 174*, 179 Farmers (of seized recusants' lands), xxin, lxiiin, lxxiv, lxxv, lxxxixn; see lessees (Crown's) Farmor, Sir George, Knt., sheriff of Northants., xxxiin; 116 Farn(e)ham, W.R. Yorks., 219 Farringdon Within, London, Ward of, 93,94 ; Without, London, Ward of, 93, 94 Far(r)ington, William, esq., commissioner, 56, 60, 80 Faukes, George, ree., 175; George, gent., rec., 175* Fawk(e)nor, Fawkoner, Edith, daughter, 184 ; Isabel, wid., tenant, 130*; William, gent., ree., lxxvin; 35, 184, 185 FazakerIey, Lancs., 79*, 82 FazakerIey, Margaret, wid., ree., 82 Felkirk(e), W.R. Yorks., 221 Felstead, Felstede, Essex, 28 Felton, Thomas, lxxvi *; Thomas, lessee, lxxvin; Thomas, gent., lessee, 161, 166* Fen Ditton, Fendytton, Cambs., 9 Fenton, Richard, rec., 217 ; Richard, gent., rec., 202, 217 Fenton Vivion [Stoke on Trent], Staffs., 146 Fermsbie, W.R. Yorks.; see Ferrensby Ferrensby, Fermsbie, W.R. Yorks., 219 Ferrers, Elizabeth, ree., 182 Ferrys, Edward, usher-in-ordinary of the chamber royal, lessee, 122, 123, 125* Fesant, Henry, tenant, 129, 130 Fettiplace, Fetyplace, Edmund, esq., commissioner, lxxi, lxxii, lxxvii; 4,5 Fezarde, John, yom., rec., 188 Fifeild, Walter, gent., lessee, 187 Finborough, Fynbarowe, Suff., 167 Finch, Henry, M.P., ixn Fincham, Fyncham, Norf., 112 Finch(e)ley, Middx., 94 Finchingfield, Essex, 8, 28 Fines, Richard, esq., commissioner, 123

INDEX Firebeaeons, Devon, 20 Firle, West, Westfirles, Westfurle, Sussex, 175, 175-6 Fisherton Anger, Wilts. , lxxvin Fitzherbert, Fytzherbert, Richard, gent., ree., xxxixn; 145; Richard, gent., ree., fugitive, 146 Fitzjames, Jane, wife, ree., 140; John, gent., 140 Fitzwilliams, William, esq., commissioner, 91; William, gent., lessee, 90,91* Fladbury, Worcs., 189 Flannaek, William, esq., commissioner, 15 Flaxland, Flexland, Llancarfan, Glam., 223 Fleet prison, London, xx Fleetwood, Fletewood, Edmund, commissioner, 73, 75 Flemynge, Fleminge, Thomas, esq., commissioner, 36-7, 37,40 Fletewood; see Fleetwood, Edmund Flintshire, cviii Flookburgh, Fluckborowe, Lanes., 61 Flott, manor, Playden, Sussex, 175, 176 Flower, Dorothy, spr., ree., 169 Fluekborowe, Lanes.; see Flookburgh Fludd, Evan, gent., ree., 9* Follyatt, Follyott, Margaret, wife, ree., 197 ; Michael, ree., 191, 193 ; Michael, gent., ree., 197 ; Thomas, esq., 191 Fonte [? or Foute], John, buttonmaker, ree., 152 Force, John, gent., ree., 142*; Katherine, wife, ree., 142 Forehdwm, Michaelston-on-Avon, Glam., 223 Ford, George, yom., ree., 168; see Fourde Forrest, John, esq., lessee, 165, 166 ; John, gent., lessee, 158* Forster, Dr. A. M. c., lxxiiin; Thomas, esq., lessee, 100, 107, 108* Fortebe Tom, Michaelston-on-Avon, Glam.,223 Forthe, Robert, esq., sheriff of Suffolk, 157, 164, 167, 170n Foster, Alex', gent., ree., 168; Ann, spr., ree., 110; Humphrey, esq., commissioner, 3 ; Humphrey, gent., ree., 134; Sir Humphrey, Knt., sheriff of Berks., lxxxiiin, civn; 1, 5*, 6n; Richard, physician, ree., xviiill Foulriee, N.R. Yorks., 215 Foulseott; see Fulscott

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Found, William, lessee, 221 Fourde, Francis, lab., ree., 155; James, husb'n, ree., 155; James, yom., ree., 149; John, yom., ree., 126; Philadelphia, wife, ree., 155 . Philippa, wife, ree., 150 ; see Ford' Foute, John; see Fonte Fovant, Fovente, Wilts., 188 Fowbrise, Yorks. ; see Foulrice Foweleseott; see Fulscot Fowlar, Thomas, yom., ree., 49* Fowlthorpe, John, gent., ree., 216 Foxe, Constance, wid., ree., 94 Foxeboles, Thurstaston, Cheshire, 9 Foygbe Thomissa, Michaelston-onAvon, Glam., 223 Fradswell, Frodeswall, Staffs., 152 Framlingbam, Sir Charles, Knt., commissioner, 162 Franebams, Holmedale, Norf., 101 Francke, Henry, esq., 214 ; Margaret, wife, ree., 214 Freeman, John, lab., ree., 151 Friekley, W.R. Yorks., 204, 217* Frodington, Hants., 37, 40* Frognall, Teynham, Kent., 51, 52 Frome Sehvood, Froome Zelwood, Somerset, 142 Frostenden Hall, manor, Suff., 165* Frowd, Edward, tenant, 185 Fugitives; see Recusants Fuliambe, Constance, ree., 18, 19 Fulmer, Bucks., 7 Fulseot, Foulscott, Fowelescott, Berks., lxxvii ; 4* Fysber, Nicholas, gent., ree., 93 Fyssbebome, John, ree., 119 Gage, Edward, esq., lessee, 171 *, 173 ; Elizabeth, Lady, ree., 172 ; George, gent., ree., 93; John, ree., xxx*, xxxin, lxxxiv*; John, esq., ree., 178; Lady Elizabeth, wid., ree., 171 ; Thomas, gent., ree., 172, 179 Gaie, Richard, husb'n, ree., 141 Gale, Thomasina, wid., ree., 220 Gallymore, Joan, wid., ree., 156 Gamble, Christopher, tenant, 106 Gaol-delivery, Sessions of, xxiii, xxv*, xxvi*, xxviii-ix, xxxii, xln, xli, xcviii* Garden, Richard, lab., ree., 151 Gardiner, John, ree., 7 Gameley, Sussex, 181n; see Earnley Garnysbe, Garnisshe, Nicholas, esq., sheriff ofSuff., 160* ; commissioner, 164 Garsball, Garringshall, Staffs., 144

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Garsington, Carsington, Oxon., 127 Garstang(e), Lancs., 76 Garstange, William, ree., 56 Garston, Lancs., 79, 83 Garway, Garwey, Rerefs., 43* Gascoigne, Joan, wife, ree., 214; Richard, esq., 214; William, gent., ree., 218 Gattaere, Francis, esq., ree., 132, 135, 147* Gat(t)aere, Hall of, Salop., 132, 135 Gawdye, Bassingburn, esq., commissioner, 106; sheriff of Norf., 99, 109*, 113n Gawen, Thomas, ree., lxxvin; 186 Gawsell, Edmund, tenant, 105 Gear, Gayre, Cornwall, 15 Geddington, Northants., 115 Geest, Edward, yom., ree., 193; see Gest(e) Gelstroppe, Thomas, gent., ree., 218 Gentt, Gente, Grente, Thomas, esq., second baron of The Exchequer, lessee, 24* George II, King of England, xxxvn George ill, King of England, xxivn George, Mary, wid., tenant, 223 Gerrard(e), Elizabeth, spr.-wife, ree., 81; John, lessee, 25*; John, gent., ree., 67, 81; Mary, wife, ree., 139; Thomas, gent., ree., 67,81 ; William, ree., cn ; William, gent., ree., 23, 94*, 139* Gest(e), Edward, husb., rec., 195; Frances, wife, rec., 195; George, husb ., rec., 195*, 199n; see Geest Gifford, John, esq., rec., 144, 150* ; Joyce, wife, ree., 150; Roger, esq., doctor of medicine, lessee, 211 * ; Roger, physician to the Queen, lxxvin Gildridge, Alice, spr., ree., 174; Lancelot, gent., rec., 173, 178* Gill, John, lessee, 78* Gilpin; see Guilpin Gisburn(e), W.R. Yorks, 220 Gislingham, Suff., 163 Gissing(e), Norf., 107 Glamorganshire, xlvii, cviii ; 223* Glascock, Ann, spr., ree., 180 Glasshampton, manor [Astley], Worcs., 191 Glastoek, Alexander, tenant, 8 Glemhams, manor, Suff.; also of Wrightes Gloueestershire, lxxxn, lxxxviiin; 3033, 191 * Gnosall, Staffs., 152 Godfield [Godsfield], manor, Hants., 34

Godlin(g)ston, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, 23 Godstow(e), Oxon., 121 Goldsmith, John, gent., xiii; 37, 41 * Goldwyre, Edward, yom., ree., 194 Gollyfers, Stanlake, Oxon., 122; Close, Stanlake, Oxon., 122 Gomond, John, ree., 43 ; John, gent., ree., 47 Goodaeres, Ann, spr.-wife, ree., 93* ; William, gent., ree., 93* Goodriek(e), Goodderycke, Richard, esq., sheriff of Yorks., 201, 205, 209,214 Goodsole, Thomas, husb'n, ree., 143 Goodwyn, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 153 ; John, blacksmith, 153 ; John, gent. , lessee, 37, 40*, 41 * Goole, Gowle, W.R. Yorks., 203 Goose, Edmund, tenant, 106 Goosnargh, Gos(e)nargh(e), Lancs., 73, 74, 76 Goseote, Goscott, Staffs., 145 Gosden Parke, Devon, 20 Gosdiehe Street, Cirencester, Gloucs., 32 Gould(e), Joan, wid., ree., 153 ; John, yom., ree., 24; Ralph, yom., ree., 194 Goyte, John, lessee, 38 * Graces, Beachamwell, Norf., 99 Grafton, William, lessee, 9, 10 Grafton, Worcs., xliii Grand Committee Room, Westminster, liii Granger, William, ree., 200, 212 Grantees (ofrecusant property), lxviii*, lxxxvi-vii, civn, cxii Graveeake, Leigh, Lancs., 83* Gravenor, Gravenar, Katherine, spr., ree., 137; Margery, spr., ree., 137; Richard, gent., ree., 132 ; see Grosvenor Grazeley, Berks. ; see Greishill Great Park, Le, Alvechurch, Worcs. , 189 Greene, Grene, James, esq., 215 ; Joan, spr., ree., 198; Joan, wife, ree., 149; John, 192; John, ree., 19r; Margaret, wife, ree., 198 ; Mary, wife, rec., 215; Norton, gent., ree., 51, 52; Richard, ree., 24; Thomas, 149 ; Thomas, gent., ree., 194; Thomas, yom., ree., 182 Greenham, Greneham, Ashbrittle, Somerset, 139 Greenstreet, Essex, 26 Greenwood, John, clerk, dissenter, viiin, xxxvi

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Gregorye, John, lessee, 186* Gryndon, John, yom., ree., 140 Gregson, John, ree., 72*; John, Guilden Downe, CIun, Salop., 136 Guildhall, London, xxvn linen-webster, ree., 66, 81 Greishill (? Grazeley), Berks., 2 Guilpin, Guylpyn, Gilpin, Barnard, Grenefyld, Upton on Severn, Wores., gent., lessee, 99*, 100*; Francis, 192 Controller of the Pipe, lxvn Grente, Thomas; see Gentt Guldeford, Henry, esq., xxxi; John, esq., xxxi Greseley, Thomas, esq., sheriff of Gunpowder Plot, xcivn*, cxin Derbys., 18* Gutteridge, Gutterydge, Simon, husb., Greston, Devon, 20 ree., 114, 115, 116, 117* Gretton, Northants, 115 Gretton, Thomas, xxxixn; Thomas, Gwenna, Cornwall; see Gwinear supposed ree. and fugitive, 147 Gwernesney, Gwernesni, Mon., 98 Greves, Ann, wife, ree., 195; John, Gwinear, Gwenna, Cornwall, 15 Gyles, Elizabeth, ree., lviin ; Elizabeth, yom., 195 Grey, Robert, ree., lxxvin; Susanna, spr.-wife, ree., 97; Jane, spr., spr., ree., 111 ree., 97 ; Walter, 97 Grey, de, Robert, ree., 107 ; Robert, esq., ree., 102*, 104, 107, 160 Greysley, Thomas, esq., lessee, 143*, 148* Griffen, John, servant to the Queen, Haddock; see Haydock lessee, 223; see Griffin, Gryffyn Hadzor, Hadsor, Worcs., 193 Griff'; see Griffeth Haggins [manor], Norf., 100, 103 Griffeth, Griffithe, Griff', Ambrose, Hagley, Hag~ey, Worcs., 195 49 ; Joan, spr., ree., 96 ; Katherine, Hailesham, manor, Sussex; als. of spr.-wife, ree., 96; Lucy, wife, Ersham ree., 49; Robert, gent., lessee, Hailsham, Harlesham, Sussex, 179 224, 225; Griffith(e), Thomas, Hais, Thomas, tenant, 171 lessee, 139*; William, gent., ree., Hale, Clement, yom., ree., 180 223 ; see Gruffithe Hales Hall, Norf., 110 Griffithes, Griffethes, Ann, wife, ree., Halesowen, Hallesowen, Wores., 195, 49 ; William, gent., ree., 49* 198 Griffyn, Margery, spr., rec., 94; Haleston,? Laleston, Glam., 223 see Griffen, Gryffyn Halesworth, Hallisworth, Halsworth, Suff., 163*, 165 Grimston, Norf., 105 Grimston, Charles, xxxviii Hall [ ], tenant, 159; Humphrey, Grindle, John, yom., ree., 188 lab., ree., 152; Isabel, wid., ree., Grinstead, East, Estgrinsted, Sussex, 127; James, servant, ree., 139; 180 John, gent., 167; Katherine, wid., Grosmont, Gromonde, N.R. Yorks., ree., 41 ; Katherine, wife, ree., 167 215 Hallam, Edmund, lab., ree., 156; Grosvenor, Cecily, spr., ree., 154; Isabel, wid., ree., 156 Jane, wife, ree., 154; Ranulf, Hall Garthe, Le, Long Riston, gent., ree., 154; Robert, gent., E.R. Yorks., 204, 209, 213 ree., 154; see Gravenor Hallow, North, Hallowe, Worcs., 194 Grove, David, ree., xc-xcii, xcivn; Hallywell, John, gent., ree., 68 187*; John, ree., lxxxix-xciv; Halsnead, Halsnade, Lancs., 63 185, 187*; Thomas, 187; also Haiton, Bucks., 48 Seller, Humphrey, husb'n, ree., 142; Hambledon, Hants., 38* also Seller, Robelt, husb'n, ree., 142 Hamlyn, Robert, yom., ree., 149 Gruff, Ellen, spr., ree., 97 Hamond, Alexander, yom., ree., 111 Gruffithe, Margaret, wid., ree., 96; Hampden, Mary, wife, ree., 111 see Griffithe Thomas, gent., 111 Grundisburgh, Suff., 168 Hamperton (? Hampreston), Dorset, Gryme, John, husb'n, ree., 155 ; lxxxiiin; 24 Margaret, wife, ree., 155 Hamphall Stubbs, also Stubbes HampGryffyn, Edward, esq., tenant, 115; all, W.R. Yorks., 205 see Griffen, Griffyn Hampreston, Dorset; see Hamperton

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Hampshire, Xlll, xv, xxi, xxx, lxxvin, lxxviiin, lxxix, lxxxn*, lxxxiv*, lxxxvn, lxxxviiin*, xcvn, ciin*, civ; 33-42, 174*, 179, 184, 186 Hampstall Ridware, Staffs., 144, 155 Hampstead, London, xxxi Hampsthwaite, W.R. Yorks., 219 Ham, West, Westham, Essex, 26* Hamworthy, Hamworthie, also Southam, Dorset, 38 Han, William, yom., rec., 15, 16 Hanbury, Staffs., 149 Hancockes, Ellen, wife, rec., 156; John, yom., 156 Hankyns, John, gent.; see Haukyns Hanley, Staffs., 146 Hanley Castle, Wores., 190, 191, 192, 197 Hanson, Elizabeth, spr., rec., 156 Harberton, Herberton, Devon, 21 Harborne, Warwieks. ; see Horborne, Staffs. Hardshaw, Harshaghe, Lancs., 62* Hard(e)wick, Clifford, Herefords., 45 ; Oxon., 127 ; manor, Oxon ., 123 Hare, Michael, rec., xxx, !xxxiv; Michael, esq., rec., 166 Harne, Katherine, wid., rec., 41 Harley, Salop., 132, 137 Harper, Elizabeth, spr., rec., 151; John, gent., rec., 49; Nicholas, gent., rec., 49; William, gent., rec., 49 ; see Harpur Harpur, John, esq. , eommssioner, 18*, 19, 19n

Harpurs Hey, Thurstaston, Cheshire, 9 Harrington, Sir James, Knt., sheriff of Rutland, 128 Harris, John, lab., 152; Thomasina, wife, rec., 152 ; see Harrys Harrowden, Northants., xxxi; 9, 88, 113, 116; Great, Northants., 113; Little, Northants., 113 Harry, David, 99; "Jenetta," spr.wife, ree., 99 Harrys, George, gent., ree., 195; John, 187; see Harris Harryson, Margaret, wid., tenant, 130* Hart, Isabel, wid., rec., 151 Hartfurthe, Thomas, gent., rec., 52 Harting, Hartynge, Sussex, 175* . Hartsmeare, Hampstall Ridware, Staffs., 144 Harvington, Chaddesley Cor bett, Worcs., 132 Haseley, Oxon., 127 Haslam, Roger, pedlar, rec., 82 Hastinges, James, tenant, 107 Hatfield, Herts., lviii

Hathersage, Derbyshire, 202 Hatton, Sir William, lxxxiiin Haughley, Hawley, Suff., 168 Haughton, John, husb., rec., 62* Haukyns [? or Hankyns], John, gent., tenant, 175, 177 Haward, Cecily, spr., ree., 137; Katherine, wife, ree., 84; William, webster, ree., 84* Hawes, John, yom., rec., 110 Hawker, Thomas, senior, husb'n, rec., 143 Hawkeslowe, Kings Norton, Worcs., 189 Hawkins, William, Sergeant-at-Law; see Authorities (printed) Hawkyns, Lawshall, Suff., 164* Hawthorne, William, tenant, 3 Hawthorpe, Awthorp, Lines., 89 Hay, Herefords., lxxxixn Haydock, Haddock, William, gent., ree., 53*, 69 Hayle, Thomas, gent., rec., 25 Haynes, Ann, spr., rec., 198 Hayward(e), Brian, husb., rec., 67 ; Edward, junior, rec., 61 ; Edward, senior, rec., 61 Haywood, Little, Parheywood, Staffs., 143 Heandon (? Heanton Punchardon), Devon, 20 Heanton Punchardon, Devon; see Heandon Heathe, Dorothy, wid., rec. , 189, 198 ; William, junior, rec., 189* Heat(he)house, Buriton, Hants., 39, 40 Helbeck(e) [? Hillbeck], Westmld. , 183* Heligan, Cornwall ; see Hellegie Hellegie (? Heligan), Cornwall, 15 Helwys, Edward, lessee, 89 * Hemsby, Hembesby, Norf., 106 Hennage, Michael, gent., lessee, 88, 89* Henner, Humphrey, husb'n, rec., 155 Henry IV, King of England, lviin Henry Vll, King of England, xvin, cviin Henry vm, King of England, cvin, cviin, cixn* Henslowe, Thomas, esq., lessee, 174*, 179 Hentland, Clifford, Herefs., 45-6 Heptenstall, Helen, wife, rec., 217 ; Thomas, rec., 217 Herbert, Katherine, spr., rec., 99 Herberts, manor, Rayleigh, Essex, 28 *, 29

INDEX Hereford, city, lvin, lxxxixn, xcvi, 49* ; diocese, xin Herefordshire, xlvii, xlviii, lvin, lxxvin, lxxix, lxxxn*, lxxxviiin, lxxxixn, xcv, xcvi, civ; 43-50 Heron, Edward, commissioner, 90 Hertford Castle, xviii Hertfordshire, lvn, lxix* Hesketh(e), Thomas, esq., commissioner, 56, 59, 60*, 61, 68, 69*, 78, 80, 145 ; William, ree., 10*, 55 Heveningham, Ann, wife, ree., 150; Sir Arthur, Knt., commissioner, 107 ; Walter, esq., 150 Hewe, Alice, ree., 95 Heydon, Sir William, Knt., commissioner, 108 Heylyn, Richard, commissioner, 136* Hicks, Leo, S. J., lxxvin Higgenson, Higginson, Thomas, lessee, 146*, 148*; Thomas, ree., 182* Higgyns, William, yom., ree., 195 Higgynson, John, 137; Margaret, wife, ree., 137 Highampton, Higheanton, Devon, 21 High Commission, Courts of, xvin High Easter, Highe Ester, Essex, 27 Highley Carr, Winwick, Lancs., 51 Hilborough, Hilbroughe, Noff., 100, 108 Hill, Alice, daughter, ree., 197; Alice, wife, ree., 197; Ambrose, gent., ree., 141; Elizabeth, wife, lessee, 145*, 148*; George, lessee, 202; John, ree., 141 ; John, gent., ree., 141 ; John, yom., ree., 197* ; Richard, ree., 190, 192, 193; Richard, son, ree., 197; Thomas, lessee, 145*, 148*, 151 Hillbeck, Westmld.; see Helbeck(e) Hillesley, Hildesley, Margaret, wid., ree., 123, 124*; Walter, ree., 123, 124*; William, 124; see Illesley, Ildesley Hillingdon, Middx., 93 Hillyard, Sir Christopher, Knt., commissioner, 203 Hilton, Andrew, gent., ree., 183*, 184* Hilton, Hylton, Staffs., 152; (in Murton), Westmld., 183 Hindley, Hyndley, Lancs., 59, 82 HindIip, Hynlipp, Worcs., 194, 197 Hinton Charterhouse, Charterhowse Henton, Somerset, 142 Hinton Daubnay, Henton Dawbeny, Hants., 37, 40* Hinton St. Mary, . Henton Marye, Dorset, 24 Hints, Hynce, Staffs., 152 x

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Hiteham, Hicham, Suff., 162 Hiteheman, John, ree., 31; Ralph, husb., ree., 83 Hitehmeugh, William, linen webster, ree.,84 Hixon, Stowe, Staffs., 153 Hixon, Thomas, lessee, 35*, 36 Hochenson, George, lessee, 45, 46* Hoekenhull, Hocknell, Cheshire, 10 Hockering(e), Norf., 107, 111 ; Park, Norf., 107 Hockley, Essex, 28 * Hoeknell, John, esq., lessee, 10, 11 ; John, esq., ree., 54; John, gent., ree., 11 *, 13n; Margaret, 11 * Hoekworthy, Devon, 139 Hodgeson, Clement, ree., 220* ; John, yom., ree., 215; Katherine, wife, ree., 220; William, husb., ree., 76* 78* 81 Holbo'rn, London, lxxxvn; 93 Holcrofte, Hamlet, gent., ree., 56, 60 ; Thomas, esq., commissioner, 60 Holden, Margaret, wid., ree., 56, 69*, 80*, 81 ; see Hou1den Holdernes(s), E.R. Yorks., 204*, 209, 213 Holland, Cassandra, wife, ree., 151 ; Richard, esq., commissioner, 59*, 81 ; Thomas, yom., 151 Hollandridge, Hollingridge, Oxon., 122 Hollington, Sussex, 179 HoUinhey, Winwick, Lancs., 67 Hollyman, John, yom., ree., 194 Holme, Winwick, Lancs., 81 ; Cultram, Cumberland, xlin; Hale, Holmehal~, Holmehall, Norf., 108, 110, 111 Holmedale [Holme Hall], Norf., 101 Holmes, [ ], parish clerk, 93; Agnes, spl'.-wife, ree., 93* Holtfarme, Harting, Sussex, 175 Holton, Suff., 163*, 165 Hood Grange, Hoodegraunge [Kilburn: N.R.], Yorks., 216 Hooe, Hoe, Sussex, 171 Hoord(e), Thomas, gent., ree., 123, 125 ; William, ree., 34* ; William, gent., ree., 36 Hopecarr, Hoppcarre, in Bedford, Leigh, Lancs., 83 Hopkynson, Hopkinson, John, lessee, 23*, 122*, 125, 126 Hopton, Staffs., 155 Hopton, Thomas, yom., ree., 221 Horborne [? Harborne; formerly Staffs., now Warwicks.], 151 HordIe Breamore, Hordell Bremor, Hants., 38, 39

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Horndon, Horneden, Essex, 166* Huntman, also Tenent, Ambrose, tenHornsey, Harnesey, Middx., 93 ant, 203 Horny(h)old, Alice, wife, rec., 196; Hunton, Robert, gent., ree., 140 George, gent., 196; Katherine, Huntspill, Somerset, 142 spr., ree., 196 Huntt, Ann, spr., wife, ree., 42; Horseman, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 127 ; Thomas, 42 ; see Hunte Thomas, esq., gentleman sewer, Hordcott, Hurcotte, Wilts., 186 lessee, 51 *; Paul, gent., 127 Horl(e)ston, Ranulf, esq., commisHorsham, Horssham, Sussex, 172, 180 sioner, 55, 58 Horsington, Somerset, 140 Horsley, Hurslye, Hants., 41 Horton, Devon, 20; ? Houghton, Husbond, Ralph, gent., lessee, 144* Herefs., 46*; Staffs., 153 ; manor, Hussey, Charles, esq., sheriff of Upper Beeding, Sussex, 170 Lines., 88; Lawrence, groom of Horwood, Radygon, spr., rec., 196 the chamber royal, lessee, 160*, 167* Houghe, William, esq., ree., 10* Hutton, Essex, 30 Houghton, Herefords.; see Horton Hutton, John, esq., lessee, 7, 8*; Houghton, Katherine, spr.-wife, rec., Matthew, Dean of York, xx, xxin ; 85 ; Peter, sheriff of LondonJMiddx., Thomas, clerk, rec., xxxviin; 58*; 92 ; Richard, gent., 85 Sir Timothy, sheriff of Yorkshire, Houlden, John, 56; Margaret, wid., lxvn*, xcn, cviiin ree., 57, 59*; Richard, 56; see Hutton Bonville, Huton Benvell, N.R. Yorks., 216 ; Mulgrave, Mowgrave, Holden Houses of Correction, xxvi; see N.R. Yorks., 216; Rudby, N.R. Yorks., 216 Bridewells Howar, John, woollen webster, ree., Huxley, Thomas, husbandman, rec., 13 72* Howbery, Howberie, Oxon., 124*; Huysshe, Silvester, ree., lxxxixn; Silvester, gent., rec., 138 Farm, 124 Howell, Elizabeth, spr., ree., 97, 98 ; Huyton, Ryton, Lanes., 61 Mary, spr.-wife, rec., 98; Matilda, Hyde, Family, lxxviin; Richard, esq., lessee, lxxvii, lxxviii* ; 4, 5* spr., rec., 97 ; William, 98 Howlbrooke, Richard, tenant, 28 Hytche, Jane, wife, rec., 126 ; Thomas, Howle, Thomas, yom., rec., 138 gent., 126 Howton, Houton, Rerefs., 46 Hyton, Richard, gent., ree., 64* Hub(b)ert, Henry, esq., ree., 112; Henry, gent., rec., 159 Huckerbye, William, gent., lessee, Iden, Sussex, 175, 176*, 177, 181n Iden, John, lessee, 51, 52 104, 109* Huddleston, W.R. Yorks., 218 Idsworth, Idesworth, Hants., 35 Hughe, ap, John, yom., rec., 136* Ddesley, Robert, tenant, 3; see Hughes, Katherine, spr., ree., 98 Hillesley, Illesley Hughley, Salop., 132, 135 Deffeld, Hants. ; see Ellisfield Illesley, llsley, Farm, Berks., 3 Hulse, Thomas, rec., 2 Hungate, Margaret, wife, ree., 218 ; Illesley, lldesley, Walter, gent., ree., William, esq., 218 3 ; see Hillesley, Hildesley Hungerford, Edward, esq., sheriff of Dsley, East, Estillesley, Esthillesley, Wilts., lxxxixn, xcii*, xciii* ; John, Berks., 3, 124 Immingham, Lines., 90*, 91 esq., sheriff of Wilts., xciii Hungerstone, Hongerston, Rerefs., 45 Ince, Lanes., 65 ; Blundell, Lanes., 59 Hunnis, Hunnys, William, lessee, Informers, xiv*, xv-xx, xxv, xxxiv, lxxvin; William, gentleman of the xxxviii, xl-xli, xlvii, xlviiin, lxxix, cxii chapel royal, lessee, 47*, 161*, 162, Ingleby, John, esq., rec., 216*; John, gent., rec., 204*, 210, 219 ; 209*,212 Hunte, Elizabeth, spr., rec., 42; Thomas, gent., ree., 204*, 211 Ingol, Ingole, Lanes., 69 Simon, husb., rec., 42; see Huntt Hunter, Dorothy, ree., 214 ; Dorothy, Ingoldmells, Lines., 88 * Ingram Grange, Welbury, N.R. Yorks.; wid., ree., 202 Huntingdonshire, xliii, lv*, lxix, lxxn, see Angram Graunge Inkberrow, Inckbarrowe, Worcs., 196 lxxxiv ; 7, 50

INDEX Inner Temple, London, 94 Inskip, Lanes., 76 Interregnum, xxiin, lviin; see Commonwealth ; Protectorate Inwardleigh, Inwardley, Devon, 22 Ipsden Bassett, manor, Oxon., 121 Ipsden (Ippesden) Huntercombe, manor, Oxon., 121 Ipston(e)s, Staffs., 149, 155 Ipswich(e), Suff., 168 Ireland(e), "Geneta," wid., rec., 84 ; Thomas, yom., rec., 68* Ireland, xxin Irmingland, N orf.; see Corpusty Irnham, Irenham, Lines., lxxvin; 88, 89* Irthlingborough, Irtlingburghe, Northants., 116 Isham, Northants., 113 Islington, Norf., 104* Issherwood, Christopher, ree., 73*; John, 69, 80 Itchen Abbas, Abbottes Itchinge, Hants., 40*, 42 Ivychurch(e), Kent, 51

Jack(e)son, Edward, ree., 101, 109* ; Edward, clerk, rec., xxxviin ; 108* ; Edward, husb., rec., 74*, 81; Francis, ree., 205; Francis, gent., ree., 218; Jane, wife, ree., 218 ; Richard, yom., ree., 220 James I, King of England, xin, xi in, xvi, xviin, xxiiin, xxxiiin, xxxviin. xxxviiin, xlin, xlivn, lxin, lxvn, lxxxin, lxxxiv, lxxxviin, xcvn, civn*. cixn, cxin; and passim in Text James, Alice, spr., ree., 152 ; Henry, gent., ree., lxxxv*; Thomas, lab., rec., 151 ; Thomas, tenant, 3 Jeninges, George, yom., rec., 126 Jenkenson, also Croson, John, tenant. 129, 130 Jenkyn, Edward William, 97 Jeokyns, Jane, spr., rec., 98 Jermyn, Ambrose, ree., 25 Jerning(e)ham, [ ], gent., 93 ; Mary, spr.-wife, ree., 93* Jervis, William, ree., 133 Jesuits, xxin, xxxviin, xliiin Jettor, Robert, ree., 161 Jevan, Cicilia, spr., rec., 96 Jevan, ap, David, gent., ree., 223 Jewett, William, lessee, 133*, 134* John, Edward Dio, rec., 223; Elizabeth, spr., ree., 96; "Gwenlliana," spr., rec., 97; Joan, spr.,

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ree., 99 ; Joan, spr.-wife, ree., 98 ; Katherine, spr.-wife, ree., 97; "LIen'," ree., 223 ; Margaret, spr., Margaret, spr.-wife, ree., 98; rec.,97 John, ap, Rice, 97 ; Walter David, 98 Johnson, Alice, serv't, rec., 143; Gerard, yeoman, xl in ; Joan, spr., rec., 150; John, lessee, 173*; John, "milner," rec., 75*, 77*, 80 ; Thomas, husb., rec., 66*, 80; also Wilkinson, Thomas, husb., rec., 76* Joice; also of Taylor, Henry JolIer, Ursula, serv't, rec., 141 Jones, Edmund, rec., 45 ; "Gresilla," spr.-wife, ree., 97; Henry, 97; Walter, esq., sheriff of Mon., 95,

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Joyseys, Beaehamwell, Norf., 99 Judges, xviiin, xxiin, xlvi ; of England, xxxvii, xli *, liin, xciin, ciin Jury, grand, xxxvii-viii; petit, xl; for assessment, lxiii*, lxxiii, lxxxi. ci Justices, xiii, xxiii, xcvi*, xcviii, cix ; of Assize, xii, xiii, xxvi in, xxviii, xln, lx, cix ; of Gaol-delivery, xiii, xxviii *, xln; of Nisi Prius, xviii ; of Oyer and Terminer, xii, xiii, xxviii; of the Peace, xiin, xiii, xv, xxiii, * xxvn, xxxviii Justis, John, husb'n, ree., 142

Karlion', Cumberland; see Carlisle Keelinge, John, lab., rec., 151 Keeper, Lord, of The Great Seal, lxiiin Kegworth, Leics., 18 Kekewiche, George, esq., commissioner, 15 Kelfield, Kelfeild, E.R. Yorks., 220 Kelling(e), Norf., 110 Kellway, Dorothy, wife, ree., 23; Robert, gent., 23 Kempsford, Kemsford, Gloucs., 31 Kemys, Edward, esq., sheriff of Mon., 95 ; Maud, spr., ree., 97 Kemyshe, Kemishe, Jane, wife, ree., 140; John, gent., 140 KenninghalI, Keningale, Norf., 112 Kent, lxxxn, lxxxiv, lxxxv, lxxxviiin, ciiin; 51-52, 213, 222n Kentchurch, Kenchurch, Herefs., 43, 46,47,49 Kerrio(c)k, Margaret, wife, ree., 49 ; Thomas, yom., ree., 49*

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Kervile, Henry, esq., 111; Henry, ree., lxxvin; 105, 109*; Henry, gent., ree., 119; Winifred, wife, ree., 111 ; see Carvile Kes(s)ingland, Suff., 159 Kettleby(e) [Thorpe], Bigby, Lines., 91 *; see Thorpe Kexbrough, Kykesboroughe, W.R. Yorks., 200 Keyes, Thomas, cook-in-ordinary to the Queen, lessee, 32* Keybaven, Hants., 38 Keymer, Henry, esq., ree., 143 Keynes, Edward, gent., ree., 140*; Katherine, wife, ree., 140 Keynsham, Kaynsham, Somerset, 141 Keys, Thomas, lessee, 158*, 159* Kighley, Elizabeth, ree., 55; Roger, gent., ree., 74* Kilburn, N.R. Yorks.; see Hood Grange Killigrew, Henry, teller in the Exchequer, xxvi in, lxin Killinghall, Kyllinghall, W.R. Yorks., 219 Kilpeek, Kylpeck, Herefords., 45, 49 Kilshett, Lancs., 56 Kilvington, N.R. Yorks., 214, 215; North, N.R. Yorks., 216 Kindesley, Richard, yeoman of the chamber royal, lessee, 79*, 80 Kinge, John, ree., 141 King's Bench, Westminster, court of, xiii, xvii, xxiii, xxvn, xxvii-ix, xli, xlvi, xlvii Kings Norton, Kingesnorton, Wores., 189, 194, 196 Kingston, Staffs.; see Kinson; upon Thames, Surrey, 175 Kingstone, Kingston, Herefs., 45 Kingswinford, Swynford Regis, Staffs., 149, 150 Kington, Kyngton, Worcs., 196 Kinnersley, Herefs., 49 Kinson [? Kingston], Staffs., 155 Kirk(e)by [Malzeard], W.R. Yorks., 218; South, Southkirkebye, W.R. Yorks., 200 Kirk(e)ham, Lanes., 10, 52, 55, 64*, 74*, 77 Kirkeshawe, John, husb., ree., 71 * ; see Kyrkeshawe Kirkestanley, W.R. Yorks. ; see Stainley, North Kirkland, Kirkeland, Lancs., 57*, 58 Kirkley, Kirley, South Lowestoft. Suff., 159 Kiverknoll, Kevernoll, Helefs., 45 Knappinge, William, yom .• ree., 168

Knapton, Elizabeth, spr., ree., 169 Knaresborough, Knaresbrough, W.R. Yorks., 219 Knarisbrough, Katherine. wife. ree., 219; Mary. wife, ree., 219; Peter, gent., ree., 219; Walter, gent., 219 Knight(e), Knyght, Alice, wid., ree., 34*, 36, 37, 39, 40; Constance, wife, ree., 41 ; Robert, gent., 41 Robert, ree., 34*, 36, 37, 40 Knolles ; see Knowles Knottingley, W.R. Yorks., 217 Knowle, Knowell, Grace, wife, ree., 143 ; John, ree., 75*, 77* ; Knowell, William, gent., 143 Knowles, Knolles, Agnes, ree., 145*, 146. 156n; Agnes, wid., ree., 146 ; John, ree., 145*, 156n Knoyle, Wilts., 187 Kydd(e), Margaret, spr.-wife, ree., 82 ; Richard, husb., ree., 82* Kynnebye, Francis, yom., ree., 103 Kyrkeshawe, John, husb., ree., 70* ; see Kirkeshawe Kytehen, John, gent., 127; Mary, wife. ree., 127 Ladyhall, Walsall, Staffs., 145 Lake, Alice, wife, ree., 83; William, husb., ree., 83* Laleston, Glam. ; see Haleston Lamberherst [Lamberhurst], Kent., 51 Lamberte, Grace, wid., ree., 208 Lamorran, Lamoran, Cornwall, 15 Lancashire, xvi. xviii. xxin, xxxn*, xxxi*. xxxvn, xxxviin, xlvii. !xix. lxxii, lxxiii, lxxvn, lxxvin, lxxxn*, lxxxi *• lxxxiii *, lxxxiv, lxxxviiin, lxxxix. xcn, cin, ciin, cHi *. cvi *, cviii*, cxn, cxiiin*; 10*, 51, 52-87 Lancaster, Lanes., xviiin; 55, 82; Co. Palatine of, cvin; 56, 80; Duchy of, cvi*, cviii; 56, 85n*, 86n* Lancasters, manor, Suff.; also of Pountney Hall Landmoth, Lanmouth, N.R. Yorks., 215 Lane, Felicia, spr., ree., 152; Margaret, wid., ree., 151 Langford, Nicholas, esq., ree., xx, lxxxiiin; 17, 18, 19*,68, 69 Langford, Wilts., 3; Derbys.; see Long(e)ford Langred, Ellisfield, Hants., 34 Langton, Robert, webster, ree., 82 Langvyle, Henry, esq., sheriff of Bucks., 7

INDEX LanherI:1e, Cornwall, xliii Lanshaw, Landshawe, W.R. Yorks., 211 Larratt, Robert, tenant, 129, 130 Lathom(e), Lanes., 62 Lathom(e), Henry, ree., 55, 81; Ralph, lessee, 162, 163* Lathwayte, Henry, ree., 60 ; Robert, senior, husb., ree., 82; see Laythwaite Laugharne, Carmarthens., 224 Launde, Le, Alvechurch, Worcs., 189 Launsdall, Lanes.; see Lonsdale Laurenson; see Lawrenson Laverstoek, Wilts., 184 Lawe, Robert, husb., ree., 71 *, 72*,81 Lawes, Henry, yom., ree., 110*, 113n Lawrenson, Lauren son, John, blacksmith, ree., 75*, 77*, 80, 81 Lawshall, Lawshull, Suffolk, xlii; 164*, 168; manor, Suffolk, xliiin ; 161, 162, 164* Lawson, Elizabeth, ree., 214; Elizabeth, wife, ree., 214; Geoffrey, commissioner, 183; Ralph, esq., 214; Robert, 204 Lawton [? Lowton], Lanes., 62* Layghton, Layton, Essex; see Ley ton Laythwaite, Lathwayte, Henry, yom., ree., 58 ; see Lathwaite Layton, Laton, Lanes., 77; East, Estlayton, N.R. Yorks., 201,213 Lea, Salop., 135 Leake, N.R. Yorks., 215 Ledsham, W.R. Yorks., 218 Ledston, Ledeston, W.R. Yorks., 203* Lee, George, lessee, 102*, 107*, 109*, 159, 160; George, yeoman of the Queen's private kitchen, lessee, 165*; Gilbert, gent., 218; Jane, wife, ree., 218; Margaret, wid., ree., 127; Margery, wife, ree., 152; William, 152; also Webber, Thomas, lessee, 162* ; also Webber, Thomas, of the Queen's private kitchen, lessee, 164*, 165 Leed(e)s, W.R. Yorks., 218 Leedes, Mary, wife, ree., 217; Thomas, ree., 201, 220; Thomas, junior, gent., ree., 217; Thomas, senior, gent., ree., 217* Leek(e), Staffs., 150 Lees Hill, Derbys., 19 Leethe, Ann, wid., ree., 197 Leieestershire, lvn, lxxxviiin, civ ; 18, 87, 147*, 151 Leigh, Leygh, Lancs., 64, 83 ; Staffs., 149, 155

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Leigh(e), Leyghe, Edward, esq., commissioner, 146*, 156n* ; Peter, sheriff of Co. Pal. Chester, eviiin ; Ralph, yom., ree., 149 Leighton, Neston, Cheshire, 11 Lenham, Leneham, Kent, 51 Lessees (Crown's), lxxiv-vii, ciii*, civn*, cxii (and passim in Text) ; see Elizabeth I, household Staff of; Farmers Lever, John, gent., commissioner, 59 Leveson, Thomas, esq., sheriff of Staffs., 147 Lewes, William, ree., 95* Lewick, John, ree., 141, 142* Lewis, Griffin, commissioner, 191; Katherine, spr., ree., 98 Lewkenor, Richard, esq., commissioner, 177* Ley, Agnes, wid., ree., 155; Alice, spr., ree., 155; Elizabeth, ree., 155; Francis, husb'n, ree., 155; George, husb'n, ree., 155; John, husb'n, ree., 155 Leyton , Layghton, Layton, Essex, xlii, xcvii*, 29, 208 Liddington, Rutland, lxxxi; 130 Lightshaw, Lighshawe, Lighshay, Lanes., 55* Ligon, Hugh, ree., 190, 193; see Lygon Lillye, John, ree., Jesuit, xxin; John, yom., ree., 180 Lincoln, Dean and Chapter of, 89 Lincolnshire, xxxi*, xlvn, lxxv, lxxvin, Ixxxin, lxxxviiin, lxxxixn; 88-92 Lindale, Lyndall, Lanes., 61 Lindley, Linley, Leics., 87*, 147* Lingen, Richard, esq., ree., xcvi Linste(a)d Parva, Suff., 160 Linton, Lynton, Cambs., 8, 9 Linwood, Lyndwood, Lines. , 89 Litherland, Lytherland, Lanes., 65, 85 Litlebury, Andrew, gent., ree., 89*, 91,92 Litleton, George, gent., ree., 149; Sir Edward, Knt., sheriff of Staffs., 143, 148, 157n Litlewood, Bradley, Staffs., 144 Littlefeild, Agnes, spr., wife, ree., 42 ; Arthur, 42 Liverpool, Lyverpoole, Leverpoole, Lanes., 55, 59, 82 Llanbethery, LIanbetheme, par. of LIancarfan, Glam., 223 Llanearfan, LIancarvan, Glam., 223 * Llandenny, Mon., 98 Llanforda, LIanvorda, Salop., 131

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L1angattock [nigh Usk] , Mon., 95; [Vibon Avel], Mon., 98 L1angewydd, Langwich, Glam., 223 L1angibby, Llangebye. Mon., 97 L1anhen(n)ock, Mon., 97 L1anlowell, Mon., 95 L1anrothal(I), Rerefs., 49* L1antilio Crossenny, Gressennye, Mon ., 98 ; Pertholey, Mon., 99 L1anvethyn, Llanvithen, Llancarfan par., Glam., 223 L1anvihangel(I) L1antarnam, juxta Llantern am, Mon., 97; Pontymoil, Pountmoell, Mon., 96, 98 L1oid(e) ; see Lloyd(e) L1oyd(e), Lloid(e), Edward, lessee, 131 *; John, rec., 131, 137; John, junior, lessee, 131 *, 136*, 137*, 138n; Richard, rec., 131 L1oynemayn, messuage, Llwynymaen, Salop., 131 L1wynymaen, Lloynemayne, Salop., 131 Lockesmythe, Richard, gent., lessee, 52* Lockwood, John, gent., ree., 215 Lodsworth, Sussex, 180 Lokyer, William, yom., rec., 180 Londesborough, Londe<;broughe, E .R. Yorks., 203 London, vii, xv*, xvi, xx, xxin, xxviiixxx, xxxvi*, xln, xlin, xliv, lvi*, lxxvin, lxxxvn, xcviii, c* ; 28*, 93*, 94*, 204, 210, 211 ; city of, xvii in, xxviii-ix; 92; diocese of, xv; Records office, xxix London/Middlesex, sheriffwick, xxin, lxxxivn, lxxxvn*, lxxxviiin, xcvii, xcviiin, c*, ciin ; 92-94 Longbridge Deverill, Deverel1s Langbridge, Wilts., 36 Longdon, Worcs., 191, 197 Long(e)ford, Langford, Derbys., xx ; 18*,68 ; Parke, Derbys., 18 Long(e)worth, Peter, schoolmaster, rec., 73*, 76* Longfeyld, John, husb., rec., 135 Long Melford, Suffolk, xxviin; 158, 159, 168*, 169; Parish, Longeparisshe, also Middleton, Rants., 36 ; Stanton, Cambs., 9 Longslow, Longeslowe, Salop., 132 Longton, Robert, husbandman, rec., 13 Lonsdale, Launsdall, Lancs., 80 Lords, Rouse of; see Parliament. Loune [? Louve; Lonne], Margery, spr., ree., 149 Love, William, tenant, 106

Lovell, Robert, rec., xxxii' 99*' Robert, esq., rec., 100: 112; Thomas, xliiill Lowe, Jerome, gent., rec., 114*, 115 Lower, Thomas, esq., sheriff of Cornwall, xcv*, xcvi; 14, 17 Lowestoft, Lowstofte, Sufi'., 162; South, Suff., 159 Lowton, Lancs. ; see Lawton Lucies, grange, Donht"ad, Wilts., 186 Lucy, Thomas, esq., sheriff of Gloucs., 31, 33n

Ludbrocke, Ann, spr., rec., 169 Ludcotte, tenement, Cornwall, 14 Ludlow, Salop., lxxxixn Ludshott, Lydshott, Rants., 34, 36,39, 40* Ludwell, William, husb'n, ree., 142 Luestley, Lancs. ; see Luzley Luff, John, tenant, 129, 130 Luffenham, North, Northiuffengham, Rutland, 128*, 129* Luke, Alice, daughter, rec., 141; George, shoemaker, 141 ; Nicholas, esq .â&#x20AC;¢ sheriff of Beds., lxx, lxxxviin; 1 Lunde, Grace, wife, rec., 217 ; Robert, 217 Lune, Loyne, river, Lancs., 80 Lutterell, George, esq., sheriff of Somerset, 138 Luzley, Luestley, Lancs., 64-5 Lydbury North, Lidbury Northe, Salop., 134*, 135 Lydshott, Rants. ; see Ludshott Lygon, Barbara, wife, rec., 197; Rugh, gent., rec., 192, 197*; see Ligon Lymer, also of Sherrott, Margery Lymington, Lymyngton, Rants., 40 Lynacre, James, esq., rec., 179 Lyndall, Lancs. ; see Lindale Lynes, Edward, weaver, rec., 151 Lynn(e), Norf., 103 Lynne, Ann, spr., ree., 111; Cecily, spr., rec., 111 Lyntall, John, gent., rec., 168 Lynton, Cambs. ; see Linton Lyster, Alice, wife, rec., 220 ; Robert, tenant, 28; Thomas, esq., 220 Lythall, Ann, wid., rec., 133 Lythe, Lyeth, N.R. Yorks., 205, 207 Lytherland, Lancs. ; see Litherland Lyttleton, George, esq., rec., 150; see Li tieton Macc1esfeild, William, see Maxefeild Madley, Rerefs., 47, 49

ree.,

144 ;

INDEX MadIey, Margaret, wife, rec., 149; Thomas, yom., 149 Maer, Meare, Meere, Staffs., 149, 154* Maesog, May(s)og, Clynnog par., Carnarvons., 224* Maghull, Margaret, wid., rec., 85 Malard, Jane, wife, ree., 49 ; Robert, 49 Malham, William, lab., ree., 181 Mancell ; see Maunsell, Rice Manchester, Lanes., xviiin Manckton, Christopher, esq., ree., 203,212* Manfeyld, Henry, esq., rec., 6 Manners, John, esq., commissioner, 18 Mannock, Ann, rec., 8 ; Ann, gentlewoman, rec., 168; Francis, gent., lessee, 25*; William, junior, gent., rec., 27 Mansell; see Maunsell, Rice Manton, Lines., 91 Manwaringe, Oliver, gent., rec., 66 Manxell, or? Mauxell, Anthony, esq., tenant, 223 Mapledurham, Oxon., 121 Marden, Mardon, Herefs., 45, 49 Maresfield, Marisfeld, Sussex, 171 Margam, Margan, Glam., 223 Margeram, John, lab., rec., 153 Margery [surname omitted], spr., rec., 152 Markeham, Gervase, esq., 91, 92n Markeland, Margaret, spr.-wife, rec., 82 ; Oliver, gent., 82 Markeland Mylne, Lanes., 63 Marled Feild, Le, Garston, Lanes., 79 Marledheys, Thurstaston, Cheshire, 10 Marl(e)ston, Marston, Maston, Berks., lxxi, lxxvii ; 4* Marrall, Thomas, husb., rec., 66 Marriett, Marryett, Humphrey, rec., 113; Humphrey, gent., rec., 114, 115 Marser, Margery, wid., rec., 85 Marshe, Katherine, wid., rec., 83 Marshe Farme, Longdon, Worcs., 191 Marston, Kent ; see Merston Marston, Merston, Bigott, Somerset, 142 Marten, Margaret, spr., rec., 168; Roger, esq., rec., 158 Marten, Wilts., manor of, xciin; West, Wilts., 187* Martham, Norf., 106* Martin, Martyn, Alice, wid., rec., 209; Ann, wid., tenant, 175, 176; Richard, gent., ree., 25 ; see Martyn Marton, Little, Lanes., 78 Martyn; see Martin, Ann

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Marvin, Marvyn, Edmund, rec., 139 ; Edmund, esq., rec., 140; Sir James, Knt., lessee, 35*, 184, 185*; Sir James, Knt., sheriff of Wilts., xcii, xciii Marwood, Henry, lessee, 25*, 159*, 167* Mary, Queen of England, xi, lvi, cviin; Queen of Scots, xxii Masham, Waffam, N .R. Yorks., 215 Mason, Ann, wid., rec., 73*; Ellen, wid., rec., 81; Richard, gent., lessee, 133, 136* Massey, Massie, Massye, Ann, rec., 55 ; Dorothy, wife, rec., 83; William, esq., 83 Mathiman [Mathewman], Custance, 181, 181n; Thomasina, wife, spr., rec., 181, 181n Ma(u)nsell, Mancell, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 141; Katherine, rec., 141 ; Rice, gent., lessee, 103, 104*, 105*, 109* ; Richard, esq., 141 ; Richard, lessee, 202* Mauxell, or ? Manxell, Anthony, esq., tenant, 223 Mawdesley, Lanes., 55 Mawdisley, Richard, yom., ree., 83 Mawgan, Maugao, Mawyan, Cornwall, 15, 16 ; in Pyder, Cornwall, 15 Max(e)feild, Andrew, gent., ree., 154 ; Ann, wife, rec., 154; Humphrey, gent., rec., 154; John, gent., rec. , 154; Katherine, spr., ree., 154; Margaret, spr., rec., 154; Ursula, wife, ree., 154; William, ree., 154*; William, gent., rec., 154*; see Macclesfeild Mayfeild, Kingstone, Herefs., 45 Maynard, Edward, tenant, 122 Mayney(e), Ann, wid., ree., 51 * Mears Ashby, Asshebye, Northants., 113 Mease, Barbara, wife, rec., 219; Marmaduke, tanner, 219 Meeke, George, tenant, 163 Meere Lane Ende, Caverswall, Staffs., 146 Melford, Suff. ; see Long Melford Mellinge, William, husb., ree., 85 Mellis, Melles, Suff., 161, 163 Mells, Suff. ; see Milles Melton, Norf., 112 Melton, Katherine, spr., ree., 110 Mennell, Margaret, wid., rec., 216 ; Thomas, esq., 214; Thomas, esq., ree., 215 ; Winifred, wife, rec., 214 Mensthorpe, S. Kirkby, W.R. Yorks., 200

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Meole Brace, Meolbrace, Salop., 133, 135 Meon, East, Eastmeane, Hants., lxxvin; 35, 184 Mercer, William, husb., rec., 84 Merioneth, Co., cviii Merrye, Henry, lessee, 18, 19 Merston, Marston, Kent, 52 Merton, Marten, Martyn, Norf., 102"', 104*, 107*, 111 Messingham, Lincs., 91 Metealf(f), Metcalffe, Brian, gent., lessee, 205 *, 206, 207; Gilbert, gent., ree., 216 Metham(e), [ ], wife, ree., 217; Francis, 201 ; Gregory, gent., 217 ; Katherine, wife, rec., 214; Thomas, esq., 214 Michaelston, Michelston, Mighleston, -on-Avon, Glam., 223* Miehelles, Berks. ; see Migheals Mickfield, Mycklefeild, Suff., 168 Micklethwaite, W.R. Yorks.; see Migtelwhite Mickleton, Gloucs., 32 Middlemore, George, gent., 196; Henry, esq., lessee, 189*, 190; Jane, wife, ree., 196; John, esq., rec., 189, 196 Middlesex, xxviii*, xxix*, xxx; 20*, 23, 93*, 94* ; Guildhall, xxix Middleton, Ripon, W.R. Yorks., 218 ; Tyas, N.R. Yorks., 214; Winwick, Lancs., 63*; also Long Parish, manor, Hants., 36 Middleton, Philip, yom., rec., 112; Thomas, yom., ree., 110 Midleton, Cambs. ; see Milton Migheals, MicheUes, Berks., also of Sulliamptead Banister, 3* Mighell, Owen, lab., rec., 169 Migtelwhite [? Micklethwaite], grange, [? W.R.] Yorks., 209 Milburne, Christopher, yom., ree., 218 Mild(e)may, Anthony, esq., sheriff of Northants., 117, 118n; Humphrey, esq., sheriff of Essex, 24, 29; Walter, Chancellor of the Exchequer, lix Milden, Suff. ; see Myldinge Milford, North, Northmillfurthe, W.R. Yorks., 201, 217, 220 Milles [? Mells] , Suff., 158, 163Âˇ, 164, 165* Milles, Alice, spr., ree., 42; Richard. esq., sheriff of Hants., 33, 41, 42n Milles Ende, Suff., 165 Millicent(t), Robert, lessee, 128*; Robert, gent., lessee, 129, 130, 130n

Milner, Elizabeth, wid., ree., 84 Milpine Brooke, Peasmarsh, Sussex, 177 ; Wood, Peasmarsh, Sussex, 177 Milson, John, husb'n, ree., 142 Milton, Hants., 42; also Midleton, Cambs., 7, 8 Milwieh(e), Staffs., 144 Minoo, William, gent., rec., 152; see Minors, Mynors Minors, Minoo, Miners, William, gent., 157n* ; see Mynors Mitton, W.R. Yorks., 220 Moekinhall, Radwinter, Essex, 28 Mollineux, Mollyneux, Richard, esq., lessee, 53* ; William, husb., rec., 82 Mones [? or Moues, Moves], Henry, husb., rec., 84 Monkton, West, Westmunckton, Somerset, 141 Monmouthshire, lviin, lxxx, lxxxviiin, ciin, cxiiin ; 95-99 Montgomery, Co., cviiin Moore, Alice, spr., ree., 126 ; Henry, fisherman, ree., 196; John, gent., ree., xcvii*; 29; John, yom., ree., 180, 195 ; Thomas, gent., ree., 208; William, fisherman, rec., 196; see More Moorgate, London, xxix Moor Hall, Moorehal1, Aughton, Lancs.,82 Morcott(e), Rutland, 128, 129*, 130* Mordaunt, Mordant, Thomas Louis, Lord, xxxiin* ; 116*, 118n* More, Cresacre, ree., xliin; Thomas, rec., xlii; see Moore Moreton, George, esq., sheriff of Dorset, 23 Moreton [? Mortham], Rokeby, Yorks., 199* Morgan [? Margam], Glam., 223 Morgan, Eleanor, spr.-wife, ree., 96 ; Elizabeth, spr., rec., 99; James, gent., 45; James, yom., ree., 194; Joan, spr., ree., 99*; Katherine, wid., ree., 99; Roger, gent., ree., 96* ; Thomas, esq., ree., 45 Morley, Morreley, John, ree., 88, 90, 91 *,92 ; John, yom., rec., 89*, 91 * Morleys, manor, Norf., 104 Morris, Morrys, Ann, spr., ree., 111 ; Ann, spr.-wife, rec., 98; David, 98; Henry, junior, husb'n, ree., 140; Stephen, husb'n, ree., 140; Thomas, husb., ree., 197 ; William, carpenter, ree., 154 Morrison, Morisonne, Thomas, esq., Clerk of The Pipe, liv*, lxn*, Morrys; see Morris

INDEX Mortham, Rokeby, N.R. Yorks. ; see Moreton Mortimer, Mortymer, Berks., 3 Morval, Morvell, Cornwall, 14 Mos(s)borough, Lanes., 55; Hall, Lanes., 55 Moseley Tyltes, [? W.R.J Yorks., 208 Mosse, John, carpenter, ree., 61 Thomas, tenant, 165 Mott, manor, E. Sussex, 176*, 177 Moues; see Mones, Henry Moulton, Bridget, spr., ree., 168; John, yom., ree., 168 Moundford, Beatrice, spr., ree., 111 Mousc1ey, John, spr.-wife, ree., 93 * ; John, yom., 93 Moves; see Mones, Henry Mowbriek, Mowbreek, Molbrick, Lanes., 53* Mowgrave [Hutton Mulgrave] , N.R. Yorks., 216* Mowsill, Ann, wife, ree., 196; William, 196 Munday, Anthony, xxxviii Munster, Ireland, xxin Murfeeld, Hockering, Norf., 107 Murfyne, John, lessee, 108*, 134*, 136*, 172*, 178 Murton, Westmld., 183 Mussenden, Richard, gent., lessee, 202,203 Muttleberye, Thomas, gent., 141 Muxon, Muckleston, Staffs., 149*, 154 Myldinge [? MildenJ, Suff., 166 Mylveseott, [? Eshton : W.R.J Yorks., 209 Mynors, William, ree., 43, 48*; see Minors Nanfan, Giles, esq., ree., 191 Naylior, Ann, wid., ree., 82 Neale, Sir John, Knt., xxii Neave, Walter, yom., ree., 112 Netherbury, Dorset, 24 Nethereourte, Clifford, Herefs., 45 Netherhall, manor, Stanstead, Suff., 158 Nevell, Henry, esq., commissioner, 173 Newbiggin, N.R. Yorks., 214 Newe, Abraham, tailor, 127; Frideswide, wife, ree., 127 Newe Poole Meadow, Alvechurch, Worcs., 189 Newett, John., lessee, 114 Newgate, gaol, London, xxvn, xxix*, xxxvi, xcviii* Newhall, Eccles, Lancs., 56 ; Winwick. Lanes., 67*, 81 y

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Newiek(e), Sussex, 180, 181 Newland, Southwick, Hants., 39 Newlyn, Cornwall, 16* Newmarshe, West Ham, Essex, 26 Newo(e)ham Murren, Moren, Oxon., 123, 124* New Palace Yard, Westminster, liii Newparke,? Masham, N.R. Yorks., 215 Newport, John, gent., ree., 197 Newport, Margaret, wife, ree., 197 Newton, Lanes., 73, 82; [by Toft], Toftnewton, Lines., 88, 89* Nicholas, John, senior, tenant, 185. 186 Nicholls, George, gent., tenant, 27 Nicholson, Christopher, yom., ree., 216 Nicklin; also of Sadler, Joan Nobbe, The, Merton, Norf., 104, 107 Noble, John, gent., ree., 93 Noell, Sir Andrew, Knt., commissioner, 130 Nonconformists (Protestant), ix, xxxvi Norfolk, xxviin, xxx, xxxii, xxxvin, xxxvi in, xliv, lvn, lxxv, lxxvin, lxxvii, lxxxn*, lxxxiv, lxxxviiin, c, ciiin, cxiiin ; 99-113, 119,224 Norres, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 84; Jane, wid., ree., 84; William, husb., ree., 84* Norrington, Norington, Wilts., 186 Northallerton, Yorks. (County Record Office), lxvn Northampton, town, Northants., 115 Northamptonshire, xx, xxx, xxxi *, xxxii, lxxxin, lxxxiv, lxxxviiill, ciiin ; 113-118 Northdeerparke, Devon, 20 Northfield [Birmingham], Worcs., 193. 195 North Riding, Yorks., 210,214 North Street, Berks., 2 Northtuddenham, Norf. ; see Tuddenham, North Northumberland, lxix *, lxxn Norton, Devon, 20 Norton, Anthony, ree., 38* ; George, gent., ree., 111; Henry, ree., xli, xlii; 170; Henry, gent., ree., 165 ; Katherine, wid., ree., 165 ; Richard, gent., ree., 162, 167*; Walter, ree., xli, xlii; 158; Walter, esq., ree., 163*, 164* Norton in Hales, Salop., 132, 137; in the Moors, Staffs., 149; St. Philip, Phillipps Norton, Somerset. 142 Norwich, Norf., viiin, xxxii Nottingham, city, Ivi

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Nottinghamshire, Ivn, lxxxn*, boodin, lxxxviiin; 94, 119-120 Nowell, Sir Andrew, Knt., commissioner, 128, 130 Nueklyn, Nicklin, also of Sadler, Joan Nutley, Nutlett, Hants., 34*, 36

Oekenden, Joan, spr., ree., 175, 176, 178* Oblington, Herefords. ; see Cublington Odiham, Odeham, Odyham, Hants., 36,40* Offwood, Stephen, husb., ree., 111 Oglethorp(p)e, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 220; Michael, gent., 220 ; Owen, esq., commissioner, 124* ; Robert, 204; see Eglesthroppe Oglet(t), Lanes., 84 Okeford, Richard, yom., ree., lxxxiiin ; 24 Okeham, Nicholas, lessee, 57, 58* Okehampton, Devon, 20 Okeley [Oakeley], Salop., 135 Old Bailey, London, xxix, xxxvi, lxxxv ; Jewry, ("Jury"), London, 94 Oldberrow, Warwicks.; see Ouldbarrowe Oldefeild, Le, Garway, Herefs., 43 Oldhall, also Oldhalls, Great Welnetham, Suff., 164* Oliver; also of Stone, Thomas Olyve, Richard, yeoman of the chamber royal, lessee, 171, 172, 178*, 179* Ombersley, Worcs., 192 Onslowe, Katherine, wid., ree., 122, 125 Orby, Lines., 88 Orchard, The, pasture, Mickleton, Gloucs., 32 Orford, Lanes., 65 Ormesby, Norf., 106* ; St. Margaret, Norf., 106 Orrell, Lanes., 59 Osborne, John, esq., Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, lxiin Oswestry, Salop., 131 Otterhampton, Somerset, 141 Otterington, South, Otteringham, N.R. Yorks., 206 Ottringham, E.R. Yorks., 202 Ouldbarrowe, Worcs. [? Oldberrow, Warwicks.], 197 Outwell, Owtewell, Norf., 110, 111 Overforde, Warrington, Lanes., 83 Overhall, manor, Stanstead, Suff., 158

Owen, George, gent., 127; Jane, wife, ree., 127; Richard, ree., 121 Ower, Owre, Hants., 42 Oxen Close, Great Oxendon, Northants., 115 Oxendon, Great, Oxenden Magna, Northants., 115 Oxford (city), 126, 127* Oxfordshire, lvn, lxxvi, lxxix·. lxxxviiin, xcvin, cxiiin; 121-128, 134 Oxheys, Thurstaston, Cheshire, 9

Paekington, Staffs.; see Pattington Paekyngton, Humphrey, gent., ree., 196* ; see Pakington Padstow, Paddistowe, Cornwall, 15 Page, Richard, yom., ree., 180, 181 Pagett, Charles, yeoman of chamber royal, lessee, 3*, 5*, 35*, 38*, 39*, 40* , 41 *, 42n Pakefield, Packefeild, Suff., 159 Pakington, Humphrey, gent., ree., 132; see Packyngton Palatinates, lxxn, lxxxviiin, cvi-viii Palgrave, Thomas, lessee, 134*, 136*, 172*, 178; Thomas, gent., lessee, 108* Palmer, John, ree., 18, 19*; Roger, tailor, ree., 196; Thomas, gent., ree., 48 Pannyngham, Norfolk; see Raveningham Parbold, Lanes., 68 Parke, Ie great, Alvechurch, Worcs., 189 Parker, Edmund, yom., 218 ; Eleanor, wife, ree., 218; Henry, yom., ree., 168; John, lessee, lxxvin; John, yeoman of the chamber royal, lessee, 55*, 57*, 58* ; Sir Nicholas, Knt., sheriff of Surrey/Sussex, 170, 178, 181n ; Thomas, yom., ree., 111 Parkham, Parkeham, Devon, 20, 21 * Parkhouse, Staffs., ciin Parkins, Francis, esq., ree., lxxxiv. lxxxvn* ; Francis, gent., ree., 3 Parliament, High Court of, xxvi in; House of Commons, xxii *, xxiii, xlvii; House of Lords, xxii, xxiiin, xlvii; House of Lords, Record Office, xxiin ; Acts of; see Authorities (printed) Parr(e), Lancs., 61 *, 67* Parris, Ferdinand, ree., xxx, lxxxiv· ; 108 Parry, John, yom., ree., 96

INDEX Parsons, Ann, spr., ree., 195; Margaret, wid., ree., 141; Robert, S. J., lxxvin Pasnipefeild, Garston, Lanes., 79 Patenham (? Pavenham), Beds., manor, xxxin Pattington [? Packington], Staffs., 149 Pavenham, Beds. ; see Patenham Paver, Ann, wid., ree., 209 Pawlett, Lady, wid., ree., 36,41 Payges, Mapledurham, Oxon., 121 Payne, Clemence, spr., ree., 169 Paynesley, Draycott, Staffs., lxxxvi Peaehie, John, tenant, 129, 130 Pearson, Ann, tenant, 3 Peasemore, Berks., 5 Peasmarsh, Peasemarshe, Sussex, 175*. 176, 177 Peettes Wooddes, Tyrley, Staffs., 136 Peirson, John, lessee, 36* Pelham, Edmund, esq., commissioner, 175, 176, 177; Thomas, esq., sheriff of Surrey/Sussex, 177* Pellawyn, Cornwall, 15 Pemberton, Lanes., 58, 63, 82* Pemberton, Ellen, spr.-wife, ree., 82 ; James, gent., 63; Richard, gent., 82 Pembridge, Anthony, lessee, 46*. 47, 48* Pembrokeshire, cviii, cxin ; 224* Pendine, Pendyne, Carmarthens., 224 Pendleton, John, husb., ree., 84 Pendock, Worcs., 191 Pendomer, Somerset, 143 Penkridge, Pemkriche, Staffs., 151 * Penne, Edward, gent., 126; Eleanor, spr., ree., 127; John, gent., ree., 127; Margaret, wife, ree., 195; Mary, wife, ree., 126; Roger, gent., 195 Penruddock(e), Robert, lessee, 185*, 186* Penselwood, Somerset, 140 Peper, Alice, spr., ree., 82 Pepper, John, lessee, 206, 207; John, gent., lessee, 210*, 212 Perham, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 140; John, gent, 140 Peterehurch(e), Herefs., 44 Petersfield, Hants., 39, 40 Petherton, North, Somerset, 141 Pettytt, Robert, tenant, 24 Pettyver, Robert, yom., ree., 115 Pevensey, Sussex, 181 Peverelles [manor], Norf., 100, 103 Peyrd, Anthony, fuller, ree., 142 Peyton, John, esq., sheriff of Cambs., 7,9 Phelphes [ ], ree., Ivin

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Philbie, Alice, wid., ree., 127 Philip and Mary, reign of, lvi* Philippe, Elizabeth, spr., ree., 98; Elizabeth, wid., ree., 97; William, yom., ree., 215 Phillip(p)(e)s, Thomas, lessee, 128*; Thomas, gent., lessee, 129, 130, 130n; Thomas, gent., tenant, 130* Piekenham, North, Northepikenham, Norf., 101 Piekeringe, Anthony, yom., ree., 57, 60* ; Thomas, gent., ree., 184 Pidstowe, Clifford, Herefs., 45 Pigott, Thomas, esq., lessee, 132, 133 Pilcher, Agnes, ree., 171, 178 Pilton, Pylton, Rutland, 128, 130* Pingo Meadow, Garston, Lanes., 79 Pipe and Lyde, Pype, Herefs., 49* Pirton, Worcs., 191 PishiIl, Purshull, Oxon., 122; also of Stonor, Oxon. Pittleworth, Broughton, Hants., 38 Plant, Joan, wife, ree., 152 ; Thomas, lab., 152 Plas Ueha, Salop., 131, 137 Playden, Playdon, Sussex, 175, 176 Pleasington, Plesington, Plesyngton, Lanes., 56*, 57*,69,80 Pleistowe, Pleystowe, Queenhill, Worcs., 190, 192 Plowden, Salop., 134 Plowden, "Edward," ree., xxvn; Francis, ree., xxvn*, en; Francis, gent., ree., 3, 4, 134 Plumpton, Plompton, Plympton, Lanes., 76*, 77 Plympton St. Mary, Plumpton Marie, Devon, 22 Poker, Matilda, wife, ree., 155; William, xxxixn; 155; William, supposed ree. and fugitive, 147 Poiglase, Cornwall, 15 Pollington, W.R. Yorks., 217 Pontefraet, Pountfrett, W.R. Yorks., 205 Poole, meadow, Sutton Courtenay, Berks., 2; Ie newe, Alvechurch, Worcs.,189 Poole, Sir Henry, Knt., sheriff of Gloucs., 31, 33n Popham, John, Attorney General, xviii Porter, Thomas, ree., 32 Porters, ? Caston, Norf., 106 Potterford, Pottersford. Billington, Lanes., 70, 71 Potto(e), Potta, N.R. Yorks., 204, 210,215

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Poulton, Pulton, Lanes., 58, 61, 77 ; Little, Pulton, Lanes., 10, 55 Pountney Hall, also Lancasters, a/so Warkes, manor, Suff., 163 Powell, Margaret, wife, rec., 49; Mary, spr., rec., 96, 97; Richard, . gent., ree., 49*; Robert, esq., sheriff of Salop., 131, 136, 138n Powle, John, yom., ree., 111 Pownde, Thomas, gent., ree., 174, 179 Poyntes, Sir John, Knt., sheriff of Gloucs., 33 Poyntington, Grace, wife, ree., 142; Ralph, husb'n, 142 Prater, [ ], wife, ree., 140 ; George, gent., 140 Precisians, ix Preest, Thomas, yom., ree., 45, 48 ; see Price, Thomas Preignishe, Joan, wid., rec., 41 Prenton, Printon, Cheshire, 10,54 Presbytery (Puritan), ixn Prescot, Prestcotte, Lanes., 63, 83 Prespinneek, Cornwall; see Prospidnick

Preston, John, ree., 136*; John, gent., ree., 131, 134 Preston, Lanes., 56, 69, 76, 78; in Amondernes, Lanes., 76; in Amondernes, Co. Pal., Duchy of Lancaster, 56; Candover, Hants., 34, 36*; Gubbals, Gubbolles, Salop., 137 Prettye, Joan, wife, ree., 198; John, 198 Price, Pryce, Ann, spr., ree., lvin ; 49 ; Edward, husb., rec., 49* ; Edward, yom., ree., 49*; Griffin, lessee, 131, 132, 136; John, esq., commissioner, 224; Katherine, wife, ree., 49*; Thomas, rec., 45; Thomas, yom., ree., 47, 48; see Preest, Thomas Priests, Catholic, xxxvii *, cxi; (Marian), xxxviin ; (Seminary), xxxviin, xciiin; see Clerks Printon, Cheshire; see Prenton Prior's Kitchen, Durham, lxxiiin Prisoners, xviiin, xxin*, xxviiin, xxxvi, xxxvi in, lxxxixn Priston, Somerset, 141 * Privy Council, xv, xvin, xx* Privy Seal, Lord, Ii Procter, Alice, wid., ree., 200, 212 ; John, 200; Thomas, 200 Prospidniek, Prespinneck, Cornwall, 15 Proteetorate, 222n; see Interregnum Pryce ; see Price

Public Record Office, London, vii, xin, xxix*, lxvn, civn, cv, cix ; 42n Pudding Norton, Norf., xxviin, xxx Pudsey, W.R. Yorks., 202 Pudsey, Elizabeth, wid., ree., 202, 213 Pulton, Lanes. ; see Poulton Purbeck, Isle of, Dorset, 23 Pursall, Purcell, John, esq., lessee, lxxxviin; Thomas, gent., lessee, 2, 3,5* Pursuivants, xvin Putford Hill, Runwell, Essex, 29 Pyeeombe, Sussex, 181 Pyneke, also of Sutton, John Pynnynge, Daniel, blacksmith, ree., 196 Quarter Sessions of the Peace, xvii * Queen Camel, Quene Carnell, Somerset, 140 Queenhill, Quinnell, Worcs., 192 Quested, Alice, spr., ree., 180, 181n ; see Anested Quid(d)enham, Banham, Norf., 103 Radeliff(e), Radclyff, Katherine, ree., 207; Katherine, spr., ree., 205, 207, 208, 212*, 215; see Ratcliffe Radnor, Co., cviiin Radwinter, Radbenter, Essex, 28 Raglan, Mon., 96 Raisbeek, Racebeck, Westmld., 183 Rande (? Raude), Katherine, wife, ree., 127 ; Nicholas, yom., ree., 127 Ratehdaile, Henry, husb., ree., 83 Ratcliffe, Katherine, spr., ree., 215 ; see Radcliffe Raude ; see Rande Raveningham, Pannyngham, Norfolk, 224 Rawley, Henry, ree., 46* Rawreth, Essex, 28 Raws, Francis, husb., ree., 67 Rawson, Ann, wid., ree., 217, 218* ; William, yom., ree., 217 Rayleigh, Rawleighe, Essex, 28* Read, Elizabeth, spr., ree., 220; Thomas, esq., lessee, 121 *, 128n Receivers (palatine), cvii*, cviii; (sheriffs'), lxvn; General (N. and S. Wales), cix* passim "Fugitive," Recusants, xxxixn; 146-7*; Non-Catholic, xxxvi-vii; "Popish," ix*, xin, xxxvii; "Supposed," xxxixn; 147* Redhead, Edward, lessee, 46*, 48; Robert, lessee, 217

INDEX Redling(e)field, Suff., 157, 168 Redman, Margery, spr., rec., 219; Marmaduke, esq., ree., 219*; Thomas, gent., rec., 219; Welstroppe, Wilstropp, gent., rec., 216* Reedness, Rednes, Whitgift, W.R. Yorks., 202 Remembrancers; see Exchequer Repps, Norf., 106 Reston in Holderness, E .R. Yorks. ; see Riston, Long Reynes, Nicholas, rec., 119, 120* Reynold, James, Thomas, rec., 95 Reynoldes, Mary, wife, rec., 195; Richard, wheeler, rec., 198; Richard, yom., ree., 195 Rice, William, "saler," rec., 85 Richard, Elizabeth, wid., rec., 98 Richard, ap, Thomas, rec., 134; Thomas, lab., rec., 137 Richardes, verch, Ellen, spr., rec., 137 Richardson, Henry, husb., rec., 77* Richmond, Richemonde, N.R. Yorks. , 214 Riddyard, Jane, spr., rec., 150 Ridgeway, Thomas, esq., sheriff of Devon, 20 Rigbye, Edward, esq., commissioner, 59, 60*; Margaret, wife, rec., 198; William, gent, 198 Ringstead, Ringsted, Northants., 114* Ringwood, Christiana, spr., ree., 180 Ripes, Le, Peasmarsh, Sussex, 176 Ripley, W.R. Yorks., 216, 219 Riplingham, E.R. Yorks., 203 Ripple, Rypple, Worcs., 192, 196 Risden, Giles, gent., ree., 21 Riston Long, Reston, in Holderness, E.R. Yorks., 204*, 209, 213 Rivers, Anthony, lxxvin Rixton, Warrington, Lancs., 55*, 83 Roan, W.R. Yorks., 204* Robertes, William, yom., rec., 150 Robertson, John, rec., cn; John, gent., rec., 94* Rocester, Roceter, Staffs., 149 Rockingham, Rockyngham, Northants., 116, 117, 118n* Rockland [? St. Mary], Norf., 106 Rode, Roade, Somerset, 142 Rodwell; see Rothwell Roe, Bridget, spinstel , xxxvn ; Bridget, wife, rec., xxxvn ; 22 ; Christopher, gent., 22 Rokeby, Rookeby, N.R. Yorks., 199 Rolff(e), Ann, spr., ree., 169 ; Thomas, xliiin* Rolles, Robert, gent., commissioner, 21,22

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Rollesby, Rolesbye, Norf., 106 Rolston, Christopher, yom., ree., lxxxiin; 17*; see Rowleston Romden, Smarden, Kent., lxxxv Rookeby, John, esq., ree., 199; Ralph, esq., commissioner, 205, 207; Robert, commissioner, 206 Rookesby. Robert, commissioner, 210 Rook(e)wood, Edward, ree., xxx, lxxxiv*; Edward, esq., ree., 166 ; John, gent., ree., 162, 167*; Nicholas, gent., ree., 169*; Robert, esq., ree., 159 Rooper, Christopher, esq., 49 ; Katherine, wife, ree., 49 Roper, William, xln; William, esq., ree., lxxxiv, Ixxxvn Rosecarrock(e), Nicholas, gent., ree., 20, 22 ; Trevenor, ree., 15, 17 Rossington, Derbys. ; also of Roston Roston, also Rossington, Derbys., 17 Rothercombe, Hants., 38 Rotheridge, Devon, 20 Rothwell, Rodwell, W.R. Yorks., 218 Roughe Close, Runwell, Essex, 29 Roughfeilde, Salesbury, Lancs., 54 Rous, Anthony, commissicner, 15, 17 Rowington, Warwicks., 182 Rowlandson, Ann, wid., rec., 83 Rowleston, John, yom., rec., 110 ; see Rolston Rowley, Joyce, wid., ree., 149 Rowse, Ann, ree., 158 Roydon, Edward, gent., rec., 115, 117 Royston, W.R. Yorks., 217 Royston, Edwald, gent., ree., 205, 212* Rudby [in Cleveland], Rudbie, Rudbye, N.R. Yorks., 204, 210 Rudhall, William, esq., sheriff of Herefs., 44, 47 Runwell, Essex, 28 ; manor, 28 Rushton, Rusheton, Northants., xx, xxx; 116, 117, 118n Russell, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 49; John, gent., 49 Rutland, lxxxi*, lxxxiiin*, lxxxviiilt; 128-130; Earl of, xxii, xxiiin* Ryder, Margaret, wife, rec., 150; Simon, yom., ree., 150* Ryehey, Garston, Lancs., 79 Ryland, William, tenant, 36 Ryley, Alice, wife, rec., 155 ; Edward, 155 Ryngsted, David, yom., ree., 180 Ryver, manor, Playden, Sussex, 175, 176

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Saekford, Humphrey, esq., lessee, 102*, 109* Sadler, Alice, wid., ree., 84; als. Nucklyn, Nicklin, Joan, spr., ree., 150, 151 St. Andrew, parish, Holborn, London, lxxxvn; 93 St. Botolph, parish, London, 94 St. Breoek, Cornwall, 21 St. Bridget, parish, London, 94 St. Chad~ parish, StaffOld, 152 St. Cleder, Cornwall; see St. Clether St. Clement Danes, parish, Middx., 20 St. Clether, st. Cleder, Cornwall, 16 St. Deeuman's, St. Deacons, Somerset, 138* St. Dunstan in the West, parish, London,lxxxvn St. Erme, St. Terme, Cornwall, 16* St. Eval, Cornwall ; see St. Evattes St. Evattes (? St. Eval), Cornwall, 16 St. James, parh:h, Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., 169 St. John, Frances, wid., ree., 107, 109 St. John Zachary, parish, London, 93 St. Margaret's Street, Westminster, liiin St. Martin, Cornwall, 14 St. Mary, parish, Oxford, 127; parish, Stafford, 149, 152, 153; Magdalen, parish, Oxford, 127*; Overies, parish, Southwark, SUlrey, xxin; 179; Woolnoth, Wollnothe, parish, London, 93 St. Merryn, St. Meryn, Cornwall, 16 St. Michael, parish, Oxford, 126 St. Nicholas, parish, or. Rkhmond, N.R. Yorks., 214 St. Olave, parish, Aldersgate Ward, London, 94; Hart Street, parish, London, 93 ; in Old Jewry, parish, London,94 St. Poll, Sir George, Knt., commissioner,89 St. Sepulchre, parish, London, xxxvi ; 94 St. Teath, Tethe, Cornwall, 21 St. Terme, Cornwall ; see St. Erme St. Weonards, St. Wenyardes, Herefs., 43 Salesbury, Salebury, Salisbury, Lancs., 54*, 70*, 71 Salisbury, diocese of, xciii Salisbury, John; see Salysbury Sale, Margaret, wife, ree., 217; Thomas, 217 Salford, Lanes., gaol, xviiin Salle, Roger, yom., ree., 83 Salop.; see Shrop~hire

Salter, Thomas, commissioner, 136* Salvyn, Dorothy, wife, ree., 214; Ralph, esq., 214 Salysbury, Salisbury, John, one of the Queen's servants, lessee, 174*, 178 Samlesbury, Lancs., xxxi Sampford, Great, Essex, 24 Sandal(l), W.R. Yorks., 218 Sandhorough, SandbOl(r)owe, Staffs. , 145* Sandes, Sands, - (M.P.), ixn; Michael, esq., sheriff of Kent, 51; Sir Walter, Knt., sheriff of Hants.,40 Sandford Orcas, Sampford Orcas, Somerset, 143 Sandholme Milne, Barnacre, Lancs., 60 Sankey, Great, Sonkey, Warrington, Lancs., 55 Saunders, Erasmus, ree., cixn; 224; Erasmus, gent., ree., 224 Saunderson, Nicholas, esq., sheriff of Lincs., 90, 91 Savage, Sir John, Knt., commissioner, 11 Savi1e, John, esq., commissioner, 177*; John, gent., commissioner, 203; Mary, ree., 200 Sawden, William, yom. , ree., 215 Saxton, W.R. Yorks., 220 Sayer, John, ree., xliv, !xxxiv ; John, esq., ree., 211, 215 Sayward, Christopher, ree., 141 Scalles, Scales, Lancaster, Lancs., 82 Scamell, Walter, lessee, 188 Scanmell, Edward, yom., ree., 188 Scory, John, bishop of Hereford,

xin Seott(e), Mary, spr., ree., 175*, 176, 177, 178 Seottow, Skottowe, Norf., 111 Seroope, Scmpe, Christopher, gent., ree., 216; Margaret, wid., ree. , 206, 210*, 216 ; Robert, gent., 208 Scruton, N.R. Yorks., 207 Seudamore, Scuadamore, John, esq. , ree., 43*, 47*, 50n* ; Margaret, 43*, 50n* ; Thomas, 43 *, 50n* ; Thomas, gent., ree., 46; see Skidmore Seaborne, John, esq., ree. , 48 *; John, gent., ree., 44 Seale, Robert, yeoman of the ushers of the chamber royal, lessee, 20, 21 * 22 26* Seato~, Rutland, 128, 130* Sebright, William, esq., lessee, ] 32* Sedbury, N.R. Yorks., 214

INDEX Sefton, Seaffton, Seston, Sypton, Lanes., 65*, 66*, 78, 80, 85 Selby, W.R. Yorks., 213, 222n Seller, Humphrey, husb'n, ree., 141 ; Robert, husb'n, 141; Robert, son, ree., 141; Thomas, husb'n, ree., 141; also of Grove, Humphrey, Robert Semley, Semleighe, Semblye, Wilts., 186, 188 Separatists, xxxvi-vii Serjaunt [ J, gent., ree., 152 Sessions of the Peace, xxiii, xxvn*, xcviii Seston, Lanes. ; see Sefton Severn, river, Wores., 190 Sewell, John, yom., ree~, 167 Seymor, Sir John, Knt., sheriff of Hants., xevn Shaekloek Hall, Durham city, 208 SharJeston, W.R. Yorks., 205, 218 Sharrock Hey, Shirrocke, Shorroeke, Pleasington, Lanes., 56*, 57*, 69, 80 Sheen, Shene, Staffs., 150 Sheepwash, Shipwash, Devon, 20 Sheffield, Sheffeld, W.R. Yorks., 202, 217 Sheffeild, Thomas, lessee, 6*, 7 Sheldon, Jane, wid., ree., 198 ; Mary, wife, ree., 198 ; Thomas, gent., 198 Shelford, Great, Cambs., 8 Shelley, John, gent., ree., 187 Shelton, John, esq.,lessee, 105*, 113n Shemans, Joan, wife, ree., 150; John, yom., 150 Shepeotefeild, Garston, Lancs., 79 Shepley, Elizabeth, spr., ree., 83; Hugh, yom., ree., 62, 63* Sheppherd, Sheppard, Alice, wife, ree., 150; Mary, wife, ree., 142 ; Philip, clothier, 142; William, 150 Shepton Mo(u)ntague, Somerset, 140 Sherburn, Shereborne, W.R. Yorks., 218 Sherman, Anthony, gent., 167 ; Mary, wife, ree., 167 Sheriffs, xin, xxxix, xIn, xlviii*, xlix-Ii, Iii-vi, lix-lxxi, lxxv, lxxx*, lxxxii-iv, lxxxvi-xcvi, xeix*, c, civ*, cviin*, eviii*, exi; and passim in Text; (palatine), lxxn, evi-cviii; 12, 13, 69, 80, 86n; (Wales), lxxn, cviii-ix Sherrott, also Lymer, Margery, spr., ree., 153 Sherwood, Henry, groom, ree., 140 Shin field, Berks., 2 Shingham, Singhanl, Norf., 100

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Shipdham, Shipdam, Norf., 106 Shiplake, Oxon., 134 Shipwash, Devon; see Sheepwash Shire Houses, lxv Shirenewton, "Nova Villa," Mon., 97 Shorroek Hey; see Sharrock Hey Shorthampton, Oxon., 127 Showsewell, Ann, spr., ree., 181 Shrewsbury, Salop., 133, 135 Shropshire, Salop., xxvn, xlvii, lvn, lxxxn*, lxxxi, lxxxiiin, lxxxviiin, cn, ci*, ciin, ciiin, civn ; 4*, 131-138, 147 Sibton, Sypton, Suff., late monastery of, 165* Siddenham, John, esq., 143 Silyard, [ ], viiin; see Sulliard Simondes, Symondes, Grace, spr., ree., 151 ; John, draper, ree., 151 ; John, lessee, 124*, 125* Singleton, Singleten, Syngleton, George, ree., 80; George, husb., ree., 74*, 77*; Mary, spr.-wife, ree., 82; Robert, lessee, 57*, 69, 70,80* ; Thomas, esq., 82 Sisson, James, lessee, 215 Skeeby, Skeby, N.R. Yorks., 206 Skelton, [N.R.] Yorks., 215 Skenfrith(e), Scurfrithe, Mon., 95, 98 Skidmore, Simon, yom., ree., 94; see Scudamore Smarden,Kent,lxxxv Smith(e), Ann, wife, ree., 127, 214 ; Dorothy, spr., ree., 150; John, husb'n, ree., 168 ; John, yom., 196; John, yom., ree., 195*, 196, 197* ; Margaret, spr., ree., 194 ; Margaret, wife, ree., 196, 197; Richard, tenant, 19*; Richard, yom., 214 ; Robert, yom ., 127; Robert, yom., ree., 195 ; Thomas, husb., ree., 195; William, laborer, ree., 126; also of Courte, Edmund; see Smyth(e) Smyth(e), [ ], wid., ree., 152; Christopher, Clerk of the Pipe, liv, lx ; Edward, lessee, 123*, 124* ; Edward, tenant, 129, 130; Elizabeth, spr., ree., 195; Elizabeth, wife, ree., 195* ; Humphrey, husb., ree., 195*, 199n; Joan, spr., ree., 195; Joan, wid., tenant, 26; Margaret, spr., ree., 152; Ralph, lessee, 123*, 124*; Ralph, gent., lessee, 2*, 5*, 25*, 26 ; Roger, esq., sheriff of Rutland, 129*; see Smithee) Smythes Hill, Devon, 20 Smytheson, John, yom., ree., 206, 212 Snaith, Snaythe, W.R. Yorks., 203 Snave, Snabe, Kent., 51

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Snowe, Joan, spr., ree., 152 Snowswiek, Snosewick, Berks., 2 Somersetshire, lvn, lvin, lxxxviiin, lxxxixn, c*, cii* ; 23,94, 138-143 Somerset(t), Somers', Thomas, ree ., 31 *, 95 Somerton, Oxon., 127 Sonkey, Ann, wid., ree., 55, 60 Sorapes Hill, Tong, Kent, 51 Sotherne, John, gent., lessee, 208*, 209 ; John, lab., ree., 150 Sotherton, Southerton, John, Baron of the Exchequer, xvii*, lviiin; Noel, Clerk of Estreats, lviiin, lixn*, lxi ; Noel, esq., lessee, 123* Sotheworth ; see Southworth Southam, Souham, also Hamworthy, Dorset, 38 Southeott(e), Southcote, John, gent., ree., lxin, lxxxiv, xcixn Southerton; see Sotherton South Moreton, Berks., 4 Southvegin, Westmld., 183 Southwark(e), Surrey, xxin ; 40, 179 Southwick, Hants., 39 Southworth, Sotheworth, Sir John, Knt., ree., xvi-xx, xxxi*; 69*; Thomas, gent., ree., 63; William, yom., ree., 75*, 77*, 81 Sowerby(e), N.R. Yorks., 215 Sparkes, Katherine, spr., ree., 194 Sparsholte, Berks., lxxi ; 4, 5 Speke, Speake, Lanes., 84 Spencer, John, senior, husb., ree., 122, 125*; Sir John, Knt., commissioner, 114; Sir John, Knt., sheriff of Northants., 116, 117*,

118n*

Spexhall, Suff., 163 Spilman, Spylman, Clement, esq., lessee, 119*, 120* Springe wood, Ie, Kexborough, Yorks., 200 Spurstowe, Bunbury, Cheshire, 12* Stableford ; see Stapleford Stafford, city, 149, 152*, 153* Stafford, Edward, Clerk of the Pipe, lin; Sir Edward, Clerk of the Pipe, lxin; William, lab., ree., 152 Staffordshire, xxxviin, xxxixn, lvn, lxxxn *, lxxxiiin, lxxxvi *, lxxxviiin, xcv, ciin*, ciiin, cx, cxiiin; 131, 132, 136, 143-157 Stainley, North, Kirkestanley, W.R. Yorks., 219 Stainton, Staynton, N.R. Yorks., 206, 210 Staithes, Staythes, N.R. Yorks., 215 Standish(e), Lanes., 85

Standley, Bridget, wife, ree., 82; Edward, gent., 82 Standon, Staunden, Staffs., 154 Standyshe, Ann, spr.-wife, ree., 81 * ; Ralph, gent., 81 Stanford, Notts., 119*, 120; Bishop, Stanford Episcopi, Herefs., 44 Stanhope, Sir John, lxxvi Stanhoppe, Edward, esq., commissioner, 119*, 120* Stanlake, Oxon., 122* Stanley, Ann, wid., ree., 64; Henry, gent., commissioner, 120 Stanningfield, Staningfeld, Stanfield, Suff., 159*, 164*, 169 Stanstead, Stansted, Suff., 158 Stapleford, Stableford, Cambs., 8 Stapleton, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 217 ; George, gent., 152; Isabel, wid., ree., 152; Isabel, wife, ree., 152 ; Joyce, spr., ree., 154; Margaret, wife, ree., 152; Richard, gent., 217 ; William, gent., rec., 152* Stapps, Advent, Cornwall, 16 Star Chamber, Westminster, Court of, xvii Starkye, Francis, tenant, 19* Staunton, Gloucs., 31, 33, 191 Stawley, Somerset, 139 Steere, Steare, Stere, George, husb'n, 140; Margaret, wife, ree., 140; Robert, ree., 139, 141; William, lessee, 201 *,202,212*,213* Stephenson, William, yom., ree., 217 Stevenson, Robert, gent., ree., 203 ; William, gent., ree., 202 Steward, Alice, spr., ree., 110 Stile, William, gent., lessee, 34, 35 * Stillingflette, Cuthbert, usher of the chamber royal, lessee, 208, 212 Stockman, John, gent., lessee, 34* Stockport, Cheshire, 11 Stockton, Jane, wid., rec., 215 Stockwith(e), Benjamin, gent., ree., 37,40,41 ; Thomas, gent ., ree., 37, 40,41 Stogursey, Somerset, 141 Stoke, Peter, yom., ree., 85 Stoke-by-Nayland, Naylond, Suff., 8, 27, 168; Gabriel, Devon, 22 ; Priors, Worcs., 195, 197, 198 ; Talmage, Oxon., 127 Stonard, Francis, esq., sheriff of Oxon ., xcvin; 121, 125; see Stonor Stone, Staffs., 154 Stone, Edward, lessee, 186, 187 ; Katherine, ree., 27* ; also Oliver, Thomas, ree., 158, 167*; also of Bolte, Joan

INDEX Stoneham, South, Southstonham, Hants., 41 Stoney Pighell [Blackburn], Lancs., 54 Stonley, Richard, teller in the Exchequer,lxvn Stonner, Joan, rec., 153 Stonor, also PishiU, Oxon., 122 Stonor, Lady Cecily, wid., rec., 122 ; Francis, esq., lessee, 122, 125; see Stonard Stowe, Stoue, Staffs., 149, 153, 154 Stowe, Thomas, lessee, 158*, 159* Stowey, Nether, Somerset, 141 Straker, John, lessee, lxxxix, xciii; 138*, 139 Strakes, Le, Peasmarsh, Sussex, 177 Strangewishe, Mary, wife, rec., 215 ; William, gent., 215 Stratfield Mortimer, Mortymer, Berks., 3 Stratton, Long, Norf., 101. 107* Streete, Edward, lessee, 121, 122, 125 ; John, yom., rec., 13 Stretford, farm, Herefs., 45, 50n StrethaU, Essex, 26 Strode, William, esq., sheriff of Devon, 19,22 Stubbes, Ann, wife, rec., 111 ; Francis, gent., 111 Sturson (? Sturston), Derbys .â&#x20AC;¢ 18 Sudbury(e), Suff., 166 Suffeyld, William. tenant, 192 Suffild, Nicholas, yom., ree., 110'" Suffolk, xxviin, xxx, xxxviiin, xli, xlii, xliiin*, xlvn, lvn, lxxv, lxxvin*, lxxix, lxxxn, lxxxiv, lxxxvn, lxxxviiin, ciin, cxiiin; 8,25, 27*, 28, 157-170 Sulhamptead Abbot(s), Berks., 3; Banister, also Micheles, Berks., 3 Sulliard, Sullyard, Silyard, Edward, rec., xxx, lxxxiv; Edward, esq., rec., 166; Richard, gent., ree., 168 Surrey, 40, 175, 179, 180* Surrey/Sussex, sheriffwick, xxill*, xxxviin, lv*, lxviiin, lxxxn, lxxxi, lxxxiiin, lxxxiv, lxxxviiin, ciin, ciiin, cxiiin; 170-181 Sussex, xxx; 170-177, 179-181, 187 ; East, 174 Suttill, George, gent., rec., 219 Sutton, Elizabeth, wife, rec., 197; John, 197 ; also Pyncke, John, yom., rec., 150 Sutton Courtenay, Courtney, Berks., lxxi; 2, 4*; Michael, Herefords., 48 Swallowes, Cyprian, tenant, 163 Swan(n)(e), Margaret, wid., tenant, 129, 130; Roland, tenant, 129. 130

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Swanton Novers, Norf., 110 Swarraton, Swarrowton, Swallowton, manor, Hants., 34 Sweeney, Swynney, Salop., 131 Swifte, Alice, wife, rec., 198 ; Simon, yom., 198 Swinefieet, Swynfiete, Whitgift, W.R. Yorks., 202, 217 Swinton, N.R. Yorks., 216 Swynford Regis, Staffs.; see Kingswinford Swynnerton, Staffs., 132, 147, 153 Syleham, Suff., 168 Sylvester, Margaret, rec., xxin Symes, William, yom., ree., 24 Symondes; see Simondes, John Syngleton; see Singleton

Tadford, Hants., 38 Tailor; also of Averell, William; see Taylor Talbott, Ann, spr.-wife, rec., 82; George, gent., 82; John, rec., xliii, lxxxiv; 70*; John, esq., ree., 192; John, rec. (Martyr), cxin; John, gent., rec. (Martyr], 206; Richard, gent., rec., 215 ; Roger, 206 Talkett, Edmund, rec., 169 Tamworth, Staffs., 150, 151 Tanckard, James, junior, gent., rec., 219 ; Jane, wife, rec., 219 ; Thomas. gent., rec., 216 ; William, genL,219 Tanworth(e), Tamworthe, Warwicks. , 182* Taplow(e), Bucks., 6 Tarbock, Tarboote, Torbocke, Lanes., 61* Tarleton, Edward, gent., rec., 79* Tarrant Hinton, Hynton, Dorset, 23 Tasburgh, Thomas, esq., tenant, 7 Tatham, Lancs., 80* Taunton, Somerset, 141 Tawton, South, Southtowton, Devon, 21 * 22* TaYlo~, Tailor, Tayler, Ann, spr., wife, rec., 96; Howell, 96; Isab<?l, wid., rec., 215; Robert~ telle~. m Exchequer, lixn, lxn, lxin, .1x,illl; William, tenant, 106*; Wllham, yom., rec., 106, 109, 110; also Joice, ( ], wife. ree., 142; Henry, husb'n, ree., 142 Tedenham; also Tednam, Gloucs., 31 Teffont, Tevante, Wilts., 188

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Tempest, Henry, esq., 220; Henry, gent., ree., 220; Isabel, wife, ree., 220; Katherine, wife, rec., 220 ; Stephen, gent., 220 Temple, Licia, spr., rec., 180 Tenby, Temby, Pembrokes., 224 Tenent ; also of Huntman, Ambrose Termehill, Drayton, Salop., 133 Terryll, Margaret, spr., ree., xcixn, cv· 30* Teste;ton, Norf., 110 Teynham, Tenham, Kent, 51, 52 Thacker, Ralph, husb'n, rec., 139 Thakeham, Thackham, Sussex, 171 Thaxsted(e), Essex, 28*, 29 Thimbleby, Edward, gent., rec., 90 ; see Thymolby Thissleton, John, yom., rec., 64* Thomas [surname omitted], lab., ree., 152 Thomas, "Didvilla," spr., ree., 97; John, lessee, 38 * ; John, merchant, 98; Katherine, spr., rec., 97; Katherine, spr.-wife, rec., 98*; Lettice, spr., rec., 98; Mary, spr., rec., 98 ; Maud, spr.-wife, rec., 96 ; Morgan, rec., cixn ; Philip William, 98; Roger, 98; Robert, junior, yom., rec., 223; Sibyl, spr., rec., 97 ; William, yom., rec., 223 Thomas, ap, Joan, wife, ree., 137; Meredith, lab., rec., 137 ; William, husb., rec., 49 Thompson, Thomson, Norf., 102, 104 Thong [Shorne], Tonge, Kent, 52 Thornage, Norfolk, xxxvin Thorne St. Margaret, St. Malgettes, Somerset, 139, 140 Thornebury, [ ], wife, ree., 153; Francis, yom., ree., 153 ; William, yom., rec., 180 Thorne, Edward, lessee, 144, 145*, 148*, 156n*

Thorner, W.R. Yorks., 219, 220 Thorn(e)ton, Cheshire, 10; Lanes., 59, 76*; W.R. Yorks., 202, 214, 219; -Ie-Street, N.R. Yorks., 215 ; Steward, N.R. Yorks., 210 Thorney, Henry, gent., rec., 216; Thomas, lessee, 204*, 22111 Thornham Magna, Great Thorneham, Suff., 163; Parva, Little Thorneham, Suff., 163 Thorpe, nr. Kettleby, Lines., 91 * ; by Water, Rutland, 128, 130; next Norwich, Norf., 111; -on-theHill, Rothwell, W.R. Yorks., 218 ; Thewles, Co. Durham, 211 '" Thrapston, Northants., 115, 116, 118n

Throckmorton, Lady Margaret, rec., 26,27 Throgmorton, Hugh, gent., rec., 194 ; Lady Margery, rec., 27; Thomas, esq., rec., xliii, lxxxiv, lxxxv, lxxxvi; 7; Sir Thomas, Knt., commissioner, 32 Throwgood, Geoffrey, gent., rec., 93 Thundersley, Essex, 29 Thurgare, Agnes, wid., rec., 8, 9 Thurstaston, Cheshire, 9, 11 Thymolby, John, rec., lxxvin, 89; John, gent., rec., 89 ; see Thimbleby Thynne, Francis, gent., lessee, 30, 31 *, 33n; John, esq., sheriff of Wilts., xc-xcii; 184, 187, 188n Tibberton, Salop., cin Ticheborne, Gilbert, gent., xiii; 37 Tidworth(e), Wilts., 184 Tildesley, Thomas, esq. , commissioner, 59 Tilehurst, Berks., 2 Tilney, Norf., 104 Tilston, Tylston, Cheshire, 11, 12 Timberscombe, Tymberscombe, Somerset, 139, 141 Timperley, Nicholas, ree., xxxviiin, xln; see Tymperley Tipton, Typton, Staffs., 152 Tirwhitt(e), Elizabeth, wid., rec., 90*, 91 *,92, 92n ; Sir Robert, Knt., 90*; William, esq., 90, 91 *, 92n Tisbury(e), Tysburye, Wilts., 188* Toftnewton, Lines.; see Newton [-by Toft] Tofts, West, Westofts, Norf., lxxvin ; 102, 105, 106*, 119 Toftwood, Christopher, gent., rec., 161 Tolcarne, Mawgan in Pyder, Cornwall, 15 Tomlinson, Elizabeth, spr., rec., 151 Tompkins, Richard, esq., commissioner,45 Tompson, Andrew, yom., rec., 110 ; Robert, yom., ree., 111 Tong, Tonge, Kent, 51, 52; Salop., 136, 138; Norton, Salop., 134 · Tonmawr, Michaelston-on-Avon, Glam.,223 Toot Baldon, Totbalden, Oxon., 122, 125 Toppesfield, manor, Essex, 27 Torbocke; see Tarbock Torrell, Frances, wid., rec., 8, 9 Torrington, Great, Devon, 20 ; Little, Devon, 20; also Torrington Tadpoole (manor), Devon, 20 Totford, Hants., 37 Totterhill, Salop., 134

INDEX

Towneley, Lanes., xxxn Towneley, John, ree., xxx*, xxxin, lxxxiv; John, esq., ree., xxxn, xxxin; 79 ; Sarah, spr., ree., 66 Townesend, Edmund, ree., 101, 109 ; Edmund, gent., ree., 107, 108; William, tenant, 26 Town Furlonge, pasture, Mickleton, Gloucs., 32 Traeebridge Mills, Stawley, Somerset, 139 . Travers, Matthew, ree., 10; see Traves Traves, Matthew, ree., 55, 62; see Travers Treales, Treyles, Lanes., 59 Tredinnick, Tredeneck, Cornwall, 15 Tredunnoek, Tredenock, Mon., 96* Tredway, Richard, esq., commissioner, 48 Tregannon, tenement, Cornwall, 14 Tregarriek (? Trevarrack), Cornwall, 15 Tregonan, Tregennon, Tregonnon, Cornwall, 14, 15 Trelissick, Treleswick, Cornwall, 14 Tremayn(e), Richard, ree., 14* Trenchard, Sir George, Knt., commissioner, 23, 24n Trengrove, Trengove, Cornwall, 15 Trent, Somerset, 23, 139 Trentham, Staffs., 154* Tresowas, Tresowes, Cornwall, 15 Tres(s)ham, Sir Thomas, Knt., ree., xx, xxx*, xxxii*, xliv, lxxxiv; 116* 117*, 118n*

Tretharrap, Cornwall, 15 Trevarrack, Cornwall; see Tregarrick Trevillian, Digory, gent., ree., 16* Trevorghla, Salop., 131 Trevyn, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 156; John, yom., ree., 156; Philip, yom., ree., 155 Trirningham, John, junior, gent., ree., 218 Trott, Frances, wife, ree., 111; Matthew, gent., 111 Trowe, Wilts., 186 Try thall, Truthall, Cornwall, 15 Tucker, William, ree., 26*, 92, 93 Tuddenham, North, Norf., 111 Tuke, Henry, yom., ree., 116 Tully, Alice, wife, ree., 153; Henry, 153 Tunstall, Salop., 131 Tunstall, Margaret, spr., ree., 168 Tupton, Derbys., 18 TurberviIe, Lewis, gent., ree., 223 Turner, Elizabeth, wife, ree., 151 William, 151

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Turpyne, William, esq., sheriff of Leics.,87 Turton, Lanes., 73 Tusioga, Marco, lxxvin Tutbury, Staffs., 155 Twigrnore [nr. Brigg], Lines., 90*, 91 Twyne, Joan, spr., ree., 180 Twiste, Ann, lessee, lxxivn; Ann, Queen's laundress, lessee, 203, 204*, 209*,212*,213* ; John, lessee, 202; Thomas, esq., 213, 222n Twittye, William, lessee, 8* ; William, gent., lessee, 27* Twyford, Hants., lxxxiv Tyburn, gallows, London, viiin Tyler, George, ree., 90; Thomas, fuller, ree., 142 Tyller, William, yom., ree., 169* Tylston, Cheshire; see Tilston Tyrnperley, Ann, gentlewoman, ree., 168; Mary, gentlewoman, rec., 168 ; see Timperley Tyndall, Thomas, yom., ree., 173 Tynkes; also of Bragge, Thomas Tyrer, Alice, wid., ree., 85 Tyrley, Tirley, Staffs., 136 Tyton, Robert, yom., ree., 116

Ugthorpe, Lythe, N.R. Yorks. , 205 *, 207*,215 Ulster, Eleanor, spr., ree., 112; John, yom., ree., 112 Undertakers, xxin Upcott, Devon, 20 Uppiogharn, Ralph, lab., ree., 152 Upton on Severn, Worcs., 192*, 197, 199n Urrneston, Richard, gent., lessee, 54* Usk(e), Mon., 98 UvedaU, Anthony, ree., 35 ; Anthony, esq., ree., 38; William, commissioner,39 Vaehell, Stephen, gent., ree., 39, 40 ; Thomas, rec., 2; Thomas, esq. , ree., 121 Vaham, [ ], gent., 127; Ann, wife, ree., 127 Vaughan, Edward, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe, lxin; Michael, ree., 44 ; Walter, esq., commissioner, 47; Walter, esq., sheriff of Mon., 95* ; Walter, esq., sheriff of Wilts., xciii* Vaux, William, Lord, ree., xxxi*, xlivn, lxxxviin; 1, 9, 88, 113 Vawce, "Geneta," wid., ree., 84

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Venice, Italy, lxxvin Vernon, Thomas, gent., ree., 133 Viez, Edmund, yom., rec., 146 Vicles, North Pickenham, Norf., 101 Vise, Ellen, spr., rec., 154 Vivian, Hanniball, esq., lessee, 14*, 17 Vyse, Grace, wid., rec., 154; see Vise, Viez

Wade, John, tenant, 27*; Margery, xxxixn; Margery, supposed rec. and fugitive, 147 Wadebridge, Cornwall, 21 Waffam, Yorks. ; see Masham Wainewright, Edward, husb., rec., 84; William, husb., rec., 84 Wakefeild, Barnard, yeoman of the chamber royal, lessee, 38*,41 Wakeman, Joan, wife, rec., 197; Richard, yom., 197 Walbrook, Walbroke, London, Ward of,93 Walden, Essex, 27,166 Waldern(e), Henry, blacksmith, ree., 196; Jane, wife, rec., 197 ; Roger, 197 ; William, lab., rec., 196 Waldingfield, Little, Waldingefeild Parva, Suff., 166 Waldron, Henry, blacksmith, 198; Isabel, wife, ree., 198 Wales, lin, lvn, lvi*, lxix, lxxn, lxxxviiin, cvi, cviin, cviii-ix, cxiiin ; 223-225 ; North, cix; South, cix Walhowe, Margaret, wid., rec., 155 Walker, Dorothy, wife, rec., 149,217 ; Edward, son, rec., 141; John, gent., rec., 141* ; John, yom., 217; Samson, gent., 149 ; Thomas, yom., ree., 115 WaIlinge, Long Stanton, Cambs., 9 Walpole, Walpoole, Suff., 163, 165 Walrand, George, gent., rec., 185; Thomas, tenant, 185 Walsall, Wallshall, Staffs., 145, 147*, 151 Walthamstowe, Essex, 25 Walton [on the Hill], Lanes., 82* ; East, Eastwalton, Norf., 111 Walton, John, carpenter, rec., 67 Wandsworth, London, ixn Warblington, Hants., xxx ; 40 Warburton, Peter, esq., commissioner, 12; Peter, sheriff of Co. Pal. Chester, cviiin; 12-13, 13n Warcop, Westmld., 183

Ward(e), John, rec., 114*; John. yom., ree., 111; Richard, esq., civn' 2* Wardle: Cheshire; see Wordhull Warkes, manor, Suff.; also of Pountney Hall Warminghurst, Worminghurst, Sussex, 171 Warmodescombe, Wamescombe, Oxon., 122 Warneford, Richard, rec., 34, 41 * ; Richard, gent., rec., 39, 186 Warrilowe, Warrylowe, John, yom., 156 ; Mary, wife, rec., 156 Warrington, Warington, Lanes., 55, 59, 65, 83 Wartling(e), Sussex, 181 Warton, Lanes., 55, 74 Wartrie, Lanes. ; see Wavertree Warwickshire, xlvii, lvn, lxxixn. lxxxviiin; 123, 151, 182*, 197 Washingley, Hunts., xliii Water, Katherine, spr.-wife, ree., 97 Waterperry, Waterpury, Oxon., 126 Waters, Margaret, spr., rec., 98 Waters Upton, Salop., cin Waterton, Mary, rec., 200, 211, 212* Watford, Giles, tenant, 8 Watkyn, "Alsona," spr.-wife, ree., 98; James, 96 ; William, 98 Watkyns, Grace, spr., rec., 97 : "Jenetta," spr.-wife, rec., 98; Thomas, gent., 98 Watlington, Watlyngton, Oxon., 126 Watson, Edward, esq., xxxiin; 116, 117, 118n*; Edward, esq., sheriff of Northants., 116, 118n; Frances. spr., ree., 219 Wattes, John, lessee, 172* ; John, yom., rec., 111; Stephen, yom .. ree., 42 Watton, Norf., 104, 106 Wavertree (?), Wartrie, Lanes., 84 Weald, also Weald Barnes, Debden. Essex, 29 Webber, Thomas, lessee, 158*, 165* ; Thomas, of the Queen's private kitchen, lessee, 163, 164* ; Thomas, groom of the Queen's private kitchen, lessee, 28* ; also of Lee, Thomas, lessee Wednesbury, Staffs., 149, 151, 156 Weeford, Staffs., 152 Weeke, Weke, Hants., 41 Weeton, Lanes., 64 Welbarnes, Radwinter, Essex, 28 Welbury, N.R. Yorks., 207, 210 Welcombe, Welcom, Devon, 20 Well, Woll, Devon, 22

INDEX Wellam, John, tenant, 129, 130 Well(e)s, Gilbert, esq., ree., 35; Henry, ree., 23; John, tenant, 108; Thomas, ree., 100, 101 *, 109*; Thomas, esq., ree., lxxxiv, lxxxvn ; Thomas, tenant, 129, 130 ; Thomas, yom., ree., 108* Wellhall, Beachamwell, Norf., 99, 100 Wellington, Herefs., 45*, 46*, 50n Wellington, William, lessee, 44*, 48 Welnetham, Wheltham, Suff., 162; Great, Magna Weltham, Suff., 164* Weltinge, Sussex; see Wilting Welshman; also of Davyes, Thomas Wem, Weme, Salop., 133, 135, 137* Wendlebury, Oxon., 126 Wenhaston, Suff., 165* Wennesden [? Wenhaston], Suff., 163 Wentworth, Matilda, ree., 200, 212* Wereham, Weareham, Norf., 110, 111, 112 Werrett, Joan, spr., ree., 142 Wesham, Westham, Kirkham, Lanes., 74*, 75*, 77*, 80 West, Anthony, yom., ree., 218; William, gent., commissioner, 208 West Bromwieh, Staffs., 150 ; Derby; see Derbye, Lanes. ; Farley, Sussex, xxx; Ham, Essex, 26*, 27 ; Riding, Yorks., 220 Westbury, Hants., 35 Westby, Lanes., 75*, 76, 77*; Kirkham, Lanes., 74*; with Plumpton, Lanes., 52, 59 Westbye, John, ree., 53, 54 Westham, Lanes.; see Wesham; Wessham, Sussex, 170, 180, 181 Westhide, Herefs., 46* Westholdinge, Whitgift, W.R. Yorks., 202 Westminster, xvii-xix, xxvii, xxix, xlvii. lxv*, lxixn, lxxn, lxxxiii, lxxxv, lxxxvi, cvi-ix; and passim in Text; Hall, xxix, Iii *, Iiiin* Westmorland, lxxxn, lxxxviiin; 58, 183-184 Weston, Staffs., 149 ; Warwicks., 123 ; -super-Mare, Somerset, 142; Underwood, Bucks., xliii Weston, Jerome, esq., commissioner, 28; Richard, lessee, 103*, 109* Wetherby, Peter, gent., ree., 62, 81 Wetherden, Suffolk, xxx Wetherell, Adriana, ree., 220 Whalley, Lanes., 66*, 72* Wharton, George, gent., ree., 30 Whellford Mills, Kempsford, Gloucs., 30-31

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Whethams, Hinton Daubnay, Hants., 37,40 Whiskins, William, esq., 25 Whiston, Lanes., 62* Whitaeres, Henry, ree., 72* Whitbye,John,ree.,12*; John,husb'n, ree., 13 Whitchurch, Glam., 223 White, Whyte, John, ree., 141; Katherine, 29 ; Peter, lxxvin ; 166 ; Peter, lessee, 103* ; Richard, gent., ree., 28*, 29 Whitehall, Walter, ree., 87; see Whitall, Whitt all Whiteles, Devon, 20 Whitemore, Whytmore, John, esq., ree., 10, 11 ; William, gent., lessee, 10* Whitfeild, Ellen, wid., ree., 83 Whitgift, Whitguifte, Yorks., 202 Whitney, Eustace, sheriff of Herefordshire, xlviii Whit(t)all, [ ], wife, ree., 151; Walter, ree., 147*, 148*; Walter, gent., ree., 145, 151 *; see Whitehall Whittingham, Lanes., 73* Whittingham, Richard, ree., 73*, 81 Whittington, [John], 85n Whytmore; see Whitemore Wigan, Lanes., 58, 63, 64*, 65*, 68*, 81, 82* ; Woodhouses, Lanes., 81 Wigganthorpe, Wigginthorpe, N.R. Yorks., 214 Wiggenhall, St. Mary, Wiggenhale, Norf., 111 Wiggenton, manor, Herefs., 48 Wigmore, Margery, wid., ree., 38* Wilberfoss(e), E.R. Yorks., 220 Wilby, Suff., 168 Wileoekes, James, lessee, 189*, 193 Wilford, Willford, Notts., 119 Wilford, Thomas, esq., ree., 51 * Wilkinson; also of Johnson, Thomas Willes, Vincent, yom., ree., 140 William IV, King of England, liii William and Mary, reign of, xin William, David, 97; Jane, spr.-wife, ree., 97 Williams, Willyams, Edward, ree., 126; Hugh, lessee, 95*, 96*; Jane, spr., ree., 98; John, esq., sheriff of Dorset, 24n; Thomas, lessee, 192 *, 193* Williamson, Robert, husb., ree., 61 Willington, Ellen, wife, ree., 153; Margaret, spr., ree., 149, 153; William, lab., ree., 153* Willmott, Wyllmott, Leonard, lessee, 124*, 125*

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Willoughby, Notts., 119 Willoughby(e), Sir Francis, Knt., sheriff of Notts., 119, 120, 120n; George, rec., 105; George, esq., rec., 104, 105 Wilpshire, Whilpshire, Whilphire, Lancs., 54, 70, 82 Wilson, John, junior, lab., ree., 12*, 13; Thomas, xliv-v; William, mason, rec., 219 Wilting(e), Weltinge [or. St. LeonardsJ, Sussex, 174, 179 Wilton, Tredinnick, Cornwall, 15 Wiltshire, xxi, lxxvin*J lxxviiin, lxxxin, lxxxiv, lxxxvn, lxxxvii-xciv, c, ciin ; 3*, 36, 184-188 Wimbish, Wymbisshe, Thaxsted, Essex, 28,29*,166 Winchester, Winton, Hants., 38, 39, 186 Windesor, Walter, esq., lessee, 176, 177* Windle, Wyndle, Lancs., 10, 55, 61 *, 62, 66, 67, 81 Windle, John, yom., rec., 63 Wingfeild, John, gent., lessee, 14*, 17 Winforton, Winferton, Herefs., 44 Winocle, Isabel, wife, rec., 152; John, lab., rec., 152 Winslade, Wynslade, Hants., 42 Winstanley, Humphrey, gent., ree., 63, 81 Winton, Hants. ; see Winchester Winwick, Wynockes, Wynwyck, Lanes., 51, 63, 67*, 81 * Wiseman, Jane, wid., ree., 29; William, esq., ree., 27 Wissett, Suff., 163* Wiswell, Wiswall, Lancs., 71 *, 72* Witham, Peter, gent., rec., 218 Witham Friary, Wytham Frarye, Somerset, 140 Witheringes, Anthony, lessee, 146* Withes, Jane, wife, ree., 219; Simon, 219 Withington, Wythington, Lancs., 68*, 86n Withycombe, Wythicombe, Somerset, 141 Wix, Wickes, Essex, 27 Wodroffe, Lady Ann, wife, rec., 217 ; Richard, gent., 217 Wokefield, Wookefeild, Berks., 3* Wolff(e), Nicholas, rec., 171, 177, 178* Wollescrofte, Dorothy, wid., rec., 156 Wolley, Yorks. ; see Woolley Wolley, Sir John, Clerk of The Pipe, lin, liv*; Sir John, Latin Secretary of State, livn

Wolmer, Wollmer, John, gent., ree., 196* ; see Woolmer, Woolmore Wolseley, Staffs., 143 Wolseley, Erasmus, esq., ree., 143*, 152 ; see Worseley Wolstanton, Staffs., 149, 153 Wolterton, Norf., 111 Wolton, Litle, Lancs.; see Woolton, Little Wolvercote,Oxon. ; see Woolvercot Wolverhampton, Staffs., 152* Womersley, W.R. Yorks., 217 Wood, Frances, spr., rec., 153 Wood Bevington, Warwicks., 182 Woodcock, James, gent., ree., 94 Woodcote, Woodcotes, Hants., 35 Woodend, Eccles, Lancs., 56 ; Queenhill, Worcs., 190, 192 Woodbappe, Nicholas, yom., ree., 194 Woodbey, Thurstaston, Cheshire, 9 Woodley, Alice, wid., ree., 84 Woodplumpton, Lanes., 57, 69, 74* Woodward, Elizabeth, spr., rec., 180; Richard, tenant, 36; Robert, yom., ree., 168 Woodwardes Feild, Cublington, Herefs., 45 Woolaston Graunge, Woolaston, Gloucs., 31 Woolfardisworthy , Woolfridisworthie, Devon, 20 Woolley, Wolley, Royston, W.R. Yorks., 217 Woolley, Ellen, rec., 12* Woolmer, Mary, wife, rec., 196 ; "Rowfe," gent., ree., 196; William, gent., 196 ; see Wolmer, Woolmore Woolmore, John, gent., rec., 196 ; see Woolmer, Wolmer Wootton, Little, Litle Wolton, Lancs. , 84; Much, Lancs., 83 Woolvercot(t), Wolvercote, Wolgercote, Oxon., 121, 127 Worcestershire, xliii, xlvii, lxxxn, lxxxiv, lxxxviiin, ciill*, cvn, cxiiin ; 31, 33, 132, 189-199 Wordbull (7 Wardle), Cheshire, 12* Worsall, N.R. Yorks., xliv; 215 Wors(e)ley, Alice, wife, ree., 29 ; Alice,junior, spr., rec., 30; Dorothy, rec., 29; Edward, gent., rec., 30 ; Elizabeth, spr., rec., 29 ; Erasmus, gent., rec., 152; Hugh; also of Worsley, Ralph ; John, gent., rec. , 30; Mary, spr., ree., 30; Ralph, also Hugh, gent., rec., xcvii* ; 29* ; Robert, commissioner, 71 ; Thomas, commissioner, 71; see Wolseley

INDEX Worthe, Hugh, lessee, 144*, 148* Worthington, Richard, ree., 73*; Robert, rec., 76*, 78*; William, gent., rec., 74* Wray(e), Sir Christopher, Justice of Assize, xxviin; Jane, wife, ree., 214 ; William, esq., 214 Wrenford, Dorothy, wife, ree., 197 ; Frances, spr., ree., 197; Thomas, gent., 197 Wright, Cicely, 59; Joan, wife, rec., 149, 153 ; -John, 59; John, husb., rec., 59 ; John, yom., 149 ; Robert, gent., 41 ; Roger, 59 ; William, 153 Wrightes, also Glemhams, manor, Suff., 163, 164, 165* Wrightington, Eccleston, Lanes., 68*, 76 Writtington, John, esq., commissioner, 56,60* Wroothe, Hugh, yom., ree., 110 Wrothe, William, yom., ree., 95 Wydmerpoole, William, esq., commissioner, 120* Wylkes, Elizabeth, wid., rec., 152 Wylkynson, William, ree., xxin Wynnall, Frances, wife, rec., 196; John, 196 Wynn(e), ap Eliza, Robert, esq., commissioner, 224*; ap Robert, John, rec., 224* Wynterfludd, Joan, wid., rec., 30 Wyntersall, Elizabeth, wid., rec., 127 Wythington, Lanes.; see Withington

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Yard(e)ley, Northants., 115; Worcs., 195, 197, 198; Hall, Wimbish, Thaxsted, Essex, 29; Hastings, Hastynges, Northants., 114*, 115 Yarkhill, Herefs., 49 Yate, [ ], wife, rec., 153 ; Eleanor, wife, ree., 155; John, lab., ree., 153 ; Richard, yom ., 155 Yaxley, Suff., 163*, 167 Yaxley, Eve, wid., ree., 163; John, roc., 108 Yeapham, Devon. 20 Yeaton, Salop., 134 Yeernold, John, yom., rec., 193* Yelverton, Edward, gent., ree., 105 Yendacott, Yandicott, Devon, 21 Yonge, David, yom., ree., 24 ; "Freman" lessee 185* Yeovil: Somers~t; see Evill York, archdiocese, xx; city, xxi, xxin,lvi ; 210 Yorke, Elizabeth, wid., ree., 219; Isabel, wid., ree., 220 Yorkshire, xv, xliin, * xliv*, lvn, lvi, lviin, lxvn*, lxix, lxxivn, lxxvn, lxxvin*, lxxxn*, lxxxiv, lxxxviiin, en, ci*, cvi*, cviii*, cxin*, cxiiin; 54, 133, 199-222; West Riding, ci

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EX-SHERIFFS'DEBTS A Name etc. of sheriff (translation). B His year of office. C Total debt. D Nature of debt (formula): "of his various ("pluribus") debts concerning recusants". E Reference to the original "Statement" of his arrears. F Annotations (translation). STATEMENTS OF SHERIFFS' ARREARS A Name etc. of current sheriff "rendering this account". B Particular rents and forfeitures unaccounted for during his term of office. Note: The numbers in square brackets refer to the numbered entries in the preceding text. (abridged) C Sum total of above debts owed by sheriff. D Discharges of the numbered particulars in B (abridged). E Note of sheriff's acquittance, or of deferred settlement (translation). ENROLMENTS OF ESTREATED CONVICTIONS (and RECORDS OF FINES PAID) A Name etc. of convicted recusant (translation). B The word "owes" omitted. C The word "owes" inserted. D Total fine incurred. E Total period of recusancy. F Division of fine: (a) for period of recusancy specified in indictment. G Reference to statutory authority for fine (i.e. the Act 28 Eliz., c. 6 [1586- 7J, enrolled in Q.R.,M.R., Easter term, "Recorda" section). H Recital of the offence as therein stated, i.e. of not attending "any church, chapel or usual place of common prayer" during the time of divine service of the Established Church. J Period of recusancy as specified in indictment. K Computation of the duration of recusancy (formula): "at the rate of 28 days per month" . L Division of fine: (b) for non-compliance after conviction. M Date of conviction. N Period (in lunar months) of non-compliance. o Non-compliance defined: viz. failure to submit and conform in accordance with the "true meaning" of the Act 23 Eliz., c. 1 [1581 ]. P Annotations (translation).

All original annotations are italicised. Names of recusants are printed in bold type.