The Rectory of Bolton Percy was thus valued in the King's Books, viz. First Fruits 401. now Tenths Procurations d. The prefent Lord of this Manor is Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Baronet. The prefent Church at Bolton Percy was built by Thomas Parker, who died Rector of it in the Year 1423; his Epitaph, which was in the Church on the South Side the Altar expreffing it. The Fabrick is one of the neatest in the Country, but the Builder did not live to fee it confecrated, for a Commiffion iffued out, dated July 8, 1424, to the Bishop of Dromore to dedicate this Parish Church of Bolton Percy, and the Church-Yard; also the high Altar of the Church, newly erected and built. * The Windows in this Church have been miferably defaced and broken; the Arms and painted Glass nearly deftroyed. By a Book of Drawings in the Herald's Office taken by Sir W. Dugdale, 1641, it appears that there were thirty-three different Coats of Arms then in the Windows. The Site of the antient Manor-Houfe is yet apparent. In this Parish flood Brochett-Hall, antiently the Seat of the Brocketts of this County. Alfo, Steeton-Hall, alias Styveton, which for fome Ages has been the Seat of that truly antient Family of Fairfax, was by the Conqueror's Survey in the Poffeffion of Obern de Archis. Sir John Chamont, Knight, was Owner of the greatet Part of the Lands of Styveton 48th Edward III. and had Iffue two Daughters, Joan, who was a Nun, and Margaret, married to William Lord Mowbray. In this Manor were antiently five Carucates and a Half of Land, whereof Richard de Styveton held four and a Half of Walter de Falconberg, who held the fame of the Heirs of Brus, and they of the Barons Mowbray, who held them of the King in Capite, at the annual Rent of Seven-pence Halfpenny. Another Carucate was of the Fee of Percy as of his Barony of Spofird, whereof the Abbot of St. Mary, York, held one Half, and the Priorefs of Appleton the other. This Steeton was the Seat of Sir Guy Fairfax, Knight, one of the Judges of the King's Bench, in the Times of Edward Torre, 135- MS. Torre, and Sir Thomas Widdringt n ! Edward IV. and Henry VII. and it has ever fince continued in a younger Branch of his Family. Robert Fairfax, of Newton, Efq; is the present Poffeffor COLTON, in the 20th of Edward I. Garo Chament or de Calvo Monte, was feifed of the Manor of Colton, and it has fometimes been called Colton Chamont. In the twenty-fecond Year of King Henry VII. Henry Oughtred, of Kexby, Efq; in Confideration of the right good Counsel to him given by William Fairfax, Efq; Serjeant at Law, did, for the Pleafure of the faid William, grant to him and his Heirs free Liberty and Licence to hunt and hawk in the Manor and Town of Colton, in the Shire of the City of York, with Licence to fish and fowl therein; rendering one Red Rofe at Midfummer only. In the Time of James I. Colton was in the Poffeffion of Sir George Ratcliff, Knight. This Manor is now the Property of John Sawrey Morritt, Efq; COPMANTHORP †, alias Coppenthorp, alias Temple Coppenthorp, was antiently the Lands of Trufbutt. Robert, of that Name, divided his Inheritance amongst his three Sifters, Rofe, Hilaria, and Agatha. Copmanthorp, among other Things, was allotted to Hilaria, in the Reign of King John; it was afterwards the Lands of Fairfax †, and fold to the Vavafours. By an Office, says Sir Thomas Widdrington, taken in the first Year of Queen Elizabeth, after the Death of Thomas Vavasour, Esq; it was found that he died feifed of the Manor of Temple-Copmanthorp. In the Reigns of King James and Charles I. Sir Thomas Vavafour, Knight Marfhall, and Sir William Vavafour were Owners. HORNINGTON, 9 Edw. II. did belong to the Lady Vefcy; it was afterwards Part of the Poffeffions of Sir William Ryther, Knight, who had free Warren there. Henry Topham, Efq; of York, a Reader of Gray's Inn, a Man, Sir Thomas Widdrington calls famous in his Time for Wit * Sir Thomas Widdrington, dated at York, Sept. 2. 22 Hen. VII. + MS. Sir Thomas Widdrington. It came to the Fairfaxes by the Marriage with the Heiress of Malbis. For 9 Eds. II. Willielmus de Malbis was Lord of the Manor of Copmanthorp. City Records. Wit and Learning, was Lord of this Manor in the Time of James I. OXTON, or Hoxton, the greatest Part of which belonged formerly to the Abbot and Convent of Sawley. The Manor was, 9 Edward I. in the Poffeffion of Simon de Kyme, and from thence it came to the Percys. WOLSINGTON, alias Wolfton, alias Oufton, alias Wefton, was, in the Reign of Edw. III. the Property of Sir Bernard Brocas, Knight. Sir Thomas Widdrington thinks he had it by the Marriage of the Daughter and Heir of Sir Mauger Vavafour; which Sir Mauger was Owner thereof by the Grant of Robert Aiou, who, by the Deed of Purchase, held it by an annual Rent to the King of Twelvepence, called Alba-Firma, or BlanchFarm, and to appear at the Weapontack held at AinftyCrofs. TADCASTER. The Midft of the Bridge from York is the Out-bounds of the Ainfty, and may be faid to be the very Out-Port or Gate of the City of York on that Side. The Lordship of this Town was many Ages in the truly great Family of Percy, Earls of Northumberland, William de Percy, by the Conqueror's Survey, being found Lord thereof. But as the Church, Scite of the Castle, and greatest Part of the Town are in the County at large, they are out of our Diftrict to treat of. The prefent noble Bridge was built about fourfcore Years ago, by a general Tax of 3d. per Pound, laid by Act of Parliament on all Lands, &c. in the City, Ainfty, and County at large. The Diftich which Camden quotes on the River and Bridge in his Time is much better known than the Occasion of it. Dr. Eades, afterwards Dean of Worcester, being a great Admirer of the famous Toby Matthews, upon the latter's Removal from ChriftChurch, Oxford, to the See of Durham, intending to go but one Day's Journey with him, was enticed on, by the Sweetness of the Bishop's Converfation, to Durham itfelf. Here it was that he wrote their whole Journey in Latin Verfe, and in his Defcription of Tadcafter, hapVOL. III. pening H pening to come over the Bridge in a very dry Summer, he applied this Diftich: Nil Tadcafter habet mufis vel carmine dignum, But the Doctor, returning that Way in the Winter, altered his Opinion, and left the following Memorial of it: Quae Tadcafter erat fine flumine pulvere plena, Nunc habet immenfum fluvium, et pro pulvere lutum. The Verfe before on Tadeafter was juft, But now great Floods we fee, and Dirt for Duft. The prefent Lord of this Town is the Earl of Egremont. HELAUGH. In the Town of Helaugh, or Helay, were feven Carucates of Land, held by the Barons de Mowbray, who held them of the King in Capite, by no Rent. * The Priory at Helaugh was founded by Bertram Haget, who granted to Gilbert, a Monk of Maj. Monafterium in France, and his Succeffors in Frank-Almoign, the Land of the Hermitage, which was in his Wood of Helaugh, towards the Eaft, as the Water runs from Lairbrigg to the Paffage of Sangwat; alfo all his new affarted Land without the Ditch of Heordebreft. † Jordan de S. Maria and Alice Haget his Wife confirmed the faid Donation to William the Prior and Canons of the Church of St. John the Evangelift de Parco Helaugh, together with all the Wood called Horfe-Park, &c. Walter Archbishop of York confirmed to these Canons the Church of St. John the Evangelift, and the Place in which their Monaftery was founded, and all the Lands, Woods, and Paftures in the Park of Helaugh, and in Wychale, where they had two Oxgangs of Land given by Ralph Haget. I Befides the Donations made to thefe Monks, which are mentioned in the Monafticon, there are in St. Mary's Cheft *Ex MS. Torre, p. 83.-† Mon, Ang, vol. II. p. 287, &e. Ex Originali. Cheft at York several original Grants of Lands and Tenements given them in Wychale, Thorparch, Walton, Efedyke, Hagundby, Plompton, Marston, Aykton, Bilton, Feftayn, York, Kildale, Crathorn, Afkham, Egburge, Bretteby, Heton, Ydle, Katherton, Thresk, and Wombwell. William de Percy, Lord of Kildale, gave to the Canons of St. John the Evangelift, of Helaugh-Park, the Chapel of St. Hilda at Kildale, with diverfe Lands, for which the faid Canons were to find two of their own House, or two Secular Priefts, to celebrate the Divine Offices in the faid Chapel for ever. This Priory of Helaugh Park, at its Diffolution, was valued at 72/. 10s. 7 d. Dugdale; and it has ever fince, till lately, been Part of the Poffeffions of the Lords Wharton, and was the Seat of Philip Lord Wharton in the Time of Charles I. † We shall take Leave of Helaugh, with obferving what Leland, in his Itinerary, fays of it: "From Tadcaster to Helangh Pryory is about two Mile, by inclofed "Ground. One Geffrey Hager, a Nobleman, was first "Founder of it. In this Priory were buried fum of the "Depedales and Stapletons; Gentlemen, of whom one "Sir Bryan Stapleton, a valiant Knight, is much spoken "of. Geffrey Haget was Owner of Helaugh Lordship, and befides a great Owner in the Ainfty. From Helaugh Pryory fcant a Mile to Helaugh Village I faw great "Ruins of an ancient Manor of Stone, with a fair "wooded Park therby, that belongid to the Earl of "Northumberland. It was, as far as I can perceive, fumtyme the Hagets Land." t BILBROUGH, or Beilburgh, was in the Hands of Roger Bafcy, 9 Ed. III. and he, or his Father, had free Warren given him in all his demefne Lands in Bilbrough and Sandwith, 32 Edward I. The Township antiently contained seven Carucates and a Half of Land of the Fee of Paynel, who held them of the King in Capite, paying no Rent. § *Mon. Ang. p. 291. H 2 The The Scite of this Priory was granted, along with the Rectory and Advowson of Vicarage, to one Jacob Gage, the 31st of Hen. VIII. Chapel of the Rolls. Lelandi Itin. vol. VIII. Ex MSS. Torre et Dom. Thomæ Widdrington, |