Court Rolls Of The Manor Of Wakefield Vol 1

Author : William Paley Baildon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331679083
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, Vol. 1 written by William Paley Baildon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, Vol. 1: 1274 to 1297 The earliest information we get as to Wakefield is derived, as in so many other cases, from Domesday Book. From it we learn that prior to the Conquest the manor had belonged to King Edward the Confessor, and was then in the hands of King William. It consisted of Wakefield itself; nine berewicks, namely, Sandal Magna, Sowerby, Warley, Feslei (which is probably identical with Halifax), Midgeley, Wadsworth, Crosston, Longfield, and Stansfield; fourteen sokes, namely, Criggleston, West Bretton, Horbury, Ossett, Earlsheaton, Stanley, Shitlington, Emley, Cartworth, Kirkburton, Shepley, Shelley, Cumberworth, and Crosland; four other sokes, namely. Holme, Yateholme, Anstonley, and Quick, which were claimed to be thaneland; the soke of two manors in Normanton; and the manor of Dewsbury. In addition to all these, it is stated in the Claims that the church of S. Mary in Morley Wood [Woodkirk] also belonged to Wakefield; and in the Recapitulation that lands in Hipperholme, North Owram, Shelf, Stainland, Old Linley, Fixby, Rastrick, Eccleshill, Farnley, Ardsley, Greetland, and Hanging Heaton, were of the soke of Wakefield. The Domesday Record also tells us that the manor belonged to King Edward "in demesne," and was then in King William's hands; yet the tenants of the manor do not seem to have had the privileges of "ancient demesne." At an early date, not precisely ascertainable, Wakefield was granted by the Crown to one of the family of Warenne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.