c 1200 Hugh son of Robert de Hagwrhingham [Hagworthingham] granted land to Lincoln Cathedral. William de Hardr'dishull confirmed the grant of Hugh son of Robert his brother. [1]
[Circa A.D. 1200.]
644. Know, &c., that I, Hugh son of Robert de Hagwrhingham, have given, and granted, and by my present charter confirmed to God and B. Mary and the chapter of Lincoln two bovates of land with appurtenances in Hagwrdhingham, except the tofts and crofts to the said two bovates of land belonging, to wit, those two bovates which Ralph the reeve and Clake hold, and in exchange for the said tofts and crafts I have given, &c., the toft and croft which were Robert Sokeman's, and the toft and croft which were Roger Tide's, and the whole arable land of Sigewordcroft. [Given in alms with warrant and seal.]
Witnesses—Master William de Stauenby, Alan parson of Keles, Eudo de Hagwrdhingham, Alan de Euintun, Henry de Butehiate, Gillebert do Staueneby, Robert de Staueneby.645. William de Hardr'dishull confirms the donation above of Hugh son of Robert his brother.
Witnesses—Alan son of Alexander, Thomas de Sandalo, Adam
de Claword, Robert his son, William de Hayton, Hugh de Wiston,
Richard son of Henry, Walter de Claword, Constantino of the same
vill, Robert Caue, and many others.
1211-1213 In a list ascribed to the period October 1211-September 1213, property in Clayworth that William de Hardreshull inherited from his brother Hugh was in the king's hands, awaiting a pledge of payment by William. [2]
Willelmus filius Roberti tenuit centum et xij. solidatas terre in Clawrth' reddendo inde annuatim unum spervarium muer'.2 Et adhuc est in manu domini regis et Willelmus de Hardreshill' finem fecit pro terra ilia per cm. et nondum plegium invenit.
2 Readmutarium or muez.
In discussing the date of the 1211-1213 list, Lyte states, [3]
The entry concerning Clayworth affords some further evidence of date. According to the Pipe Rolls, land there to the yearly value of 112s. was for a considerable period in the possession of William fitz Robert fitz Hugh. For some two years from Michaelmas 1211, it was in the hand of the king. Hugh fitz Robert was returned as the late owner in the summer of 1212, and Marina his relict obtained a tardy assignment of dower there in August 1213,7 but the Pipe Roll of 1212 ignores his brief tenancy. Before Michaelmas in that year, William of Hartshill undertook to pay the 100 marks mentioned in the text printed below.8 At the time of the compilation of the list, he had not found the necessary sureties, and in point of fact he did not get the land falling to him by inheritance until 1221, when two great men became sureties for his payment of a fifth of the sum originally demanded by the Crown.9
7 Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, vol. i. p. 147.
8 "Willelmus de Hardredeshull debet cm. pro habenda terra." Pipe Roll, 14 John, Nottingham and Derby. " Willelmus de Hardreshull debet cm. pro habenda terra de Clawurde, set non debet summoneri quia non habuit nee habere potuit pro quo promisit." ipe Roll, 16 John, Nottingham and Derby.
9 Fine Roll, 6 Hen. III. m. 9. The entry is not printed in the Excerpta.
1212 Hugo, son of Robert, died by June 1 (the date of a survey ordered by King John) and his land in Clayworth had been taken into the king's hand. [4]
Et Hugo filius Roberti solebat tenere c. solidatas terre et xij. solidatas in Clawrd' reddendo j. espervarium mutarium ex dono Henrici Regis, et defunctus est, et est in manu domini regis.
Research Notes:
Dudding states, [5]
About the year 1200 Hugh de Hagworthingham son of Robert gave to the chapter of Lincoln "two bovates of land in Hagworthingham which Ralph the reeve and clerk held, except the tofts and crofts belonging to the said two bovates, in exchange for which he gave the toft and croft which were Robert sokeman's and the toft and croft which were Roger Tide's and the whole arable land in Sigewordcroft.2
William de Hardreshull confirmed the gift of Hugh son of Robert his brother to the canons of Lincoln.3
Hugh died shortly afterwards without issue, and his brother William was his heir. We find in a record of about that date that " Hugh son of Robert used to hold 112s. of land in Clayworth of the gift of King Henry, and he is dead and it is in the King's hands;" and again in the same record that "William son of Robert holds 112s. of land in Clayworth paying thence one merved sparrowhawk a year, and it is as yet in the King's hands, and William de Hardreshull has agreed to pay 100 marks for that land, but has not as yet found surety."4
2 Assoc. Archit. Soc. XXVII, 45
3 Ibid.
4 Testa de Nevill 18, 22.
[1] W. O. Massingberd, "Lincoln Cahtedreal Charters (continued)" Associated Architectural Societies Reports and Papers Vol. 27, pt. 1-2 (1903/04), 1-91, at 45, [HathiTrust].
[2] C. Maxwell Lyte and C. G. Crump, eds., Liber Feodorum. The Book of Fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest MSS, Vol. 1 (London: HMSO, 1920), 230, [InternetArchive].
[3] C. Maxwell Lyte and C. G. Crump, eds., Liber Feodorum. The Book of Fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest MSS, Vol. 1 (London: HMSO, 1920), 229, [InternetArchive].
[4] C. Maxwell Lyte and C. G. Crump, eds., Liber Feodorum. The Book of Fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest MSS, Vol. 1 (London: HMSO, 1920), 150, [InternetArchive].
[5] Reginald C. Dudding, History of the Manor and Parish of Saleby with Thoresthorpe in the County of Lincoln (Horncastle: W. K. Morton & Sons, 1922), 27, [HathiTrust].