Queen Elizabeth I to William Oglethorpe of Oglethorpe in Bramham, esq
Reciting a series of prior leases made by the crown to:
9 May 1581
i) Jo Skayffe and Tho Barneby in Bramham: 2 windmills occ by Tho Thomson and now Jo Skayffe for 31 years at £4.13.4.a year 30 Jun 1582
ii) Katherine Powell, Ralph Danyell and Wm Harte: 1 messuage, 4 crofts, 60a and pasture in le Holme (all pasture is in this common in Bramham unless otherwise stated hereafter), occ by Kath Powell, 1 messuage, garden, croft called Markeley garthe and 9a and pasture occ by Geo Burley; 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 54a and pasture occ by Ralph Danyell for 21 years at 26/8 (Powell) 12/- (Burley) and 22/-(Danyell)
4 Jun 1854
iii) Jas Powell and Jo Braishaie: 1 messuage, 1 garden, 12a and pasture in Bramham occ by Tho Jonson; 1 messuage, 2 gardens, 3 0a and pasture in Bramham occ by Robt Adams; 1 cottage, croft and 3a, occ by Jo Buttery; 1 cottage and barn in Rothwell occ by William, Cath and Jo Crofte; 1 cottage, garden and 3a in Bramham occ by Ric Richardson; 1 cottage, garden and 3a in Bramham occ by Tho Dibson; 1 messuage, toft and 6a with pasture occ by Rich Beale; 1 cottage, garden, 1/2a occ by Rob Thomson; all parcels of the manor of Bramham for 21 years at 40/8 (Johnson Adams and Powell), 4/-(Buttery), 4/4 (Croftes), 4/-(Richardson), 4/- (Dibson), 4/-(Beale), 4/- (Thomson)
27 May 1585
iv) Christopher Wilton,; 1 messuage, tenement and appurtenances, in Bramham occ by Jo Dalton for 21 years at 16/-a year
27 Jun 1586
v) George Browne; 1 cottage, garden and 3a in Bramham occ by Christopher Thomson for 21 years at 4/- a year
6 Jul 1586
vi) to Anne, John and Mary Oglethorpe; land and tenements in Ogglethorpe in Bramham occ by Rich Oglethorpe for 3 lives at 14/4 a year
27 Jul 1587
vii) to Robert Gibson; cottage, garden, 1 1/2a occ by Robt Whitton; cottage, 2 gardens, 10a with pasture occ by Wm Snawden; cottage, croft, 6a with pasture occ by Peter Craven and Thos Bower; cottage, croft, 3a occ by Edw Cornell; cottage, garden, 3a occ by Wm Richardson; cottage, garden, 3a occ by Thos Richardson; messuage, 4 crofts, 40a with pasture occ by Jas Taylor; cottage, garden, 3a occ by Thos Gibson, cottage, garden and 3a near Holmes, Bowcliffe and Oxeclose occ by Jo Harte; messuage, croft and close in Aldefurth field and 40a with pasture occ by John Hopkinson; all in Bramham for 21 years at £4.5.4 a year
20 May 1589
viii)George Clough, gent; 1 messuage, 2 gardens, 36a with pasture occ by Peter Collyer; 1 cottage, garden, 3a with pasture occ by Jo Wylde; both in Bramham for 21 years at 12/- (Collyer) and 3/- (Wylde) a year
15 Jun 1591
ix) Robert Gibson; 1 messuage, garden, occ by Anne Taylor; 1 messuage, 2 gardens, 27a occ by Robert Rawson; 1 messuage, 1 garden, 4 9a occ by Wm Rawson; 1 cottage and land occ by Thos Simson; 1 messuage occ by Robt Cotes; land with kilnehouse occ by Oswald Chamber; all in Bramham for 21 years at 14/- (Taylor), 12/- (R Rawson) 20/- (W Rawson) 6/8 (Simpson) 8/- (Cotes) 8d (Chambers)
28 May 1595
x) James Thwaites esq; 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 croft, 22a in Clifford for 21 years at 50/4 a year
28 Feb 1597
xi) Wm Halilie; 1 cottage, 1/2 bovate in Townton occ by Henry Sawyer in the manor of Bramham; for 21 years at 4/8 a year
28 Jun 1597
xii) Wm Bate; 1/3 meadow called Applegarth in Bramham occ by Henry Bedford; 1 tenement with appurtenances given to support a Guild in Bramham; for 21 years at 16/8 (Applegarthe) and 3/4 (Guildehouse)
11 Mar 1598
xiii) Ralph Danyell; 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 44a with pasture occ by Rich Danyell in Bramham for 21 years at 22/1 a year
23 Jul 1950
xiv) Thomas Scott and his sons Thomas and John and to Henry Debbe and his sons Peter and George; 2 messuages and lands occ by John Magson and Wm Hewe in Tolston part of the manor of Bramham for 3 lives at 6/- (Scott) and 38/- (Debbe)
Now the Queen grants to Oglethorpe, subject to these circumstances:
the manor of Bramham with members with 64/6 and £22.1.8 in various free rents a year late [parcel??] of the dissolved Priory of St Oswald Nostell to hold in fee as of Hampton Court and East Greenwich manors, together with the 2 messuages in Tolson late parcel of the dissolved Priory of Healaugh
Consideration: £1,215.6
Great Seal (missing). Parchment (4) (Box 6A)