HISTORY OF NORTON. 7 



terre et tribus rodis quas Thomas de Hemilword quondam tenuit in eodem 



campo, et una [parchment torn] quam Johannes King 



quondam tenuit in eodcm campo, et una acra terre quam Rose King quondam 

 tenuit in eodem campo, et duabus actis terre quas Hugo Basse filius Nicholai 

 quondam tenuit in eodum campo, et dimidia acra terre quam Johannes 

 filius Alani quondam tenuit in eodem campo, et dimidia acra terre quam 

 Johannes Godknaue quondam tenuit in eodem campo, et tribus rodis terre 

 quas Johannes filius Agnetis quondam tenuit in eodem campo, et una acra 

 terre quam Radulphus Hysmay quondam tenuit in eodem campo. Tenenda 

 et habenda eisdem Alicie et Rose filie sue et heredibus dicte Rose de me et 

 heredibus meis. [Chief rent 2s. a year. If Rose Castdayn die without lazvful 

 issue, the land is to revert to Chaworth and his heirs.] Hiis testibus domino 

 Will'o de Folkingham* tunc abbate de Bello capite, Johanne de Brimingtona, 

 Will'o Mateney de Dronefeld, Thoma de Wodehuses, Rogero Carpentario, 

 Petro de Leys, et aliis. 



[Indorsed in a later hand : " Heardinge, 2 ij s."] 



The following deed is dated 1353. The Gothams were of 

 Norton Lees. We may learn from this charter that the Selioks, or 

 Seliokes, were settled at Norton as early as 1353, doubtless at 

 Hazelbarrow. The Parkers, of Norton, who afterwards became 

 so distinguished, were probably, as their name implies, originally 

 officers who had the surveillance of the park at Norton. Hervy, 

 or Harvey (Herve), is an ancient Norman personal name ; and 

 the personal name " Aleyn," or Alan, was common in Norman 

 times. 



II. 



Curia Norton'. De tenementis loucok et de aliis lenementis 



in Harecrofte. 



Notum cum omnibus presentibus et futuris quod ego Thomas de Chauworth 

 miles et dominus de Norton' dedi et concessi Johanni Tynet et Isabell uxori 

 ejusdem omnia terras et tenementa cum pertinenciis quae quondam fuerunt 



Roberti Loucok, et unam terre vocatam Harecrofte in 



Norton' predicta, habenda &c. ad totam vitam eorundem Johannis et Isabell 



sine aliquo vasto in dictis terris et tenementis faciendo. 



Reddendo inde michi et heredibus meis duos solidos et decern denarios 

 annuatim ad festa sancti Michaelis et Annunciationis Beate Marie pro omnibus 

 serviciis sec'laribus, salvis forynseco servicio domini regis, et duabus sectis ad 

 curiam meam de Norton', vid. ad proximam tentam post festum Sancti 



* Abbot in 1423, according to Pegge. But query if this deed is not 

 earlier. Pegge himself puts down John de Brimington as living in 1312. 



