TO HISTORY OF NORTON. 



hujus confirmacione dedit michi predictus Will's novem marcas pre manibus 

 in Gersumma. Et ut hec mea donacio &c. His testihus Rogero abbate 

 de Bello Capite, Thoma de leys, Petro de Wodehuses, Petro de Birchevend 

 Will'o de Stobbeley, et aliis. 



[Copia ver a - ex a ' mense Octobris anno RR e - Elizabeth, nunc xxxiiij - et 

 Anno d'ni 1592, per me Richardum Coke.} 



[Woodhouse nor any of his ances- [A faire seale of Armes in greene 



tors never pay'd this or any like rent, wax thereunto. The deede remayneth 

 but only vj s - per an. as in the other w th Godfrey Woodhouse, but is 

 deede is reserved and iiij s - land rent uncertaine w ch is the land herein 

 many yeares.] meant and intended.] 



V. 



Sciant &c. quod ego Thomas de Chaworth miles dedi &c. Johanni Harwye 

 de Cold Aston unum toftum et unum bovatum terre que Petrus Alius Roberti 

 Conda de me tenuit in villuiagio (sic) cum pertinenciis suis sicut jacet in 

 diversis locis in villa et campis de Aston cum molendino ventricio cum liberis 

 redditu et introitu ad dictum molendinum. Tenend' &c. predicto Johanni 

 heredibus suis vel assignatis. [Rent 6s. per an. Usual warranty of titled 

 His testibus Ricardo le spari, Nicholao de Norton', Thoma del Wodhous, 

 Petro de Bernis, Thoma de Thasilharst, Will'o le Barker de Aston, et 

 multis aliis. 



[Copia vera ex a mense Octrobris [This deede rem' w th Godfrey 



Anno RR e ' Elizabeth, nunc xxxiiij Woodhouse, sealed w" 1 Cheworthes 

 Annoque d'ni 1592. Per me Richar- seale of Armes in paste.] 

 dum Coke.] 



A few of the more curious field names in Norton and Cold- 

 Aston may prove interesting. Some are of clear derivation and 

 meaning, but for others I cannot account. Poynton Wood ; 

 perhaps so called after a family of that name. Lumb : that is, a 

 ravine ; and Dowell Lumb. Compare " the dowie dens o' 

 Yarrow." Jack Field: possibly geac = gauk, (Scot. gowk). 

 Delves: that is, quarries. Moorlioitse, and Moorhouse Green. 

 Plackling Magatha. Plate =%. field; but what is Alagathai 

 Sick Mead : i.e., brook meadow. Shoulder Broad, Shoulder of 

 Mutton, and Tongue; the latter being frequent. Compare the 

 Scotch abbey of Tungeland, i.e., Tongue land, so called from its 

 being built on a peninsula like a tongue. Far Pate Moor: a 

 family called Bate, anciently in Norton. Slack Field: Slack = a 

 ravine. Primrose Bank, Carnal Wood. Lathefield '=Barnfield. 



