^{page 246 note 1} CB,215 is an almost verbatim copy of this one; it bore the same 2 seals.

^{page 247 note 1} Sir Robert Plumpton's maternal grandparents.

^{page 247 note 1} See no. 86 below.

^{page 247 note 2} Until this date the estates of the Babthorpes had been transmitted by hereditary descent in the male line, Burton, Thomas, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Hemingborough in the County of York (York, 1888), 182.Google Scholar

^{page 248 note 1} Dame Alice de Plompton, formerly Alice Gisburn, died in 1423, CB, 293, 325, 341, 381; Stapleton, , xxix–xxxii.Google Scholar

^{page 249 note 1} Joan later married John Greene, App. III.

^{page 253 note 1} On 25 Aug. following, Sir Thomas appointed Richard Lowder and Robert Smith of Plumpton his attorneys to deliver seisin of the premises to Sir William, CB,539.

^{page 254 note 1} On 25 Aug. following Sir Thomas appointed John … and Roger Jackson his attorneys to deliver seisin of these premises to Sir William, CB, 540. At the foot of this deed: ‘These 4 last deeds have all one seale being very faire and undefaced at the copying the xith of June 1616, and haue written on the circumference Sigilla Thomae Remyston militis.’

^{page 254 note 1} Lord Clifford died in 1454.

^{page 255 note 1} (?) Hunmanby, near Filey.

^{page 255 note 2} See no. 54.

^{page 256 note 1} This general pardon followed a term of imprisonment, beginning 12 June 1461, for failure to redeem a bond of £2,000 entered into on 13 May 1461. On 10 Sept. 1462 Sir William obtained a release from all claims resulting from the bond, CB, 549,550, 552; Stapleton, , lxviii–ix.Google Scholar

^{page 259 note 1} This followed Sir William's acquittal on a charge of uttering treasonous words, Stapleton, , lxixGoogle Scholar; Introd. p. 7

^{page 260 note 1} No. 28.

^{page 261 note 1} The testimonies of Richard Clerk, parish clerk of Knaresborough, and John Croft who were present at the wedding in St John's church, Knaresborough, were given 6 July 1472, CB, 682, (transcribed Stapleton, , lxxvi–vii).Google Scholar

^{page 262 note 1} CB, 571.

^{page 262 note 2} A 17th cent, copyist described this deed as ‘so dimmed Pat it cannot be read’, Acc. 1731/6, fol. 230v., hence the illegible words/phrases indicated here.

^{page 262 note 3} Friars who had been indicted and outlawed by Sir William during his dispute with the convent, 9, 18 above pp. 31–2, 42–3.

^{page 263 note 1} This was Sir William's first appearance before the court, Stapleton, , lxxiii.Google Scholar

^{page 264 note 1} Sir William conveyed all his properties between 12 Oct. and 6 Nov. 1475, CB, 589, 591, 593, 596, 598.

^{page 265 note 1} See nos. 79, 80.

^{page 265 note 2} The remaining properties were in like manner resettled between 23 Oct. and 7 Nov. 1475, CB, 588, 590, 592, 594, 597, 600, 603.

^{page 266 note 1} See no. 48.

^{page 267 note 1} Sir William died in Oct., see no. 46.

^{page 270 note 1} MS, Erkingley.

^{page 271 note 1} (?) Keyworth.

^{page 271 note 2} Figures illeg.

^{page 271 note 3} This figure is almost illegible and may therefore be incorrect.

^{page 272 note 1} On 10 July 1481 Brian Redman enfeoffed Thomas Burgh, William Parr, Thomas Fitzwilliam, kts, and William Hopton of Swillington in these premises. Witnesses: Guy Fairfax, kt, JKB, Thomas Worteley, James Danby, kts, Miles Wilstrop and William Calverlay, jnr, esqrs, WYASYAS, MS 650, p. 260.

^{page 272 note 1} On 14 Feb. 1483 the condition was altered to hold to the award to be given in writing by Edw. IV before 7 July next, but his death, 9 April 1483, supervened and the bond was renewed 12 Sept. 1483, and judgement was given 16 Sept. 1483, CB, 720, 721.

^{page 274 note 1} The document is transcribed in full in Harleian MS 433, 133–6Google Scholar, and Stapleton, , xc–xcv.Google Scholar

^{page 275 note 2} No. 46n.

^{page 275 note 3} See no. 40.

^{page 278 note 1} See no. 17.

^{page 279 note 1} Feoffinent in pursuance of the terms of the contract for the marriage of William Plumpton and Isabel Babthorpe, App. I, 5.

^{page 280 note 1} See no. 29.

^{page 281 note 1} See no. 59.

^{page 281 note 2} An identical warrant of the same date was issued to Humphrey Coningsby and James Hobart regarding the manors of Steeton and Grassington. This was copied 22 Oct. 1627 and had a seal, CB, 804.

^{page 283 note 1} The following extent may have been appended, giving the annual value of the estates in question: manor of Babthorpe, 10m; vill of Brackenholme, 8m; manor of Sacombe, £20; vill of Hemingborough, 33s 4d; vill of Selby, 20s; vill of Estoft, 33s 4d. Total, £36 6s 8d. Included also may have been 2 properties in which Thomas, younger brother of Sir Ralph Babthorpe, had a life interest: vill of Wistow, 40s; vills of Hundesby and Middleton-on-the-Wolds, £5, WYASYAS, MS 599 (unpaginated). See the licence for entry into these lands without proof of age, 12 Nov. 1505, CPR, 1494–1509, 481.Google Scholar

^{page 284 note 1} This deed has not survived.

^{page 286 note 1} The justices of the king's bench awarded a writ of restitution to Thomas Bedell, fol. 223.

^{page 287 note 1} The commissioners found that on 29 April 1508 Thomas Babthorpe and 39 named persons had entered Babthorpe in arms, committed riot and threatened Isabel Plumpton with arrows so that her life was in danger. To the chagrin of the Plumptons only 3 of the named persons were indicted, and they the least important, ibid., fol. 222v.

^{page 290 note 1} See pp. 245–6. On this chantry becoming vacant Sir John Rodine appointed William Cooke of Ripon and Henry Bell to present Stephen Clarkson as chaplain, who was duly admitted. The result was an action by William Plumpton against Christopher Cragley, clerk, and the above-named persons; a jury was summoned 30 May 1530 to determine whether Sir Robert Plumpton was legitimate or a bastard, and hence on William's right to present to the chantry, CB, 857.

^{page 291 note 1} On 10 July 1516 Richard Burgh, clerk, released these premises to the 4 knights named in the recovery, CB, 865.

^{page 293 note 1} Nos 78, 79.

^{page 295 note 1} The court of wards whose master was SirFaulet, William, Hurtsfield, JoelGoogle Scholar, ‘Corruption and Reform under Edward VI and Mary: the Example of Wardship’, in Idem, Freedom, Corruption and Government in Elizabethan England (1973), 163–64.Google Scholar

^{page 296 note 2} Thomas Bill was also granted the custody and marriage of William Plumpton, 3 Feb. 1548 for 2om a year, WYASL, Ace 1731/4, pp. 25–26.

^{page 296 note 1} MS gives the date 12 Nov. 1 Edw. VI. Surely an error.

^{page 297 note 1} A valor of 1564, which may have been submitted to the court, estimates the value of estates in Yorks held by William Plumpton at his death in 1547 at £68 8s 9½d (editor's total – £87 12s 9½d), WYASL, Ace 1731/4, p. 27.

^{page 298 note 1} Attorney of the court of wards 1547–61, Hurstfield, , 177.Google Scholar

^{page 298 note 2} CPR, 1563–66, 1000.Google Scholar

^{page 299 note 1} See p. 247.