Deeds of houses and lands in Carleton (including Carleton Hall), Penrith, and Eamont...

Mainly concerns the piecemeal purchases of Carleton of Carleton Hall Esq. (deeds from 1654; includes family matters); John Pattenson and son Christopher of Penrith thence Carleton Hall, gent. thence Esq. (deeds from 1709; includes family matters); and Simpson of Penrith (deeds from 1738). Other parties were (in date-order): Atkinson, Idle, Scott, Lowther of Lowther, Bt. (mortgagee), Teasdell of Lowther (do.), Smith, Browne, Harrison, Martin, Oxnard, Turner of Boltongate, Dawson, Nelson, Airey, Bleamires, Brown of Eamont Bridge, Sisson.

As follows:

Bargain and sale for £180 (Anthonie Atkinson of Carleton gent., to Stephen Idle of Cumington in Cambs. yeo. and Eme his wife - freehold house and two closes adjoining called the High Croft and the Low Croft, and several parcels of land (named; abuttals include "Thasthwaites" and land "lying at the Milldore"), all in Carleton, 1583

Quitclaim by Thomas Scott of Carleton yeo., in favour of his brother William, in accordance with their late father Thomas's last wishes, regarding the land called Howson Garth (rent 2d.) in Carleton; abuttals stated (omit direction); quitclaimed because "these tymes being troublesome", the Will "cannot be well proved", 1647

[Mortgage by] lease for 21 years for £500 (William Carleton of Carleton Hall Esq. and Barbara his present wife, to Christopher, third son of Sir John Lowther of Lowther, Bart., and Christopher Teasdell of Lowther gent.) - their chief mansion-house called Carleton Hall, its Demesne and its whole estate (houses, lands, customary and other) in Carleton and Penrith, 1654

Lease for 20 years 11 months of the Manor and estate, by the mortgagees to the mortgagors, 1654

Bargain and sale for £3. 10s. 0d. (William Smith of Carleton yeo., to John Browne of do., do.) - freehold parcel called Howson's Garth there, rent 2d. (abuttals omit direction); with common of pasture and turbary, 1662

Bargain and sale for £4 (John Harrison the elder of Carleton shoemaker, to Robert Carleton of do. Esq.) - 1½ roods in Carleton (abuttals: north, Brougham Backside, belonging to Henry Brougham Esq.; south, the Woods-garth, belonging to Robert Carleton Esq., with "the Barkhouse-Beck" lying between it and his parcel); with all hedges, woods, common of pasture and turbary, 1677

Bond (1683/4, Receipt (do.), and Fine (1685) re house, stable, and 5 acres 3 roods of land in Dykesfield [p. Burgh] and Penrith, sold by Richard Martin of Penrith yeo. to George Oxnard of do., tinplate worker, in Feb. 1683/4, 1683/4- 1685

Agreement intended to end the current dispute between Robert Carleton Esq. and Ann Carleton widow, concerning her widowright in Carleton (Thomas Webster for Robert Carleton; and Ann Carleton) - Ann to have 30s. 0d. a year, and the house, and place for a cow in the byre, and for hay and fuel in the barn; and to have the garth on the back of the house, "as farr as the Sample of the Old hedge goes", and way for cart and carriage thither; armorial seal and mark of Ann; 5 witnesses, 1691

Extracts from deeds to Carleton Hall (manor and estate) dated 1652-1697, extracted c. 1700

Bargain and sale for £14 (George Turner of Boltongate gunsmith, to John Pattenson of Penrith gent.) - freehold barn and byre or cowhouse by him lately erected, in Boltongate; its northwest side abuts on a close called "the Low Gaurds" (part of the Duke of Somerset's Demesne there), and its south-east abuts on "the High way Called Bolton Gate"; quit rent (blank); vendor's bond-clause in £28 to observe this deed's clauses; armorial seal, 1709

Tenantright bargain and sale for £130 (Mary Carlton of Carleton spinster and only child and heir of Robert Carleton of Carleton Esq. lately deceased, to Alexander Carleton of St. Martin in the Fields, Middx., Esq.) - tenantright house ("mansion"), [out]houses, garth, garden, thereto, closes called Croft, Throng, Low Field, and parcel called Crooked Raine, all at Eamont Bridge in W'd., in the Manor of Yanwath [and Eamont Bridge], customary rent 8s. 0d., one boon day shearing, and one load of coals yearly, 1714

Customary bargain and sale for £13 (Jonathan Dawson of Penrith saddler, to Joseph Nelson of do. tailor) - customary 6-roods parcel on "Thulbarrow" [Thurlbar], rent 3s. 0d., with all hedges, fences, ditches, walls, common of pasture and turbary, to hold "for ever according to the Custom had and time out of mind used within the Manor of Penreth" (Addison Hutton, infant, lord), 1719

Bargain and sale for £52. 11s. 8d. (Alexander Carleton heretofore of St. Martin's in the Fields and lately of Carleton Hall but now of Skingham [?] in Berks Esq., to John Pattenson of Penrith gent); reciting the mortgage for £107. 8s. 4d. (same to same, 26 Feb. 1717[/8] of house and several barns, byres, stables "and other houses" [i.e. outhouses], garth and garden, at Eamont Bridge, with the closes called Croft, Throng, etc. - now conveys to him the above customary estate for the further sum of £52. 11s. 8d.; power of attorney to William Lowther of Carleton hall gent. and John Monkhouse of Penrith ironmonger, to surrender the estate, 1721

Customary bargain and sale for £12 (Joseph Nelson of Penrith tailor, to Ann Airey spinster, youngest daughter of Christopher Airey of Penrith, maltster) - the 6 roods on Thulbarrow (abuttals south and north), cust. rent 3s. 0d., 1721[/2]

Quitclaim for £1015. 16s. 0d. (Thomas Simpson of Penrith gent. and Elizabeth his wife, the daughter of the late John Pattenson of Penrith gent., to the said John's only son Christopher) - her father's legacy, payable by his son, now of full age, 1738

Deed of exchange of lands (Christopher Pattenson of Carleton Hall Esq., and William Bleamires of Penrith brazier), 1748

As follows:

By W.B.

2-rood parcel called Butts Close near Kempley and the Eamont Bridge - Carleton road, in Penrith Townfields; the road being on its west and south sides.

By C.P. Esq.

1½-rood close called Kitchen's Croft at Eamont Bridge in Cumberland.

Bond in £100 by William Bleamires to Christopher Pattenson Esq. - to observe his part of the bargain; adds that Christopher also exchanges with him today a customary 1 acre parcel on Scaw (Manor of Carleton, rent 2s. 3d.), 1748

Deed of exchange of land (Thomas Brown of "Edmund Bridge" in Cumb'd. yeo., to Christopher Pattenson Esq. of Carleton Hall Esq.), 1749

Exchanged thus:

By TB.

Two half-acres in Southwaite in the town fields at Edmund Bridge in the Parish of Penrith

By CP Esq.

One half-acre on "Hungeril", and two half-acres on "Brown leases" in the townfields of EB.

Memorandum of correction of the deed before its signing.

Endorsed "I Thomas Brown do hereby own to have received a Note of Ten Pounds seventeen Shillings and two pence -"

Bargain and sale for £18 (William Sisson of Penrith mercer, to Christopher Pattenson of "Charleton Hall" Esq.) - freehold uninclosed parcel (½ acre) "in the Field called Eamont Bridge Lowfield", abuttals: the purchaser and Thomas Brown miller; with all hedges, ditches, fences, gates, stiles, woods, common of pasture [only], 1749 [/50]