Manorial Strays

1. Manor: Baggraw

What: State of John Irving's mortgage payments from 1698-1708

Date: c. 1708

2. Manor: Caldbeck Upton

What: Admittance of Sir Wilfrid to "certain closes of land near Hesket New Market, rent 1s. 9d."; Court held in Hesket New Market

Date: 1901

3. Manor: [Hesket & Sebergham]

What: "Coals got at Hesket-hall" (total weights, in Tuns and Corfs); includes "Bad Debt of John Thompson of Lamonby, £36.15s.4d."

Date: 1822-[24]

4. Manor: Isel Blindcrake

What: Rental with full descriptions of the customary estates (J. Cooper, collector) (fragment of notebook) 1866-68, with (page 7) total of Lord's rents for 1866-83 (selected years only); details of Lord's rents 1883 (pages 9-10); totals of "Potatoes" (sums only) 1891-94

Date: 1866 - 94

5. Manor: Isel Sunderland

What: Summary of the Boundary as signed by the jury, 17 April 1719

Date: 19th cent

6. Manor: Isel (whole manor)

What: Wood sales account (names byers, quantity, price)

Date: 1829

7. Manor: [Plumbland]

What: Plan

[PLUMBLAND] Date: c. 1800

No title or surveyor

27½ x 44

No scale or north point

River Ellen, Oughterside road, Arkleby Hall Estate (abuttal by), and the following fields (with acreages and positions of copyhold and freehold portions within them): Joseph Thornthwaite's Land Pastures, Low Pastures, Pastures, Pasture Heads, Greenow Heads, Greenow.

8. Manor: Mixed Manors

What: "An Account of Debts belonging to Sir Wilfrid Lawson Bart." - on bonds, notes, mortgages and legacies (names, sums), book debts, manor rents (blank) and estates (sums only; no names of tenants) including Shepherdfield (as manor), Loweswater Holme and Slate Quarries, Loweswater Mill, Morton Head [Carlisle], "Newlaithes Hall [Carlisle] with Ellenbridge and Allhallows Tythe", and and valuation of [Sir Wilfrid's] horses (20) cattle (18), household furniture (£1000), husbandry utensils, sheep and deer

Date: n.d. [c. 1763]

9. Manor: Mixed Manors

What: Similar but with more detail, more places, and one or two dates

Date: 1763

10. Manor: Mixed Manors

What: Forwarding label for documents "Inclosed", re "Ridsdale" [Redesdale] (Northumberland) case re the tenants' cutting wood in Bassenthwaite Parks, lawbill 1763-4, "Messrs. Boydell's Charge upon Sir Wilfrid for French Books which he brought from France"; Bonds, Notes etc. list of the late Sir Wilfrid; "Remarks respecting the value of Aspatria Manor", [all in Jonathan Potts's hand]

Date: n.d. [1770s/80s]

Sale particulars of the late Thomas Benson of Cockermouth Esq.'s estates as follows:

Nether Raw p. Caldbeck (field names, acreages; tenant's name; 14 year lease from 1836)

Blennerhasset (field names, acreages; tenant's name; distinguishes freehold and customary) and Bothel

Bothel (field names and acreages)

Westnewton (field names and acreages)

Sunderland p. Isel field names and acreages)

Moorgill in Allerby field names and acreages) Land in Oughterside (not named)

Closes of land in Brigham called Brigham Fitts and High Lengths

Descent of title from the late Thomas Benson of Cockermouth Esq. (died in 1807) is recited in Part IV of the conditions of sale.

n.d. [1836 or after]

11 Manor: Voucher

What: For oatmeal from William Taylor & Son, Edinburgh, for Sir Wilfrid. Receipted.

Date: 1882