Woodborough’s Heritage

Woodborough, a Sherwood Forest Village, recorded in Domesday

Also to the said John Taylor the following closes or parcels of old inclosed land in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore the property of Elizabeth Bainbrigge:

 

• That is to say all that small close called Button Park (numbered in the said Map 209) containing one rood and eighteen perches.

• Also all that other close called Andrews Jackson Close (numbered in the said Map 231) containing two acres and twenty seven perches.

 

• Also all that close called Hunner Wood Close (numbered in the said Map 241) containing two acres one rood and twenty one perches.

• Also all that close called Hunner Butts Close (numbered in the said Map 242) containing three roods and eighteen perches.

• Also all that close in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore belonging to the Parish Vicar of Southwell and called also Hunner Butts Close (numbered in the said Map 243) containing one acre and one perch.

• Also the following closes or parcels of old inclosed land in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore belonging to the Trustees of Elizabeth Sardison that is to say all that close called Hunner Butts Close (numbered in the said Map 244) containing one acre one rood and thirty two perches.

 

• Also all those two closes in the West Field called the Crew Closes (numbered in the said Map 307) containing one acre one rood and thirty three perches.

 

• Also all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called the Water Close heretofore belonging to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough (numbered in the said Map 316) containing seven acres two roods and fourteen perches.

 

• And also all that small piece of inclosed land lying within the Parish of Lambley adjoining to the said Parish of Woodborough called the Pink Ridding heretofore the property of William Denman (numbered in the said Map 248) containing sixteen perches the tenure of all which said seventeen last described allotments or closes or parcels of land allotted to the said John Taylor is free and common socage.

All which several allotments of open land and parcels or old inclosure containing together one hundred and seventy one acres and thirty seven perches are hereby awarded to the said John Taylor in full satisfaction of all his lands and common right in and across the lands and grounds Intended by the said Act of Parliament to be divided and inclosed.

And also in full compensation for the following closes or parcels of old inclosed land in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore the property of the said John Taylor and by him given in exchange for other lands of equal value and are hereby awarded to the several persons following (that is to say) to Elizabeth Bainbrigge.

• All that close called Lomas Close (numbered in the said Map 72).

• Also all that close called the Nether Fishpond Close (numbered in the said Map 278).

• Also all that other close called the Upper Fishpond Close (numbered in the said Map 283).

• And to the Parish Vicar of Southwell all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called Hick Close (numbered in the said Map 196).

• And to William Raynor all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called Southerns Old Yard (numbered in the said Map 203).

 

• And to Henry Hollins one ley of ground in Woodborough aforesaid lying in Noah Woods Garden (numbered in the said Map 98). And to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Woodborough two leys of ground in Woodborough aforesaid lying in a close called the Hop Yard (numbered in the said Map 167). And to John Hopkinson One Land End in Woodborough aforesaid lying in Worthington’s Garden (numbered in the said Map 280).

• And we do award and allot unto and for Gervas Thorp one piece of ground in Woodborough aforesaid lying within the homestead of the said Gervas Thorp and heretofore belonging to the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge (numbered in the said Map 193) containing two roods and eighteen perches  Also one other piece of ground in Woodborough aforesaid lying within the homestead of the said Gervas Thorp and heretofore the property of Samuel Thorpe (numbered in the said Map 194) containing two roods and twenty one perches the Tenure of which said two last Allotments to the said Gervas Thorp is Copyhold held of the said Manor called Woodborough Copyhold Manor.

• Also all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called Marshall Close heretofore belonging to the Parish Vicar of Southwell (numbered in the said Map 191) containing one acre one rood and one perch.

 

• Also all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called Bonnet Close heretofore the property of Elizabeth Bainbrigge (numbered in the said Map 190) containing one acre two roods and sixteen perches.

 

• And also one piece or parcel of land in the Nether Field (numbered in the said Map 146) containing seven acres three roods and twenty eight perches bounded on or towards the north west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lowdham on or towards the east by lands hereby awarded to Mordecai Glover on or towards the south by the Parish of Lowdham and on or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Oxton Second part. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Mordecai Glover shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said Gervas Thorp or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being the tenure of which said three last allotments or closes or lands allotted to the said Gervas Thorp is free and common socage. All which parcels of old inclosure and the allotment of open land containing together twelve acres and four perches are hereby awarded to the said Gervas Thorp in full satisfaction of and for all his lands and common right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be divided and Inclosed.

• And we do award and allot unto and for John Thorpe one piece or parcel of land In the Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 43) containing eleven perches bounded on or towards the north by a close called New Row Close hereby awarded to the said John Thorpe on or towards the east by lands hereby awarded to Edward Buck on or towards the south by ancient homesteads within the Town of Woodborough on or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to Joseph Wyld. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the lands hereby awarded to the said Edward Buck shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Thorpe or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 34) containing two roods and sixteen perches bounded on or towards the north and east by lands hereby awarded to Edward Buck on or towards the south by a close called the New Row Close hereby awarded to the said John Thorpe and on or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to Joseph Wyld. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the lands hereby awarded to the said Edward Buck on the north and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Joseph Wyld shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Thorpe or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called the New Row Close heretofore the property of the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge (numbered in the said Map 37) containing one acre and seventeen perches. All which three parcels of open and inclosed land containing together one acre three roods and four perches the tenure of which are Copyhold held wholly of both the said Manors of Oxton Over Hall and Nether Hall are hereby awarded to the said John Thorpe in full satisfaction of all his right of common in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be inclosed.

• And we do award and allot unto and for James Wheeler one piece or parcel of land in the West Field (numbered in the said Map 272) containing eleven perches the tenure of which is Copyhold held of the said Manor called Woodborough Copyhold Manor bounded on or towards the north by lands hereby awarded to Ann Southern on or towards the east by an ancient homestead belonging to the said James Wheeler on or towards the south by lands hereby awarded to the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge and on or towards the west by a garden belonging to Robert Osborne. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the lands hereby awarded to the said Ann Southern shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said James Wheeler or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being which allotment of land is hereby awarded to the said James Wheeler in full satisfaction of and for all his lands and common right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be divided and inclosed.

• And we do award and allot unto and for the Parish Officers of Woodborough aforesaid for the time being (in Trust and for certain lands commonly called the Town Lands) one small piece of inclosed land lying in sundry gardens in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore belonging to Eleanor Smith (numbered in the said Map 38) containing fourteen perches. Also one other small piece of inclosed land lying in the said gardens in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore the property of Elizabeth Bainbrigge (numbered in the said Map 39) containing fourteen perches. Also one piece or parcel of land lying in a place called Fox Wood (numbered in the said Map 57) containing two acres one rood and twenty perches bounded on or towards the north by lands hereby awarded to William Denman on or towards the east by a close called Bonor Close belonging to Elizabeth Bainbrigge on or towards the south by lands hereby awarded to John Worton and on or towards the west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Calverton. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the said John Worton shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said Parish Officers or the Owners or Occupiers thereof for the time being all which three parcels of land containing together two acres two roods and eight perches the tenure of which is free and common socage are hereby awarded to the said parish officers of Woodborough in Trust as aforesaid for the time being in full satisfaction of all their lands (called the Town Lands) and right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be divided and inclosed.

• And we do award and allot unto and for John Worton one piece or parcel of land in a place called Foxwood (numbered in the said Map 58) containing one acre two roods and twenty nine perches bounded on or towards the north west by lands hereby awarded to the Parish Officers of Woodborough for the time being on or towards the south west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Calverton and on all other sides thereof by old inclosures. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the said public carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Worton or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the Shute Field (numbered in the said Map 61) containing one rood and six perches bounded on or towards the north west and north east by old inclosures on or towards the south east by lands hereby allotted to Elizabeth Bainbrigge and on or towards the south west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Calverton. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby allotted to the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Worton or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• And also all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called Little Foxwood Close heretofore the property of John Lee (numbered in the said Map 59) containing two roods and nine perches  all which three parcels of open and inclosed land containing together two acres two roods and four perches the tenure of which is Copyhold held of the said Manor called Woodborough Copyhold Manor and hereby awarded to the said John Worton in full satisfaction of and for all his right of common in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be divided and inclosed.
• And we do award and allot unto and for John Wyld One piece or parcel of land in the Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 16) containing two acres and eighteen perches bounded on or towards the north by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough on or towards the east by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Epperstone on or towards part of the south by a house and garden belonging to Samuel Clay and on other parts of the south and west by lands hereby awarded to Samuel Thorpe. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Woodborough shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Wyld or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the Meadow (numbered in the said Map 128) containing three acres and twenty eight perches bounded on or towards the north by lands hereby awarded to Elizabeth Bainbrigge on or towards the east by a close called Willow Stile Close belonging to the said John Wyld on or towards the south by lands hereby awarded to Edward Buck and on or towards the west by a close called Moor Lane Close hereby awarded to the said John Wyld. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the lands hereby awarded to the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Edward Buck shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Wyld or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• And also all that close in Woodborough aforesaid called the Moor Lane Close heretofore belonging to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough (numbered in the said Map 129) containing one acre two roods and eighteen perches all which three parcels of open and inclosed land containing together six acres three roods and twenty four perches the tenures of which are Copyhold and held wholly of both the said Manors of Oxton Over Hall and Nether Hall are hereby awarded to the said John Wyld in full satisfaction of all his lands and common right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be divided and inclosed.

• And we do award and allot unto and for Joseph Wyld one piece or parcel of land in the Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 44) containing nineteen perches bounded on or towards the north and south by ancient homesteads and old inclosure on or towards the east by lands hereby awarded to John Thorpe and on or towards the west by a private carriage road. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the said private carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the said John Thorpe on the east shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said Joseph Wyld or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• And also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 25) containing three roods bounded on or towards the north by lands hereby allotted to Edward Buck on or towards the east by lands hereby allotted to John Thorpe on or towards the south by a garden belonging to the said Joseph Wyld and on or towards the west by a private carriage road. And that the fences for inclosing such piece or parcel of land against the said private carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Edward Buck shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said Joseph Wyld or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being which two pieces or parcels of land containing together three roods and nineteen perches the tenures of both which are Copyhold and held wholly of both of the said Manors of Oxton Over Hall and Nether Hall are hereby awarded to the said Joseph Wyld in full satisfaction of all his lands and common right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be divided and inclosed.

• And we do hereby Award set out and distinguish that the tenures by which the several old inclosures within the said Parish of Woodborough marked in the said map with the following numbers and belonging to the several proprietors as hereinafter named shall be held and enjoyed as free and common socage (that is to say):

 

• Numbers 186, 185, 107, 168, 155, 238, 240, 239, 51, 50, belonging to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Woodborough.

 

• Numbers 52, 53, 54, 55, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 84, 89, 94, 108, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 163, 195, 200, 217, 218, 223, 224, 226, 228, 271, 282, 285, 286, 289, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 304, 313, 314 and 315 the property of the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge.

 

• 268 the property of John Clark.
• 255 the property of the said William Denman.
• 78 the property of the said Thomas Donnally.
• 82 the property of the said John Harvey.
• 277 the property of James Hind.
• 202, 97 the property of the said Henry Hollins.
• 99, 198 the property of the said John Hopkinson.
• 215, 229 the property of the said Joseph Hucknall.
• 279 the property of Samuel Mitchell.
• 275, the property of Robert Osborne.
• 274 the property or Bryan Osborne.
• 266 the property of the said Thomas Rose.
• 205 the property of the said William Raynor.
• 276 the property of the said Ann Southern.
• 87, 101, 197 the property of the Parish Vicar of Southwell.
• 208 the property of the Trustees for Woodborough School.
• 76, 85, 86, 88, 95, 100, 103, 111, 201, 207, 210, 211, 212, 213, 310, 311, 312, 4, 31, 70, 41, 235, 230, 232, 256, 257, 254, 253, 252, 250, 251, 247, 246, 245, 237 the property of the said John Taylor.
• 40 the property of the Parish Officers of Woodborough
• and 36 the property of Joseph Wyld.

And we do hereby further award set forth and distinguish that the tenure by which the several old inclosures within the said Parish of Woodborough marked in the said map with the following numbers and belonging to the several proprietors hereinafter named is to be held and enjoyed as Copyhold by Copy of Court Roll of the said Manor called the Woodborough Copyhold Manor (that is to say):

 

• 113 the property of the said Samuel Alvey.
• 66, 80, 81 the property of the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge.
• 93, 189, 157, 125 the property of the said Edward Buck.
• 17 the property of Samuel Clay.
• 188, 177 the property of the said William Cliff.
• 112 the property of the said Samuel Thorpe.
• 114 the property of Robert Glover.
• 115 the property of Thomas Donnally.
• 60 the property of Sarah Gadsby.
• 107 the property of the said Mordecai Glover.
• 221, 227 the property of the said John Harvey.
• 201 the property of Sarah Hickling.
• 109, 165 the property of the said John Lee.
• 105 the property of the said Samuel Southern.
• 102, 5, 26 the property of the said Eleanor Smith.
• 104, 106, 24 the property of the said Elizabeth Sardison’s Trustees.
• 14 the property of the Parish Vicar of Southwell.
• 192 the property of the said Gervas Thorp.
• 270 the property of the said James Wheeler.
• 199 the property of Noah Wood.
• and 220 the property of the said John Walton.

And we do hereby further award distinguish and set forth that the tenures by which the several old inclosures within the said Parish of Woodborough marked in the said map with the following numbers and belonging to the several proprietors hereinafter named is to be held and enjoyed as Copyhold by Copy of Court Roll both of the said Manor of Oxton Nether Hall or first part and also of Court Roll of the said Manor of Oxton Over Hall or second part (that is to say):

 

• 184 the property of William Pendleton.
• 92 the property of the said John Thorpe.
• 91, 127 the property of the said John Wyld.
• and 90 the property of the said Joseph Wyld.

And for the further better and with greater certainty setting forth and distinguishing the several tenures by which all the several estates within the said Parish of Woodborough both old inclosed and hereby allotted and awarded shall be held and enjoyed we have stated the particulars thereof at one view in a schedule hereunder written which is to be taken as part of this our Award IN WITNESS whereof we the said Jonas Bettison and John Bailey (the said surviving commissioners appointed by the said Act of Parliament) have hereunto set our Hands and Seals.

And to testify our respective consents (in pursuance of the said Act) to the several exchanges of lands tenements and hereditaments in these presents mentioned and set forth. We the Chapter of the said Collegiate Church of Southwell have hereunto caused our Common Seal to be affixed.

And we the said Henry Howson, William Becher, Philip Story (to whom the said Estates and premises of the said Elizabeth Bainbrigge deceased have lately descended and come), John Taylor, Samuel Thorpe, William Cliff, William Denman, Thomas Donnally, John Harvey, Henry Hollins, Samuel Mitchell, John Lees, William Raynor, Charles Twells, William Thompson, Gervas Thorp, John Thorpe, Joseph Wylde and John Glover have hereunto set our respective Hands the twenty fourth day of February in the thirty eighth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety eight.

THE SCHEDULE mentioned and referred to in and by the foregoing award.

All the following had to sign their acceptance when the Award was engrossed and stamped

James Bettison, John Bailey, Henry Hollis, Thomas Donnelly, Joseph Wyld and John Glover (both Parish Officers), John Harvey, John Lee, John Watson, William Cliff, Gervais Thorpe, Charles Twells, Samuel Thorpe, John Wyld, Philip Storey,

William Beecher (Prebend), Henry Houson (Southwell Vicar), William Thompson, Samuel Mitchell, William Raynor &

John Thorpe (who signed with a cross)

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