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- John married Ellen (daughter of Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Westmorland, Esquire), who is specifically mentioned as his wife in John Carleton's first land transaction of which we have record, the fine by which he and Philip Hawden by sold land in Great Kelke in 1582, the year of birth of his son Walter Carleton, father of the American emigrant, Edward Carlton. She apparently survived her husband, being commended in his will to loving obedience on the part of her sons, though her name is there disappointingly omitted. She is also mentioned as "my Mother Carleton" in the will of her son Walter in 1622.
The records of the Beeford Manor Court show that the Will of Henry Dryver
was proved in 1586 before William Thomson, clerk, and John Carleton,
steward of said Court, the inventory indicating a debt of seven pounds
owed by the testator to John Carleton. He was frequently mentioned as
steward of the court until 1614, a period of about twenty-eight years.
The fact that he could write the Latin probate records for this court
indicates that he was a man of education beyond what would be expected in
a countryman. Mrs. Bartlett's notes from the manorial records of
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (a south Yorkshire parish whence came several
families with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers) reveal the fact that a JohnCarleton
was steward of the manor court there in 1619. It is possible that his
long experience in the Beeford court made an occasion for calling our
John Carleton to this other parish temporarily. Repeated searches of the
parish registers and bishop's transcripts of Holme fail to disclose any
Carleton records. Those registers, however, are notably deficient for
this period. His later activities appear in his purchases of lands in
Beeford in 1611/12, and finally in Hornsea and Great Hatfield (from his
son Walter, and the latter's brother-in-law, John Ombler) in 1621.
His original will, evidently written in his own hand and bearing his
autograph twice, is still in a good state of preservation after 300
years, but is too discolored to lend itself to photographic reproduction.
This will, at a first reading, might indicate a larger number of children
than shown by the parish register (which otherwise appears to be very
complete at this period). A more careful study of the records, however,
leads to the conclusion that the testator treated all his
daughters-in-law with the same regard as his one real daughter, first named. His "son Thomas Norton" was probably a stepson, rather than son-in-law, particularly since John Carleton, Jr. (in his will of1643), names his "brother Thomas Norton" and his "sister Mareget Norton," the latter not being mentioned by John Carleton, Sr. Surely she would have been if she had been his daughter, rather than merely the wife of his stepson.
FROM PROBATE RECORDS
The WILL of JOHN CARLETON OF Beeford, 1620. "In the name of God Amen I
John Carleton of Beford in Houldrnes att this present beeing in health
god be praysed do ordaine and make this my last will and testament in
manner and forme followinge renouncing all former wills ffirst I give and
comend my Soule into the hands of Almighty god and my Saviour Jesus
Christ by whose sufferinge and merits my salvation dependeth And my will
is that my bodye be buried wthin the churche of Beford If I Dye there I
I do gyve and bequeth to my wyfe all my estate tytle and interest in the
house wherein I now dwell, wth the closes and v oxgangs of land wth all
other appurtenances thereunto belonging, to enter to the same according
to the customs of the Towne of Beford aforesaid; Itm I do gyue to my
daughter An Strickland x s[hillinges], Itm I do gyue to my daughter An
Carleton x 5; Itm I do gyue my daughter Jaine Carleton x 5; Itm I dogyue
to my daughter Rachell Carleton x s; Itm I do gyue to my sonne Thomas
Norton x s; Itm I do gyue to every one that are my servants at the hower
of my death ii S vi d; Itm I do gyue to the poore of Beford xx 5 to be
distributed to the most needfull at the discretion of Mr. Bell (Thomas
Bell, M.A., was rector of St. Leonard's Beeford, instituted 31 March
1608, and continuing until his death, probably about 1637.) The rest of
my goods & chattels in this my will not gyuen & Bequeathed (my dettes
beinge paid and funeral dyscharged) I do gyve and bequethe to my Sonnes
Thomas Carleton, George Carleton, Walter Carleton and John Carleton, and
to my grandchild Thomas Carleton being my sonne Thomas his sonne whom I
make executor of this my Last will and Testament Beseching god to bless
them all, And I do charge them to be Loving and obedient to theirmother,
And every one of them to be loving to another, wch I do not doutt but
they will do and p'form; my meaning is And yt is my will that my said
grand child Thomas Carleton shall have as full and large a pte of my
goods as shall fall and he due any waye to my said sonnes; In witnes
whereof I haue to this my last will and testament subscribed my name and
put to myn seale the nynthe daye of December, and in the yeare of our
Lord God one thousand syxe hundrethe and twentie
I do owe my sonne George Carleton xII Wytnesses of this my
will Thomas Shawe Robert Chambers All these blottings in this my will
were don and blotted bye myselfe in my lyfe-tyme" (Original will, York
Probate Registry)
Following the registered copy of John Carleton's will (York, vol. 39,fo
5) is this record: On the same day [22 Nov. 1626] the said dean [Mr.
Wilfitt, dean of Holderness] certified concerning the proving of this
will, through the witnesses named, being sworn; administration on the
goods of the said deceased was committed to Thomas Carleton, son, sole
executor named in the same will, being previously sworn.
The Act Book, Holderness Deanery, 1626, has the following record: Andon
the same day and year [22 Nov. 1626] the said dean [Mr. Welfit]certified
concerning the proving of the will of John Carleton late of Beeford in
the Diocese of York deceased through the witnesses named, being sworn;
administration on the goods of the same deceased was committed to John
Carleton s/o the said deceased and one of the executors named inthe
will, being previously sworn, power being reserved to the otherexecutors
in said will, and there was exhibited an inventory of over 40 pounds.*
* The quindene of Easter, when the Easter term started in the 14th
year of Charles I fell on 8 April. Probably the Court would sit on the
Monday, 9 April 1638, which may be considered as the date of thisfine.
(L. J. R.)[:ITAL]
For the sake of its confirmation of the identity of John Carleton'swife,
the following brief abstract of a long will of her stepmother is
introduced, a will which has been unknown to, or at least ignored by,all
the Strickland historians.
18 Jan. 1586. I, Alice, Lady Boynton of Rippon in the county of York,
widdow: And for my leace of Bexworth I give and bequeath the same untomy
sonne Thomas Strickland as executor of this my last will to make hismost
profitt theron for xij yeares, then to pay the whole profitts unto mytwo
daughters Elizabeth ffoster and Dorothy Boynton and to their heires,and
for default of such issew to reMe to the house of Halnaby. Item,
wheras after the death of Mr Thomas Boynton my laite husband his
apparell, plate, household stuffe, etc. was not deuided but isremayninge
at Barmestone to be devided betwixt my sonn ffrancis Boynton and mewhen
we shall thinke good, now I give to my sonne ffrancis Boynton all my
parte of the said apparell, stone, tymber, and other things, and tohis
sonne Thomas Boynton all my parte of the plaite and household stuffewhen
he shall come to the age of xxi yeares.; To my mother one Portegew fora
token. To my daughters Elizabeth ffoster and Dorothy Boynton onehundreth
marks for a token. To my Sonn ffrancis Vaughan one old Ryall for atoken.
To my daughter Ann Vaughan one gold Ringe for a token. To my sonn
ffrancis ffoster xli for a token. To my brother William Place, my
brother Robert Place and my sister Bradley every one of them oneAngell
for a token. To my sister Tempes one gold Ringe for a token. To mynevey
Nicholas Tempest xli for a token. Item I do give to Ellenor Carltonnbase
daughter to my husband Mr Strickland xli. [Minor bequests toservants.]
All the rest of my goods I give unto my sonn Thomas Strickland, whom I
make executor. Proved 24 March 1595, and administration granted toThomas
Strickland Esquire, executor named in the will. (York Registry,vol.26,
fo 250.)
The discrepancy between this probate act and the note appended to the
record of the will is perplexing. Did Dean Wilfitt change his mind during
the day, so as to make separate rulings on the ambiguous clause of the
will at the request of two sons? It is surprising also to note that the
will was not presented for probate until three and a half years after the
death of the testator when Thomas and John Carlton were the only
surviving sons.
Ellen Strickland, wife of John Carleton comes from a very old and
distinguished family. Upon the death of her father, Walter, Esquire, and
after the subsequent marriage of her step-mother, Alice, to Sir Thomas
Boynton in 1573-4, she probably moved with the Boyntons to Yorkshire
where she may have married into one of the numerous Norton families of
that area and had the child that John Carleton refers to affectionately
in his will of 1620 as "my sonne Thomas Norton". Such a removal to
Yorkshire might have given her an opportunity of making a second alliance
with John Carleton of Beeford.
Feet of Fines, Yorkshire, 24 Elizabeth (1582). Bundle 19
Transfer and quitclaim of 30 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 10acres
of pasture, and common of turbary in Great Kelke, by John and Eleanor
(Ellen) Carleton and their heirs, and Philip and Lora Hawdenby and their
heirs to John and William Hamlyng. (The Hawdenbys and the Carltons were
related through Ellen Carleton's stepmother, Alice (Tempest) (Place)
Strickland).
King's Court, Westminster, 9 James I (1611/12) in Octaves of Hilary Agreement between John Carleton and William Shawe, plaintiffs, and John and Elizabeth Fairfax and John Howe, for quitclaim on 1 messuage, 2 barns, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 28 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 12acres of pasture, 4 acres of furze and heath, and common pasture for all beasts in 'Beforth' (Beeford) in exchange for 41 pounds from the plaintiffs.
Feet of Fines, Yorkshire, 19 James I (1621), Bundles 383 and 389
John Carleton and John, his son, purchase land from Walter and Jane Carleton and John and Elizabeth Omler consisting of 1 messuage, 1garden, 160 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture; 3 acres of wood, 60 acres of furze and heath, and common pasture for all beasts in Hornsey, Hornsey-Burton, and Great Hatfield. Price--240 pounds.
A record in the Act Book, Holderness Deanery, 1626, states that on 22 November, 1626, Dean Wilfitt certified the proving of the will, and the administration was committed to John Carleton, s/o the deceased, and one of those named in the will. The inventory was over 40 pounds.
An interesting note is the change in executor, and the fact that the will was not probated until 1626, some three and one-half years after the death of the testator, when Thomas and John were the only surviving sons.
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