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- EDWARD CARLETON, of Beeford, Esquire, is known chiefly through the
Chancery suit brought against him in 1577 by Lord Lumley, in which the
complainant charged that Carleton had purchased the manor ofHempholme,
but had failed to complete the transaction or to pay the full amountof
1500 pounds agreed upon. Edward Carleton had earlier lived in the
neighboring parish of Brandesburton, where a daughter, probably his
youngest child, was buried in 1559, the year after the beginning ofthe
parish register, and where the one assumed to be his eldest soncontinued
to live for a generation subsequently.
FROM CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS (Preserved in the Public Record
Office, London.)
The Bill of JOHN LUMLEY, knight, Lord Lumley, complaining that,whereas
John Knottsford of Mutche Mawborn, co. Worcester, esquire, and Janehis
wife, mother to the complainant, were seised about twelve months past,in
the right of the said Jane, of and in the manor of Hempholme alias
Octonholme in Holdernes, co. York, the reversion belonging to the
Complainant and his heirs; indentures dated 16 May, 19 Elizabeth[1577]
were made between the complainant and John Knottisforde and Jane his
wife, on the one part, and one Edwarde Carleton of Beeforde, co. York,
gent., on the other part, whereby the premises were sold to Carletonfor
the consideration of £1500; the indentures were sealed by thecomplainant
only, and Carleton neither signed them nor caused them to he enrolledin
Chancery, neither did he pay the money at the times specified:afterwards
by indenture enrolled, dated 20 July [sic], the complainant conveyedthe
premises to Sir Thomas Hennage, knight, treasurer of Her Majesty's
Chamber, and the Lady Anne his wife. Now, the said Edwarde Carleton,by
colour of the indenture sealed by the complainant, has made divers
entries into the premises and has also begun a suit against the
complainant upon a recognizance to perform covenants. Complainant
therefore begs for a writ of subpoena to be directed to EdwardeCarleton.
The accompanying subpoena, dated at Westminster 28 April, in the 20th
year of the Queen [1578], is directed to Edward Carleton, esquire.Answer
of Edward Carleton, defendant. Complainant, together with John
Knottisforde and his wife Jane, bargained to sell the said lands and
lands in Ratsay, Yorks. Defendant has paid part of the sum mentioned,but
has been hindered in his possession of the premises by JohnKnottisforde
and Jane, who also refused to sign the indenture. [Further answers to
statements of complainant's bill; but no other personal or place names
are mentioned.] (Chancery Proceedings, Series 2, Elizabeth, Bundle
117, no. 25.)[:ITAL]
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