The Plumpton Family

Alice (de Plumpton) Staxton

Father: Nigel de Plumpton

Mother: Juliana (_____) de Plumpton

Married: William de Staxton

William was the son of Ralph de Staxton.

The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p126 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

CCCLXXX. Omnibus … BALDEWINUS FILIUS RADULFI DE BRAMHOPE … concessisse … WILLELMO FILIO RADULFI DE STAXTON … omne servicium septem bovatarum terre in villa de ATON, ut jus suum hereditarium, illarum, scilicet, vij bovatarum terre quas Ricardus, filius Danielis de Aton, tenuit, scilicet, redditum quinque solidorum per annum.¹ Sciendum, vero, est quod omne forinsecum servicium quod Ricardus filius Danielis michi Baldewino facere solebat, predictus Ricardus faciet Willelmo, filio Radulfi de Staxton … et Willelmus predictus michi Baldewino … inde forinsecum servicium faciet quantum pertinet ad vij bovatas terre, unde octo carucate terre faciunt servicium unius militis …
¹ This land paid also a rent of five shillings to the infirmary of Whitby Abbey. See the charter of Ralf to Laurence son of Daniel (No. CVII.). The charter of Ralf granting to the infirmary, this rent from terra men de Atona in valle de Pickeringh is in the Whitby Chartulary (Surtees Society, lxix., p. 174).
This roughly translates as:
To all … BALDWIN SON OF RADULPH DE BRAMHOPE … granted … WILLIAM SON OF RADULPH DE STAXTON … all the service of seven bovates of land in the town of ATON, as his hereditary right, of those five bovates of land which Richard, son of Daniel de Aton held, namely, a rent of five solids [coins] per annum. It must be known that all the forensic service that Richard son of Daniel used to do to me Baldewin, the said Richard will do to William, son of Ralph de Staxton ... and the said William to me Baldewin … from there he will do the forensic service as far as it pertains to five bovates of land, from which eight carucates of land make the service of one knight …

Feet of Fines for the county of York, from 1218 to 1231 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 62 p21 (John Parker, 1921)

3 Henry III
LXXVII.—Between William son of Ralph of Staxton, claimant, and Stephen son of Robert, tenant: as to 2 bovates of land in Skipton.
Quitclaim by William, for himself and his heirs, to Stephen and his heirs. Stephen gives 1 mark of silver. [Bundle 262, File 14, No. 68.]

Children:

Henry de Staxton

Notes:
Alice's brother, John, granted her land in Linton on her marriage to William de Staxton, and later that same land in Lintonis recorded descending to Henry, son and heir of William de Staxton.
The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p40 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

Sources:

Parents: Alice is described as the sister of John in The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p40 (M. T. Martin, 1909)
Marriage: The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p40 (M. T. Martin, 1909); William father from The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p40 (M. T. Martin, 1909)
Children: Henry is named as the son of William Staxton and Alice in The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p47 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

Alice (Plumpton, Shireburn) Boteler

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Christiana (Moubray) Plumpton

Married (1st): Richard Shireburn in 1351

Richard was the son of Sir John Shireburn, of Stonyhurst, Lancashire, and Margaret. He was the younger brother of Robert Shireburn, who married Alice's sister, Emma Plumpton. Richard was knighted by 1361, and he died in 37 Edward III (1363).

A History of the Family of Sherborn pp11-2 (Charles Davies Sherborn, 1901)

Sir John married Margaret (Stow MS.), who was a widow 29 Edward III., 1356, and in this year he is said to have died (W., ii. 475). They left
...
V. RICHARD DE S., described as "frater et hæres Roberti 25 Edward III. (1352), fuit miles 34 Edward III. (1361), et obijt 43 Edward III. (1380) " (Stow MS.).
By an inquisition taken after the death of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, 35 Edward III., 1362, it was found that Richard de S. and others held the fourth part of a knight’s fee in Wiswall and Hapton, for the render of 25s.; and in the Records of the Duchy of Lancaster (1362, div. xxvi., bund. 43, part 1; P.R.O.) we find he held lands by military tenure at various places in Lancashire and the value of such lands. By another inquisition in 1365 it was found that R. de S., Knt., had free chace appertaining to the manor of Wiswall (W., ii. 29 and 30). He was knighted, and Cox refers to a statement of Jeremy Collier’s that it is not a little remarkable that Sir Robert, Sir John, and Sir Richard, father, son, and grandson, were all knights at the same time. Sir Richard married in 25 Edward III., 1351, Alice, dau. of Sir William de Plumpton, his sister-in-law, who surviving, married secondly Johannes de Botiler of Warrington, miles (Stow MS.). Richard and Alice leaving no living male child, the direct line of the Sherborns came to an end. Stow MS. records a son Richard, mentioned 42 and 43 Edward III., but I cannot trace him. They left, however, two daus., Margaret and Johanna, coheiresses. The latter appears to have died unmarried (W., ii. 475), but Margaret married about 51 Edward III., 1377, Richard de Bayley de Stonyhurst, of full age 2 Richard II., 1379, who died during the life of his father, John de Bayley, whose pedigree is given in the Stow MS. and in Hulton’s Coucher of Whalley, 680-82.

Children:

William Shireburn
Joan Shireburn
Margaret Shireburn

Married (2nd): John le Boteler, probably in 1364

John was the second son and heir of Sir William le Boteler of Warrington, and Elizabeth. He was a knight, participating in John of Gaunt's famous expedition to Castille in 1386, and in 1389 was taken prisoner off the coast of Africa from which his freedom had to be ransomed. John was also a member of parliament, representing Lancashire in ten parliaments from 1366 to 1397. An extensive biography of Sir John, including his military exploits and parliamentary career can be found in Annals of the Lords of Warrington part 1 pp199-225 (William Beamont, 1872), some small portion of which I have excerpted below. His parliamentary career is detailed in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (J.S. Roskell, 1993) entry for BOTELER, Sir John (c.1328-1399/1400), of Warrington, Lancs.

Annals of the Lords of Warrington part 1 pp199-224 (William Beamont, 1872)

SIR JOHN LE BOTELER, who on the death of his father sir William succeeded to the barony of Warrington, ... was bom about the year 1328, so that in 1380 when his father died he was 52 years of age. In 1356, about two months after the great battle of Poictiers, in which sir John was probably prevented from taking part by being with his father in the host of the duke of Lancaster (which though provokingly near was not actually in the field), his father sir William, as we have seen, granted him the manor of Werington with the advowson of the church, and the manors of Bewsey, Sankey, Penketh, Burtonwood and Laton;
... Sir John le Boteler married Alicia the daughter of sir William Plumpton and widow of Richard son and heir of sir John Sherburne knight. She was married to her first husband in 25 Edward III. (1351), became his widow in 37 Edward III. (1363), and was married to sir John le Boteler probably in 1364. (Whitaker’s Hist. Whalley, p. 462 ; Whalley Coucher Book, vol. i. p. 82n, Chetham soc.) This alliance of Boteler and Plumpton was but the renewal of an old family connection, for Margaret, dame Alicia’s grandmother, was of the blood of the Vilars, ancestors of the Botelers and lords of Kinalton, Cotgrave, Owthorp and Newbold in Nottinghamshire, and of lands in the parishes of Eccleston and Croston in Lancashire as mesne lords under the house of Bewsey. (Plumpton Papers, pref. xxviii, Camden soc.)
... In 40 Edward III. (1366) sir John le Boteler was elected a knight of the shire for Lancashire in the parliament which sat on the 4th April in that year, when he had for his colleague William fitz Robert de Radeclyfe.
... In 44 Edward III. (1371) sir John le Boteler, described as of Werington knight, was in the retinue of John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster in the expedition then made into Gascony. (Dugdale's Baronage, quoting the Roll, p. 653.) The Black prince and the duke of Lancaster during this expedition crossed the Pyrenees, and on the 3rd April 1371 gained the great victory of Navarete. In this battle the duke was present and did good service; and as sir John was probably with him he is entitled to a share in the glory of the day
... On the 12th November 1371 the duke appointed him to be high sheriff of Lancashire, and five days afterwards Richard fitz John de Radcliffe his predecessor had orders to deliver to him all the prisoners in his custody, and all the writs, rolls and records relating to the office. (Duchy Register, 48, 139.)
... On the 18th July 46 Edward III. (1372) the duke of Lancaster, again intending to cross the seas in company with the king, wrote to sir John le Boteler knight the high sheriff, and to Mawkyn de Rixton and William Bradshaw esquires, to meet him and bring with them each twenty archers, and to Robert de Piikington and Nicholas de Atherton to meet him and bring with them each ten archers. ... The expedition in which sir John le Boteler was now required by the duke’s summons to take part, and which was intended to raise the siege of Thouars, sailed under the command of the king on the 30th August 1372; but after remaining at sea nine weeks, contending all the while with adverse weather, the king gave orders that the fleet should return to England. Thouars was in consequence surrendered, and the loss of this place was followed by the loss of all Ponthieu. (Henry’s Hist. Eng., vol. vii. p. 282.)
... By a deed dated 47 Edward HI. (1373), which is sealed with the original Boteler coat of six covered cups between a bend, sir John le Boteler and dame Alice his wife released to John Bayley one-third of certain lands, which she held for life in dower as the widow of sir Richard Sherburne knight. (Kuerden’s MSS. in College of arms, vol. iii.)
... Richard II. the new king called a parliament to meet at Westminster on the 13th October 1377, ... The knights sent to this parliament from Lancashire were John le Boteler and Nicholas de Haveryngton who received for the wages of the session, which lasted sixty-six days, xxvi^li viii^s (Hist. Lan. vol. i. p. 311), or 4s a day each
... The duke of Lancaster, having assumed the title of king of Castile and being about to proceed beyond the seas, commanded sir John le Boteler one of his feudataries to accompany him, and the latter received the letters of protection usual in such cases to exempt his person, lands and goods from process at law until the following Michaelmas. (Rymer’s Fœdera, vol. v. p. 186.) In July of that year the duke set sail with a fleet and a great force for St. Malo in France, to which he laid siege; but the place being defended by the renowned Du Guesclin he was not able to reduce it, and he returned home (Smollet’s Hist. Eng. vol. iv. p. 79.) ... Sir John le Boteler, who had sailed and returned with the duke, came back within the limits of his. letters of protection.
In the year 1379 sir John le Boteler of Weryngton chivaler was again knight of the shire for Lancashire, having for his colleague sir William de Atherton. (Hist. Lan., vol. i. p. 312 ; and Duchy Register, 18b.) The following year, when he was again elected for the same shire, he had for his colleague his neighbour Thomas de Southworth. (Ibid.)
On the death of sir William le Boteler in 1380 it was found, on the usual inquisition post mortem being taken, that the deceased knight held for his life the manors of Great and Little Laton, Bispham and other lands and tenements, and a third part of the manor of Weryngton. ... The inquisition having further found that the deceased knight held for the term of his life certain lands and tenements in Burtonwood, and two parts of the manor of Weryngton and the advowson of the church, and that by a fine of 6 Edward III. he had settled the same on himself and dame Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of the body of the said sir William, and that his son sir John was his next heir, the escheator thereupon, having taken his homage and fealty, and also taken security for his relief, was commanded on the 6th August 1380 to give him livery of the lands. (Hist. Lan., vol. i. p. 376; Duchy Register, 32b; Duchy Calendar, No. 37.)
Being now in full possession of the family estates, Sir John was desirous to make a settlement on dame Alicia his wife, but in that age such an object could only be accomplished circuitously; and accordingly on the 20th September 4 Richard II. (1380) he granted to his feoffees Henry de Bispham and Richard de Carlton, two chaplains, his manors of Great and Little Laton, Bispham and Warbrcck, and other lands and tenements in Great Merton (Inrolments in the duchy of Lancaster). and three days afterwards these feoffees re-granted the same to sir John and dame Alicia his wife and the heirs-male of his body by her, with remainder to sir John’s right heirs for ever. (Ibid.)
... Ferdinand, master of the military order of St James of Portugal, being about to proceed to that country to further the duke’s views on the crown of Castile (his favourite château en Espagne), sir John le Boteler knight, lord of Werington, who had agreed to accompany him, received the usual letters of protection for himself, his lands and goods for one year during his absence from England. (Rymer’s Fœdera, vol. v. p. 434.) On this occasion sir John was accompanied by two of his neighbours, Thomas de Southworth and Richard de Mascy, each of whom had similar letters of protection.
The next year (1386) the duke of Lancaster, with his wife and his daughters Philippa and Catherine, left England with the design of further prosecuting his claim to the crown of Castile. The fleet on which they and their large force (the flower of English chivalry) embarked set sail in July. The expedition, which continued abroad some time, at last ended in what was both a success and a failure. The duke lost the coveted throne, but he found for each of his daughters a royal alliance
... Before the 12th September 1386 however sir John had returned home, for on that day he and sir Nicholas le Vernoun knight, sir Thomas Gcrrard knight, and sir William Bromborough parson of Aldeford, sat as the king’s commissioners to take evidence on the part of Grosvenor in the great trial of Scrope and Grosvenor. Sir John seems to have been allowed not much rest, for he had no sooner discharged one duty than it was followed by another, and the next year he was returned as “John le Boteler de Weryngton chivaler” as a knight of the shire for Lancashire, having for his colleague his late fellow commissioner sir Thomas Gerrard.
... In the year 1389, according to an old chronicler, “the Christians took in hand a journey against the Saracens of Barbary through the suit of the Genoese, so that there went a great number of lords, knights and gentlemen of France and England, the duke of Bourbon being their general. Out of England there went John de Beaufort, John of Gaunt’s son by Catherine Swinford, sir John Russell, sir John le Boteler and others. They set forward at the latter end of this year and came to Genoa, where they remained not long before the galleys and other vessels of the Genoese were ready to pass them over into Barbary, and so about midsummer of the following year, the whole army being embarked, sailed forth to the coasts of Barbary, where they landed near to the city of Afric, at which instant the English archers with their long bows stood all the company in good stead, beating back from the shore the enemies which came to resist their landing. After they had got to land they environed the city of Mahemedia with a strong siege, but at length, constrained by the intemperance of the scalding air in that hot country which bred sundry diseases in the army, they fell to a composition upon certain articles to be performed on the part of the Saracens, and so in sixty-one days after their first arrival they took the seas again and returned home.” (Holinshed’s Chron., p. 473.)
Sir John le Boteler was probably taken prisoner in this expedition, as it appears from an entry in the Cheshire Records of the following year (13 and 14 Richard II.) that the chamberlain of the county had paid him xx^li in part payment of lxxx. marks, of which he had a grant from the king towards the ransom of the said sir John, who was lately taken prisoner in war, which money was to be paid out of the issues of the manor of Bolyn, then in the king’s hands by reason of the minority of William de Venables;
... On the 12th July 18 Richard II. (1394) sir John le Boteler knight, Ralph de Iprcs the duke’s receiver, and eight others were made justices of the peace for Lancashire. (Dodsworth’s MSS., 87^ooo p. 78.)
... In the parliament summoned to meet at Westminster on the 17th September 20 Richard II. (1397) sir John le Boteler de Weryngton knight was returned with Ralph de Radcliffe as a knight of the shire for Lancashire. (Hist. Lan., vol. i, p. 313)
... Bolingbroke, now become duke of Hereford and was no laggard in his movements, landed at Ravenspurg on the Yorkshire coast in July 1399, and forthwith despatched letters to his friends in all parts of England announcing his arrival and inviting them to join him. in order to enable him to regain, as he put it, his just inheritance, but making no allusion to any designs on the crown, which probably he had hardly yet begun to entertain. So tried a retainer of the duke’s father as sir John le Boteler had ever been was not likely to be forgotten when these letters were sent out, or to linger if he received one, and as soon as he received it he probably hastened to join his suzerain. If he did so however, the journey proved his last, for after this period we hear no more of him; and it is probable that at his age the fatigue of so long a march being too much for his strength he succumbed to it, and so he died as he had lived, with harness on his back. When or where the end came we are not informed, no inquisition post mortem, in consequence perhaps of the troubles attending the dethroning of one king and the setting up of another, having come down to us.
... Sir John died at the age of 71, having fortunately lived to see his son of full age, and to transmit to him his inheritance of the barony of Warrington free from those feudal claims of wardship and marriage which in that age awaited and so withered and wasted an infant’s patrimony.

Children:

William Boteler ( ? - 1379/80)
John Boteler
Margaret Boteler
Alice Boteler
Elizabeth Boteler

Notes:
Annals of the Lords of Warrington part 1 p201 (William Beamont, 1872)

... Sir John le Boteler married Alicia the daughter of sir William Plumpton and widow of Richard son and heir of sir John Sherburne knight. She was married to her first husband in 25 Edward III. (1351), became his widow in 37 Edward III. (1363), and was married to sir John le Boteler probably in 1364. (Whitaker’s Hist. Whalley, p. 462 ; Whalley Coucher Book, vol. i. p. 82n, Chetham soc.) This alliance of Boteler and Plumpton was but the renewal of an old family connection, for Margaret, dame Alicia’s grandmother, was of the blood of the Vilars, ancestors of the Botelers and lords of Kinalton, Cotgrave, Owthorp and Newbold in Nottinghamshire, and of lands in the parishes of Eccleston and Croston in Lancashire as mesne lords under the house of Bewsey. (Plumpton Papers, pref. xxviii, Camden soc.)
pp224-5
Dame Alicia the wife of sir John le Boteler was the daughter of that sir William Plumpton who was beheaded in 1405* for taking part in archbishop Scrope’s rising, and she was descended from sir Gilbert Plumpton whom Ralph Glanville the justiciar was falsely accused of unjustly condemning. (Campbell’s Chief Justices, vol. i. p. 24.) Dame Alicia survived her husband, but though of the same name she was not the illustrious lady who became governess to Henry VI., and who in the second year of his reign had express authority given her to chastise him when necessary (Acts of the Privy Council, vol. iii. pp. 143, 191); but who did not bestow the rod only on her royal pupil, for among other gifts she gave him a book (Rymer’s Fœdera, vol x. p. 387), and was on the other hand rewarded with an annuity of xl^li a year for life out of the county of Chester. (Chesh. Records.)
Dame Alicia very early in the reign of Henry IV. held Laton “cum membris” in Amounderness. On the 4th April 5 Henry IV. (1404) she is mentioned as having one fee for her dower; and on the 16th November 1408 Henry archbishop of York granted her, as the widow of sir John le Boteler of Weryngton, a licence during his pleasure to have a fit chaplain to celebrate mass, voce submissâ, and other divine offices, before herself, her children and family, by a fit chaplain in chapels or fit oratories within her manor house or mansions wherever situate in the diocese of York. (Dodsworth’s MSS., and York Register under Bowett.)
The children of sir John and dame Alicia were:
(1.) William the eldest son, who succeeded to the barony of Warrington.
(2.) John, who became usher of the chamber to Henry V. and was at Agincourt.
(3.) Margaret, who is mentioned in the award on the Legh title as having given a collateral warranty to part of the Boteler estates, and who is there said to have married an Ardern. (Bold Deeds, 23rd September 1505.)
(4.) Alice, who married John the son of sir Thomas Gerard. They had a son Peter, and two daughters Ellen and Elizabeth. She survived her husband and died about the 27th February 20 Henry VI. 1442. (Hist. Chesh., p. 62, under Crowton; and Chesh. Inq. p. m.) Her brother John Boteler mentions her and her daughters in his will.
(5) Elizabeth married her cousin Richard Boteler of Kirkland. For this marriage Boniface IX. who became pope in 1389 granted a dispensation on the kalends of January in the twelfth year of his pontificate.

* this is incorrect. Alice was actually the aunt of the Sir William Plumpton who was executed in 1405, and the daughter of that William's grandfather, also Sir William Plumpton, who died in 1362.

The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 pp3-4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912)

Sir John left two sons Robert and Richard; the former was in 1349 married to Emma daughter of Sir William de Plumpton,⁶¹ but must have died shortly afterwards, for in 1351, on being betrothed to Alice, sister of Emma, Richard was described as son of Sir John de Shireburne and heir-apparent of Alice widow of Sir Robert de Shireburne.⁶² Sir Richard de Shireburne in 1361 granted to Richard de Bailey and others the moiety of the manor of Aighton lately belonging to his uncle William.⁶³ He died in or before 1370, when his widow Alice claimed the custody of his son Richard.⁶⁴ Of this son nothing further is known, and his sisters Joan and Margaret succeeded, the latter becoming sole heiress. Margaret was by 1377 married to Richard son of John de Bailey,⁶⁵ and her son adopted Shireburne as his surname.
⁶¹ Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 260.
⁶² Ibid, iii, A 3, no. 68.
⁶³ Ibid. no. 72; the seal shows six fusils in fesse charged with escallops.
⁶⁴ De Banco R. 440, m. 20; the defendant was Robert son of William de Clifton. Alice afterwards married Sir John Boteler, and in 1373 released her right to dower in lands in Aighton formerly belonging to William son of Sir Robert de Shireburne; Kuerden MSS. i.i, A 3, no. 70.
⁶⁵ Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. 101; an indenture between Sir John Boteler and John de Bailey.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Alicia de Plumpton, 25 E. 3 primo nupta Richardo filio et hæredi Johannis Sherburne de Stonihurst, postea Roberto Butler de Warington militi, a^o 47 E. 3 (1373-4).

Sources:

Parents: History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster vol 3 p660 (Edward Baines, 1836); The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907); mother from Plumpton Correspondence footnote to page xxii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839) which shows her father's first wife died without issue
Marriage (1st): History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster vol 3 p660 (Edward Baines, 1836); A History of the Family of Sherborn pp11-2 (Charles Davies Sherborn, 1901); The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912) citing Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 68; Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907); Richard father, children, notes, death from A History of the Family of Sherborn pp11-2 (Charles Davies Sherborn, 1901) and The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912)
Marriage (2nd): History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster vol 3 p660 (Edward Baines, 1836); The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912); John parents from Annals of the Lords of Warrington part 1 pp199-224 (William Beamont, 1872) and History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster vol 3 p660 (Edward Baines, 1836); children from Annals of the Lords of Warrington part 1 pp224-5 (William Beamont, 1872)
Notes: Annals of the Lords of Warrington part 1 pp201-25 (William Beamont, 1872); The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Alice (Plumpton) Marley

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Married: Richard Marley

Alice was still unmarried on 1 April 1418, when her father created an instrument making provision for her future marriage (Plumpton Correspondence page xlv).

Children:

Isabel Marley
William Marley

Notes:
Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p342 (1834)

NOTICES OF THE FAMILY OF FOLJAMBE DURING THE REICxNS OF KING HENRY III. AND KING EDWARD I., CHIEFLY FROM THE PRIVATE CHARTERS OF THE FAMILY; BY NATHANIEL JOHNSTON, M.D. 1701.

No. 106. The 9th Hen. V. this Sir Robert Plompton died. In the settlement made for the use of his last will the feoffees are Henry Fitz Hugh, lord of Ravensworth, Treasurer of England, the Lady Margaret de Rempston, the Lady Alice de Plompton his mother, and others, and he settles 20 marks for life on Godfrey de Plompton his son, &c. Johan and Alice his daughters, &c.

Plumpton Correspondence page xlv - page xlvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Sir Robert de Plompton made a further feoffment of all his manors and reversions in Yorkshire to Henry Fitzhugh, lord of Ravenswath and Treasurer of England, Dame Margaret de Rempston, Dame Alice de Plumpton his mother, John Grene de Nuby, William Ferman, parson of the church of Kirkby Orblawers and John Brennand of Knaresburgh, on the 6th November 1416;^m the purport of which feoffment, by an instrument dated at Plumpton, 1 April, 6 Hen. V. 1418, was declared to be for securing to Godfrey and Robert de Plumpton their annuities of xx marks each; and if it should so fall out that he the said Sir Robert de Plumpton, knight, should die before his coming into England, the residue was to be applied according to the directions in his last will. The said feoffees were also to marry his daughters Joan and Alice suitably, and to give xl marks to his sisters Isabella and Katharine for their marriage, and xl^s yearly to his brother Richard out of the manor of Nesfield near Addingham.ⁿ
^m Ibid.[Cartul. No.] 384. “Dat apud Plumpton in festo S^ci Leonardi Abbatis, anno r. r. Henr. filii Regis Henr. quarto.”
ⁿ Cartul. No. 399.

page xlix - page l

The issue of Sir Robert Plumpton and Alice Foljambe were three sons: 1. William, in his eighteenth year at the time of his father’s death; 2. Godfrey, married to Alice, daughter and coheir of Thomas Wintringham of Knaresborough, by Alice, daughter of John Dobson, before 37 Hen. VI. 1459;^y 3. Robert, known only by his father’s deeds of settlement; and two daughters, 1. Joan, contracted, as is abovesaid, to marry William Slingsby, of Scriven, 21 June 1419; 2. Alice, whose alliance is doubtful: but either she or her sister became the wife of John Grene of Newby, com. Ebor. esq. previous to the 1st Jan. 5 Hen. VI. 1426-7.^z
^y Curia tenta apud Knaresburgh die mercurii p’x’ ante festu’ Sc’i Laurenci, a^o r. r. Hen. Sexti xxxvii. Alicia nuper ux. Tho. Wintringham—ad opus Johannæ et Aliciæ ux. Godfrid’ Plompton, filiarum dictorum Thomæ et Aliciæ. (Cartul. No. 494 & 495.)
^z A toutz yceux, &.c Will’m de Plompton, saluz en dieu. Sachez moy avoir done & graunte a mon chier & bien amie frere John Grene un anuel rent de quatre marcz dez issuz et p’fitz de mon manoir de Garsington en Craven, &c. et vesture de son lyverey a son degre, &c. Et le dit John serra seneschall au dit Will’m de toutz ses terres et ten’tz en le counte d’Everwyke au volloir du dit Will’m. En tesmoignaunce, &c. Done apud Plompton le primer jour de Janyver, lan du reigne le Roy Henri sisime puis le conquest quint. (Chartul. No. 418.) Alice is put down as the wife of Richard Marley in a pedigree of Plumpton, in Harl, MSS, 1487. A John Marley was a feoffee for the family 12 Jan. 17 Edw. IV. 1478, and William and Isabel Marley are named in Sir William Plumpton’s Correspondence; but no proof of consanguinity is to be obtained from existing evidences, and the match is too early for a Herald’s Visitation to be relied upon as an authority.

Sources:

Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p342 (1834)
Marriage: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p387 (Robert Glover, 1875)
Children: Plumpton Correspondence p21n (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xlv - page l (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Avicia (de Plumpton) de Nesfield

Father: Nigel de Plumpton

Married: Robert de Nesfield

Robert was the son of Jordan de Nesfield.

Children:

Nigel de Nesfield

Notes:
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p93 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 29.—Nigell Plompton.
Omnibus hominibus, &c, Nigellus de Plompton salutem notum sit me dedisse et concessisse Roberto genero meo filio Jordani de Nesfield in maritagium cum Avicia filia mea 15a terræ in campo de Nesfield versus ptem occidentalem de Culleschac sicuti divisæ de Middleton et Collescac decedunt habendum et tenendum &c. Et preterea sciatis me dedisse &c. Loquelam propæ domus suæ de multura nundinarum de Nesfield.
Testibus.—Robto Vavasoure et Malgro fratre eius, Rado Malliverer, Thoma de Witton, Willimo de Dunnesford, Robto filio Henr., Roberto Camerario† de Linton, Roberto Bengat et aliis.
† Chamberlain to Matilda, Countess of Warwick, who was daughter and co-heiress of William Percy.

This roughly translates as:

Greetings to all men, &c., Nigel de Plompton, let it be known that I have given and granted to my son-in-law Robert, son of Jordan de Nesfield, in marriage with my daughter Avicia, 15 acres of land in the field of Nesfield towards the western part of Culleschac, as the divisions of Middleton and Collescac depart, to be held and to be held &c. And moreover know that I have given &c. He spoke near his house about the many fairs of Nesfield.
Witnesses.—Robto Vavasoure and Malgro his brother, Rado Malliverer, Thomas de Witton, William de Dunnesford, Robert the son of Henry, Robert Camerario de Linton, Robert Bengat and others.

Sources:

Father: Avicia is named as the daughter of Nigel de Plumpton in Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p93 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Marriage: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p93 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Robert father from Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p93 (Robert Collyer, 1885) and so described as a witness in deeds in Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp160-1 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)
Children: Nigel is names as son of Robert in Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p161 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)
Notes: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p93 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Bryan Plumpton

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Notes:
Bryan was remembered in, and was an executor of, and in the will of his cousin, Stephen Scropes dated 24 August 1418.
Testamenta Eboracensia vol 1 pp385-8 (1836)

Ego Stephanus Le Scrop, Archidiaconus Richemund’ in ecclesiâ Ebor., ac utriusque juris inceptor, compos mentis et bonæ memoriæ, xxiiij^to die mensis Augusti, anno Domini MCCCCXVIII condo testamentum meum in hunc modum
... Item lego Briano de Plumton² x^l, et j ciphum argenti coopertum, cum armis Yvonis Souche in summo.
... Residuum vero omnium bonorum meorum, non legatorum, pono in dispositione executorum meorum, videlicet Magistrorum Willielmi Alnewyk, Roberti Ragenhill, Roberti Esyngwald, Johannis Armyn armigerorum, Briani Plumpton, Willielmi Normanvyle, et Walteri Flett clerici, et ipsos ordino et constituo executores meos, ut ipsi ordinent et disponant de bonis meis, prout eis melius videbitur expedire.
² Brian de Plumpton was a younger son of Sir William Plumpton, of Plumpton, Knight, by Alice, daughter and heir of John Gisborne, who was Mayor of York in 1371. Sir William Plumpton was beheaded in 1405; and to Brian, his son, a legacy of £10 might perhaps be very acceptable. The Plumptons and Scropes were closely connected by marriage.

A rough translation of these parts of the will is:

I, Stephen Le Scrop, Archdeacon of Richmond in the diocese of York, and initiator of both laws, of sound mind and good memory, on the 24th day of August 1418, make my will in this manner
... Also I bequeath to Brian de Plumton £10, and one cup covered with silver, with the arms of Yvon Souche at the top.
... The remainder of all my goods, not bequeathed, I place at the disposal of my executors, namely, Magistrate William Alnewyk, Robert Ragenhill, Robert Esyngwald, John Armyn, esquires, Brian Plumpton, William Normanvyle, and Walter Flett, clerk, and I order and appoint them my executors, to arrange and dispose of my goods, as it shall seem best to them.

Plumpton Correspondence page xxx - page xxxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

In the partition of her parents’ property, Alice Plumpton had allotted to her share a messuage in Skeldergate in York, another upon Byshophill, “et toutz les martisounz, apelles en Knyles deles of the Kuyes, que furount Johan de Gysburne en les preetz de Bushopthorp, pres de Everwyk,” and a rent of five marks out of lands and tenements in the town of Ripon, together with all the tenements belonging to her said father in North-street, in the city of York.^o Of this property she made a settlement, 26 Oct. 4 Hen V. 1416, whereby she directed Richard Kendale, parson of the church of Ripley, and other co-feoffees, to make an estate of the lands and tenements in Ripon to her son Thomas and the heirs of his body; remainder in like form to her sons Brian and Richard; and the tenements in North-street were similarly settled on her son Richard, in the first instance, with like remainders to Brian and Thomas.
... Brian Plompton, one of the sons above named, had a legacy of x^li and a silver dish with cover, having upon it the arms of Ivo le Zouche, under the will of Stephen le Scrope, archdeacon of Richmond, his cousin, dated 24 Aug. 1418, and proved the 7th of September following, being at the same time one of the executors, in which capacity he had a further legacy of ten marks.^q Brian was party to a bond dated 31 Dec. 1418,^r but he, as well as his brother Thomas, who died 18 July 1420, was deceased without issue, in the lifetime of his mother; for by a fresh settlement, bearing date 12 Sept. 2 Hen. VI. 1423, she gave all her lands and tenements, both in North-street York, and at Ripon, to her son Richard de Plumpton and the heirs of his body

^o Ibid.[Cartul.] No. 293. Done a Everwyke, xiii jours de Januare, lan du reigne le Roy Richard Secound apres la conquest denglelterre quindesyme.

^q Testamenta Eboracensia, Part I. p. 385, printed for the Surtees’ Soiety, 1836.
^r Cartul. No. 400.

William Flower states that Bryan "dyed sans issu." (Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253)

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Bryan Plumpton, a^o 4 H. 5, d. in the lifetime of his mother.

Death: between 31 December 1418 and 12 September 1423

Sources:

Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907); Testamenta Eboracensia vol 1 p387n (1836)
Death: Plumpton Correspondence page xxxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Elizabeth (Plumpton) Leeds

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Married: Thomas Leeds

Thomas was the son of Sir William Leeds of Northall, Yorkshire, and Jennet, the daughter of Henry Savile, of Eland, Yorkshire.

De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor milites vol 2 p205 (Richard Le Scrope, 1832)

SIR THOMAS LEEDS, KNIGHT was the son of Peter Leeds of the county of York, grandson of Sir Roger Leeds. He was born about the year 1338 ... By Elizabeth, or Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Hotham of Scorbrough in Yorkshire, he had a son, Sir William Leeds of Northall in that county, who married Jennet daughter of Henry Savile of Eland, Esquire. Their son, Thomas Leeds, married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Robert Plumpton of Plumpton, Knight, and, according to some pedigrees, left children, whilst other pedigrees state that he died issueless.²
² Brooke’s Collections for Yorkshire, in the College of Arms.

Sources:

Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p387 (Robert Glover, 1875)
Marriage: Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p387 (Robert Glover, 1875); Thomas parents from De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor milites vol 2 p205 (Richard Le Scrope, 1832)

Emma (Plumpton) Shireburn

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Christiana (Moubray) Plumpton

Married: Robert Shireburn in 1349

Robert was the son of Sir John Shireburn, of Stonyhurst, Lancashire, and Margaret. He was the elder brother of Richard Shireburn, who married Emma's sister, Alice Plumpton. He died in or before 1351, when his younger brother is described as their father's heir apparent.

Notes:
A History of the Family of Sherborn p11 (Charles Davies Sherborn, 1901)

Sir John married Margaret (Stow MS.), who was a widow 29 Edward III., 1356, and in this year he is said to have died (W., ii. 475). They left
RICHARD (V.).
ROBERT, who is described as “fil. et hæres Johannis de Shirburne, militis, 25 Edward III.” He is said to have married Emma, dau. of Sir William de Plumpton, 29 Edward III., 1356 (Stow MS.). He was apparently the elder of the two, and died without issue.

The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 pp3-4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912)

Sources:

Parents: A History of the Family of Sherborn p11 (Charles Davies Sherborn, 1901); The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912); mother from Plumpton Correspondence footnote to page xxii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839) which shows her father's first wife died without issue
Marriage: A History of the Family of Sherborn p11 (Charles Davies Sherborn, 1901); The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912) citing Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 68; Robert father, death from The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912)
Notes: A History of the Family of Sherborn p11 (Charles Davies Sherborn, 1901); The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster vol 7 p4 (ed William Farrer and J. Brownbill, 1912)

Eustachia (Plumpton) de Middleton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Lucy (de Ros) Plumpton

Married: Peter de Middleton, probably in 1319

Effigy on tomb of Peter de Middleton in the chapel off the north aisle of Ilkley church, Yorkshire in 2011

photograph by js posted at findagrave.com

Peter was the son of William de Middleton and Agnes Boteler. He was nephew and heir to Sir Adam Middleton. Peter was knighted by 1320, served as a justice of eyer and on numerous commissions of oyer and temriner. He was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1334. In 1333, as a result of the battle of Halidon Hill on July 19, when David II, King of Scotland, was defeated by Edward III and Edward Baliol, Peter was granted, by Edward III, the manor of Tinwald in Dumfriesshire and other lands that had been confiscated from John de Moundeville who had been on the wrong side of that battle (Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p178). Peter died in 1335 (he was still conducting business on 11 September 1335, and noted to have retuned to Yorkshire from service with the king in Edinburgh on 27 September 1335 (Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1333-1337 p442), but a receipt dated 24 October 1335 is of payment by Peter's executors in respect of his testament - Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p111 #360). The writ for his IPM was issued on 15 July 1336.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp152-8 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Stockeld (Spofforth).

431. Monday, Martinmas, 8 Edward II (Nov. 11, 1314). Demise by Richard son of Alan de Stockeld to Peter de Middelton of all his rent of Stockeld, namely a rent of 41s. yearly which he had recovered against Robert de Stockeld, his uncle, before the justices at York by an assize of novel disseisin in the year 8 Edward II; to hold for life, rendering 30s. yearly in equal portions at Whitsuntide and Martinmas; power to distrain. Stockeld. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 20, Stockeld], No. 26.)
... 435. Wednesday before St. Gregory the Pope, 9 Edward II (March 10, 1315-6). Grant by Richard son of Alan de Stockeld to Peter de Midelton, his heirs and assigns, of five acres and one rood of meadow with appurtenances in Stockeld, which Sir Richard de Stockeld his grandfather formerly demised to Nigel de Wetherby and William de Bilton for a term of years. Witnesses, Sirs William de Ros, Robert de Plumpton, John de Walkingham, knts., Falcon de Lindeley, William de Casteley, Nigel de Wetherby, William de Bilton, John de Whitewelle, William the chaplain of Wetherby. Wetherby. (Ibid., No. 30.)
.. 440. Thursday after St. Ambrose the Bishop and Confessor, 9 Edward II (April 8, 1316). Grant by Richard son of Alan de Stockeld to Peter son of William de Middelton, and his heirs, of his manor of Stockeld with appurtenances, as in homages, wardships, reliefs, and escheats, and with the reversions of all those holding for life or for years. Witnesses, Simon Ward, then sheriff of Yorkshire, William de Ros, Robert de Plumpton, Henry Beaufiz, Mauger le Vavasour, Henry de Hertelington, knts., Adam de Middelton, parson of the church of Arneclif, John de Ryther, Nigel de Werby, William de Bilton, Thomas Golias, Roger de Lynton, Simon de Waldeby, John de Cayluy, Thomas de Schalwra, Robert de Neuby, clerk. Stockeld.² (Ibid., No. 35.)
... 444. May³ 13, 11 Edward II (1317). Quitclaim by Peter son of William de Middelton to Sir Richard, parson of the church of Dighton, of all right in three messuages, fifty acres of land, and four and a half acres of meadow with appurtenances in the vill of Stokkeld, which Sir Richard had of the grant and feoffment of Robert son of Sir Richard de Stokheld, knt., and of John, Robert’s brother, together with pasture for eight beasts of the plough for the whole year in his park of Stockeld, and if the beasts should break out of the park [etc., as in No. 430].⁴ Witnesses, Thomas de Eyvill, William de Qwiteby, William de Usburne, Richard Tollere, John called Payn of York. York.⁵ (Ibid., No. 40.)
445. Wednesday, the morrow of St. Lucy the Virgin, 11 Edward II (Dec. 14, 1317). Assize at York before John de Donecastre and Thomas Dayvill, justices. The assize comes to recognize whether John de Stockeld and Eva his wife, and Agnes and Sybil his sisters, unjustly disseised Peter de Middelton of his free tenement in Stockeld, whereof he complains that they disseised him of the manor of Stockeld with appurtenances. John comes and the others do not; but John answers for them, and says that they have done no injury or disseisin to Peter, and that Peter has brought the assize unjustly, because he says that the manor now in view was formerly in the seisin of Richard de Stockeld, who granted it to Ralph de Stockeld his son to hold for life, with remainder to Robert de Stockeld, Ralph’s brother, to hold for life, and remainder to himself and his heirs for ever; and after their death he entered the manor without making injury or disseisin to Peter. Peter says that he was seised of the manor of Stockeld until John, Eva, and the others unjustly disseised him. The jurors say that Peter was so seised until John, Agnes and Sybil unjustly disseised him. Judgment, let Peter recover seisin and his damages which are taxed by them at 40s.; John, Agnes and Sybil are in mercy; and likewise Peter for a false claim against Eva. (Ibid., No. 41.)
446. Tuesday before Christmas, 12 Edward II (Dec. 19, 1318). Quitclaim¹ by John son of Sir Richard de Stockeld to Peter son of William de Middelton, of all right in the capital messuage of the manor of Stockeld, one hundred and fifty acres of land of the demesne lands of the manor, the wood called le park, and six and a half acres of meadow called Langheng and Crawellesik, and in the services of Thomas Golias and Richard Blays in respect of the tenements which they had previously held of him; also in two messuages and four bovates of land which Sybil and Agnes, his sisters, formerly held. Witnesses, William de Farnelay, William de Castelay, junior, Robert son of Walter de Middelton, John Malebranck, Thomas de Scalwra. John recognized .that he had had no right in the said tenements except for the term of his life. Stubbum. (Ibid., No. 42.)
447. Friday, the morrow of the Ascension, 12 Edward II (May 18, 1319). Indenture² witnessing that it was agreed between John son of Richard de Stockelde on one side, and Peter son of William de Middelton on the other, that whereas John had arraigned a jury of twenty-four to convict (convincendos) the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin which had lately been held between Peter, plaintiff, and John with others named in the writ, defendants, concerning the manor of Stockelde, at length by the intervention of friends they had settled the matter in this way, namely, that John quitclaimed to Peter the capital messuage of the manor, a hundred and forty acres of land of the manorial demesnes, all the wood called le Park, six and a half acres of meadow called le Langheng, and all the services of Thomas Guyllas and Richard Blays in respect of their tenements which they previously held of John, as being the premises which he (Peter) had recovered against him by the said assize and had placed in view; for this quitclaim Peter granted to John and Eva his wife all his tenements in the vill of Berewyk in Craven, to hold to him and the heirs of his body in accordance with the terms of Peter’s charter. Peter quitclaimed to John and his heirs all right in the remaining lands or tenements of the manor [of Stockelde] or in the reversion of any tenements belonging thereto, which, as he confessed, he had not previously placed in view or the right of which he could not claim, namely, thirty acres of land with appurtenances, which Richard, parson of the church of Dighton, was holding for life of John’s demise, a messuage and two bovates of land and three and a half acres of meadow, which the same Richard the parson was holding for a term of years of the demise of Robert, John’s brother, with common of pasture for eight oxen of the plough within the manorial wood every year throughout the year, all his claim in a messuage, two bovates of land, and eight and a half acres of meadow which the Master and brethren of St. Leonard’s Hospital, York, were holding for a term of years of the demise of Ralph, John’s brother, all his right in three acres of meadow which Sybil and Agnes, John’s sisters, were holding for life of John’s demise, and all his right in a messuage which the daughter of Roger the smith formerly held. Witnesses, Sirs Richard de Goldesburgh, Henry de Hertelington, John Mauleverer, knts., Adam de Hopreton, William de Farneley, William de Casteley, the younger. Stockeld.¹ (Ibid., No. 42A.)
448. Friday after the Purification, 13 Edward II (Feb. 8, 1319-20).- Quitclaim by Alice, formerly wife of John de Goldisburgh, of all actions which she had against Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., by reason of her dower in the manor of Stockeld, whereof she had impleaded him in the King’s court by a writ of dower. Witnesses, Laurence de Arthington, William de Castelay, William de Farnelay, Nigel de Wetherby, Roger de Linton, Nicholas de Harwod. York. (Ibid., No. 43.)
449. Wednesday before St. Valentine, 13 Edward II (Feb. 13, 1319-20). Surrender by Agnes daughter of Sir Richard de Stokeld² to Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., of seven acres of land and one acre of meadow with appurtenances in Stokeld, which she had held for life of the demise of the said Sir Peter, and which John de Wytewelle had held of her for a term of years. Witnesses, William de Fernelay, Nigel de Wetherby, John de Staxton. Stockeld. (Ibid., No. 44.)
450. Monday, the morrow of Holy Trinity, 13 Edward II (May 26, 1320). Agreement between Ellen, formerly wife of Richard de Stokkild, on one part, and Sir Peter de Middelton on the other, by which the former demised to the latter for her life all her lands, tenements, messuages, tofts, meadow, wood and rents which she had in the name of dower of the assignment of Sir Peter from the tenements of Richard, formerly her husband, in Stokkild; paying her yearly 36s. 8½d. Sir Peter granted her the power to distrain the residue of the manor of Stokkild should the rent be in arrear at any of the half-yearly terms of Martinmas and Whitsuntide. Stokkeld.¹ (Ibid., No. 46.)
... 453. Grant by Thomas Golias to Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., and Eustachia his wife, of a bovate of land in Stockeld called le Westcroft; to hold to them and Peter’s heirs of the chief lords of the fee. Witnesses, Sir Robert de Plomton, Sir Henry de Herteligton, Sir John Mauleverer, knts., Nigel de Wetherby, John de Quetewel, Adam de Middelton, clerk.⁵ (Ibid., No. 49.)
² Seal: red wax, circular, diameter ⅝ in.; [?] a bird.

³ Or possibly July; there is a stain under which there seem to be traces of both Julii and Maii.
⁴ The way through the park is described as leading from the [?] house of Thomas Golias to Hingandestane.
⁵ Seal: red-brown wax, triangular oval; a human head draped between four small floral objects; legend not deciphered except probably the name MIDELTON.
¹ In return Peter de Middelton granted John de Stockeld all his land in Berwick (Skipton) by a deed dated two days later. (Vol. iv, No. 86.) These arrangements were a result of the agreement made on Dec. 16. (See note to next deed.) Cf. also another quitclaim by John to Peter. (Vol. iv, No. 502.)
² Also, attached, a document in similar terms, dated Saturday after St. Lucy the Virgin, 12 Edward II (Dec. 16, 1318), same witnesses; there are slight variations, e.g. 150, instead of 140, acres of the manorial demesnes. (Ibid., No. 42B.)

¹ Seal: red wax, oval; a floral device.
² There is also a quitclaim by her to Sir Peter and his heirs of all right in the manor of Stockeld; the date, Tuesday before the Purification, 15 Edward III (Jan. 30, 1340-1), is difficult to understand, as Sir Peter was then dead; a seal is attached of red wax, with a shield bearing a stag’s head cabossed, with a roundlet between the horns. (Ibid., No. 45.)
¹ Seal: fragment of red wax.
⁵ Seal: green wax, circular, diameter ½ in.; a floral device.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp114-5 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Nesfield witb Langbar.

303. Saturday after St. Matthias (Mathi) the Apostle, 8 Edward II (March 1, 1314-5). Grant⁴ by Robert de Plumpton, knt., to Peter son of William de Middelton of 10li. annual rent, to be taken yearly from his manors of Nescefeld and Plumpton at Whitsuntide and Martinmas in equal portions. Euerwyk.⁵ (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 17, Nesfield], No. 12.)

...
308. Grant³ by Patrick de Marton to Sir Peter de Middelton and his heirs of the rent and services of John Buctrout of Ilkeley for the lands which John was holding of the grantor in Nesfeld, with wardships, marriages, escheats and other things appendant. Witnesses, Mauger le Vavacer, John de Hoxton, Thomas de le Wodhalle, John de Sleford, chaplain.⁴ (Ibid., No. 18.)

⁴ In French.
⁵ Seal: yellow wax; blurred and indecipherable.
³ In French.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward II 1313-1317 p495 (1898)

1316. May 3.
Westminster.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to John de Eure, John de Donecastre and Adam de Hoperton, on complaint by John de Goldesburgh that Adam de Middelton, Peter son of William de Middelton, John de Cayllye, Thomas de Styveton of Little Ribestayn, Richard de Stockeld, William de Ilketon, William de Clotherum, Ralph son of William de Beston, Robert Chelleraye, John Lascy of Wodehalle and Ralph ‘Williamesman’ Burkyn with others assaulted him at Stockeld by Spofford, co. York, killed three horses of his of the price of 100l. carried away his goods and assaulted his men and servants. By K. at the instance of Roger Damary.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward II 1313-1317 p579 (1898)

1316. July 10.
Windsor.
Commission of oyer and terminer to John de Insula, Alexander de Cave and Thomas Plaiz, touching an appeal in the couuty of York by Alice, late the wife of John Folbaroun of Goldesburgh, co. York, against Peter son of William de Middelton, Richard son of Alau de Stockeld, Ralph de Beston the younger, John de Cailli, Thomas de Ribstayn, Thomas de Tyreshale and William his brother, Robert le Brade of Bramlay, Hugh son of William de Lewynthorpe, Richard Ketel of Ottclay, John son of Richard de Middelton, John de London, Robert Crokebavn, Andrew Scot, John de Irby and William del Spitel of Skypton for the death of her husband. By K.

Yorkshire deeds vol 10 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 120 p131 (ed. M. J. Stanley Prive, 1955)

Pool-in-Wharfedale
369. Thursday after the Invention of the Cross, 10 Edward son of Edward [May 5, 1317]. Release and quitclaim by Peter son of William de Middelton to John de Caylli and his heirs, of all right in all that meadow which Sir Adam de Myddelton, the grantor’s uncle, once sold to Henry de Caylli and Henry son of Paul de Pouel and Christiana, mother of the said Henry, and which lies in the field of Pouel. Warranty against all men, but saving to the grantor an annual rent of 1d. at the Nativity. Sealing clause. Witnesses: Walter de Middelton, Peter del Stode, William de Fernelay, William Faucus of Newaie, Thomas de Preston’, Thomas de Scalwra. At Stubbum. (Ibid. [Farnley Hall Muniments], No. 6).

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp70-1 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Grewelthorpe.
191. Wednesday after Holy Trinity, 10 Edward II (June 1, 1317). Grant by Peter son of William de Middelton, guardian (curator) of Robert son and heir of Richard de Schupton, so appointed after the death of Sir Adam de Middelton, formerly rector of Arneclyf, to Sir Robert de Neuby, rector of Hotonwandesley, of the capital messuage of Growelthorp, and all lands, tenements, rents, and the water mill, belonging as of hereditary right to Robert son and heir of Richard de Schupton. Peter handed over to Sir Robert all the sown crop of corn on two acres of land in the field of Grouwelthoip belonging to the said Robert [de Schupton], and sixteen quarters of winnowed oats in the granary, eight oxen worth 12s. each and one horse (affrum) worth 5s., to have and to hold, together with the said Robert and Alice his wife, until Robert was of full age, for finding their sustenance both in food and clothing and other necessaries. Sir Robert bound himself to find the said sustenance, and to hand back to Peter the premises in as good state or better when Robert was of full age; power of distraint over Sir Robert’s goods, both movable and immovable. Witnesses, Sirs Robert de Plompton, Henry de Beaufiz, knts., Ralph de Normanvile, John de Caylluy, Peter de Middelton, William Sonnyng, Thomas de Wynkesley, Laurence de Coupmanthorp, Robert de Schupton, clerk. Growelthorp. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 9, Grewelthorpe.)

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward II 1317-1321 p87 (1903)

1317. Sept. 27.
York.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to John de Don[ecastre], William de Hebbeden, and Adam de Hoperton on complaint by John de Stockeld, that Peter son of William de Middelton, Thomas Gulias, Henry Blome, Thomas de Styveton, Richard Eetel and Ralph de Beston, the younger, with others burned his houses, hedges and hays at Stockeld, co. York, and 3 horse there of the price of 10l., broke his park there, and felled and carried away his trees. By the Chancellor at the instance of Hugh de Burgh’.

Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p61 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

Draughton.
198. Wednesday the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle (Dec. 20), 1318. Indenture by which Peter son of William de Middelton demised for life to John son of Sir Richard de Stockeld a new close in Draghton iuxta Le Avenam; to hold of Peter for a rose yearly for all service. Peter granted to John for his life a suitable robe (robam sufficientem) yearly at Christmas. Witnesses, William de Fernelay, Peter son of Richard de Middelton, William de Castelay, the younger, John de Cayli, Thomas de Scalwra. Stubbum. (Ibid. [Y.A.S. M^D 59, 6, Draughton], No. 6).
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201. Indenture by which Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., demised for a term of twenty years to Hugh de Newsom a moiety of his demesnes, except four acres of land, in the territory of Draghton in the place called Le Havenom; to hold from Martinmas, 1331 for 20s. 1½d. yearly, in equal portions at Whitsuntide and Martinmas. Witnesses, Sir William, rector of Ilkelay, Robert son of Simon of the same, John Crokebayn of Wodehous, Roger Pourman of Draghton, Thomas de Bradelay of the same. Hugh to grind his corn at the mill of the lord of Draghton as other free tenants did. (Ibid., No. 9).

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Berwick (Skipton).
86. Thursday, St. Thomas the apostle (Dec. 21), 1318. Grant³ in special tail by Peter son of William de Middleton to John son of Richard de Stokeld and Eva his wife, of all the grantor’s land in Berewyke by Adingham in Craven, rendering yearly a rose at the time of roses, if demanded; with reversion to the grantor in default of issue. Witnesses, Sir John Mauleverer, knt., William Mauleverer of Bethemesley, William de Farneley, William de Casteley, junior, Thomas de Skalwra. Berewyke.
If John son of Richard de Stokeld and Eva his wife should make any claim to the capital messuage of the manor of Stokeld, 150 acres of the demesne lands of Stokelde, a wood called le Parke, 6½ acres of meadow, and the services of Thomas Guillas and Richard Blays, which Peter had recovered against John and others, named in the writ, by an assize of novel disseisin, then it should be lawful for Peter to re-enter the land granted in Berewyke. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Aketon, No. 5.)
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Stockeld.
502. Morrow of Christmas, 12 Edward II (Dec. 26, 1318). Quitclaim¹ by John de Stockild to Peter (Periz) son of William de Mideltun, of all right in the manor of Stockild, except the lands and tenements of which the hospital of St. Leonard, the parson of Dythtun and Thomas Gulyas were seised, and two acres of meadow of which Anneys and Sibill, the sisters of the said John, were seised. John had not any quitclaim from Richard son of Alan de Stockild, his cousin, before Peter de Mideltun took seisin by the deed and charter of Richard de Stockild, [who held] under the deed and feoffment which John made to John de Goldesburg against reason and the law of the land. Witnesses, Sir John Darcy, Sir Richard de Goldesburg, John de Calverlay, William de Bordesdene, William de Castelay. Boltun. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Hospitals], No. 26.)
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Austby.
68. Palm Sunday, 12 Edward II (April 1, 1319). Quitclaim by Nigel son of Sir Robert de Plumton, Roger, Nigel’s brother, and Olive their sister, to Peter son of William de Middelton, of all right in the hamlet of Ousteby by Stubhoum. Witnesses, Sir William de Hebbedene, Richard Fauuel, Peter de le Kyrk, Robert de Sutton, Thomas de Scalewra. Gersington. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Austby,], No. 2.)

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1319. July 20.
York.
Robert son of William le Vavassour acknowledges that he owes to Peter son of William de Middelton 100 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.
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Cartul. 118.—Petrus Midlton consanguinens et hæres dni Adæ Midlton, Johannæ viduæ Robert filii dni Robti de Plumpton.
Sciant psentes et futuri qd ego Petrus de Middelton consanguineus et heres Dni Adæ de Middelton dedi et concessi Johæ quæ fuit uxor Robti fil Dni Robti de Plompton annuu’ redditu’ sexdece’ solida de o’ibus terris et tenementis meis in Stubhum ad tota’ vita’ ipius Johe ad duos anni terios vizt ad festu’ Sti Martini in yeme & ad pentecost œqualit pporcionat p secta qm homes mei de Middelton debent ad molendiu’ ipius Johæ de Nesfeld. Ita qd quotiens pdcus redditus a retro fuit bene licebit pdcae Johae tota’ vita’ sua’ omnia pdcta tenta in Stubbehum . .
In cujus rei testimoniu’ huic psenti scripto sigillu’ me’ est appositum, hiis testibus, Willo de Castley, Willo de ffarnelay, Henr’ de ——, Michaelo de Roudon, Willo flawks, —— de Arthington, et aliis. (Seale in 1615.)

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Newsome (Spofforth).³

316. Martinmas (Nov. 11), 1321. Agreement between Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., on one part, and Thomas Braythou of Spofforth and John son of Walter of the same, on the other part, by which Sir Peter leased for a term of twenty years to Thomas and John and their heirs or assigns a messuage with two bovates of land and a fourth part of one bovate of land in Neusum, which Richard Linyel formerly held of Sir Peter; at a yearly rent of 16s. 1d. for all service, half at Martinmas and half at Whitsuntide, and by doing forinsec service for as much as belonged to such a tenement; the house to be kept by the lessees in as good a state as they had found it. Witnesses, Sir Henry de Hertlyngton, Nigel de Wetherby, . . . . . . ⁴ de Bilton, Thomas Golyas of Stokyld. Stokyld. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 17, Newsome.)

317. Sunday, the Invention of the Cross, 1 Edward III (May 3, 1327). Appointment¹ by Peter de Midelton of Simon de Waldeby and Peter son of Richard de Midelton or one of them to deliver seisin of his vill of Neusom to Adam de Midelton his son, in accordance with his charter. Stubbum. (Ibid., 14, Middleton, No. 62.)
³ There is a Newsome Farm marked on the i-in. Ordnance Map, lying half-a-mile to the east of Spofforth church. For a fine relating to this manor see Yorks. Fines, 1603-14, p. 11.
⁴ Blurred; probably William, who occurs in 1317 in company with the first two witnesses. (Vol. iv, No. 3.)
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Wheatley (Ilkley)
515. Grant and confirmation by Richard son of Robert de Whetely to Peter son of William de Middleton, of all the lands, tenements, rents and services with appurtenances which he had after the death of Robert, his father, in the vill and territory of Wheteley; to hold to him, his heirs and assigns in perpetuity, of the chief lords of the fee. Warranty. Sealing clause.³ Witnesses: Thomas de Hoton, John de Skelton, Richard de Denton, Richard dk Hoton, John Lespenser, Reginald Le Pulter of Carlisle. (Ibid:[Y.A.S., Md. 59/24], No. 39).
520. [1322]. Grant by John son of Nicholas de Caluy and Agnes his wife, to Sir Peter de Middleton, knt., of their messuage, land wood with all appurtenances which they have in the vill of Weteley, of the demise of Thomas de Preston; to hold to Sir Peter for their lifetime, of the chief lords of the fee, paying yearly for them for the first 8 years 38s. 4d. to the said Thomas, in equal portions at Whitsuntide and Martinmas, and after the said 8 years, 10 marks at the same times; beginning at Whitsuntide, 15 Edward son of Edward [May 30, 1322]. Sealing clause.³ Witnesses: Sirs Robert de Plumton, Henry de Hertlington, knts., Thomas de Scalwra, Peter de Stede. (Ibid., No. 44.)

¹ In French.
² Tongues for 4 seals cut from the bottom of the deed : (a) red wax, diam. ⅞in., in a cusped border a shield of arms; three lucies; (b) red wax, broken; below a spray of flowers, a shield of arms; a cross fusilly; . . . . . . . IDE.
³ On one tongue two seals; a) vesica shaped, of red wax; 1¼ x 1 in.; haloed figure of Christ with a staff in the left hand and the right uplifted in blessing a kneeling figure, legend undeciphered; b) small round seal of brown wax; probably a sheaf of wheat; legend undeciphered.
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1322. June 6.
Rothwell.
Enrolment of grant by Robert, son and heir of Thomas de Pontefracto of Wylesthorp, to Sir Peter de Middelton, knight, of permission to give to the master and brethren of the aforesaid [St. Leonard’s] hospital in frankalmoin the advowson of the church of Hoton Wandesleye, which he holds of Robert. Witnesses: John de Denom; Richard de Aldeburgh; William de Byngham; Thomas de Eyvill; Laurence de Coupmanthorp; John de (sic) Fox of Angrom; William del Dringhouses. Dated at York, 18 May, 1322.

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Middleton (Ilkley).
352. Grant and quitclaim by Brother John de Landa, prior⁴, and the convent of St. Mary of Boulton in Craven, to Peter de Midelton and his heirs, of all the lands and tenements, together with homages, services and rents of freemen, which they then had in the vill of Mydelton⁵ and the hamlets (hamellett’) of Stubbhum and Scalewra, in exchange for a messuage and four acres of land with appurtenances in the vill of Apeltrewyk; to hold of the chief lords of the fee, with all easements, in exchange for the said messuage, etc. Witnesses, Sirs Thomas de Alta Ripa, Henry de Hertillington, William de Hebbeden, John de Stiueton, knts., William de Malghum, William Mauleverer⁶. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 14, Middleton], No. 31).
353. Quitclaim by Robert de Plumptona, knt., to Peter son of William de Midelton and his heirs, of all right in 40s. rent with appurtenances in Midelton, which Sir Adam de Mideltona had had in exchange for his land in Gersington⁷. Witnesses, John Ryther, William Mauleverer, Peter son of Richard de Midelton, Robert de Burley. (Ibid., No. 32).
354. Saturday after St. Peter and St. Paul (July 2), 1323. Quitclaim by Adam Ipolitus of Pontefract to Peter son of William de Midelton, of all right in all the lands and tenements or rents in Midelton, Schalwra, and Stubbum which could descend to him (Adam) by hereditary right or any other manner. Witnesses, William de Castelay, the younger, John de Dicghton, Henry Blome, John Coule, Roger de Saxton, John de Wytewell. York¹. (Ibid., No. 33).
355. St. James’s day, 18 Edward II (July 25, 1324). Quitclaim by Peter son of Richard de Midelton to Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., and his heirs, of all right in all the lands and tenements which at any time belonged to Richard de Midelton his father in the vill and territory of Midelton, Stubbum, and Scalwr’. Witnesses, Peter del Stede, Robert son of Simon the smith of Ilkeley, John le Spenser of Nesfelde, John del Woddehal, Sir John Querderay, chaplain. Stubbum². (Ibid., No. 34).
356. Grant by William son of Thomas de Mora to Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., his heirs or assigns, of a messuage with land belonging and all other appurtenances in the vill and territory of Middelton; to hold of the chief lord of the fee. Witnesses, Sir Robert de Plumpton, knt., Peter son of Richard de Midelton, Peter del Stede, Thomas de Scalwra of Wetlay, John the spenser (dispensatore) of Nesscefeld, Robert son of Simon de Ilkelay, John de Wlferton, clerk. (Ibid., No. 35).
357. Wednesday, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 1 Edward III (June 24, 1327). Receipt by William son of Robert de Plumton from Sir Peter de Midelton for 40li. sterling in which the latter was bound to him in respect of a recognition made before Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellow justices of the King’s Bench, by which he had released all actions of debt or contract against Sir Peter. Witnesses, Sir Henry de Hertelyngton, Nigel de Werby, lohn Pykard, William de Askam, John de Dyghton. Stockeld. (Ibid., No. 36).
358. Monday after the Sunday in the close of Easter, 4 Edward III (April 16, 1330). Receipt by William de Redeness of York from Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., of 100s. of silver in part payment of 11li. 19d. in which the latter was bound to him. York³. (Ibid., No. 37).
359. Monday after the Nativity of the B.V.M., 9 Edward III (Sept. 11, 1335). Receipt⁴ by Michael de Prstfen⁵, in the castle of Werk in the presence of Sir Nicholas de la Beche and Sir John Molyns, from Sir Peter de Middelton of two bags (pouches) of silver, sealed under the seal of the office of the receipt (ressort) of the exchequer, in which were contained 100li. of silver as was said by the said Sir Peter; which money Sir Peter had been assigned [?by] the Bishop of Lincoln (Nichol), treasurer of England, to deliver to his (Michael’s) lord, Sir William Montagu. The seal of Michael¹. Werk. (Ibid., No. 38).
360. 9 kal. November (Oct. 24), 1335. Receipt by the prior and convent of the Dominicans (fratrum ordinis predicatorum) of York in respect of the testament of Sir Peter de Midilton, knt., of 20s. sterling by the hands of his executors. York. (Ibid., No. 39).

⁴ Prior from c. 1286 to 1330. (A. Hamilton Thompson, Bolton Priory, p. 76).
⁵ Eneas son of Hugh son of Hippolitus de Braham had granted land in Middleton to Bolton Priory (vol. iv, No. 353).
⁶ Tag for a seal, not remaining.
⁷ See vol. v, No. 280.
¹ Seal: green wax, round, ¾ in.; a man’s head in profile; S ADE IPOLIT DE PONTEFRACTO.
² Seal: white wax, blurred.
³ Fragment of seal: red wax, round; an animal passant, possibly the lamb and flag; legend broken and indecipherable.
⁴ In French.
⁵ Michael de Presfen was one of the King’s yeomen; he was granted the custody of the manor of Wark upon Tweed in 1326-7, and was granted the manor of Middelton by Belford, co. Northumberland, in 1333. (Cal. Fine Rolls, 1327-37, pp. 20, 375).
¹ Seal: red wax, round, ⅞ in.; a shield of arms, a chevron between three stags; SIGILLVM . . . . . I . D[E]. [?P]RESTEN.

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1325. Nov. 4.
Cippenham.
Peter son of William de Middelton, Peter son of Richard de Middelton, and Robert de Neuby, executors of the will of Adam de Middelton, put in their place William de Emeldon, clerk, to prosecute a recognisance for 10l. made to Adam in chancery by Henry du Boys.

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1328. Feb. 27.
York.
Ranulph de Dacre and Peter de Middelton, knights, acknowledge that they owe to Thomas de Eyvill 32l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. York.
Cancelled on payment.

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1328. Feb. 27.
York.
Ranulph de Dacre and Peter de Middelton, knights, acknowledge that they owe to William de Fryston, citizen and mcrchant of York, 100 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Lancaster.
Feb. 26.
York.

Ranulph de Dacre acknowledges that lie owes to Peter de Middelton 200 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Cumberland.

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Stockeld (Spofforth).
476. Sunday before St. James, 2 Edward III (July 24, 1328). Grant⁶ by Ralph de Schurton to Sir Peter de Midilton, knt., his heirs and assigns, of a messuage with appurtenances in Stokeld. Witnesses, Adam de Hoperton, Thomas Deyvill, John de Wauton, William de Slingesby. Stokeld⁷. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 20, Stockeld, No. 54).

477. Friday the morrow of the Purification (Feb. 3), 1328[-9]. Agreement¹ between Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., and Maud, widow of William de Besingby, that, whereas Maud was demanding by the king’s writ against Sir Peter her dower from the tenements which had belonged to William her husband in the vill of Stokkeld near Wetherby, she willed that if Sir Peter caused her to have by a good and reasonable extent the true value of her dower, which she was demanding, by warranty or any other suitable way, he should hold all the lands and tenements which she was so demanding; and Peter willed that in that case the bond by which Maud was bound to him in 20li. sterling, and which had been delivered by their assent to Nicholas de Langeton, mayor of York, for custody, should be null and void; when the transaction was completed Maud would make a quitclaim to Sir Peter of all the lands aforesaid². York³. (Ibid., No. 56).
478. Friday after the Translation of St. John of Beverley, 6 Edward III (May 8, 1332). Quitclaim by Thomas Chaumberlayn of Wetherby to Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., and his heirs, of all right in a culture of land in the field of Stockeld called le draile. Witnesses, Nigel de Wetherby, John de Dyghton, William de Askam, Hugh de Bilton, John Pykard. Stockeld⁴. (Ibid., No. 58).
479. Same day. Quitclaim by Alice daughter of Walter son of Hugh the carpenter of Stockeld to Sir Peter de Myddelton, knt., and his heirs, of all right in a messuage and two and a half acres of land in the vill and territory of Stockeld, which formerly belonged to Alice wife of the said Hugh. Witnesses, [same as to the preceding deed]. Stockeld. (Ibid., No. 59).
⁶ Also, same day and place, another grant by the same to the same of two and a half acres in the field of Stokeld, of which half an acre lay on Stokeldland, half an acre at Apelgarthland, half an acre on the high boundary, half an acre there towards the south, and half an acre against le shaze; same witnesses. (Ibid., No. 55).
⁷ Seal: red wax; blurred, not deciphered.
¹ In French; also the counterpart of the indenture; seal, red wax, oval, small; shield with the arms of Middelton (fretty, a canton); broken at the top, and legend not deciphered. (Ibid., No. 56A).
² This was done in an undated deed; witnesses, John de Wodehall, John de Horton, John de Hoton, Thomas de Wodehal, Thomas de Braunchay; seal, yellow wax, round, ¾ in.; a shield of arms, five fusils in bend; SIGILLVM. IOHIS . FIL . IOHIS . (Ibid., No. 57).
³ Seal: red wax, round, ⅞ in.; a hawk preying on a bird; ALAS IE SVRPRIS.
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Askwith.
45. Wednesday, St. John the apostle, 3 Edward III (Dec. 27, 1329). Demise by Patrick de Marton and William de Stansfeld to Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., of [the parcels mentioned in the next deed] which they had in the manor of Askewyth near Denton, which manor they had of the demise of Martin de Grimeston, executor of the will of Sir William de Hamelton, late dean of York. The manor had belonged to Sir Mauger le Vavasour, knt., and had been adjudged to Martin [etc., as in preceding deed]; to hold for all the demisors’ term in the manor at a yearly rent of 1d., payable at Martinmas. Warranty against Martin de Grimeston, the executor of Sir William de Hamelton. Askewyth.¹ (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Askwith], No. 4.)
46. Monday after the Epiphany, 3 Edward III (Jan. 8, 1329-30). Quitclaim by Patrick de Marton and William de Stansfeld to Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., of all right in a toft and two bovates of land in the vill of Askewyth near Denton, formerly held by Robert de Transtowe; in a toft and a bovate of land formerly held by Richard son of Cristiana; in a bovate of land formerly held by Roger son of Gilbert de Askewyth; in half a bovate of land formerly held by Matilda del Apelgarth; and in two bovates of land formerly held by Walter de Feringby, all in the same vill; which Sir Peter held of their demise. Witnesses, Peter de Midelton of the Wytehalle, Adam de Midelton, Robert de Burley, Thomas de Aula, William de Mora. Askewyth.² (Ibid., No. 4A.)
47. Sunday before St. Simon and St. Jude (Oct. 27), 1330. Grant for life by Patrick de Marton and William de Stansfeld to Peter de Middelton, knt., of 11 tofts, 17½ bovates of land, a messuage and the land formerly held by Thomas de Mildeby, a messuage and the land formerly held by Richard Bateman, two messuages and the land formerly held by John the smith (faber), a messuage and the land formerly held by Walter Dack, a messuage and the land formerly held by Thomas de Craven, and a plot of meadow called le Wytheholme, both in lordships and demesnes (tam in dominiis quam in dominicis), in the vill and territory of Askewyth; together with the homages, rents and services of Peter son of Richard de Middelton, of John le Vavasour for land which had belonged to Adam de Westwike, of Richard le Vavasour, Robert de Wikelee, John del Hille, Henry del Hille, Robert the smith, Gilbert Paytefyn, Richard son of Bateman (sic) and William de Bustardbank’ in the vill of Askwyth; paying Sir Martin de Grymeston, executor of the will of Sir William de Hamelton, 60s. yearly at Whitsuntide and Martinmas, during the term contained in a statute merchant which Martin had out of the aforesaid tenements;³ with reversion to the grantors. Witnesses, Laurence de Castellay, John le Vavasour, William de Lyndelay, Robert de Burlay, William de Wikelee, Richard del Shagh. Askwyth.⁴ (Ibid., No. 2.)
48. St. Peter and St. Paul, 5 Edward III (June 29, 1331). Quitclaim by Thomas son of Sir Mauger le Vavasour⁵ of Denton, to Sir Peter de Myddelton, knt., of all right in the lands, etc., which Peter had in the vill and territory of Askewyth of the demise of Patrick de Marton and William de Stansfeld. Witnesses, Sirs John de Ryther, William de Plomton, Henry de Hertlington, knts., Walter de Kerby, Simon de Waldeby. Stockeld. (Ibid., No. 5.)
49. Tuesday before St. Nicholas the bishop, 6 Edward III (Dec. 1, 1332). Quitclaim by Mauger son of William le Vavasour to Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., of all right in the lands and tenements in the vill of Askewith which Sir Peter had of the grant of Patrick de Marton and William de Stanesfeld, which had been extended at 9li. a year, and which were then held by Sir Peter. Witnesses, Sir Roger de Grymston, knt., Martin de Grymston, John de Eyville, John de Melton, Peter del Chirche, John de Midelton. York. (Ibid., No. 7.)
Dorso: Recognizance of the same date from Mauger son of William le Vavasour to Peter de Middelton, knt., in 200li.
50. Wednesday before St. Nicholas, 6 Edward III (Dec. 2, 1332). Reciting that Mauger son of William le Vavasour was bound to Sir Peter de Midelton, knt., in a recognizance, taken before Sir Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows the king’s justices at York, on Tuesday before the feast of St. Nicholas the bishop, 6 Edward III (Dec. 1, 1332), in 200li., payable as to half at Whitsuntide, and the remainder at Martinmas. Sir Peter willed that if he should hold the lands and tenements in the vill of Askewith, which he had of the grant of Patrick de Marton and William de Stanesfeld in that vill, and which had been extended at 9li. a year, without any claim by Mauger, the recognizance was to be void. York.¹ (Ibid., No. 6.)
¹ Two seals: (1) Red wax, circular, diameter ¾ in. Within a reticulated border a shield, bearing a chevron blurred between two [?] stags’ heads in chief and possibly something in base; below, a nondescript object, perhaps an animal couchant: circumscription illegible. (2) Red wax, circular, diameter ⅝ in.; partly broken; an animal passant to the dexter.
² This deed and the preceding are fastened together.
³ Durante termino in quodam statuto mercatorum contento quod predictus Martinus habet de tenementis predictis.
⁴ Two seals: green wax, circular; (1) the same as the first seal attached to No. 4; very blurred; (2) diameter ⅜ in.; a reticulated border around an object now indecipherable.
⁵ Also a similar quitclaim by Mauger le Vavasour of Denton; same date, (Ibid., No. 8.)
¹ Note of the recognizance on the dorse and of its entry on a roll, 173. “Hagswyd.” There is a counterpart of this deed, dated at Stockeld on the Thursday after St. Andrew (Dec. 3), in which the recognizor is Roger son of William le Vavasour. The seal: red wax, circular, diameter ¾ in., to this latter document, bears a shield with seven lozenges, 3, 3 and 1 (perhaps intended for lozengy), S' . . . . I . S . FIL’ ROGERI. These two deeds are fastened together.

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Spofforth.
407. Aug. 11, 4 Edward III (1330). Letters patent² of Henry de Percy, appointing, in virtue of a commission sent him by the King,³ his good friends Sir Peter de Midelton, Sir John Deeland,⁴ Sir Nicholas de Worteley, and William de Skarkill, jointly and severally, to array all the men-at-arms and men on foot, and to assess each according to his estate and the amount of lands and chattels in the wapentakes of Strafforthe and Aggebryg both within the franchise and without, and to bring them to him well and suitably arrayed to go on the king’s service at an hour to be provided by him; and giving power to the same to punish all contrariants and rebels, and those adhering to them, by their goods, chattels, and bodies, committing them to the nearest (prochein) gaol. At his manor of Spofforthe.⁵ (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 20, Stockeld, No. 92.)
² In French.
³ See Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1327-30, p. 564, for Henry de Percy’s writ in the counties of York, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Northumberland, dated July 12 1330.
⁴ De Eland.
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Stubham (Ilkley).
517. Grant by Robert son of Godfrey de Stubbum to Sir Peter de Middelton, his heirs or assigns, of a messuage and four acres of land in the territory and field of Stubbum as they lay in length and breadth; to hold of the chief lord of the fee. Witnesses, Sir Robert de Plumpton, knt., Sir Mauger le Vavasur, knt., John the spenser (dispensator) of Nesscefeld, Peter son of Richard de Middelton, John de Cayli, Robert son of Simon de Ilkelay, Thomas de Scalwra, clerk. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 14, Middleton, No. 55).
518. Quitclaim by Robert son of Robert Godeman of Stubbum to Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., of all right in a toft, five acres of land, and one acre of meadow with appurtenances in the territory of Stubbum. Witnesses, John de Caly, Andrew de Laton, Alan the clerk². (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 20, Stubham, No. 36).
519. Quitclaim by William Querderay of Midelton to Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., of all right in all the tenement . . . . . . ³, which he (William) had of Robert de Stubbum formerly his father, in the vill of Stubbum. Witnesses, . . . . . . son of Richard de Midelton, Peter del Stede, Thomas de Scalwra of Wetlay, John the spenser (dispensatore) . . . . . , Robert son of Simon the smith of Ilkelay, John de Ireby of the same, John de Wlferton, clerk.⁴ (Ibid., No. 37).
520. Saturday before St. Valentine, 7 Edward III (Feb. 13, 1332-3). Grant⁵ by William de Wetherby, chaplain, to Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., and Eustachia his wife, of his manor of Stubhum with its appurtenances, together with the whole of the vill of Middelton both in demesnes and services, with the hamlets of Morehous and Schallewra; and of his lands and tenements, rents and the services of the freemen of Mensington, together with the reversion of the lands and tenements which Alice formerly the wife of Alexander de Mensington was holding of the grantor for life, and of whatever he had had in the said manor of Stubhum and the vill of Middelton with the hamlets of Morehous, Schallewra and Mensington; to hold to them and the heirs male of Peter’s body of the chief lords of the fee, with remainder to Peter’s heirs, rendering yearly to the grantor a rose at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Witnesses, William de Plumpton, William Mauleverer, knts., Peter de Middelton, John his brother, Robert son of Simon de Ilkeley, John le Spencer of Nessefeld. Stubhum. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 14, Middleton, No. 56).
² Seal: white wax; broken and blurred.
³ Words covered by stain, probably merely scilicet illud quod.
⁴ Fragment of seal of white wax.
⁵ Also, attached, the grant by Peter de Middelton to William de Wetherby of the same premises; same witnesses, with the addition of Richard de Dighton, clerk; at Stockeld, date left blank; in this deed the widow of Alexander de Mensington is called Agnes. [Ibid., No. 56A).

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p178 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Miscellanea.
514. July 28, 1st year of his reign (1333). Grant⁴ by Edward, King of the Scots, to Peter de Middelton and his heirs, of the manors of Tynewale⁵ and Menereth, and all the lands and tenements of Gaytegille, Templeland, and Eneueth, formerly belonging to John de Moundeville, his enemy and rebel; also of all the lands and tenements formerly belonging to Hugh Poleyn in Annandale (vall’ de Anande) in Castelmylk; to hold for 100 librates of land. If it were found to be more the surplus should remain to the grantor, and if less it should be made up from the grantor’s property elsewhere. Together with knights’ fees, advowsons of churches, and all liberties belonging to the said manors and lands, saving to the grantor and his heirs lands and tenements, advowsons, and all other things pertaining to the crown or his inheritance, and saving the right of anyone whatsoever. Witnesses, Sirs Henry de Bello Monte, earl of Boghan, David de Strabolgy, earl Dathell, Richard Talbot, Alexander de Montbrey, Thomas Ughtred, John de Styvehem, knts. Teste me ipso at Berewik super Twedam. (Y.AS., M^D 59, 23, Tinwald.)
⁴ No tag or seal; and the document looks like a contemporary copy. Peter de Middelton held the barony of Tynwald at the time of his decease (c. Oct., 1335). (Bain, Cal. of Documents relating to Scotland, iii, 319.) The above grant would seem to have been made as a result of the battle of Halidon Hill on the preceding July 19, when David II, King of Scotland, was defeated by Edward III and Edward Baliol.
⁵ Tinwald, co. Dumfries; the other places are Gategill, co. Kirkcudbright; Templand, of which there are several in Dumfries and Galloway; Castlemilk, co. Dumfries; Menereth is probably Monreith, co. Wigtown; and Eneueth is probably Anwoth, co. Kirkcudbright. I have to thank Mr. William Angus for his kindness in helping me with these identifications

Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p112 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

Newsome (Spofforth).
367. Eve of Whitsunday, 8 Edward III (May 14, 1334). Appointment⁴ by Peter de Middelton of William de Wetherby, chaplain, to deliver seisin to Thomas his son of his hamlet of Neusom near Spofford in accordance with his charter. Stockeld. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 21, Spofforth, No. 6).
⁴ In French. Cf. vol. v, No. 317.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1333-1337 p326 (1898)

1334. July 14.
Nottingham.
To the sheriff of York. Order to make summons and proclamations for an eyre to be held on Thursday, the morrow of All Souls next, at York, before Ralph de Nevill, Richard de Aldeburgh, and Peter de Middelton whom the king has appointed justices in eyre for this turn for pleas of the Forest in that county. By K. and C. Et erat claus’.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1333-1337 p496 (1898)

1335. June 19.
Darlington.
Thomas de la Ryvere, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Peter de Middelton, knight, 100s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1333-1337 p442 (1898)

1335. Sept. 27.
Edinburgh.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to account with Peter de Middelton, sheriff of York, who has lately come to the king to Edenburgh in Scotland, by his order, and who has stayed there in the king’s service for some time, for his expenses in coming to the king, staying there and returning thence to York, and to cause reasonable wages to be allowed to Peter for himself, and his household for every day in which he was in the king’s service, according to their discretion. By K.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Edward III vol 8 1336-1347 p4 (1913)

12. PETER DE MIDDELTON.
Writ, 15 July, 10 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Sunday after the Assumption, 10 Edward III.
Stobbum. The manor held of Sir Henry de Percy in chief by knight’s service.
Stokkeld. The manor held in chief of the master and brethren of St. Leonard’s, York, by service of rendering 78s. yearly.
Sikkelinghall. A meadow called Rosenge, and a culture of land called Neweriddingges, held by Sir Henry le Wavasour by knight’s service, and by rendering to the said Sir Henry 13d. yearly.
Newesom by Spofford. The town held of Robert de Ros of Ingemanthorp by knight’s service.
He held no lands of the king in chief in the wapentake of Clarhowe.
Thomas his son, aged 15 years, is his next heir.

Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland vol 3 1307-1357 p319 (ed. Joseph Bain, 1887)

III.—ACCOUNTS OF CERTAIN SHERIFFS AND OTHER OFFICERS IN SCOTLAND; 1335-36
De baronia de Tynwald que fuit Petri de Middilton defuncti qui de Rege tenuit in capite per servicium reddendi x s̃. ad wardam castri Regis de Dunfres, et solebat valere per annum xx lĩ., a xx die Octobris usque festum Sancti Michaelis proximo sequentem, et remanente in manu Regis per minorem etatem heredis eiusdem Petri, non respondet ex causa predicta.

which roughly translates to:
Of the barony of Tynwald, which belonged to the deceased Peter de Middilton, who held of the King in chief by service of rendering 10s. to the ward of the King’s castle of Dunfres, and used to be valid for 20 years, from the 20th of October until the feast of Saint Michael next following, and remaining in the King’s hand during the minor age of the heir of the same Peter, does not answer for the aforesaid reason.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 3 p168 (William Dugdale, 1907)

VI. SIR PETER DE MIDDELTON, KNT., High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1334, a Justice in Eyre Dec. 1329, a Knight 1328, J.P. West Riding, Inq. P.M. 1336; mar. Eustacia, dau. of Sir Robert Plumpton, of Plumpton, living 1354, and appears in a deed of that date. They had issue—
Sir Thomas (VII).
Adam.
John.
Eleanor, mar. Sir John Mauleverer, of Allerton (Glover 66)
Margaret, mar. Sir John Vavasour, of Weston (Glover 345).

Children:

Thomas de Middleton (1320 - ? )
Adam de Middleton
John de Middelton
Eleanor de Middleton
Margaret de Middleton

Notes:
This document names "Heustacia" de Plumpton as the wife of Peter de Middleton.
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp99-100 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p114-5 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Nesfield with Langbar.

306. Grant in special tail by Robert de Plomton, knt., to Peter son of William de Middelton, knt. (militi) and Eustachia his daughter, Peter’s wife, of two messuages and two bovates of land, which Henry Casseman and John his son had held, the toft which Agnes Plockeros had held, a bovate of land which Henry le Honter had held with appurtenances in Gerssington, and a messuage and a bovate of land with appurtenances in Nesfeld, which Thomas Louper formerly held; to hold of the grantor with all appurtenances, saving his wood and park of Gresse, rendering yearly a rose at the feast of St. John the Baptist for all services, saving forinsec service; with reversion to the grantor and his heirs. Witnesses, Sir William de Hebbeden, Sir Henry de Herteligton, knts., Elias de Thresfeld, Alexander de Estbrene, Robert de Suton of Gersigton, William Schot.¹ (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 17, Nesfield], No. 16.)
307. Saturday after the Nativity of the B.V.M., 15 Edward II (Sept. 12, 1321). Appointment by Robert de Plumpton, knt., of Adam son of Richard de Middelton or John le Beueser as attorney to deliver seisin to Sir Peter de Middelton and Eustachia his (Robert’s) daughter of a messuage and one bovate of land in Nescefeld, which Thomas Louper had held. Gersington.² (Ibid., No 17.)

Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 pp61-3 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

Draughton
202. St. Peter ad vincula (Aug. 1), 1336, 10 Edward III. Quitclaim by John de Stokhild son of Sir Richard de Stokhild to dame Eustachia, widow of Sir Peter de Midelton, Sir William de Wetherby, chaplain, and Thomas de Midelton, of all right in his close in Draghton, which he had for life of the grant of Sir Peter de Midelton, and also in a yearly rent of a robe (robe). Plumpton¹. (Ibid. [Y.A.S. M^D 59, 6, Draughton], No. 10).

... 204. Wednesday, the eve of the Apostles Peter and Paul, 20 Edward III³ (June 28, 1346). Grant by Thomas son of Peter de Middylton, knt. (militis) to dame Eustachia, widow of Peter, and to John son of Richard de Middylton, their heirs and assigns, of all his vill of Draghton, with all his lands, meadows, and rents in Berwyk in Craven, with appurtenances, and the rents, homages, and services of Roger Stoyle, Henry de Bradlay, William Graysson, Agnes his mother, and John son of Gilbert, together with the services of all the villeins (bondorum), their chattels and sequels, and also the suits of the courts and mills. Witnesses, William de Plumton, John Tempest, William Mauleverer, knts., John de Mallom, William de Kyghlay of Skypton, William de Bradlay of the same, Thomas de Methelaye of Thornhyll, Robert de Burlaye. Draghton⁴. (Ibid., No. 12).
205. July 26, 27 Edward III (1353). Quitclaim⁵ by Beatrix, formerly wife of Richard Gybsone, and John, Richard’s son and heir, to dame Eustachia, widow of Peter de Myddilton, knt., of all right in a messuage, three acres and three roods of land, with appurtenances in Draghton. Witnesses, Paulinus de Draghton, Richard Stoyl, John le Masoun, and Benedict Cokbryd, all of the same. Draghton. (Ibid., No. 13).
... 208. Monday after the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 28 Edward III (Sept. 1, 1354). Grant³ by Isabel de Methelay, formerly widow of Thomas de Methelay, to dame Eustachia, formerly wife of Sir Peter de Middelton, knt., her heirs and assigns, of all her manor of Drathton in Craven, which she had of the grant of Sir William de Spaygne, rector of the church of Ylkelay, with services [etc. as in the preceding deeds]. Witnesses, Sir William de Plumton, Sir Richard de Goldesburgh, Sir John son of John Mauleverer, knts., William de Rymygton, John de Nessefelde, clerk, Thomas de Bekyngham, Henry Spenser of Ylkelay, John de Batelay. Drathton in Craven⁴. (Ibid., No. 17)

¹ Fragment of seal of red wax: a quatrefoil.
³ Regni vero sui Francii septimo.
⁴ Seal: red wax, round, ⅞ in.; a shield of arms, fretty, a canton (Middelton); chipped.
⁵ Also appointment by Beatrix and John of Thomas Foulere and John le Mason of Draghton as attorneys to deliver seisin; Draghton, June 26 same year. (Ibid., No. 14).
³ Also, same day, appointment by the same of John de Middelton and Henry le Spenser of Ylkelay as attorneys to deliver seisin; Stubbum; same seal. (Ibid., No. 18).
⁴ Seal: dark red wax, round, ¾ in.; a shield bearing a stag’s head cabossed with something between the horns; legend not deciphered.

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Stockeld (Spofforth).
480. Saturday, St. Matthew the Apostle (Sept. 21), 1336, 10 Edward III. Demise by Matthew de Brame to Eustachia, widow of Peter de Middelton, of three bovates of land with appurtenances in Stokkeld, which William the carpenter had held, for a sum of money given beforehand; to hold from Martinmas next for a term of ten years. Witnesses, Walter de Kereby, Nigel de Wethirby, John de Dyghton, William de Askham. Plumpton. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 20, Stockeld], No. 60).
481. Wednesday after All Saints, 13 Edward III (Nov. 3, 1339). Indenture witnessing that John de Caylli of Poule demised to dame Eustachia de Middelton all his tenements, land, and meadow in the vill and territory of Stockeld, from Martinmas, 13 Edward III, for a term of ten years, paying yearly 13s. 4d. in equal portions at Whitsuntide and Martinmas. John received 40s. by reason of his farm¹ for the five years next ensuing. Witnesses, Simon de Waldeby, William de Daskham, John de Whitewell, Matthew de Braham. Stockeld. (Ibid., No. 61).

... 484. Wednesday, St. Gregory the Pope (March 12), 1342[-3], 16 Edward III. Grant by Thomas son of Peter de Medylton, knt. (militis), to Sir Adam de Medylton, rector of the church of Merston, his heirs and assigns, of the whole of his manor of Stockeld by Spoffort with all appurtenances, which he had by inheritance after the death of Peter his father, as in woods, meadows, fishponds, pools, mills, moors, wastes, turbaries and all other easements, with all his villeins, their chattels and sequels, and the rents and services of Mariota widow of Thomas Gulyas, together with the reversion of a third part of the manor, which Eustachia his mother was holding in the name of dower for her life. Witnesses, Sir William de Plumton, Sir Richard de Goldesburgh, knts., Walter de Kereby, William de Lyndelay, Laurence de Castelay, William le Moanth. Stockeld. (Ibid., No. 64).
¹ Nomine . . . . . . firme sue; the blank word being obscured by a stain.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p126 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Scalwray (Middleton, par. Ilkley).³

337. 12 Edward III (133⁷/₈-133⁸/₉). Grant⁵ by Thomas son of [?] Thomas de Scalwra to Eustachia widow of Peter de Midelton, her heirs and assigns, of all the meadow with appurtenances called le [?] Holme in exchange for a certain culture called le Brenandriddingg lying between le Strandes of Ilkelay on one side and the bovates of Midelton on the other. Witnesses, William, rector of the church of Ilkelay, Thomas le Vavaciour, Patrick de Marton, William le Mohaut, John de Nesfeld, William de Askam. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59], 20, Scalwray, No. 2.)

³ Scalwray is described in these deeds as a hamlet of Middleton; but it is not to be found on the 1-in. Ordnance Map, and it has long since disappeared.
⁵ Endorsed in a seventeenth-century hand, “Scalwray,” and in a modern hand, “ Stubham.”

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Middleton (Ilkley).
361. Tuesday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 14 Edward III (Jan. 23, 1340-1). Grant by Thomas de Scallewra, the elder, to dame Eustachia, formerly wife of Peter de Middilton, of a meadow called le Pighell in the wode as it lay in length and breadth and enclosed in Middilton, in exchange for four holmedales² and a sum of money given beforehand. Witnesses, Sir William de Plompton, knt., Sir William, rector of the church of Ilkeley, Thomas le Vavasour, William de Askam, John de Nessefeld, William de Wetherby, chaplain. Middilton³. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 14, Middleton], No. 40).
362. Same day. Grant by Peter Pyngle to dame Eustachia, formerly wife of Peter de Middilton, and her heirs, of all the culture called Alcokflatte lying in length and breadth, together with the meadow le Gill and le Pittes, with appurtenances in the vill of Middilton. Same witnesses. Middilton. (Ibid., No. 41).
² These were probably portions (doles) of water-meadows.
³ Seal: red wax, round, ¾ in.; a hare blowing a trumpet riding on a dog, encircled by a motto; chipped.

Yorkshire deeds vol 10 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 120 p129 (ed. M. J. Stanley Prive, 1955)

Plumpton
363. Friday St. Peter ad vincula, 17 Edward III [Aug. 1, 1343]. Release and quitclaim by Eustachia, widow of Peter de Middelton, knt., to Sir William de Plumpton, knt., of all right in all the lands, tenements and rents with appurtenances in the vill of Plumpton and in the field of the said vill, which is called Rufferlington, which once belonged to Henry Beaufitz, knt. Warranty. Sealing clause. Witnesses: Robert Ros of Ingmanthorpe, John son of William de Moubray, Walter de Kereby, John de Middelton, Richard de Middelton. At Plumpton.² (Y.A.S. Md. 59/18 No. 8).
² Endorsed: Plompton. Rughfarlyngton.

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p149n (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Stubham (Ilkley).
³ There had been litigation earlier about the property of Furness Abbey in Stubham, as there is a writ, dated at Westminster, Feb. 8, 18 Edward III (1343-4), and attested by J. de Stonore, directed to the sheriff of Yorkshire, ordering him to summon Eustachia, widow of Peter de Midelton, knt., to answer to the abbot of Fourn’ for entering upon the land mentioned in the fine, which is given at length in the writ. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Abbeys], No. 12.)

Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p158 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

Stubham (Ilkley).
521. Sunday before the Ascension, 18 Edward III (May 9, 1344). Letters patent¹ of Eustachia, widow of Sir Peter de Medilton, assigning Simon de Morton, her servant, the bearer of the letters, to take her store from Irby in Allyrdal to her manor of Stubhum in Qwervedale. Stubham. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 20, Stubham, No. 38).
522. Wednesday after the Assumption, 25 Edward III (Aug. 31, 1351). Letters patent² of Eustachia de Mydelton, stating that on that day in the manor of Stubbum in the presence of good people she attorned for the reversion of the manors of Stubbum, Mydelton, and Neusom which she was holding for life of the heritage of Thomas de Mydelton her dear son, according to the purport of the charter made by the said Thomas to John son of Richard de Midelton, her attornment being made to the said John³. The manor of Stubbum. (Ibid., No. 39).
¹ In French.
² In French.
³ Before the statute 4 Anne, c. 16 the attornment of the tenant was necessary to complete the grant of the reversion. (Digby, Real Property, 5th ed., p. 260)

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p15 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Askwith.
51. Tuesday after the Annunciation, 28 Edward III (April 1, 1354). Quitclaim by Thomas de Midelton, knt., to Patrick de Marton, the tenant, of all right in the lands, tenements, rents and services, which Eustachia² wife of his father, Peter de Midelton, and John son of Richard de Midelton had of his gift, or which Eustachia held in dower, in the vill of Askwid; except two messuages and 6½ bovates of land in that vill which Eustachia and John held on the day of these presents; and release of all actions by the executors of Peter de Midelton by force of a recognizance for 200li., made by Mauger son of William le Vavasour, to the said Peter. Witnesses, William de Lyndelay, Thomas de Marton, Edmund de Wykelay. Denton. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Askwith], No. 9.)
² Daughter of Sir Robert Plumpton of Plumpton. (Dugdale’s Visitation, ed. Clay, ii, 168.)

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Austby.
70. Thursday after the Purification, 34 Edward III (Feb. 6, 1359-60). Grant by John de Mosselay of York, “tailliour,” to Eustachia widow of Peter de Midelton, knt., of the messuage and land mentioned in the preceding deed. Witnesses, Sir William de Spaigne, rector of Ilkelay, William de Rymyngton, senior, Thomas de Bradelay, William de Malghom, Richard de Scallewra. Ilkelay.³ (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Austby], No. 4.)
³ Seal: brown wax, circular, diameter ⅞ in.; a shield below a crown, bearing a saltire between four small objects; legend not deciphered.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp115-6 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

The young couple thrive in their windy lot, and have four children, two sons and two daughters. Then one of these daughters, Eustasia, is duly courted by Sir Peter Middelton, nephew and heir to Sir Adam, and marries him about 1319, for in that year, Nigel de Plumpton, with Roger, his brother, and Elina, their sister, quit claim to Sir Peter certain lands in Austby, of the yearly rent of sixteen shillings, which had come into the family six years before by deed from Helewiz, widow of Nigel de Nestefield* This surmise as to the date of the marriage is made the more probable from the fact that when Sir Peter died in 1335, or 6, his son Thomas, who succeeded him, was only 15 years of age. We may note here also that Eustasia survived Sir Peter many years, for as late as 1360, John de Mosselay, of York, tailor, gives to “Eustachie, widow of Sir Peter Medelton, Knight,” certain lands in Austby, which had been given him the year before by Alicia, daughter and heir of Nigel del More. The deed of conveyance was done at Ilkelay, whither no doubt the worthy tailor wended to see that the document was duly signed, 34 Edward IIL The witnesses to the 1359 deed were, John Buktrout, John de Ayredale, William Bullam de Ilkeley.

But this note of the gift to Sir Peter’s widow carries us forty years past the time of which we are writing, and we must return. Sir Peter did not care to be troubled with the Wheatley lands his uncle had got from the Percies, so in 1320 he made out a deed by which they were turned over to John Brantyngh, of Linton; Radulph de Wheatley, Peter de Stead, Robert son of Simon de Ilkley, John Crokayn, and Thomas de Skallewra being witnesses to this writing.
There were two sons, as we have seen, brothers to Sir Peter’s wife, Robert de Plumpton, who died under age, and Sir William, who succeeded to the Plumpton estates on the Monday before Martinmas, 1324, A.D. This Sir William had married Alice, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Byaufiz, on the 14th of April, 1322, when his father settled the manor of Nessfield on the young couple and the heirs of their bodies. The bridegroom’s father died two years after this marriage, and three years after, in 1325, the bride’s father died also, and then his estates came to them with this provision:—“That if the said Alice had no children her lands in Brakenthwaite, Plumpton, Folifoot, Ribston, Braham, and Kirby, (held by Sir Henry of the inheritance of his wife Cecilia, daughter of William de Plumpton, descended from Robert, son of Huckman, Seneschal of Plumpton,) should fall first to Thomas, son of Sir Peter Middleton, and his wife Eustasia,” the said Thomas being then a little fellow of five or thereabouts—‘sair hadden doon’—no doubt by the old gander and his wife in the home farm yard, and duly spoiled by all the maids and men. Failing issue of Thomas, they fell to Marmaduke de Plumpton and his heirs, with remainder to Adam, son of Peter de Middleton. The lady Alice did die childless, then her bereaven husband Sir William went North in search of another mate, and married Christina [de Mowbray, Harl. MS. 1487], the widow of Richard de Emildon, who had been Mayor of Newcastle in three reigns. He died in 1334, and then Thomas Middleton, a fine lad by this time of 14 or so, came into the estates his aunt Alice had inherited; from which time, the learned in heraldry say, the Middletons of Stockeld quartered with their coat of arms those of the Huckman branch of the Plumptons.

* The Austby deeds at Middelton give:—“1313, Helewiz, widow of Nigell de Nestefeld, devised to Robert de Plumpton, knight, lands in Austby at xvjs. yearly rent
Witnesses—Peter de Midelton, Thomas de Skalwra, Peter del’ Stede; dated at Plumpton.” Again, 1319, Nigel filius Robert de Plumton, Roger, his brother, and Elina, their sister, quit claimed to Peter son of William de Middelton lands at Ousteby juxta Stubhoum.
Witnesses—Will. de Belledone, Peter de la Kirk.”

Sources:

Parents: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Marriage: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Peter father, uncle from Yorkshire deeds vol 10 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 120 p131 (ed. M. J. Stanley Prive, 1955) and Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 3 p168 (William Dugdale, 1907); Peter parents, details from Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 3 p168 (William Dugdale, 1907); Peter notes from Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p178 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926); Peter death from Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p111 360, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Edward III vol 8 1336-1347 p4 (1913) and Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 3 p168 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Children: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 3 p168 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Notes: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

George Plumpton

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Occupation: Clergyman
George was a Bachelor at Law when was ordained sub-deacon by the Bishop of Ely on 27 March 1417, deacon on 18 September 1417 and priest on 19 February 1417(8). In 1438(9) he became rector of Grasmeere in Cumberland, and on 2 December 1447 he was inducted to the rectory of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, from which, on 8 June 1448, he took a leave of absence on account of his age and infirmities, and he had resigned the living before 11 February 1450(1). The remainder of his life was passed in seclusion in Bolton Abbey in Craven, Yorkshire.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry VI 1436-1441 p230 (1907)

1439. Jan. 25.
Westminster
Nomination of George Plompton for presentation by the abbot and convent of St. Mary’s, York, to the free chapel of Cressemer, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, with mandate to the archdeacon to admit him.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry VI 1436-1441 p551 (1907)

1441. July 12.
Westminster
Whereas Margaret, late the wife of Thomas Rempston, knight, Nicholas Wymbyssh, clerk, Robert Rempston, esquire, John Bowes, George Plompton, clerk, Richard Byngham and John de Leek of Halom of late acquired to them and their heirs from William Plompton, knight, kinsman and heir of John Foljambe, the manor of Arnall, held in chief, and entered therein without licence; the king, for 10 marks paid in the hanaper, has pardoned the trespass and granted licence to them to retain the same.

Notes:
George was a young man when he witnessed the beheading of his father in 1405, following which he was taken into the North by followers of the king, hostage to ensure the good behaviour of his family. His accounts of how Henry IV was struck with leprosy during the execution of the Archbishop became legendary.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxv - page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

In the year 1405 the morrow of Pentecost fell on the eighth of June, the feast of St. William of York, which is the day mentioned by Hall as that of their decollation, “on the Monday in Whitson weke.” This chronicler erroneously puts “Sir Robart” for Sir William Plumpton, and is exceeding angry with the writers and story-tellers who spread abroad that miracles were wrought at the time of the execution of Archbishop Scrope, as to the King’s being striken with leprosy, and the like. He doubtless here alludes to the History of the Martyrdom of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, by Clement Maidstone, where it is related, upon the authority of George Plumpton, an ecclesiastic of whom we shall speak largely in the sequel, who was an eye-witness, that on the day of the said decollation, 8th of June, great leprous pustules broke out over the said King’s face and hands, and were as prominent as the nipples of the breasts.^c The vision of the son may, however, be believed to have been distorted by the recollection of his father’s execution, and by the wish, so natural to mortals, of seeing Heaven avenge our wrongs: the legendary should, at all events, have taken the precaution to look out for a more disinterested witness, before he gave publicity to the tale.

^c Anglia Sacra, vol. II. p. 369.

History of England Under Henry the Fourth vol 2 pp246-9 (James Hamilton Wylie, 1894)

In the afternoon of the day of the execution (June 8th, 1405), the King entered York and transacted some routine business. ... the King and his retinue passed through Micklegate Bar and took the road for Boroughbridge. The weather was wild, and as he rode along in the blinding rain over Hessay Moor, towards the Nidd, between Poppleton and Skip Bridge, it seemed as if some one struck him a violent blow, and as the storm did not abate, he halted at Green Hammerton for the night. Here his rest was disturbed by a hideous dream, which in the excited minds of his people became afterwards historic. It was taken by the northern folk and their clerical teachers to signify the voice of God, warning him that he should be stricken down with leprosy as a punishment for the death of the martyred Scrope. The disease was believed to have taken him inside the nose, and no doctor could ever cure it. The monk who tells the story could not make up his mind whether it came as a punishment, a warning, or an accident, so he cautiously leaves the question for God to decide. At any rate, the King called out in his sleep: “Traitors! ye have thrown fire over me.” Accommodation at a wayside Yorkshire manor would be on a homely scale, and it is likely that the sleeping-rooms were divided only by a tapet, or a parclose, of boards. Rushing up in alarm, the attendants found the light out in the King’s mortar. Thinking that he had been poisoned, they gave him a draught of vernage as a treacle, and when he rode into Ripon the next day, he was very ill (valde infirmus) and had to rest there for seven days, at the end of which time two eye-witnesses saw him (as they afterwards said), with pushes sitting like teats on his face and hands.
One of these was Stephen Palmer, alias Cotingham, a citizen of York, the other was George Plumpton, a younger son of Sir William Plumpton, who had just been executed. He was then only a lad about twelve years of age, and had probably been retained as a hostage for the good behaviour of his family. He afterwards grew up to be a clerk of some repute, and in the two succeeding reigns, held livings and faculties suitable to the younger son of a great landed family. In course of time he told his story to Doctor Thomas Gascoigne, a nephew of the Chief Justice, who wrote an account of the events in which his uncle had played so honourable a part.
Of the two chroniclers whose works are known to be strictly contemporary, the earlier says nothing at all about any illness, the other says in half-a-line that “immediately the King began to appear like a leper.” A third account, written at least fifteen years after, says that the King was struck with leprosy beyond the possibility of cure, on the very day and at the very hour of the Archbishop’s execution. Elmham, writing a few years after the King’s death, refers to his gracious face as horrid to all who saw it, and Waurin, about forty years later, thinks that the leprosy came immediately after his accession to the throne, as a judgment for the murder of Richard. A century later, the leading historian of England treats the whole story of the mysterious seizure as a “manifest lie,” and has some very hard words for the “foolish and fantastical persons,” the “erroneous Hypocrites and seditious Asses” who could propagate or believe it.

George was remembered in the will of his grandmother, Ellen Gisburn, dated 24 April 1408.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Item, a George, le fitz du dit Alice, i pare getebedes bien gaudez dargent.

A rough translation of the French is:
Item, to George, the son of the said Alice, a set of jet beads with silver gaudes.

George was remembered in the will of Matilda de Mauley, dated 1 October 1438.
Testamenta Eboracensia vol 2 p68 (1855)

Item lego Magistro Georgio Plompton* unum par precularium de corall cum gaudiis aureis.

*A younger son of Sir William Plumpton, and brother of Richard Plumpton, Lady de Mauley’s esquire. He was a bachelor-at-law, and was ordained sub-deacon by the Bishop of Ely in 1417. In 1438-9 he became rector of Grasmere in Cumberland, and in 1447 he was presented by Sir Thomas Chaworth to the rectory of Bingham in Nottinghamshire, which he held for two or three years, and then resigned it on account of his age and increasing infirmities. The remainder of his life was passed in the fair and secluded monastery of Bolton, and in 1459 he obtained permission from the Archbishop of York to have service celebrated for the use of himself and his servants within the walls of that monastery.

A rough translation of the Latin is:
Also, I bequeath to Master George Plompton one set of coral beads with gold gaudes.

George was an executor and feofee of, and left a bequest, in the will of his brother Richard, dated in 1443.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiii - page xxxiv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

All my lands and tenements in North-street, York, and in Ripon, I give and bequeath to George Plompton, my brother, brother John Craven, minister of the house of St. Robert, Sir William Normanvill, knight, Ranulph Pygott and Robert Crosse, esquires, in order that they may arrange with the minister and house of St. Robert for a priest to say mass daily and for ever for the souls of my father and mother, my grandfather John Gisburgh, and my grandmother Elen Gisburne, for my own soul, and for the soul of my brother George, and the souls of all the faithful departed; but if this cannot be done, then to dispose of them, as they best may, for the good of the souls above mentioned. I give and bequeath to Master George Plompton my brother, ‘unam pixidem argen team et deauratam, unum psaltorium meum parvum, unum par cultellorum vocat’ karving knyves, et unum par forpicum argenteorum.’... Executors, Master George Plompton my brother, Elen Crosse, and Thomas Whittall, chaplain.”^b
^b Cartul. No. 527.

Testamenta Eboracensia vol 2 p67n (1855)

To Master George Plumpton, his brother, he leaves a pyx of silver gilt, his little Psalter, a pair of knives called “karving knyves,” and a pair of silver forcipes.

Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiv - page xlii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

George de Plumpton was, as I have already had occasion to mention, in the service of the church. To give him a title, Thomas, prior, and the convent of Landa, of the order of St. Augustin, in the county of Leicester and diocese of Lincoln, assigned him an annual pension of x^li for term of life, 4 Jan. 2 Hen. IV. 1400-1;^c and 3 Oct. 4 Hen. V. 1416, being then a Bachelor at Law, he had a licence from Henry, Archbishop of York and Legate of the Holy See, to receive holy orders.^d Whereupon, George Plumpton, acolyte, was ordained subdeacon by John bishop of Ely, in the chapel of his manor of Dounham, in the diocese of Ely, 27 Mar. 1417;^e deacon by the same prelate in the chapel of his manor of Somersham, in the diocese of Lincoln, by licence of Philip the diocesan, 18 Sept. 1417;^f and priest 19 Feb. 1417-8, in the same chapel of Dounham by the same Bishop of Ely.^g In 1438-9 he became rector of the parish church or free chapel of Grismere, otherwise Grassmere, in Cumberland, vacant by the resignation of Master Peter Icford, to which benefice he had been presented by the King as nominee of the abbot and convent of St. Mary’s, York, the right patrons.^h On the 13th Feb. in that year, he was inducted thereto by Walter Capros, chaplain commissary of Henry Bowett, archdeacon of Richmond, in whose jurisdiction the living was situate.ⁱ In the next year (10 Feb. 1439-40), he had a faculty from Richard Arnall, sub-dean of the cathedral church of York, and vicar-general of John, Archbishop of York and Legate, to hear reserved cases in confession, and to give absolution to all penitents, save violators of the privileges of the cathedral church of York, and of the collegiates of Beverley, Ripon, and Suthwell, and breakers open of the parks belonging to the Archiepiscopal see for the taking of game therein.^k In 1447 (12 Nov. 26 Hen. VI.), Master George Plompton, chaplain, had letters of institution to the rectory of the church of Bingham, in the county of Nottingham, upon the presentation of Sir Thomas Chaworth, knight, from John, Cardinal priest of the holy Roman Church, titular of St. Balbina, Archbishop of York, and Legate of the Holy See,^l and was inducted by proxy 2nd December following, by the official of the Archdeacon of Nottingham.^m This benefice he probably owed to the good offices of his kinsman, John Lord Scrope of Masham, Treasurer of England (26 Feb. 10 Hen. VI. 1431-2) who had intermarried with a daughter of Sir Thomas Chaworth, and whom the following letter shows to have been the patron of George de Plompton:
    To my right trusty and welbeloued Cousin, Sir William Plompton.
Trusty and welbeloued, I greet you wel; praying you that you wil have in tendernesse and favor my welbeloued cousin George of Plompton, your nephew (rectè uncle), as towching his annuity, in such wise as he may know this my writing may turn into avail; certifiing mee wherin that I may shew you as much kindnes or ease, the which I wold do with all my hart, as God knowes, who have you in his keeping. Written at London the ninetenth day of Feveryear.
          The LORD SCROOP, tresorer of England.ⁿ
Within a year after his taking possession of the rectory of Bingham (8 Jun. 1448), Master George Plompton had leave of absence from the diocesan for three years from that date, by reason of his increasing years and great infirmities,^o during which term the rectory was let by him to farm to Sir Thomas Rempston, knight, for forty marks;^p but before 11 Feb. 1450-1 he had resigned the living to Sir James Swaledale, retaining, however, a pension of x^li annually for his life.^q About the same time (6 Nov. 29 Hen. VI. 1450), he conveyed to feoffees, viz. the worshipfull fader and lord, Tho. Spofford, late byshop of Hereford, John Kexby, and William Middelton, clerks, and John Snaith, preist, all the lands and tenements in York and Ripon which devolved upon him after the death of his brother Richard Plumpton, to hold to the uses of his last will,^r which is dated 14th November following; he thereby declared his intent to be, that they should grant the same premises “to the preist that by the grace of God shalbe made chauntery prest att the alter of Mary Magdalen in the parish kirk of Spofford in the county of York and to his successors, chauntery preists of the same; Trusting in God that I, mine executors, or some of my said welle dispozed feoffez, shall purchase and gett a licence of our soveraigne lord the King to stablish, found, create, and make a perpetuall chauntre of a preist att the aforesaid alter to serve God, and especially to pray to God for the soules of William Plompton knight and Alice his wife, my father and moder, for the soules of John Gisburgh and Ellen his wife, for my prosperity whilles I live in this world, and for my saule after I have taken the universall way, and for the saules of all them of whom said fader and mother, John Gisburgh and Ellen his wife, or I the said George, has had any goods of, and for the saules of all my fader and moder childer, and of all christen saules, Also, I will and grant, that after my decease and from the tyme that the mortsment be made of my forsaid lands and tenements to the Chauntry aforesaid, my nephew William Plompton, knight, and his heirs be the very patrons and giffers therof. Also, I will that for evermore, induring the said Chantry, my worshipfull fader and lord Tho: Spofford, late byshop of Hereford, be specially recommended in all the masses and suffrages to be done by the preste thereof, through whose good lordship and gracious favor, with great costs, I trust in God it shall come to good purpose after myne intent aforesaid.”^s
This venerable ecclesiastic passed the remainder of his life in the seclusion of Bolton Abbey in Craven; and the last memorial of him that has been preserved is a licence from John Sendale, Canon of York Cathedral, Vicar-general of William, Archbishop of York and Legate of the Holy See, for Master George Plompton to have masses celebrated in his presence in any fitting oratory within the monastery or priory of Bolton, for a year from the date thereof, viz. 4th Dec. 1459, 38 Hen. VI. with leave for his servants to hear the same.^t. To him at this place the following etter was addressed:
    To Master George Plompton at Bolton abbey.
My best brother, I am sory by my troth that I shall nott see you, and cum thus far as to York. God knoweth my intent was not for no great gud that I thoght to desire, but I wott well now ye trusted the contrary. But. brother. it is not unknowne that I am right sickly, and my hart wold have bene gretly comforted to have spoken with you; but I trow, and so doth my daughter, that ye be displeased, denyeing that my writing afore, because she desired a booke of you. And as ever I be saved, she praied me write for either salter or primmer; and my hosband said, halfe apley, prey my brother to gett somwhat to my new chappell. God wot he ment neither gold nor silver, but some other thing for said awter. But I had knowne ye wold have bene displeased, I wold not have writt, for as much as I have speuled my best brother. My sister Dame Isabell liveth as heavy a life as any gentlewoman borne, the which cause me I faired never well sence I saw her last month. Hous such, hath nether woman nor maide with her, but herselfe alone. And her hosband cometh all day to my hosband, and seyeth the feyrest langwage that ever ye hard. But all is rong, he is ever in trouble, and all the ioy on earth hath she whan my husband cometh to her; she sweareth there is noe creature she loveth better. Also, brother, I beseech you intirely, if there be any goodly yong woman, that is a good woman of her body and pay, iiij and xx or more, (and I would have one of my owne kin an theare were any) for my selfe and deare brother, and ye or any for you can espie, I beseech you to gitt her for me, as hastely as you may, soune upon Easter, and it may be. I can no more for great hast of my jorny, but I beseech the blessed Trinitie with all the saints in heaven give me grace to se you, or I die, to Gods pleasure and your bodyly heale. And. brother, I yede to the lord Scroope^u to have sene my lady;^x and be my trothe, I stood thear a large houre, and yet I might neither se lord nor ladye; ad the strangest cheare, that ever I had, of my Mistres Darse,^y and yet I had 5 men in a suit: there is no such 5 men in his house, I dare say.
    Be your sister,
        KA: CHADYRTON.^z... the above letter, which presents a somewhat curious picture of the social habits of the time. We learn from it that an old, infirm priest had with characteristic selfishness, at a time when founding chantries for the good of souls absorbed the wealth of the dying, refused to give even a psalter or primmer to his niece, or to make any present to his brother-in-law’s chapel, and had even quarrelled with his sister for making the request. We hear also of a knight’s lady left without a single female attendant, and of an inquiry for a poor kinswoman to be hired, if she be strong and can work for her pay. And lastly, we have a Dame with five servants in her train made to dance attendance for an hour in the ante-chamber of a greater lady, and then dismissed, after receiving but strange cheer from the daughter of the house, though the parties were closely connected by ties of kindred, in fact cousins in the second degree.

^c Ibid[Cartul.] No. 312. Dat apud Landa in domo nostro capitulari.
^d Cartul. No. 380. Dat apud Cawood.
^e Ibid. No 386.
^f Ibid. No. 392.
^g Ibid. No. 395.
^h Cartul. No. 442. “Carta testificatoria Hen. Bowett, Archidiaconi Richm. Dat. apud Markingfeild, 2 Mar. 1438.”
ⁱ Ibid. ubi supra.
^k Ricardus Arnall ecclesiæ Cathedralis Ebor. subdecanus, Reveren^mi in Christo patris et d’ni, d’ni Joh’is Dei gratia Ebor. Archiep’i Angliæ primatis et Apostolicae sedis legati, vicarius in spiritualibus generalis, dilecto nobis in Christo Mag’ro Georgio Plompton in utroque jure Baccalario, salutem in omnium Salvatore. Ad audiendas confessiones quorumcunque subditorum dicti Reveren^mi patris tibi in foro X’iano confiteri volencium, et eos a peccatis quæ tibi confessi fuerint absolvendos ac eisdem pro modo culparum suarum injungendas penitencias salutares, nec vota minus solempnia commutanda et cum eisdem dispensanda, etiam in casibus prefato Reveren^mo patri seu nobis a jure specialiter reservatis (libertatum et immunitatum ecclesiæ Cath: Ebor: predictæ ac Ecclesiarum collegiatarum Beverlaci, Riponiæ et Suthwelliæ violatoribus, ac parcorum ad Archiep’atum Ebor: pertinentium fractoribus et in eis feram seu feras capientibus duntaxat exceptis, quorum omnium absolucionem prefato Reveren^mo patri seu nobis specialiter reservamus) vobis, de cuius conscientiæ puritate et industria circumspecta plenarie confidimus, tenore presencium committimus vices nostras et plenariam in Domino potestatem, ad prefati Reveren^mi patris beneplacitum duraturam. Dat. Ebor: decimo die mensis Febr: Anno d’ni Mill’mo cccc^mo XXXIX^mo. (Cartul. No. 449.)
^l Chartul. No. 514. “Dat in hospicio nostro prope Westm.”
^m Ibid. No. 515.
ⁿ This letter is transcribed into the Book of Letters among the Correspondence of Sir William Plumpton, but has been omitted in the series by reason of its diversity of date from the rest.
^o Cartul. No. 516. “Dat. apud Fulham.”
^p Ibid. No. 517. “Dat. 24 Jun. 26 Hen. VI. 1448.” In this charter the rectorial manse is described as a building with thatched roof and mud walls, rectoria cum tectura straminia et muris luteis.
^q Ibid. No. 521. “Dat. Ebor:”
^r Ibid. No. 518. “H.T. Henrico Percie comite Northumbr: Henrico Percie d’no de Ponyngs, Rogero Ward milite, Rogero Warde armigero, Ric. Lematon cive et mercatore Ebor: Johanne Clark de Spofford parcario, et multis aliis.”
^s Cartul. No. 520.
^t Ibid. No. 523. “Dat. Riponiæ.”
^u Sir John Scrope, fourth Baron Scrope of Masham, summoned to Parliament from 7 Jan. 4 Hen. VI. 1426, to 26 May, 33 Hen. VI. 1455. Died 15 Nov. following.
^x Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Chaworth of Wiverton, co. Notts. kt. Died 6 Edw. IV. 1466.
^y Eleanor Scrope, daughter of Lord Scrope, married Richard Darcy, son and heir apparent of Sir John Darcy, of Hyrst, com. Ebor. knight, who was dead in his father’s lifetime, before 1 Jun. 32 Hen. VI. 1454, when his heir, William, was four years old. John le Scrope, who died 18 Sept. 1452, in his will of the preceding day makes a bequest to “Mistres” his sister, Magistrici sorori meæ. There can be little doubt that Mrs. Darcy is here meant, and that it is an error on the part of the compiler of the pedigree of Scrope of Masham, illustrative of the Scrope and Grosvenor Controversy, to give Magistrix a distinct place among the children of Lord Scrope. Her husband had died young; and it appears from this letter that she passed her widowhood in the paternal mansion till the period of her second marriage with William Claxton, esq. circa 29 April, 38 Hen. VI. 1460.
^z This letter is also taken from the Book of Letters, where it is transcribed at the end of the Correspondence of Sir William Plumpton.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Georgius Plumpton, Clericus, condidit testam. 14 Nov. 29 H. 6 (1450), Rector of Bingham, co. Notts.

Will: dated 14 November 1450

Sources:

Parents: Stated in George's will at Plumpton Correspondence page xxxviii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Occupation: Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiv - page xxxviii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry VI 1436-1441 p230 (1907); Testamenta Eboracensia vol 2 p68 (1855)
Will: Plumpton Correspondence page xxxvii - page xxxviii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)

George Plumpton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Notes:
Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1452-1461 p370 (1910)
1457. Aug. 13.

Westminster.
Commission to the keepers of the peace and the sheriff of the county of Nottingham, appointing them to arrest and commit to prison William Plompton, esquire, son and heir of William Plompton, knight, and George Plompton, brother of William the father, until they give security for good behaviour, and to repress the societies and gatherings made by them and others at Kenalton, co. Nottingham, and to bring William and George before the king and council on the quinzaine of Michaelmas next to answer touching the premises.

Sources:

Parents: Named as brother of WIlliam Plumpton, knight, in Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1452-1461 p370 (1910)

Gilbert de Plumpton

Father: Peter de Plumpton

Mother: Hellena (_____) de Plumpton

Married: the daughter of Roger de Guilevast and Helewis de Hunton. Possibly she was named Eleanor.

Charters of Marrick Priory, printed in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica vol 5 pp 117-8 contain some relevant charters pertaining to Hunton, including charters from Gilbert's mother-in-law, "Helewise filie Rogeri de Huntona" and "Helewis Gulewast" and one in which Gilbert gifts 5½ acres of land there, showing that he did inherit his wife's property despite his near-execution and imprisonment related to his marriage.

Plumpton Correspondence page xvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Gilbert de Plumton, whom Ranulf de Glanvil, the king’s justiciary, had in odium, and sought to put to death; laying to his charge that he had ravished a certain maiden in the king’s gift, the daughter of Roger de Guilevast, and kept her to him as his wife; and that in the night-time he broke through six doors in the abode of the girl’s father, and took from him a hunting horn and a head-stall, &c. along with the said maiden.

page 270

The curious incident of the attempted execution of Gilbert de Plumpton for ravishing the daughter of Roger de Guilevast, narrated in the Historical Notices of the family, receives additional illustration from the Abstracts of Charters to Marrick Priory, printed in the fifth volume of that valuable repertory of Ancient Evidences, The Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, page 117, sub tit. Hunton, a vill of Richmondshire. From these we learn that Roger de Gulewast was the husband of Helewis, daughter of Roger de Hunton, of whose gift, by the name of Helewis Gulewast, the Priory had land in that vill; and that, with her consent, her husband confirmed the gifts in fee-farm and frankalmoign of one holding of his fief in Hunton. From them the property came into the possession of Gilbert de Plumpton with his wife, and by him five acres and a half of his demesne in the fields of Hunton, were given to the nuns of Marrick. In the course of another descent, (A.D. 1266) Hunton had passed into the hands of Nicholas, son of Robert de Gerdiston, i. e. Garriston, a neighbouring vill.

Yorkshire Family Romance pp173-88 (Frederick Ross, 1891) tells the story of Gilbert's near-execution and names his wife as Eleanor de Guilevast, although the sourcing of this information is unclear.

Children:

William de Plumpton

Notes:
Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p112 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Nesfield with Langbar.
293. Grant by Nigel de Plumtona to William son of Gilbert his brother (fratris), for his homage and service, of two bovates of land in the vill of Nezfeld, which Maud (Mathild’) his (William’s) mother had held, with the toft and croft and other appurtenances within and without the vill as fully as his mother held them; to hold of the grantor, rendering 2s. 1d. yearly, half at Whitsuntide and half at Martinmas, and doing forinsec service for two bovates, where fourteen carucates of land made a knight’s fee. Witnesses, Robert Vavasur, Mauger his brother, Robert de Wivelestorp, Richard de Stockelde, Robert son of Uccheman, Richard de Scotton, Robert de Audhenebi, Robert Belgrant, Daniel de Dictona, Gilbert Lardinarius, Baldew[in] de Stockeld. (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 17, Nesfield], No. 2.)

The original Latin version of the near-execution of Gilbert in July 1184, can be found at Benedictus, abbas Petroburgensis, de vita & gestis Henrici II. et Ricardi I vol 2 pp408-410 (Thomas Hearne, 1735).

Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

In this reign, in the year 1184, the name of Plumpton acquired a melancholy notoriety from an event, which I relate in the words of the earliest contemporary authority. “While the king was sojourning at Worcester with his army, with intent to make war upon Rhys-ap-Griffin, as is mentioned above, a certain youth was brought there in fetters, sprung of noble lineage, and whose name was Gilbert de Plumton, whom Ranulf de Glanvil, the king’s justiciary, had in odium, and sought to put to death; laying to his charge that he had ravished a certain maiden in the king’s gift, the daughter of Roger de Guilevast, and kept her to him as his wife; and that in the night-time he broke through six doors in the abode of the girl’s father, and took from him a hunting horn and a head-stall, &c. along with the said maiden. He added, moreover, that all these things he carried off by theft and robbery; but the said youth in every point denied what was alleged concerning any violence, theft, and robbery; and upon the issue, he offered to abide the law. But Ranulf de Glanvile wishing to make away with him, because he designed to give the same maiden (whom the said Gilbert had already known after their espousals) in marriage to Reiner, sheriff of Yorkshire, with her father’s inheritance, further exhorted those who were to try Gilbert to adjudge him to death; and so it was done, for they sentenced him to be hung; and whilst he was being led to the gibbet, intelligence was brought of the proceedings in his case to Baldwin, bishop of the same city of Worcester. The which bishop, though in great grief for the condemnation of the youth, was, however, exhorted by his attendants to rescue him from death. They said, that he could legally do this, because it was a Sunday that same day, and upon it the Feast of Blessed Mary Magdalen. The bishop (who was a meek and good man) acquiesced in their arguments, and having mounted on horseback, quickly rode after the executioners, who were leading the youth to the gibbet, and had now arrived at the place. Already was the youth with his hands bound behind his back, and with a green band covering his eyes, and an iron-chain round his neck; the executioners being on the point of hoisting the youth up, as the bishop arrived with a multitude of people. Having alighted from his horse, and running up, he stationed himself by the side of the prisoner, thus exclaiming and saying, “I forbid you, on the part of God and Blessed Mary Magdalen, and under sentence of excommunication, to hang this man on this day, because to-day is the day of our Lord and the feast of Blessed Mary Magdalen; wherefore, it is not lawful for you to contaminate the day.” The executioners replied, “Who are you?” and “what madness prompts you, that you have the audacity to impede the execution of the King’s justice?” But the bishop with no less firmness of heart than of speech, rejoins, “Not madness, but the clemency of heavenly pity urges me; nor do I desire to impede the King’s justice, but to warn you against an unwary act, lest by the contamination of a solemn day, you and the King incur the wrath of the eternal God.” After some altercation, divine authority at length prevailed; and at the entreaty of the bishop he who was bound is unloosed; nevertheless, he was delivered over to the keeper of the King’s castle to safe custody, and in the morning to be led again to execution. But the Lord Almighty, who never deserts those who hope in him, through the merits of the said bishop, granted a longer span of life to the said Gilbert. For when all these matters were reported to King Henry, who, before judgment was pronounced, had withdrawn from the city, from that time forward he cherished the said bishop with a greater love and reverence. Whereupon, immediately, on the same day, in the greatest haste, he sent his messengers to the keeper of his castle, with orders that the youth should not be hung, but kept in prison until he should learn his further will in his respect. Be God blessed in every thing, who saves those who cry unto him, and delivered Gilbert out of the hands of those who bore him malice, and rescued him from the snare of the wicked.”^k
Roger de Hoveden has abridged this narrative, and at the same time somewhat exaggerated the circumstances, making the prisoner to have been already hauled up by the rope when the bishop interposed; in dread of whose anathema the executioners slackened it, and again let him down to the ground. He also remarks that the knight was kept in prison by Ranulph de Glanvill till after the death of the king. Of the reality of this scene which casts such a stigma upon a great name, for to the instigator of this outrage we are indebted for the first treatise upon the forms of Anglo-Norman jurisprudence, those irrefragable documents, the Annales of the Exchequer, furnish corroborative proofs. There, in the return made by Ranulph de Glanvill, as Sheriff, for the ferm of the county of York in this same year, the sum of xiiiis. is entered in abatement for the expence of conveying Gilbert de Plumpton and his accomplices from York to Worcester;^l and in the next year he renders an account as Sheriff de xxixs. iiiid. de exitu terræ Gilberti de Plumton de dimidio anno.^m The same county was administered by Ranulph de Glanvill down to the second year of Richard I. when John the Marshal replaced him; in the roll of that year, under the heading De Oblatis Curiæ, “Nigellus de Plumton reddit compotum de c. marcis pro liberatione Gilberti fratris sui et pro rehabenda uxore sua cum terra. In thesauro liii^li, et vi^s. et viii^d. Et debet xx marcas.” At the same time Reinerus, Dapifer Ranulfi de Glanvilla, improperly called Sheriff of Yorkshire by the biographer of Henry II. reddit compotum de M. marcis pro fine suo et benevolentia Regis habenda et terris suis habendis.ⁿ Justice had, therefore, reassumed her sway, and the person in whose favour she had been tampered with was compelled to purchase forgiveness by a heavy fine. In the seventh of Richard I. the same Gilbert de Plumpton was a debtor in ten marks for novel disseisin and recognition of title at Doncaster.^o

^k Benedictus abbas de vita Hen. II. p. 408. Hearne.
¹ Rot. Pip. 30 Hen. II. Extracts penes me.
^m Rot, Pip. 31 Hen. II.
ⁿ Rot. Pip. 2 Ric. I.
^o Rot. Pip. 7 Ric. I.

Another contemporary account of Gilbert's trial, by Roger de Hoveden has been translated by Henry Riley.
The Annals of Roger de Hoveden vol 2 pp32-3 (translated by Henry T. Riley, 1853)

In the same year [1184], Gilbert de Plumpton, a knight of noble birth, being led in chains to Worcester, and accused of rape before our lord, the king of England, by Ranulph de Glanville, justiciary of England, who wished to condemn him, he was by an unjust judgment condemned to be hanged on a gibbet; and when he was led forth to the gibbet, there met him a multitude of men and women, crying aloud and saying, that a righteous and innocent man ought not thus to suffer. Upon this, Baldwin, the bishop of Worcester, a religious man and one who feared God, hearing the shouts of the people, and learning the injustice that was being perpetrated against this wretched man, ran after him; but the ministers of wickedness, hastening to perpetrate their crime, fastening a rope round his neck had suspended him aloft, when lo! the bishop of Worcester came up in all haste, and said to the executioners; “In behalf of Almighty God, and under pain of excommunication, I forbid you to put that man to death this day, for it is the Lord’s day, and the feast of Saint Mary Magdalen.” At these words the executioners stood astounded, hesitating what to do, for they feared the king’s justice, and dreaded sentence of excommunication. However, the Divine power prevailed, and from respect for the solemnity of the day, they loosed the rope and let him come to the ground, to be kept until the next morning; when he was to undergo the same punishment. That same night, our lord the king, being moved with pity, and influenced by the counsels of his followers, commanded that he should remain as he was, until he should give further orders what was to be done with him; for he was aware that Ranulph de Glanville had thus acted towards him from feelings of dislike, and wished to put him to death on account of his wife, the daughter of Roger Gulewast, whom the said Ranulph wished to give in marriage, together with her inheritance, to his friend Reiner, the sheriff of York. Accordingly, the knight, being rescued from death, was kept in prison by Ranulph de Glanville, until the king’s death.

The story is told in colourful detail by Frederick Ross in 1891, who also names Gilbert's wife as Eleanor. The sourcing of Ross's account is unclear, and I read it more in the form of an historical novel.
Yorkshire Family Romance pp173-88 (Frederick Ross, 1891)
The Plumpton Marriage.

... In the reign of Henry II., Gilbert de Plumpton, a youthful scion of the family, was living at Plumpton. As the Plumptons were then comparatively small land-owners, and as they had high aspirations, aiming at the knightly or baronial degree, it behoved them to improve their landed estates by prudent marriages with heiresses, and thus qualify themselves for a higher position in the county. Young Gilbert, then approaching manhood, therefore cast his eyes about him with that purpose. His range of vision was rather restricted, as people in those days, owing to the badness of the roads and other causes, rarely travelled far away from home, and were almost compelled to select their wives and husbands from amongst their neighbours, seldom going beyond the bounds of their native counties to enter into matrimonial alliances. Besides this, eligible heiresses were but few in number, and being under the guardianship of the King, or of some one appointed by him, whose consent was necessary for marriage, it being a serious offence to marry an heiress without such pre-consent, it became a difficult matter, even when an heiress was found and her affections secured, to consummate their reciprocal love by a conjugal union; especially as Kings were then wont to use their power over their fair wards in a very arbitrary and tyrannical fashion, by bestowing their hands and inheritances on their favourites, or in reward for some service, without the least consideration for the pleasure or will of the person most concerned—the lady herself.
About this time Roger de Guilevast, or, as he is sometimes called, Richard Wardwast, a wealthy land-owner, in the neighbourhood of Plumpton, died, and left his only daughter, Eleanor, heiress to his extensive possessions. This young lady, Gilbert had encountered when out with his hounds one day, some twelve months previously. He had been searching for game in the woodlands of the picturesque scenery which surrounds Plumpton, and had come to the lake, when he was startled by the sight of an exquisitely beautiful young girl wandering along the shore, and seemingly enjoying the beautiful prospect of land, water, and foliaged trees. He accosted her, and she readily entered into conversation with him, when he was as much struck by her wit and sensible remarks as he had previously been by her beauty. She informed him who she was, and who her father, and he imparted to her the same information respecting himself, and they discovered that, although they had never chanced to meet previously, they were well acquainted with each other’s families. Gilbert therefore knew that if her father died without other issue his estates would descend to her as his heiress. Here he thought was the chance he had been hoping for; but as he was of a cautious, calculating disposition, he considered that her father, not yet aged, might still have a son to whom the lands would pass, and leave her with nothing more than a slender marriage portion; and although he saw that she was beautiful and accomplished, and was just the wife whom he would choose if personal charms were the chief consideration, he could not, in justice to his family and his own aspirations, marry a dowerless maiden, and he resolved not to commit himself too far until he saw more as to the chance of her succession to the estates. Still he determined not to lose sight of her altogether, and that it would be well in the meantime to inspire her heart with the sentiment of love towards him, if it were possible to do so.
“Do you often walk in this direction?” he asked.
“Oh yes,” she replied “in the beautiful summer sunshine, when the trees are clad in their bright vestments of green, and the flowers are opening their petals and giving forth perfume from every bank; when the birds are singing joyfully overhead, and the hum of the bees and other insects add a pleasing undertone to their louder carolling—I love to wander alone with Nature for my companion. And you “Do you care to commune with Nature? or only feel a pleasure in going forth in the forest lands and pastures, to destroy the innocent and beautiful creatures who enjoy their existence as much as you do yourself?” And so saying, she pointed interrogatively at his dogs, which were barking and sniffing about among the bushes.
“Oh!” answered he “believe not that my sole delight is in the chase. Nature has sent certain animals into the world to supply us with food, and it is right to deprive them of life before placing them on the table; nor do I think it wrong to destroy noxious animals, such as wolves and foxes, and it is only on such that I wage war; nothing do I kill out of wanton sport. I experience pleasure in the sight of the rising and the setting sun, I can look with delight on the glories of a landscape, such as that which is spread around us, and witness with a thrill of sublime awe the warring of the elements in a tempest.”
Thus they conversed for some time, mutually interested in each other’s conversation, and before parting arranged to meet at set times near the huge rock which rises out of the water and stretches for a length of fifty feet, and which still attracts thousands of tourists to wonder at and admire it.
Many times did they meet there, and their love ripened at each interview, Gilbert almost forgetting the demands of his family for heiresses, and almost resolving to seek her hand, even in case of a brother coming to claim the inheritance; but some six months afterwards, Eleanor’s father “went the way of all flesh,” and she became really an heiress, when Gilbert commenced making love to her in real earnest, his own private inclinations coinciding now with what was due to his consideration of the interests of his family.
At this time Ranulph de Glanville was resident in Yorkshire, as Lord of Coverdale, having acquired the estates there by his marriage with Bertha, daughter of Theobald de Valvins, Lord of Parham. He was the greatest legal luminary of his age, and eminent, besides as a statesman and warrior; was Judge-itinerant in Yorkshire and thirteen other counties, and in 1186 was promoted to the dignity of Chief-Justice of England; he was also Sheriff of Yorkshire and some other counties, and was employed extensively in State affairs. When King Henry II. was in France, King William of Scotland invaded Northumberland, in 1174, and Glanville, as Sheriff of Yorkshire, raised an army of Yorkshiremen, marched against him, defeated him in a battle, and took him prisoner, lodging him in Richmond Castle. News of the victory reached the King after his memorable penance at the tomb of Thomas a Becket, and, instead of attributing it to the skill of Glanville and the bravery of his followers, ascribed it to St. Thomas, as a reward for his penitential humiliation at his shrine. In his latter days he founded an abbey and a priory in his native county of Suffolk; in 1189 he accompanied King Richard in his crusade to Palestine, and is said to have been slain at the siege of Acre.
As Sheriff of the county of York he was the representative of the King, and, of course, in the matter of the guardianship of heiresses and the disposal of their hands and inheritances. When intelligence reached him of the death of Roger de Guilevast without issue male, it occurred to him that it would be a good opportunity for rewarding one, Reiner, a favourite dependant of his, whom he wished to advance in life. Reiner is mentioned in the Plump. Cartul., 1002, as Sheriff of Yorkshire, but as Glanville himself was then Sheriff, he would probably be Deputy-Sheriff. He therefore proposed to bestow the heiress and her estates upon Reiner, and gave instructions to that effect.
The lovers, for plighted lovers they had become when Eleanor received an intimation that she was to give her hand to Reiner, resolved upon a bold step, no less than that of defying the King and his Sheriff by a clandestine marriage. Gilbert was on terms of great intimacy with the Spofforths of Spofforth, a township adjoining that of Plumpton, an ancient Saxon family, one of whom, Thomas, early in the fifteenth century, became Abbot of St Mary’s, York, and, in 1422, was elected Bishop of Rochester, but, before installation, was constituted Bishop of Hereford by Papal provision. One of the family was a priest and the close friend of Gilbert, and he undertook to risk the performance of the ceremony, which was carried out in private, and Gilbert took his bride home, and for a week or more enjoyed the usual connubial felicity of the honeymoon period.
A loud knocking at the gates of the Plumpton Manor House one morning startled the inmates and aroused the fears of the newly married couple, who were apprehensive of the vengeance of the Sheriff. At first they At first they thought of flight; but where to go? Nowhere in the realm would they be safe against the power of the King, so they were compelled perforce to abide the issue. When the gates were opened, a body of men in the livery of the Sheriff presented themselves, the leader of whom said, “In the name of the King, and by the authority of his Sheriff, Ranulph de Glanville, I demand to be delivered up to me the bodies of Gilbert de Plumpton and of Eleanor de Guilevast, a ward of the Crown, who has been treacherously carried off from her home by the said Gilbert, in violation of the laws of the realm, and in traitorous contempt of the King’s authority.”
At this juncture Gilbert presented himself with his wife leaning on his arm, and demanded what they meant by such intrusion and insolent language, adding that he was no traitor and no contemner of the laws of the kingdom, but one of the King’s most faithful subjects.
“We come not,” was the reply, “to bandy words with you, or decide the question at issue; our instructions are to convey you to York, where the Sheriff will determine what further shall be done in the matter, and who will listen to any objections you may be pleased to urge in respect of your apprehension as a violator of the law.”
Seeing that there was no use in resisting, Gilbert said, “Then I will accompany you to York,” and gave directions for his horse to be saddled. “But,” he continued, “I trust it is not necessary to submit this lady, my wife, to the indignity; I suppose she may remain here until I have vindicated my innocence, and can return to her.”
“That cannot be,” replied the leader, “my instructions are to bring you and the lady, and loth as I am to appear discourteous to a lady, I must insist on her accompanying us.”
“I am ready to go,” said Eleanor; “rather would I go to face any perils, in your company, than be left behind with all the anxieties and uncertainties as to what is befalling you.”
Another horse was then brought from the stables for her accommodation, and the party rode together to York. They were placed in the custody of the Sheriff’s officers, but not in prison, and a few days after were brought before the Sheriff. He interrogated Gilbert with great severity, who acknowledged the marriage, and the lady with more courtesy, who replied with modesty, pleading that she was not aware that marrying the man to whom she had given her heart could be a matter of offence to the King, adding that, so far as she knew, even a milkmaid or a peasant girl was at liberty to marry whom she chose. The Sheriff explained that she was very different from a peasant girl, who was a mere serf, and that it mattered not whom she married, but that she was an inheritor of a portion of the land of England, the whole of which belonged to the King, and that such being the case, it was necessary for the welfare of the realm that he should have in his hand the disposal of such heiresses in marriage, so that their estates should not fall into the hands of unworthy persons. “I can understand,” he continued, “that you, a simple maiden, should be ignorant of this essential feature of the constitution of the realm, and being so, are entitled rather to compassion than blame for having been inveigled into this unlawful marriage, which, in the eye of the law, is no marriage at all, but concubinage. As for you, sir,” addressing himself to Gilbert, “you are supposed to be cognisant of the laws of the land, and have been guilty of a gross crime and misdemeanour, which may lead to serious consequences. It will be necessary for me to lay the matter before the King’s grace, and bring you before his tribunal of justice, so that he may deal with you as he deems fitting, and rest assured, it will go well with you if you escape with your life. As for your wife, as you call her, it is probable you will never more see her; but she will be well cared for, if that be any consolation to you, and shall be provided with a suitable and worthy husband.” On hearing this announcement, Eleanor uttered a piercing shriek, and fell fainting to the floor. She was carried away into an adjoining apartment, whilst her husband, betraying signs of deep agitation, attempted to speak, but was prevented doing so by direction of the Judge.
What followed may be told in the words of the Plumpton MS. :—In the year 1184, while the King (Henry II.) was sojourning at Worcester with his army, with intent to make war with Rhys-ap-Griffin, a certain youth was brought there in fetters, sprung of noble lineage, and whose name was Gilbert de Plumpton, whom Ranulph de Glanville, the King’s justiciary, had in odium, and sought to put to death, laying to his charge that he had ravished a certain maiden in the King’s gift, the daughter of Roger de Guilevast, and kept her to him as his wife, and that, in the night-time, he broke through six doors in the abode of the girl’s father, and took a hunting-horn and a head-stall, etc., along with the said maiden. He added, moreover, that all these things he carried off by theft and robbery, and upon the issue he offered to abide the law. But Ranulph de Glanville, wishing to make away with him, because he designed to give the same maiden (whom the said Gilbert had already known after their espousals) to Reiner, Sheriff of Yorkshire, with her father’s inheritance, further exhorted those who were to try Gilbert to adjudge him to death; and so it was done, for they sentenced him to be hanged, and whilst he was being led to the gibbet, intelligence was brought of the proceedings in his case to Baldwin, Bishop of the same city of Worcester. The which Bishop, though in great grief for the condemnation of the youth, was, however, exhorted by his attendants to rescue him from death. They said that he could legally do this because it was a Sunday the same day, and upon it the Feast of Blessed Mary Magdalen. The Bishop (who was a meek and good man) acquiesced in their arguments, and having mounted on horseback, quickly rode after the executioners, who were leading the youth to the gibbet, and had now arrived at the place. Already was the youth with his hands bound behind his back, and with a green band covering his eyes, and an iron chain round his neck—the executioners being on the point of hoisting the youth up as the Bishop arrived with a multitude of people.
Having alighted from his horse, and running up, he stationed himself by the side of the prisoner, thus exclaiming and saying, “I forbid you, on the part of God and the blessed Mary Magdalen, and under sentence of excommunication, to hang this man on this day; because today is the day of our Lord and the feast of the blessed Mary Magdalen. Wherefore it is not lawful for you to contaminate the day.”
The executioners replied, “Who are you, and what madness prompts you that you have the audacity to impede the execution of the King’s justice?” But the Bishop, with no less firmness of heart than of speech, rejoins, “Not madness, but the clemency of heavenly pity, urges me; nor do I desire to impede the King’s justice, but to warn against an unwary act, lest by the contamination of a solemn day, you and the King incur the wrath of the Eternal God.”
After some altercation, divine authority at length prevailed; and at the entreaty of the Bishop, he who was bound was unloosed; nevertheless he was delivered over to the keeper of the King’s castle in safe custody, and in the morning to be led again to execution. But the Lord Almighty, who never deserts those who hope in Him, granted longer span of life to the said Gilbert. For when all these matters were reported to King Henry, he sent his messengers in the greatest haste to the castle with orders that the youth should not be hanged.
This story is deemed apochryphal by some authorities as being utterly inconsistent with the mild, beneficent, and just character of the Justiciary. Foss, who refers to it as a dereliction from the path of judicial integrity, says—“Presuming the story to be true, the Chief Justiciary’s merit must have been great indeed to induce the King to pardon so monstrous perversion of justice,” adding, “some doubt, however, cannot but be attached to the relation, not merely from its extravagant ferocity and the impunity of its perpetrators, but from the assertion of the work which bears Glanville’s name, who says—“None of the Judges have so hardened a front, or so rash a presumption, as to dare to deviate, however slightly, from the path of justice, or utter a sentence in any measure contrary to the truth.” It is scarcely possible to suppose that a King so just as Henry II. would have overlooked the guilt of the Judge, or have visited the innocence of the accused with imprisonment.
On the other side, Roger de Hoveden relates the story with some circumstantiality, under the date of 1184, who was not only a contemporary, but was a native of Howden, not many miles distant from Plumpton. He adds further, that “The Knight (Gilbert) being rescued from death, was kept in prison by Ranulph de Glanville until the King’s death (1189).” In the Annals of the Exchequer also, we find given the expenses of conveying Gilbert de Plumpton from York to Worcester, on this occasion.
What became of Gilbert and Eleanor afterwards is not recorded, or mentioned in the tradition, but we may hope that after his release on the accession of Richard I., they were reunited, and that their oppressor, having died the following year, they were enabled to pass the remainder of their lives in tranquility and happiness.

The feeling that Gilbert's trial may not have been fair seems to have ended Reiner's career, but Glanville weathered the storm and was later promoted to Chief Justice of England and was an executor of the king's will.
The lives of the Chief Justices of England vol 1 pp28-9 (John Campbell, 1874)

RANULFUS DE GLANVILLE.
Yet my Lord Chief Justiciar Glanville himself did not escape calumny. The story was circulated against him, and is recorded by a contemporary historian, that, to get possession of the wife of Gilbert de Plumpton, he brought a false charge of rape against that potent baron before the AULA REGIS, sitting at Worcester, and sentenced him to be hanged; but that the King, taking pity upon the prisoner, and knowing the motive for the prosecution, spared his life, and commuted the sentence to perpetual imprisonment.† This is probably a scandalous perversion of the truth by an enemy; for we have every reason to believe that the Cliief Justiciar was a man of pure morals and honourable principles; and it is incredible that Henry, who was renowned for his love of justice, should have continued to employ, in a post of high power and trust, one whom he had detected in attempting such an enormity. We need not doubt that the punishment was mitigated on account of some extenuating circumstances, which might have been brought to the King’s notice by the Judge himself.
† A.D. 1184. “Eodem anno cum Gilbertus de Plumtun Miles nobili prosapia ortus ductus esset in vinculis usque Wigorniam, et accusatus esset de raptu coram Domine Rege a Ranulfo de Glanvilla Justiciario Angliæ, qui eum condemnare volebat, injusto judicio judicatus est suspendi in patibulo. Rex pietate commotus præcepit custoditum manere; sciebat enim quod per invidiam fecerat hæc illi Ranulfus de Glanvilla, qui eum morti tradere volebat propter uxorem suam. Sic itaque Miles ille a morte liberatus usque ad obitum Regis fuit incarccratus.”— R. Hoved. vol. ii. pp. 622, 623.

The Chartulary of St John of Pontefract vol 2 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 30 pp393-4 (ed. Richard Holmes, 1902)

The EIGHTH FASCICULUS commences on folio 56 with an important document. It is a very early specimen of a Fine or Final Concord.
The mention of “Rainer dapifer” as presiding at this Court opens up a remarkably interesting piece of history; for, except on the circuit of this year 1184, he seems to be mentioned only in witnessing the cyrograph R 112, which was of 1181, though the date is inaccurately copied as 1188. That he should have presided at this York Assize as deputy to Ralph de Glanville, the Chief Justiciary, is an indication of the position to which he might have attained had it not been for what followed during this summer and this assize. At York Sir Gilbert de Plumpton was taken into custody on a capital charge and carried by the chief justice to Worcester, where, the assize being opened, he was tried and condemned to death. The king was then at Worcester, on the occasion of his last visit to that city, and the day being Sunday (July 22, St Mary Magdalene’s Day) Baldwin, bishop of Worcester (the king’s nominee for the primacy a few weeks afterwards), was on that account emboldened to intercede with the king for the life of the condemned man. This led to a reprieve, but as Sir Gilbert was retained in prison for some years, it is probable that he was not altogether innocent of the offence of which he was accused, though he might have been hardly pressed, and with a sinister purpose.
For the charge against the fair fame of Ralph de Glanville,—the solitary charge, almost at the close of a long and eminently public life,—was that this Rainer, generally named only as the “friend of the chief justiciary,” now proving to be his dapifer and deputy, had had designs upon the wife of Sir Gilbert (the daughter of one Roger Gulewast) and that he intended to marry her and obtain her fortune if he could compass the death of her young husband; that the chief justiciary was privy to those designs; and that, by this harsh treatment of the successful suitor, he was hclping forward the sordid schemes of his friend Rainer.
But there is not a particle of evidence of the complicity of Ralph de Glanville; while had the charge against him been in the smallest degree probable to the eminently just King Henry, there can be no moral doubt that the justiciary would not have retained the king’s favour as he did, nor been made executor to the king’s will. On the other hand, after this transaction, Rainer, the dapifer and vice-sheriff, absolutely and at once disappears from public life; so absolutely that, except in the document before us and the cyrograph R 112, there is no solitary evidence that he ever held the high office which this Fine proves that he did indeed possess.
The circumstances are well and graphically related by Benedict Abbas, and repeated, though hardly with accuracy, by Roger de Hoveden, and from the narrative we learn that at the moment of the interposition of the bishop. Sir Gilbert had the “iron chain” (not a rope) round his neck and was about to be “hoisted”; thus giving us a graphic picture of the method of execution in the time of Henry II.
As “dapifer of Ralph de Glanville” Rainer witnesses R 113 before the justices of the lord the king, then at Doncaster, in 1181; and as Rainer, “vice-sheriff of Yorkshire,” that is deputy to Ralph de Glanville, who locally was the sheriff, this officer appears in a charter of Richard Malebise to Byland (Guisborough Chartulary, ii, 61, note), but his name is not on the official list of vice-sheriffs, possibly because he made no return, having held the office during part only of the course of a single year; entering upon his duties after the year had begun, ceasing from them in July before it had concluded. For it can hardly be doubted that the Plumpton episode was the cause of the immediate withdrawal from him of the confidence of the great justiciary, and that his disgrace too soon followed his accession to dignity to allow of the appearance of his name at the foot of even a single roll; that is, he did not hold the office in the September of any year.

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Parents: Gilbert is named as the brother of Nigel ("Nigellus de Plumton ... pro Gilberti fratris sui") in Plumpton Correspondence page xi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839) citing Rot. Pip. 2 Ric. I., as well as in Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p112 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926); Nigel's father is from Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p95 #73 (Robert Collyer, 1885) which names "Nigellus de Plumpton filius Petri de Plumpton". Although the document is undated, one of the witnesses, David Lardinario, is found in a document dated 1166 (Early Yorkshire Charters vol 2 p113), showing that the Peter de Plumpton referred to must be the father of this Nigel, not his son, and Nigel's mother from The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904) which prints a deed by Nigel's son Robert, that refers to Robert's grandmother, Dame Hellena; Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p101 #138 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Marriage: Plumpton Correspondence page xvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); wife's parents from Charters of Marrick Priory, printed in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica vol 5 pp 117-8 and Plumpton Correspondence p270 (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839
Children: William is named as son of Gilbert in Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p112 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)
Notes: Benedictus, abbas Petroburgensis, de vita & gestis Henrici II. et Ricardi I vol 2 pp408-410 (Thomas Hearne, 1735); The Annals of Roger de Hoveden vol 2 pp32-3 (translated by Henry T. Riley, 1853); Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Yorkshire Family Romance pp173-88 (Frederick Ross, 1891)

Godfrey Plumpton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Married: Alice Wintringham
Alice was the sister of Joan Wintringham, the second wife of Godfrey's brother William. She was the daughter of Thomas Winteringham of Winteringham Hall, Knaresborough, and Alice Dobson.

Children:

Richard Plumpton ( ? - 1523)
George Plumpton
Alice Plumpton
John Plumpton
Edward Plumpton

Notes:
Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p342 (1834)

... No. 112. The 31st Hen. VI. Thomas Rempston, Knt. regrants to Sir William Plompton the manors of Kynalton, Hassop, Wormhill, Pillesley, Stanton, Chelmston, Cowbridge, and all the lands in Baukewell, Tideswell, Queston, Flagfield, Wardlow, Spoonden, Hocklow, Twiford, Broughton, Martinside, Crakemarsh, Turndike, Mony Ash, Chesterfield, and Chaddesdon, com. Nott. Derb. and Stafford, which Margaret de Rempston hath during life, to Sir William Plompton and his heirs, for want of issue, to Godfrey brother of the said Sir William Plompton. Dated the 3rd of August.

Plumpton Correspondence page xliii - page xlv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

The agreement bears date 20 Jan. 3 Hen. V. 1415-16 ... It was also stipulated that Sir Robert de Plompton should not make any feoffment or estate to the disinherison of the said William, his son, of the land which he held, either by descent, or curtesy after the death of Dame Alice his late wife; save only he might give rent-charges of xx marks each to his two younger sons Godfrey and Robert, with right of mutual accretion in case of either of them being promoted to a benefice, or advantaged by marriage, and of survivo ship in case of death. ...

Sir Robert de Plompton made a further feoffment of all his manors and reversions in Yorkshire to Henry Fitzhugh, lord of Ravenswath and Treasurer of England, Dame Margaret de Rempston, Dame Alice de Plumpton his mother, John Grene de Nuby, William Ferman parson of the church of Kirkby Orblawers, and John Brennand of Knaresburgh, on the 6th November 1416;^m the purport of which feoffment, by an instrument dated at Plumpton, 1 April, 6 Hen. V. 1418, was declared to be for securing to Godfrey and Robert de Plumpton their annuities of xx marks each; and if it should so fall out that he the said Sir Robert de Plumpton, knight, should die before his coming into England, the residue was to be applied according to the directions in his last will.
^m Ibid. 384. “Dat. apud Plumpton in festo S^ci Leonardi Abbatis, anno r. r. Henr. filii Regis Henr. quarto.”

page xlix - page lxv

The issue of Sir Robert Plumpton and Alice Foljambe were three sons: 1. William, in his eighteenth year at the time of his father’s death; 2. Godfrey, married to Alice, daughter and coheir of Thomas Wintringham of Knaresborough, by Alice, daughter of John Dobson, before 37 Hen. VI. 1459;^y 3. Robert, known only by his father’s deeds of settlement; and two daughters, 1. Joan, contracted, as is abovesaid, to marry William Slingsby, of Scriven, 21 June 1419; 2. Alice, whose alliance is doubtful: but either she or her sister became the wife of John Grene of Newby, com. Ebor. esq. previous to the 1st Jan. 5 Hen. VI. 1426-7.
... At the time of the marriage of his son, Sir William Plumpton was himself clandestinely married to Joan Wintringham, sister to the wife of his brother Godfrey, and who had given birth to a son; from which cause he was now seeking to effect a settlement of his lands on his heirs male, so as to give a preference to this son by the second venter over any female issue of his eldest son, should he die leaving only such surviving. ... by two several deeds of the same date, viz. 23 Aug. 31 Hen. VI. 1453, Sir Thomas Rempston, knight, (his uncle in half-blood, and sole surviving feoffee under the deed made by his father 24 Sept. 8 Hen. V. 1420, and under his own feoffment of the 18th April 17 Hen. VI. 1439,) entailed all the estate of which he stood enfeoffed in the counties of York, Derby, Nottingham, and Stafford, together with the reversion of what was held by Dame Margaret Rempston for her life, upon Sir William Plumpton and his heirs male, with remainder to Godfrey Plumpton, his brother, and his heirs male.^h
^y Curia tenta apud Knaresburgh die mercurii p’x’ ante festu’ Sc’i Laurenci, a^o r. r. Hen. Sexti xxxvii. Alicia nuper ux. Tho. Wintringham—ad opus Johannæ et Aliciæ ux. Godfrid’ Plompton, filiarum dictorum Thomæ et Aliciæ. (Cartul. No. 494 & 495.)
^h Ibid.[Cartul.] No. 537 et 538.

In 1475 Godfrey appears in the will of Henry Butler as being the present occupant of a messuage in Spofforth.
Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p141 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

471. [1475]. In Dei Nomine Amen Ego Henricus Butteler’
... Item I wyll that the said Thomas Middilton have the revercion of a mes’ and one oxgange of lande with the appurtenaunce that Agnes Rawson my moder latte wyffe to Robert Butteler’ my fadre haldez in dowere in Spofford of the possession of the said Robert Butteler’ my fader’ latte her hosbande for terme of her lyffe the revercion theroff to me belongynge yf it happyn that I decesse as Gode defend in this journey accordinge as by a deid by me to hym made more planely apperez in the which mes’ Godfrid Plompton now dwellez and that the said Godfrid schall attorne unto the said Thomas be the payment of a peny
... (Y.A.S. M^D 59, 24, Wills).

Death: before 20 July 1486, when his wife Alice is described as a widow.

Sources:

Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Marriage: Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Alice parents from Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839) and Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)
Children: Plumpton Correspondence page viii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Plumpton Correspondence p44 (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xliii - page lxv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p342 (1834)
Death: Plumpton Correspondence p44 (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Hellena (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Peter de Plumpton

Children:

Nigel de Plumpton
Gilbert de Plumpton
Isolde de Plumpton

Notes:
This document names the grandmother, Dame Hellena ("Domina Hellena ava mea"), of Robert, the son of Nigel who was Peter's son. Recorded in the charter is that Hellena had given land to Elias de Idel and Emma, daughter of Roger de Champens, on their marriage. This indicates a connection between Hellena and Roger de Champens, possibly a first marriage?
The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)

Compare Nos. 50 and 51, and also the following earlier charter (probably of about time of King John or Henry III.—See Nos. 1, 2, 3). Sciant etc. ROBERTUS FILIUS NIGEI.LI DE PLUMPTON Concessi, etc., JOHANNI FILIO ELLÆ DE IDEL et EMMÆ filiæ Rogeri de Champens, pro homagio et servicio suo una bovatum terræ in Ydel cum etc., et sex acris terræ in Mikel Eholm et quinque acris in Rocliff: illa scilicat etc. qure Domina Hellena ava mea dedit prefato Eliæ in maritagio cum predicta Emma filia Rogeri; Habendum etc. Reddendo etc. 6s. etc. predictus vero Johannes et heredes sui porcos suos de proprio nutrimento suo in bosco de Ydel sine pannageo habebunt; et ad edificandu et comburendo in terra prenominata de bosco prefato necessaria sua raconabilia accipient Et bladum suum ad molendinum de Ydel p quarto decimo vase molabunt sine omnia etc. Ego vero etc. warantizabimus. Hiis testibus; Domino Roberto Vavasor, Domino Ricardo de Tange, Domino Ada de Beston, Radulpho filio ejus, Domino Rogero Scoto, Henrico Scoto, Roberto Clerico de Calverley, Hugo Clerico de eadem, Willelmo Clerico de eadem, Simone de Fersley, Willelmo Alano de Saleshill, Stephano filio Willelmi de eadem, et multis aliis,—“Plumpton Charters," in Collyer & Turner’s Ilkley, p. 101.
The Latin charter roughly translates as:
Let them know, etc. ROBERT SON OF NIGEL DE PLUMPTON I granted, etc., to JOHN SON OF ELIAS DE IDEL and EMMA daughter of Roger de Champens, for their homage and service, one bovate of land in Idel with etc., and six acres of land in Mikel Eholm and five acres in Rocliff: namely, etc. that Lady Hellena my grandmother gave to the aforesaid Elias in marriage with the aforesaid Emma daughter of Roger; To be held, etc. Paying etc. 6s. etc. but the aforesaid John and his heirs shall have their pigs for their own nourishment in the forest of Idel without panning; and for building and burning in the aforesaid land they will take their necessary supplies from the aforesaid forest. But I, etc. we will guarantee To these witnesses; Sir Robert Vavasor, Sir Richard de Tange, Sir Ada de Beston, Ralph his son, Sir Roger Scotus, Henry Scotus, Robert the cleric of Calverley, Hugh the cleric of the same, William the cleric of the same, Simon de Fersley, William Alan de Saleshill, Stephen son of William of the same, and many others.

Another transcription of the same charter is found in
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p101 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 138.
Sciant o’es psentes et futuri qd ego Robtus fil Nigell de Plumpton concessi, et hac psenti carta mea confirmavi, Johi filio Eliæ de Jdel et Emmæ fil Rogeri de Champens, p homagio et servicio suo una bovata’ terras in Ydel cu oibus ptinenciis suis, et sex acris terræ in Mikel Eholm et quinq’ acr’ terræ in Rocliff, Illa sclt bovat’ cu’ acris pnoiatis quæ Dna Hellena ava mea dedit pfato Eliæ, in maritagio cu pdca Emma, filia Rogeri, hend’ et tenend’ sibi et hered’ suis, de me, et hered meis, in feodo et hereditate, libe et quiete et honorifice cu’ oibus aisiamentis libtatibus & comunibus pdcæ terræ ptinentibus, infra villa et extra, Reddend inde anuatim mihi et heredibus meis sex solid argent sclt tres solid ad pentecoste & tres solid ad festu’ Sc Martini pro servicio seculari et exacione et demanda salvo forinseco servicio, quantu ptinet ad una’ bovata’ terræ, unde XII carucatæ terræ, faciunt feodu’ uniu’ militis—predcus vero Johes et heredes sui, p’cos suos, de pprio nutrimento suo, in bosco de Ydel sine pannageo habebunt, Et ad edificandu’ et comburendu’ in terra prnoiata de bosco pfato necessaria sua raconabilia accipient. Et bladu’ suu’ ad molendinu’ de Ydel p quarto decimo vase molabunt sine o’i… et alia consuetudine pdco molendino ptinenti. Ego vero pdcus Robtus et heredes mei hanc concessione et confirmacione pfato Johi et hered suis ubiq warrantizabimus: hiis testibus—Dno Robt. Vavasor, Dno Rico de Tange, Dno Ada de Beston, Rado filio eius, Dno Rogero Scoto, Henr Scoto, Robto Cl’ico de Calv’ley, Hugo Cl’ico de ead, Willo Cl’ico de ead, Simone de Fersley, Willo Alano de Saleshill, Stepho fil Willi de ead, et multis aliis.
This deed hath a seal att the copying 2 of June, 1615.

Sources:

Marriage: The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904) prints a deed by Robert, the son of Peter's son Nigel, that refers to Robert's grandmother, Dame Hellena. It is possible that this refers to Nigel's wife's mother, but Dugdale states the Hellena was the wife of Peter, and the descent of land is difficult to decipher otherwise.

Isabella (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Robert de Plumpton

Children:

Robert de Plumpton
Nigel de Plumpton
Roger de Plumpton
Olive de Plumpton

Notes:
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp94-5 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 71.—Sans date. Carta Willi de Plompton heredis Robti junioris fratris Nigelli de Plompton militis, et Nigelli de Plompton armigeri qui obiit 55 Hen. III.
Omnibus has lras visuris vel audituris Ysabella quæ fuit quondam vxor Dni Robti de Plumpton, saltm in Dno Noveritis me dedisse concessisse & hac psenti carta mea confirmasse in tota’ vita’ mea’ Willo de Plumpton senescallo & heredibus suis vel suis assignatis p. servicio suo, totam terrain quam Wills Baistan quondam tenuit in territorio de Nesfeld cu’ tofto & crofto quæ dcs Wills, tenuit in pdca villa et tres acras quæ fuerunt Robti Stayns sclt illas quæ jacent v’sus orientem ex una pte culturæ suæ vocatr hanflat Tenendam & habendam sibi & heredibus suis vel suis assignatis de me in tota’ vita’ mea’ libere, quiete, & pacifice faciendo inde servicium meum p. totu in comitatu Ebor sup. . . . . meis cu’ opus habuero sicut senescallus meus. Et ego Ysabella in vita mea tota’ terra’ p’dcam pdo Willo et heredibus suis vel suis assignatis contra omnes hoies [homines] warrantizabo. Hiis testibus, Dno Rico de Wivelstrop, Nigello Pincerna, Rico de Goldelsburgh, Patricio de Westwicke, Rogero de Cressewell, Rico Capellano de Goldelsburg, Robto Cl’ico de Screvin et aliis.
This deed hath (? a or no) seale at the copying the 30 of Mrh., 1615.

pp99-100

Cartul. 114.
Ceste endentoure temoygne q cum mons Robt. de Plompton le fiz Sire Robt. de Plompton gnita & dona a piers le fiz Willm’ de Middelton dix liveres de annuel rents a prendre a luy et a ses heres de ses maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz jours lavaunt dits Pieres de Middelton voet & gnt p cests Escrists ql si luy et Heustacia sa feme & lez heyrs de eux issaunt poyssonts aver & tenir en poes & saune debate lez tres & lez tenements que le dits Mons Robt de Plompton ad done au ditz Piers et Heustacia & p. sa chartre g’nt en Middelton en semblment ovesque le hamelet de Austeby outerement Autry si bien lez tres & lez tenements dount & supont a de prymis seyses com touz sez autres lez queux Dame Isabelle qe fut feme Sire Robt Plompton piere le dit Mons Robt & Helenys qe fut feme Nele de Nesfeld tenent en dowre lez tre & lez tenements qe Johan la file Sire John Mauleverer tent de done le dit Mons Robt en mesme le hamelett Dont gnt levant dit Piers pur luy & pur ses heyrs qe levaunt dit Mons Robt & ses heyrs soynt quyten et saune chalange de lavaunt dite Rente de dix livers issaunt dez avaunt dits maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz iours En temoygnaunte de cest choze levant dits Piers a la partie demorantz vers le dits mons Robt ad mys son seal & levaunt dit Mons Robt a la ptye demorant vers levaunt dit Piers ad mys son seal.
[Johan, dau. of Sir John Mauleverer, was contracted in marriage to Robert, eldest son of Robert de Plompton, and Lucia Ros, but he died before consummation.]
... Cartul. 122.—Carta Robti de Plompton qui obiit 23 Ed. I.
Omnibus Xpi fidelibus ad quos psens scriptu’ pvenit Nigellus de Nessafeld Saltm in dno. Nov’itis univ’stas vra dedisse concessisse et hac psenti carta mea confirmasse et om’io quietu clamasse de me et heredibus meis imppetuu’, dno Robto de Plompton om’es terras et tenta, cu’ ptinenciis, qua habui in villa de Nesfeld, et de ipo tenui in ead’ tenend et habend pdco Dno Robto et heredibus vel assignatis suis o’ia pdca tenta libe’ integre et hereditario cu’ o’ibus ptinenciis et aisamenjis in pratis et pasturis, boscis et planis, meris et mariscis, aquis et molendinis, viis et semitis et cu’ oibus aliis libtatibus et eschaetis quæ de dcis tenementis aliquo modo . . . . poterant sine aliquo retinmento imppetuu’ Et Ego Nigellus et heredes mei pdca tenta ut pdcu’ est pdco Dno Robto et heredibus vel assignatis suis contra o’es h’ies et fœminas warrantizabimus imppetuum et ad majore’ hujus rei veritate psenti scripto sigillu’ meu’ apposui, hiis testibus, Dno Willo de Ros, Patricio de Westwyk, Rico de Goldsburgh, Rico de Stokeld, Willo de Hartlington, militibus, Nicho de Dykton, Robto de Ribstayn, Robto le Porter, de Knaresburgh, Simone de Stede, Tho. de Ulskelf, Petro de Middelton, Robto de——et multis aliis. (Seal remaining in 1615.)

Isabella is named in the Nomina Villarum, taken in March 1315(6), as lord of Gersington (Grassington, Yorkshire). There is ambiguity as to whether the "domina de Kyghley" is a second person, or a further description of Isabella. Skaife adds a footnote that Isabella was the daughter of Serlo de Westwick, but this is following Dugdale who, I believe, confused her with her grandmother.
Nomina Villarum for Yorkshire in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 49 p355 (ed. Robert H. Skaife, 1867)

WAPENTAKE OF STAINCLIFFE, W. R.
... GERSINGTON Isabella, quæ fuit uxor Roberti de Plumpton, et domina de Kyghley

Death: Isabella survived her husband, who died in 1297-8, and she is listed in the Nomina Villarum, taken in March 1315(6).

Sources:

Marriage: Cartul. 114 transcribed at Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp99-100 (Robert Collyer, 1885) named "Dame Isabelle" as the wife of Sir Robert Plumpton and Cartul. 71 transcribed at Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp94-5 has "Ysabella quæ fuit quondam vxor Dni Robti de Plumpton" i.e. "Isabella, who was formerly the wife of Lord Robert de Plumpton"
Notes: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp94-5 and pp99-100 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Death: Cartul. 71 transcribed at Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp94-5 has "Ysabella quæ fuit quondam vxor Dni Robti de Plumpton" i.e. "Isabella, who was formerly the wife of Lord Robert de Plumpton"; Nomina Villarum for Yorkshire in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 49 p355 (ed. Robert H. Skaife, 1867)

Isabella (Plumpton) Knouts

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Lucy (de Ros) Plumpton

Married: Ingram Knouts, by a marriage contract dated 1311.

The two relevant documents below are dated 20 March 1311 and 8 September 1311.
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p102 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 148.
O’ibus hoc scriptu’ visur’ vel auditur’ Ingelramus Cnout saltm in dno sempiterna’. Noveritis me teneri et obligatum esse dno Robto de Plompton militi, ad psolvend dco dno Robto vel heredis suis illa carta feoffamenti viginti m’cas annui reddit’ quod pdcus Robtus mihi dedit ad terminum vitæ meæ in villa de Idel ad festum penticost Anno Dni MCCC nono decimo vizt a die confectionis psentiu’ in sex annis et dimid Cu tu ego Ingelramus vel assignati mei centum & trigint m’cas sterling inde plenarie recepimus Et nisi Ego Ingelramus pdca carta ad terminum pdcum sub forma pdca pfato dno Robto vel heredibus suis psolidet Obligere me & omnia bona mea mobilia et imobilia in solucoe sex centum librar’ sterlingor. pdco dno Robto vel heredibus suis solvendis. Et ego Ingelramus volo et concedo dcam p’soluc’onem carta pdca ad terminum pdcu sicut pdcu est vel dcu obligatum soluc’onis pdcor’ sex cent’ libram pro me et heredibus meis et executor’ meis In cujus rei testimonium psenti scripto sigillum meum opposui, dat apud Plompton die Mcurii xx post festum Sti Gregorii Anno dni M^o tricentesimo undecima
Cartul 164.—Sieur Robt. de Plompton, Chr., to Yngram Cnouts and Ysabel his wife, daughter of Sir Robt., eight marks from lands in Ydle, marriage dower.
En testoignans de cest chose a ces escriste lez avanditiz Sir Robt. et Ingram ump mys lour seals de vant bons gens ces est assa^r Sir Ric de Goldesburgh, chevaler, Sir Ric Walays, chevaler, Sir John de Walkingham, chevaler, Sir Henr’ de Hartlington, Ch’r, Sir Henry Beauferz, chevaler, et meuz de autrez.
Donne a Plmpton le mercredi prchaine apres la fest de Sacti Gregor. le ane de grac. MCCCXI.

Ingram was a knight (militis).

Notes:
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

ISABELLA, wife of Ingram Cnouts, m. contract dated 1311.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

VII. ROB’TUS DE PLUMPTON, miles 2 E. 2, defunctus a^o 19 E. 2 (1325-6); mar. Lucia, filia D’ni Will’mi de Rosse, vidua 5 E. 3. They had issue—
Will’mus (VIII).
Marmaduke, a^o 15 E. 2.
Isabella, uxor Ingrame Knowts, militis 5 et 14 E. 2.
Robert, d. v.p.; mar. Joan, dau. of Sir John Mauleverer, Knt. (Plumpton Correspondence, xx).

Sources:

Parents: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Marriage: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p102 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907); Ingram knighthood from Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Notes: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Isabell (Plumpton) Thorpe

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Married: Stephen Thorpe in 1425
The marriage contract was dated 10 March 1424(5).

Stephen's was the son of Stephen Thorpe and Elizabeth Constable. He was of Goxhill, Lincolnshire, and Atwick, Yorkshire.

Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253n (William Flower, 1881)

§ Isabella became in 1425 wife of Sir Stephen Thorpe of Goxhill, co. Lincoln, and of Atwick, Yorkshire, son of Stephen Thorp, and was living in 1459. Yisitation, 1584, p. 385. Dugdale'a Visitation, 1665, p. 134, gives only her Christian name.— Plumpton Correspondence

Children:

Stephen Thorpe
William Thorpe
Henry Thorpe

Notes:
Isabell was remembered in the will of her grandmother, Ellen Gisburn, dated 24 April 1408.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Item, a Isabele, la file du dit Alice, l bedes argent et iij^li vi^s viij^d.

A rough translation of the French is:
Also, to Isabell, the daughter of the said Alice, 50 silver beads and 3 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence.

Isabell's mother made provision for her marriage and income in a property settlement made firstly on 26 October 1416, and in a fresh settlement on 12 September 1423.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxx - page xxxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

In the partition of her parents’ property, Alice Plumpton had allotted to her share a messuage in Skeldergate in York, another upon Byshophill, “et toutz les martisounz, apelles en Knyles deles of the Kuyes, que furount Johan de Gysburne en les preetz de Bushopthorp, pres de Everwyk,” and a rent of five marks out of lands and tenements in the town of Ripon, together with all the tenements belonging to her said father in North-street, in the city of York.^o Of this property she made a settlement, 26 Oct. 4 Hen V. 1416, whereby she directed Richard Kendale, parson of the church of Ripley, and other co-feoffees, to make an estate of the lands and tenements in Ripon to her son Thomas and the heirs of his body; remainder in like form to her sons Brian and Richard; and the tenements in North-street were similarly settled on her son Richard, in the first instance, with like remainders to Brian and Thomas. The premises in Skeldergate were directed to be sold to raise marriage portions for her daughters Isabelle and Katharine
... by a fresh settlement, bearing date 12 Sept. 2 Hen. VI. 1423, she gave all her lands and tenements, both in North-street York, and at Ripon, to her son Richard de Plumpton and the heirs of his body, paying thereout for the space of four years, to her daughters Isabella and Katharine, xx^s a-piece, unless they died or were married within the term; remainder to George de Plomton her son for life

^o Ibid.[Cartul.] No. 293. Done a Everwyke, xiii jours de Januare, lan du reigne le Roy Richard Secound apres la conquest denglelterre quindesyme.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p104 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiv - page xlii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

To Master George Plompton at Bolton abbey.
... My sister Dame Isabell liveth as heavy a life as any gentlewoman borne, the which cause me I faired never well sence I saw her last month. Hous such, hath nether woman nor maide with her, but herselfe alone. And her hosband cometh all day to my hosband, and seyeth the feyrest langwage that ever ye hard. But all is rong, he is ever in trouble, and all the ioy on earth hath she whan my husband cometh to her; she sweareth there is noe creature she loveth better.
... Be your sister,
KA: CHADYRTON.^z... Dame Isabel, her sister, whose domestic misery is so feelingly pourtrayed, was the wife of Sir Stephen Thorp of Gowsell or Goxhill, in the county of Lincoln, knight. Her marriage contract bears date 10 March, 3 Hen. VI. 1424-5 and was between Sir Robert de Hilton, kt. and Robert Constable, esq. feoffees of Stephen de Thorp, father of the said Stephen, on the one part and George de Plompton, clerk, and Richard de Plompton, esq. brothers of the said Isabella, on the other part; by it the marriage portion was fixed at 80^li, and she was to be jointured to the amount of 10^li per annum out of premises in the counties of York and Lincoln.^a Seisin was subsequently granted to Stephen Thorp, esq. and Isabella his wife, of lands and tenements in the vills of Frismersk and Attenwyk, in the county of York, in the vill of Lednam, and in the vills and territories of Gowsell and Barowe, by Ralph Smith, chaplain, constituted (10 Oct. 4 Hen. VI. 1425) attorney for the above feoffees, and for John Dysney and John Ascyn.^b He was yet an esquire, 19 Hen. VI. 1440-1;^c but we have a proof that he was knighted afterward in the title of Dame given to his wife in the above letter, which presents a somewhat curious picture of the social habits of the time. We learn from it that an old, infirm priest had with characteristic selfishness, at a time when founding chantries for the good of souls absorbed the wealth of the dying, refused to give even a psalter or primmer to his niece, or to make any present to his brother-in-law’s chapel, and had even quarrelled with his sister for making the request. We hear also of a knight’s lady left without a single female attendant, and of an inquiry for a poor kinswoman to be hired, if she be strong and can work for her pay. And lastly, we have a Dame with five servants in her train made to dance attendance for an hour in the ante-chamber of a greater lady, and then dismissed, after receiving but strange cheer from the daughter of the house, though the parties were closely connected by ties of kindred, in fact cousins in the second degree.

^z This letter is also taken from the Book of Letters, where it is transcribed at the end of the Correspondence of Sir William Plumpton.
^a Cartul. No. 424.
^b Ibid. No. 412. Frishmarsh, now lost by the Humber, lay between Newsome (also lost) and Patrington, to which last Thorp was a berewick at the General Survey. Lib. Domesd. f. 302. a2.
^c Ibid. No. 453. “Jacobus Hoton et Will’s Ryson ar: concedunt terras, &c. in Thorp juxta Weldik, Wythornwyke, et Bilton in com. Ebor: quæ tenet Rob’tus de Thorpe. jun. ad terminum vitæ suæ—post decessum dicti Roberti, Stephano de Thorpe et Isabellæ uxori ejus et heredibus inter ipsos, &c. H. T. Joh’e Melton de Swyne, Thoma Grimston, Rob’to Hakfeld, Rob’ti Hylierd, armigeris, et Joh’e Ascyn et aliis. Dat. apud Thorpe juxta Weldyke, 12 Mar. 19 Hen. VI.” This place is now called Welwickthorpe, from the Wel-wic instead of the Wel-dic, and is a hamlet in the township and parish of Welwick. Tor-uelestorp in Domesday.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Isabella, uxor Sir Steph. Thorpe, of Goxhill, co. Linc., a^o 3 H. 6.; mar. con. 10 Mar. 3 Hen. VI. (1424-5).²
² Plumpton Correspondence.

Some sources (see Magna Carta Ancestry 2nd ed. p258 (Douglas Richardson, 2011)) postulate a second husband of Isabell, William Bukton, of Banningholme, Yorkshire. In his will dated 1443 (Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839), Isabell's brother, Richard, leaves a bequest to "Dame Isabella de Bukton a capital gold ring with two images." although he does not state his relationship to this Isabella. The very next bequest in the will is to "Katherine, my sister, a gold cross.". If Isabell de Bukton is correctly the former Isabella (Plumpton) Thorpe, then that is also a good explanation of why she is referred to in Katherine's letter to her brother George in the 1450s, as "my sister Dame Isabell" which others have taken to mean that Stephen Thorpe was knighted.

Sources:

Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Marriage: Plumpton Correspondence page xl - page xli (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907); Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p319; Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 names the wrong husband in the pedigree but this is an error and the correct husband is named and details provided in the corresponding footnote; Stephen's parents from A history of Northumberland part 2 vol 3 p336 (John Hodgson, 1840), Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253n, Plumpton Correspondence page xl
Children: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p319;

Isolde (de Plumpton) de Stockeld

Father: Peter de Plumpton

Mother: Hellena (_____) de Plumpton

Married: _____ de Stockeld

Children:

Imania de Stockeld

Notes:
The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 2 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 90 pp123-4 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1934)

[Late Henry II]

610. Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Nigellinus de Plumtona dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Gilberto Lardenario cum Hymana nepote mea filia Hysode de Stockelde sororis mee et heredibus suis ab eadem Hymana procreatis dimidiam carucatam terre cum pertinenciis in Tadecastre in libero maritagio, cum tofto et crofto et mesuagio que jacent pro acra terre et dimidia et duas acras prati que jacent inter prata predicte ville, scilicet illam terram cum pertinenciis quam emi de Gilberto monetario; tenendam et habendam prefatis G. et Hymane et heredibus a predicta Hymana procreatis, in feodo et hereditate libere et quiete cum omnibus pertinenciis in bosco et plano in pratis in pasturis in viis et semitis et in omnibus aisiamentis et libertatibus ad predictam terram pertinentibus, faciendo forinsecum servicium quantum pertinet ad dimidiam carucatam terre pro omni servicio et exaccione, unde decern carucate faciunt feodum unius militis. Et ego Nigellinus de Plumtona vel heredes mei warantizabimus prefatis G. et Hymane et heredibus de predicta Hymana procreatis prefatam terram cum pertinenciis vel excambium ad valenciam in villa de Plumtona vel in villa de Neceflde utrum velint eligere in libero maritagio imperpetuum, sicut carta testatur. Hiis testibus. Henrico de Percy fratre comitisse, W. fratre ejus, Roberto le Wavasore, Malgero fratre ejus, T. Lardiner, Roberto fratre ejus, Hugone Lardiner, T. Marscal, G. preposito, et multis aliis.
Nigel of Plumton granted to Gilbert Lardiner as a marriage gift along with Hymana, niece of Nigel and daughter of his sister Ysoud, half a carucate of land in Tadcaster, a toft, croft and messuage, and two acres of meadow; forinsec service. Cf. No. 583; Percy Chart., pp. 11, 41.

Sources:

Parents: Isolde is named as the sister of Nigel ("ego Nigellinus de Plumtona ... Hysode de Stockelde sororis mee") in The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 2 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 90 pp123-4 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1934); Nigel's father is from Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p95 #73 (Robert Collyer, 1885) which names "Nigellus de Plumpton filius Petri de Plumpton". Although the document is undated, one of the witnesses, David Lardinario, is found in a document dated 1166 (Early Yorkshire Charters vol 2 p113), showing that the Peter de Plumpton referred to must be the father of this Nigel, not his son, and Nigel's mother from The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904) which prints a deed by Nigel's son Robert, that refers to Robert's grandmother, Dame Hellena; Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p101 #138 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Marriage: Isolde is named as "Hysode de Stockelde" in The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 2 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 90 pp123-4 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1934)
Children: Imania is named as the daughter of Isolde "Hymana nepote mea filia Hysode de Stockelde sororis mee" in The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 2 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 90 pp123-4 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1934)
Notes: The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 2 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 90 pp123-4 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1934)

Joan (Plumpton) Mallory

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Married: William Mallory

De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor milites vol 2 p322 (Richard Le Scrope, 1832)

SIR WILLIAM MALLORY. The statements in the deposition of this Knight, relative to the arms of Sir Robert Conyers being in a chapel at Houghton Conyers in Yorkshire, is explained by his pedigree. His grandfather, Sir Christopher Mallory, married Joan the daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Conyers of Houghton Conyers, with whom he acquired that property: their eldest son, Sir William Mallory, of Houghton Conyers and Studley,¹ married Katherine daughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Manwycke or Nonwyke,² who was living in 1421, and by her had the deponent.¹ He married Joan daughter of Sir William Plumpton,^{1
2} and died before 1421, as in that year Katherine his mother granted lands in Houghton upon the death of Joan his widow.¹ William Mallory, his son and heir, appears to have been the Sir William Mallory, Knight, who received letters of protection in consequence of being abroad in the King’s service in April 1417, and again in May 1430:³ he left descendants.¹
Sir William Malore, aged thirty four, armed sixteen years and upwards, said that the arms Azure, a bend Or, had always belonged to Sir Richard Scrope and his ancestors, and never heard to the contrary; that he saw Sir Richard so armed in the expedition of the Lord of Lancaster throughout France, and in Scotland with his banner with the said Lord of Lancaster, and also saw him there lately with the King, as well as others of his name and lineage so armed with differences as branches of his family. He also said, that at Houghton Conyers, where he resided, there was a chapel of ancient structure ordained for certain priests of a chantry, in which chapel were painted the arms of Scrope, Azure, a bend Or, and the arms of Sir Robert Conyers and Sir Simon Warde, which had been there depicted from the time of the building of the chapel, which was beyond the memory of man. He had heard brave and gallant men, old knights and esquires of the North, say that the said Sir Richard had full right to bear the said arms, which had descended to him from the time of the Conquest, as he had heard from his ancestors and from other valiant persons then deceased. He had never seen or heard of Sir Robert Grosvenor or of his ancestors, before the commencement of the controversy.
Sir William Mallory’s arms were, Or, a lion rampant Gules, collared Argent.¹

¹ Pedigree in Philipot’s MS. n^o 3–77. f. 68.
² Pedigree in the Harleian MS. 1487. f. 304.
³ Carte’s Gascon Rolls, ii. 236, 269.

Death: 1421
William died before 1421, as in that year Katherine his mother granted lands in Houghton upon the death of Joan his widow.

Sources:

Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875)
Marriage: De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor milites vol 2 p322 (Richard Le Scrope, 1832); Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875)
Death: De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor milites vol 2 p322 (Richard Le Scrope, 1832) citing Philipot’s MS. no 3–77. f. 68.

Joan (Plumpton) Grene

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Married: John Grene

This marriage had occurred by 20 October 1423, when a grant mentions John and Joan as married.

John was the son of Richard Grene, of Danby, Yorkshire, and Margaret. He was steward to his brother-in-law, Sir William Plumpton. John Grene "de Nuby" was a feofee of two feoffments made by his father-in-law, Sir Robert Plumpton, on 6 November 1416 (Plumpton Correspondence page xlv) and 24 September 1420 (Plumpton Correspondence page xlvii). At the time of the first feoffment, and a further instrument dated 1 April 1418 it is clear that Joan is yet unmarried, but it is unclear whether or not he was married to Joan by the date of the seconf feoffemnt. John had died by 28 May 1462, when he is described as "the late John Grene" in a lawsuit involving his nephew, Richard Grene.

Notes:
Joan was contracted to marry William Slingsby of Scriven, Yorkshire, on 21 June 1419 (Plumpton Correspondence page xlvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)), but it is unclear if this marriage actually took place. Joan was definitely married to John Grene by 20 October 1423.
There are various confusing and contradictory accounts of William's parents, who he actually married and possible children found in Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p113 (Robert Glover, 1875), Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 5-7 p65 (William Dugdale, 1901), The Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby pp391-2 (Henry Slingsby, 1836) and The Family of Coghill 1377 to 1879 p165 (James Henry Coghill, 1879).

Yorkshire deeds vol 9 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 111 p57 (ed. M. J. Hebditch, 1948)

Dalton (Topcliffe)
135. Oct. 20, 2 Henry VI [1423]. Grant by Margaret, widow of Richard Grene of Danby to John Grene, her eldest son, and Jane, daughter of Robert de Plumpton, knt., his wife, of her manor of Dalton, with all rents, services, commodities and easements, as well within the vill of Dalton as without; to hold to John and Jane and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten. Reversion to the grantor if John dies without heirs. Warranty. Sealing clause. Witnesses: William Tempest, knt., Roger Ward, knt., Marmaduke Darelle, William Lassels, Richard Jacson. At Dalton. (Ibid., No. 19.)

Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p342 (1834)

NOTICES OF THE FAMILY OF FOLJAMBE DURING THE REICxNS OF KING HENRY III. AND KING EDWARD I., CHIEFLY FROM THE PRIVATE CHARTERS OF THE FAMILY; BY NATHANIEL JOHNSTON, M.D. 1701.
From a transcript among Mr. Gough’s MSS. in the Bodleian library. The original is preserved among the evidences of the family. See Hunter’s History of South Yorkshire, vol. ii. p. 57, sq. ...
No. 106. The 9th Hen. V. this Sir Robert Plompton died. In the settlement made for the use of his last will the feoffees are Henry Fitz Hugh, lord of Ravensworth, Treasurer of England, the Lady Margaret de Rempston, the Lady Alice de Plompton his mother, and others, and he settles 20 marks for life on Godfrey de Plompton his son, &c. Johan and Alice his daughters, &c.

Plumpton Correspondence page xlv - page xlvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

page xlvii

On the 21st of June, 7 Hen. V. 1419, while yet abroad, he [Sir Robert de Plumpton] contracted for the marriage of Joan his daughter to William Slingsby of Scriven, in com. Ebor. esq., Sir Thomas Rempston, kt. his brother-in-law (son of Dame Margaret Foljambe, mother of Alice, Sir Robert’s deceased wife, by her second husband, Sir Thomas Rempston, K.G.) being also a covenanting party on her behalf.^q
^q Cartul. No. 402. By the contract William Slengsby, esquier, undertook, within six weeks after his coming into the realms of England, to enfeoffe, or cause to be enfeoffed, Sir Thomas Rempston and Sir Robert Plumpton, knights, in lands of his heritage in the townes of Scriven, Knaresburgh, Farnham, and Wiclif, to the value of xl marks; to hold to the use and profitt of Jenett, one of the daughters of the said Sir Robert, getten of the body of Alison, sometyme his wife, and sister of the said Sir Thomas, during her life, unless the marriage betwixt the said William and hir as here by theis foresaid parties it is spoken and accorded, be not maked. Witnesses, Robert Swillingdon, Giles Dawbeny, Tho. Saint Quintyn, William Hudelston, kts. and William Wakefield, Nicholas Ward, and John Thorp, esquires.

page xlix - page l

Sources:

Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p342 (1834)
Marriage: Yorkshire deeds vol 9 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 111 p57 (ed. M. J. Hebditch, 1948); Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p387 (Robert Glover, 1875); John parents from Yorkshire deeds vol 9 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 111 p57 (ed. M. J. Hebditch, 1948); John occupation, death from Plumpton Correspondence p3n (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xlvii - page l (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

John de Plumpton

Father: Nigel de Plumpton

Mother: Juliana (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Agnes

Agnes survived her husband and in her widowhood quitclaimed land in her dower to Henry Percy.
The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p127 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

CCCLXXXIII. Omnibus … AGNES RELICTA JOHANNIS DE PLUMPTON … in propria viduitate, mea … omnino quietum clamasse … HENRICO DE PERCI … totum jus … quod uncquam habui … nomine dotis, in tercia parte unius mesuagii et unius bovate terre … in villa et territorio de SPODFORDE, quod tenementum fuit quondam Johanni de Plumpton, marito meo² …
² See No. CCXLV.…
This roughly translates as:
To all … AGNES RELICT OF JOHN DE PLUMPTON … in my widowhood … quitclaim absolutely … to HENRY DE PERCI … all the right … that I ever had … in the name of dower, in a third part of one messuage and one bovate of land … in the town and territory of SPODFORD, which was once the tenement of John de Plumpton, my husband …

Children:

John de Plumpton

Notes:
John's mother, Juliana passed on to her son land in Spofford that she had earlier received from Matilda, the countess of Warwick. Some of this land was granted to John's sister, Alice, on her marriage.
The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p40 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

LXXII. Sciant … JOHANNES FILIUS NIGELLI DE PLUMPTON, … concessi … WILLELMO FILIO RADULFI DE STAKESTON ET ALICIE, sorori mee, et heredibus suis ex eis prodeuntibus, in libero maritagio, totam terram meam in LINTON, scilicet, croftum de Blaket⁶ et de Harpe et terram dumorum sardo⁷ aradicatam, totam, scilicet, terram quam habeo in villa de Linton …
⁶ See No. LXXXVI.
⁷ Sic; for sarto? (the text reading: “land weeded by the clearing of thornbushes”).…
This roughly translates as:
Let them know … JOHN SON OF NIGEL DE PLUMPTON, … granted … WILLIAM SON OF RADULPHUS DE STAKESTON AND ALICE, my sister, and their heirs from them, in free marriage, all my land in LINTON, namely, the croft of Blaket and Harpe and the land weeded by the clearing of thornbushes, and all the land I have in the town of Linton …
p47
LXXXVI. Sciant … WILLELMUS DE PERCI concessi … RICARDO CALLE totam terram … quam Ricardus de Whitewell tenuit in eadem villa quam ego reddidi Cecilie filie Hugonis de Whitewell ut jus et hereditatem suam quam dicta Cecilia eidem vendidit per cartam suam². Reddendo inde annuatim michi … quatuordecim denarios … ad Pentecosten et … ad festum sancti Martini in yeme pro omni servicio, Faciendo inde summoniciones et districciones pertinentes curie mee. Concessi eciam … eidem Ricardo … totum jus … quod Henricus de Staxton, filius et heres Willelmi de Staxton, habuit … in una bovata terre … in territorio de LINTON ET WHITEWELL quam Blaket tenuit in eadem villa, scilicet, in ilia bovata terre … quam Johannes de Plumpton persona contulit per cartam suam³ in liberum maritagium Willelmo de Staxton in eadem villa, cum Alicia matre dicti Henrici, cum tofto et crofto predicte bovate terre adjacentibus sub Blakethwait, quam idem Henricus dicto Ricardo donavit per cartam suam … Hiis testibus, domino Rogero Mauduit, Roberto de Br us, Willelmo de Plumpton, Thoma de Stochull, Jollano de Ayketon, Willelmo Beaugraunt, Reginaldo de Dicton, Roberto de Dicton, Nicholas de Sicclinghale, Galfrido Dagun, et multis aliis.
² See No. VII.
³ No. LXXII. Alice was sister of John de Pumpton.…
This roughly translates as:
Let them know … WILLIAM DE PERCI granted … to RICHARD CALLE all the land … which Richard de Whitewell held in the same town which I gave to Cecilia daughter of Hugh de Whitewell as her right and inheritance which the said Cecilia sold to her by her charter. Paying thence yearly to me … fourteen denarii … at Pentecost and … at the feast of St. Martin in the yeme for all service, making thence summonses and distraints pertaining to my court. I have granted … to the same Richard … all the right … which Henry de Staxton, son and heir of William de Staxton, had … in one bovate of land … in the territory of LINTON AND WHITEWELL which Blaket held in the same town, namely, in that bovate of land … as John de Plumpton conveyed by his charter in free marriage to William de Staxton in the same town, with Alice the mother of the said Henry, with a toft and a croft adjoining the aforesaid bovate of land under Blakethwait, which the same Henry gave to the said Richard by his charter … Witnesses, Sir Roger Mauduit , Robert de Br us, William de Plumpton, Thomas de Stochull, Jollan de Ayketon, William Beaugraunt, Reginald de Dicton, Robert de Dicton, Nicholas de Sicclinghale, Galfrid Dagun, and many others.
p68
CXLVIII. Sciant … JOHANNES DE PLUMPTON … quietum clamavi RICARDO CALLE … totum jus … in una bovata cum tofto et crofto … in teritorio de LYNTON et WHITEWELL quam Blacatus quondam tenuit in eadem, cum tofto et crofto quod jacet sub Blakethwait, illam, scilicet, terram quam⁴ dictus Ricardus habuit de dono Henrici de Staxton, illam, scilicet, terram … quam dedi per cartam⁵ Willelmo⁶ de Staxton in libero maritagio cum Alicia, sorore mea …
⁴ MS.: quod,
⁵ No. LXXII.
⁶ MS.: Willelmi.
This roughly translates as:
Let them know … JOHN DE PLUMPTON … I quitclaimed to RICHARD CALLE … the whole right … in one bovate with a toft and a croft … in the territory of LYNTON and WHITEWELL which Blacatus once held in the same, with a toft and a croft lying under Blakethwait, namely the land which the said Richard had of the gift of Henry de Staxton, namely, the land … which I gave by charter to William de Staxton in free marriage with Alice, my sister …
pp80-1
CXCIV. Sciant … JULIANA, quondam cameraria Matildis, comitisse de Warewyk … concessi … JOHANNI, filio meo, terram meam quam domina mea Matildis michi dedit pro homagio et servicio meo, scilicet, duas bovatas terre in SPOFFORD illas, videlicet, quas Gamellus Neubond tenuit, excepto tofto² ejusdem Gamelli, similiter toftum et croftum que Gamellus filius Picol³ tenuit² cum prato adjacente, et unum toftum quod fuit Vokemani sutoris; et tres acras terre in eadem villa ad illud toftum pertinentes, et alias tres acras terre quas Godericus Buscos⁴ tenuit, et tres rodas terre in illo tofto et crofto que fuerunt ejusdem Godrici, et quinque acras terre in campo predicte ville de Spofford in una cultura que vocatur Dedeflat, et unum pratum quod vocatur Kyrkerk, et terram que fuit Blaket in Lynton, scilicet, xiij acras terre. Et preterea, unum toftum in Linton in Craven, illud, scilicet, quod propinquius est Pot, cum communi pastura et ceteris communibus predicte ville pertinentibus. Et preterea, in foresta de Giseburn dedi eidem Johanni, filio meo, totam terram meam de Raheued et de Middelholm apud orientem de Fildingate, sicut declivus nemoris condonat usque divisas monachorum de Fontibus usque Skiredene, et versus occidentem sicut rivulus currit de Midelholm usque ad Fildingate, et interim sicut rivulus currit de Midelholm usque ad divisas predictorum monachorum in Sickeden¹ versus occidentem. Insuper, autem, dedi eidem Johanni sex acras terre arrabilis sub Alrebarwe versus australes partes et communem pasturam predicte foreste … Habenda et tenenda de heredibus domine mee, Matildis, comitisse de Warrewyk … Reddendo inde annuatim heredibus Matildis comitisse prenomiuate pro omni servicio … unam libram cimini …
² This word is not in the MS., and is supplied from the charter of the Countess of Warwick to Julia. (No. CXVII)
³ No. CXVII.: Picot ⁴ No. CXVII.: Ruskel.
¹ No. CXVII.: Skireden.
This roughly translates as:
Let them know that … JULIANA, formerly chamberlain to Matilda, countess of Warewyk … I granted … to JOHN, my son, my land which my lady Matilda gave me for my homage and service, namely, those two bovates of land in Spofford, namely, those which Gamellus Neubond held, except a toft of the same Gamelli, a similar toft and a croft which Gamellus son of Picol held with an adjacent meadow, and one toft which belonged to Vokemani the tailor; and three acres of land in the same town belonging to that toft, and other three acres of land which Goderic Buscos4 held, and three roods of land in that toft and croft which belonged to the same Godric, and five acres of land in the field of the aforesaid town of Spofford in one crop which called Dedeflat, and one meadow called Kyrkerk, and land that was Blaket in Lynton, namely, 12 acres of land. And moreover, one toft in Linton in Craven, namely, that which is nearer Pot, with common pasture and other commons belonging to the aforesaid town. And moreover, in the forest of Giseburn, I gave to the same John, my son, all my land from Raheued and Middelholm to the east of Fildingate, as the slope of the forest extends to the divisions of the monks from the Fountains to Skireden, and towards the west as a stream runs from Middelholm to Fildingate , and in the meantime it runs like a stream from Midelholm to the divisions of the aforesaid monks in Sickeden towards the west. In addition, I gave to the same John six acres of arable land under Alrebarwe towards the southern parts and common pasture in the aforesaid forest … To have and to hold from the heirs of my lord, Matildis, countess of Warrewyk ... Paying thence annually to the heirs of Matildis, countess in prenomiua for all service … one pound …
p95
CCXLV. Sciant … JOHANNES DE PLUMPTON, filius domini Nigelli de Plumpton⁴ … assignavi … JOHANNI, filio meo et assignato meo, totam terram meam de SPOFFORD cum edificiis … Reddendo hide annuatim michi tantummodo unam libram cimini pro omni servicio … ad festum sancti Martini in yeme …
⁴ He occurs in 1226-7 (No. CCLXXVI). Agnes, his widow, quitclaimed her dower to Henry de Percy (No. CCCLXXXIII.).
This roughly translates as:
Let them know … JOHN DE PLUMPTON, son of Lord Nigel de Plumpton … I have assigned … to JOHN, my son and assignee, all my land in Spofford with the buildings … I will pay to him yearly only one pound of cimini for all service … at the feast of St. Martin in the yeme …
p102
CCLXXIIL Omnibus etc. JOHANNES DE PLUMPTON, filius Nigelli de Plumpton … reddidisse domino W. DE PERCI totam terram in RAHEUED quam habui in foresta de Gisburn.² Tenendam in capite de domino rege …
² John de Plumton granted to Mauger Vavasur, for rent of ten pence in silver at Martinmas, in addition to the land of Raheued which he had likewise granted to him, six acres of arable land in the south of the forest of Gisburn, near Allebarwe, given to Julia, mother of John, by Maud de Percy, Countess of Warwick (Cart. Abb. de Salley, folio 8). The charter of Maud to Julia, camerarie mee, is No. CXVII. and that of Julia to John her son (whose surname is not mentioned) No. CXCV. in the present volume.
This roughly translates as:
To all, etc. JOHANNES DE PLUMPTON, son of Nigel de Plumpton … that he returned to the lord W. DE PERCI all the land in RAHEUED that I had in the forest of Gisburn. To be held in chief of the lord the king …
p103
CCLXXIV. Sciant etc. quod heo est convencio facta inter dominum WILLELMUM DE PERCI ex una parte et JOHANNEM DE PLUMPTON¹ personam ex altera, scilicet, quod dictus Willelmus de Perci … concessit domino Johanni … unum pratum juxta pratum suum de KUKEKER, quod pratum fuit quondam Lemerti fabri de Spofford, in escambium cujusdam terre apud capud crofti sui versus occidentem, quam idem Johannes dimisit … dicto Willelmo de Perci ... in latitudine xxx pedum, in longitudine x percatarum, cum dimidia selione forlandi croftum suum super caminum est versus pontem.² Reddendo inde annuatim pro predicto prato dicto Willelmo de Perci … tantummodo ij^s sterlingorum ad festum Sancti Martini in yeme pro omnibus serviciis …
¹ John son of Nigel de Plumpton, parson, occurs in Nos. LXXII. and LXXXVI.
² This passage seems to be a misreading of forlandi crofti sui super cheminum est [=east], versus pontem. (See No. LI,)
This roughly translates as:
Let them know, etc. that here is an agreement made between lord WILLIAM DE PERCI on the one side and JOHN DE PLUMPTON on the other, namely, that the said William de Perci … granted to lord John … one meadow next to his own meadow of KUKEKER, which was formerly the meadow of Lemert the carpenter of Spofford, in exchange for certain land at the head of his croft towards the west, which the same John released … to the said William de Perci … in width 30 feet, in length 10 percatas, with half a saddle of his croft over the chimney towards the bridge. Paying thence annually for in the aforesaid meadow to the said William de Perci … only 2^s sterling at the feast of St. Martin in yeme for all services …
pp103-4
CCLXXVI. Sciant … JOHANNES FILIUS NIGELLI DE PLUMPTON quietum clamavi … domino W. DE PERCI … illam bovatam terre quam idem W. michi promisit apud Eboracum coram domino Martino de Padeshill et domino Roberto de Veteri Ponte et sociis suis, anno regni regis H. xj^o,⁴ [A.D. 1226-7] et totam communam quam clamavi habere in haya sua de SPOFFORD a Tredriclidgate versus aquilonem, sicut pallicium suum stat extra Robtuertbee,⁵ et sicut extendit se usque Quenescalbeo,⁵ et sicut palicium illud extendit se usque ad novum gardinum suum, juxta curiam suam. Et quietum clamavi eidem Willelmo terram illam quam de me habet ad sedem molendini sui de Spofford, et ad firmamentum stagni ejusdem molendini, et ad trunchatam⁶ sub molendino. Et pro hac … concessit dominus W. de Perci michi … communem pasturam quantum pertinet ad duas bovatas terre in bosco, a Tredricligate versus austrum extra palicium suum, excepto wainagio de dominicis carucis suis, et rationabiliter husbote et haibote per visum forestariorum suorum. Et, preterea, michi quietum clamavit terram illam quam michi prius dederat ad capud gardini mei in escambium terre quam habet de me ad sedem molendini et ad firmamentum stagni …
⁴ There is no Assize Roll for York for 11 Henry III, and the King’s Court was held at Westminster. The quitclaim does not appear among the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire for that year.
⁵ The final e and the final o should probably both be c.
⁶ The only word like trunchata which makes sense seems to be trunk-way, defined by Helliwell as a water-course through an arch of masonry, turned over a ditch before a gate.
This roughly translates as:
Let them know … JOHANNES SON OF NIGEL DE PLUMPTON I quitclaimed … to lord W. DE PERCI … that bovate of land which the same W. promised me at York in the presence of lord Martin de Padeshill and lord Robert de Veteri Ponte and their associates, in the 11th year of the reign of king H., [A.D. 1226-7] and all the common that I claimed to have in his hay of SPOFFORD from Tredriclidgate towards the north, as his palisade stands outside Robtuertbec, and as it extends as far as Quenescalbec, and as that palisade extends as far as his new garden, near his court. And I quitclaimed to the same William that land which he has of me for the seat of his mill of Spofford, and for the foundation of the pond of the same mill, and for the trunk-way under the mill. And for this … lord W. de Perci granted to me … the common pasture as far as it pertains to two bovates of land in the forest, from Tredricligate towards the south, outside his palisade, except for the wainage of his lordships, and reasonably to the housebote [privilege of a tenant to take from the lord's woodland timber for making repairs to his house] and haybote [the wood or thorns allowed to a tenant or commoner in English law for repairing hedges or fences] according to the opinion of his foresters. And, moreover, he quitclaimed to me the rest of that land which he had previously given me at the head of my garden in exchange for the land which he has from me for the seat of the mill and the foundation of the pond …
p137
CCCCXXII. Omnibus, etc., JOHANNES DE PLUMPTON … quietum clamasse … domino WILLELMO DE PERCI totam terram meam de RAUEHEUED … in foresta de Giseburn, et totam aliam terram quam habui in dominio in predicta foresta de Giseburn …²
² No. CCCLXXIII. is a similar charter by John de Plumpton son of Nigel de Plumpton.
This roughly translates as:
To all, etc., JOHN DE PLUMPTON … quitclaimed … to lord WILLIAM DE PERCI all my land of RAUEHEUED … in the forest of Giseburn, and all other land that I had in possession in the aforesaid forest of Giseburn. …

The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 1 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 87 p19 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1933)
GISBURN.

31. Carta Johannis de Plumton de vj. acris terre arabilis in foresta de Giseburn’ datis Malgero Vavasori. [post 1203]
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Johannes de Plumtona dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi domino Malgero Vavasor pro homagio et servicio suo vj. acras terre arabilis in foresta de Giseburn’ versus australem partem sub Allebarwe; illas, scilicet, quas domina Matildis comitissa quondam de Warewic dedit Juliane matri mee pro homagio et servicio suo in incrementum terre de Raheved quam eidem similiter dederat; habendas et tenendas predicto Malgero vel cui assignare voluerit, in feodo et hereditate et libere, honorifice cum omni pastura et aisiamento predicte foreste de Giseburn’ tam libere et quiete sicut continetur in carta comitisse de Warewic quam inde habeo. Reddendo michi vel assignatis meis singulis annis ille et heredes sui vel assignati sui pro omni servicio et exaccione ad festum sancti Martini tantummodo x.d. argenti. Ego siquidem Johannes et heredes mei vel assignati mei predictas vj. acras terre cum pertinenciis suis prenominato Malgero vel assignatis suis inperpetuum contra omnes gentes warantizabimus. Et ut hec mea donacio rata et inconcussa permaneat, earn presentis carte munimine et sigilli mei apposicione roboravi. Hiis testibus. Johanne de Haltona, Helya de Gicleswik, Eustacio de Rellestona, Waltero de Stoc’, et aliis.
Grant by John of Plumpton to Malger Vavasor of six acres of arable land in the west part of Gisburn forest, for a yearly rent of 10d.

In 10 John (1208-9), John sold a mill to Robert de Wiuelstorp for a payment of 5 marks of silver per year, for John's life.
Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne 1199-1214 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 94 p126 (1897)

ANNUS DECIMUS.
CCCXXVI. Eisdem loco et diebus, Inter JOHANNEM DE PLUMPTON’ querentem, et ROBERTUM DE WIUELSTORP’ deforciantem, de ij molendinis cum pert, in WIUELSTORP’.² Unde placitum fuit etc., scil. quod idem Johannes recognovit predicta ij molendina cum pert, esse jus ipsius Roberti. Et pro hac recognitione etc. predictus Robertus concessit eidem Johanni vij marcas argenti per annum, recipiendas de eisdem molendinis per manum ipsius Roberti vel heredum suorum, tota vita ipsius Johannis, ad ij terminos, scil. ad festum S. Martini iij marcas et dim., et ad Pentecosten iij marcas et dim. Et post decessum ipsius Johannis idem Robertus et heredes sui quieti erunt in perp. versus heredes ipsius Johannis de predictis vij marcis reddendis per annumm (Ibid.* No. 189).
² Wilstrop in the Ainsty.

Sources:

Father: John is described as the son of Nigel in The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p95 (M. T. Martin, 1909)
Mother: John is described as the son of Juliana in The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 pp80-1 (M. T. Martin, 1909) and John names Juliana as his mother in The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 1 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 87 p19 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1933)
Marriage: Agnes named as John's relict in The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p127 (M. T. Martin, 1909)
Children: John is named as the son of John (in turn the son of Nigel) in The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p95 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

Katharine (Plumpton) Chadderton

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Married: _____ Chadderton

Katherine's husband is assumed by Thomas Stapleton to be "of the family of Chadderton of Chadderton Hall, in the chapelry of Oldham in Lancashire" (Plumpton Correspondence page xl)

Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253n (William Flower, 1881)

Her sister Katherine, who is here, and in Visitation 1584, called wife of . . . . Zouche, appears to be mistaken for her great niece, as she appears in 1459 as the wife of . . . . Chaderton, and had issue.

Notes:
Katharine's mother made provision for her marriage and income in a property settlement made firstly on 26 October 1416, and in a fresh settlement on 12 September 1423.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxx - page xxxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

In the partition of her parents’ property, Alice Plumpton had allotted to her share a messuage in Skeldergate in York, another upon Byshophill, “et toutz les martisounz, apelles en Knyles deles of the Kuyes, que furount Johan de Gysburne en les preetz de Bushopthorp, pres de Everwyk,” and a rent of five marks out of lands and tenements in the town of Ripon, together with all the tenements belonging to her said father in North-street, in the city of York.^o Of this property she made a settlement, 26 Oct. 4 Hen V. 1416, whereby she directed Richard Kendale, parson of the church of Ripley, and other co-feoffees, to make an estate of the lands and tenements in Ripon to her son Thomas and the heirs of his body; remainder in like form to her sons Brian and Richard; and the tenements in North-street were similarly settled on her son Richard, in the first instance, with like remainders to Brian and Thomas. The premises in Skeldergate were directed to be sold to raise marriage portions for her daughters Isabelle and Katharine
... by a fresh settlement, bearing date 12 Sept. 2 Hen. VI. 1423, she gave all her lands and tenements, both in North-street York, and at Ripon, to her son Richard de Plumpton and the heirs of his body, paying thereout for the space of four years, to her daughters Isabella and Katharine, xx^s a-piece, unless they died or were married within the term; remainder to George de Plomton her son for life

^o Ibid.[Cartul.] No. 293. Done a Everwyke, xiii jours de Januare, lan du reigne le Roy Richard Secound apres la conquest denglelterre quindesyme.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p104 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Katherine was left a bequest, in the will of her brother Richard, dated in 1443.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

To Katherine, my sister, a gold cross.

This letter was written by Katherine to her brother, George, in the 1450s.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiv - page xlii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
To Master George Plompton at Bolton abbey.

My best brother, I am sory by my troth that I shall nott see you, and cum thus far as to York. God knoweth my intent was not for no great gud that I thoght to desire, but I wott well now ye trusted the contrary. But. brother. it is not unknowne that I am right sickly, and my hart wold have bene gretly comforted to have spoken with you; but I trow, and so doth my daughter, that ye be displeased, denyeing that my writing afore, because she desired a booke of you. And as ever I be saved, she praied me write for either salter or primmer; and my hosband said, halfe apley, prey my brother to gett somwhat to my new chappell. God wot he ment neither gold nor silver, but some other thing for said awter. But I had knowne ye wold have bene displeased, I wold not have writt, for as much as I have speuled my best brother. My sister Dame Isabell liveth as heavy a life as any gentlewoman borne, the which cause me I faired never well sence I saw her last month. Hous such, hath nether woman nor maide with her, but herselfe alone. And her hosband cometh all day to my hosband, and seyeth the feyrest langwage that ever ye hard. But all is rong, he is ever in trouble, and all the ioy on earth hath she whan my husband cometh to her; she sweareth there is noe creature she loveth better. Also, brother, I beseech you intirely, if there be any goodly yong woman, that is a good woman of her body and pay, iiij and xx or more, (and I would have one of my owne kin an theare were any) for my selfe and deare brother, and ye or any for you can espie, I beseech you to gitt her for me, as hastely as you may, soune upon Easter, and it may be. I can no more for great hast of my jorny, but I beseech the blessed Trinitie with all the saints in heaven give me grace to se you, or I die, to Gods pleasure and your bodyly heale. And. brother, I yede to the lord Scroope^u to have sene my lady;^x and be my trothe, I stood thear a large houre, and yet I might neither se lord nor ladye; ad the strangest cheare, that ever I had, of my Mistres Darse,^y and yet I had 5 men in a suit: there is no such 5 men in his house, I dare say.
Be your sister,
KA: CHADYRTON.^z
The writer of this letter, Katharine Chadyrton, was the younger of the two daughters of Sir William Plumpton, kt. by Alice Gisburne, who yet remained unmarried at the time of their mother’s death in 1423. Her husband, it may be presumed, was of the family of Chadderton of Chadderton Hall, in the chapelry of Oldham in Lancashire; but their pedigree is unknown to me, and the Plumpton evidences are unfortunately here of no assistance.
... the above letter, which presents a somewhat curious picture of the social habits of the time. We learn from it that an old, infirm priest had with characteristic selfishness, at a time when founding chantries for the good of souls absorbed the wealth of the dying, refused to give even a psalter or primmer to his niece, or to make any present to his brother-in-law’s chapel, and had even quarrelled with his sister for making the request. We hear also of a knight’s lady left without a single female attendant, and of an inquiry for a poor kinswoman to be hired, if she be strong and can work for her pay. And lastly, we have a Dame with five servants in her train made to dance attendance for an hour in the ante-chamber of a greater lady, and then dismissed, after receiving but strange cheer from the daughter of the house, though the parties were closely connected by ties of kindred, in fact cousins in the second degree.

^u Sir John Scrope, fourth Baron Scrope of Masham, summoned to Parliament from 7 Jan. 4 Hen. VI. 1426, to 26 May, 33 Hen. VI. 1455. Died 15 Nov. following.
^x Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Chaworth of Wiverton, co. Notts. kt. Died 6 Edw. IV. 1466.
^y Eleanor Scrope, daughter of Lord Scrope, married Richard Darcy, son and heir apparent of Sir John Darcy, of Hyrst, com. Ebor. knight, who was dead in his father’s lifetime, before 1 Jun. 32 Hen. VI. 1454, when his heir, William, was four years old. John le Scrope, who died 18 Sept. 1452, in his will of the preceding day makes a bequest to “Mistres” his sister, Magistrici sorori meæ. There can be little doubt that Mrs. Darcy is here meant, and that it is an error on the part of the compiler of the pedigree of Scrope of Masham, illustrative of the Scrope and Grosvenor Controversy, to give Magistrix a distinct place among the children of Lord Scrope. Her husband had died young; and it appears from this letter that she passed her widowhood in the paternal mansion till the period of her second marriage with William Claxton, esq. circa 29 April, 38 Hen. VI. 1460.
^z This letter is also taken from the Book of Letters, where it is transcribed at the end of the Correspondence of Sir William Plumpton.

Sources:

Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xl (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Marriage: Plumpton Correspondence page xl - page xli (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p319; Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 names the wrong husband in the pedigree but this is an error and the correct husband is named in the corresponding footnote

Margaret (Plumpton) Pigott

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Married: Ranulph Pigott

Children:

Geoffrey Pigott ( ? - 1469)
Johanna Pigott ( ? - 1488)

Notes:
Margaret and her husband, Ranulph, were left legacies in the will of Ranulph's uncle, John Pigot, dated 15 January 1428.
Testamenta Eboracensia vol 1 p416 (1836)

Lego Ranulpho Pigot nepoti meo unam peciam argenteam cum coopertorio, quam volo semper remanere heredibus ipsius Ranulphi apud Coltherom imperpetuum. Et Margaretæ uxori ejusdem Ranulphi unum monile auri enamellatum.

A rough translation of this part of the will is:
I bequeath to Ranulph Pigot, my nephew, one piece of silver with a covering, which I will remain to the heirs of Ranulph himself at Coltherom in perpetuity. And to Margaret, the wife of the same Ranulph, one enamelled gold necklace.

The genealogist vol 2 p296 (George W. Marshall ed, 1878)

PIGOT OF MELMORBY IN COVERDALE, AND OF CLOTHERHAM NEAR RIPON, CO. YORK.
... VII. RANDOLPH PIGOT of Clotherham, Esq., was married before 1428 to MARGARET, dau. of SIR ROBERT PLUMPTON of Plumpton, Kt. ... Randolph Pigot had issue—
Geoffry, his heir.
Johanna, married Sir John Norton of Norton Conyers. She died Aug. 6, 1488, and is buried with her husband in the Norton Chapel at Wath.

The Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 26 pp26-8 (1924)

Birstall, Gomersall, and Heckmondwike.

BY W. T. LANCASTER
In 1441 William Pollard, William Buktroute, and Thomas Striklande, chaplain, presumably trustees, convey the manors of Okewell and Northall of Ledes to Ranulf Pigot, esquire, and his heirs.¹ Ranulf died in 1467; his will is printed in Test. Ebor., iii.² He mentions in it his late wife Margaret, who was a daughter of Sir Robert Plumpton. He left a son Geoffrey who succeeded him, and a daughter Joan, married to Sir John Norton.

¹ Thoresby deeds.
² Surtees Soc., xlv, p. 156.

Death: before 20 April 1466, when her husband makes provision in his will for the soul of "Margaret late my wyfe".

Testamenta Eboracensia vol 3 p158 (1865)

XXXV. THE WILL OF RANULPH PIGOT, ESQ. OF CLOTHERHAM.
Apr. 20, 1466. ...
Unto all Cresten men to whome—be it knowyn me Randolph Pygott of Clotherom in the counte of Yorkeshire, sqwyer, beyng of hole mynde, hath ordent in the forme foloyng my last will of certen landis and tenements, whare off the parcellis are specyfyed her—a cotage, with a crofte and a close, callyd Flaskew, in Azerlaw, to have and hald—to fynde with the profetts a prest duryng the saide xxiiij yere, to pray for my soule in the forme that is after specifyed. First the saide prest to syng yerely duryng the space of iiij yeer next suyng the day of my deth for the soule of maister John Balderby, late vicar of Kirkby-Malserd, specially, and for the soule of me the forsaide Randolph and Margaret late my wyfe, and for all Cristyn saulles, at the auter owre the nedill of Seynt Wilfride in the body of the college kirk of Saynt Petyr in Rypon, qwer I intende my banys to ryste; and aftir thoos iiij yere deservyde, than the saide preste to sing yerely during the remnaunt of the forsaide space of xxiiij yere in the chauntery chapill of oure Blissid Lady within my maner of Clotherom, for the saule of Sir John Otley, preest, specially, and for the saule of me, the for saide Randulph and Margaret lait my wife, and for all Cristyn sawles, yerely, takyng for his solde iiij li.

† ... On Dec 3rd, 1429, the dean and chapter of York granted an oratory to Ranulph Pigot, esq. lord of Helagh, and his wife and children, in the manor of Helagh, par. Masham. (Reg. Cap. Ebor.)

Sources:

Parents: Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1584/5 and 1612 p386 (ed Joseph Foster, 1875); The genealogist vol 2 p295 (George W. Marshall ed, 1878)
Marriage: Testamenta Eboracensia vol 3 p158 (1865) and Testamenta Eboracensia vol 1 p416 (1836) are clear evidence that Ranuplh married a Margaret. That Margaret was the daughter of Sir Rober Plumpton is stated in Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881) and Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1584/5 and 1612 p387 (ed Joseph Foster, 1875) and in The genealogist vol 2 p296 (George W. Marshall ed, 1878) and The Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 26 pp26-8 (1924) and somewhat confirmed in contemporary documents by a letter written by Ranuph's grandson, also Ranulph Pigot, to Margaret's nephew, Robert Plumpton in which he repeatedly refers to Robert as his cousin (Plumpton Correspondence p98 (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839))
Death: before 20 April 1466, the date of her husband's will from Testamenta Eboracensia vol 3 p158 (1865)

Maria (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Nigel de Plumpton

Children:

Peter de Plumpton
Robert de Plumpton
Avicia de Plumpton

Peter is known to be the daughter of Maria, and Robert is named as the brother of Peter, so assumed to be his full brother. John is known to be the son of Juliana, and Alice is named as John's sister, so assumed to be his full sister. The mother of Avicia is unknown, and placing her as the daughter of Nigel's marriage with Maria is just guesswork.

Notes:
Dugdale states that Maria was a cousin of John Alb... of York.
The Visitation of the County of Yorke 1665-1666 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 36 p190 (William Dugdale, 1859)
Maria consanguinea Joh’is Alb. . . . . de Eboraco, uxor 1^a. = Nigellus de Plumpton

Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

The Nigel de Plumpton spoken of above had died in the reign of King John, leaving Juliana de Warewick, his wife, surviving, between whom and Peter de Plumpton, son and heir of Nigel by his first wife, Maria, a fine was passed (14 et 15 Johannis) of the third parts of the vills of Plumpton, Gersington, Idell, and Ribstaine, which she claimed as her dower.^e Peter de Plumpton was of the party of the barons against King John, and had his lands seized; but, after the death of that monarch, he did fealty and homage to his son, and was restored.^f To him succeeded Robert, his brother, whose son Nigel de Plumton died in the reign of Henry III.
^e Fin. de eod. anno. Dodsw. notes from G.f. 85, inserted in the Plumpton Cartulary. Juliana appears to have been a daughter of Richard de Warewic, and mother of Robert Luvet, who had lands at Gretham, com. Rutland. Her sister, Sarra, married Gilbert de Beningworth. (Vide Rot. Oblat. et Fin.)
^f Rot. Litt. Claus. p. 245 b. and 338 b.

Sources:

Marriage: The Visitation of the County of Yorke 1665-1666 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 36 p190 (William Dugdale, 1859); Plumpton Correspondence page xvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Notes: The Visitation of the County of Yorke 1665-1666 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 36 p190 (William Dugdale, 1859); Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Marmaduke Plumpton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Lucy (de Ros) Plumpton

Notes:
Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 pp28-9 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Brackenthwaite (Pannal)
101. Sunday after Michaelmas, 19 Edward II (Oct. 6, 1325). Appointment by Robert, parson of the church of Merseton, of William de Slingesby and Marmaduke de Plumpton as attorneys to take seisin of the lands and tenements which William son of Sir Robert de Plumpton gave him in the vill[s] of Brakenswayt and Folifayt. Plumpton. (Ibid., No. 10.)
102. Octave of Hilary, 19 Edward II (Jan. 20, 1325-6). Fine between Robert de Neuby, parson of the church of Merston, querent, and William de Plumpton and Alice his wife, deforciants, of the manor of Brakanthwayt, and 2 messuages, 1 mill, 22 tofts, 27 bovates, 146 acres of land, 17 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of wood in Plumpton, Folifait, Braham, Kerby, and Little Ribstayn; the right of Robert, who granted them to William and Alice in special tail, with successive remainders in tail to Thomas son of Peter de Middelton, Marmaduke de Plumpton, and Adam son of Peter de Middelton. (Ibid., No. 11.)

Plumpton Correspondence page xx - page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Henry Byaufiz died in 1325;^p whereupon the manor of Brakenthwaite, together with lands in Plumpton, Follyfoot, Braham, Kirby, and Little Ribston, which he had held by the curtesy of England, of the inheritance of his wife Cecilia, daughter of William de Plumpton, (descended from Robert, son of Huckman, seneschal of the manor of Plumpton,) was settled by fine, levied in Hilary term, 19 Edw. II. 1325-6, upon Sir William de Plumpton and Alice his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to Thomas son of Peter de Midleton, and the heirs of his body, remainder to Marmaduke de Plumpton, and the heirs of his body, remainder to Adam son of Peter de Midleton, and his heirs for ever.^q
^p Esch. 19 Edw. II. n. 64.

^q Cartul. No. 173. “Finalis concordia, apud Westm. in octabis sc’i Hillarii.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp115-6 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Sir William had married Alice, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Byaufiz, on the 14th of April, 1322, when his father settled the manor of Nessfield on the young couple and the heirs of their bodies. The bridegroom’s father died two years after this marriage, and three years after, in 1325, the bride’s father died also, and then his estates came to them with this provision:—“That if the said Alice had no children her lands in Brakenthwaite, Plumpton, Folifoot, Ribston, Braham, and Kirby, (held by Sir Henry of the inheritance of his wife Cecilia, daughter of William de Plumpton, descended from Robert, son of Huckman, Seneschal of Plumpton,) should fall first to Thomas, son of Sir Peter Middleton, and his wife Eustasia,” the said Thomas being then a little fellow of five or thereabouts—‘sair hadden doon’—no doubt by the old gander and his wife in the home farm yard, and duly spoiled by all the maids and men. Failing issue of Thomas, they fell to Marmaduke de Plumpton and his heirs, with remainder to Adam, son of Peter de Middleton.
p122
MARMADUKE, had a lease for life from the Prior and convent of the Park of Helaugh of land in Plompton and Little Ribston

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Sources:

Parents: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xx - page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Nigel de Plumpton

Father: Peter de Plumpton

Mother: Hellena (_____) de Plumpton
A charter created by Nigel's son, Robert de Plumpton, names the latter's grandmother as "Dame Hellena ava meo".

Married (1st): Maria

Children:

Peter de Plumpton
Robert de Plumpton
Avicia de Plumpton

Married (2nd): Juliana

Juliana was probably Juliana de Linton. She is stated in Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne 1199-1214 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 94 pp171-3 to be "Julianan de Warewic", and Stapleton adds that she "appears to have been a daughter of Richard de Warewic, and mother of Robert Luvet, who had lands at Gretham, com. Rutland. Her sister, Sarra, married Gilbert de Beningworth. (Vide Rot. Oblat. et Fin.)" (Plumpton Correspondence page xvi), but it is clear, based on charters in the Percy Chartulary pp61-2 and pp80-1, that she was a chamberlain of the countess of Warwick, and the sister of Robert, also a chamberlain of the countess. Robert de Linton is documented as a chamberlain of the countess, leading to the probably identification of Juliana as Juiana de Linton.

In the late 12th century, Juliana received a gift of land in Spofford from Matilda, the countess of Warwick, which land she later passed on to her son, John.
The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 pp61-2 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

CXVII. MATILDIS, COMITISSA DE WARWYK’ filia Willelmi de Perci, omnibus hominibus suis … concessisse … JULIANE,⁴ camerarie mee, sorori Roberti camerarii mei, duas bovatas terre in SPOFFORD illas, scilicet, quos Gamellus Neubond tenuit, excepto tofto ejusdem Gramelli. Similiter, dedi toftum et croftum que Gamellus filius Pycot⁵ tenuit cum prato adjacente, et unum toftum quod fuit Ukmanni sutoris, et tres acras terre in eadem villa ad illud toftum pertinentes, et alias tres acras terre quas Godericus Ruskel⁶ tenuit, et tres rodas terre in illo tofto et crofto que fuerunt ejusdem Godrici, et quinque acras terre in campis predicte ville de Spofford, scilicet, Dedeflat, et unum pratum quod vocatur Kyrker, et terram que fuit Blaket in Linton, scilicet, xiij acras terre cum tofto, et preterea unum toftum in Litton in Craven, illud, videlicet, quod est propinquius Pot, cum omni pastura et ceteris communibus predicte ville pertinentibus, et in foresta mea quoque de Gisburn.¹ Dedi, eciam, Juliane totam terram de Raheued et de Midelholm, scilicet, apud orientem de Fildingate, sicuti declivus nemoris condonat usque divisas monachorum de Fontibus usque Skyreden, et versus occidentem sicut rivulus currit de Middelhou usque ad divisas predictorurn monachorum in Skireden versus occidentem. Et, insuper, dedi ei sex acras terre arrabilis de incremento sub Alrebarwe versus australem partem et communem pasturam predicte foreste. Hec omnia dedi eidem Juliane … Tenenda … in feodo et hereditate … Reddendo inde anuuatim michi … tantummodo unam libram cimini infra octavas sancti Martini pro omni servicio …
⁴ Julia repeats this grant to her son John (No. CXCIV.)
⁵ No. CXCIV.: Picol.
⁶ No. CXCIV.: Buscos.
¹ In the grant by the countess to Fountains Abbey, of pasture in this forest, she reserves the pasture which she had granted by charters to Julia camerarie mee, to Robert de Beugrant homini meo, and to others (Cart. Abb. de Salley, Harl. MS. 112, folio 7).
pp80-1

CXCIV. Sciant … JULIANA, quondam cameraria Matildis, comitisse de Warewyk … concessi … JOHANNI, filio meo, terram meam quam domina mea Matildis michi dedit pro homagio et servicio meo, scilicet, duas bovatas terre in SPOFFORD illas, videlicet, quas Gamellus Neubond tenuit, excepto tofto² ejusdem Gamelli, similiter toftum et croftum que Gamellus filius Picol³ tenuit² cum prato adjacente, et unum toftum quod fuit Vokemani sutoris; et tres acras terre in eadem villa ad illud toftum pertinentes, et alias tres acras terre quas Godericus Buscos⁴ tenuit, et tres rodas terre in illo tofto et crofto que fuerunt ejusdem Godrici, et quinque acras terre in campo predicte ville de Spofford in una cultura que vocatur Dedeflat, et unum pratum quod vocatur Kyrkerk, et terram que fuit Blaket in Lynton, scilicet, xiij acras terre. Et preterea, unum toftum in Linton in Craven, illud, scilicet, quod propinquius est Pot, cum communi pastura et ceteris communibus predicte ville pertinentibus. Et preterea, in foresta de Giseburn dedi eidem Johanni, filio meo, totam terram meam de Raheued et de Middelholm apud orientem de Fildingate, sicut declivus nemoris condonat usque divisas monachorum de Fontibus usque Skiredene, et versus occidentem sicut rivulus currit de Midelholm usque ad Fildingate, et interim sicut rivulus currit de Midelholm usque ad divisas predictorum monachorum in Sickeden¹ versus occidentem. Insuper, autem, dedi eidem Johanni sex acras terre arrabilis sub Alrebarwe versus australes partes et communem pasturam predicte foreste … Habenda et tenenda de heredibus domine mee, Matildis, comitisse de Warrewyk … Reddendo inde annuatim heredibus Matildis comitisse prenomiuate pro omni servicio … unam libram cimini …
² This word is not in the MS., and is supplied from the charter of the Countess of Warwick to Julia. (No. CXVII)
³ No. CXVII.: Picot

⁴ No. CXVII.: Ruskel.

¹ No. CXVII.: Skireden.
This roughly translates as:
Let them know that … JULIANA, formerly chamberlain to Matilda, countess of Warewyk … I granted … to JOHN, my son, my land which my lady Matilda gave me for my homage and service, namely, those two bovates of land in Spofford, namely, those which Gamellus Neubond held, except a toft of the same Gamelli, a similar toft and a croft which Gamellus son of Picol held with an adjacent meadow, and one toft which belonged to Vokemani the tailor; and three acres of land in the same town belonging to that toft, and other three acres of land which Goderic Buscos4 held, and three roods of land in that toft and croft which belonged to the same Godric, and five acres of land in the field of the aforesaid town of Spofford in one crop which called Dedeflat, and one meadow called Kyrkerk, and land that was Blaket in Lynton, namely, 12 acres of land. And moreover, one toft in Linton in Craven, namely, that which is nearer Pot, with common pasture and other commons belonging to the aforesaid town. And moreover, in the forest of Giseburn, I gave to the same John, my son, all my land from Raheued and Middelholm to the east of Fildingate, as the slope of the forest extends to the divisions of the monks from the Fountains to Skireden, and towards the west as a stream runs from Middelholm to Fildingate , and in the meantime it runs like a stream from Midelholm to the divisions of the aforesaid monks in Sickeden towards the west. In addition, I gave to the same John six acres of arable land under Alrebarwe towards the southern parts and common pasture in the aforesaid forest … To have and to hold from the heirs of my lord, Matildis, countess of Warrewyk ... Paying thence annually to the heirs of Matildis, countess in prenomiua for all service … one pound …

In 1212, Juliana claimed against her stepson, Peter, for land in his inheritance from her husband, as her reasonable dower.
Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne 1199-1214 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 94 pp171-3 (1897)

CCCCLVI. Ibid, in crastino S.Andreæ (Dec. 1, 1212), Inter JULIANAM DE WAREWIC pet., per Simonem filium Vitoris positum loco suo etc., et PETRUM DE PLUMTON’ ten., de tertia parte villæ de PLUMTON’ cum pert., et de tertia parte villæ de GERSINGTON’ cum pert., et de tertia parte villæ de HIDEL cum pert., et de tertia parte villæ de NETHESFELD’ cum pert., et de tertia parte villæ de RIBBESTEIN³ cum pert., quas tertias partes ipsa clamavit versus eundem Petrum, ut rationabilem doteni suam de douo Nigelli de Plumton’ quondam viri sui. Et unde placitum fuit etc., scil. quod predictus Petrus concessit eidem Julianæ totam terram suam, quam ipse habuit iu Ribbestein de laico feodo, cum omnibus pert. suis, tarn in redditibus quam servitiis, et in omnibus aliis rebus preter terram et servitium Johannis de Beaugrant, quod remanet eidem Petro et her. suis quietum de ipsa Julianæ imperp. In escambium cujus terræ et cujus servitii idem Petrus concessit eidem Julianæ triginta sex acras terræ in campis de Plumton’, scil. in Steinflat viginti duas acras, et quatuordecim acras ex duabus partibus de Fulsig. Et preterea concessit eidem Julianæ quadraginta acras terræ in predictis campis de Plumton’ de dominico ejusdem Petri, quæ jacent propinquiores culturæ que vocatur Brunescroft, et vocantur iliæ acræ Krinkelker. Et preterea concessit eidem Julianæ communem pasturam dominicis averiis suis cum propriis averiis ejusdem Petri in Plumton’ ubique, et rationabile estoverium suum in bosco de Plumton’ ad edificandum et ardendum per visum forestarii ejusdem Petri, et communam bosci ad sexaginta porcos in Plumton’ sive in Hidel, quietos de pannagio. Concessit etiam eidem Julianæ quadraginta solidos in molendino de Plumton’ singulis annis, percipiendos per manum ejusdem Petri vel heredum suorum, scil. medietatem ad Pascba, et medietatem ad festum S. Martini. H. et T. eidem Julianæ tota vita sua nomine dotis de ipso Petro et her. suis, faciendo forinsecum servitium quantum ad predictam terram de Ribbestein pertinet pro omni servitio. Et pro hac concessione etc. predicta Juliana remisit etc. predicto Petro et her. suis totum jus etc. in superplusagio omnium predictarum terrarum cum pert., et in omnibus catallis quæ fueruut Nigelli de Plumton’ nomine dotis, salvis eidem Julianæ catallis quæ ipsa inde habuit die quo hoc cirographum factum fuit (Ibid.* No. 217).
ANNUS QUINTODECIMUS.
CCCCLVII. Ibid, in octabis S. Martini (Nov. 18, 1213), coram ipso domino Rege etc., Inter JULIANAM QUÆ FUIT [UXOR] NIGELLI DE PLUMTON’ pet., et PETRUM DE PLUMTON’ ten., de tertia parte villæ de PLUMTON’ cum pert., et de tertia parte villæ de GERSINGTON’ cum pert., et de tertia parte villæ de HIDEL’ cum pert., et de tertia parte vilæ de NESTHESFELD’ cum pert., et de tertia parte villæ de RIBBESTEIN cum pert., quas tertias partes ipsa clamavit versus eundem Petrum ut rationabilem dotem suam de dono Nigelli de Plumton’ quondam viri sui. Et unde placitum fuit etc., scil. quod predictus Petrus concessit eidem Julianæ totam terram suam quam ipsa habuit in Ribbestein cum omnibus pert, suis, tam in redditibus quam servitiis et in omnibus aliis rebus, exceptis quindecim acris terræ arrabilis,¹ que sunt in assarto quod fuit Waltcri dc Stochull’ super Cramphull’, et quæ remanent ipsi Petro et her. suis quiete, et excepta terra et servitio Johannis de Beaugrant, quod remanet eidem Petro et her. suis suis, quietum de ipsa Juliana imperp. In esscambium cujus terræ et cujus servitii idem Petrus concessit eideni Julianæ triginta et unam acras terræ in campo de Plumton’ de triginta sex acris terræ, quas ipse prius ei concesserat; unde viginti duæ acræ sunt in Stainflat, et quatnordecim acræ ex utraque parte de Fulsuic, et unde quinque acræ per hunc finem remanent eidem Petro et her. suis versus solem. Et preterea concessit eidem Julianæ unam car. terræ cum pert, in Ranes, et terram quam ipse habuit in Sadewell’ in redditu et in dominico, cum cultura de Sedecop’. Et preterea idem Petrus concessit predictæ Julianæ quadraginta acras terræ in predictis campis de Plumton’ de dominico ejusdem Petri, quæ jacent propinquiores culturæ quæ vocatur Brunescroft, et vocantnr illæ acræ Krinkelker’. Et preterea ipse concessit eidem Julianæ communem pasturam ad dominica averia sua cum propriis averiis ejusdem Petri in Plumton’ ubique, et rationabile estoverium suum in bosco de Plumton’ ad edificandum et ardendum per visum forestarii ejusdem Petri, et communam bosci ad sexaginta porcos in Plumton’ sive apud Hidel’ quietos de pannagio. Concessit quoque eidem Julianæ duas marcas de molendino de Plumton’ singulis annis, percipiendas per manum ejusdem Petri vel heredum suorum, scil. medietatem ad Pascha et medietatem ad festum S. Martini. H. et T. eidem Julianæ tota vita sua nomine dotis de ipso Petro et her. suis, faciendo inde forinsecum servitium quantum pertinet ad predictam terram de Ribbestein pro onmi servitio. Et pro hac concessione etc. predicta Juliana remisit etc. predicto Petro et her. suis totum jus etc. in superplusagio omnium predictarum terrarum cum pert. nomine dotis, et in omnibus catallis quæ fuerunt Nigelli de Plumton’, salvis eidem Julianæ catallis quæ ipsa inde habuit die quo hoc cyrographum factum fuit. Et idem Petrus et heredes sui warantizabunt eidem Julianæ totam predictam terram cum pert. tota vita sua contra omnes gentes nomine dotis. Et sciendum quod cyrographum prius factum inter eos de predicta terra per hunc finem cassatum est. (Ibid.* No. 221).
³ Plumpton, Grassington, Idle, Nesfield, and Ribston.
¹ arrabilibus.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

His son, Peter, held Plumpton, Gersington, Idell, and Ribstain in 1213, which were seized for a time in consequence of his joining the Barons against King John, but restored eventually. His brother, Robert de Plumpton, was his heir
... The following notes from the Harleian MSS., 797, British Museum, afford further genealogical proof:—
Hidel alias Idel alias Idle: 14 King John, ffine between Juliana de Warewick, plaintiff, and Peter de Plumpton, respecting the third parts of Hidell, Nessfield, &c, with thappurtenances, &c, which she claims as her reasonable dower of the gift of Nigell de Plumpton, sometyme her husband The said Peter also granted to Juliana common in Plumpton woods for 60 hogs.

Children:

John de Plumpton
Alice de Plumpton

Notes:
This document, dated Easter 1176, records the allegiance of Nigel de Plumpton, knight (militis) in the division of the barony of William de Percy between his sons-in-law.
The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p461 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

MXCII.² Pascha proximo postquam pax facta fuit inter dominum regem et filios suos,³ [A.D. 1176] coram Ricardo de Lucy, Reginaldo de Warenn', Thoma Basset, R[ober]to de Lucy, Willelmo filio Radulfi, Waltero de Grymesby, Gervasio de Cornhull, Rogero filio Reynfridi, justiciis regis qui tunc ibi adhera [servicia] militum et dominii remanserunt comiti.⁴
De Stephano camerario, servicium j militis. De Willelmo Vavassur, ij milites. De Willelmo de militʼ. De Nigello de Plumpton, j militem. ...
² Two lines at the head of the folio are illegible.
³ Henry II. made peace with his sons at Falaise, 11 October, 1175
⁴ This partition of the barony of William de Percy who died in 1168, was made between Wiilliam de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, who married Maud, his elder daughter, and Joceline of Louvain, who married Agnes, his younger daughter.

The chartulary of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Sallay in Craven vol 2 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 90 pp123-4 (ed. Joseph McNulty, 1934)

[Late Henry II]

Yorkshire deeds vol 10 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 120 pp132-3 (ed. M. J. Stanley Prive, 1955)
Ribston.

372. Quitclaim and sale by Walter son of Nigel de Stockelde to Nigel de Plumton, of all that tenement pertaining to one knight’s fee which the grantor holds of Nicholas Basset for 40 marks of silver . . .³ namely, all that tenement which he has within the vill of Ribbestain and without, and one carucate of land in Ranes with appurtenances which he holds of the Countess of Warewic,⁴ and all that dwelling which he has in Koletorp and Hornington,¹ and moreover (praeterea) Sadewelle; to hold to Nigel and his heirs, with all men, homages, services and other easements, of the said Nicholas, and the said carucate in Ranis, of the countess and her heirs, freely [etc.] as held by the grantor. Warranty. Witnesses: Robert Vauassore, Mauger his brother, Walter de Perci, [Henry] his brother, Hugh de Leleia, Robert his brother, . . . Lardin’, Robert his brother’ R . . . God . . . Robert de Wiuelestorp, Thomas de Dihton, Nigel the butler, Adam the butler, Robert son of Wekeman . . . Robert Outhanebi, John Beugrant, Alexander de Witheton, Alan son of Elias.² (Y.A.S., Md. 59/19, No. 1).
³ Holes in deed.
⁴ In 1175 the inheritance of William de Percy was partitioned between the husbands of his two daughters, one of whom was Maud, wife of William, earl of Warwick. (Complete Peerage X, p. 444)
¹ Cowthorpe, Hornington, parish of Bolton Percy.
² Fragment of green wax on a pink silk braid.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp93-6 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

      Cartul. 20.
NIGEL DE PLOMPTON to Gamel son of Elewin his marshall: dedit et concessit p homagio et servicio suo domum suam illam scilicet quæ est propinquior Domui Gilberti ffabri de Plompton versus aquilonem cum tofto et crofto adiacentibus et unam acram terre quæ jacet juxta vafringwic versus aquilonem. Et dimidium acræ terræ versus orientem illam vizt quæ Cadit in chiminu’ molendinu’ versus occidentale’ partem de Saddberghdale tenendum de me &c. Reddenda’ annutim unam libram Cinimi ad pentecost. The witnesses were Robert Vavasour, Hugh de Lelay, Gilbert de Plompton, Richard de Chagge, Richard de Goldesburgh, Matthew de Braham, Robert de Linton, Robert son of Huckman de Plompton, Robert son of Henry de Sicklinghall, Robert son of Jordan de Staneton, William son of Ralph, Richard de Stockeld, Baldwin, his brother, Thomas de Dicton his brother, and many others.
      Cartul. 29.—Nigell Plompton.
Omnibus hominibus, &c, Nigellus de Plompton salutem notum sit me dedisse et concessisse Roberto genero meo filio Jordani de Nesfield in maritagium cum Avicia filia mea 15a terræ in campo de Nesfield versus ptem occidentalem de Culleschac sicuti divisæ de Middleton et Collescac decedunt habendum et tenendum &c. Et preterea sciatis me dedisse &c. Loquelam propæ domus suæ de multura nundinarum de Nesfield.
Testibus.—Robto Vavasoure et Malgro fratre eius, Rado Malliverer, Thoma de Witton, Willimo de Dunnesford, Robto filio Henr., Roberto Camerario de Linton, Roberto Bengat et aliis.
      Cartul. 30.—Agnes Stockeld (Ante 15 John).
Sciant, &c., quod ego Agnes uxor Walteri de Stockeld Remisi in plenam wapentac de Clarhow apud pontem de Harwood imperpetuum, Nigello de Plompton et heredibus suis, totum jus et clameum quod habeo in terra de Nesfield et de Bethemslia sine aliquo retmento Et pro hac remissione idem Nigellus dedit mihi tres marcas argenti.
Testibus.—Willimo de Stapleton, Willimo filio Everandi tunc Ballivis de Westriding, Robto Vavasoure, Malgro fratr eius, Alano de Witton, Willimo de Lelay et Hugone filio suo, Willimo Gremdorge, Willimo Malliverer, Willimo de Wivellestorp, Willo filio Radi de Aldefield, Roberto filio Henrici, Hugone de Witheton, Roberto de Linton, Gilberto Lardiner, Roberto filio Jordani, Willimo de Stubhus, Roberto filio Henr. de Stokeld, et Waltero de Dickton et aliis.
      Cartul. 31.—Nigel Plumpton (1203). 5 John.
Sciant, &c, quod ego Nigellus de Plompton concessi Waltero filio Nigelli de Stockelde wardam totius terræ quam dedi Agnetæ filiæ Adæ filii Meldred de Gikeleswick et heredibus quos habebit de p’dicto Waltero omnibus diebus vitæ suæ infra divisas de Nesfield et de Bethmesley ut Carta ipsius Agnetis quam de me habet testatur. Contra, omnes gentes warrantizabimus.
Testibus.—Willimo de Percy tunc Vic Ebor’, Rein’ Flandrensi, Roberto Vavasoure, Malgro fre suo, Rico de Goldsburgh, Hugone de Lelay, Rado Malliverer, Henr. fratr suo, Roberto de Bengate, Robto filio Henr’ de Sicklinghall, et aliis.
      Cartul. 32.—Gerardus de Idell.
Sciant, &c, quod ego Gerardus de Idell dedi imperpetuum Nigello de Plompton totum jus meum et clameum qd perquisivi de Willimo Malliverer de terra de Bethmesley sclt quadraginta acras terræ arrabiles et Langbergh et infra harãm propinquiores Axvesbec et communa pastura usque Haskesbec qua recepi de dicto Willimo, Reddendo inde Annuatim duodecim denarios, Contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, &c.
Testibus.—Philipo* Dunelensis Episco, Hugone Bard, Rogero Arundel, Galfrido Haget, tunc Justic Domin Regis, Rogero de Baret, Roberto de Baret, Roberto Vavasour, Malgro fratre suo, Willimo de Corneby, Roberto de Wivvellestrop, Ranulpho filio Walteri, Alano filio Eliæ, Rob: filio Huckmani, Gilberto de Lardiner, et multis aliis.
* “This Phill was made Bishop of Durram, 1195, being 7 Rd. I., and dyed 9 Jo. R.”
...    Cartul. 72.
Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus de Stutevill dedi concessi, quietum clamavi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Nigello de Plumton . . . . totum vastum forestæ meæ infra divisas suas de Plumton. Hiis testibus, Willelmo le Vavasur, Roberto de Meis, Roberto le Vavasur et Malgero fratre eius, Ricardo de Tanghe, Thoma Lardenario, Adam filio Normanni, Nigello de Stockeld, Ricardo de Brertona, Ricardo de Alneio, Rogero de Creswell, Hugone Lardenario, Ricardo filio Widonis, Ernaldo Bridg, Hugone Pollard.
William de Stutevill died in 1203; two of his sons were—Robert, died in 1205, and Nicholas.

    Cartul. 73.—(This deed and No. 78 are much destroyed in the Coucher Book, but are so far completed from the copy of Ch. Towneley.) Sans date.
Sciant . . . . tam futuri qu’ psentes qd ego Nigellus de Plumpton filius Petri de Plumpton dedi et concessi Jordano filio Ernis medietatem villæ de Nesfeild sclt unam carucatam terræ et dimidium cum oibus ptinen in bosco in plano . . . . et in semitis et in terris illis virgultis excepto molendino et q . . . . villæ pnominatæ molendinum ad decimum quartu’ vas et si molendinum non potest molere alias voluerit . . . . . . . . . . totam terram intr. Widbeldik et Scalegilbeck de terris quibus orienter . . . . . . . . . Jordano & heredibus suis tenendam de me et heredibus meis in hereditario . . . . reddendo annuatim 12s. 6d . . . . faciendo forinsecu’ serviciu’ p. tanta terra unde XII. carucatæ terræ faciunt [a knights’ fee] . . . . p’sentes in posiessione confirmavi, his testibus, Ada Lardi, Philipo de Altaripa, Elis filio Norm, Simone nepos.
      Cartul. 78.—(Sans date.)
Sciant p’sentes et futuri qd ego Walt’us fil’ Nigelli de Stokeld remisi et quietu’ clamavi . . . . de me et heredibus meis imppetuu’ Nigello de Plumton et hered suis, totum ius et clamium qd habeo in terris de Nesfield et de Bethemsleia quam (sic) predictus Nigellus dedit Agneti uxori meae p. homagio et servicio suo sine retenemento ut ante hanc pdcam remissionem et quietu’ . . . . . . . . . Hiis testibus, Willo de —— and, Willo fil’ Evrardi tunc balliis de Westre,* Roberto Vavasour, Malgr fr. suo, Alano de Wiltona, Willimo de Lelay et Hugone filio suo. . . . . (Golds)-burg, Willo Maullivrer, Robto de Wivelsthorp, Willo filio Radi de Aldford, Roberto filio Henr., Hugone de Wytheton, Roberto de Lutton, Roberto filio Jordani, Robt filio Henrici de Stockeld et aliis.
   * West Riding.
      Cartul. 83.
   Robtus dapiferus† Willi de Percy omnibus hominibus suis et amicis . . . . Francis et Anglicis tam presentibus q’m futuris saltm Notu’ sit vita me dedisse Nigello de Plomton fil’ Petri, terra’ Orm de Nessfeild Avunculi patris sui . . . . Idm serviciu’ faciendo qd inde fecit . . . . reddendo p. ann. xxv^s p. om’i servicio illi et hered’ suis ad tenend’ de me et heredibus meis in feodo & hereditate & homagio suo et servicio et inde homagiu’ suu’ recepi et retenemen’ suu’ de pd. terra recepi in oibus lib’tatibus quæ ad pdcam terra’ ptinet in bosco in plano in pasturis in aquis in semitis in molendinis & in oibus aisiamentis. his testibus ——.
(This was Nigel the son of Peter to whom Stutvil’s grant was made.).
† See Cartul 1006.

Cartul. 84—(Sans date.)
Sciant psentes & futuri qd ego Gerardus filius Hugonis dedi, dimisi et quietu’ clamavi Nigello de Plumton totu’ jus & clamium qd hui in decern bovatis terræ in bethemeslay cum omnibus ear’ ptinen’ hend’ sibi et heredibus suis salute & quiete de me & meis heredibus imppetuu. Ita qd ego et heredes mei nullum jus sive clam . . . . Nigellu’ et heredes suos sup’ p’fata terra amodo querere possim volo itaque qd p. pfatus Nigell et heredes sui has pdcas dec . . . . . . cu. omnibus suis ptinen tenemt apud de dno de Skipton et ut quieta clama qua ego f. . . . . . . pdco Nigello et heredibus . . . . me et meis heredibus ego cum hac psenti carta mea et sigilli mei impressione corroboravi pdca dec . . . . . . . . . . de inquicone, hiis testibu’ [No names.]

Early Yorkshire Charters vol 1 pp398-400 (William Farrer, 1914)

515. Grant by William de Stutevill to Nigel de Plumton, for his service and for a horse worth 100s., of the waste of the forest (of Knaresborough) between Plumpton and Rudfarlington, namely from Crimple (Beck) westward to “Osberne” Starbeck, to Puddingstain-cross, to Harelaw, by the highway to Bilton and to Stokkebrigg, thence to Holebec and so into Nidd and back to Crimple; with licence to make improvements and to till the land, and to course the fox and hare throughout the said forest. 1181-1190.
Plumpton Chartul., n. 72. Pd. in Plumpton Corresp. (Camden Soc., 1839), p. xiv.
Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus de Stutevill dedi, concessi, quietum clamavi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Nigello de Plumton et heredibus suis, pro servitio suo et pro uno equo pretio centum solidorum, totum vastum foreste mee infra divisas suas de Plumton et Roudferlington, scilicet de Crempell versus occidentem usque ad Osbernescahebec² et de Osbernescahebec usque ad Puddingstain-cros³ et de Puddingstaincros usque ad Harelaw et de Harelaw per magnam viam usque ad Biltonam et de Biltona per eandem viam usque ad Stokkebrigge⁴ et de Stokkebrigge usque ad Holebec et de Holebec usque in Nidd et iterum usque ad Crempell. Et si prefatus Nigellus vel heredes sui infra prenominatas divisas [ubicunque]⁵ sartare vel colere voluerint, libere poterunt, non requisita voluntate vel licentia mea vel heredum meorum. Preterea dedi etiam et concessi et hac eadem carta mea confirmavi eidem Nigello et heredibus suis latum cursum per totam forestam meam de Cnaresburgh ad vulpem et leporem, salva venatione mea, scilicet cervo, bissa et capreolo. Et si contigerit quod averia sua extra divisas prenominatas exeant sine visu facto non causabuntur. Hec omnia supradicta warrantizabimus ego Willelmus et heredes mei prefato Nigello et heredibus suis imperpetuum contra omnes homines libere et quiete et solute ab omni servitio seculari et exactione. Hiis testibus, Willelmo le Vavasur, Roberto de Melsa, Roberto le Vavasur et Malgero fratre ejus, Ricardo de Tanghe, Thoma lardenario, Adam filio Normanni, Nigello de Stockeld, Ricardo de Breretona, Ricardo de Alneio, Rogero de Creswell, Hugone lardenario, Ricardo filio Widonis,¹ Ernaldo Bridy, Hugone Pollard [et aliis].²

The waste of the forest of Knaresborough was that lying to the N.W. of Plumpton, between the upper water of Crimple Beck and the Nidd, including the present hamlet of Starbeck and part of Bilton Park.
On 21st December 1204 the sheriff was directed to cause the forest of Knaresborough to revert to the king’s hands in that state in which it was when Henry II gave it to Stutevill, and so to deliver it to the archbishop of Canterbury, who then had the custody of Stutevill’s lands.³ At Martinmas 1205, the fine of Peter de Brus (10 m.) for having the town of Lofthouse (Hill), and that of William de Scales (10 m.) for having the town of (Great) Ouseburn, were paid into the king’s chamber;⁴ and on 8th March 1207, that of Adam de Stavele (20 m.) for having the land of Farnham (Ferlham), that of Nigel de Plumton (20 m.) for having the land of Rudferlington whereof he had been disseised for waste (of the forest), that of Bernard de Ripeslay (60 m.) for having an inquest touching lands which he claimed of the socage of Knaresborough, that of Alan de Stainle (100s.) for having his land of (South) Stainley, whereof he had been disseised, were also paid into the king’s chamber.⁵ On 15th February 1207, Brian de L’Isle and his fellows, keepers of the land of William de Stutevill, were directed to cause the monks of Fountains to have eight shillings worth of land in the socage of Knaresborough, namely in Kirkby Ouseburn, which Stutevill had given and the king had confirmed.⁶
These entries show that all those who had obtained grants of land from Stutevill were required by the officers of the crown to prove their right thereto and to make fine for confirmation of such estates. In 1205 Nigel de Plumton gave 15 m. and a palfrey for having his land within the forest of Knaresborough of which Brian de L’Isle had disseised him for making waste of that forest.⁷ This fine was in respect of the land which Nigel had obtained by this charter. King John confirmed 3 carucates in Farnham to Adam son of Thomas de Stavelay, for the service of ¼ knight on 8th August 1204.⁸ On the Fine Roll of 1205 there are enrolled the fine of Adam de Stavelega 60 m., for the above-mentioned land; that of Roger de Bois 10 m. for seisin of 1 carucate in Lofthouse, 1 carucate in Burton (Leonard) and a mill in Killinghall; that of Alan de Stanlega 100s. for his land of (South) Stainley; and that of Bernard de Rippelle 60 m. and a palfrey for inquiry by the neighbourhood of Killinghall as to what entry William de Stutevill had into 1 carucate in Killinghall, now in the king’s hands, which Bernard claimed, and for seisin thereof if the inquest awarded it to him and for a writ of mort d'ancestor touching 1 carucate in Lofthouse and a mill in Killinghall.⁹ All these persons had been disseised by virtue of the king’s precept, and Brian de L’Isle was directed to give them livery of these lands after taking security for payment of the fines.
On 12th July 1227 Bartholomew Baynard, son and heir of Robert Baynard, recovered possession of a moiety of the wood of Swindon, in Kirkby Overblow, of which his father had been disseised by Brian de L’Isle during the time of the Barons’ war.¹
During the period 1195-1215 Nigel de Plumton granted to Robert son of Huckman 2 bovates in Plumpton which Huckman his father had held, 2 bovates in Scotton, and 1 bovate in Ribston, also a toft with an apple-orchard in Ribston (an interesting reference to the home of the noted pippin) and 6½ acres of land, which Robert had previously held of Walter son of Nigel de Stockeld.² On 9th February 1227, the king sent his mandate to the constable of Knaresborough castle to restore to William de Goldesburg and Alice his wife 2 bovates and 38 acres of land in Clint, of which Robert son of Ukeman had been disseised by Brian de L’Isle, then constable, at Brian’s instance, at the beginning of the Barons’ war, who had then caused these lands to be reduced into villeinage. This Alice was the sister of Robert son of Ukeman; and Hugh son of Sigerith and Thomas son of Agnes, whose mothers were also sisters of the said Robert, had afterwards quit-claimed their right in the tenements to William and Alice.³
Whilst Knaresborough was in the hands of King John, he gave 40 acres of land in Swinesco to Robert the hermit. In 1229 Henry III confirmed the land to Robert’s successor, brother Ivo, hermit of Holy Cross, Knaresborough.⁴
² “Osbernescohebeck”; Add. MS. 32113, f. 13.
³ “Puddingestonecroft”; ib.
⁴ “Stikkibrigghe”; ib.
⁵ added ib.
¹ “Ricardi”; ib.
² added ib.
³ R. Litt. Claus., i, 16.
⁴ ib., 57b.
⁵ ib., 66.
⁶ ib., 65b
⁷ R. de Fin., 325.
⁸ R. Chart., 136. Cf. R. de Fin., 332.
⁹ ib., 332 and 363.
¹ R. Litt. Claus., ii, 192.
² Plumpton Corresp., xiv.
³ R. Litt. Claus., ii, 170. Cf. Mon. Ebor., 197.
⁴ Cal. Chart. R., i, 66.

The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p45 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)

49.—Add. Char. 16629.      Undated. Circa 1190.
I, NIGEL DE PLUMPTON, have granted to God and S. LEONARD OF ESHOLT and the Nuns there, an essart in Idle containing 21½ acres of land, be the same more or less, according to its boundaries, viz., from the mill-stream which falls into Copsley-beck; and also all Linholmes up to the beck which runs by Helias’s essart and falls into the Aire; in pure alms, for the souls of my father and mother, of myself and my wife, and of my heirs and successors.
Universis Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis tam presentibus quam futuris, NIGELLUS DE PLUMTUN¹ salutem. Sciatis me dedisse et hac mea carta confirmasse Deo et SANCTO LEONARDO DE ESSEHOLT, et sanctimonialibus ibidem Deo servientibus, unum exartum in Idla, in quo continentur xx et una et dimidia acra terre sed si magus vel minus fuerit pro tanto habeatur, totum et integrum sicut mete et divise illius exarti se habent, scilicet, ex rivo molendini qui cadit in rivulo de Copeslaie, et totum Linholmes usque rivulum qui currit juxta exartum Helie et cadit in Hair; in puram et perpetuam elemosinam, liberam et quietam et solutam ab omnibus serviciis secularibus, pro salute animarum patris et matris mee, et pro salute anime mee et sponse mee, et heredum meorum et successorum. Hiis testibus, Ada filio Noremanni,² Nigello de Stokeld,³ Alano de Jhadun,⁴ Willelmo Scotto,⁵ Ailsi de Idla, Gerardo de Idla,⁶ Petro Capelano, Ricardo filio Nigelli, Willelmo clerico, Ricardo filio [?] Amil’.      (Seal lost.)
        (Stevens’ Monasticon, App., No. 326.)
(1) Nigel de Plumpton; Pipe Roll, 4 Ric. I., 1190-1; ib., 5 John, 1203-4; ib., 14 John 1212-13; dead 1213, when Juliana, his widow, claimed dower. (Curia Regis, 56, m. 16d.)
(2) Adam fil. Norman; Pipe Roll, 12 Hen. 11., 1165-6; ib., 34 Hen. II., 1187-8.
(3) Nigel de Stockeld; Walter, son of Nigel de Stockeld, juror, 1193-4.
(4) Alan de Yeadon; Walter, son of Alan de Yeadon, fine, 4 John, 1202-3.
(5) William Scot gave Calverley Church. (Abbrev. Plac., temp. John, p. 68.)
(6) Gerard de Idell gave to Nigell de Plompton all his right, &c., in Bethmesley (Beamsley), about 1200 (Turner & Collyer’s Ilkley, 94.)

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp111-2 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Nesfield with Langbar.
292. Grant by William Mauleverer of Bethmeslei to Nigel de Plumton, for his homage and service, of forty acres of arable land in Langeberhe nearest to Merelbec within the enclosure (Haiam), and common of pasture as far as Houkesbec for him and his men; also pasture for Nigel’s own beasts in moor and wood as far as Kexebec¹; these forty acres Girard de Idle took from the grantor in payment for the land about which there was a plea between them in the King’s court before the justices at York; to hold of the grantor, rendering 12d. yearly, 6d. at Martinmas and 6d. at Whitsuntide. Witnesses, the bishop of Durham, Hugh Bard[olf], Master Roger Arundell, Geoffrey (Gaul’) Hag[et], the King’s justices,² Roger de Batvent, Robert Vavassur, Mauger his brother, Ranulf son of Walter, William de Korneburc, Robert le Waleis, Robert de Wivelestorp, Robert son of Uckeman, Gilbert Lardinarius. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 17, Nesfield, No. 1.)
293. Grant by Nigel de Plumtona to William son of Gilbert his brother (fratris), for his homage and service, of two bovates of land in the vill of Nezfeld, which Maud (Mathild’) his (William’s) mother had held, with the toft and croft and other appurtenances within and without the vill as fully as his mother held them; to hold of the grantor, rendering 2s. 1d. yearly, half at Whitsuntide and half at Martinmas, and doing forinsec service for two bovates, where fourteen carucates of land made a knight’s fee. Witnesses, Robert Vavasur, Mauger his brother, Robert de Wivelestorp, Richard de Stockelde, Robert son of Uccheman, Richard de Scotton, Robert de Audhenebi, Robert Belgrant, Daniel de Dictona, Gilbert Lardinarius, Baldew[in] de Stockeld. (Ibid., No. 2.)
¹ For a subsequent grant of this land by Nigel de Plumpton see vol. iv, No. 78.
² Hugh Bardolf, Roger Arundel, and Geoffrey Haget’ were justices at York in 1199. (Feet of Fines, 10 Ric. I; Pipe Roll Soc., 1900.)

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 pp22-3 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Beamsley.
78. Grant by Nigel de Plunton [sic] to Agnes daughter of Adam son of Meldred de Gikeleswic and her heirs, which she would have (quos habebit) by Walter son of Nigel de Stockelde, of forty acres of arable land in Langeberge, for her homage and service; namely, those nearest to Merebec in the field of Bethemeslai and common of pasture as far as Haukesbec for her beasts and those of her men; also pasture for her own beasts as far as Kexebec; which lands and pastures the grantor held of William Mauleverer; also all the land both arable and not arable in the field of Nescefeld within the following bounds—from the water of Werf by Merebec towards the moor as far as the toft of Baldwin with the said toft, so by its east end as far as the toft of Walter the forester, so by that toft as far as the land of Wido de Nescefeld, so by that land as far as the south end of Dodderiding, and all Dodderiding, so in length towards the north as far as Merethorn, so by Heuedland as far as Merestan, so towards the west as far as Westmerethorn, so as far as the north side by the middle of the little sike (filum sicheti) next towards le Suh as far as Holegate, so to the Werf and by the Werf again as far as Merebec; with free common of Nescefeld in wood, plain, meadows, feedings, ways, paths, waters, streams, moors and marshes, above and below ground within and without the vill; to be held of the grantor at the annual rent of 2s., 12d. at Whitsuntide and 12d. at Martinmas; except only fifteen acres of land which the grantor had given from the common pasture to Robert son of Jordan in marriage with one of his daughters, namely between Bollescawhe and the moor. Witnesses, William de Perci, then sheriff of Yorkshire,¹ Rainer Flandrensis, Robert Walensis, Robert Vavasor, Mauger his brother, Richard de Godelesburc, Hugh de Lelai, Ralph Mauleverer, Henry his brother, Robert le Beugrant, Robert de Authenebi.² (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 4, Beamsley, No. 1.)
79. Quitclaim by Gerard son of Hugh to Nigel de Plumpton of all right in ten bovates of land in Bethemesleia. Gerard also willed that Nigel should hold them in chief of the lord of Skipton (Sciptunie). Nigel gave ten marks in recognition. Witnesses, Robert Vavassor, John de Birkin, William Gramaticus, Hugh and Robert de Leleia, Mauger Vavassor, William Ward, Robert de Wivelestorp, Thomas Lardinarius, Gilbert de Mulnhum, Robert de Plumptun, William Mansel, Gilbert Lardinarius, John the clerk.³ (Ibid., No. 2.)
¹ Deputy, Mich. 1202-Easter 1203.
² Seal: white wax, circular, diameter 2 ins.; a man on horseback to the sinister; chipped and blurred.
³ Fragment of a seal of white wax.

Nigel purchased the advowson of the churvh of Colthorpe on 22 September 1206.
Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne 1199-1214 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 94 pp107-8 (1897)

CCLXXIX. Ibid, in crastino S. Mathei Apostoli (Sept. 22, 1206), Inter GAUFRIDUM DE COLETORP, et ALICIAM UXOREM SUAM, et GAUFRIDUM DE WERREBY, et YSABELLAM UXOREM EJUS, pet., per ipsum Gaufridum de Werreby positum loco suo etc., et NIGELLUM DE PLUMTON’ ten., de advocatione ECCLESIÆ DE COLETHORP,⁴ quam advocationem predicti Gaufridus et Alicia uxor ejus et Gaufridus et Ysabel uxor ejus clamabant ad se pertinere. Et unde recognitio ultimæ presentationis sumonita fuit etc., scilicet quod predictus Gaufridus et Alicia uxor ejus et Gaufridus et Ysabel uxor ejus remiserunt etc. de se et her. suis totum jus etc. in prefata advocatione predicto Nigello et her. suis in perp. Et pro hac quieta clamautia etc. predictus Nigellus dedit prefatis Gaufrido et Aliciæ uxori ejus et Gaufrido et Ysabel uxori ejus ij bisantios (Ibid.* No. 20).
⁴ Cowthorpe. near Wetherby.

p141

CCCLXXX. Eisdem loco et die [crastino S. Leonardi (Nov. 7, 1208)], Inter NIGELLUM DE PLUMT’ pet., et HUGONEM FILIUM YPOLITI ten., de sex bov. terræ cum pert, in MIDDELTON’.¹ Unde recognitio magnæ assisæ summonita fuit etc., scil. quod idem Nigellus remisit etc. de se et her. suis predicto Hugoni et her. suis totum jus etc. in predictis sex bov. terræ cum pert. Et pro hac remissione etc. predictus Hugo dedit predicto Nigello quinque marcas argenti Dorso:—Nichil pacavit (Ibid.* No. 184).
¹ Perhaps Middleton, in the parish of Ilkley, in which parish Nigel de Plumpton died possessed of the manor of Nesfield in 55 Hen. III. (Yorkshire Inquisitions, i. 116).

This grant names Sywine de Coletorph as the nurse of Nigel's children.
Yorkshire Archæological Journal vol 5 p227 (1879)

LOCAL MUNIMENTS.
ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS IN THE POSSESSION OF JAMES MONTAGU, Esq., OF MELTON-ON-THE-HILL, NEAR DONCASTER.
Communicated by CHARLES JACKSON, Doncaster.
I.
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego, Nigellus de Plumpton, dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Sywine, filie Herewardi de Coletorph, nutrici puerorum meorum, pro homagio et servicio suo, duas bovatas terræ in villa de Coletorph,² cum tofto et crofto et omnibus pertinenciis suis infra villam et extra, illas scilicet que Ketel et Aikil tenuerunt de me. Habendum et tenendum de me et heredibus meis sibi et heredibus suis vel quibus assignatis voluerit, in feudo et hereditate, libere et quiete, in bosco et plano, in pratis in pasturis, in viis et semitis, et in omnibus libertatibus et aisiamentis, &c., sine contradictione mei vel heredum meorum, et sine visu forestariorum meorum. Reddendo inde, &c., annuatim septem solidos, &c., pro omnibus serviciis, &c., faciendo forinseco servicio, vude decem carucatæ terræ faciunt servicium unius militis, &c. Hiis testibus: Waltero de Perci, milite, Henrico fratre suo, Hugone filio Apoliti, Matheo de Bram, David de Hunsingoure, David de Dicton, Waltero fratre suo, Galfrido filio Herewardi, et multis aliis.
² Now known as Cowthorp, a parish about four miles from Wetherby, where is the gigantic oak-tree, called the Cowthorp oak.

This roughly translates as:

Let the present and the future know that I, Nigel de Plumpton, gave and granted and confirmed by this present charter to Sywine, daughter of Hereward de Coletorph, nurse of my children, for her homage and service, two bovates of land in the town of Coletorph, with a toft and a croft and with all their belongings below the town and outside, that is to say, those which Ketel and Aikil held from me. To be held and held of me and my heirs to himself and his heirs or to whom he will assign, in fee and inheritance, free and quiet, in wood and plain, in meadows and pastures, in roads and paths, and in all liberties and easements, &c. , without contradicting myself or my heirs, and without the sight of my foresters. Paying thence, &c., annually seven solidi, &c., for all services, &c., performing judicial service, see that ten carucates of land make one knight's fee, &c. By these witnesses: Walter de Perci, knight, Henry his brother, Hugh son of Apolitus, Matthew de Bram, David de Hunsingoure, David de Dicton, Walter his brother, Galfrid son of Hereward, and many others.

Plumpton Correspondence page xii - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Before the first Sunday in Lent, in the year 1168, William de Percy made a return of the knights enfeoffed of his honour, both of ancient feoffment of the time of Henry I. that is, up to the year of his death, and of new feoffment since his death, with their nomenclature, in order that those who had not yet done liege homage, and whose names were not written in the roll of the King, might come in and do it before that Sunday. Of the knights newly enfeoffed, he names, “Nigellus de Pluntona de I. milite.”^eThe earliest deed, among the ancient evidences of the family existing in 1612, was, it may be presumed, the one enrolled in the pedigree of Plumpton, as entered in the book of Richard St. George, Norroy, in his Visitation of Yorkshire; it contained a grant of a tenement and two acres of land in Plumpton from Nigellus de Plumton to Gamel, son of Elewin, his marshal, and had a seal attached to it with the impression of a knight on horseback holding a drawn sword, the name being circumscribed.^f Of another deed of this first progenitor, containing a much more extensive grant to his seneschal, and to which a seal with the same impression was remaining in 1620, I insert a copy from the transcript in Sir Edward Plumpton’s Cartulary.
Omnibus sanctæ ecclesiæ filiis præsentibus et futuris, Nigellus de Plumton, salutem. Sciatis me dedisse et concessisse et hac mea carta confirmasse Roberto filio Huckemani pro homagio et servitio suo quinque bovatas terræ cum omnibus libertatibus et liberis pertinentibus suis infra villas et extra, scilicet, in introitibus et exitibus, in viis et semitis, in bosco et plano, in aquis et ripis, in moris et mariscis, in pratis et pasturis, in turbariis et in omnibus liberis aismentis, scilicet, duas bovatas terræ in Plumton quas pater suis tenuit, cum tofto et crofto et sartis et cum omnibus liberis pertinentibus suis, et præterea duas acras terræ in incrementum versus aquilonem ad Barthestortes, et duas bovatas terræ in Scotton quæ fuerunt Willielmi Coci, et unam bovatam terræ in Ribstain, quam Ricardus le Butiller tenuit cum duobus toftis, quorum ipse Ricardus tenuit unum et Ailine tenuit alterum toftum. Et præterea concessi et confirmavi præfato Roberto in incrementum suæ bovatæ in Ribstain unum toftum cum pomario in Ribstain, scilicet, toftum quod Robertus filius Hulkilli tenuit, et sex acras terræ et dimidiam in campis de Ribstain cum liberis pertinentiis suis et omnibus aismentis suis in omnibus locis et rebus sine retinemento mei vel heredum meorum infra villas et extra ad ea pertinentibus, excepta bovata terræ ad quam prædictum toftum et una prædictarum acrarum pertinebant; scilicet, unam acram quam Willielmus Straungald tenuit, quæ est inter viam quæ jacet de Ribstain ad Spofford et aquam quæ vocatur Crempel, et unam acram quam Robertus filius Hulkil tenuit, quæ est ultra viam quæ se extendit de Ribstan ad Spofford propinquior viæ de Bram apud austrum, et duas acras et dimidiam quam Ricardus filius Bencelini tenuit, quse jacent juxta Frodisberi apud orientem, et duas acras in Godwinnesridding, quæ se extendunt super prædictas acras. Quæ scilicet toftum cum pomario et sex acras et dimidiam præfatus Robertus filius Huckeman ante tenuit de dono Walteri filii Nigelli de Stockeld. Omnes autem prædictas terras, tam quinque bovatas quam alias, cum omnibus liberis pertinentiis suis prædictis, concessi et hac carta confirmavi præfato Roberto, habendas et teneiidas illi et heredibus ejus de me et heredibus meis sine impedimento et retinemento mei et heredum meorum in perpetuum, in feodo et hereditate libere et pacifice et quiete ab omni servitio et omni terrena exactione, faciendo forinsecum servitium, scilicet, pro duabus bovatis terræ et duabus acris in Plumton quantum ad illas pertinet, ubi duodecim carucatæ et dimidia faciunt servitium unius militis; pro duabus bovatis terræ in Scotton, quantum ad illas pertinet, ubi viginti carucatæ terræ faciunt servitium unius militis; pro una bovata terræ in Ribstain et pro sex acris et dimidia cum tofto et pomario quantum ad ilia pertinet, ubi decem carucatæ terræ faciunt servitium unius militis. Insuper relaxavi et quietum clamavi de me et heredibus meis in perpetuum præfato Roberto et hæredibus suis quatuor solidos firmæ et duo calcaria deaurata et duas sagittas barbatas, quæ pertinebant ad me per annum de redditu de prædictis terris, ita quod prænominatus Robertus vel heredes ejus nullum omnino aliud servitium facient mihi vel hæredibus meis de praefatis . . . . . nisi solum forinsecum servitium, sicut in ista carta sepius dictum est. Ego vero Nigellus et hæredes mei warantizabimus quinque bovatas prædictas et omnia alia prædicta cum omnibus liberis pertinentiis suis infra villam et extra præfato Roberto et hæredibus suis contra omnes homines per prædictum forinsecum servitium sine retinemento vel impedimento. Hiis testibus, Roberto le Vavasur, Hugone de Lelaia, Willielmo de Corneburg, Willielmo de Witheton, Alexandro fratre ejus, Roberto de Wiuelstrop, Waltero de Ribstan, Ricardo de Riplea, Thoma de Walkingham, Matheo de Bram, Alexandro de Scotton, Nicolao de Carton, Roberto de Dicthenbi, Waltero de Folifait, Henrico de Brakentwait, Adam de eadem villa, Henrico filio Bauldiwini, Willielmo filio Serlonis, Gilberto le Larden, Thoma de Langewat, Willielmo Mansel, Simone dispensatore et aliis.^g
... In the 16th Hen. II. for some transgression in his afforested lands, Nigel de Plumpton was amerced at the assize, and the Sheriff of Yorkshire for that year, in his account at the Exchequer, “pro wastis et assartis et forisfactis forestæ de Evervicscira,” had acquittance for 6li. 13s. 4d. paid to Henry de Lacy, by precept from the King, de misericordia Nigelli de Plunton^p
... From King John William de Stutevill also sought a confirmation of his title, and he readily obtained from that pliant monarch a ratification of his father’s charter. From this great baron Nigel de Plumpton obtained the charter, which will be found alluded to as “the graunt of Stutvell” in Letter XXVII. of the Correspondence of Sir William Plumpton, and which I here insert from a copy in the Cartulary.
“Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus de Stutevill dedi, concessi, quietum clamavi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Nigello de Plumton et heredibus suis pro servicio suo et pro uno equo precio centum solidorum totum vastum forestæ meæ infra divisas suas de Plumton et Roudferlington, scilicet, de Crempell versus occidentem usque ad Osberne-stahe-bec, et de Osberne-stahe-bec usque ad Pudding-stain-cros, et de Pudding-stain-cros usque ad Harelaw, et de Harelaw per magnam viam usque ad Biltonam, et de Biltona per eandem viam usque ad Stokke-brigge, et de Stokke-brigge usque ad Holebec, et de Hole-bec usque in Nidd, et iterum usque ad Crempell. Et si prefatus Nigellus vel heredes sui infra prenominatas divisas sartare vel colere voluerint, libere poterunt non requisita voluntate vel licencia mea vel heredum meorum. Preterea dedi etiam et concessi et hac eadem carta mea confirmavi eidem Nigello et heredibus suis latum cursum per totam forestam meam de Cnaresburgh ad vulpem et leporem, salva venatione mea, scilicet, cervo, bissa, et capreolo. Et si contigerit quod averia sua extra divisas prenominatas exeant, sine visu facti non causabuntur. Hæc omnia supradicta warrantizabimus ego W. et heredes mei prefato Nigello et heredibus suis imperpetuum contra omnes homines libere et quiete et solute ab omni servicio seculari et exaccione. Hiis testibus, Willelmo le Vavasur, Roberto de Mels, Roberto le Vavasur et Malgero fratre ejus, Ricardo de Tanghe, Thoma Lardenario, Adam filio Normanni, Nigello de Stockeld, Ricardo de Brertona, Ricardo de Alneio, Rogero de Creswell, Hugone Lardenario, Ricardo filio Widonis, Ernaldo Bridy, Hugone Pollard.”^u
... the King had issued a precept (21 Dec. 6 Joh. 1204), to the Sheriff of York to cause the forest of “Cnarreburgh” to be restored to the state it was in when King Henry granted it to William de Stutevill, and to deliver it thus entire to the Archbishop.^z Among the sufferers by this royal command was Nigel de Plumton, who, in February 1205-6, had to give a palfrey for leave to hold his land of Rothferlinton and Ribbeston and the appurtenances, with the chattels in the same vill, until the King should come to York, they having been seized into the King’s hands pro wasto forestæ.^a There the matter was investigated, and the result was a fine of twenty marks for restitution of the land, which was paid into the King’s privy purse at Nottingham, 9 March 1205-6, by Brian de l’Isle, the constable of the castle of Knaresborough, and the other officers in charge of the Honour.^b
...
The Nigel de Plumpton spoken of above had died in the reign of King John, leaving Juliana de Warewick, his wife, surviving, between whom and Peter de Plumpton, son and heir of Nigel by his first wife, Maria, a fine was passed (14 et 15 Johannis) of the third parts of the vills of Plumpton, Gersington, Idell, and Ribstaine, which she claimed as her dower.^e Peter de Plumpton was of the party of the barons against King John, and had his lands seized; but, after the death of that monarch, he did fealty and homage to his son, and was restored.^f To him succeeded Robert, his brother, whose son Nigel de Plumton died in the reign of Henry III.
^e Liber Niger Scaccarii. Hearne, 1774, edit, altera, vol. i. p. 317.
^f The copy of this deed was numbered 20 in the Plumpton Cartulary, but the page containing it has been almost entirely eaten away by mice. A marginal note, however, remains, indicating its context: “Nigellus de Plumton Gamelo filio Elewini—i domum, i acram in Lafrinwic, i acram in Sabberchdale in Plumton.” The names “Nigellus de Plomptona” and “Gamelo filio Elewini” are also legible on the fragments. The Towneley MSS. contain abbreviated copies of the same deed, from which the names of the witnesses may be set down with tolerable accuracy, viz. Robert Vavasor, Hugh de Lelay, Gilbert de Plompton, Richard de Chagge, Richard de Goldesburgh, Matthew de Braham, Robert de Linton, Robert son of Huckman de Plompton, Robert son of Henry de Sicklinghall, Robert son of Jordan de Staneton, William son of Ralph, Richard de Stokeld, Baldwin his brother, Thomas de Dicton his brother, and many others.
^g Cartul. No. 640.

^p Rot. Pip. 16 Hen. II.

^u This deed is numbered 72 in the Cartulary, and has this note appended by the copyist:—“This deed is truly copied the 30 of March 1615, and has . . . . . . having a grene silk string through it, whereby it is fixed to the deed, and is a man upon horseback . . . . . . circumference the name of William Stutevill, as may partely be descerned, but there is a piece . . . . . . ” This page, and several others at the commencement of the volume, have been partially eaten away by mice; but the Towneley MSS. contain a transcript of most of the early deeds.
^z Rot. Litt. Claus. p. 16.
^a Rot. de Oblat. et Finibus, p. 317. Hardy, 1835.
^b Rot. Litt. Claus. p. 66
^e Fin. de eod. anno. Dodsw. notes from G.f. 85, inserted in the Plumpton Cartulary. Juliana appears to have been a daughter of Richard de Warewic, and mother of Robert Luvet, who had lands at Gretham, com. Rutland. Her sister, Sarra, married Gilbert de Beningworth. (Vide Rot. Oblat. et Fin.)
^f Rot. Litt. Claus. p. 245 b. and 338 b.

Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country vol 56 p224 (1857)

The devastation of the cultivated lands in the neighbourhood of Knaresborough, for the purpose of converting the district into a royal chase has already been adverted to. It seems, however, that it had been attempted to bring a portion of the lands so laid waste once more under cultivation, for we find that in the year 1204, King John gave orders to the Sheriff of York to restore the forest of Knaresborough to the state in which it had been during the reign of his predecessor. This royal edict fell heavily on Nigel de Plumpton, some of whose lands were seized into the king’s hands pro wasto forestæ. A restitution of them was, however, soon afterwards effected on Nigel paying a fine of twenty marks into the king’s privy purse. The remainder of the good knight’s life appears to have been spent in peace and quietness.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp112-3 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Gamelbar’s numerous possessions became in a great measure the property of William de Percy, who numbered amongst his chief retainers in 1168, “Nigellus de Piumtona de I[del,] knight,” and this Niel held Idel, formerly Gospatric’s, of Ilbert de Lacy. Whether he was a descendant of Gospatric or not cannot now be definitely stated.* His brother, Gilbert de Plumpton, who took the surname from Plumpton on the Nidd, was a lively young man in 1184. He is thought to have been of noble lineage, and, like young men noble and ignoble, he fell in love with a young lady who was under guardianship; and as the guardian probably wished to dispose of her to his own advantage, Gilbert, like a noble young gallant, stole her and made her his wife, thereby gaining her property as well For this (query) dastardly act he was condemned to death; but popular feeling was on his side, and Baldwin, Bishop of Worcester, was induced to interfere, riding up at the last moment, and forbidding the execution, as it was Sunday, and the Feast of the Blessed Mary Magdalen. The King seconded rather than resented this clerical interference, and Gilbert was liberated on the payment of one hundred marks by his brother, Nigel, or Niel. This Nigel was very kind to the nuns at Esholt, giving them over twenty acres of land in Idel, about 1210. His son, Peter, held Plumpton, Gersington, Idell, and Ribstain in 1213, which were seized for a time in consequence of his joining the Barons against King John, but restored eventually. His brother, Robert de Plumpton, was his heir, and gave timber for the church and choir of Helagh Priory out of his woods at Idell.
* Dugdale gives the following descent, viz., Eldredus, who held lands in Plompton of William de Percy, as appears by Doomsday Book, placing him as father of Petrus de Plompton, living 6 Rd. I., who is stated to have married Helena, and to be father of the 1st Nigel de Plompton. Robert, son of Nigel, refers to his grandmother, Helena, and to Orm de Nessfeld, who was uncle to the said Peter. A Deed, No. 18, is destroyed, which would have shewn this Peter to have been living then, and which Dugdale may have seen. It was dated 1194, 6 Rd. I., and was an Agreement between Nigel de Plompton and Simon de Muhalt, concerning two carucates of land in Plompton of the fee of Eustace de Vescy. The MSS. of Chr. Towneley gives an abbreviated copy, and it is the only Charter of that date.

Historical notices of the family of Plimpton or Plympton in America: and of Plumpton in England pp7-9 (Levi B. Chase, 1884)

The family derived its surname from the vill of Plumpton, situate within the parish of Spofforth, in the upper division of Claro wapentake, west riding of the county of York, three miles distant from the town of Knaresborough. The mesne-tenant in the vill of Plumpton in 1086, appears in Domesday Book (a record of the great survey of England) to have been Eldred de Plumpton, and to have held lands of William de Percy, at the same time when that great survey was taken in the twentieth year of the reign of William the Conqueror. But this Anglo-Saxon occupant can not (says the writer of “Historical Notices of the Family of Plumpton”), from existing evidence, be presumed to have been the ancestor of the family who had afterwards the local surname.
Before the first Sunday in Lent, in the year 1168, William de Percy made a return of the knights enfeoffed of his honour, both of ancient feoffment of the time of Henry I., that is, up to the year of his death, 1135, and of new feoffment since his death, with their nomenclature, in order that those who had not yet done leige homage, and whose names were not written in the roll of the King, might come in and do it before that Sunday.
Of the knights newly enfeoffed, he names, “Nigellus de Pluntona de I. milite”
This Nigell de Plumpton died in the fourteenth year of the reign of King John (1212); married first, Maria; married second, Juliana de Warewic, daughter of Richard de Warewic, surviving, she claimed as her dower, the third part of the vills* of Plumpton, Gersington, Idell, and Ribstaine.
   The earliest deed, among the ancient evidences of the family existing in 1612, was, it may be presumed, the one enrolled in the pedigree of Plumpton, as entered in the book of Richard St. George, Norroy, in his visitation of Yorkshire; it contained a grant of a tenement and two acres of land in Plumpton from Nigellus de Plumpton to Gamel, son of Elewin, his marshal, and had a seal attached to it with the impression of a knight on horseback holding a drawn sword, the name being circumscribed. Another deed of this first progenitor, containing a much more extensive grant to his seneschal, Robert, son of Huckman de Plompton, having attached a seal with the same impression was remaining in 1620.
“In the very ancient church of Spofford, is a most curious antique monument having a cumbent figure, placed cross-legged upon it which was most commonly passed (as there is no inscription), for the tomb of a Knight Templar of the Percy Family; because on a large shield which covers the breast of the figure, are most obviously the arms of the Percies, … only there is a small difference of an escallop shell inserted in the centre of each of the fusils. . . .
   “But notwithstanding the local tradition concerning it, on investigating this matter in the Office of Arms (where this very monument is recorded, and a drawing preserved) it appears that the common account given of it is a mistake: and that the monument actually belongs to one of the Plumptons; which family was a very considerable one, and on account of their being dependents upon, and holding lands of the Percies, as mesne lords, bore the Percy arms, with the difference above mentioned in token of their subordination. . . .
   “Amidst the various ancestors in the course of this long descent, one was particularly distinguished. Nigell de Plumpton, to whom William Estoteville Lord of Knaresborough, in addition to the lands held of the Percies, granted the whole lordship of Plumpton in the time of Henry II. This Nigell died in the fourteenth year of King John, and from the dress of the cumbent figure, the form of the arms, the legs being crossed, and every other circumstance in the appearance of this ancient tomb, it may fairly be considered to have been his sepulchre." (Archæologia, Vol. vi. p. 337.)
   *Vill, equivalent to Tything or town, was succeeded by the term of Manor. The Parish often embraced several of these petty local divisions.—L. B. C.

Nidderdale and the Garden of the Nidd p133 (Harry Speight, 1894)

In A.D. 1206 Nigel Plumpton brought suit against Geoffrey de Coletorp and Alicia his wife, and Geoffrey Werrebi and Isabel his wife, to obtain the advowson of the church at Colthorp for himself and his heirs.

Death: 1212
Nigel was named as a justice in a court held in Hilary term 1212, but the record shows that he did not attend (Select Pleas of the Crown vol 1 in Publications of the Selden Society vol 1 p62 (F. W. Maitland, 1888)). A document dated 1 December 1212 deals with a dower claim by Nigel's surviving wife, Juliana.

Possible tomb of Nigel de Plumpton in Spofford church, Yorkshire

image from Archæologia vol 6 p339 (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1782)

The tomb was still in Spofford church, Yorkshire in 2011

photograph by jmc4 posted at flickr.com

Burial: possibly in Spofford church, Yorkshire, England
Archæologia vol 6 pp337-40 (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1782)

Sequel to the Obſervations on Antient Caſtles. By Edward King, Eſq.
IN the very ancient church of Spofford, is a moſt curious antique monument, having a cumbent figure, placed croſs-legged, upon it, which has moſt commonly paſſed (as there is no inſcription) for the tomb of a Knight Templar of the Percy family; becauſe on a large ſhield, which covers the breaſt of the figure, are moſt obviouſly the arms of the Percies, as repreſented Fig. LXI. only there is a ſmall difference, of an eſcallop ſhell, inſerted in the centre of each of the fuſils. This tomb is repreſented Fig. LXII. But, notwithſtanding the local tradition concerning it, on inveſtigatig this matter in the Office of Arms, (where this very monument is recorded, and a drawing thereof preſerved,) it appears, that the common account given of it is a miſtake; and that the monument actually belongs to one of the Plumptons; which family was a very conſiderable one, and on account of their being dependants upon, and holding lands of the Percies, as meſne lords, bore the Percy arms, with the difference abovementioned in token of their ſubordination.
... The ſhort hiſtory of this family of the Plumptons is very remarkable. Eldred de Plumpton, appears from Domeſday Book†, to have been a dependant upon, and to have held lands of William de Percy, at the time when that great furvey was taken, in the twentieth year of the reign of William the Conqueror: and in his family thoſe lands continued, in a regular uninterrupted courſe of deſcent, in the male line, till within theſe forty years; when it at laſt ended, on the deceaſe of Robert Plumpton, Eſq; from whom the eſtate went to Anne his aunt, who ſold it to the preſent poſſeſſor Mr. Laſcelles.
AMIDST the various anceſtors in the courſe of this long deſcent, one was particularly diſtinguiſhed above the reſt, Nigell de Plumpton, to whom William Eſtoteville, lord of Knareſborough, in addition to the land held of the Percies, granted the whole lordſhip of Plumpton, in the time of Henry II. This Nigell died in the fourteenth year of King John; and from the dreſs of the cumbent figure, the form of the arms, the legs being croſſed, and every other circumſtance in the appearance of this ancient tomb, it may fairly be concluded to have been his ſepulchre.
† Doomſday Book, in Terra Willi de Percy. “In maner. de Plontone ħƀ Gamelbar 11. car. t̃re ad głđ et I. car. pot. ibi ée’ Nc̃ Eldred (de Plompton) ten. de Wiłło. Ibi funt VIII vill. et X bord. cũ III car. et II ac. p̃ti. T. R. E. val. X fol. modo fimilit̃.”

Sources:

Father: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p95 #73 (Robert Collyer, 1885) names "Nigellus de Plumpton filius Petri de Plumpton". Although the document is undated, one of the witnesses, David Lardinario, is found in a document dated 1166 (Early Yorkshire Charters vol 2 p113), showing that the Peter de Plumpton referred to must be the father of this Nigel, not his son.
Mother: The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904) prints a deed by Nigel's son Robert, that refers to Robert's grandmother, Dame Hellena; Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p101 #138 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Marriage (1st): Plumpton Correspondence page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Marriage (2nd): The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p45n (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904); Plumpton Correspondence page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Juliana details from Plumpton Correspondence page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp112-3 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Death: The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p45n (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904); Select Pleas of the Crown vol 1 in Publications of the Selden Society vol 1 p62 (F. W. Maitland, 1888); Historical notices of the family of Plimpton or Plympton in America: and of Plumpton in England pp7-9 (Levi B. Chase, 1884)
Burial: Archæologia vol 6 pp337-8 (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1782); Historical notices of the family of Plimpton or Plympton in America: and of Plumpton in England pp7-9 (Levi B. Chase, 1884)

Nigel de Plumpton

Father: Robert de Plumpton

Mother: Isabel (de Westwick) de Plumpton

Married: Yvetta
This marriage occurred while Nigel was still a minor (The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p33 #57).

Children:

Robert de Plumpton (1239 - 1295)

Notes:
Nigel was a minor at his father's death, and his custody was granted by William de Percy to Roger Maudit (The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p33 #57). That document also names Nigel's wife, Yvetta (Ivettam in the Latin).

The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 pp46-8 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)

50.—Add. Char. 16630. Undated. Circa 1230.
I, NIGEL DE PLUMPTON, son of Robert, have granted to God and S. LEONARD OF ESHOLT, and the Nuns there, a meadow in the territory of Idle, lying near the land which my grandfather, Nigel de Plumpton, gave them; in frank-almoign; and I have confirmed all gifts of land in Idle by my ancestors, according to their charters.
Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis ad quos presens scriptum prevenerit, NIGELLUS DE PLUMTONE filius Roberti,¹ salutem in domino. Noverit universitas vestra me dedisse et concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et SANCTO LEONARDO DE ESSEHOLT, et sanctimonialibus ibidem Deo servientibus, unum pratum in territorio de Ydele quod jacet propinquius terre dictarum sanctimonialium quam habuerunt de dono Nigelli de Plumtone avi mei, in puram et perpetuam elemosinam, liberam, quietam, et solutam ab omnibus serviciis secularibus, pro salute anime mee et animarum antecessorum, heredum, et successorum meorum; preterea confirmavi dictis sanctimonialibus totam terram cum omnibus pertinentiis quam habuerunt de dono antecessorum meorum in feodo de Ydele prout continetur in cartis eorumdem quas dicte sanctimoniales penes se habent. Ego vero Nigellus et heredes mei omnia predicta dictis sanctimonialibus in omnibus et contra omnes homines imperpetuum warantizabimus, acquietabimus, ac defendemus. In hujus rei testimonium presenti scripto sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Roberto ds Stapeltone,² Nicholao Ward,³ Roberto de Barkestone,⁴ Ada de Nailford,⁵ Alano de Kayertone,⁶ Radulfo de Westone, Willelmo Scotto,⁷ Ada Scotto,⁸ Rogero Alain,⁹ Stephano de Ekehshil,¹⁰ Ricardo de Ledes, Waltero de Heuekeswrth, Thoma de Carltone, Hugone de Horsforde, Waltero de Horsforde, et aliis.

The seal of Nigel de Plumpton on a document from about 1230. The seal shows the Plumpton arms, the shield couchée, with helmet and mantling.

image from The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 Plate 1 opposite page xlviii (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)

SEAL: Red wax. Arms of Plumpton, the shield couchée, with helmet and mantling.
CREST: … head out of a ducal coronet, the same environed in Gothic tracery. (See Plate I., No. 7.)
LABEL: Cut from some old parchment relating to Esholt “…rdo de Essch …”
(1) Robert de Plumpton, fine 1226-7.
(2) Robert de Stapelton, 9 Hen. III., 1224-5. (Coram Rege, 19.)
(3) Nicholas Ward, 7 and 8 Hen. HI., 1222-4. (Coram Rege, 17.)
(4) Robert de Barkstone; 1218-19.
(5) Adam de Nailford, or Nercford, 1224-5. (Coram Rege, 19; Fines, 1225, 1234.)
(6) Alan de Catherton gave land in Catherton to Helaugh Park, 1226-7; Fine, 1234; 1245, Assize Roll, N11-5.
(7) William Scot, 1246-61; see page 10, note 3.
(8) Adam Scot, 1246. (No. 42.)
(9) Roger Alan, 1246. (Nos. 43, 48.)
(10) Stephen de Eccleshill. (Nos. 43, 48.)

51.—Add. Char. 16631. Undated. Circa 1230.
I, NIGEL son of ROBERT DE PLUMPTON, have given to God and S. LEONARD OF ESHOLT, and the Nuns there, together with my body, all my land, with meadow and wood, within the essarts called Eholm, Strangford, and Aldred-rood, in the territory of Idle; also pasture for 32 oxen, 20 cows, and a bull, in my wood at Idle; also the right to put 60 pigs each year in my wood at Idle, without paying pannage; also the right to take dry wood in my wood at Idle, by the view of my forester, for burning in all their offices at Esholt; To hold in frank-almoign. The Nuns shall find a chaplain for ever to celebrate [mass] for the souls of me, my ancestors and successors. If at any time they shall cease to celebrate, it shall be lawful for me and my heirs to distrain on the said land until the celebrations shall be recommenced.
[A copy, “from another copy.”—SEGAR.]
Omnibus Christi fidelibus presentes litteras inspecturis NIGELLUS¹ FILIUS ROBERTI DE PLUMTON etemam in domino salutem. Noveritis me dedisse … Deo et SANCTO LEONARDO DE ESSCHALD et monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus, cum corpore meo, totam terram meam cum prato et bosco infra essarta que vocantur Eholm, Strangford,² et Aldredrode, in territorio de Ydel; dedi etiam eisdem monialibus pasturam in bosco meo de Ydel ad triginta duos boves et ad viginti vaccas cum uno tauro; concessi etiam eisdem monialibus habere sexaginta porcos quolibet anno in bosco meo de Idel, quiete et sine panagio; concessi etiam eisdem monialibus siccum boscum in bosco meo de Ydel per visum forestarii mei ad ardendum in omnibus officiis suis apud Esscald; Tenendum et habendum prenominatam terram dictis monialibus, cum predictis pastura et pessone et sicco bosco, cum omnibus pertinentiis, libertatibus, et aysyamentis tante terre spectantibus in Ydel, in liberam, puram, et perpetuam elemosinam adeo libere et quiete, pure et solute sicut aliqua elemosina aliquibus religiosis liberius possit dari, absque omni servicio et seculari exactione, ad faciendum inde omnimodo commodum suum secundum quod melius viderint eis expedire; concessi etiam eisdem monialibus prenominatam terram edificare, infossare, essartare, pro voluntate sua quum voluerint. Et ego Nigellus et heredes mei prenominatam terram cum pastura, pessone, et sicco bosco, et omnibus pertinentiis suis, predictis monialibus ubique warantizabimus et acquietabimus et defendemus in perpetuum. Et pro ista concessione et donatione concesserunt dicte moniales invenire quemdam capellanum celebrantem in perpetuum pro salute anime mee, antecessorum et successorum meorum. Et si aliquo tempore cessaverint de dicta celebratione, licebit michi et heredibus prenominatum feodum distringere donec reddeant ad predictam celebrationem. In cujus rei testimonium presenti scripto meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Domino N. Ward, Domino Symone Ward, Elia de Wytechyrch, Willelmo Scoto de Calverley, et aliis.

(Stevens’ Monasticon, App., No. 328.)
(See notes to last Charter.)
(1) Inq. p.m., 55 Hen. III. (1270-1).
(2) The house and buildings of Strangford Farm, in Idle, are on a hillock opposite the present Esholt Hall, and near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p23 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

XXXVI. Sciant … quod ita convenit inter dominum WILLELMUM DE PERCY et THOMAM DE ARCHES, scilicet, quod idem Thomas … quietum clamavit … domino Willelmo de Percy … homagium et servicium Nigelli de Plumpton, filii et heredis Roberti de Plumpton,¹ que ei debebat, sex carucatarum terre … in villa de GERSINGTON,² unde viginti septem carucate terre faciunt feodum unius militis, et similiter quadragiuta solidos redditus quos idem Nigellus ei debebat in eadem villa, et similiter homagium et servicium Johannis de Hamerton … trium carucatarum terre in villa de TRESKEFEUD,³ unde viginti septem carucate terre faciunt feodum unius militis, et undecim solidos redditus et octo denarios in eadem villa de eodem tenemento. Tenenda et habenda … de domino rege in capite, in escambium tocius terre dicti Willelmi in Mikeleswait, scilicet, duarum carucatarum terre … quas dictus Willelmus dicto Thome … concessit … Reddendo inde dicto Willelmo … sex solidos per annum … tres solidos ad Pentecosten et tres solidos ad festum sancti Martini, et faciendo forinsecum servicium quantum pertinet ad duas carucatas terre, unde decem carucate terre faciunt feodum unius militis in eadem villa. Preterea, sciendum est quod dictus Willelmus de tenemento quod idem Thomas prius de eo tenebat, scilicet, de feodo unius militis et dimidii et quarte partis,⁴ remisit dicto Thome … servicium tercie partis unius militis. . . .
¹ Inquisitio post mortem, 55 Henry III., No. 8 (1270-1). Nigel de Plumton held Gersington of William de Percy for one mark of silver by the year. It was worth by the year ten marks 4^s 1^d, “sine tribus dotibus trium dominarum.”
² Grassington.
³ Threshfield.
⁴ This word is not in the MS.

p33

LVII. Hec est convencio facta inter dominum WILLELMUM DE PERCI, ex una parte, et ROGERUM MAUDUIT, ex altera, scilicet, quod idem dominus Willelmus de Perci concessit dicto Rogero custodiam Nigelli de Plumpton, filii et heredis Roberti de Plumpton,⁵ et terrarum suarum que de feodo ipsius sunt et quas habuit in manu sua ad se sustendandum et dictum Nigellum et Ivettam uxorem suam, donec idem Nigellus legitime sit etatis. Dedit, eciam, predictus Willelmus dicto Rogero decem libratas terre in villa de LEVINGTON dum vixerit. Reddendo inde per annum decem libras dum dictam custodiam habuerit, et post dictam custodiam finitam, remanebunt dicte decem librate terre dicto Rogero et domino Roberto de Brus, filio ejus,⁶ et heredibus ipsius Roberti ex carne ipsius provenientibus, solute et quiete, salvo regali servicio de tanto tenemento in eadem villa. Concessit, eciam, dictus Willelmus dicto Rogero predictam custodiam ad se melius sustentandum, robas et capas furatas sicut uni ex militibus suis, quamdiu vixerit, et quod veniat in domum suam sicut unus militum suorum, quando ei placuerit. Pro hac … dictus Rogerus sepedicto Willelmo omne jus … in villa de Levington et in omnibus aliis terris quas habuit ex parte domine Isabelle de Brus, uxoris ipsius, matris predicti Willelmi, quietum clamavit, imperpetuum, salvis predictis decem libratis terre quas predictus Willelmus sepedicto Rogero et Roberto de Brus, filio suo, quem habuit de dicta Isabella de Brus, uxore sua,⁶ dedit in eadem villa, donec eisdem alibi certo loco escambium fecerit de dictis decem libratis terre. Hanc autem fideliter tenendam convencionem utraque pars affidavit …
⁵ See No. XXXVII. Inquisitio post mortem, 55 Henry III., No. 8. Robert, son and heir of Nigel Plumton, is aged four and a half years, and is the ward of William de Percy.
⁶ See No. XXIV.

This roughly translates as:

This is the agreement made between lord WILLIAM DE PERCI, on the one side, and ROGER MAUDUIT, on the other, namely, that the same lord William de Perci granted to the said Roger the custody of Nigel de Plumpton, the son and heir of Robert de Plumpton, and his lands that are his fee and which he had in his hand to support himself and the said Nigellus and Ivetta his wife, until the same Nigellus is of legal age. The aforesaid William gave to the said Roger ten pounds of land in the town of Levington while he lived. By paying ten pounds a year while he has the said custody, and after the said custody is over, the said ten pounds of land shall remain to the said Roger and lord Robert de Brus, his son, and to the heirs of Robert himself by his own flesh, free and quiet, save the royal service of so much tenement in the same town. Granted, indeed, the said William to the said Roger the aforesaid custody to better support himself, the robes and hats stolen as one of his soldiers, as long as he lived, and that he should come to his house as one of his soldiers when he pleased. For this ... the said Roger bequeathed William every right … in the town of Levington and in all the other lands which he had on the part of Lady Isabelle de Brus, his wife, the mother of the said William, he cried quiet, perpetual, saving the aforesaid ten pounds of land which the aforesaid William bequeathed to Roger and to Robert de Brus, his son, whom he had by the said Isabella de Brus, his wife, he gave in the same town, until he made an exchange of the said ten pounds of land to them elsewhere in a certain place. And both parties affirmed that this agreement would be held faithfully …

Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xviii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

To him succeeded Robert, his brother, whose son Nigel de Plumton died in the reign of Henry III. A jury sworn to take the inquisition concerning his lands and heirship, found that he held in Plumton, of the fee of William de Vescy, in demesnes, rents, villenages, and other issues from land, without the three dowers of three Dominæ, the value of ten marks two shillings and three pence; of the fee of William de Percy, ten marks three shillings; and in the vill of Nessefeild, of Peter de Percy, cviii^s viii^d, rendering for his land there xlii^s per annum. They also found him to have held Gersington of William de Percy, rendering one mark of silver per annum, and that it was worth ten marks four shillings and one penny, without the dowers above-mentioned; and they say, that Robert is his son and next heir, and of the age of four years and a half, and that the custody of the heir and his marriage of right belongs to Dominus William de Percy. Further they say, that he held Idell of the Earl of Lincoln, worth five marks by the year, without the three dowers of three Dominæ. The custody of the land in Idle, as not being of the Percy fee, was given by the King to Richard Earl of Cornwall, his brother, to hold till the heir was of age; the writ to notify which matter to the custos of the Honour of Pontefract bears teste at Westminster, 10 Nov. 29 H. III. 1244. Of the other lands William de Ireby was custos, and as such fined in twenty shillings 40 Hen. III. 1256,^g for an assize to be taken before John de Lessintone, touching the church of Cowthorpe, of which the advowson had been given by Peter de Plumpton, in the reign of King John, to the priory of St. John the Evangelist in the park of Helagh. It resulted from their title being now questioned by his heir, that all right and claim in ecclesia de Colthorp were released to Sir Robert de Plompton by brother Henry the prior, and the convent of the same, under a charter dated at the Park in the month of February, 1274-5.^h The same Sir Robert de Plumpton, by the style of Robertus de Plomton, filius et heres Nigelli de Plomton, confirmed to the noble and religious men, the abbot and convent of Fountains, a right of way through his land at Grassington (Garsington), pursuant to the tenor of the grant of one of his predecessors, the first Nigel de Plomton. This charter bears date at Fountains, A. D. 1275.ⁱ
^g Vide Excerpta e rotulis Finium, Hen. III. rege, vol. I. p. 426; and vol. II. p. 240. The inquisition, of which the substance is given above, is taken from the bundle of escheats de anno LV. r. r. Hen. III.; but there is no date specified in the instrument itself, which must obviously be carried much further back, probably to the time of the minority of the heir of John de Lacy, created Earl of Lincoln 23 Nov. 1232, deceased in 1240: in any case, it is of a date anterior to the grant to Earl Richard of Cornwall of the custody of the land of the heir.

^h Cartul. No. 90.—“H. T. Joh’e le Vavasur, Stephano Walense, militibus, Willelmo de Katherton, Roberto de Ribbestain, Nigello Pincerna de Dighton et aliis. Dat. apud Parcum mense Februarii anno gratise M^oCC^oLXXIIII^o.”
ⁱ Cartul. No. 91.—“H. T. D’no Will’o de Ros, Henrico de Perpoint, tune senescallo de Knaresburgh,” &c.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Robert de Plumpton, was his heir, and gave timber for the church and choir of Helagh Priory out of his woods at Idell. His son, Nigel, held Idell of the Earl of Lincoln, and lands at Nessfield of Peter de Percy, dying, as before stated, about 1240, when it was found that he held Plumpton of the fee of William de Vescy, and other lands there of the fee of William de Percy, value together xx marks vs. iijd.; in the Ville of Nessefeild, of Peter de Percy, cviijs. viijd, rendering for his lands there xlijs. per annum.
... Robert, son and heir of Nigel, was of the age of four and a half, and in the custody of Dominus William de Percy. The said Nigel held Idell of the Earl of Lincoln, the custody of which was given by the King to Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the King’s brother, till the heir was of age.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)

V. NIGELLUS DE PLUMPTON, fil. et hæres, obijt a^o 55 II 3 (1270-1) Inq. p.m. 55 Hen III (Yorks. Inquisitions, Rec. Soc. 1, 116); mar. Avicia de Clare. They had issue—
Robertus(VI).
Alicia de Plumpton.
Avicia, uxor Jordani de Nesfield.

Death: before 1244
Nigel's IPM is undated, but a document granting custody of lands that his son Robert inherited until he reached lawful age is dated in November 1244.

Probate:
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry III 1235-1272 p243 (1904)

751. NIGEL DE PLUMPTON.
Writ (missing). Inq. (undated, but endorsed 55 Hen. III.).
Robert his son, aged 4½, is his heir, and the wardship and marriage pertain to Sir William de Percy.
[YORK.] [Plumton.] Lands &c. worth 10 marks 2s. 3d. yearly, without 3 dowers of 3 ladies, held of the fee of William de Wescy, service unspecified.
Plumton. 10 marks 3s. of land yearly, without the said 3 dowers, help of the fee of William de Percy. service unspecified.
Nessefeld. 108s. 8d. of land yearly, without the said 3 dowers, held of Peter de Percy rendering 42s. yearly.
Gersinton, worth 10 marks 4s. 1d. yearly, without the said 3 dowers, held of Sir William de Percy rendering 1 mark yearly.
Idel, worth 5 marks yearly, without the 3 dowers, held of the earl of of Lincoln, and afterwards of the king by reason of his heir, service unspecified.
C. Hen. III. File 39. (4.)

Henry III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/42, 29 HENRY III (1244–1245)

November 1244
38 For Earl Richard. The king has granted to Earl Richard, for 60 m., the custody of the land formerly of Nigel of Plompton in Idle to hold until the lawful age of the heir of the same Nigel. Order to the keeper of the honour of Pontefract to cause him or his certain messenger to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.
[in the Roll]

Sources:

Father: The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p46 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904); Plumpton Correspondence page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Marriage: The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p33 #57 (M. T. Martin, 1909)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Death: Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry III 1235-1272 p243 (1904); Henry III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/42, 29 HENRY III (1244–1245); Plumpton Correspondence page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Nigel de Plumpton

Father: Robert de Plumpton

Mother: Isabella (_____) de Plumpton

Notes:
Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp114-5 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Sir Robert died about 1295, and was succeeded by his son Robert, “filio meo primogenito,” to whom, and to Lucy, his wife, daughter of Sir William de Ros, and their heirs, he gave in frank marriage land to the value of cs. rent in Middleton and Langber
... The young couple thrive in their windy lot, and have four children, two sons and two daughters. Then one of these daughters, Eustasia, is duly courted by Sir Peter Middelton, nephew and heir to Sir Adam, and marries him about 1319, for in that year, Nigel de Plumpton, with Roger, his brother, and Elina, their sister, quit claim to Sir Peter certain lands in Austby, of the yearly rent of sixteen shillings, which had come into the family six years before by deed from Helewiz, widow of Nigel de Nestefield*

* The Austby deeds at Middelton give:—“1313, Helewiz, widow of Nigeli de Nestefeld, devised to Robert de Plumpton, knight, lands in Austby at xvjs. yearly rent.
Witnesses—Peter de Midelton, Thomas de Skalwra, Peter del’ Stede; dated at Plumpton.” Again, 1319, Nigel filius Robert de Plumton, Roger, his brother, and Elina, their sister, quit claimed to Peter son of William de Middelton lands at Ousteby juxta Stubhoum.
Witnesses—Will, de Belledone, Peter de la Kirk.”

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)

VI. ROBERTUS DE PLUMPTON, miles 16 Ed. 1 (1287-8), defunctus a^o 26 E. 1 (1297-8); mar. Isabella, filia Serlonis de Westwick. They had issue—
Rob’tus(VII).
Willielmus de Plumpton, 9 E. 2 (1315-6).
Nigellus, a^o 9 E. 2.
Rogerus, a^o 9 E. 2.
Olivia, soror Rob’ti, 9 E. 2.

Sources:

Parents: Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)
Notes: Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Olive de Plumpton

Father: Robert de Plumpton

Mother: Isabella (_____) de Plumpton

Notes:
Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp114-5 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Sir Robert died about 1295, and was succeeded by his son Robert, “filio meo primogenito,” to whom, and to Lucy, his wife, daughter of Sir William de Ros, and their heirs, he gave in frank marriage land to the value of cs. rent in Middleton and Langber
... The young couple thrive in their windy lot, and have four children, two sons and two daughters. Then one of these daughters, Eustasia, is duly courted by Sir Peter Middelton, nephew and heir to Sir Adam, and marries him about 1319, for in that year, Nigel de Plumpton, with Roger, his brother, and Elina, their sister, quit claim to Sir Peter certain lands in Austby, of the yearly rent of sixteen shillings, which had come into the family six years before by deed from Helewiz, widow of Nigel de Nestefield*

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)

Sources:

Parents: Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)
Notes: Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Peter de Plumpton

Married: Hellena

Children:

Nigel de Plumpton
Gilbert de Plumpton
Isolde de Plumpton

Notes:
The following documents name Peter as the father of Nigel. The also name Orm de Nesfield as Peter's uncle.
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp95-6 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
    Cartul. 73.—(This deed and No. 78 are much destroyed in the Coucher Book, but are so far completed from the copy of Ch. Towneley.) Sans date.
Sciant . . . . tam futuri qu’ psentes qd ego Nigellus de Plumpton filius Petri de Plumpton dedi et concessi Jordano filio Ernis medietatem villæ de Nesfeild sclt unam carucatam terræ et dimidium cum oibus ptinen in bosco in plano . . . . et in semitis et in terris illis virgultis excepto molendino et q . . . . villæ pnominatæ molendinum ad decimum quartu’ vas et si molendinum non potest molere alias voluerit . . . . . . . . . . totam terram intr. Widbeldik et Scalegilbeck de terris quibus orienter . . . . . . . . . Jordano & heredibus suis tenendam de me et heredibus meis in hereditario . . . . reddendo annuatim 12s. 6d . . . . faciendo forinsecu’ serviciu’ p. tanta terra unde XII. carucatæ terræ faciunt [a knights’ fee] . . . . p’sentes in posiessione confirmavi, his testibus, Ada Lardi, Philipo de Altaripa, Elis filio Norm, Simone nepos.
      Cartul 83.
   Robtus dapiferus† Willi de Percy omnibus hominibus suis et amicis . . . . Francis et Anglicis tam presentibus q’m futuris saltm Notu’ sit vita me dedisse Nigello de Plomton fil’ Petri, terra’ Orm de Nessfeild Avunculi patris sui . . . . Idm serviciu’ faciendo qd inde fecit . . . . reddendo p. ann. xxv^s p. om’i servicio illi et hered’ suis ad tenend’ de me et heredibus meis in feodo & hereditate & homagio suo et servicio et inde homagiu’ suu’ recepi et retenemen’ suu’ de pd. terra recepi in oibus lib’tatibus quæ ad pdcam terra’ ptinet in bosco in plano in pasturis in aquis in semitis in molendinis & in oibus aisiamentis. his testibus ——.
(This was Nigel the son of Peter to whom Stutvil’s grant was made.).
† See Cartul 1006.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p112 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

* Dugdale gives the following descent, viz., Eldredus, who held lands in Plompton of William de Percy, as appears by Doomsday Book, placing him as father of Petrus de Plompton, living 6 Rd. I., who is stated to have married Helena, and to be father of the 1st Nigel de Plompton. Robert, son of Nigel, refers to his grandmother, Helena, and to Orm de Nessfeld, who was uncle to the said Peter. A Deed, No. 18, is destroyed, which would have shewn this Peter to have been living then, and which Dugdale may have seen. It was dated 1194, 6 Rd. I., and was an Agreement between Nigel de Plompton and Simon de Muhalt, concerning two carucates of land in Plompton of the fee of Eustace de Vescy. The MSS. of Chr. Towneley gives an abbreviated copy, and it is the only Charter of that date.

Sources:

Marriage: The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904) prints a deed by Robert, the son of Peter's son Nigel, that refers to Robert's grandmother, Dame Hellena. It is possible that this refers to Nigel's wife's mother, but Dugdale states the Hellena was the wife of Peter, and the descent of land is difficult to decipher otherwise.

Peter de Plumpton

Father: Nigel de Plumpton

Mother: Maria (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Avicia

Notes:
Yorkshire deeds vol 10 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 120 pp134 (ed. M. J. Stanley Prive, 1955)
Ribston.

375. Grant by Nigel de Plumton to Peter his son, for his homage and service, of a carucate of land in Ribbestain, with appurtenances within and without the vill, namely that carucate which lies between the fields of Sadewelle and Spofford, except church lands and the lands of Robert son of Uckeman; he also grants all the land which lies between the ditch of John Beugrant and Crempel,¹ also 7 acres of land which Richard son of Beucelius holds in Brunigecroft and 2½ acres of land which extend as far as the road from Bram to Lidgate, and an acre and a rood which extend as far as the said road towards the west, and 1½ acres which Walter the carpenter holds and which extend towards the road to Spofford, and 2 acres which Richard Pilemor holds and which stretch towards the said road to Spofford, and half an acre which Richard Pickehauere holds below Lund, and an acre which Dolfin the smith holds and which extends towards the road to Bram, and 2 tofts which lie between Walthef Crisp’ and Walter the carpenter and the toft which Thomas the baker (pistor) holds, and the toft which Mauger holds and the toft which Hugh son of Ulf holds and the toft which William Bekan holds; to hold with all liberties and easements, paying yearly to the grantor a pair of white gloves at Easter for all services. Witnesses: John de Daiuile, Robert de Wiuestorp, William de Luuetot, Elias de Marten’, William de Karleuile, Robert son of Uckeman, Henry Luuel, Gilbert Lardener.² (Ibid. [Y.A.S., Md. 59/19], No. 4).
¹ Crimple beck.
² Seal: light brown wax; diam. 1 7/8 in., a mailed equestrian figure to the sinister; ☩ SIGILL . . . VS D . . . A.

In 1212, Peter was sued by his stepmother, Juliana, who claimed land in his inheritance as her reasonable dower.
Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne 1199-1214 in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 94 pp171-3 (1897)

These grants name Peter's wife, Avicia as well as his stepmother, Juliana.
The Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of St John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 92 pp148-9 (J.S. Purvis, 1935)

PLUMPTON.
Grant by Peter de Plumpton to God and the church of St. John Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh and the canons there serving God, in alms, for souls’ health, of the culture in Plumpton which Juliana his ‘marastra’ received in exchange for Croftwait, and also of all Brunyngcroft.
Omnibus Christi fidelibus Petrus de Plumpton salutem in domino. Noveritis me dedisse concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et ecclesie sancti Johannis Evangeliste de Parco de Helagh et canonicis ibidem Deo servientibus in puram et perpetuam elemosinam pro salute anime mee et animarum patris et matris mee et Avicie uxoris mee et antecessorum et heredum meorum tot am culturam in territorio de Plumpton quam Juliana marastra mea recepit in escambium de Croft wait scilicet illam quam predicti canonici tenuerunt de predicta Juliana ad firmam, et similiter totam culturam Brunyngcroft. Hec omnia dedi in incrementum primi doni mei tenenda et habenda predictis canonicis cum omnibus pertinenciis et libertatibus et aisiamentis ad predictam terram pertinentibus libere et quiete ab omni consuetudine et servicio et seculari exaccione. Et ego et heredes mei predictam terram predictis canonicis contra omnes homines warantizabimus in perpetuum. Hiis testibus: Jordano de Sancta Maria, Bartholomeo Turett, Henrico Clerico de Wyghale et aliis.

pp175-6

PLUMPTON.
Grant by Peter de Plumpton to God and the house of St. John Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh and the canons there serving God, with his body to be buried there, of the culture in Plumpton which Juliana his stepmother held in dowry, and the culture called Brunnyngcrofte, and the house of Ribston which he held of the Hospital of St. Peter, York, after the death of his stepmother.
Omnibus Christi fidelibus Petrus de Plumpton salutem. Noveritis me concessisse et dedisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et domui sancti Johannis Evangeliste de Parco de Helagh et canonicis ibidem Deo servientibus cum corpore meo ibidem sepeliendo totam culturam in territorio de Plumpton quam Juliana noverca mea tenuit in dote cum pertinenciis et libertatibus et aisiamentis suis infra villam et extra, et insuper dedi predictis canonicis cum corpore meo totam culturam que vocatur Brunnyngcrofte cum omnibus pertinenciis suis et libertatibus et aisiamentis infra villam et extra. Et insuper dedi predictis canonicis cum corpore meo domum illam de Ribstayn quam tenui de Hospitali sancti Petri Eboraci post decessum Juliane noverce mee que vicina est mansioni predictorum canonicorum cum gardino et toto purpresio predicte domus de Ribbestain. Et quicunque contra hoc donum meum venire presumpserit malediccionem dei et meam incurrat. Hiis testibus: Johanne le Aleman, Willelmo de Hebedine, Willelmo de Styueton, Willelmo Haget et pluribus aliis.
Cf. Charter Rolls, 4 Edw. II, m. 17, no. 13
PLUMPTON.
Grant by Peter de Plumpton to God and the church of St. John Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh and the canons there serving God, in alms, for souls’ health, from his demesne of Plumpton the culture called Croftwait, a toft and croft, and common of pasture in Plumpton for two teams of oxen, 10 cows with their sequel of two years, 2 cart-horses, and 200 sheep, and common in woods for fuel and building, saving to him sale and uprooting of woods.
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Petrus de Plompton dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Deo et ecclesie sancti Johannis Evangeliste de Parco de Helagh et canonicis ibidem Deo servientibus in puram et perpetuam elemosinam pro salute animarum patris et matris mee et pro salute anime mee et Avicie uxoris mei et animarum antecessorum et heredum meorum de dominico meo de Plumpton totam culturam meam que vocatur Croftwait sine aliquo retenemento et toftum et croftum que jacent inter domum Symonis Parvi et Koluskeld et communem pasturam in pastura de Plumpton ad duas carucatas bourn et ad decern vaccas cum sequela duorum annorum et ad duos averos et ad ducentos oves et communia in omnibus silvis pertinentibus ad villam de Plumpton ad focalia et ad edificia et ad cetera ad eandem terram necessaria ubi ego et heredes mei capiemus salva nobis vendicione nostra et extirpacione nemoris, tenendum et habendum predictis canonicis libere et quiete ab omni consuetudine et seculari exaccione. Et ego et heredes mei predictam terram predictis canonicis warantizabimus contra omnes homines. Hiis testibus: Jordano de Sancta Maria, Bartholomeo Turet, Henrico clerico et aliis.

The charter above was re-examined many years later in an on-going dispute between the Plumptons and the canons at Healaugh.
Calendar of the Charter Rolls Edward I - Edward II 1300-1326 p150 (1908)
Inspeximus and confirmation of the following charters:—
1310. May 23.

13. A charter whereby Peter de Plumton gave to the said canons, with his body to be buried, all the tillage in Plumton, which Juliana his step-mother there held in dower, and all the tillage called Brunningcroft, and a house in Ribbestain, which house the donor held from the hospital of St. Peter, York, after the death of his said step-mother, and which is next to the mansion of the said canons with the garden and all the close (purpriso) of the said house; with imprecatory clause; witnesses, John le Aleman, William de Hebedene, William de Stiveton, Eustace de Ribbeston, Oliver de Brincle, Gilbert le Lardiner, William son of Robert de Plumton, Robert de Lelai, Master Eustace the leech, William Haget.

The Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of St John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 92 pp157-8 (J.S. Purvis, 1935)

ECCLESIA DE KOLTORP.   [PLUMPTON in a hand probably Dodsworth’s].
Appropriation by Peter de Plumpton, for souls’ health, to God and the house of St. John Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh and the canons there serving God, of the church of Cowthorpe.
Omnibus Christi fidelibus Petrus de Plumpton salutem in domino. Noveritis me intuitu caritatis et pro salute anime mee et antecessorum et heredum meorum dedisse et concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et domui sancti Johannis Evangeliste de Parco de Helagh et canonicis ibidem Deo servientibus eccleciam de Koltorp cum omnibus pertinenciis suis et libertatibus. Et ut hec mea donacio et concessio rata permaneat et inconcussa imposterum presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine roborare dignum duxi. Hiis testibus: Jordano de Sancta Maria, Ricardo filio ejus, Bartholomeo Tnret, Girardo Turet, Magistro Eustacio, et aliis.
   Dodsworth had evidently seen the original of this charter, for in his MSS., Vol. VIII, f. 98, he gives a copy with the same text verbatim [see p. 217 below] but witnesses as follows:—Jordano de S. Maria, Ricardo filio ejus, Bartholomeo Thuret, Girardo Thuret, Thoma de Crigleston, Olivero de Brincle, Willelmo Haget, Hamone persona de Alna, Waltero de Vestiario, Magistro Eustachio, et aliis; and adds a description of the seal. He notes this charter also in MSS., Vol. CXVI, f. 64.
   The church is probably that of Cowthorpe, about 3 miles West of Tockwith.

p216

    DODSWORTH’S NOTES ON HEALAUGH PRIORY.
    CARTA PETRI DE PLUMPTON.
    [See Chartulary, f. 139v, p. 157 above].
Omnibus Christi fidelibus Petrus de Plumpton salutem in domino. Noveritis me intuitu caritatis et pro salute anime mee et antecessorum et heredum meorum dedisse et concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et domui sancti Johannis Evangeliste de Parcho de Helagh et canonicis ibidem deo servientibus ecclesiam de Koltorp cum omnibus pertinenciis suis et libertatibus. Et ut hec mea donacio et concessio rata permaneat et inconcussa imposterum presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine roborare dignum duxi. Hiis testibus: Jordano de Sancta Maria, Ricardo filio ejus, Bartholomeo Thuret, Girardo Thuret, Thoma de Crigleston, Olivero de Brincle, Willelmo Haget, Hamone persona de Alna, Waltero de Vestiario, Magistro Eustacio et aliis.
      SIGILLUM PETRI DE PLUMTONA..
“A man riding on a beast with feet like a griffon. In the right hand a sword, a shield on his left arme.”

Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

^e Fin. de eod. anno. Dodsw. notes from G.f. 85, inserted in the Plumpton Cartulary. Juliana appears to have been a daughter of Richard de Warewic, and mother of Robert Luvet, who had lands at Gretham, com. Rutland. Her sister, Sarra, married Gilbert de Beningworth. (Vide Rot. Oblat. et Fin.)
^f Rot. Litt. Claus. p. 245 b. and 338 b.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Buried: in the Augustinian priory of St John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh, Yorkshire, England

Sources:

Parents: Yorkshire deeds vol 10 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 120 pp134 (ed. M. J. Stanley Prive, 1955); Plumpton Correspondence page xvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885); The Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of St John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 92 pp175-6 (J.S. Purvis, 1935) shows that Peter's mother was Nigel's first wife, Maria, not Juliana, was his stepmother.
Marriage: The Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of St John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 92 pp148-9 (J.S. Purvis, 1935)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Buried: The Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of St John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 92 pp175-6 (J.S. Purvis, 1935)

Richard Plumpton

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Occupation: Richard was a squire in the service of Matilda de Mauley, the daughter of Ralph, first Earl of Westmoreland, and widow of Peter Lord de Mauley the eighth.

Notes:
In 6 Henry IV (1404-5), Richard was granted the rent from Cowbridge, Staffordshire, of 40 shllings, for life, by his brother, Robert.
Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 pp340-2 (1834)

No. 100. The 6th Hen. IV. Robert Plompton and Alice his wife grant to Thomas de Glen the manor of Hocklow, with the appurtenances in Hocklow, Spoonden, and Chaddesden, for six years, the rent 40s. (Ibid. p. 216.)
No. 101. The same year they gave to Richard de Plompton the rent of 40s. out of Cowbridge, com. Stafford, for life. Testib. William Fencote, William de Leedes, William Thornbury.
No. 101^a. This Richard was brother to Robert, and in the same grant there is mention of Robert Plompton son of Alice.

Richard was remembered in the will of his grandmother, Ellen Gisburn, dated 24 April 1408.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxix - page xxx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Item, a Richard, le fitz le dit Alice, i pece covere et vi^li xiij^s iiij^d.

A rough translation of the French is:
Item, to Richard, the son of the said Alice, apiece (of plate) with a cover, and 6 pounds, 8 shillings and 4 pence.

Richard was left property in a settlement made by his mother firstly on 26 October 1416, and then more, after the death of two of his brothers, in a fresh settlement on 12 September 1423.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxx - page xxxiii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

In the partition of her parents’ property, Alice Plumpton had allotted to her share a messuage in Skeldergate in York, another upon Byshophill, “et toutz les martisounz, apelles en Knyles deles of the Kuyes, que furount Johan de Gysburne en les preetz de Bushopthorp, pres de Everwyk,” and a rent of five marks out of lands and tenements in the town of Ripon, together with all the tenements belonging to her said father in North-street, in the city of York.^o Of this property she made a settlement, 26 Oct. 4 Hen V. 1416, whereby she directed Richard Kendale, parson of the church of Ripley, and other co-feoffees, to make an estate of the lands and tenements in Ripon to her son Thomas and the heirs of his body; remainder in like form to her sons Brian and Richard; and the tenements in North-street were similarly settled on her son Richard, in the first instance, with like remainders to Brian and Thomas.
... Brian ... as well as his brother Thomas, who died 18 July 1420, was deceased without issue, in the lifetime of his mother; for by a fresh settlement, bearing date 12 Sept. 2 Hen. VI. 1423, she gave all her lands and tenements, both in North-street York, and at Ripon, to her son Richard de Plumpton and the heirs of his body, paying thereout for the space of four years, to her daughters Isabella and Katharine, xx^s a-piece, unless they died or were married within the term; remainder to George de Plomton her son for life

... Richard de Plumpton had a pair of orisons of gold left him in the will of the Archdeacon of Richmond, Stephen le Scrope; and was an esquire in the service of Maud, widow of Peter de Mauley the eighth, daughter of Ralph Earl of Westmorland, who after the decease of her husband in 1415, held the extensive barony which had belonged to him for her life. In her will, made 1st Oct. 1438, and proved on the 4th of that month, Richard Plumpton has a legacy of x^li.^a

^o Ibid.[Cartul.] No. 293. Done a Everwyke, xiii jours de Januare, lan du reigne le Roy Richard Secound apres la conquest denglelterre quindesyme.
^a Testamenta Vetusta, 8vo. 1826, Nichols, vol. I. p. 234; from Dugdale’s Abstract, vol. I. p. 736.

Richard was remembered in the will of his cousin, Stephen Scropes dated 24 August 1418.
T estamenta Eboracensia vol 1 pp385-8 (1836)

A rough translation of these parts of the will is:

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p104 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Richard was remembered in the will of Matilda de Mauley, dated 1 October 1438.
Testamenta Eboracensia vol 2 p68 (1855)

Item lego Ricardo Plompton armigero meo x li. cum una pecia argenti.

A rough translation of the Latin is:
Also, I bequeath to Richard Plompton, my squire, 10 pounds with one piece of silver.

William Flower states that Richard "dyed sans issu." (Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253)

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Ricardus Plumpton, condidit testam. 22 H. 6. Will 1443;² to be bur. in the church of the house of St. Robert.
² Plumpton Correspondence.

Burial: in the church of the house of St. Robert, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England

Will: dated 1443
Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiii - page xxxiv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

His own will bears date in 1443, and proves him to have had a grateful recollection of his mistress. Its tenour is as follows:—“My soul I commend to Almighty God, my body to be buried in the church of the house of St Robert. All my lands and tenements in North-street, York, and in Ripon, I give and bequeath to George Plompton, my brother, brother John Craven, minister of the house of St. Robert, Sir William Normanvill, knight, Ranulph Pygott and Robert Crosse, esquires, in order that they may arrange with the minister and house of St. Robert for a priest to say mass daily and for ever for the souls of my father and mother, my grandfather John Gisburgh, and my grandmother Elen Gisburne, for my own soul, and for the soul of my brother George, and the souls of all the faithful departed; but if this cannot be done, then to dispose of them, as they best may, for the good of the souls above mentioned. I give and bequeath to Master George Plompton my brother, ‘unam pixidem argen team et deauratam, unum psaltorium meum parvum, unum par cultellorum vocat’ karving knyves, et unum par forpicum argenteorum.’ I also will and ordain, that my black cloak furred with with martyns, and a coverlet of red saten, and a canopy of white silk, be sold, and the price distributed pro salute venerabilis d’næ, d’næ Matildis de Malolacu. I give to Elen Crosse, my best gold ring with a sapphire, and a primer covered with red satin, and ten beads, five of gold in the form of baskets, and five of agate. To Robert Crosse a silvered girdle. To dame Elizabeth Plompton, my niece, (nepotissæ meæ,) a gold crucifix. To Elizabeth Hothom a gold ring with an emerald. To Dame Isabella de Bukton a capital gold ring with two images. To Katherine, my sister, a gold cross. To the minister of the house of St. Robert a psalter covered with red velvet, and vi^s viii^d. To brother Richard Fawkes, iij^s iiij^d and 10 beads of amber. To John Smith, chaplain, vi^s viii^d and ten beads of maser. To Thomas Whyttall, chaplain, vi^s viii^d and a pair of long knives. To dame Elizabeth Hothom, recluse, xij^d. The residue to be distributed for the behoof of my soul, of the soul of my mother, and of the soul of Dame Maud de Maulay. Executors, Master George Plompton my brother, Elen Crosse, and Thomas Whittall, chaplain.”^b
^b Cartul. No. 527.

Sources:

Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907); his mother's parents named in his will at Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Occupation: Testamenta Eboracensia vol 2 p67 (1855); Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Burial: Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Will: Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiii - page xxxiv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Testamenta Eboracensia vol 2 p67n (1855)

Robert de Plumpton

Father: Nigel de Plumpton

Mother: probably Maria (_____) de Plumpton
Robert's father was married twice, to Maria and Juliana. Robert's elder brother, Peter, is known to be the son of Maria.

Married: Isabel de Westwick

Children:

Nigel de Plumpton

In her widowhood, Isabel appointed "Serlo de Plumpton" as her attorney in a land dispute (Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1234-1237 p378), and it seem likely, considering her father's name, that Serlo was another son.

Notes:
This document names Robert's grandmother, Dame Hellena.
The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)

Another transcription of the same charter is found in
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p101 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 pp75-6 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

CLXXIX. Sciant … ROBERTUS DE PLUMPTON … concessi … BALDWINO DE STOKKELD,⁸ cognato meo, pro homagio suo et servicio sex acras terre arrabilis in territorio de PARVA RIBBESTAN, scilicet, in novo essarto quod f'uit Walteri de Stockeld, scilicet, propinquiores fossato quod vocatur Alledic tarn in longitudine quam in latitudine, quousque sex acre terre perficiantur … Reddendo inde annuatim michi … unam sagittam barbalatam infra Natale Domini pro omnibus secularibus serviciis …
⁸ Baldewin de Stokeld appears as tenant in a fine levied 29 October, 1223. (No. XXXVIII.)

Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III 1225-1232 p216 (1903)
1228.

Eboracum,—Robertus de Percy, Marmeducus de Twenge, Robertus de Plumton et Hugo de Magneby constituti sunt justiciarii ad assisam ultime presentationis medietatis ecclesie de Rillinton capiendam apud Eboracum a die Sancte Trinitatis in unum mensem, que summonita est coram eis inter abbatem de Beland, petentem, et priorem de Bridlinton et W. comitem Albemarle, deforciantes; salvis etc. amerciamentis etc. Teste rege, apud Westmonasterium, x die Maii.
Et mandatum est vicecomiti Eboraci etc.

This roughly translates as:

York,—Robert de Percy, Marmeduke de Twenge, Robert de Plumton, and Hugh de Magneby were appointed justiciaries to take the assize of the last presentation of half the church of Rillinton at York for one month from the day of the Holy Trinity, which was summoned before them between the abbot of Beland, petitioner, and the prior of Bridlinton and W. earl of Albemarle, deforcing; saving etc. trades etc. Witness the king, at Westminster, on the 10th day of May.
And the command of the sheriff of York, etc.

p305
1229.

Robertus de Plumton, Willelmus de Hobeden, Ricardus de la Rivere et Willelmus de Barton constituti sunt justiciarii ad assisam ultime presentationis duarum partium ecclesie de Thirnescoh, quam Johannes le Vavasur aramiavit versus Ricardum abbatem de Rupe apud Eboracum in crastino Sancti Michaelis: salvis etc. Teste rege, apud Westmonasterium, viij die Septembris.

This roughly translates as:

Robert de Plumton, William de Hobeden, Richard de la Rivere, and William de Barton were appointed justiciaries for the assize of the last presentation of the two parties to the church of Thirnescoh, which John le Vavasur made against Richard the abbot of Rupe at York on the morrow of St. Michael: saving, etc. Witness the king, at Westminster, the 8th day of September.

The Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of St John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 92 p148 (J.S. Purvis, 1935)

PLUMPTON.
Grant by Robert de Plumpton to God and the house of St. John Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh and the canons there serving God, of his meadow in Plumpton called Theme beside his mill on the North..
Omnibus Christi fidelibus Robertus de Plumpton salutem in domino. Noveritis me pro salute anime mee et animarum antecessorum meorum dedisse et concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse in puram et perpetuam elemosinam Deo et domui sancti Johannis Evangeliste de Parco de Helagh et canonicis ibidem Deo servientibus pratum meum in territorio de Plompton quod vocatur Therne juxta molendinum meum ex parte aquiloni. Et ego et heredes mei predictum pratum predictis canonicis warantizabimus contra omnes homines in perpetuum. Hiis testibus: Henrico de Monte Alto, ‘Rac̄o’¹ de Goldesburgh, Gilberto Oysell et aliis.
Plumpton is about 3£ miles South of Knaresborough.
¹ Query, for ‘Rico,’ ‘Ricardo’?

p175

PLUMPTON.
Grant by R. de Plumpton to God and the house of St. John Evangelist of the Park and the canons there serving God, in alms, of the little wood called Gospatricmylnberth in Plumpton.
Omnibus Christi fidelibus R. de Plumpton salutem. Noveritis me pro salute anime mee dedisse concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et domui sancti Johannis Evangeliste de Parco et canonicis ibidem Deo servientibus in puram et perpetuam elemosinam in territorio de Plumpton totum boskellum qui vocatur Gospatricmylnberth cum omnibus bursimis culture illorum de Crossetwaith adherentibus. Et ego et heredes mei predictis canonicis predictam elemosinam warantizabimus et defendemus contra omnes homines in perpetuum. Hiis testibus: Ricardo de Wyuelestrop, Ricardo de Goldesburgh, Daniele de Dicton et aliis.

pp221-2

In Vol. CXVI of the Dodsworth MSS., ff. 64 to 111, are notes and abstracts of material relating to Healaugh Park, part at least collected before Dodsworth saw the Chartulary, and some at any rate noted from original charters. The following is an abstract of these pages.... Omnibus etc. Robertus de Plumpton dedit priori de Helagh mayremium sufficientem ad magnam ecclesiam suam et ad chorum ejusdem loci in bosco meo de Idleouli suff. etc. ad opus predictorum ecclesie et chori tantum. Teste Jordano de Sancta Maria, Bartholomeo Thuret, Roberto de Kokefeld, Radulpho de Goldlesburc, Roberto de Lelai, Olivero de Brinckle, Alano de Folifait, Alano de Kaderton, Willelmo de Stiveton, Willelmo de Hebden, etc.
[Not in Chartulary].
... Robertus de Plumpton .... dedit .... advocacionem medietatis ecclesie beate Marie de Bichehill [Bishophill ecclesia].
[Not in Chartulary].

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp107-8 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Cartul. 645.—(Ante 20 Henry III)

Sciant omnes psentes et futuri quod ego Serlo de Westwicke dedi et concessi et hac psenti carta mea confirmavi Robto filio Nigelli de Plumpton cu’ Isabella filia mea in libero maritagio totu’ dmum meum in Middelton’ ’et duodecem bovatas terræ cum omnibus ptinentiis in ead villa et tota’ terra’ mea’ in Scalewra sine aliquo retenimento exceptis octo acris terræ arrabilis quæ remanebunt dicto Serloni et excepto uno tofto pterea pastur’ ad sexaginta oves cu’ exitu ear uno anno ac ad dece’ vaccas cu’ sequela ear duobus annis et ad quinque equas cu’ sequela ear duobus annis Tenendas et habendas de me et heredibus meis dict. Robto et Isabella & heredibus de eis exeuntibus in feodo et hereditate libero et quiete & honorifice cum omnibus ptinenciis et omnibus aisamentis ad dcam terram ptinentibus pdcus vero Robtus. vel heredes sui facient inde forinsecu’ serviciu’ ad dcam terram ptinen’ unde sexdece’ carucatæ* terræ faciunt feodu’ unius militis, Et ego Serlo et heredes mei warrantizabimus dcam terra’ cum omnibus suis ptinentiis diet Robto et Isabellæ et heredibus de eis exeuntibus contra omnes homines in dn.
Hiis testibus—Petro de Plumpton, Matheo de Bram, Richo de Brereton, Alex, de Rauchdeline, Magro Ada de Melsonebie, Willo de Oriliens, Roberto de Munketon, et Ingramo Cl’ico.
Hæc Carta habet sigillu’ in forma ovali in qua depingitur forma trianguli habentis basim sursum in quo triangulo depingitur fera rampant & in cir’ferencia sigilli hæc describuntur verba Sigillu’ Serlonis de Westwick.
* Twelve, and fourteen, are sometimes given as a Knight’s Fee.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp102-4 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Middleton (Ilkley).
259. Grant³ by Serlo de Westwik to Robert son of Nigel de Plompton in frank-marriage with Isabel the grantor’s daughter, of all his demesne in Middelton and twelve bovates of land with appurtenances in the same vill, and all his land in Scalewra, except eight acres of arable land and one toft; also pasture for sixty sheep with their one year’s lambs (exitu), ten cows with their two years’ calves (sequela), and ten mares with their two years’ foals (sequela); to hold of the grantor, with all easements, the grantee doing forinsec service where sixteen carucates made a knight’s fee. Witnesses, Peter de Plomton, Matthew de Bram, Richard de Brereton, Alexander de Rautheclive, Master Adam de Melsamebi, W. de Orihens, Robert de Munketon, Jerome (Jeram’) the clerk. (Ibid.[Y.A.S., M^D 59, 14, Middleton], No. 2.)
260. Grant by Serlo de Westwic to William de Hertlington, in marriage with his (the grantor’s) daughter,⁴ of eight acres of land in the territory of Middelton, with a toft and croft adjacent, which had remained in his hand when he granted to Sir Robert de Plumpt[on] his other land of the same vill in marriage with the lady Isabel his daughter; to hold of the grantor, freely, in wood and plain, meadows and pastures, ways and paths, and all easements, rendering yearly 1d. at Christmas and doing the forinsec service for so much land. Witnesses, Sir R. de Plumpt[on], Alan de Kirkebi, Master W. de Stauel’, W. de Plumpton, Alexander de Routhecliv’. (Ibid., No. 3.)

Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Peter de Plumpton was of the party of the barons against King John, and had his lands seized; but, after the death of that monarch, he did fealty and homage to his son, and was restored.^f To him succeeded Robert, his brother, whose son Nigel de Plumton died in the reign of Henry III.

^f Rot. Litt. Claus. p. 245 b. and 338 b.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

His brother, Robert de Plumpton, was his heir, and gave timber for the church and choir of Helagh Priory out of his woods at Idell.

Death: 1230
Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III 1227-1231 p371 (1902)
1230.

De coronatore eligendo.—Mandatum est yicecomiti Eboraci quod loco Roberti de Plumpton’, quondam coronatoris in comitatu suo qui mortuus est, et loco Willelmi de Hebbeden’ et Marmeduci de Twenge coronatorum qui infirmi sunt, alios faciat eligi coronatores, sicut fieri debet et solet etc.

This roughly translates as:

On choosing a coroner.—It is ordered to the sheriff of York to cause other coroners to be chosen in place of Robert de Plumpton, formerly coroner in his county, who died, and in place of William de Hebbeden and Marmeduc de Twenge, who are infirm, as coroners, as ought and is customary. etc.

Sources:

Father: The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p46 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904) contains a deed by Robert's son, Nigel, that refers both to Robert de Plumpton as Nigel's father and Nigel de Plumpton as Nigel's grandfather; Plumpton Correspondence page xvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Marriage: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp107-8 #645 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp102-3 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926); that Isabel married this Robert (son of Nigel) and not their grandson Robert (also son of Nigel) which is where she is placed in Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907) is shown by Charles Clay's note to Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p102 #259 dating the marriage deed to about 1208, based on four witnesses being identical to me who witnessed a Follifoot deed dated 1208. The Robert to which Dugdale attaches Isabel de Westwick was not born until about 1239.
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885); The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 p104 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)
Death: Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III 1227-1231 p371 (1902)

Robert de Plumpton

Birth: about 1239
Robert was aged 4½ when his father died. His father's IPM is undated, but a document granting custody of lands Robert had inherited until he reached lawful age is dated in November 1244.

Father: Nigel de Plumpton

Mother: Yvetta (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Isabella

Children:

Robert de Plumpton
Nigel de Plumpton
Roger de Plumpton
Olive de Plumpton

Notes:
Robert was aged 4½ when his father died, and his custody and marriage rights were granted to Sir William de Percy.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry III 1235-1272 p243 (1904)

Henry III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/42, 29 HENRY III (1244–1245)

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry III 1235-1272 pp124-5 (1904)

452. RICHARD DE PERCY and WILLIAM DE PERCY.
Writ (missing).
...
Spoford manor and advowson (extent given with names of tenants), including:—
...
Ilkelay, held by Peter de Percy by 21s 4d.
Gersington, held by the heir of Nigel de Plumton by . . . .

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp96-7 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Cartul. 90.
Release of the advowson of Cowthorpe to Sir Robert de Plumpton, mense februarii an^o græ m^o cc^o lxxiiij^o (1274,) which had been given by Peter de Plumpton, temp. John. Hiis test.—John le Vavasur, Stephano Walense, Militibus, Willelmo de Katherton, Roberto de Ribbestain, Nigello Pincerna de Dighton et aliis. Dat apud Parcum. [Helagh.]
Cartul. 91.

‘Robertus filius et heres Nigelli de Plomton,’ to the abbot and convent of Fountains, confirmed their right of way over his lands at Grassington. Dated at Fountains, 1275. His test.—Dno Willmo de Ros, Henrico de Perpoint, tunc Senescallo de Knaresburgh, Alano de Aldefeild, Willo de Hertlington, Johne de Cramswick, et aliis.
Cartul. 92.—Anno 1281. 3^o Maij, 9^o Edw. 1. Carta Robte Plumpton, militis, qui obiit 23 Edw. I.
Edwardus dei gracia Rex AngL dominus Hibniæ, Dux Aquit Archiepis, Epis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baron., Justic, Vicecom., Prepositis, Ministris et omnibus ballivis, et fidelibus suis saltm sciatis nos concessisse et hac carta nra confirmasse dilco et fideli nro Robto de Plompton qd ipe et heredes sui imppetuum habeant unum mercatum singulis septimanis p. diem ven’is apud Manrm. suum de Gersington in Com. Ebor et una feria ibm singulis annis p. tres dies duranturum vizt in vigilis & in die . . et in Crastino Sti Michis nisi mcatum illud & feria illa sint ad nocumentum vicinor. mrcator. et vicinar. feriar. et liberam warrenam in omnibus dominicis terris suis de Nessefeilde, Gersington et Idell in com. pdco Dum tamen terræ illae non sint infra metas forestae nræ. Ita qd nullus intret terras illas ad fugandi in eis vel ad aliquid capiendum qd ad warrenam ptineat sine licentia & voluntate ipius Robti vel hered. suor. sup forisfactura nram decern librar. Quare volumus et firmit pcipimus p. nobis et heredibus nostris qd pdcus Robtus et heredes sui imppetuum habeant pdcu mrcatum et feria apud Man^rm suum pdcum cum omnibus libtatibus et liberis consuetudinibus ad hujus modi m’catu, & feria ptineat nisi mrcatum illud & feria ilia sint ad nocumentum vicinor mrcator. et vicinor. feriar. et libera warrena in omnibus dominicis terris suis pdcis dum tamen terræ illæ non sint infra metas forestæ nre. Ita qd nullus intrat terras illas ad fugandum in eis vel ad aliquid capiendum qd ad warrena ptineat sine licentia et voluntate ipius Robti vel heredu suor. sup forisfacturam nram. decern libror. sicut pdcum est. Hiis testibus venabilibus patribus G. Wygorn, R. Bathon’ & Wellen’, et Ric Norwyc’ epis, Edmundo fratre nro., Willo de Valent. avunculo nostro, Gilbto de Clare Comite Gloucestr & Hertford, Rogero de Bygot Comite Norfolk et Marescallo Angliæ, Johe de Vescie, Ottone de Grandi sono, Hugo’ filio Ottonis, Robto fil Johnis, Rico de Bosco, Petro de Huntingfeld et aliis. Dat p. manu. nram. apud Westm. tercio die Maij Anno Regni nri nona.
This deed hath at the copying the 4 of Aprill 1615 a very fare seale of grene wax hung in silke stringe of red and grene silke and is stamped on both sides, on the one side the King is pictured riding armed, and on the other side . . . . (finis.)

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p122 (1902)
1281. May 11.

Westminster.
Robert de Plumpton acknowledges that he owes to R. bishop of Bath and Wells 11 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward I 1272-1307 p147 (1911)
1281. [May 20.

Westminster.]
Robert de Plumpton gives 10l. for a charter of a market in his manor of Gersington, co. York, and a fair there and free warren in his demesne lands of Nescefeld, Gersington and Idele, co. York; and he has lands in the said county.

Calendar of the Charter Rolls Henry III - Edward I 1257-1300 p250 (1906)
1281. May 23.

Westminster.
Grant to Robert de Plumpton, and his heirs, of a weekly market on Friday at his manor of Gersington, co. York, and of a yearly fair there on the vigil, the feast and the morrow of St. Michael; grant also of free warren in all his demesne lands in Nescefeld, Gersington, and Idel, co. York.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp106-8 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Middleton (Ilkley).
273. Grant² in special tail by Robert de Plumton to Robert his eldest son and Lucia daughter of Sir William de Ros, in frank-marriage, of 100s. of land with appurtenances in the vills of Midelton and Langeberth, namely, all the land which he had had in Midelton, and the land which Gilbert son of Alice [and] Adam de Storthes had held in Langeberth, that which Laurence had held in the same, that which Hugh son of Utting’ had held in the same, the land called the land of the steward (terra senescall), and that which Richard Cuttewlf’ had held in the same, together with their bodies, suits (sectis), and chattels, and with common of turbary and the escape (euasione) of beasts in the pasture and wood of Nescefeld; to hold of Sir Patrick de Westwik, rendering yearly to him a root of ginger (zinziberis) at Christmas for all secular service and suit of court, with the bodies of the said villeins, [etc.]; the tenants of the grantees to grind at the grantor’s mill of Nescefeld at the twentieth measure and all their malt without multure, and if they should be unjustly harassed (grauati) by the grantor or his men it should be lawful to them in such case to grind at will elsewhere. Witnesses, Sir Robert de Ros, Sir Peter de Ros, Sir Alexander de Ros, Sir Patrick de Westwyk, Sir Patrick de Uluesby, William Grayndorg’, Nicholas de Melton, William de Hertlinton. (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 14, Middleton], No. 16.)

... 277. Grant² in tail by Robert de Plumpton to Gilbert son of Serlo de Ilkelay, of a toft lying in le Morehouses in Middelton by the toft of the Master of St. Leonard, and three acres of land and meadow lying in le Norhtfeld of Middelton, namely in le Aldefeld, which land and meadow belonged to two bovates of land which Simon Brid formerly held in Middelton; to hold of the grantor, with all easements, rendering yearly 18d., to wit, 9d. at Whitsuntide and 9d. at Martinmas, for all secular service; with reversion to the grantor. Witnesses, William Mauleverer of Betmeslay, Richard de Middelton, Nigel Craghild of Nescefeld, Simon the smith of Ilkelay, Thomas de Scalewra, clerk. (Ibid., No. 20.)
278. Quitclaim by Richard son of Serlo de Midelton to Sir Robert de Plumpton and his heirs, of all his land in the territory of Midelton, with a toft and all appurtenances in the same vill. Witnesses, Sir John le Wavasur, William Mauleverer of Bedmeslay, Nicholas of the same, Peter de Midelton, Gilbert Buttermun of Nesfeld, Rayner of the same, John Luuet of the same.³ (Ibid., No. 21.)
279. Grant by Robert de Plumpton, knt., to Adam son of Peter de Midelton, his heirs or assigns, of all his land with appurtenances in Midelton, which he had recovered against Richard de Romundby and Beatrice his wife before Hugh de Cressingham⁴ and his fellow justices itinerant at York by the king’s writ; to hold of the chief lords of the fee. Witnesses, Sir Mauger le Vavasur, Walter de Midelton, Walter de Haukeswrth, Thomas de Ulskelf, Robert de Wetelay, Thomas de Scalwra, Simon the smith of Ilkeley, Richard de Wetelay, clerk. (Ibid., No. 22.)
280. Grant by Robert de Plumpton, knt., to Sir Adam de Middelton, his heirs and assigns, of 40s. of land and rent with appurtenances in the vill and territory of Middelton, in exchange for Sir Adam’s land in Gersington,¹ namely, the messuage and all the land and meadow with the wood which Gilbert de Langebergh was holding, the messuage, land, and meadow with appurtenances, which Richard son of Alice the widow was holding, the messuage, land, and meadow with appurtenances, which Richard Cokeman was holding, and a rent of 15d. to be taken from the land and tenement which John son of Gilbert de Wheteley was holding, both in demesne and in the service of freemen and with villeins, their sequels and chattels; to hold of the chief lords of the fee. Witnesses, Sir Marmaduke de Tweng, Sir William de Ros of Ingmanthorp, Sir Walter le Vavasour, Sir Robert le Conestable, Sir Mauger le Vavasour, knts., Peter de Percy , Walter de Burghlay, William Faukes of Neuale, Thomas de Skalwra, Thomas de Preston, clerk. (Ibid., No. 23.)

² Indenture; also the counterpart. (No. 16A.)
² Also a copy in a medieval but later hand. [Ibid., No. 20A.)
³ Seal: green wax, lozenge shaped; a flower between two birds; S. GILBERT! FIL HE . . . . .
⁴ The period of his activities as a justice itinerant for the northern counties was 1292-5. (Foss, iii, 82.)
¹ The grant by Adam is printed from the copy in the Plumpton Chartulary in Collyer and Turner’s Ilkley, p. 99.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp97-101 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Cartul. 94 — 14 Ed. I.

Half the amercements de viride et sicco from Knaresburgh Forest granted by Edmond, Earl of Cornwall, to Sir Robert de Plumpton. Hiis test.—Sir Richard de Cornwall, Richard de Goldsburgh, Peter Beckard, William de Hartlington, Richard de Stokyld, knights, and others.
      Cartul. 95.
Hoc psens scriptu cirografatu testatur qd ad Natal Dni Anno græ mcclxxxvj^o convenit int Dn’ Robtu’ de Plumpton milite et Tho Lusel de Nesfeild vizt qd idm Dus Robtus de Plumpton et heredes sui dabunt annatem eidm Thomæ Lusel in tota vita sua apud Gersington tres ulnas panni ad Natal Dni quales liber’ tenentes sui recipient et unu’ qteriu ordei ad purificacione bte Mariæ et unu’ qteriu’ frumentis ad festu Sti Michis Et idm Tho Lusel reddidit—tradidit et penitus de se et heredibus suis quietu’ clamavit ed dno Robto de Plumpton et hered suis imppetuu’ una’ bovata’ terræ cu’ tofto et crofto et œdificiis et una’ acram prati in Villa et in territorio de Nesfeild quae quonda’ fuerint Johis Lusel p’ris sui cu’ o’ibus ptinenciis libtatibus et aisiamentis infra Villa de Nessfeild et extra dcæ terræ ptinentibus In hujus rei testimoniu’ . . . . .
     scriptis sigilla ptiu alternatim sunt apposita hiis testibus Dno Willo de Hertlington, Willo de Ebor, Elia de Treshfeld, Thoma de Haukeswyck, Thoma filio Richi de . . . . . . . Wingeston et aliis.
   This deed hath no seale at the copying the 4 of April 1615.
        Cartul. 98.—A’_n 1292. 2 0 Ed. 1.
Dnus Rob de Plompton, miles, Anno ab incarnacione Dni MCCXCII^o fca fuit hæc convencio int’ dum Robt’ de Plumpton milite’ ex una pte et Alanu’ de Soyn ex altera pte Ita vizt qd pdcus Dns Robtus concessit & ad firma dimisit pdco Alano et heredibus suis vel suis assignatis unum messagium cum suis ptnenciis et duas acras terræ & una’ acra’ prati jacent in villa et territorio de Austeby et de Nesfeld que sclt messuag’ terr’ & prati Bernard’ fil Walteri quondam de dco Dno Robto tenuit in ead villa et nove’ acras terræ jacent in eod territorio sup. quada’ cultura’ quæ vacatur Castelbergh et duas acras terræ jacent in eod territorio super qiiandam cultura’ quæ vocatr le Akeflatt ex pte occidental et una . . . . terræ que vocatr Merstelbank similit’ cum bosco plenare sicut . . . . int’ divisas . . . . Tenenda’ et h’enda’ o’ia pdca tenement, sclt messuag’ terr & prat’ & bosc’, pdco Alano & heredibus suis vel suis assignatis usq’ ad term’ viginti annor’ plenarie complet’ incipiente ter’io ad fest Sti Mtini in yeme anno supdco libe, quiete, integre et pacifice cu’ oibus ptinent libtatibus & aisiament infra villa et extra pdcis tenementis ptinentibus Reddfend inde p. an’ pdco Dno Robto de Plumpton et heredibus suis vel suis assignatis viginti solid’ et sex denar’ ad duos anni ter’ios vizt dece’ solid & tres denar’ ad Pent.’ & dece’ solid & tres denar’ ad fest’ Sti Martini in yeme p. om’i servicio seculari exacione et demand, salvo forinsecu’ Dno Regi quantu’ ad pdca tenement ptinet Et pdcus Dns Robtus & heredes sui vel sui assignati tota pdca tenement’ cu ptinens pdco Alano et heredibus suis vel suis assignatis usque ad term’ . . . . et molebunt o’ia blad sua ad molendinu’ pdi Dni Robti de Nesfeld ad vicesimum vas et bras’ sua sine multura. In cujus rei testimonium &c hiis testibus, Petro Midelton, Willo fil suo, Thoma de Ulskelf, Robto de Wetelay, Robto de Staynford, Gilbto de Scalwray et multis aliis.
...    Cartul. 112.—Adam de Middelton.
Sciant omnes psentes et futuri qd ego Adam de Middelton dedi concessi et hac psenti carta mea confirmavi dno Robto de Plumpton omna' terras & tenta que hui’ de done et feoffamento Johnis fil Utting in villa et territoris de Garsington in excambio p. quadraginta solid terræ et redditus que habeo de pdco dno Robto in villa & territorio de Middelton tenend et habend die dno Robto hered’ et assigna’ suis cum omnibus suis ptinen’ de capitalibus Dnis feodi illius p. servicia inde debita & consuet Et ego vero pdicto Adam & heredes oia pdcas terras et tenta pdco dno Robto hered’ et assign’ suis ut pdcu est contra o’es hojes warrantizabimus imppetuum. In cujus rei testimoniu’ psenti cartae sigillu’ meu’ apposui. Hiis testibus—Dno Marmaduco de Thwenge, Dno Willmo de Rosse de Ingmanthorp, Dno Willo le Vavasur, Dno Maugero le Vavasur, militibus, Petro de Percie, Waltero de Burghley, Willo ffawkes, Tha de Preston, et multis aliis. (Seale in 1615.)
      Cartul. 113.
Omnibus Xpi fidelibus ad quos psens scriptu’ pvenit Petrus fil Robti de Middleton salt’ noverit universitas vra me remisse & omn … quietum clamasse p me & hered meis totu’ jus et clam’ qd . . . . aliquo modo in turbariis in boscis & in pasturis de Nessfield Dno Robto de Plumpton et hered suis … p. nos’ nec p nobis aliquod jus vel clameum in pdics. turbariis, vastis et pasturis pdicæ villæ de Nesfield ptinent de vetero . . . . exigere vel . . . . Et p. hac aute remissione et quieta clam’ pdics dns Robtus de Plompton concessit pdco Petro fil Robti de Middelton pastura ppriis aialibus . . . . in tota vita pdei Petri fil Robti de Middelton Ac eod dno Robt. de Plumpton concessit licensia fodend in turba. pdca villæ de Nesfield ptinen’ ppriis domui suæ Ita vizt qd pdcus Petrus fil Robti de Middelton davit Dno Robto de Plumton vj^d p annu’ In cujus rei testimonium psenti scripto quiet clamam pdcus Petrus fil Robti de Middelton sigillu’ suo apposuit Hiis testibus, Dno Patricio de Westwick, Willo de Hartlington, Robto f. Nigelli de Nesfield, Rich, de Beamsley, Rogero de Nesfield, Gilbto . . . . et multis aliis.
(No seal left in 1615.)
      Cartul. 114.
Ceste endentoure temoygne q cum mons Robt. de Plompton le fiz Sire Robt. de Plompton gnita & dona a piers le fiz Willm’ de Middelton dix liveres de annuel rents a prendre a luy et a ses heres de ses maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz jours lavaunt dits Pieres de Middelton voet & gnt p cests Escrists ql si luy et Heustacia sa feme & lez heyrs de eux issaunt poyssonts aver & tenir en poes & saune debate lez tres & lez tenements que le dits Mons Robt de Plompton ad done au ditz Piers et Heustacia & p. sa chartre g’nt en Middelton en semblment ovesque le hamelet de Austeby outerement Autry si bien lez tres & lez tenements dount & supont a de prymis seyses com touz sez autres lez queux Dame Isabelle qe fut feme Sire Robt Plompton piere le dit Mons Robt & Helenys qe fut feme Nele de Nesfeld tenent en dowre lez tre & lez tenements qe Johan la file Sire John Mauleverer tent de done le dit Mons Robt en mesme le hamelett Dont gnt levant dit Piers pur luy & pur ses heyrs qe levaunt dit Mons Robt & ses heyrs soynt quyten et saune chalange de lavaunt dite Rente de dix livers issaunt dez avaunt dits maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz iours En temoygnaunte de cest choze levant dits Piers a la partie demorantz vers le dits mons Robt ad mys son seal & levaunt dit Mons Robt a la ptye demorant vers levaunt dit Piers ad mys son seal.
[Johan, dau. of Sir John Mauleverer, was contracted in marriage to Robert, eldest son of Robert de Plompton, and Lucia Ros, but he died before consummation.]

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1288-1296 p264 (1904)
1292. May 6.

Culford.
Robert de Plumpton, knight, acknowledges that he owes to William de Hamelton, clerk. 11l. 5s. 0d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Plumpton Correspondence page xvii - page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Nigel de Plumton died in the reign of Henry III. A jury sworn to take the inquisition concerning his lands and heirship, found that he held in Plumton, of the fee of William de Vescy, in demesnes, rents, villenages, and other issues from land, without the three dowers of three Dominæ, the value of ten marks two shillings and three pence; of the fee of William de Percy, ten marks three shillings; and in the vill of Nessefeild, of Peter de Percy, cviii^s viii^d, rendering for his land there xlii^s per annum. They also found him to have held Gersington of William de Percy, rendering one mark of silver per annum, and that it was worth ten marks four shillings and one penny, without the dowers above-mentioned; and they say, that Robert is his son and next heir, and of the age of four years and a half, and that the custody of the heir and his marriage of right belongs to Dominus William de Percy. Further they say, that he held Idell of the Earl of Lincoln, worth five marks by the year, without the three dowers of three Dominæ. The custody of the land in Idle, as not being of the Percy fee, was given by the King to Richard Earl of Cornwall, his brother, to hold till the heir was of age; the writ to notify which matter to the custos of the Honour of Pontefract bears teste at Westminster, 10 Nov. 29 H. III. 1244. Of the other lands William de Ireby was custos, and as such fined in twenty shillings 40 Hen. III. 1256,^g for an assize to be taken before John de Lessintone, touching the church of Cowthorpe, of which the advowson had been given by Peter de Plumpton, in the reign of King John, to the priory of St. John the Evangelist in the park of Helagh. It resulted from their title being now questioned by his heir, that all right and claim in ecclesia de Colthorp were released to Sir Robert de Plompton by brother Henry the prior, and the convent of the same, under a charter dated at the Park in the month of February, 1274-5.^h The same Sir Robert de Plumpton, by the style of Robertus de Plomton, filius et heres Nigelli de Plomton, confirmed to the noble and religious men, the abbot and convent of Fountains, a right of way through his land at Grassington (Garsington), pursuant to the tenor of the grant of one of his predecessors, the first Nigel de Plomton. This charter bears date at Fountains, A. D. 1275.ⁱ
In the fourteenth year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Henry, on Saturday next after the Annunciation of Blessed Mary, it was agreed at Knaresburgh, between Edmond Earl of Cornwall and Sir Robert de Plumpton, that the latter and his heirs should have by way of fee (de certo) half the amercements from attachments for transgressions committed de viridi et sicco in the demesne woods of the said Sir Robert and his heirs within the forest of Knaresburgh, whether the acts of strangers or their own tenants, leviable in the court of the said Earl and his heirs at Knaresburgh, to be received at the hands of the seneschal or bailiff for the time being; but not those from attachments for transgressions in cutting down timber or for waste. Sir Robert and his heirs were also to have the pannage of the swine agisted in their own woods, and to be allowed to assart the demesne woods of Bircom, Loxley, and Halaugh, near Grimbald-brigg, and the hays growing in the cultures of Plompton on the east side of the ditch and hedge extending from Plompton to the bankside of Nidd, opposite the gateway of the house of St. Robert of Knaresburgh, called Braistergarth, with the exception of the woods and covers of Grimbald-staines and Hybank; so, nevertheless, that the assarts and cultures remained within the bounds of the chace and forest of Knaresburgh. Hayboot and housboot were to be allowed of all other woods; and they and their tenants were to to be quit of Castell-boone and of drink-money for the foresters, upon payment of a rent of four shillings a year. The agreement concludes with a saving of the right of common in all places without the inclosures of the parks of the said Earl in their then state, and is attested by Sir Richard de Cornwall, Richard de Goldesburgh, Peter Becard, William de Hertlington, and Richard de Stokyld, knights, and other witnessess of less note.^k
This Sir Robert de Plumpton closed his career about the 23rd Edw. I. 1295, and was the first of his family to lay aside the quaint device figured on the seals of his immediate predecessors, viz. a man riding on a lion crowned, for the armorial insignia of his lord paramount, “the Sire de Percy,” d’azur a la fesse engrele d’or; which he differenced by having each fusil of the engrailed fess charged with an espalop gules.^l The eldest son of Sir Robert Plumpton bore the same name as his father: to Robert “filio meo primogenito,” and to Lucy, daughter of Sir William de Ros, and to the heirs of their bodies, he gave in frank marriage land to the value of c^s. rent in Midleton and Langber, with common of turbary and right of stray in the pasture and wood of Nessfield, under a quit-rent of a root of ginger to Sir Patrick de Westwick, in lieu of all suit and secular service, save that the tenants were to grind at mill of Nessfield “ad vicesimum vas.”^m
^g Vide Excerpta e rotulis Finium, Hen. III. rege, vol. I. p. 426; and vol. II. p. 240. The inquisition, of which the substance is given above, is taken from the bundle of escheats de anno LV. r. r. Hen. III.; but there is no date specified in the instrument itself, which must obviously be carried much further back, probably to the time of the minority of the heir of John de Lacy, created Earl of Lincoln 23 Nov. 1232, deceased in 1240: in any case, it is of a date anterior to the grant to Earl Richard of Cornwall of the custody of the land of the heir.

^k Cartul. No. 94.
^l In the roll of arms printed by Nicolas from a MS. of a date intermediate between 2nd and 7th Edw. II. (1308-1314), those of “Sire Robert de Plomtone” are emblazoned, de azure, a une fesse endente de or, en lafesse v moles de goules, but in the roll of arms of the time of Edw. III. which belonged to Hugh Fitzwilliams of Sprotborough in 1562, and which has been identified with the roll of arms anciently preserved at Croxton abbey, “Monsire de Plompton” is rightly said to bear, d’asur sur fes engrele d’or de v points, v cokils gules. Another later roll of the reign of Richard II. in the possession of the late Rev. J. Newling, B.D. Canon of Litchfield, gives for Plompton this emblazonment, “azure, five fusils in fess or, each charged with an escalop gules.” To the transcript of a deed without date (Cartul. No. 129), containing a lease of a toft and two oxgangs of land in Garsington to one William Spay from Robertus de Plompton miles, the following marginal note is appended by the copyist: “This deed hath the 20 April 1615 a fair scale of grene wax, being the five fusalls and the scallops in the mids of them, and having written in the circumference S. Rob’tus de Plompton—the fusalls and scallops are upon a tryangle whose bottome is uppermost.”
^m Cartul. No. 1002. “Robertas de Plumpton—Roberto filio suo et Luciae Ros. H. T. d’no Rob’to de Ros, d’no Petro de Ros, d’no Alexandra de Ros, d’no Patricio de Westwick, d’no Patricio de Uluesby, Will’o Graindorge, Nicholao de Melton, Will’o de Hartlington et aliis.”

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp109-10 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 1002.
Omnibus Christi fidelibus hoc proesens Scriptum visuris vel audituris Robertus de Plumpton salutem in domino. Noverit universitas vestra me dedisse concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Roberto filio meo primogenito et Luciae filiae domini Willielmi de Ros et hœredibus de corporibus prœdictorum Roberti et Luciæ exeuntibus in liberum maritagium centum solidatos terræ cum pertinentibus in villa de Midleton et Langber, videlicet totam terram quam habui in Midleton sine ullo retenemento et terram quam Gilbertus filius Aliciae & A’di de Storthes quondam tenuerunt in Langber terram quam Laurentius tenuit in eadem, et terram quam Hugo filius. Utting tenuit in eadem, et terram quæ vocatur terram Seneschaldi, et terram quam Ricardus Cuttenulf tenuit in eadem, cum corporibus eorundem sectis et catallis et cum communia in turbaria et evasione bestiarum in pastura et in bosco de Nesfield—Habendum et tenendum prœdictis Roberto et Lucia et heredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus de dno Patricio de Westwick libere quiete et solute et in pace. Reddendo annuatim prœdicto dno Patricio et suis heredibus unum radicem Zingiberis, die natalis domini pro omni seculari servitio, secta curiæ et demandis. Et ego prœdictus Robertus de Plumpton totam predictam terram cum omnibus pertinentibus suis aisimentis et communiis in turbaria predicta et evasione bestiarum in pastura et in bosco de Nessfield una cum corporibus prædictorum nativorum sectis et catallis omnib prœdictis Roberto et Lucia et heredib. de corporibus eorum exeuntibus in omnibus, et contra omnes homines warrantizabimus, acquietabimus et defendemus, Et tenentes predictorum Robti et Luciae de Midleton et Langbergh, molent ad Molendinum meum de Nessfield ad vicesimum vas, et totura braseum suum sine multura super me vel meos injuste fuerint granati licebit eis quotiescunq hoc fuerit alibi pro voluntate sua molere. In cujus rei testimonium partes alternatim huic scripto chyrographato sigilla sua apposuerunt Hiis testibus, Dno Robto de Ros, Dno Petro de Ross, Dno Alexandre de Ros, Dno Patricio de Westwick, Dno Patricio de Uluesby, Willo Graindorge, Nicholao de Melton, Willo de Hartlington et aliis.di de Storthes quondam tenuerunt in Langber terram quam Laurentius tenuit in eadem, et terram quam Hugo filius Utting tenuit in eadem, et terram quae vocatur terram Seneschaldi, et terram quam Ricardus Cuttenulf tenuit in eadem, cum corporibus eorundem seeds et catallis et cum communia in turbaria et evasione bestiarum in pastura et in bosco de Nesfield — Habendum et tenendum proedictis Roberto et Lucia et heredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus de dno Patricio de Westwick libere quiete et solute et in pace. Reddendo annuatim proedicto dno Patricio et suis heredibus unum radicem Zingiberis, die natalis domini pro omni seculari servitio, secta curiae et demandis.Et ego pradictus Robertus de Plumpton totam predictam terram cum .omnibus pertinentibus suis aisimentis et communiis in turbaria predicta et evasione bestiarum in pastura et in bosco de Nessfield una cum corporibus praedictorum nativorum sectis et catallis omnib proedictis Roberto et Lucia et heredib. de corporibus eorum exeuntibus in omnibus, et contra omnes homines warrantizabimus, acquietabimus et defendemus, Et tenentes predictorum Robti et Luciae de Midleton et Langbergh, molent ad Molendinum meum de Nessfield ad vicesimum vas, et totura braseum suum sine multura super me vel meos injuste fuerint granati licebit eis quotiescunq hoc fuerit alibi pro voluntate sua molere. In cujus rei testimonium partes alternatim huic scripto chyrographato sigilla sua apposuerunt. Hiis testibus, Dno Robto de Ros, Dno Petro de Ross, Dno Alexandre de Ros, Dno Patricio de Westwick, Dno Patricio de Uluesby, Willo Graindorge, Nicholao de Melton, Willo de Hartlington et aliis.

pp113-5

21 Edw. I. William de Hertlington held lands in Idell at the yearly rent of iijs., of the gift of Robert de Plompton.
... Robert, son and heir of Nigel, was of the age of four and a half, and in the custody of Dominus William de Percy. The said Nigel held Idell of the Earl of Lincoln, the custody of which was given by the King to Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the King’s brother, till the heir was of age. This Robert, under the title of Sir Robert de Plumpton, figures largely in the notices of Knaresborough. He abandoned the ancient device of his forefathers—a man riding on a lion crowned, for the armorial insignia of his lord paramount, “the Sire de Percy,” d’azur a la fesse engrele d’or, differenced by having each fusil of the engrailed fess charged with an escallop gules. A Roll of the time of Richard II. gives this emblazonment, “azure, five fusils in fess or, each charged with an escallop gules.” Sir Robert died about 1295, and was succeeded by his son Robert, “filio meo primogenito,” to whom, and to Lucy, his wife, daughter of Sir William de Ros, and their heirs, he gave in frank marriage land to the value of cs. rent in Middleton and Langber, with common of turbary and right of stray in the pasture and wood of Nessfield, under a quit-rent of a root of ginger to Sir Patrick de Westwick in lieu of all suit and secular service, save that the tenants were to grind at the mill of Nessfield, “ad vicesimum vas.”
Sir Robert, the father, gave the young couple this start in the world through a deed which throws clear light on these uplands. The Latin copy will be found previously, Charter 1002. A copy will also be found amongst Dodsworth MSS., Document 64:—“Robert de Plumpton to all the faithful in Christ who shall hear or see this writing. Know all rnen that I have granted and by this deed of mine confirmed to Robert my first-born son, and to Lucia daughter of Sir William de Ross, and to their heirs, as a marriage dower, land worth 100 shillings in the vills of Middleton and Langber, viz.:—
“All the land I have held in Middleton without reservation, and the land which Gilbert son of Alicia, and Ade of Storothes formerly held in Langber, the land which Laurence held in the same, and the land which Hugh Fitz Utting held; and the land which is called “terra Seneschali”* and the land which Richard Cuttwolf held in the same, with common rights, rights of the chase, and turbary, and free entrance for cattle on the common and in the wood of Nessfield. And as regards Sir Patrick de Westwick, and his heirs, they shall freely give one root of ginger on each Christmas day as a quit claim to him of all demands for secular service. And I Robert de Plumpton will warrant and defend the said Robert and Lucia in all these rights of common, turf, chase, pasture and the free range of the wood of Nessfield. And the tenants of the said Robert and Lucia shall grind at my mill in Nessfield, or at their option each in his own mill according to ancient custom.”
This, as our readers will note, is a document of a very genuine interest. Nessfield in those times had a mill of its own, and in this respect surpassed the Nessfield of our day. The mill goit may still be traced beyond West Hall. We get a very interesting glimpse in it also of the tenantry, and of one among them who has won distinction, fighting the wolves which were still prowling about our dale, as we shall see presently. They have settled the questions also of common rights, and the peat hags, and the right to the acorns, and the browsing in the woods, and Langbar since the conquest has been won from the waste.
* Dapifer’s land.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)

Death: 1297-8

Sources:

Birth: Henry III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/42, 29 HENRY III (1244–1245); Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry III 1235-1272 p243 (1904)
Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry III 1235-1272 p243 (1904); Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1584/5 and 1612 p386 (ed. Joseph Foster, 1875); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)
Marriage: Cartul. 114 transcribed at Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp99-100 (Robert Collyer, 1885) named "Dame Isabelle" as the wife of Sir Robert Plumpton
Notes: Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry III 1235-1272 p243 (1904); Plumpton Correspondence page xvii - page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p109 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Death: Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907); Plumpton Correspondence page xix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p114 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Robert de Plumpton

Father: Robert de Plumpton

Mother: Isabella (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Lucy de Ros

Children:

Robert Plumpton
William Plumpton ( ? - 1362)
Marmaduke Plumpton
Isabella Plumpton
Eustachia Plumpton

Occupation: Knight
Robert served the king in Gascony in August 1294 (Rôles Gascons 1290-1307 vol 3 p124) and in November 1299 he went with the king on a military expedition to Scotland (Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1292-1301 p456), and he seen there again in August 1303 with his brother-in-law, William de Ros (Calendar of Chancery Warrants 1244-1326 p187)

Notes:
Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p106 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Rôles Gascons 1290-1307 vol 3 p106 & p124 (Charles Bémont, 1906)

1294
2314. Johannes de Bernevill., qui in obsequium régis per preceptum suum profecturus est ad partes Vasconie, habet litteras regis de protectione, duraturas quamdiu sic steterit in obsequio regis, cum clausula: “Volumus etc, exceptis etc.”. T. R. apud Portesmuth, .x. die Augusti.
... 2500. Consimiles litteras de protectione habent subscripti, videlicet quilibet eorum unam per se, scilicet: Walterus de Langele, Johannes de Appleby, Johannes Le Gasteneys, Clemens de Lege, Hugo, filius Hugonis Wake de Depinge, Rogerus de Brifed, Henricus de Lekeburn., Simon de Leling., Thomas de Hobrigg., Willelmus de Colevill, Radulphus, filius Willelmi, Baldewinus Picot, Robertus de Plumpton.², Willelmus de Ros de Ingmanthorp.³, Henricus de Carleton., Willelmus, filius Alani, Johannes de Stone, Willelmus de Walkingham, Willelmus de Ros de Yolton., Johannes Pycot, Hugo Wake de Depinge, Willelmus de Yeland., Robertus Le Taborour, Radulphus de Teye, Hugo filius Baldewini Wake, Rogerus de Ewe de Brifeld, qui cum predicto Johanne in comitiva predicta profecturi sunt ad partes predictas, per tempus predictum duraturas cum clausula predicta. T. ut supra.
² Robert de Plumpton est mentionné dans les Parliam. writs en 1300-1303 parmi les chevaliers du comté d’York.

This roughly translates to:

1294
2314. Johannes de Bernevill., who is about to proceed to the parts of Gascony in obedience to the king by his order, has the king’s letters of protection, lasting as long as he thus stands in obedience to the king, with the clause: "We will, etc., excepting etc." T. R. at Portsmouth, 10 August
... 2500. They have subscribed similar letters of protection, each of them one by himself, namely: Walter de Langele, John de Appleby, John le Gasteneys, Clemens de Lege, Hugh, son of Hugh Wake of Depinge, Roger de Brifed, Henry de Lekeburn, Simon de Leling, Thomas de Hobrigg, William de Colevill, Ralph, son William, Baldewin Picot, Robert de Plumpton, Willelmus de Ros of Ingmanthorp, Henry de Carleton., William, son of Alan, John de Stone, William de Walkingham, William de Ros of Yolton, John Pycot, Hugh Wake of Depinge, William de Yeland, Robert Le Taborour, Ralph de Teye, Hugh son of Baldewin Wake, Rogerus de Ewe of Brifeld, the aforesaid shall proceed to the aforesaid parts, and shall last for the aforesaid time with the aforesaid clause. T. as above.
² Robert de Plumpton is mentioned in the Parliam. writs in 1300-1303 among the knights of the county of York.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1292-1301 p456 (1895)
1299. Nov. 16.

York.
Protection with clause volumus, until Michaelmas, for the following, going to Scotland with the king:—
    William Gubaud.
    Nicholas de Worteleye, going with William de Cantilupo.
    William de Hacche, going with Eustace de Hacche.
    Robert de Plumton, going with William de Cantilupo.
    Thomas de Flete.
    Richard le Chaumberleyn.

Monasticon Anglicanum vol 5 p472 (William Dugdale, 1846)

    Cartae ad Esseholtensem Abbatiam in agro Eborarensi spectantes.
      NUM. X.
Carta Roberti filii Roberti de Plumpton, de terris in Idel Monialibus de Eschold concessis.
    [Ibid. [Penes Walterum Calverley de Calverley in com. Ebor. bart.]]
OMNIBUS ad quos, &c. Robertus filius Roberti de Plumpton salutem, &c. Noveritis me, pro salute animæ meæ, et antecessorum et hæredum meorum, concessisse, &c. Deo et sancto Leonardo de Eschold, et monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus, omnia terras et tenementa, cum pratis et boscis, et omnibus suis pertinentiis in territorio de Idel, cum pastura bovum et vaccarum, et cum sicco bosco et cum pessione in bosco de Idel, sicut cartæ antecessorum meorum quas prædictæ moniales penes se habcnt de prædictis tenementis, pastura, et pessione, et sicco bosco, plenius testantur, ita quod nec ego, &c. aliquid jus, &c. exigere poterimus, sed quod prædictæ moniales et earum successores habeant et teneant omnia prædicta tenementa et proficua in liberam, puram, et perpetuam elemosinam. Ita tamen quod prædictæ moniales invenient quendam capellanum celebrantem in perpetuum pro salute animæ meæ, antecessorum, et hæredum meorum. Et si aliquo tempore cessaverint de dicta celebratione, licebit mihi et hæredibus meis prædictum feodum distringere, donee redeant ad dictam celebrationem. In cujus, &c. Hiis testibus, domino Simone Ward, Ada de Neyleford, Willielmo Mauleverer, Johanne le Scote de Calverlay, Hugone de la Wodehalle, Waltero de Midelton, Ada de Midelton, Johanne de Chellray, Waltero de Haukesword, et aliis.
Sigillum insignia de Plumpton

The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 pp103-4 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)

125.—Add. Char. 16705. Undated. Circa 1300.
I, ROBERT, son of ROBERT DE PLUMPTON, have confirmed to the PRIORY OF S. LEONARD AT ESHOLT and the nuns there all my lands and tenements in Idle, with pasture for cows and oxen, and the right of taking dry wood and mast in Idle wood, which they have by the charters of my ancestors. The nuns shall find a chaplain to celebrate divine service for ever for the souls of me, my ancestors and my heirs; if these services shall cease at any time, then I or my heirs may distrain the said property until the services begin again.
Omnibus . . . . ROBERTUS FILIUS ROBERTI DE PLOMPTONA, salutem . . . . Noveritis . . . . concessisse . . . . Deo et SANCTO LEONARDO DE ESCHOLD et Monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus omnia terras et tenementa cum pratis et boscis . . . . in teritorio de Idel, cum pastura boum et vaccarum et cum sicco bosco et cum pessione in bosco de Idel, sicut carte antecessorum meorum, quas predicte Moniales penes se habent, de predictis tenementis . . . . plenius testantur. Ita quod nec ego . . . . Ita tamen quod predicte Moniales invenient quemdam capellanum celebrantem inperpetuum pro salute anime mee, antecessorum et heredum meorum. Et si aliquo tempore cessaverint de dicta celebratione, licebit mihi et heredibus meis predictum feodum destringere donec redeant ad dictam celebrationem. In cujus rei . . . . Hiis testibus, Domino Symone Ward,¹ Ada de Neyleford,² Willelmo Mauleverer, Johanne le Scote de Calverley, Hugone de la Wodehalle,¹ Waltero de Midelton, Ada de Midelton, Johanne de Chelleray, Waltero de Haukesword, et aliis.

The seal of Robert Plumpton on a document from about 1300. The seal shows the Plumpton arms, five fusils in fess; round the shield, three wyvems.

image from The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 Plate 2 opposite page xlix (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904)

SEAL: Round, green wax—Arms of Plumpton—five fusils in fess; round the shield, three wyvems.
LEGEND: S’ ROBERTI DE PLVMTVNA. (See Plate.)
(Stevens’ Monasticon, App. No. 325.)
Compare Nos. 50 and 51, and also the following earlier charter (probably of about time of King John or Henry III.—See Nos. 1, 2, 3). Sciant etc. ROBERTUS FILIUS NIGEI.LI DE PLUMPTON Concessi, etc., JOHANNI FILIO ELLÆ DE IDEL et EMMÆ filiæ Rogeri de Champens, pro homagio et servicio suo una bovatum terræ in Ydel cum etc., et sex acris terræ in Mikel Eholm et quinque acris in Rocliff: illa scilicat etc. qure Domina Hellena ava mea dedit prefato Eliæ in maritagio cum predicta Emma filia Rogeri; Habendum etc. Reddendo etc. 6s. etc. predictus vero Johannes et heredes sui porcos suos de proprio nutrimento suo in bosco de Ydel sine pannageo habebunt; et ad edificandu et comburendo in terra prenominata de bosco prefato necessaria sua raconabilia accipient Et bladum suum ad molendinum de Ydel p quarto decimo vase molabunt sine omnia etc. Ego vero etc. warantizabimus. Hiis testibus; Domino Roberto Vavasor, Domino Ricardo de Tange, Domino Ada de Beston, Radulpho filio ejus, Domino Rogero Scoto, Henrico Scoto, Roberto Clerico de Calverley, Hugo Clerico de eadem, Willelmo Clerico de eadem, Simone de Fersley, Willelmo Alano de Saleshill, Stephano filio Willelmi de eadem, et multis aliis,—“Plumpton Charters," in Collyer & Turner’s Ilkley, p. 101. There are numerous genealogical notes of the early Plumptons, and a pedigree of the family at pp. 12 et seq. of the same work. Robert, son and heir of Nigel, was aged 4½ years, 55 Henry III (1270-1), and was in the custody of lord William de Percy. Nigel held Idel of the Earl of Lincoln. Idel is worth by the year in demesnes, rents, etc. of the land, five marks, without the three dowers of the three ladies.—Yorkshire Inquisitions, I, p. 117.
(1) Sir Simon Ward, Hugh de Woodhall, 1291 (No. 133).
(2) Adam de Neyleford or Neirford was lixiog 1307.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1301-1307 p132 (1898)
1303. April 9.

Lenton.
Appointment of Harsculph de Cleseby, John de Barton and Robert de Furneus to select 1,400 footmen in the Northtrithing, co. York, to be at Northalverton Monday, 6 May, ready to set forth thence the following Tuesday at the king’s wages for the parts of Scotland, and the said John is to conduct them thence to the town of Rokesburgh, so as to arrive there 12 May and go forward thence with the king in person, as the king by reason of the Scots having invaded the king’s castles in Scotland, proposes to be there on that day, instead of being on Whitsunday at Berwick on Tweed, where he had summoned the whole of the service due to him to assemble. John de Derby, king’s clerk, is to pay them their wages for five days in coming from Northalverton to Rokesburgh.
The like of the following to select foot in the following places:—

...
John de Byrun, Robert de Plumpton and Nicholas de Worteley to select 1,600 footmen in the Westrithing; the said John is to conduct them to Rokesburgh and the said clerk to pay their wages to Rokesburgh.

Calendar of Chancery Warrants 1244-1326 p172 (1927)
1303. April 13.

Willoughby.
Order to cause enquiry to be made whether it will be to the damage of the king or others to grant that Robert de Plompton may sell the underwood in his wood of Folwyth within the metes of the forest of Cnaresborgh.

Calendar of Chancery Warrants 1244-1326 pp185-7 (1927)
1303. Aug. 1.

Arbroath.
Mandate to make letters of respite of debts to the king for Roger Atteloge, staying with the king on his service in Scotland, as for others.
The like for respite of pleas of novel disseisin for Robert de Plumpton.
...
1303. Aug 27.
Aberdeen.
Mandate to make letters of protection and respite of debts to the king and pleas of novel disseisin for William de Monchensy, staying with the king on his service in Scotland, until Easter next unless he return before that to England.
... The like for William de Breouse, William Martyn, William son of William de Ross of Inghemanthorpe, Thomas de Ross, Robert de Plompton, Giles de Fishacre and Thomas Moraunt.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 pp108-9 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Middleton (Ilkley).
284. [1303]. Demise⁴ by Robert de Plumpton to Thomas de Scalewra of a messuage with buildings thereon and two bovates of land and meadow with appurtenances in the vill of Midelton, which Thomas de Mora had formerly held of him; to hold of the chief lords of the fee for a term of twelve years from Christmas, 1303, rendering yearly to the demisor 8s. of silver, to wit, 4s. at Whitsuntide and 4s. at Martinmas, for all secular service, and doing the forinsec service, and also to the demisor the boon-works due, namely with ploughs, harrows, and scythes in autumn, and other services; Thomas to have timber in Robert’s wood of Nescefeld by the view of Robert’s forester for the upkeep of the premises, and he must grind his corn growing on the said land at Robert’s mill of Nescefeld at the sixteenth measure; power to make a sub-lease except to the chief lords of the fee, religious men, and other lords; for the demise a sum of money was paid beforehand. Witnesses, Sirs William de Stopham, Mauger le Vavasor, knts., Walter de Medilton, Thomas de Ulscleff, Peter de Midilton. (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 14, Middleton], No. 27.)
285. St. Mark the Evangelist, 32 Edward [I] (April 25, 1304). Whereas there had been disputes between Sir Robert de Plumton and Adam de Middelton touching the moors and pastures of Middelton and Nessefeld, a settlement was made at York in three weeks from Easter, 32 Edward [I], by which they both granted that all moors and pastures, both within and without the wood of Middelton and Nessefeld, should lie and be held in common outside Ekelgarth, so that they and Sir Robert’s tenants of Nessefeld and Middelton and Adam’s tenants of Middelton, Stubbum, and Scallewra should have common everywhere in the said moors and pastures outside Ekelgarth, and dig turf and take all easements at their will; Sir Robert granted to Adam all the suit of the mill and all the boon-works of ploughing and binding which he was wont to take from the tenants of St. Leonard’s Hospital, York, the Prior of Holy Trinity, York, the Master of the Knights Templars in England, the Prior of Boulton, and all others of the said vills, except Sir Robert’s own tenants in Middelton; for this grant Adam gave Sir Robert ten marks sterling beforehand; and both granted that neither should make any approvement or enclosure in the said moors or pastures without the other’s consent. Mutual seals to either part of the indenture.¹ Witnesses, Mauger le Vavasour, William de Stoppam, knts., William Mauleverer, Walter de Middelton of Burlay, William de Castelay, William Faukes, Adam de Westwick, William son of Henry de Farnelay, William son of William of the same, Nicholas de Holand. York. (Ibid., No. 28.)
⁴ Copy in a medieval but later hand.
¹ Seal to this part: olive-green wax, circular, diameter ¾ in.; a shield with five fusils in fess, each charged with an escallop; S’ ROBERTI DE PLVMTVN.

Calendar of Chancery Warrants 1244-1326 p243 (1927)
1304. Dec. 2.

Burstwick.
Order to cause inquisition to be made whether it will be to the damage of the king or others or to the harm of the chace of Knaresburgh if the king grant to Robert de Plumpton that he may cut down and make profit of 100 marks worth of wood in his wood of Fulwyth within the metes of the said chace.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1302-1307 p244 (1908)
1305. March 15.

Westminster.
To Robert de Clifford, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Whereas the king has pardoned Robert de Plumpton, for a fine of 10 marks made with him, all manner of trespasses of venison committed by him in any forests of the king beyond Trent up to the day of the making of the presents, the king orders the justice not to molest or aggrieve him in any way by reason of the trespasses aforesaid.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward I 1272-1307 p514 (1911)
1305. March 20.

Westminster.
Robert de Plumpton has made fine in 10 marks to have a pardon of all trespasses of venison done hy him in the king’s forests beyond Trent; and has found mainpernors of the county of York for payment thereof, to wit, William le Vavassur and John Mauleverer. York

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Austby.
67. Tuesday after St. Hilary (Jan. 15), 1313[-4], 7 Edward II. Agreement between Sir Robert de Plumpton, knt., and Helewise widow of Nigel de Nescefeld, by which Helewise demised to Sir Robert all the part of the lands and tenements, falling to her in the name of dower, in the vill and territory of Oustby, for a term of twelve years from Martinmas last, at 16s. yearly, payable at Whitsuntide and Martinmas, and doing forinsec service; penalty of 20s. to be paid if the rent was in arrear; power to distrain. Witnesses, Peter de Midelton, Thomas de Skalwra, Peter del Stede, Alan le Soigniour, Richard de Styveton, Henry Blome. Plumpton. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 1, Austby, No. 1.)
68. Palm Sunday, 12 Edward II (April 1, 1319). Quitclaim by Nigel son of Sir Robert de Plumton, Roger, Nigel’s brother, and Olive their sister, to Peter son of William de Middelton, of all right in the hamlet of Ousteby by Stubhoum. Witnesses, Sir William de Hebbedene, Richard Fauuel, Peter de le Kyrk, Robert de Sutton, Thomas de Scalewra. Gersington. (Ibid., No. 2.)

Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p109-11 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

Middleton (Ilkley).
353. Quitclaim by Robert de Plumptona, knt., to Peter son of William de Midelton and his heirs, of all right in 40s. rent with appurtenances in Midelton, which Sir Adam de Mideltona had had in exchange for his land in Gersington⁷. Witnesses, John Ryther, William Mauleverer, Peter son of Richard de Midelton, Robert de Burley. (Ibid., No. 32).

⁷ See vol. v, No. 280.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p114-5 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Nesfield with Langbar.
303. Saturday after St. Matthias (Mathi) the Apostle, 8 Edward II (March 1, 1314-5). Grant⁴ by Robert de Plumpton, knt., to Peter son of William de Middelton of 10li. annual rent, to be taken yearly from his manors of Nescefeld and Plumpton at Whitsuntide and Martinmas in equal portions. Euerwyk.⁵ (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 17, Nesfield], No. 12.)

304. Sunday after St. Mary Magdalene (July 25), 1316. Quitclaim⁶ by Thomas son and heir of Robert Buttirmun of Nescefeld to Henry the miller of Hertelington of all right in the toft and croft and two bovates of land and meadow in the vill and field of Nescefeld, which Nigel Craggilde and Agnes his wife had held for life. Witnesses, William Mauleverer, Peter de Medilton, Richard de Owetley, Thomas de Scalwra, John le Spenser. Nescefeld. (Ibid., No. 13.)
305. 11 Edward II (1317-8). Quitclaim by William son and heir of Sir Robert de Plumton to Henry the miller of Hertelington of all right in the toft and croft and two bovates of land and meadow in the vill and territory of Nessefeld, which Nigel Craggille and Agnes his wife formerly held for life of the said Sir Robert de Plumton. Witnesses, Peter de Medilton, Richard de Qweteley, Thomas de Schalewra, William son of William Maulevereyr, John le Spenser de Spenser [sic], Robert son of Simon the smith of Ilkeley.⁷ (Ibid., No. 15.)
306. Grant in special tail by Robert de Plomton, knt., to Peter son of William de Middelton, knt. (militi) and Eustachia his daughter, Peter’s wife, of two messuages and two bovates of land, which Henry Casseman and John his son had held, the toft which Agnes Plockeros had held, a bovate of land which Henry le Honter had held with appurtenances in Gerssington, and a messuage and a bovate of land with appurtenances in Nesfeld, which Thomas Louper formerly held; to hold of the grantor with all appurtenances, saving his wood and park of Gresse, rendering yearly a rose at the feast of St. John the Baptist for all services, saving forinsec service; with reversion to the grantor and his heirs. Witnesses, Sir William de Hebbeden, Sir Henry de Herteligton, knts., Elias de Thresfeld, Alexander de Estbrene, Robert de Suton of Gersigton, William Schot.¹ (Ibid., No. 16.)
307. Saturday after the Nativity of the B.V.M., 15 Edward II (Sept. 12, 1321). Appointment by Robert de Plumpton, knt., of Adam son of Richard de Middelton or John le Beueser as attorney to deliver seisin to Sir Peter de Middelton and Eustachia his (Robert’s) daughter of a messuage and one bovate of land in Nescefeld, which Thomas Louper had held. Gersington.² (Ibid., No 17.)

⁴ In French.
⁵ Seal: yellow wax; blurred and indecipherable.
⁶ On the following day Robert de Plumton, knt., made a similar quitclaim; Nigel and Agnes had held of him; reserving the homage, fealty, and services which Robert Buttirmun formerly rendered; witnesses, Sir Mauger le Vavasour, William Maulevereir, William de Farnley, Walter de Medilton, Thomas de Scalwra, Simon the smith of Ilkeley. Nescefeld. (Ibid., No. 14.)
⁷ Seal: red wax, circular, diameter ⅝ in.; a round shield with four fusils in fess; legend indecipherable.
¹ Seal (to this part of the indenture): red wax, broken; fragment of a shield fretty (doubtless Middleton’s seal).
² Fragment of seal: a shield bearing five fusils in fess each charged with an escallop (arms of Plumpton).

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp99-102 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

      Cartul. 114.
Ceste endentoure temoygne q cum mons Robt. de Plompton le fiz Sire Robt. de Plompton gnita & dona a piers le fiz Willm’ de Middelton dix liveres de annuel rents a prendre a luy et a ses heres de ses maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz jours lavaunt dits Pieres de Middelton voet & gnt p cests Escrists ql si luy et Heustacia sa feme & lez heyrs de eux issaunt poyssonts aver & tenir en poes & saune debate lez tres & lez tenements que le dits Mons Robt de Plompton ad done au ditz Piers et Heustacia & p. sa chartre g’nt en Middelton en semblment ovesque le hamelet de Austeby outerement Autry si bien lez tres & lez tenements dount & supont a de prymis seyses com touz sez autres lez queux Dame Isabelle qe fut feme Sire Robt Plompton piere le dit Mons Robt & Helenys qe fut feme Nele de Nesfeld tenent en dowre lez tre & lez tenements qe Johan la file Sire John Mauleverer tent de done le dit Mons Robt en mesme le hamelett Dont gnt levant dit Piers pur luy & pur ses heyrs qe levaunt dit Mons Robt & ses heyrs soynt quyten et saune chalange de lavaunt dite Rente de dix livers issaunt dez avaunt dits maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz iours En temoygnaunte de cest choze levant dits Piers a la partie demorantz vers le dits mons Robt ad mys son seal & levaunt dit Mons Robt a la ptye demorant vers levaunt dit Piers ad mys son seal.
[Johan, dau. of Sir John Mauleverer, was contracted in marriage to Robert, eldest son of Robert de Plompton, and Lucia Ros, but he died before consummation.]
      Cartul. 148.
O’ibus hoc scriptu’ visur’ vel auditur’ Ingelramus Cnout saltm in dno sempiterna’. Noveritis me teneri et obligatum esse dno Robto de Plompton militi, ad psolvend dco dno Robto vel heredis suis illa carta feoffamenti viginti m’cas annui reddit’ quod pdcus Robtus mihi dedit ad terminum vitæ meæ in villa de Idel ad festum penticost Anno Dni MCCC nono decimo vizt a die confectionis psentiu’ in sex annis et dimid Cu tu ego Ingelramus vel assignati mei centum & trigint m’cas sterling inde plenarie recepimus Et nisi Ego Ingelramus pdca carta ad terminum pdcum sub forma pdca pfato dno Robto vel heredibus suis psolidet Obligere me & omnia bona mea mobilia et imobilia in solucoe sex centum librar’ sterlingor. pdco dno Robto vel heredibus suis solvendis. Et ego Ingelramus volo et concedo dcam p’soluc’onem carta pdca ad terminum pdcu sicut pdcu est vel dcu obligatum soluc’onis pdcor’ sex cent’ libram pro me et heredibus meis et executor’ meis In cujus rei testimonium psenti scripto sigillum meum opposui, dat apud Plompton die Mcurii xx post festum Sti Gregorii Anno dni M^o tricentesimo undecima
      Cartul 164.—Sieur Robt. de Plompton, Chr., to Yngram Cnouts and Ysabel his wife, daughter of Sir Robt., eight marks from lands in Ydle, marriage dower.
En testoignans de cest chose a ces escriste lez avanditiz Sir Robt. et Ingram ump mys lour seals de vant bons gens ces est assa^r Sir Ric de Goldesburgh, chevaler, Sir Ric Walays, chevaler, Sir John de Walkingham, chevaler, Sir Henr’ de Hartlington, Ch’r, Sir Henry Beauferz, chevaler, et meuz de autrez.
Donne a Plmpton le mercredi prchaine apres la fest de Sacti Gregor. le ane de grac. MCCCXI.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward II 1318-1323 p160 (1898)
1319. Oct. 12.

York.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Roger Damory, late keeper of the castle and honour of Knaresburgh, in his ferm of the castle and honour, the sum of 55l. 4s. 11d., for which he has besought the king for allowance, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John Mauleverer, Robert de Plumpton, and Richard de Aldeburgh that Roger expended the above sum when the castle was occupied by John de Lilleburn and his accomplices in making new engines and hoardings (hurdeicias) and repairing old ones for besieging the said John and his accomplices, and for carriage thereof from divers places to the siege, and in the wages and expenses of carpenters, masons, and other workmen repairing the said engines and hoardings.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward II 1318-1323 p685 (1898)
1322. Nov. 24.

York.
Robert de Plumton, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Nicholas de Colonia, citizen and merchant of York, 22l. 13s. 4d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward II 1318-1323 p718 (1898)
1323. June 6.

Bishopthorp.
Robert de Plumpton, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Robert de Flasceby, chaplain, 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in the aforesaid county [York].

Plumpton Correspondence page xix - page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

The eldest son of Sir Robert Plumpton bore the same name as his father: to Robert “filio meo primogenito,” and to Lucy, daughter of Sir William de Ros, and to the heirs of their bodies, he gave in frank marriage land to the value of c^s. rent in Midleton and Langber, with common of turbary and right of stray in the pasture and wood of Nessfield, under a quit-rent of a root of ginger to Sir Patrick de Westwick, in lieu of all suit and secular service, save that the tenants were to grind at mill of Nessfield “ad vicesimum vas.”^m Of the marriage with Ros there was issue Robert de Plumpton, who married Joan, daughter of Sir John Mauleverer, kt. but died before consummation in his father’s lifetime; and Sir William de Plumpton, who had succeeded to the property before Monday next after the feast of St. Martin in Winter, 18 Edw. II. 1324.ⁿ
^m Cartul. No. 1002. “Robertas de Plumpton—Roberto filio suo et Luciae Ros. H. T. d’no Rob’to de Ros, d’no Petro de Ros, d’no Alexandra de Ros, d’no Patricio de Westwick, d’no Patricio de Uluesby, Will’o Graindorge, Nicholao de Melton, Will’o de Hartlington et aliis.”
ⁿ Cartul. No. 170. “Robertus de Flasby, capellanus, &c. recepi de Willelmo de Plompton filio et herede quondam d’ni Roberti de Plompton militis defuncti quatuor libras argenti—Apud Ebor.”

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p109 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

pp114-5

Sir Robert died about 1295, and was succeeded by his son Robert, “filio meo primogenito,” to whom, and to Lucy, his wife, daughter of Sir William de Ros, and their heirs, he gave in frank marriage land to the value of cs. rent in Middleton and Langber, with common of turbary and right of stray in the pasture and wood of Nessfield, under a quit-rent of a root of ginger to Sir Patrick de Westwick in lieu of all suit and secular service, save that the tenants were to grind at the mill of Nessfield, “ad vicesimum vas.”
Sir Robert, the father, gave the young couple this start in the world through a deed which throws clear light on these uplands. The Latin copy will be found previously, Charter 1002. A copy will also be found amongst Dodsworth MSS., Document 64:—“Robert de Plumpton to all the faithful in Christ who shall hear or see this writing. Know all rnen that I have granted and by this deed of mine confirmed to Robert my first-born son, and to Lucia daughter of Sir William de Ross, and to their heirs, as a marriage dower, land worth 100 shillings in the vills of Middleton and Langber, viz.:—
“All the land I have held in Middleton without reservation, and the land which Gilbert son of Alicia, and Ade of Storothes formerly held in Langber, the land which Laurence held in the same, and the land which Hugh Fitz Utting held; and the land which is called “terra Seneschali”* and the land which Richard Cuttwolf held in the same, with common rights, rights of the chase, and turbary, and free entrance for cattle on the common and in the wood of Nessfield. And as regards Sir Patrick de Westwick, and his heirs, they shall freely give one root of ginger on each Christmas day as a quit claim to him of all demands for secular service. And I Robert de Plumpton will warrant and defend the said Robert and Lucia in all these rights of common, turf, chase, pasture and the free range of the wood of Nessfield. And the tenants of the said Robert and Lucia shall grind at my mill in Nessfield, or at their option each in his own mill according to ancient custom.”
This, as our readers will note, is a document of a very genuine interest. Nessfield in those times had a mill of its own, and in this respect surpassed the Nessfield of our day. The mill goit may still be traced beyond West Hall. We get a very interesting glimpse in it also of the tenantry, and of one among them who has won distinction, fighting the wolves which were still prowling about our dale, as we shall see presently. They have settled the questions also of common rights, and the peat hags, and the right to the acorns, and the browsing in the woods, and Langbar since the conquest has been won from the waste.
The young couple thrive in their windy lot, and have four children, two sons and two daughters. Then one of these daughters, Eustasia, is duly courted by Sir Peter Middelton, nephew and heir to Sir Adam, and marries him about 1319,... There were two sons, as we have seen, brothers to Sir Peter’s wife, Robert de Plumpton, who died under age, and Sir William, who succeeded to the Plumpton estates on the Monday before Martinmas, 1324, A.D. This Sir William had married Alice, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Byaufiz, on the 14th of April, 1322, when his father settled the manor of Nessfield on the young couple and the heirs of their bodies.
* Dapifer’s land.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Death: 1324

Sources:

Parents: The Calverley Charters vol 1 in Publications of the Thoresby Society vol 6 pp103-4 (ed. William Paley Baildon and Samuel Margerison, 1904); Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p106 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926); Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1584/5 and 1612 p386 (ed Joseph Foster, 1875); mother from Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Marriage: Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p106 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926); Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1584/5 and 1612 p386 (ed Joseph Foster, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xix - page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp114-5 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Death: Plumpton Correspondence page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907) has 19 Edward II (1325-6)

Robert Plumpton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Lucy (de Ros) Plumpton

Married: Joan Mauleverer
Joan was the daughter of Sir John Mauleverer, knight. She was afterwards married to Nicholas Brockhampton.

Robert died before consummation of this marriage.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp99-100 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 114.
Ceste endentoure temoygne q cum mons Robt. de Plompton le fiz Sire Robt. de Plompton gnita & dona a piers le fiz Willm’ de Middelton dix liveres de annuel rents a prendre a luy et a ses heres de ses maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz jours lavaunt dits Pieres de Middelton voet & gnt p cests Escrists ql si luy et Heustacia sa feme & lez heyrs de eux issaunt poyssonts aver & tenir en poes & saune debate lez tres & lez tenements que le dits Mons Robt de Plompton ad done au ditz Piers et Heustacia & p. sa chartre g’nt en Middelton en semblment ovesque le hamelet de Austeby outerement Autry si bien lez tres & lez tenements dount & supont a de prymis seyses com touz sez autres lez queux Dame Isabelle qe fut feme Sire Robt Plompton piere le dit Mons Robt & Helenys qe fut feme Nele de Nesfeld tenent en dowre lez tre & lez tenements qe Johan la file Sire John Mauleverer tent de done le dit Mons Robt en mesme le hamelett Dont gnt levant dit Piers pur luy & pur ses heyrs qe levaunt dit Mons Robt & ses heyrs soynt quyten et saune chalange de lavaunt dite Rente de dix livers issaunt dez avaunt dits maners de Nesfeld & de Plompton a touz iours En temoygnaunte de cest choze levant dits Piers a la partie demorantz vers le dits mons Robt ad mys son seal & levaunt dit Mons Robt a la ptye demorant vers levaunt dit Piers ad mys son seal.
[Johan, dau. of Sir John Mauleverer, was contracted in marriage to Robert, eldest son of Robert de Plompton, and Lucia Ros, but he died before consummation.]
Cartul. 118.—Petrus Midlton consanguinens et hæres dni Adæ Midlton, Johannæ viduæ Robert filii dni Robti de Plumpton.
Sciant psentes et futuri qd ego Petrus de Middelton consanguineus et heres Dni Adæ de Middelton dedi et concessi Johæ quæ fuit uxor Robti fil Dni Robti de Plompton annuu’ redditu’ sexdece’ solida de o’ibus terris et tenementis meis in Stubhum ad tota’ vita’ ipius Johe ad duos anni terios vizt ad festu’ Sti Martini in yeme & ad pentecost œqualit pporcionat p secta qm homes mei de Middelton debent ad molendiu’ ipius Johæ de Nesfeld. Ita qd quotiens pdcus redditus a retro fuit bene licebit pdcae Johae tota’ vita’ sua’ omnia pdcta tenta in Stubbehum . .
In cujus rei testimoniu’ huic psenti scripto sigillu’ me’ est appositum, hiis testibus, Willo de Castley, Willo de ffarnelay, Henr’ de ——, Michaelo de Roudon, Willo flawks, —— de Arthington, et aliis. (Seale in 1615.)

Notes:
Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Death:
Robert died "under age", and before his father, who died in 1324.
William Grainge states in The history and topography of Harrogate, and the forest of Knaresborough p266 (ed. William Grainge, 1882) that Robert died of consumption.

Sources:

Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Marriage: Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907); Joan father from Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Joan 2nd marriage from Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p122 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Death: Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); The history and topography of Harrogate, and the forest of Knaresborough p266 (ed. William Grainge, 1882)

Robert Plumpton

Birth: about 1341
Robert was aged 45 when he was deposed in the Scropes-Grovenor controversy, probably in 1386, putting his birth about 1341.

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Christiana (Moubray) Plumpton

Plumpton Correspondence footnote to page xxii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

the writer of the same notice [Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor in the Court of Chivalry, royal 8vo, 1832. By Sir N. Harris Nicolas, K. H. vol. I. p. 270] thinks it most probable that Sir Robert was the issue of his father’s first marriage with Alice Byaufiz; but, letting alone the proof to be derived from his age at the time of the controversy, it is also certain that the manor of Brakenthwaite, with the lands which were of the inheritance of Alice, reverted, agreeably to the limitation in the fine noticed in the text, to the posterity of Thomas, son of Peter de Midleton, which could only be in case of failure of issue of Alice. (Plumpton Evidences.)

Married (1st): Isabella Scropes

Isabella was born on 24 August 1337, the daughter of Henry first Lord Scrope of Masham, and his wife, Joan. She was the sister of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, alongside whom her son, William Plumpton, was executed in 1405.

The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 p129 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832)

ISABELLA SCROPE, another daughter of Henry Lord Scrope, wife of Sir Robert Plumpton, of Plumpton co. York, Knight, was born on St Bartholomew’s day, 24th August 1337, as appears by the following inscription extant in Spofforth Church in 1613:⁶
    Hic cineres D’nae Plumpton remanent Isabellae
    Quae fuit Henrici filia Scrope Domini
    M semel ter C ter x semel v Duo junge
    Bartholomace tua lux dedit astra sua.
⁶ Vincent’s Yorkshire, n^o 111, f. 30.

The inscription roughly translates to:
    Here are the ashes of Isabella, Dame Plumpton
    Who was the daughter of Henry Lord Scrope
    Join M once, thrice C, thrice x, once v, Two
    Bartholomew your light gave his stars.

Children:

William Plumpton ( ? - 1405)

Married (2nd): Isabella de Kirkoswald in 1399

Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

He [Sir Robert Plumpton] died 19 April, 8 Hen. IV. 1407,^e having by his will, dated 26th of February preceding, directed his feoffees, Sir William Gascoigne and Sir Nicholas de Middelton, knights, Richard de Kendale and William de Authorp, parsons of the churches of Ripley and Dighton, to grant the manor of Plompton to Isabel “ma trescher compaigne” for her life, with remainder to Robert son of William de Plompton, son neveue, in fee, so as to secure to his relict a yearly jointure of fifty marks.^f This lady was his second wife, and was of Kirkoswald in Westmoreland,^g she being styled in the deed securing to her a future settlement, bearing date 12 July, 23 Ric. II. 1399, “Isabella quondam vocata de Kirkoswald.”
^e Esch. 8 Hen. IV. No. 15.
^f Cartul. 331.
^g Cartul. No. 308 and 309. She remarried before 18 Jan. 1 Hen. V. 1413-4, Sir Nicholas Middleton of Stockeld, and was living his wife 24 May, 4 Hen. V. 1416. (Ibid. No. 367 et 377.) She is again named 24 Sept. 8 Hen. V. 1420. Vide postea.

Isabella married, secondly, Sir Nicholas Middleton, as his third wife, in 1413.
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp80-1 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Sir Nicholas Middleton, son of Sir Thomas, was born in 1348, the blackest year of the Black Death, but this is all we can learn about him until 1378, when he is thirty years of age, unmarried, and living at Stubham. He was married three times, however, despite this touch of hesitation at the start—(1) to Matilda, daughter of Sir Robert de Veteripont, (Oldbridge) (2) to Avice [Aniste de Stapilton], who bore him a son and heir, and (3) to Dame Isabel, widow of Sir Robert Plumpton—his third marriage taking place in 1413, when he was 65 years old.
There was some trouble with the Church about this third marriage, for Archbishop Bowet—that jolly old dignitary, who built a noble new kitchen to his manor house at Otley, and managed there and otherwheres to consume four-score tuns of claret every year—was moved to request Richard Pitts, his Vicar General, to inquire into a dispensation which had been granted to Sir Nicholas Middleton and Dame Isabel Plumpton, who wanted to marry, and were related in the third and fourth degrees. We may note also that Sir Nicholas was one of the feoffees of the manor of Plumpton, under the will of this Sir Robert, who died on the 19th of April, 1407, and that the widow’s jointure under this trust was only fifty marks a year, so that the old knight, it is evident, did not marry the lady for her money, and he was himself one of the richest men in the West Riding. His name appears, in 1384, as a witness to the will of Sir Brian Stapilton, in which he was also a legatee—“Item jeo devise monsieur Nicholl de Medilton j nowche enveronne de perill, oue mon corne que j’ay solay porter pour le cuspell.”* In 1386 he stands as a witness to a deed by which Richard, son of John Mason, of Draughton, gives Drystones and Risphill to Sir Peter Mauleverer, of Beamsley. He holds the manor court also at Stubham, at Martinmas, 1400, and again in the April following. In 1410 he was made Commissioner of Array for the West Riding, for trouble was brewing as usual in Scotland, was still alive in 1416, three years after his third marriage, and spending his halloween with dame Isabel, but in 1420 he was dead.

Occupation: Knight
Robert had been under arms for twenty-fours years when he was deposed in the Scropes controversy in 1386, and participated in military expeditions in France and Scotland. He was appointed lieutenant of the forest of Knaresborough in May 1387, and was constable of the castle of Knaresborough.

Notes:
The first definitive reference I find to Robert as a knight (or 'chivaler' ) is on 22 September 1372, but the extract below, dated 36 Edward III (1362) refers to him as a knight.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

36 Edw. IIL Feodary of Pontefract, accompt for that year,—Relief of Robert Plompton, Knt, for fourth part of a Knight’s fee in Idell on the decease of William de Plompton, knight, his father, xxvs.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1361-1364 p207 (1912)

1362. Feb. 15.
Westminster.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to William de Skipwyth, John de la Lee, Richard de Ravensere, William Rys, William de Nessefeld and Richard Poutrell, on information that Richard de Aldeburgh, Robert de Rouclif, ‘chivaler,’ William Andy, vicar of the church of Aldeburgh, John Shorthose, William, his son, Hugh Tankard, William Tankard, John Mauleverere, ‘chivaler,’ Thomas de Middelton, ‘chivaler,’ Robert de Plumpton, John de Goldesburgh, William Vendour, William de Wandesford, Percival de Pensax, John de Bekwyth, the elder, John, his son, John Ker of Walton, John Vavasour the younger, and others, have broken the parks of Queen Philippa at Knaresburgh, Kelynghall, Hamstewayte, Fuston, Aldeburgh and Rouclif, co. York, and entered her free warrens there, hunted in these and in her free chaces there, felled her trees and fished in her several fisheries there, carried away her fish and trees with other goods, as well as deer from the parks and chaces, and hares, conies, pheasants and partridges from the warrens, and assaulted her men and servants.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward III 1356-1368 p298 (1913)

1364. Nov. 12.
Westminster.
Commitment to Robert de Plumpton,—by mainprise of William de Swale and William Terry of the county of York,—of the keeping of a messuage, a carucate of land and 40s. of rent in Plumpton and Idle which have been taken into the king’s hand for certain causes by William de Reygate, escheator in the said county, to hold the same, together with the issues thereof since they were so taken, for as long as they shall remain in the king’s hand, so that he answer at the Exchequer for the above and all other issues thereof, if it be awarded that they ought by right to pertain to the king. By C.

The following two documents, from 1366 and 1370, appear to relate to a request by Robert to build and fund a chapel at his manor in Nessfeld, comitting to still attend the church at Ilkley for five festivals annually.
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp102-3 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 272.—46 Edw. III.
Gregorius … servor. dei venrabili fratri Archiepo. Eboracen’ saltm … cu nobilis vir Robtus de Plumpton tuo dioc nobis qumilit supplicavit ut cu’ ipe adeo a matre ecclia sit remotus qd ppter inundacoes aquar’ & ad viar’ distruct, hemali pcipue tempore p audiend divinis officiis et recipiend ecclesiast sacrament nequeat comode accidere ad eande construend Capellum in fundo pprio et habend pprium capellan’ in ead sui patus est p. sustentacoe sua de bonis ppriis sufficient’ reddit’ assignare sibi licencia conceder’ curar’ volentes igitur tibi qui loci dioces exist in hac pte desterie fratrnitati tuæ pptera aplica mandams quatenus eid nobili facient qd offert si expedire videris et eor. quibus exinde posset pre iudicium gen’ari ad id accedat assensus postulatum licenciam larguin dat. Lagd . . . . pontificates nostri anno tercio.
Cartul. 273.—40 Edw. III.
Omnibus Stæ Matris eccliæ filiis ad quos psens scriptu. pven’it psona de Ilkelay Saltm in Dno, Nov’int universit vra qd cu’ Robt’ de Plumpton Dns de Nessfeld & pochianus de Ilklay timore dei et salvacœ aiæ suæ cu’ ppt remotu’ locu’ a matre ecclia tu ppt vas . . . . & necess’ ut in locis remotis ut in maxis aquat fluctibus in tmi Autibs ipa a matre ecclia de Ilkley de quibus fluctib. no’ minima dampna sepius eveniunt . . . . pson supplicar ut ipi & familiæ domus suæ qdda. oratorium conced’em in Curia sua de Nessfeild ad celebnda ibi divina officia qu’d necessario oportebat concedo secundum mandatum Dni PP mihi p ipu Robt. psentatu concessi eid Rob. & hered suis & hoc scripto confirmavi habendum ibi dcu’ oratorium ad divina celebrand. Salvo jure in omnibus matris eccliæ ita tamen qd ipe Robs & hered. sui singulis annis ad hon. Dei & om’ Sctor’ patn eccliæ in vigil ipoq Om’ Sctor’ una libr Thuris de sup altare in ecclia matre de Ilkley as… ad recognicoe dci . . Nesfield Et p. quinq festa annualia matre Ecclesia sua de Ilkley visitabunt sclt in festo Nat. Dni, in purificacione Scæ Mariæ, in festo in Pasche, in festo Pentecost & in festo om’ Sa’ctor’ faciendo, securitat ac . . . . iurabunt qd capellanius suus qui ibi divina celebrabit & qui ad pprias expensas suas & heredes suor deductus erit & sustentatus, obi . . . . . . et ex assensu et voluntate mea & meor success’ Et si quid . . . . . . fu’it ipu Robtu aut hered suos aut p Capellanum ibi facturum contra matre’ ecclia’ licet mihi Deum oratorium suspendere donec p ipos plenarie fu’it emendatu’ Et ad maiore rei . . . . huic scripto sigillum meum apposui.
This deed hath a seale at the copying the 7 of Sept. 1615.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1367-1370 p73 (1913)

1368. Jan. 2.
Westminster.
[Licence for] Robert de Plumpton [to cross to parts beyond seas], from the port of Dover to Henry Lescrop, governor of the town of Calais, to stay in his company in the munition of the castle of Guynes, with 4 yeomen, 6 horses and 20l. for his expenses.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1367-1370 p38 (1913)

1368. Jan 2.
Westminster.
Robert de Plumpton, going beyond seas by the king’s licence, has letters nominating William de Swale and John de Sotheron as his attorneys in England for one year.
David de Wollore received the attorneys.
The same Robert has other letters nominating John Moubray, ‘chivaler,’ as his attorney as above.
The same David received the attorney.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1370-1374 p200 (1914)

1372. Sept. 22.
Wallingford.
Whereas Robert de Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’ after setting out with the king’s fleet on his service, suddenly fell into a grave sickness so that he was not able to proceed any further in the king’s voyage, and was forced to put ashore at La Rye to recover, as appears by letters of Simon Burgh, constable of Rochester castle, shewn before the king in Chancery; the king, wishing to provide for the security of Robert and that no blame attach to him for his withdrawal from his service, orders the mayor and bailiffs of La Rye and all sheriffs, mayors &c., to permit him, with John Heton, his esquire, and two yeomen, to return from La Rye to his own parts and take his armour, harness and things with him.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1370-1374 p206 (1914)

1372. Oct. 26.
Westminster.
Revocation of the protection with clause volumus for one year granted on 23 June last to Robert de Plympton, who was to have gone on the king’s service to Brittany in the company of John, lord of Nevill; as the sheriffs of London have certified the king in the Chancery that the said Robert has not gone but stays in the city attending to his own business.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1370-1374 p242 (1914)

1372. Nov. 17.
Westminster.
Commission to Thomas de Ingelby, Henry de Barton, Roger de Fulthorp, Robert de Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’ William de Meryngton and Thomas Lovell, pursuant to the statute [Stat. Westm. II. c. 47] touching the taking of salmon, to keep the statute in the waters of Humbre, Ouse, Trente, Done, Eire, Derwent, Querf, Nidde, Yore, Swale and Tese, cos. York and Lincoln.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1370-1374 pp314-5 (1914)

1373. May 20.
Westminster.
Commission to Thomas de Ingelby, Henry de Barton, Roger de Fulthorp, Robert de Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’ William de Meryngton and Thomas Lovel, to keep the waters of Humbre, Ouse, Trent, Done, Eire, Derwent, Querf, Nidde, Yore, Swale and Tese according to the form of the statute of Edward I of Westminster the Second [cap. 47], for the protection of salmon.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1369-1374 p106 (1911)

1373. July 5.
Westminster.
Writing of William de Plumley and Robert le Eyer, being a quitclaim with warranty to Robert de Plumpton knight, his heirs and assigns, of a messuage, four tofts, nine bovates 2 acres 1 rood of land in Gressyngton in Craven. Dated Gersyngton, Sunday before Michaelmas 46 Edward III.
Memorandum of acknowledgment at Doncastre, Saturday the eve of Pentecost this year before Thomas de Ingelbi, by virtue of the king’s writ of dedimus potestatem.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1374-1377 p106 (1913)

1374. Nov. 14.
Westminster.
Robert de Plumpton knight to William de Mirfeld clerk. Recognisance for 20 marks, to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in Yorkshire.
Cancelled on payment.

This transaction regarding the manor of Nesfeld between Robert and Nicholas de Scardburgh was dated 1 May 1378.
Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp103-4 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 281.—Carta Robti de Plompton, militis, qui obiit & Hen: 4. 1407.
Ceste endentè fact p mons Robt. de Plompton Chr du’n pte & Nichol de Scardburgh dautr pte tesmoigne que le dit mons Robt. ad graunte & a ferme lesse au dit Nichol son mannoir de Nesfeld ad touz lez demains tres & prees & le pke ouesque la pescherie & o’ touz lez gastes & autress pfits & comodities au dit manoir appendant Et eue touz lez ouer—dygnes cariagez dez tenauntz illoqes & lez services a customes, & p coper haisset & sa volunt resonablemt du temps sesonable & son bestaille sanz estre au peche oue destourbe & touge decher’ leu’es & pdices oue autre maner de droit A avoir & tener au dit Nichol & a ses assignes le dit manoir & touz lez demaynes tres et prees & le pke ouesque la pecheria & tnge de touz autres chasez come desus & oue touz lez gastes & pfitts & comoditiez & lez ouer dignes & servicez dez tenauntz qoel appendant en touz ptz come dessuz tangt ad terme de qutorz anz pcheyne soyantz la date de cestez, rendant ent p an dit mons Robt & a cez heyrs dix marc dargent ad t’mes de p’ent & la seynt martyn p ouelles porcoes, le primer tme comensant a la pent pcheyn suyant dat de cestes et reservant eusent au dit mons Robt. tout la tenancie entier de Nesfeld & de Lanbergh ensemblem^t horpris Castelbergh oue lez pfitz dez courtez dez ploes dutr pties & dez trespassez en lez ysses le dit mons Robt illogs & ouesqu le myne come cou’tur dez mesones mays tant soulement com p cout’ des mesones de la manoir le dit Nichol Pndra a sa volunt sauz rien rendre. Et si le dit rent soit a derier en ptie ou en tout, &c., &c.
En tesmoignance de qele choses pties de cestes endentes lez pties susditz entrchaungeablemt ount mys leur seales, A Nesfeld le premier lour de Maii lan du reign le roy Ricard second puys le conquest Dangletre primer.
This deed hath a seale at the copying the 9 of September, 1615.

Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p75 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

Habton
255. Sept. 3, 6 Richard II (1382). Indenture witnessing that although Thomas son of Thomas de Middelton, knt., had lately granted by another indenture to William son of the said Thomas de Middelton, knt., his brother, the manor of Habton in Rydale and the water-mill there [etc. as in the preceding deed], nevertheless the said Thomas with William’s consent granted and assigned to John Mauleverer and Robert de Plumpton, knts., John de Pykeryng, parson of a moiety of the church of St. Mary in Castelgate, York, William Mauleverer, and Thomas de Nessefeld the said 3½ marks yearly rent; to hold for Thomas’s life, and to do what might be enjoined to them to do on the part of the said Thomas, and to exercise the power to distrain. The said William (de Middelton) paid them beforehand 5d. in the name of seisin of the said rent4. Witnesses, same as to the preceding deed. York. (Ibid. [Y.A.S. M^D 59, 10, Habton], No. 41).

In his deposition in favour of Sir Richard Scropes in 1386, Robert mentions some of the military expeditions in which he participated in the "twenty-four years during which he had been armed". He was "in France, before Paris and elsewhere, in presence of the late noble King" and at least twice in Scotland.
De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor milites vol 1 p119

MONẜ ROB‵T PLUMPTON‵ del age de xlv. ans ꝑduct p^r la ꝑtie de monẜ Richard Lescrop̄ jurrez & examinez demandez si lez armez dazur̃ ov un bende dor apꝑtiegnent de droit al dit monẜ Richard Lescrop̄ dit q̃ oil demandz ꝑ q̃ il sciet dit qil ad este armez de vynt anz & il ad veu & conu le dit monẜ Ricħ estr̃ armez dazur̃ ov un bende dor en le compaigne de monẜ de Lancastr̃ a Balyngh^amhil̶l Et auxi luy vist armez en mesmez lez armez al arsure de Dounfrese en Escoce qar̃ la il fuist desouz la banʔ du dit monẜ Richard & a la viage de monẜ de Lancastr̃ en Escoce & al viage darreinement en Escoce ove ñre ẜ^r le Roy & pluso^rs de son̄ noun & lynage estr̃ armez en mesme lez armez ove differencez en div̑sez viages & jo^rnez ou il ad este.̛ demandez quel droit le dit monẜ Richard ad a lez ditz armez dit qil ad oy dire de sez auncest̑s q̃ lour auncestrez devªnt eux disoient q̃ lez ditz armez sont descēduz al dit monẜ Richard ꝑ descent de lynee & ꝑ droit de ħitage dont memoir ne court & q̃ le dit monẜ Richard & cez auncestr̃s & cousyns lez ditz armez ount usez & continuez en pesible possession̄ du temps outr̃ memoir come cõe voys et fame labour̃ ꝑ tout le paiis Et demandez sil ad scieu ou oy dir̃ q̃ lez ditz armez ount este int̑ruptz ꝑ monẜ Roƀt Groveno^r ou ꝑ ascun en son̄ noun dit q̃ unq̃s dev^ant cest debate nad oy ꝑler du dit monẜ Roƀt ne de cez auncest̑s ne de nul̶l int̑rupcion̄ ꝑ eux fait dez ditz armez Et dit qil ad veu en abbeys sepulturs dez auncestr̃s du dit monẜ Richard depeyntez en chevalrotz dez ditz armez Et auxi depeyntures en verurs en fenestr̃s en abbeys en prioriez en esglisez cathedralez & aut̑s esglisez ꝑ tout son̄ paiis.̛

Calendar of inquisitions miscellaneous 1387-1393 p51 (1962)

73. Inquisition taken before the same [Robert de Garton, [clerk, and Richard de] Filonglay], by virtue of the same commission [to inquire concerning the forfeited lands and goods of Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, and others in co. York]. Colthorp. 27 April, 11 Richard II [1388].
There is a manor there (sc. in Colthorp) and .... The profits of the herbage and fruit of a garden called ‘le Auney’ are worth 5s. yearly. The manor is held of Robert de Pl[umpton] … and is entailed with 18 bovates of land and the advowson of the church of Colthorp on Michael de la Pole, earl [of Suffolk, and the lawfully] begotten [heirs of his body]. Robert Jakson took the manor with all the profits, 12 oxen worth 10s. each

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Richard II 1396-1399 p435 (1909)

1398. Aug. 1.
Westminster.
Commission of the peace and of oyer and terminer to Stephen le Scrope of Masham, Henry Fitz Hugh, John le_Scrope, Robert de Plumpton, John de Markham, William de Crosseby, John de Ingelby and Richard de Norton, within the liberty of Ripon, pursuant to the statutes of Winchester, Northampton and Westminster.

Robert was left a legacy in the will of Walter Berghe, dated 9 May 1404.
Testamenta Eboracensia vol 1 pp385-8 (1836)

Item lego domino Roberto Plumpton militi unam tabulam de proyse cum menyhe de a. b. c.

Calendar of inquisitions miscellaneous 1399-1422 p163 (1968)

302. Commission to William Gascoigne and and Richard Norton to inquire concerning the petition of Alice late the wife of William de Plumpton, knight, that William Woderoue, clerk, and John de Walkyngham of Ripon, chaplain, granted to her and her husband and the heirs of their bodies the manors of Grassington and Studley Roger and 8 messuages, 60 acres of land and 10 acres of meadow in Aldfield by Fountains abbey and they were accordingly seised thereof in their demesne as of fee, and the premises have been taken into the king’s hand by reason of the rebellion and forfeiture of the said William, who died on account of the rebellion. Pontefract castle. 12 August 6 Henry IV [1405] (Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1405-1408, p. 63). By K.
Inquisition. Knaresborough. Monday, the eve of the Nativity of St. Mary.
Robert de Plumpton, knight, was seised of the premises in his demesne as of fee and by his deed, dated at Grassington on 20 September 4 Richard II and shown to the jurors, he granted them by the name of all his rents, lands, meadows, mills, pasture and service of free tenants, with all his lands and tenements in Aldfield by Fountains abbey, to William Woderoue, clerk, (by the name of Sir William Woderoue, parson of Spofforth) and John de Walkyngham of Ripon, chaplain, who were accordingly seised thereof and afterwards by another deed, dated at Grassington on 7 October 4 Richard II and shown to the jurors, granted them to Robert’s son William and Alice his wife in fee tail, who were accordingly seised thereof and continued their estate until William’s death. Cf. Same Calendar, p. 45.
C. Inq. Misc. File 283 (16).

The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 pp310-2 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832)

DEPONENTS IN FAVOUR OF SIR RICHARD SCROPE.
SIR ROBERT PLUMPTON. The ancient family of which this knight was the representative had been seated at Plumpton in Yorkshire for many generations. His father Sir William Plumpton was twice married: first to Alicia daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Beaufitz; and secondly to Christiana Monasby, or Mowbray,¹ widow of Richard de Emeldon;² but pedigrees differ as to which of these women was the Deponent’s mother, though it is most probable that he was the issue of the first marriage.³
Sir Robert was born about 1341, and appears from his deposition to have repeatedly served in the wars of his time. He was in the King’s fleet in 1372, and was permitted to return to England, on account of a severe illness, with his esquire and two valets.⁴ In May 1387 he was appointed Lieutenant of the forest of Knaresborough,¹ and died in the 8th Hen IV 1406-7.⁵ He was twice married: first to Isabella daughter of Henry first Lord Scrope of Masham, who was born in 1337,⁶ and died before 1399; and secondly to Isabella de Kirkswold, who took to her second husband Sir Nicholas Middleton.^{1
3} By Isabella Scrope, Sir Robert had a large family. Sir William Plumpton, their eldest son, joined the conspiracy of his uncle Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, and shared that prelate’s fate, he having been beheaded at York on the 8th June 1405.⁷ By Alice, who died in 1423, daughter and coheiress of John Gisburne, citizen and merchant of York, he had eight children: namely, Robert; Thomas and Bryan, who both died without issue; Richard, who made his will in 1443; George, who was rector of Bingham; Joan, who died before her mother without issue; Katherine, who was living unmarried in 1443; and Isabella, who married Stephen de Thorpe of Gowsill, Esq. on the 10th March 1425.¹ Sir Robert Plumpton, the eldest son of Sir William and Alice Gisburne, was found heir to his grandfather in the 8th Hen. IV., at which time he was twenty-four years old, and was the ancestor of Robert Plumpton of Plumpton, who was of full age when the pedigree was entered at the Heralds’ Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665.
Sir Robert Plumpton, aged forty-five years, deposed that he had seen Sir Richard Scrope with the arms Azure, a bend Or, and his cousins so armed with differences; that he saw Sir Richard armed in these arms entire, and Sir Henry Scrope with the same arms differenced by a white label publicly borne on his banner in France, before Paris and elsewhere, in presence of the late noble King and other great lords of England. He saw also the said Sir Richard twice in Scotland armed in the same arms, and with his banner, in presence of the King and the Duke of Lancaster; and in all the expeditions and journeys in which the Deponent had been for the twenty-four years during which he had been armed, he had seen the said Sir Richard or his cousins armed in like manner with differences. The Deponent further said, that the arms in question belonged of right to the said Sir Richard, having descended to him from his ancestors, as he had heard from his ancestors, and as fully appeared by the tombs of ancestors of the said Sir Richard who lie interred in the Abbey of St. Agatha with those arms over them. He added, that Sir Richard and his ancestors had been in possession of these arms from the time of the Conquest, without interruption from Sir Robert Grosvenor, or any other of his name, as he had heard from many valiant knights, and as common fame testified.
The arms of Sir Robert Plumpton were, Azure, five fusils conjoined in fess Or, each charged with an escallop Gules.²

¹ Vincent’s MS. n^o 110, f. 31. Visitation of Yorkshire, A^o 1665.
² She died in 1364. Esch. 38 Edw. III. n^o 36.
³ Pedigree of Plumpton in the Towneley MSS.
⁴ Rex Majori et Ballivis villæ de Rye ac universis & singulis Vic. Major, &c. Salutem &c. Quod cum fidelis & dilectus noster Robertus de Plompton chivaler, postquam in obsequium nostrum cum flotâ nostrâ mare fuisset ingressus, in gravem infirmitatem subitò inciderit, sic quod ulterius in viagium super mare laborare minime sufficiebat, et quod idem Robertus apud dictam villam de la Rie occasione sanitatis recuperandæ amplicuit, prout ipsum ex necessario oportebat, sicut per literas Simonis Burgh constabularii castri Roffen. coram nobis in cancellario nostro ostensas plenius poterit apparere: Nos volentes pro securitate sua vobis mandamus, quod ipse Robertus cum Johanne Heton armigero suo & duobus valectis suis à dictâ villâ de la Rie ad partes suas proprias infra regnum nostrum Angliæ redire, et armatur, harnesiæ et res suas secum ducere libere permittatis, Dat. vicesimo secundo die Septembris a^o 46 Edw. III. 1372—Copied from the Plumpton Cartulary in the Towneley MSS.
⁵ Escheat, 8 Hen. IV. n^o 15.
⁶ See her monumental inscription in page 129 antea.
⁷ See a copy of his epitaph in page 130 antea.
¹ Pedigree in the Towneley MSS.
² Roll of Arms in the possession of the Rev. John Newling, and Heralds’ Visitations of Yorkshire.

Plumpton Correspondence page xxi - page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

[Sir William Plumpton] died 36 Edw. III. 1362, towards the close of the year, as appears by the account of the feodary of the honour of Pontefract of that date, wherein is set down xxv^s. as the relief of Robert de Plumpton, knight, for the fourth part of one knight’s fee in Idell, after the decease of William de Plumpton, knight, his father.^x
Sir Robert de Plumpton was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy on the 17th day of September 1385, being then of the age of forty-five years, which places his birth in the year 1341, and consequently posterior to his father’s second marriage.^y He appears from this deposition to have repeatedly served in the wars of his time. In 1372 he had gone on board the King’s fleet, but falling suddenly and dangerously ill, and being unable to continue this sea voyage, he was compelled to go ashore at the town of Rye; whereupon the circumstances of his case having first been returned into the Chancery under the seal of Simon Burgh, Constable of Rochester Castle, a writ was sent to the mayor and bailiffs of the town to exonerate him from blame, and instructing them to allow him, with John Heton, his esquire, and his two valets, to return home with all his equipage unmolested.^z
In the reign of Henry the Fourth, Sir William Plumpton, the eldest son of Sir Robert Plumpton, suffered death upon a scaffold for the part he took in the insurrection stirred up by his uncle Richard, Archbishop of York, whose sister, Isabella Scrope his father had married.
... No act of attainder followed upon the execution of the rebels, and Sir Robert Plumpton, the father, obtained for himself a general pardon for all treasons and felonies; to which effect I find letters patent from the King, bearing date at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 21 June, 6 Hen IV, 1405.^d He died 19 April, 8 Hen. IV. 1407,^e having by his will, dated 26th of February preceding, directed his feoffees, Sir William Gascoigne and Sir Nicholas de Middelton, knights, Richard de Kendale and William de Authorp, parsons of the churches of Ripley and Dighton, to grant the manor of Plompton to Isabel “ma trescher compaigne” for her life, with remainder to Robert son of William de Plompton, son neveue, in fee, so as to secure to his relict a yearly jointure of fifty marks.^f This lady was his second wife, and was of Kirkoswald in Westmoreland,^g she being styled in the deed securing to her a future settlement, bearing date 12 July, 23 Ric. II. 1399, “Isabella quondam vocata de Kirkoswald.” Of Isabella Scrope, daughter of Henry first Lord Scrope of Masham, the first wife of Sir Robert Plumpton, mention has been made.
^x Brooke MSS. Collections for Yorkshire in Coll. Armorum.
^ySee Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor in the Court of Chivalry, royal 8vo, 1832. By Sir N. Harris Nicolas, K. H. vol. I. p. 270.—In the biographical notice, it is said that Sir Robert Plumpton was appointed lieutenant of the forest of Knaresborough in May 1387; the original authority for which assertion was doubtless the following charter, numbered 363 in the Cartulary:
Johan de la Pole, cheif senescall de mon tres redoute Sire, le Roy de Castell et de Leon, duc de Lancastre, de North Trent, a Mons^r Robert de Plumpton, lieutenant del Meistre Forestier de la forest de Knaresburgh, salutz. Vous mande et charge de par mon dit Sire que vous faciez delivrer a Johan Brown de Knaresburgh un Stubb pur merasme, apprendre deinz la foreste illoeqez, pur edifier une meeson sur la terre de mon dit Sire, quil tient par terme des ans a volunte, en la ville de Knaresburgh. Et auxint facez delivrer a William Clerc de Knaresbrough un Stubb pur merisme, apprendre deinz la forest suisdite, pur reparacion des mesons affaire sur la terre de mon dit Sire en la dite ville. Et ceste ma lettre vous ent sera garrant. Escrit a Knaresburgh, le viij jour de Maij, lan du Regne le roy Richard secound puis la conqueste, disme. (8 May, 10 Ric. II. 1387.) Number 291 in the same Cartulary is a copy of a bailbond from John son of Robert de Knaresburgh, and John de Makelay of Scotton, to Sir Robert de Plumpton, Constable of the castle of Knaresburgh, dated at Knaresburgh, 26th of October, 11th Ric. II. (1387); but the exact date of his appointment to these lieutenancies is not apparent from either document. In the same memoir he is likewise stated to have had a large family by his wife, Isabella Scrope, whereas Sir William Plumpton was the only son, and there is no evidence as to female issue. Again, the writer of the same notice thinks it most probable that Sir Robert was the issue of his father’s first marriage with Alice Byaufiz; but, letting alone the proof to be derived from his age at the time of the controversy, it is also certain that the manor of Brakenthwaite, with the lands which were of the inheritance of Alice, reverted, agreeably to the limitation in the fine noticed in the text, to the posterity of Thomas, son of Peter de Midleton, which could only be in case of failure of issue of Alice. (Plumpton Evidences.) It was in right of this descent that the Midletons of Stockeld quartered the coat of Plumpton, that is, of the seneschals of Plumpton.

^z Rex Majori et Ballivis villæ de Rye, ac universis et singulis vicecomitibus, majoribus, ballivis, ministris, et aliis fidelibus suis ad quos presentes litteræ pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quod cum dilectus et fidelis noster Robertus de Plumpton Chivaler, postquam in obsequium nostrum cum flota nostra mare fuisset ingressus, in gravem infirmitatem subito inciderit, sic quod ulterius in viagium nostrum supra mare laborare minime sufficiebat, per quod idem Robertus apud dictam villam de la Rye occasione sanitatis recuperandæ applicuit, prout ipsum ex necessario oportebat, sicut per litteras Simonis Burgh constabularii Castri Roffensis coram nobis in cancellaria nostra ostensas plenius poterit apparere: Nos volentes pro securitate ipsius Roberti, cum culpa in ipsa occasione recessûs sui ab obsequio nostro reputetur, providere, vobis mandamus quod ipse Robertus, cum Johanne Heton, armigero suo, et duobus valectis suis, a dicta villa de la Rye ad partes suas proprias infra regnum nostrum Angliæ redire et armaturas, harnesia et res sua secum ducere libere permittatis, non inferentes eis seu eorum alicui in personis, armaturism harnesiism seu rebus suis ex causa predicta injuriam, molestiam, dampnum, violentiam, impedimentum aliquid seu gravemen. Et si quid eis forisfactum fuerit, id eis sine dilatione debite corrigi et emendari faciatis. In cujus, &c. Teste Custode Angliæ, xxii die Septembris anno 46 Edw. III. [1372]. (Plumpton Cartul. No. 270, from an ancient copy in paper.)

^d Cartul. No. 319.
^e Esch. 8 Hen. IV. No. 15.
^f Cartul. 331.
^g Cartul. No. 308 and 309. She remarried before 18 Jan. 1 Hen. V. 1413-4, Sir Nicholas Middleton of Stockeld, and was living his wife 24 May, 4 Hen. V. 1416. (Ibid. No. 367 et 377.) She is again named 24 Sept. 8 Hen. V. 1420. Vide postea.

Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country vol 56 p225 (1857)

1372, in which year Sir Robert went on board the king’s fleet, and being suddenly taken dangerously ill, was obliged to put ashore at Rye. His courage and loyalty were prevented from being called in question by his sending to the Court of Chancery an account—to which the sign manual of Simon Burgh, the constable of Rochester Castle, was attached—of the unfortunate circumstances of his case. The statement was favourably received, and a writ was sent to the mayor and bailiffs of Rye, declaring him free from blame, and requiring that he should be permitted to return home unmolested.
Fortunate as the Plumpton family generally were, they did not always escape the strokes of an adverse fate. Thus William, son and heir of Sir Robert, suffered death on the scaffold in the reign of Henry IV., for the part he had taken in the insurrection set on foot by his uncle, the Archbishop of York. ... In this instance Henry did not visit the sins of the criminal upon his relatives, for Sir Robert obtained, after his son’s execution, a sweeping pardon for all treasons and felonies by him committed. He died two years afterwards, leaving to Isabel, his wife and tres cher compagne, the manor of Plumpton for her life, with the remainder to his grandson Robert, son of William de Plompton.

History of England Under Henry the Fourth vol 2 p210 (James Hamilton Wylie, 1894)

When the new King was at York, in the summer of 1400, the Archbishop did all he could to assist him in raising money for his expedition against the Scots, but his interest went less with Bolingbroke than with the Percies and, so far as he dared, he lent his influence to all their plots and intrigues. His elder sister, Isabel, was married to Sir Robert Plumpton, a wealthy tenant of the Percies, near Spofforth

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390-1 (William Dugdale, 1907)

IX. ROB’TUS PLUMPTON, mil. 47 E. 3, obijt 8 H. 4, in servitio maritimo 46 E. 3 (1372-3). A deponent in the in Scrope and Grosvenor controversy 1385, then said to have been aged forty five,¹ died 19 Apr. 8 Hen. IV (1407); mar. Isabella, filia Henrici D’ni Scrope, soror Rici Archi. Epi’. Ebor. obijt 11 Edw. 3 (?) uxor, 1^a.
Mar. Isabella, vocata de Kirkswold (Kirkoswald; 23 R. 2 (1399), uxor 2^a, postea nupta Nicholao de Midleton militi, 1 H. 5 (1413-4). They had issue—
Willielmus (X).
¹ If this is correct he would be by the second marriage with Christiana Emilden, but probably the age is wrong.

Death: 19 April 1407

Will: dated 26 February 1406(7)

Probate:
Calendar of the Fine Rolls Henry IV 1405-1413 p80 (1933)

Order to the escheator in the county of York to take into the king’s hand and keep safely until further order
... The like orders touching the lands of the following persons, directed to the escheators in the counties named:—
... 1407. May 30.
Westminster.
Robert Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’; York

Inquisitions Post Mortem relating to Yorkshire of the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 59 pp60-1 (ed. W. Paley Baildon and J. W. Clay, 1918)

      LVII. ROBERT DE PLUMPTON,* CHIVALER.
      (Inquisitions post mortem, Chancery, Hen. IV, file 57.)
    Writ to the Escheator, dated at Westminster, 36 May, 8 Hen. IV [1407].
INQUISITION taken at Wethyrby, on the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 8 Hen. IV [1407], before Thomas Egmanton, Escheator, by the oath of John de Arthyngton, Henry de Brerton, Peter de Dyghton, Richard de Brerton, Robert de Bilton, John de Gelsthorp, John Swyne of Quyxley, Richard Rawson of Bramton, Thomas Galewey of Spoford, Thomas Hoghson of Lynton, John Saxton of the same, and John Warde of Thornburgh. Robert de Plompton [sic] was seised in his demesne as of fee, of the manor of Steton,¹ held of the King in chief, as of the manor of Spoford (now in the King’s hands by reason of the forfeiture of Henry, late Earl of Northumberland), by knight service; worth £9 a year clear. Also the manor of Ydell² (except [1,000 ?]³ acres of wood), held of the King in chief as of the Honour of Pontefract in the Duchy of Lancaster; worth £6 a year clear. Also the manor of Nesfeld, held of the lady of Ilkelay, by what service they do not know; worth £5 a year clear.
He died on Tuesday before St. Mark’s day last. His next heir is Robert de Plompton, son of his son William, aged 24 years and more on the day of Robert’s death.

* In the Plumpton Correspondence he is said to have been son of Sir William Plumpton and Alice, daughter of Sir Henry Beaufitz. He was Lieutenant of the Forest of Knaresborough, gave evidence in the Scrope and Grosvenor Controversy, 1385, and died 19 April, 1407. He married (1st) Isabella, daughter of Henry, 1st Lord Scrope of Masham, (2nd) Isabella de Kirkoswold. His eldest son, Sir William, joined in the insurrection against Henry IV with his uncle Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, and was beheaded 8 June, 1405. William’s son, Sir Robert, succeeded his grandfather (Plumpton Correspondence, Camden Soc.; Scrope and Grosvenor Roll; Dugdale's Visitation Continued, ii, 391).
¹ Steeton, par. Bolton Percy.
² Idle, near Bradford.
³ Torn.

(see also Mapping the Medieval Countryside 19-189)

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Henry IV 1405-1413 p77 (1933)

1407. July 9.
Westminster.
Order to Thomas Egmanton, escheator in the county of York;—pursuant (1) to an inquisition taken before him showing that Robert de Plompton, ‘chivaler,’ died seised in his demesne as of fee of the manors of Steton, Ydell and Nesfeld, co. York, (1000 acres of wood in the manor of Ydell excepted), and that Robert de Plompton, son of William de Plompton the son of the said Robert de Plompton, ‘chivaler,’ is the next heir of the said Robert and of full age, and that the manor of Steton is held of the king in chief as of the manor of Spoford, which is now in the king’s hand by reason of the forfeiture of Henry late earl of Northumberland, the manor of Ydell likewise of the king in chief as of his honour of Pontefract, of the duchy of Lancaster, and the manor of Nesfeld of other lords; and (2) to the grant made by the king with the assent of Parliament on 14 October, 1 Henry IV, that all tenants of the said duchy and of the counties, honours, manors, fees and other possessions and lordships pertaining to it, and their heirs, should be as free in their entries into their inheritances, and in their tenures, and otherwise, as they might and should have been of custom or of right if the royal dignity had not fallen to the king;—to take the fealty of Robert de Plompton, the son, and cause him to have full seisin of the manor of Steton, as the king for one mark paid in the hanaper has respited his homage therefor until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next; removing the king’s hand from the manors of Ydell and Nesfeld (with the above exceptions), if they are in the king’s hand for no other cause than the death of Robert de Plompton, ‘chivaler,’ delivering to Robert the son any issues taken therefrom since the death of the said Robert de Plompton, ‘chivaler.’

Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry IV 1405-1409 p306 (1931)

1408. Jan. 30.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order not Westminster. to trouble Robert de Plompton for his homage; as upon the finding of an inquisition, taken before Thomas Egmanton escheator in Yorkshire, that Robert de Plompton knight died seised of the manor of Sceton,* that Robert de Plompton son of William his son is his next heir and of full age, and that that manor is held in chief as of the manor of Spoforde now in the king’s hand by reason of the forfeiture of Henry late earl of Northumberland, for a fine paid in the hanaper the king respited the homage of Robert son of William to a day yet to come; and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [5522]
* Sic. In the warrant Steton.

Sources:

Birth: Aged 45 at the Scropes deposition, most likely in 1386, from The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 p311 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832) and Plumpton Correspondence page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 pp252-3 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 p311 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832) and Plumpton Correspondence page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839) - see also
Plumpton Correspondence footnote to page xxii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Marriage (1st): Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Isabella birth, father from The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 p129 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832); Isabella mother from The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 p119 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832)
Marriage (2nd): Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); date from Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390-1 (William Dugdale, 1907); Isabella 2nd marriage from Ilkley: Ancient & Modern vol 2 p129 (Robert Collyer, 1885)
Occupation: Plumpton Correspondence page xxi - page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 pp310-2 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xxi - page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 pp310-2 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832); Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country vol 56 p225 (1857); History of England Under Henry the Fourth vol 2 p210 (James Hamilton Wylie, 1894)
Death: Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Inquisitions Post Mortem relating to Yorkshire of the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 59 pp60-1 (ed. W. Paley Baildon and J. W. Clay, 1918)
Will: Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Robert Plumpton

Birth: 1382/3
Robert was 24 years old at his grandfather's IPM on 30 May 1407.

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Married: Alice Foljambe
The marriage contract was signed on 14 January 1392(3), when both parties were still children.

Alice was the daughter and heir of Godfrey Foljambe
Alice (1387-bef. June 1419), da. and h. of Sir Godfrey Foljambe (1367-88) of Ockbrook, Derbys. and Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. by Margaret (d. Apr. 1454), da. of Sir Simon Leek†, at least 3s. inc. Sir William†, 2da. Kntd. by Oct. 1411.2 (from http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/plumpton-sir-robert-1383-1421). In an agreement signed by Robert Plumpton concerning the marriage of his son William dated 20 January 1415-16, mention is made of "Dame Alice his late wife".

The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire vol 1 p228 (Joseph Tilley, 1892)

Alice, his daughter and heir, being at the time of his decease, little more than a year old. By a subsequent writ, tested at Westminster 16 February, thirteenth of his reign, King Richard granted to the said Sir John Leeke the marriage of the heiress for fifty marks, which wardship of marriage he, by indenture, dated at Downham-upon-Trent on the morrow of St. Hilary, 16 Richard II., 1392-3, transferred to Sir William Plumpton, Knight, to the intent that she should be matched with his son and heir apparent whomsoever he should be, in consideration of a hundred marks, and upon condition of other annual sums till she reached the age of fifteen years. The marriage took place, and, after the completion of her fourteenth year, Robert Wycard, the King’s escheator for the county of Derby, delivered seisin to William de Hardelsey, attorney of Robert de Plompton, and Alice, his wife, daughter and heir of Godfrey Foliamb. Ch’r of all lands of which the said Godfrey was seised in demesne as of fee on the day he died, and attested the fact by the deed dated at Chaddesden on Sunday next before the feast of St. Nicholas bishop, 3d of Hen. IV. (4 Dec. 1401).

Children:

William Plumpton (1404 - 1480)
Godfrey Plumpton
Robert Plumpton
Margaret Plumpton
Joan Plumpton
Alice Plumpton
Elizabeth Plumpton
George Plumpton

Occupation:
Robert was a Member of Parliament representing Yorkshire in 1411, Nottinghamshire in April 1414 and Yorkshire in March 1416. On 15 October 1415, he was retained to serve the John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, brother of the Henry V, for life, in peace and in war, being paid 20 marks as his fee in time of peace, and the usual wages suitable to his degree in time of war, together with bouche du courte (supplied food) for himself, an esquire, and his two valets, when at the hostelry of the Prince, or in his company. This was an interesting appointment, considering that Robert's father had been executed for treason against Henry IV, the duke's father. In 1416, Sir Robert de Plompton was steward of the Forest of Knaresborough, as well as seneschal of the Honour of Knaresborough.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry V 1413-1419 pp183-4 (1929)

1414. May 29.
Leicester.
To the chancellor in the county palatine of Lancaster. Writ de expensis for 14l. 8s. in favour of Ralph de Radclif and Nicholas Blundell, knights of the shire [at the parliament] summoned at Leycestre on 30 April last, namely, 4s. a day each for 36 days.
[Prynne, Parliamentary Writs, iv. p. 501.]
... The following have like writs:
... Notynghamshire. Robert Plumpton knight and Henry de Sutton 12l. 16s. for 32 days.

The parliamentary representation of the County of York, 1258-1832 vol 1 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 91 p13 (ed. A. Gooder, 1935)

One person returned whose loyalty to Henry IV, though not to the Lancastrian house in general is doubtful, was Robert de Plumpton, who was attached to Henry Beaufort, a supporter of the Prince of Wales.

Notes:
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry IV 1399-1402 p434 (1927)

1401. Nov. 6.
Westminster.
To William Rempston escheator in Notynghamshire. Order to give Robert Plumpton and Alice his wife, daughter and heir of Godfrey Foljaumbe knight (chivaler) son of Godfrey son of Godfrey Foljaumbe knight (militis) seisin of the lands of the said knight (militis), which came to the late king’s hands by his death and by reason of the nonage of the said knight (chivaler), who died within age in ward of the late king; as she has proved her age before the escheator, and the king has commanded the abbot of Fountains to take the fealty of the said Robert.

On 21 June 1405, Robert was pardoned by the king for all "treasons, insurrections, rebellions and felonies" committed by him. Presumably this was related to the treason for which his father had been executed.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry V 1405-1408 p70 (1907)

1405. June 19.
Durham.
Pardon to William Stowe of Rypoun for all treasons, insurrections, rebellions and felonies committed by him, except murders and rapes. By K.
The like to the following:— ...
June 21.
Durham.
Hugh Kendale, warrener, of Rypoun. By K.
Robert son of William de Plumpton. By K.

Robert was found to be the heir of his grandfather, also Robert Plumpton, on 30 May 1407, at which time is was 24 years old.
Inquisitions Post Mortem relating to Yorkshire of the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 59 pp60-1 (ed. W. Paley Baildon and J. W. Clay, 1918)

LVII. ROBERT DE PLUMPTON,* CHIVALER.
(Inquisitions post mortem, Chancery, Hen. IV, file 57.)
... He died on Tuesday before St. Mark’s day last. His next heir is Robert de Plompton, son of his son William, aged 24 years and more on the day of Robert’s death.

* ... His eldest son, Sir William, joined in the insurrection against Henry IV with his uncle Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, and was beheaded 8 June, 1405. William’s son, Sir Robert, succeeded his grandfather (Plumpton Correspondence, Camden Soc.; Scrope and Grosvenor Roll; Dugdale's Visitation Continued, ii, 391).

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Henry IV 1405-1413 p77 (1933)

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p104 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 335.—8 Sept., 1407.
O’ibus hoc scriptu’ visu’ vel auditur’ Robtus de Plompton fil & heres Willi de Plompton, milit’ Saltm in Dno Noveritis me concessisse dedisse & hoc psenti scripto meo confirmasse Rico de Plompton fil pdci Willi de Plompton, milit’ quandu’ annuale’ reddit quadragint solid argent ad terminu’ vitæ pdci Rici pcipiendu annuatim de manrio meo in villa de Nesfeld ad festu’ Sti Martini in yeme & pentecost p equal porcione h’end & pcipien’ pdcu annuale’ redditu’ quadragint solid pfato Rico & assign’ suis ad term’ vitæ pdci Ric: Et si diet reddit quadragint solid ad aliquid termin’ que solvi debeat in pte vel in toto a retro sit non solut qd ex tunc bene liceat p’fato Rico & assign suis in pdis manrio & villa de Nesfeld. . . . . . . . . . . si que fuerant plenarie fuit satisfim. Et ego vero pdcus Robtus de Plompton & hered mei pfatu annuale’ reddit, quadraginti solid pdeo Rico de Plompton & assign suis durant term vitæ pdci Rici contra o’es gentes warrantizabimus & defendemus imppetu’ in cuius testimoniu’ huic p’sent’ scripto meo sigiilu’ meu’ apposui, hiis testibus, Nich de Middelton milit, Willo de Gascoigne, Nicho de Gascoigne, Willo Cote & Thoma Bateson et aliis. Dat apud Plompton in festo Nativitatis btæ Mariæ Virginis Anno Regni Regis Henr quarti post conquestu Angl Octavo.
This Deed hath a seale att the copying the 7 of Novemb 1615.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry IV 1405-1409 p306 (1931)

Robert was knighted some time between 5 July 1410 and 4 December 1411 when we see an reference to him in official documents as ‘chivaler’.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry V 1408-1413 p224 (1909)

1410. July 5.
Westminster.
The like [Commission of array for defence against the king’s enemies.] to Robert Nevylle of Horneby, ‘chivaler,’ William de Haryngton, ‘chivaler,’' Richard Redmane, ‘chivaler,’ Henry Vavasour, ‘chivaler,’ Nicholas Middelton, ‘chivaler,’ Halnath Mablyverer, ‘chivaler,’ Richard Tempest, ‘chivaler,’ Richard Goldesburgh, ‘chivaler,’ Robert Waterton, Edmund Fitz William, Richard Fairffox, Robert Plumton, John de Morle, Thomas Markyngfeld and the sheriff, in the West Riding of the county of York.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry V 1408-1413 pp375-6 (1909)

1411. Dec. 4.
Westminster.
Commission of oyer and terminer to William Gascoigne, Robert Westminster. Tirwhit, Richard Redman, ‘chivaler,’ Gerard Salvayn, ‘chivaler,’ Robert Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’ John Etton, ‘chivaler,’ and Richard Norton, on complaint by Robert del Gare of York that William Forster of Coverdale, John Kydde, John Forster of Coverdale, Robert Frere and other evildoers lay in ambush several times to kill him at Over Ouseburn, co. York, captured him there and took him thence to the town of Aserlawe by ways unknown to him and detained him there in prison, threatening that he would not escape alive unless he paid them 100l. For ½ mark paid in the hanaper.

Tempest Pedigrees vol 1 p72 (Eleanor Blanche Tempest)
In 1411, Joan widow of Sir Ranulph Pygott knt, prosecuted Nicholas Tempest Esq. for chasing 300 of her sheep with dogs and killing twelve valued at 40s (De Banco Roll, 602, Trinity, 12 Henry iiij, m.34) and in 1413, Sir Robert Plumpton, chivaler sued him for breaking his close at "Scoley" and taking away a horse, the next year the trespass was said to be at "Stodelay" (Ibid. Mich., 1 Henry v, m.336d, and East: 2 Henry v, m.150d.).

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry V 1413-1416 pp249-50 (1910)

1414. Nov. 26.
Westminster.
Commission to Robert Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’ Halnath Mauleverer, ‘chivaler,’ and the sheriff of York to arrest Walter Hardolsty, William Nelson and Richard Redeshawe of the parish of Panall in the forest of Knaresburgh, John Colyer the elder, John Colyer the younger, William Inglesent, Richard de Mallom and Richard Farnell of the parish of Hampsthwayte in the same forest, William Symson, John Fayrebarn and John Shutte of the parish of Ripley in the said forest, William Shepherd of the parish of Fooston in the same forest and John de Wilkes, John Milson, Thomas Milson and John Daweson of the parish of Knaresburgh and bring them before the king in Chancery with all speed. The king lately by divers writs directed them to appear in person before him in Chancery at a certain day now past, but although the writs were delivered to them before the said day, as is testified by the king’s knight Roger Leche, treasurer of the household, before the king in Chancery they did not appear.

Calendar of the French Rolls [Part 1] Henry V p604 (1884)

1418. April 24.
Southampton.
Same [Protection] to Rob. Plompton, of York, knight, in the retinue of Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp104-6 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Cartul. 399.
Forty marks secured to Isabella and Katharine, sisters of Sir Robert de Plumpton, for their marriage, and forty shillings yearly to his brother Richard out of the manor of Nesfeld 1418.
...
Cartul 405.—1420.
Sir Robert Plumpton enfeoffed his mother and others in his manors of Plompton, Idill, Steeton, and Nesfeld. Witnesses—Sir Thomas de Markinfeld, Sir Roger Ward, Sir Richard de Goldsbrough; Sir Halnath Malleverer, knights, William de Beckwith, William Pensax, William de Hopton, Henry de Chambre, John Pulane and others.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry V 1416-1422 pp292-3 (1910)

1419. Oct. 14.
Westminster.
Commission to Simon Felbrygge, ‘chivaler,’ John Pyllyngton, ‘chivaler,’ Thomas Wodevill, Thomas Wake, John Longvyll, Thomas Mulso and John Catesby to treat among themselves about a loan to be paid to the king for the resistance of the malice of his enemies and the conservation of the rights and safe-keeping of the realm and to induce all other sufficient secular lieges of the king of the county of Northampton to pay the loan, any ecclesiastical persons who will provide the king with greater sums on the Purification next excepted, and to certify thereon to the treasurer of England or his deputy before 24 January next. It is ordained in the last Parliament that a third part of a tenth and a fifteenth from laymen payable at Martinmas, 1420-1, shall be assigned for the payment of this loan and the chancellor shall make letters patent, writs and other warrants necessary for the payment without charge. [Fœdera.]
The like to the following:—
... The earl of Northumberland, the earl of Westmoreland, Robert de Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’ Robert de Waterton, Thomas Clarell, Thomas Wombewell and Edmund Fitz William, in the West Riding in the county of York.

The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p273 (Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Maunsfeild. And Woodhouse. And Nettleworth.

[Eſc. 12 E. 2. m.21.] The Jury, 12 R. 2, found that Godfrey Foljambe Chr. ſon of Godfrey, ſon of Godfrey Foljambe, Knight, held, when he died, one Meſſ. and half a Carucat of Land in Mansfeld Woodhouse, ancient Demeſne of the Mannor of Maunsfeld, by diverſe Services, viz. 13^s. 4^d. per annum Rent, and Suit to the Court from three weeks to three weeks, of being the Kings Foreſter there, Frank-pledge, Conſtable of the Peace as oft as his courſe ſhall happen, or he be chosen by the neighbours, &c. Alice his daughter being his heir. Sir Robert Plumpton, Knight, was her husband, and about 11 H. 6, [Eſc. 11 H. 6, n.5] died ſeized of one Bovat in Mansfeld Woodhouse, called Wolſhunt Land, and one Essart in the ſame Town at Wadgate near Woodhouse Mill, held by the Service of winding an Horn, and driving or frighting the Wolves in the Forest of Shirewood; William Plumpton was his ſon and heir by the ſaid Alice.

Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 pp340-2 (1834)

No. 97. Alice, his daughter and sole heir, was married to Sir Robert Plompton, of Plompton, com. Ebor. By a deed, 3 Hen. IV. Robert Wycard, Esch. com. Derb. delivers full possession to William Hardisley, attorney for Robert Plompton and Alice his wife, daughter and heir of Godfrey Foljambe, Knt. of all the lands which the said Sir Godfrey held in fee of demesne at the day of his death. (Lib. Plompton, p. 214, ex Collect.)
No. 98. This Alice her marriage and tuition was granted by Richard Bishop of ——, by the manucaption of Richard Daffon, Esch. of ——, and John Gatefield of Nott. to Sir John Leche for 50 marks, the 13th Ric. II. (Ibid. p. 214.)
No. 99. The 17th Ric. II. the same Sir John Leche grants her marriage to Sir William Plompton, to be married to his son and heir. (Ibid. p. 206.) She must then be but eight or nine years old, if she were one year old at Sir Richard Green’s death, the 10th Ric. II.
No. 100. The 6th Hen. IV. Robert Plompton and Alice his wife grant to Thomas de Glen the manor of Hocklow, with the appurtenances in Hocklow, Spoonden, and Chaddesden, for six years, the rent 40s. (Ibid. p. 216.)
No. 101. The same year they gave to Richard de Plompton the rent of 40s. out of Cowbridge, com. Stafford, for life. Testib. William Fencote, William de Leedes, William Thornbury.
No. 101^a. This Richard was brother to Robert, and in the same grant there is mention of Robert Plompton son of Alice.
No. 102. The 7th Hen. IV. the same Robert Plompton sells to the Lady Margaret de Rempston the vesture of his woods in le Combre de Bardolf-wood, juxta Abbathiam de Dale, in com. Derb. for five years, to pay 8l. 6s. 8d.
The same year Robert de Plompton and Alice his wife grant to Henry Foljambe, Abbat of Dale, John de Dene, Canon of the College of Hopton, and Robert Mallert, Vicar of Kynalton, &c. the manor of Hocklow.
The 11th Hen. IV. they sell to Thomas Taylor of Nottingham the vesture of a parcel of wood called Nethersharp, in the field of Mykelhalge, for three years. (Ib. 229.)
No. 104. The 12th Hen. IV. this Robert Plompton is Knt. as appears by many conveyances from this time in the collections of Mr. Christopher Towneley of Carr, in the County of Lancaster, a diligent and learned antiquary of the family of Towneley, com. Lancaster, dead several years since.
No. 105. The 2d Hen. V. this Sir Robert Plompton is Steward of Knaresborough, as is manifest in the aforesaid collections, of which particular proofs will be exhibited when (if God grant life) I treat of that ancient family. (Dodsw. Collect. 239.)
No. 106. The 9th Hen. V. this Sir Robert Plompton died. In the settlement made for the use of his last will the feoffees are Henry Fitz Hugh, lord of Ravensworth, Treasurer of England, the Lady Margaret de Rempston, the Lady Alice de Plompton his mother, and others, and he settles 20 marks for life on Godfrey de Plompton his son, &c. Johan and Alice his daughters, &c.
No. 107. It seems his lady was then dead, for in Spofforth church this epitaph appears:
Hic jacet Robertus Plompton, mil. nuper Senescallus de Knaresborough, et Alicia uxor ejus, filia et heres Godfridi Foljambe, mil. qui Robertus obiit 8 Decembris 1421, quorum a’i’bus p’pitietur Deus.

Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi - page xxix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Robert de Plumpton, nephew and heir, was twenty-four years old at the time of his grandfather’s death, and yet an esquire. By intermarrying with the heiress of Sir Godfrey Foljambe, knight, whose marriage had been contracted for in his father’s lifetime, he added greatly to the wealth and importance of his family, by the acquisition of large estates in the counties of Nottingham and Derby. His mother was Alice, daughter of John Gisburn, citizen and merchant of York, and coheiress with Isabel, wife of Sir William Frost, kt. to their father. After the death of her unfortunate husband, she made the following agreement with her son Robert.
“Ceste endenture faicte par entre dame Alice de Plumpton dune part, et Robert de Plompton, son filts, dautre part, tesmoigne, que le dit Robert ad graunte et fraunkement donee au dite dame Alice son miere, sa table sufficaunt et convenable a son degre, et pur Elizabeth et Isabele, feiles au dite dame Alice, & pur Richard son filtz, et pur une noryse, durant une ane pleynement, le primer jour du dit ane commensant en la feste de St. Martyn en yvere prochein avenere aupres la date du cestes. Et auxi le dit Robert ad fraunkement graunte a dite dame Alice une chambre, appelle le closetts, ou une petit chambre faite enhaut deincs le dit closett, au son propre use, et sufficaunts luminere et fououk.^k Et si ense seit que la dite dame Alice desire ou voet au fyne du dit ane plus longement demurer ou le dit Robert, qu’adoures la dite dame Alice doneray pur son table en la semaygne xii^d; et pur Elizabeth sa feile viii^d; & pur Richard son filz vi^d; & pur Ysabele sa feile vi^d; & pur une gentile feme viii^d; et per une chambrerere vi^d. Et la dite dame Alice eyaunte tute le eesemente & toutz chosez devaunt nomez durantz le temps que la dite dame Alice fait sa demaunce ou le dit Robert. Et au toutz cez & chescuz condicions tener et pleinement performer ambedeux parties au presentez endenturez eyount myse loure seals. Cestez tesmoignez, John de Mureton, Henri de Mureton, Robert de Skelton, chaplayne, Roger de Spofforth & Nicholas Thornby, chaplaines. Done au Everwyk la neefisme iour du moyse de Octobre, lan du Roy Henri enpres le Conquest sept.”^l
^k This lodging must have been in the manor-house of Kinalton in Nottinghamshire, which Robert de Plumpton had in right of his wife, and which he made his principal residence.
^l Cartul. No. 325.

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To return to Sir Robert Plumpton. He was a knight before the 15th Jan. 1410-1, 12 Hen. IV. when he made a feoffment of his estates in Yorkshire to Henry Lord Fitzhugh, Sir Richard Norton, William Ferman, rector of the church of Kirkby Oreblawer, and Richard Sudberi, rector of the church of Croston;^d and as such was chosen to represent the shire of York in the Parliament which met on the 3d November, 13 Hen. IV. 1411. In the same reign (1 July, 13 Hen. IV.) I find a grant by Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, of an annual rent of xx^li sterling out of his manor of Whitteny, in the county of Oxford, pour le bon et greable service que notre trescher et tres bien amé Monsire Robert Plumpton chevaler ad fait et ferra en temps avenir.^e In 2nd Henry V. (14 Oct. 1414) Sir Robert Plumpton was Seneschal of the Honour of Knaresborough, as also one of the Council of the King of his Duchy of Lancaster, together with Sir Roger Leche, knight, Chief Seneschal of the lands of the King of his Duchy of Lancaster towards the north part and elsewhere.^f In 3d Hen. V. (15 Oct. 1415), he was retained to serve the Duke of Bedford for life, in peace and in war, having xx marks as his fee in time of peace, and the usual wages suitable to his degree in time of war, together with bouche du courte for himself, an esquire, and his two valets, when at the hostelry of the Prince, or in his company.^g
On the seventh of October, the feast of St. Marcus, Pope, 6 Hen. IV. 1404, Sir Robert Plumpton had born to him a son and heir,^h afterward Sir William Plumpton, knt. and the same with whose correspondence the series of letters commence. Of this son, when in his twelfth year, the marriage was contracted for on the part of Sir Bryan de Stapilton, of Carlton, com. Ebor. knight, in behalf of his daughter Elizabeth, an infant of the same tender years. The agreement bears date 20 Jan. 3 Hen. V. 1415-16; thereby Sir Bryan accords, that a sum of CCCLX marks be paid to Sir Robert Plumpton for the marriage, he agreeing to settle an estate of xx marks yearly in the vill of Kinalton on his son William and Elizabeth, and their issue. He was further to engage to make a feoffment to Sir Richard Redmayn, knight, John de Moute, esq. Robert Brame and Roger Spofford, chaplains, of the manor of Steton, to secure a rent-charge of XL marks yearly, in case that if the said William and Elizabeth were legally ousted of the estate in Kynalton by Sir Robert or his heirs, or the heirs of Dame Alice his late wife, then the feoffees to convey the same to William and Elizabeth. Within a month after the death of his mother, Dame Alice de Plumpton, Sir Robert was to add x marks to the yearly rent out of Kynalton, except in case Dame Margaret Rempston or Thomas Foljambeⁱ pre-deceased his mother, or that she herself happened to die during the minority of her grandson William. There were beside covenants for re-payment of the principal, in case of either of the parties dying without issue, or of divorce before consummation, as well as of a further sum of L marks for the costs of their maintenance. It was also stipulated that Sir Robert de Plompton should not make any feoffment or estate to the disinherison of the said William, his son, of the land which he held, either by descent, or curtesy after the death of Dame Alice his late wife; save only he might give rent-charges of xx marks each to his two younger sons Godfrey and Robert, with right of mutual accretion in case of either of them being promoted to a benefice, or advantaged by marriage, and of survivo ship in case of death. Also, he might jointure any future wife he might take to himself, so as the jointure did not exceed C marks. Sir Bryan de Stapilton and Dame Agnes his wife were to have the governance of the said William and Elizabeth during their minority, receiving for their sustenance the rent of xx marks out of Kynalton; but in case Sir Bryan should happen to die, and his widow take a second husband, then Sir Robert was to have the govern ance of the betrothed parties.^k
In 1416, 4 Hen. V. Sir Robert de Plompton was Steward of the Forest of Knaresborough, as well as Seneschal of the Honour.
“Unto the worshipfull and reverent Sir, Monsire Robert de Plompton, steward of the forest of Knaresburgh, or to his deputies, William Bedale, mercer, Richard Bellingham, mercer, John Unthank, spicer, William Garnet, bower, Tho: Constable, fletcher, and Tho: Lincolne, Citizens of York, send honor and reverence; for als mekill als an John of Lawe, chapman, sold unto Richard Clerk of Burebrig a pak with divers mercery therein and a horse for xx^ie nobles of the Kings coyn, on thursday next after St. Elen day last past, in the towne of Burebrig, als wee are fully by true men enformed: and for als mekill als it is needfull and necessary thing to all christen men to record and beare witness o’ the soth, we do ye to witt that the gude quilk the foresaid John sold att Burebrig was his awen proper gude, and lelely and truly bought and sold, and a gude man of name and fame evere zhit was and is halden amang us, and for na nother nevere zhit was halden ne reccond. And this witnesse we by this our present letter, written and seald att Yorke, the xxiiij day of May in the yeare of King Henry fift after the conquest of England, fourth.”^l
Sir Robert de Plompton made a further feoffment of all his manors and reversions in Yorkshire to Henry Fitzhugh, lord of Ravenswath and Treasurer of England, Dame Margaret de Rempston, Dame Alice de Plumpton his mother, John Grene de Nuby, William Ferman parson of the church of Kirkby Orblawers, and John Brennand of Knaresburgh, on the 6th November 1416;^m the purport of which feoffment, by an instrument dated at Plumpton, 1 April, 6 Hen. V. 1418, was declared to be for securing to Godfrey and Robert de Plumpton their annuities of xx marks each; and if it should so fall out that he the said Sir Robert de Plumpton, knight, should die before his coming into England, the residue was to be applied according to the directions in his last will. The said feoffees were also to marry his daughters Joan and Alice suitably, and to give xl marks to his sisters Isabella and Katharine for their marriage, and xl^s yearly to his brother Richard out of the manor of Nesfield near Addingham.ⁿ On the 11th day of the same month of April, I find Sir Robert de Plumpton was to be at the muster at Southampton pour le viage notre Sire le Roy de vers son Roialme de France, in the retinue of the Lord Fitzhugh;^o and as about to go abroad, he had the usual letters of protection from the Duke of Bedford, Guardian of England, tested at Southampton 29th of the same month.^p On the 21st of June, 7 Hen. V. 1419, while yet abroad, he contracted for the marriage of Joan his daughter to William Slingsby of Scriven, in com. Ebor. esq., Sir Thomas Rempston, kt. his brother-in-law (son of Dame Margaret Foljambe, mother of Alice, Sir Robert’s deceased wife, by her second husband, Sir Thomas Rempston, K.G.) being also a covenanting party on her behalf.^q
Sir Robert Plumpton was again in England before 27th Aug. following;^r and on the 24th Sept. 8 Hen. V. 1420, he enfeoffed Dame Alice de Plompton his mother, Richard de Norton, Chief Justice of the Common Bench, Thomas de Rempston, ch’r, John Butler, esq. and John Grene, in his manors of Plompton, Idill, Steton in Aierdale, and Nesfeld, with the advowson of his chantry of the Holy Trinity in the church of Ripon, in com. Ebor., and in the reversions of a rent-charge of four marks, issuing out of the manor of Plompton, which Dame Isabell, late wife of Sir Robert Plumpton, kt. his grandfather, had of his grant for term of life in lieu of dower, and of the manors of Gersington in Craven, and Little Studley, after the decease of Alice his mother.^s But the following indenture shows him to have been at Portsmouth, with archers in his retinue, on the 12th Oct. next ensuing, on his route to cross the sea on an expedition into France.
“This indenture, made the yeare of our soveraigne Lord King Henry the V^th after the Conquest the viii^th, betwixt Robert of Plompton, knight, of the to party; John Fleetham, Tho. Clerke, William Chamberlaine, Robert Barden, Henry of Ripley, Robert Morton, William Cowper, Hugh Coke, of the tother party; beares witnesse that the foresaid John, Tho. Will’m Chamberlaine, Rob’t Barden, Henry, Rob’t of Morton, be left with the foresaid Robert as archers, for to serve the foresaid Robert for a twelve moneth, and to take for their service for the foresaid twelvemoneth for their fee, ilkane of them, xl^s, and bouch of Court, clething, & horsing; that is for to say, the foresaid Rob’t shall deliver unto ilkane of them a horse, and the foresaid John, Thomas, Will’m Chamberlain, Rob’t Barden. Henry & Rob’t of Morton grants truly to keepe watch and ward as langes to souldiers for to do; and they that are att horsing of the foresaid Robert truly to pay unto him halfe the gude that they win by war; and they that are at their own horsing, truly to pay him the third parte at they win be were. And the foresaid Will’m Cowper to take for his fee ii marcs, clething, bouch of court, and a horse, and for to fullfill and pay truly, and kepe watch and ward as it is said before. And the foresaid Hugh to take of the foresaid Robert xx^s, and to serve him for the twelvemoneth like as Will’m beforesaid is beun, and truly to pay and to do all manner of covenands as it is said before. And also the foresaid John, Thomas, Will’m Chamberlaine, Rob’t Barden, Henry, Rob’t of Morton, Will’am Cowper, and Hugh Coke sall serve him, as it is beforesaid, in what were he goes, to the twelvemoneth fully be ended. In to the witnes of this, the parties beforesaid have setto their sealls. Written att Porchmouth, the xiii^th day of October, the yeare of our soveraigne Lord the King beforesaid.”^t
In the following year, as we learn from an Inquisitio post mortem^u and from the epitaph on his monument in the church of Spofforth, Sir Robert Plumpton died. It was a tradition in the family that he was slain in France, his death occurring abroad at the time of the siege of Meaux; but the epitaph reads simply,
“Hic jacet Robertus Plumpton, mil. nuper Senescallus de Knaresborough, et Alicia uxor ejus, filia & heres Godfridi Foljambe, mil. qui Robertus obiit 8 Decembris 1421, quorum animabus propitietur Deus.”^x
The issue of Sir Robert Plumpton and Alice Foljambe were three sons: 1. William, in his eighteenth year at the time of his father’s death; 2. Godfrey, married to Alice, daughter and coheir of Thomas Wintringham of Knaresborough, by Alice daughter of John Dobson, before 37 Hen. VI. 1459;^y 3. Robert, known only by his father’s deeds of settlement; and two daughters, 1. Joan, contracted, as is abovesaid, to marry William Slingsby, of Scriven, 21 June, 1419; 2. Alice, whose alliance is doubtful: but either she or her sister became the wife of John Grene of Newby, com. Ebor. esq. previous to the 1st Jan. 5 Hen. VI. 1426-7.
^d Cartul. No. 354.
^e Ibid. No. 359 and 360.
^f Ibid. No. 368.
^g “Ceste endenture fait dentre le haut et puissant prince Johan fitz et frere des Roys, duc de Bedford, Count de Richmond et Kendale, et Con^ble d’engleterre, dun part, et Robert de Plompton, Chevaler, dautre part, tesmoigne que le dit Robert est retenuez et demorrez pardevers le dit tres noble et puissant prince a terme de sa vie pour lui servir, sibien en temps de pees come de guerre, au mielz qui resonablement il pourra estre en son pouoir, preignant annuelment du dit haut et puissant prince pour son fe a cause de sa dite demoere vingt marcs en temps de pees de les cofres de mesme le haut et puissant prince. Et sera le dit Robert montéz, armés, et arraiés, come a son degre et estat appartient, et prest de chivalcher oves le susdit tres noble et puissant prince en sa compaignie, a quel temps que a ce fair il sera deper mesme le puissant prince garniz ou requiz, preignant en temps de guerre du dit tres noble et puissant prince, quant traveillera ovec luy, pour luy mesmez, et ses gentz, lesquex il amesnera oves luy par comaundement de le dit haut et puissant prince, tieulx gagez come autres gentilx de lour degree prendront pour le temps, rebatant toutesvoies lafferant de son fe en temps de pees pour lafferant de ses gagez en temps de guerr,e en cas qil travaille ove le dit tresnoble et puissant prince a aucuns journes que se tiendra pur un quarter del an ou plus, et nemye pour nulle autre petit journes que se namontera al quarter dan. Et aura le dit Robert quant il traveillera oves le dit tresnoble prince en sa compaigne en temps de pees, ou veigne a son houstell per son comaundement, bouche du courte pour luy mesmes, un escuier, et deux ses valetts, en tiele regarde come au dit tres noble prince il plerra. Et de toutez maners de prisoners et autres profittz et gaignes de guerre quelconques en aucune manere per le dit Robert prisez ou gaignes, le dit tres noble et puissant prince aura la tierce; et de tous autres ses ditz gentz lesqueulx il aura as gages, de mesme le tres noble prince la tierce de la tierce. Et si aucun chevitaigne ou autre grand sera soit pris per le dit Robert ou aucun de ses ditz gentz, le dit tres noble et puissant prince aura le chevitaigne ou seigneur avant dit, fesant a celly que luy prist resonable regarde. En tesmoignance du quele chose sibien le dit prince come le dit Robert a cestes endentures entrechangeablement ount mys lour sealx. Donne a le manor de Bisshopthorp le xv jour d’octobre, lan du reigne notre soverain sire le Roy Henri quint puis le conquest tierce.” (Cartul. No. 373.)
^h Cartul. No. 361.
ⁱ Thomas Foljambe was great-uncle of Dame Alice, the relict of Sir Robert de Plompton, and at the time of her birth was, with his brother Robert, her nearest heir and next of kin. From him descended the knightly family settled at Walton in com. Derb.
^k Cartul. No. 374. Sir Bryan Stapleton died abroad in 1417, leaving Agnes, daughter of Sir John Godard, kt. his widow, who survived him many years and never remarried.
^l Cartul. No. 378. St. Elen day was the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 3 May.
^m Ibid. 384. “Dat. apud Plumpton in festo S^ci Leonardi Abbatis, anno r. r. Henr. filii Regis Henr. quarto.”
ⁿ Cartul. No. 399.
^o “Ceste endenture fait par entre Mons^r Robert de Plompton Ch’r dun part, et John de Pancesbery deverwyke dautre part, tesmoigne que le dit John est demoures une home darmes devers le dit Mons^r Robert ovec deux archers pur luy servir pur un an entier en un viage notre Sire le Roy devers son Roialme de France, ou autrement en autre lieu, ou luy plerra lan comenceant le jour del an que le dit John et sex deux archers seront a la mear, prestz pur y fair lour monstres selounque lordenaunce ent fait, et le dit John prendra pur luymesme dousze deniers le jour et chescun de ses archers syse deniers le iour, ovet eskippesson et reskippesson pur cink chevaulx pur luy dit John et sa retenue. Et lavaunt dit John serra tenuz destre bien armes et arraies de novell manere, et il et ses deux archers seront ensy bien et cuvenablement montes et arraiez solounque lours estatz, et tout pretz au port de Southampton le unszisme iour daprill prochein venaunt ay fair touts monstres devaunt les comissioners notre Sire le Roy a ces assignes, a taunt des foitchez, de la mear ou autrement, come ils seront resonablement garniz depart le dit Mons^r Robert. Et le dit John prendra gages pur luy et ses deux archers es mayns pur un quart entier del an avauntdit. Preignaunt suertees pur luy et ses deux archers pur ses autres trois quartres del an avauntdit per mesme la forme ou semblable come le dit Mons^r Robert prendera de le Sire Fitzhughe. Cest assavoir, le dit John prendera douze deniers le jour, & cescun de les deux archers prendera sise deniers le jour. Et avera le dit Mons^r Robert la tierce de toutz prisez & gaignez de guerre, des presoners come des autres choises, per le dit John prises ou gaignez, et le tierce de la tierce de ses deux archers en ascune manere gaignez, en semblable condicion al effect & purport des endentures a mon dit S^r Robert de Plompton faitz de sa retenu devers le Sire Fitzheugh, des queux gaignez, prises, & tierces partes le dit John & ses deux archers ferront a mon dit S^r Robert pleyne conusaunce & notice, si bien prisoners & autres gaignez de guerre, come de lour value, saunce concelement en ascune partie, deinz septz iours apres tielx prises ou gaignez faitz, sur payne de forfair au dit Mons^r Robert la value de ycelle concelement. En tesmoignaunce de quele choses les parties suisditz a ycestes indentures entrechangeablement ount mys lour seals. Done a Knaresburgh, la douszisme iour de Marce, lan de reigne notre S^v le Roy Henri Quint puis le Conquest quint.” (Cartul. N^o 397.)
^p Carte, Catalogue des Rolles Gascons. fol. Lond. 1743, vol. 2. p. 235.
^q Cartul. N^o. 402. By the contract William Slengsby, esquier, undertook, within six weeks after his coming into the realms of England, to enfeoffe, or cause to be enfeoffed, Sir Thomas Rempston and Sir Robert Plumpton, knights, in lands of his heritage in the townes of Scriven, Knaresburgh, Farnham, and Wiclif, to the value of xl marks; to hold to the use and profitt of Jenett, one of the daughters of the said Sir Robert, getten of the body of Alison, sometyme his wife, and sister of the said Sir Thomas, during her life, unless the marriage betwixt the said William and hir as here by theis foresaid parties it is spoken and accorded be not maked. Witnesses, Robert Swillingdon, Giles Dawbeny, Tho. Saint Quintyn, William Hudelston, kts. and William Wakefield, Nicholas Ward, and John Thorp, esquires.
^r Cartul. No. 403. The deed of this date contains a covenant between Sir R. Plumpton, kt. and Dame Alice Chelray, prioress of Esshold and the convent of the same, whereby the latter, in exchange for a licence to hold in severalty and inclose two assarts, called Over-holme, Nether-holme, Stragilford, Lang-holme, and Alridrode, which they held of the gift of Neil de Plompton, and other ancestors of the said Sir Robert, in the vill of Idill, agreed to quitclaim to the former all their rights of pasture and pannage in the wood of Idill; provided always, that a chaplain should continue to sing perpetually for the soul of Dominus Robertus filius Roberti de Plompton, according to the tenor of a charter made by the same to God and St. Leonard of Eshold. The charters containing these endowments will be found in the Monasticon, new edit. vol. V. p. 472; but the name of Alice Chelray is omitted in the list of Prioresses of Esholt.
^s Cartul. No. 405. Dat. apud Plumpton, xxiiii^to die mensis Septembris, anno r. r. Hen. V. post conq. Angliæ octavo. The witnesses were, Sir Thomas de Markinfeld, Sir Roger Ward, Sir Richard de Goldsbrough, Sir Halnath Malleverer, knights, William de Beckwith, William Pensax, William de Hopton, Henry de Chambre, John Pulane and others.
^t Cartul. No. 407.
^uEsc. 11 Hen. VI. No. 5.
^x This inscription, which wants literal exactness, is taken from a copy in the notices of the family of Foljambe, by N. Johnston, M. D. 1701, printed in the Coll. Top. et Gen. vol. I. p. 91. (Vide No. 107, p. 341.)
^y Curia tenta apud Knaresburgh die mercurii p’x’ ante festu’ Sc’i Laurenci, a^o r. r. Hen. Sexti xxxvii. Alicia nuper ux. Tho. Wintringham—ad opus Johannæ et Aliciæ ux. Godfrid’ Plompton, filiarum dictorum Thomæ et Aliciæ. (Cartul. No. 494 & 495.)

The parliamentary representation of the County of York, 1258-1832 vol 1 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 91 pp174-65 (ed. A. Gooder, 1935)

128. ROBERT PLUMPTON. Nov. 1411, co. York; Apr. 1414, co. Notts.; Mar. 1415/6, co. York.
Robt Plumpton was the great-grandson of the Wm de Plumpton of whom a notice appears above, being the s. of Wm Plumpton—s. of Robert, s. of the kt of sh.—by his wife Alice, dau. and coh. of John Gisburn, citizen and merchant of York. His father joined abp Scrope’s rebellion and was beheaded on 8 Jun. 1405, and in Apr. 1407, young Robt succeeded to his grandfather’s estates, being at that time 24 yrs old.¹³ He mar. Alice, dau. and h. of Godfrey Foljambe. The marriage was arranged before 14 Jan. 1392/3, and had taken place before the couple inherited Godfrey’s lands in 1401.¹ Their s. and h. Wm was b. on 7 Oct. 1404, and on 20 Jan. 1415/6, was contracted to marry Eliz., dau. of Sir Brian Stapilton of Carlton.² Robt was ktd before 1411, and d. on 8 Dec. 1421, being bur. at Spofforth ch.³
He inherited the mans. of Steeton, held of the earl of Northumberland, but in the Kg’s hands by reason of the earl’s forfeiture; Idel, held of the honour of Pontefract, of the duchy of Lancaster; and Nesfield;⁴ while his wife brought to the family lands in cos. Notts., Derby, Warwick, and Leicester.⁵
On 21 Jun. 1405, Plumpton received a pard. of treason and felonies, referring presumably to some part in the rebellion which his father had joined with fatal results.⁶ His name appears in the W.R. comm, of array of 5 Jul. 1410,⁷ and he rep. co. York in the parl. of Nov. 1411,⁸ during the session of which he was appd on a comm, of o.t.⁹
Hen. Beaufort, bp of Winchester, granted to Plumpton, on 1 Jul. 1412, for good serv. done and to be done, £20 a year out of the man. of Witney, co. Oxford.¹⁰ In the parl. of Apr. 1414, Plumpton rep. Notts.¹¹ On 14 Oct. 1414, he was one of those commd to arrest various persons living in the parishes of Knaresborough, Pannal, Hampsthwaite and Ripley, and take them into Chanc., whither they had been summd by writs which they had not obeyed.¹² He was retained for life to serve John, duke of Bedford, in peace or war, on 15 Oct. 1415.¹³
Plumpton was again retd for co. York to the parl. of Mar. 1415/6, his colleague on this occasion being Brian Stapilton,¹⁴ with whom he had shortly before made the marriage contract mentioned above. About this time Plumpton was steward of the honour and forest of Knaresborough.¹⁵ In Apr. 1418, he appeared at the muster at Southampton for the exped. to France, in the retinue of lord FitzHugh, and was still abroad on 21 Jun. but retd before 27 Aug.¹ On 26 Nov. 1419, he was constituted a commr for raising the loan in the W.R.² He was at Portsmouth ready to go abroad again in Oct. 1420, when he engaged eight archers to go with him.³ Tradition has it that he d. before the walls of Meaux, but this is not mentioned in his epitaph.⁴
¹³ C.C.R. 1405-09, p. 306; C.F.R. 1405-13 (unbound), p. 77; Yorks. Inqs. Hen. IV-Hen. V, p. 61; Plumpton Corresp., pp. xxiii-xxvi.
¹ Plumpton Corresp., xxvi-xxvii ; C.C.R. 1399-1402, p. 434.
² Plumpton Corresp., p. xliii.
³ Ibid., pp. xlii, xlix.
⁴ C.P.R. 1405-09, p. 306; C.F.R. 1405-13, p. 77; Yorks. Inqs. Hen. IV-Hen. V, pp. 60-61.
⁵ C.C.R. 1399-1402, p. 434.
⁶ C.P.R. 1405-08, p. 70.
⁷ C.P.R. 1408-13, p. 224.
⁸ O.R. i, p. 277.
⁹ C.P.R. 1408-13, p. 375.
¹⁰ Plumpton Corresp., p. xliii.
¹¹ O.R. i, p. 282. See the note, on p. 228 below, regarding the possibility of his having been retd for co. York as well.
¹² C.P.R. 1413-16, pp. 292-293.
¹³ Plumpton Corresp., p. xliii.
¹⁴ Prynne, W., Brevia Parliamentaria Rediviva (London, 1662), p. 112. On this return see below, p. 228, note 3.
¹⁵ Plumpton Corresp., p. xliii.
¹ Plumpton Corresp., pp. xlvi-xlvii; Rep. Dep. Keeper, 44 App. (French Rolls), p. 604.
² C.P.R. 1416-22, p. 250.
³ Plumpton Corresp., p. xlviii.
⁴ Ibid., p. xlix.

Death: 8 December 1421, by family tradition at the siege of Meaux, France, although he was buried in England

PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993)

Sir Robert returned to the theatre of war in October 1420, when he left Portsmouth with a private retinue of eight archers who were to fight under his command in the royal army for the next year. He is said to have fallen at the siege of Meaux, and his death, on 8 Dec. 1421, certainly coincided with the bombardment of the town.

Buried: Spofforth, Yorkshire, England

Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

In the following year, as we learn from an Inquisitio post mortem^u and from the epitaph on his monument in the church of Spofforth, Sir Robert Plumpton died. It was a tradition in the family that he was slain in France, his death occurring abroad at the time of the siege of Meaux; but the epitaph reads simply,
“Hic jacet Robertus Plumpton, mil. nuper Senescallus de Knaresborough, et Alicia uxor ejus, filia & heres Godfridi Foljambe, mil. qui Robertus obiit 8 Decembris 1421, quorum animabus propitietur Deus.”^x

^u Esc. 11 Hen. VI. No. 5.
^x This inscription, which wants literal exactness, is taken from a copy in the notices of the family of Foljambe, by N. Johnston, M. D. 1701. printed in the Coll. Top. et Gen. vol. I. p. 91. (Vide No. 107, p. 341.)

Will:
Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 pp341 (1834)

Probate:
Mapping the Medieval Countryside 24-006

ROBERT PLUMPTON, KNIGHT
6 Writ mandamus. ‡ 8 July 1432. [Wymbyssh].
Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry V.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Nottingham. 13 October 1432. [Byngham].
Jurors: Edmund Boterall of Mansfield Woodhouse; Henry Walker of Mansfield; Thomas Huchunson ; Thomas Cartwright ; John Senker ; Roger Smyth ; William Couentr ; John Pigot ; Thomas Hill; John Edwalton ; Henry Cook ; and John Chapman .
He held a bovate of land called ‘Wolfhuntland’ in Mansfield Woodhouse and an assarted pasture at ‘Wadgate’ by ‘Wodehous Milne’ in the same vill, in his demesne as of free tenement by curtesy of the inheritance of William Plumpton, knight, son and heir of Alice, daughter of Godfrey Foldyambe and lately his wife, of ‪ Henry V in chief by service of blowing the horn and hunting wolves within the forest of Sherwood for all service, annual value 6s. 8d.
He died on 8 December 1421. William Plumpton is the son and next heir of Alice and Robert, aged 30 years and more.
Henry V and ‪ Henry VI occupied the land and pasture from his death until the day of this inquisition and received the issues by the hands of their escheators.
C 139/57/5 mm.1–2

Calendar of the Fine Rolls 1430-1437 vol 16 p124 (1936)

1432. Nov. 10.
Westminster.
Order to the escheator in the county of Nottingham;—pursuant to an inquisition taken before him showing that Robert Plumpton, knight, on the day of his death held of Henry V in chief, in his demesne as of free tenement by the courtesy of England, of the inheritance of William Plumpton knight the son and heir of Alice the daughter of Godfrey Foldyambe, late the wife of the said Robert, a bovate of land, called ‘Wolfhuntland’, in Manesfeld Wodhous, and a pasture, as of assart, in the same town, at Wadgate by Wodehous Milne, by service of winding a horn and hunting wolves within the forest of Shirwode, for all services; and that the said William is the son and next heir of the said Robert and Alice and of full age;—to cause the said William to have full seisin of the said land and pasture (which by the death of the said Robert were taken into the hands of Henry V and are still in the king’s hand), as the king has taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [2565].

Sources:

Birth: Inquisitions Post Mortem relating to Yorkshire of the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 59 pp60-1 (ed. W. Paley Baildon and J. W. Clay, 1918); Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi
Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xxvi; PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993)
Marriage: The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire vol 1 p228 (Joseph Tilley, 1892); Plumpton Correspondence page xliii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p341 (1834); Robert's epitaph at Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1584/5 and 1612 p386 (ed Joseph Foster, 1875); PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993)
Notes: Parliamentary career from PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993); serving Duke of Bedford from Plumpton Correspondence page xlii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Death: Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p341 (1834); Mapping the Medieval Countryside 24-006; Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993)
Burial: Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 p341 (1834); Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Robert Plumpton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Notes:
Plumpton Correspondence page xliii - page xlv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Sir Robert de Plompton made a further feoffment of all his manors and reversions in Yorkshire to Henry Fitzhugh, lord of Ravenswath and Treasurer of England, Dame Margaret de Rempston, Dame Alice de Plumpton his mother, John Grene de Nuby, William Ferman parson of the church of Kirkby Orblawers, and John Brennand of Knaresburgh, on the 6th November 1416;^m the purport of which feoffment, by an instrument dated at Plumpton, 1 April, 6 Hen. V. 1418, was declared to be for securing to Godfrey and Robert de Plumpton their annuities of xx marks each; and if it should so fall out that he the said Sir Robert de Plumpton, knight, should die before his coming into England, the residue was to be applied according to the directions in his last will.
^m Ibid. 384. “Dat. apud Plumpton in festo S^ci Leonardi Abbatis, anno r. r. Henr. filii Regis Henr. quarto.”

page xlix - page l (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

^y Curia tenta apud Knaresburgh die mercurii p’x’ ante festu’ Sc’i Laurenci, a^o r. r. Hen. Sexti xxxvii. Alicia nuper ux. Tho. Wintringham—ad opus Johannæ et Aliciæ ux. Godfrid’ Plompton, filiarum dictorum Thomæ et Aliciæ. (Cartul. No. 494 & 495.)

Sources:

Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xliii - page lxv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Roger de Plumpton

Father: Robert de Plumpton

Mother: Isabella (_____) de Plumpton

Notes:
Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp114-5 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Sir Robert died about 1295, and was succeeded by his son Robert, “filio meo primogenito,” to whom, and to Lucy, his wife, daughter of Sir William de Ros, and their heirs, he gave in frank marriage land to the value of cs. rent in Middleton and Langber
... The young couple thrive in their windy lot, and have four children, two sons and two daughters. Then one of these daughters, Eustasia, is duly courted by Sir Peter Middelton, nephew and heir to Sir Adam, and marries him about 1319, for in that year, Nigel de Plumpton, with Roger, his brother, and Elina, their sister, quit claim to Sir Peter certain lands in Austby, of the yearly rent of sixteen shillings, which had come into the family six years before by deed from Helewiz, widow of Nigel de Nestefield*

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)

Sources:

Parents: Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions vol 2 p390 (ed J. W. Clay, 1907)
Notes: Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p19 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p115 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

Thomas Plumpton

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Occupation:
Thomas may the Thomas Plumpton who was ordained acolyte on Saturday in the first week of Lent, 22 February 1398/9, in the prebendal chapel of Cawood by William, bishop Pharensis, by authority of Richard, archbishop of York (York Clergy Ordinations 1374-1399 p159 (ed. David M. Smith, 2020), subdeacon to title of Beverley collegiate chapter on 20 September 1399 in the prebendal church of Sherburn [in Elmet], York diocese, by William, bishop Pharensis, by licence of M. J[ohn de Newton], the vicar-general (York Clergy Ordinations 1374-1399 p166), then deacon to title of Beverley collegiate chapter in the conventual church of the Dominicans, Beverley, on 3 April 1400 by William, bishop Pharensis, by authority of Richard, archbishop of York (York Clergy Ordinations 1400-1424 p3 (ed. David M. Smith, 2020) and as priest to title of Beverley colegiate chapter in he chapel of All Saints, Cawood, by William, bishop Pharensis, by authority of Richard, archbishop of York, on 24 May 1404 (York Clergy Ordinations 1400-1424 p37).

Notes:
Thomas was left property in a settlement made by his mother on 26 October 1416.
Plumpton Correspondence page xxx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)

Thomas Plumpton, 4 H. 5, had lands from his mother, d. 18 July 1420, bur. at Spofforth. M.I.

Death: 18 July 1420

Burial: in Spofford, Yorkshire, England

Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631 by Roger Dodsworth in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 34 p97 (ed. J. W. Clay, 1904)

Spofford (Spofforth) Church, 16 Septembris, 1620.
Another stone in the North side
Hic jacet Thomas Plompton,⁴ filius Willelmi Plompton, qui obiit xviij^o die Julii anno Domini M^oCCCC^oXX^o, cujus animæ propicietur Deus. Amen.
⁴ Younger son of ... Sir William Plompton

A rough translation of the inscription is:
Here lies Thomas Plompton, son of William Plompton, who died on the 18th day of July in the year of the Lord 1420, may God rest his soul. Amen.

Sources:

Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Death: Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631 by Roger Dodsworth in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 34 p97 (ed. J. W. Clay, 1904); Plumpton Correspondence page xxxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Burial: Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631 by Roger Dodsworth in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 34 p97 (ed. J. W. Clay, 1904); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p391 (William Dugdale, 1907)

William Plumpton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Lucy (de Ros) Plumpton

Married (1st): Alicia Beaufitz
Alice was born in 1296, the daughter of Henry Beaufitz and Cecilia de Plumpton. Alice and William were married before 14 April 1322, at which date the manor of Nesfield was settled by Sir Robert Plumpton, his father, upon him and Alice his wife, and the heirs of their bodies.

Calendar of inquisitions post mortem Edward II 1316-1327 p399 (1910)

628. HENRY BEAUFIZ.
Writ, 6 May, 18 Edward II.
YORK. Inq. Wednesday before St. Hilary, 19 Edward II.
Kerby. A messuage and 8 bovates of land, held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 2s. yearly, but worth nothing by reason of the devastation of the Scots.
Brakenthwait. The manor, and a messuage, 22 tofts, 20 bovates and 146a. land, 17a. meadow and 20a. wood in Plumpton, Folifeyt, Braham and Little Ribbestayn, held for life by fine levied in the king’s court by the grant of John Scot of Hoperton to the said Henry and Cecily sometime his wife and to the heirs of the said Cecily; whereof the said manor is held of the abbot of Fountains by fealty only, and the other lands &c. are held of William de Plumpton by service of 1lb. cummin yearly.
Growelthorp and Kirkeby Malasart. 20s. rent held for life, of the inheritance of the said Cecily, of the king as of the manor of Kirkeby Malasart, now in the king’s hand through the forfeiture of John de Moubray, by fealty and service of 1d. yearly to be paid to the said manor.
Alice, daughter of the said Henry and Cecily, aged 28 and more, is their next heir.

C. Edw. II. File 93. (15.)

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward II 1319-1327 p375 (1912)

1326. Feb. 8.
Gaywood.
Order to Simon de Grymesby, escheator in the counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland,—pursuant to an inquisition made by him shewing that Henry Beaufitz held on the day of his death by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Cecily sometime his wife a yearly rent of 20s. in Growelthorp and Kyrkeby Malasard of the king as of the manor of Kyrkeby Malasard, which is in the king’s hand by the forfeiture of John Moubray, by fealty and the service of 1d. a year, and that he held no lands in chief as of the crown, but held divers lands of divers other lords by divers services, and that Alice, daughter of the said Henry and Cecily, whom William de Plumpton has taken to wife, is Cecily’s nearest heir and of full age,—to deliver the said rent to the said William and Alice, he having done fealty, and to meddle no further with the lands held of other lords, delivering any issues thereof received by him to those whose they are.

Married (2nd): Christiana (Moubray) de Emeldon
This marriage occured before 24 February 1333(4) when Christiana is named the wife of William de Plumpton in a settlement of lands she held in dower (Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1334-1338 pp98-9)
((Christiana see CCR 1333-1337 p. 319; Close Rolls 1364-68; Fine Rolls 1356-1368 p296, 300-1; The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 pp348-9)

Plumpton Correspondence footnote to page xxii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Children:

Emma Plumpton
Alice Plumpton
Robert Plumpton (1340/1 - 1407)

Occupation: Knight, Sheriff and Escheator for Yorkshire, and Member of Parliament.
William was returned as knight of the shire for Yorkshire to the parliament of September 1331. In 1346 William is recorded as being in "the retinue of Henry de Percy and about to go in his company to the march of Scotland for the defence thereof." (Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward III 1337-1347 p493). He was sheriff of Yorkshire and keeper of the castle at York from 22 October 1350 until 17 October 1351, and escheator for Yorkshire from 22 October 1350 until 1352. We find a number of orders given to William in his role as escheator in the Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1349-1354. the Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward III 1347-1356, the Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous 22-51 Edward III and The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p229 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

Notes:
William's seal, on documents from 1315 and 1325, is described as "a round shield with four fusils in fess" (Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p28). The first reference I have found to William as a knight is when he witnessed a grant on 6 February 1328 (Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1327-1350 p361).

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p114 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Nesfield with Langbar.
305. 11 Edward II (1317-8). Quitclaim by William son and heir of Sir Robert de Plumton to Henry the miller of Hertelington of all right in the toft and croft and two bovates of land and meadow in the vill and territory of Nessefeld, which Nigel Craggille and Agnes his wife formerly held for life of the said Sir Robert de Plumton. Witnesses, Peter de Medilton, Richard de Qweteley, Thomas de Schalewra, William son of William Maulevereyr, John le Spenser de Spenser [sic], Robert son of Simon the smith of Ilkeley.⁷ (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 17, Nesfield], No. 15.)
⁷ Seal: red wax, circular, diameter ⅝ in.; a round shield with four fusils in fess; legend indecipherable.

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 pp28-9 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Brackenthwaite (Pannal)
100. Friday before Michaelmas, 19 Edward II (Sept. 27, 1325). Appointment by William son of Sir Robert de Plumpton, knt., and Alice his wife, of Sir Peter de Middelton and John le Despenser of Nessefeld as attorneys to deliver seisin to Sir Robert de Neuby, rector of the church of Merston, of the manor of Brakenthwait, a tenement in Plumpton, a tenement in Folifait and Little Ribstan, a messuage and eight bovates of land in Kereby, and a tenement in Growelthorp and Kirkeby. York^.4 (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 4, Brackenthwaite], No. 9.)
101. Sunday after Michaelmas, 19 Edward II (Oct. 6, 1325). Appointment by Robert, parson of the church of Merseton, of William de Slingesby and Marmaduke de Plumpton as attorneys to take seisin of the lands and tenements which William son of Sir Robert de Plumpton gave him in the vill[s] of Brakenswayt and Folifayt. Plumpton. (Ibid., No. io.)
102. Octave of Hilary, 19 Edward II (Jan. 20, 1325-6). Fine between Robert de Neuby, parson of the church of Merston, querent, and William de Plumpton and Alice his wife, deforciants, of the manor of Brakanthwayt, and 2 messuages, 1 mill, 22 tofts, 27 bovates, 146 acres of land, 17 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of wood in Plumpton, Folifait, Braham, Kerby, and Little Ribstayn; the right of Robert, who granted them to William and Alice in special tail, with successive remainders in tail to Thomas son of Peter de Middelton, Marmaduke de Plumpton, and Adam son of Peter de Middelton. (Ibid., No. 11.)
103. Friday after St. Ambrose, 19 Edward II (April 11, 1326). Agreement between William de Plumpton, son and heir of Robert de Plumpton, knt., on one part, and Richard de Rothewell of Ryghton on the other, by which William demised to Richard for his life two messuages and two bovates of land in the vill and territory of Brakanthwayt, at the yearly rent of 12s., 6s. at Whitsuntide and 6s. at Martinmas; if William could demise two other bovates of land in the said vill and territory at a higher farm, Richard agreed that the said two bovates should render as much as the others and 6d. in addition; Richard to be quit during his life of all boons and pannages, but to do as much forinsec service as belonged to the said rent. Plumpton. (Ibid., No. 12.)
⁴ Seal: red wax, circular, diameter ⅝ in.; a round shield with four fusils in fess; broken.

Yorkshire deeds vol 5 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 69 p64 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1926)

Follifoot.
166. Wednesday before St. Nicholas, 19 Edward II (Dec. 4, 1325). Demise by William son and heir of Sir Robert de Plumton, to John Ledred, for his life, of a toft and nine acres of land and meadow in Folyfayt by Plumton, which had been held of the demisor by Roger de Gellesthorp, at a yearly rent of 5s. of silver, payable half at Whitsuntide and half at Martinmas. Witnesses, Walter de Kereby, Simon de Waldeby, Nigel de Wetherby, Robert Fraunk, John Patchet. Plumton. (Ibid. [Y.A.S., M^D 59, 9, Follifoot], No. 41.)³
³ Two tags; seals destroyed.

Yorkshire deeds vol 6 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 76 p110 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1930)

Middleton (Ilkley)
357. Wednesday, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 1 Edward III (June 24, 1327). Receipt by William son of Robert de Plumton from Sir Peter de Midelton for 40li. sterling in which the latter was bound to him in respect of a recognition made before Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellow justices of the King’s Bench, by which he had released all actions of debt or contract against Sir Peter. Witnesses, Sir Henry de Hertelyngton, Nigel de Werby, John Pykard, William de Askam, John de Dyghton. Stockeld. (Ibid. [Y.A.S. M^D 59, 14, Middleton], No. 36).

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1334-1338 pp98-9 (1895)

1334. Feb. 24.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Licence for Richard de Acton of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Matilda his wife to enfeoff John de Stanyngton, chaplain, of a third part of two parts of the manor of Jesemuth, co. Northumberland, and of the reversion of a third part of one third part of the manor now held in dower by William de Plumpton and Christiana his wife for the life of Christiana, and for him to re-grant these, which are held in chief, to them for life, with remainder to Roger de Wyderyngton, brother of Gerard de Wyderyngton, knight (militis), and Elizabeth their daughter in fee tail, and reversion to the right heirs of Matilda. By p.s.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1343-1345 p1 (1902)

1343. Feb. 1.
Kennington.
Exemplification, at the request of William de Plumpton, now tenant of the manor of Styveton in Eyrdale, as is said, of a final agreement made at York, in three weeks of Michaelmas, 28 Edward I, before John de Metyngham, William de Bereford, Elias de Bekyngham, Peter Malorre, William Howard and Lambert de Trykyngham, justices, and others between Robert de Styveton and John son of Robert de Styveton and Amicia his wife, plaintiffs, and John de Merkyngfeld, deforciant, of the said manor, whereby the former acknowledged the same to be the right of the said John and he in return surrendered it to them to hold to them and the heirs of the said John de Styveton. By the Keeper & C.

Yorkshire deeds vol 10 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 120 p129 (ed. M. J. Stanley Prive, 1955)

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p85 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Cold Kirby
285. Thursday after Michaelmas, 17 Edward III (Oct. 2, 1343). Grant by William de Plumton to Thomas son of Peter de Mydelton, knt. (militis), of all his lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, and woods in the vill of Kereby by Blakonmore, with all his villeins and their sequels and chattels; to hold of the chief lords of the fee. Witnesses, William de Malbys, Walter Faukunberg, knts., Walter de Kereby, William de Lyndlay, Adam de [?] Kayle, John de Mydelton, Thomas de Methelay. Plumton. (Y.A.S., M^D 59, 13, Kirby.)

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1343-1345 p455 (1902)

1345. April 24.
Westminster.
Licence for the alienation in mortmain by William de Plumpton, ‘chivaler,’ of five messuages, a bovate of land and 65s. 8d. of rent, in Ripon, Kirkeby Malassart, Growel Thorpe, Kirkstaynlay and Plumpton, to a chaplain to celebrate divine service daily in the church of St. Wilfrid, Ripon, for the good estate of the said William, for his soul when he is dead and for the souls of his father, mother, ancestors and heirs. By fine of 12 marks. York.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward III 1337-1347 pp490-1 (1915)

1346. Nov. 1.
The Tower, London.
Commission to the sheriff of Worcester, Thomas le Botiller of Upton on Severn, knight, and Thomas Cassy of Wych, reciting that in the full Parliament holden at Westminster on Monday after the Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin last the prelates, earls, barons and other great men of the realm, as well those absent with the king out of the realm by their letters read in the same Parliament and enrolled on the roll thereof, as those present there, granted for themselves and the whole commonalty of the realm 40s. on each knight’s fee in England as an aid for making the king’s firstborn son a knight, to be levied as such an aid granted to the king’s progenitors in like case used to be levied; and appointing the said commissioners to levy the same from knights’ fees held as well of the king as of others, so that they have all money arising therefrom at the Exchequer on the quinzaine of Hilary next to be delivered to him or them to whom the king shall order the same to be delivered; and order to them to hold deliberation hereon as well by the rolls of the aid levied in the time of Edward I, which the king is sending under the foot of his seal for greater evidence of the knights’ fees and parts of knights’ fees, as by inquisitions to be taken as often as need be, and otherwise, as shall seem good for the acceleration of the levying hereof, and to attend exclusively to the levying hereof; and order to all tenants of fees and parts of fees in the said county to be intendant, the king having ordered the sheriff to summon good and lawful men before them.
By K. and the guardian and council.
The like to the following in the following counties:—
... The sheriff, John de Siggeston, knight, and William de Plumpton, knight. North Riding, co. York.

p493

Afterwards on 20 January John de Kylvyngton is appointed with the sheriff of York and John de Siggeston in the room of William de Plumpton, who is of the retinue of Henry de Percy and about to go in his company to the march of Scotland for the defence thereof.
By C. North Riding.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1348-1350 p519 (1905)

1350. Feb. 10.
Westminster.
Commission of oyer and terminer to William Basset, Peter de Richmound, Thomas de Nessefeld and William de Slingesby, on complaint by William de Plumpton that Richard de Goldesburgh the elder, ‘chivaler,’ John de Goldesburgh, parson of the church of Goldesburgh, William son of Roger de Scot of Goldesburgh, Walter de Baynton and others, at Goldesburgh, co. York, broke his close and houses, carried away his crops, in sheaves, and goods, and assaulted his men and servants, whereby he lost their service for a great time. By fine of 20s. paid in the hanaper.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward III 1347-1356 p234 (1921)

1350. March 16.
Westminster.
Association of John Deyvill of Tokwhyt with Richard de Goldesburgh, John de Calverleye, John de Wodehall and William de Rilleston of Craven in the commission to levy and collect in the West Riding, co. York, for the second year, the tenth and fifteenth for three years last granted to the king; in the room of William Gramary, who is too weak and broken with age to labour in the matter. By C.
Mittitur ad scaccarium.
And afterwards, on 10 April, because owing to the negligence of the said commissioners no part of the tenth and fifteenth is yet levied in the West Riding, William de Plumpton and Brian de Thornhull are associated with them. By C.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward III 1347-1356 pp227-8 (1921)

1350. Oct. 22.
Westminster.
Commitment as above [during pleasure, that he answer at the Exchequer as sheriff] to William de Plumpton of the county of York and castle of York.
Order to Gerard de Salvayn, late sheriff, to deliver the same to him.
...
The like commitments [during pleasure, of the office of the escheatry] to the following of the said office in the counties named:—
William de Plumpton; York.
Order to Gerard de Salvayn, late escheator, to deliver the office to him.

p307

1351. Oct. 17.
Westminster.
The like commitments [during pleasure, that he answer at the Exchequer as sheriff and keeper] to the following of the counties and castles named:—
Peter de Nuttle: York and York castle.
Order to William de Plumpton, late sheriff and keeper, to deliver the same to him.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1349-1354 p189 (1906)

1351. July 3.
Westminster.
To Richard de Goldesburgh, John de Calverleye, John de Wodhall, William de Rilleston, William de Plimpton and Brian de Thornhull. Order to be attendant upon the collecting and levying of the triennial tenth and fifteenth last granted for the second year in the West Riding, co. York, without awaiting the presence of John Deyvill, whom the king lately appointed with them for this, as for certain causes shown before the council the king wishes John to be discharged thereof. The king has ordered John not to intermeddle further therewith. By K.
Mandate in pursuance to John. By K.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1350-1354 p156 (1907)

1351. July 6.
Westminster.
Commission to William de Plumpton, Brian de Thornhill, William de Skarghill, the elder, Nicholas de Wortelay, Henry de Sothill, John de Calverlay, Thomas Flemmyng, Robert de Staynton, Adam de Ilopton, John Tours, Aymer Burdet, William de Mirfeld, John de Sheffeld, William de Lewenthorp, William de Beston and Thomas de Fenton reciting that Adam Beaumund, William de Lokwode and very many other felons indicted of the death of John de Eland, one of the king’s justices appointed to hear and determine trespasses in the West Riding, co. York, gathering to themselves a very great number of felons and evildoers have killed John son of the said John because he was suing before the king to punish them for his father’s death, and many others of the household and friendship of the said John de Eland, and have committed various assaults on the king’s justices appointed to hear and determine such homicides, felonies, trespasses and misdeeds, and killed some of their men and servants, and now strive to the utmost of their power to hinder those who indict them, the justices, the sheriff and other ministers of the king from executing his mandates and their offices, openly threatening them, and so to hinder if they can the king from ruling and doing justice to his people; and appointing them to take the said felons and such others as the justices shall furnish names of and bring them to the gaol of York. Wherefore the king commands them on pain of life and limbs and all that they can forfeit to be diligent in the execution of the premises.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1350-1354 pp159-60 (1907)

1351. Aug. 20.
Westminster.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to William Basset, Thomas de Fencotes, Thomas de Seton, Roger de Blaykeston and John de Moubray, on complaint by John de Moubray that William de Plumpton, sheriff of York, and others entered his free chace at Kirkeby Malasart, co. York, hunted therein, carried away deer and assaulted his men and servants whereby &c.
For 2 marks paid in the hanaper.
The like to William Basset, Thomas de Fencotes, Hugh de Berewyk, Thomas de Seton, Roger de Blaykeston and William de Fynchesden, on complaint hy Blanche de Mouhray that the same William and others broke her closes and houses at Gripthorp, Thresk, Thorneton in Spaldyngmore and Neusom by Houeden, co. York, drove away 80 oxen and 80 cows, worth 80l., and assaulted her men and servants, whereby &c.
For 2 marks paid to the king in the hanaper.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1350-1354 p289 (1907)

1352. May 20.
Westminster.
Commission of oyer and terminer to William Basset, Thomas de Fencotes, William de Plumpton, Thomas de Ingelby and Illard de Usflete, on complaint by Stephen Craye that John de Sutton, knight, William Spenser, his servant, and others broke a ship of his at Kyngeston upon Hull, co. York, and carried away the timber thereof with other goods.
For 20s. paid in the hanaper.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1354-1358 pp58-61 (1909)

1354. Feb. 10.
Westminster.
Commission to William de Plumpton, William de Fenton, Thomas Westminster. de Ingelby, William de Fyncheden, John de Pudsay, Thomas de Nessefeld and Roger de Eston appointing them as justices to keep the ordinance and statute touching labourers made in the council and Parliament lately held at Westminster, to punish delinquents against the same, to enquire touching sheriffs, stewards, bailiffs, ministers and others, who by colour of the ordinance and statute on their own authority have delivered labourers by fines and ransoms to be applied to their own use, not observing the conditions contained in the ordinance and statute, and to hear and determine all infringements of the same in the wapentakes of Claro, Weycros, Skirak, and Staynclif, co. York.
The like to the following:—
... July 2.
Westminster
William de Plumpton, John de Chaumont, William de Notton, William de Fenton, William de Fyncheden, Thomas de Ingelby and John de Eyvill, in the wapentakes of Barston, Aynesti and Clarrehowe, in the West Riding, co. York.

and similarly on 20 December 1355 on p296 and 11 December 1356 on p495.

The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 pp348-9 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

DCCCXXXII. Ceste endenture, fait a Spofford, le XXV jour de May lan du reigne le roi Edward tierce puis le conquest xxviij [25 May 1354], parentre monsire HENRY DE PERCY, seignour de Spofford, dun part, et monsire WILLIAM DE PLUMPTON et dame CRISTIANE, sa femme,⁷ dautre part, tesmoigne que les avaunditz monsire William et dame Cristiane ount grauntez et lessez au dit monsire Henry … tous les terres … ove touz lour bondes et touz les servicez franks et bondes … queux ils ount … en la ville de BRENKELAWE.¹ A aver et tenir … a toute la vie la dite dame Cristiane, rendant par yceo dan en an a les avaunditz monsire William et dame Cristiane vj^li xiij^s iiij^d … a la Pentecoste et a la Seint Martyn … Et les avaunditz monsire William et dame Cristiane sa compaigne voillent et grauntount que si les ditz terres … soient destrut par commune guerre, issint que les tenauntz illesques ne purrount lour profit prendre ne aver come ils dussent de reson, que adonques soit allowe au dit monsire Henri … resonablementz de la ferme susditz com autres du pays font a lour tenanz … Escript a Loundres, le jour et lan susditz.
⁷ William de Plumpton occurs as witness to several of the Yorkshire deeds in the present volume, and to one given at Alnwick on 12 January, 133⅘. (No. DXXXI.) He was escheator in Yorkshire in 1351, and died in 1362. Christine was his second wife, and was widow of Richard de Emeldon, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Plumpton Correspondence, ed. T. Stapleton, Camden Soc, 1839, p. xxi.)

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1354-1358 p228 (1909)

1355. May 15.
Westminster.
The like [Commission of the peace, pursuant to the statutes of Winchester and Northampton] to the following:—
William de Plumpton, John Chaumont, William de Notton, William de Fyncheden, Thomas de Ingelby and John de Eyvill, in the wapentakes of Barston, Aynesty and Clarehowe in the West Riding, co. York.

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III 1354-1360 p193 (1908)

1355. May 15.
Westminster.
Roger Beler, knight, acknowledges that he owes to William de Plumpton, knight, 200l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in the county of Derby.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1354-1358 p498 (1909)

1356. July 10.
Westminster.
The like [Commission of oyer and terminer] to Thomas de Seton, William de Plumpton, John Moubray, Westminster. Peter de Richemound and Thomas de Ingelby, on complaint by Thomas Sergeaunt of Scotton that John, abbot of Kyrkestall, Nicholas de Carleton, Henry de Bracewell, Robert de Neuby, William de Knapton and John de Otteleye, his fellow-monks, William Barnefadre, lay-brother of the same house, John Gervaux, John Sifman, Adam Fullour, Alan de Folyfait and others, besieged his dwelling-house at Thorpe by Knaresburgh, co. York, and did not permit him and his men and servants to go out of the house, or others then without the house to enter, to make his profit, broke his close and houses there, and afterwards imprisoned him at Wetherby and carried away his goods.
For 20s. paid to the king in the hanaper.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1358-1361 p63 (1911)

1358. June 24.
Westminster.
Exemption, for life, of William de Plumpton, knight, from being put in assizes, juries or recognitions, and from appointment as mayor, sheriff, escheator, coroner or other bailiff or minister of the king, against his will. By p.s.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1358-1361 p581 (1911)

1361. June 26.
Westminster.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to John Moubray, Thomas de Ingelby, William de Plompton, William de Nessefeld, William de Meryngton, William Warenner and John de Podesay, on complaint by the abbot of Fountains that some disturbers of the peace entered his free chaces at Warzal, Birimbem and Gnoup and his free warren at Morker, Balderby, Marton, Aldeburgh, Thorp Underwodde, Kilnorsaye, Bordelay, Pott by Masham, Sotton and Slenyngford, and broke his parks at Morkelfall and Birinbem, co. York, hunted in these felled trees, carried away these, with deer from the parks and chaces as well as hares, conies, pheasants and partridges, and assaulted his men and servants. For 20s. paid in the hanaper.

List of inquisitions ad quod damnum part 2 p520 (1906)

35 Edward III [1361-2]
6 William de Plumpton, knight, to grant messuages and land in Ripon to a chaplain, at the altar of the Holy Trinity in the church of St. Wilfrid there, retaining the manor of Plumpton. York.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward III 1361-1364 p181 (1912)

1362. March 29.
Westminster.
Licence, for 40s. paid to the king by William de Plumpton, for the Westminster. alienation in mortmain by him of two messuages and 10 acres of land in Ripon to a chaplain to celebrate divine service daily at the altar of the Holy Trinity in the church of St. Wilfrid, Ripon, for the souls of the faithful departed.

The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 pp310-1 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832)

¹ Vincent’s MS. n^o 110, f. 31. Visitation of Yorkshire, A^o 1665.
² She died in 1364. Esch. 38 Edw. III. n^o 36.
³ Pedigree of Plumpton in the Towneley MSS.

Plumpton Correspondence page xx - page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Of the marriage with Ros there was issue Robert de Plumpton, who married Joan, daughter of Sir John Mauleverer, kt. but died before consummation in his father’s lifetime; and Sir William de Plumpton, who had succeeded to the property before Monday next after the feast of St. Martin in Winter, 18 Edw. II. 1324.ⁿ He had to wife Alice, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Byaufiz, to whom he was married before 14 April, 15 Edw. II. 1322, at which date the manor of Nesfield was settled by Sir Robert Plumpton, his father, upon him and Alice his wife, and the heirs of their bodies.^o This Sir Henry Byaufiz died in 1325;^p whereupon the manor of Brakenthwaite, together with lands in Plumpton, Follyfoot, Braham, Kirby, and Little Ribston, which he had held by the curtesy of England, of the inheritance of his wife Cecilia, daughter of William de Plumpton, (descended from Robert, son of Huckman, seneschal of the manor of Plumpton,) was settled by fine, levied in Hilary term, 19 Edw. II. 1325-6, upon Sir William de Plumpton and Alice his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to Thomas son of Peter de Midleton, and the heirs of his body, remainder to Marmaduke de Plumpton, and the heirs of his body, remainder to Adam son of Peter de Midleton, and his heirs for ever.^q Sir William de Plumpton had to his second wife Christiana,^r widow of Richard de Emildon, mayor of Newcastle in the reigns of Edw. I. Edw. II. and Edw. III. in the seventh year of which last reign he died.^s She had re-married before 18 May, 12 Edw. III. 1338, being the Monday next before the feast of the Ascension of our Lord, for a settlement was then made of the manor of Grassington in Craven, to hold to Sir William de Plumpton and Christiana his wife, and the heirs of Sir William, by Henry de Spofford, chaplain, as feoffee in trust.^t The same Sir William de Plumpton was the founder of a chantry, at the altar of the Holy Trinity, behind the high altar of the collegiate church of Ripon. The act of endowment is dated at Ripon, on Wednesday the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 20 Edw. III. 1345, and was sealed with the seals of Henry de Plumpton, the chaplain first appointed thereto, and of Sir William de Plumpton; which latter bore the impression of a shield and on it five fusils, with the name written in the circumference.^u He died 36 Edw. III. 1362, towards the close of the year, as appears by the account of the feodary of the honour of Pontefract of that date, wherein is set down xxv^s. as the relief of Robert de Plumpton, knight, for the fourth part of one knight’s fee in Idell, after the decease of William de Plumpton, knight, his father.^x
ⁿ Cartul. No. 170. “Robertus de Flasby, capellanus, &c. recepi de Willelmo de Plompton filio et herede quondam d’ni Roberti de Plompton militis defuncti quatuor libras argenti—Apud Ebor.”
^o Cartul. No. 166. “Robertus de Plompton miles—Apud Plompton.”
^p Esch. 19 Edw. II. n. 64.

^q Cartul. No. 173. “Finalis concordia, apud Westm. in octabis sc’i Hillarii.
^r Called de Mowbray in pedigree in Harl. MSS. 1487.
^s Esch. 7 Edw. III. No. 38.
^t Cartul. No. 182.
^u Cartul. Nos. 215 and 216.
^x Brooke MSS. Collections for Yorkshire in Coll. Armorum.

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern pp115-6 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

There were two sons, as we have seen, brothers to Sir Peter’s wife, Robert de Plumpton, who died under age, and Sir William, who succeeded to the Plumpton estates on the Monday before Martinmas, 1324, A.D. This Sir William had married Alice, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Byaufiz, on the 14th of April, 1322, when his father settled the manor of Nessfield on the young couple and the heirs of their bodies. The bridegroom’s father died two years after this marriage, and three years after, in 1325, the bride’s father died also, and then his estates came to them with this provision:—“That if the said Alice had no children her lands in Brakenthwaite, Plumpton, Folifoot, Ribston, Braham, and Kirby, (held by Sir Henry of the inheritance of his wife Cecilia, daughter of William de Plumpton, descended from Robert, son of Huckman, Seneschal of Plumpton,) should fall first to Thomas, son of Sir Peter Middleton, and his wife Eustasia,” the said Thomas being then a little fellow of five or thereabouts—‘sair hadden doon’—no doubt by the old gander and his wife in the home farm yard, and duly spoiled by all the maids and men. Failing issue of Thomas, they fell to Marmaduke de Plumpton and his heirs, with remainder to Adam, son of Peter de Middleton. The lady Alice did die childless, then her bereaven husband Sir William went North in search of another mate, and married Christina [de Mowbray, HarL MS. 1487], the widow of Richard de Emildon, who had been Mayor of Newcastle in three reigns. He died in 1334, and then Thomas Middleton, a fine lad by this time of 14 or so, came into the estates his aunt Alice had inherited; from which time, the learned in heraldry say, the Middletons of Stockeld quartered with their coat of arms those of the Huckman branch of the Plumptons.
Sir William de Plumpton founded a chantry at Ripon in 1345, of which Henry de Plumpton was first chaplain. There was a chapel in 1367 in the manor house of the Plumptons at Nessfield, (Cartul. 273) licenced on the pledge to offer a pound of frankincense annually on the high altar of the parish church in Ilkley.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)

VIII. WILLI’MUS DE PLUMPTON, petit Parliamentū pro jure sua in Forrestâ de Knaresborough 5 Ed. 3, miles 13 Ed. 3; fundavit Cantariam apud Rippon 19 E. 3. Vicecom. Ebor. 23 E 3, defunctus a^o 43 E. 3. ? 36 Edw. III (1362-3); mar. Alicia, filia et hæres Henrici de Beaufits de parva Ribstane uxor 1 a^o E. 2, before 14 Apr. 15 Edw. II (1322). They had issue—
Rob’tus (IX).
Alicia de Plumpton, 25 E. 3 primo nupta Richardo filio et hæredi Johannis Sherburne de Stonihurst, postea Roberto Butler de Warington militi, a^o 47 E. 3 (1373-4).
Mar. before 1338 Christiana Moubray, relicta Ric’i Ellenden (or Emilden, Mayor of Newcastle) uxor secunda 12 E. 3, obijt 38 E. 3 (1364-5).

The parliamentary representation of the County of York, 1258-1832 vol 1 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 91 pp72-3 (ed. A. Gooder, 1935)

54. WILLIAM DE PLUMPTON. Sept. 1331.
William de Plumpton was the s. and h. of Robt de Plumpton and his wife Lucy, dau. of Sir Wm de Roos. He mar., before 14 Apr. 1322, Alice, dau. of Sir Hen. Beaufiz by Cecily his wife. In 1324 he succeeded to his father’s estates, and was a kt in Sept. 1325.² After the death of Alice he remar., before 24 Feb. 1334, Christina, wid. of Rich, de Emeldon of Newcastle.³ Wm was alive on 29 Mar. 1361/2, but d. towards the end of the yr.⁴ His s. Robt who succeeded was grandfather of the Robt de Plumpton who rep. the co. in the pari, of 1411 and 1416.⁵
After Plumpton’s marriage with Alice Beaufiz, on 14 Apr. 1322, her father settled on them the man. of Nesfield, in Wharfedale,⁶ and the man. of Brackenthwaite with lands and tenements in Plumpton, Follifoot, Little Ribston, Kearby, Grewelthorpe and Kirkby Malzeard came to them after his death, most of these being settled on Wm and Alice with special entail in 1325.⁷ Plumpton alienated lands in Kirkby Malzeard, Grewelthorpe and South Stainley⁸ to found chantries in Ripon minster.⁹ He also held the mans. of Steeton, in Airedale, Grassington, and lands in Goldsborough.¹⁰ On the death of Hen. de Percy, whose retainer he was,¹¹ it was found that he held of him lands in Ribston, Cowthorpe, Plumpton, Stockton, Steeton, Eastburn, and elsewhere.¹² He acquired a small amount of land in Studley Roger in 1361.¹³
Plumpton was retd as kt of sh. to the parl. of Sept. 1331,¹⁴ but played little part in affairs until Nov. 1344 when he was added to the comm. of the peace for the W.R.¹⁵ Two yrs later he was appd with John de Sigston to collect in the N.R. the aid of forty shillings from every k.f., but on 20 Jan. 1346/7, being about to go in the retinue of Hen. de Percy to the Scottish march, he was released from his office.¹ On 8 Feb. 1349/50, he was appd on a comm. of o.t. and about this time he complained of the breaking of his close at Goldsborough and the carrying off of his goods.² He was appd on 10 Apr. 1350 one of the colltrs of the fifteenth and tenth in the W.R., but was discharged within a month.³ Plumpton was shf of York and esch. in. the co. from Oct. 1350 until a yr later.⁴ On 6 Jul. 1351, he and others were entrusted with the task of arresting and taking to York cas. the murderers of John de Eland and his s., a band of desperate persons who had added to their offences by assaulting the js. appd to try them.⁵ About this time John de Mowbray accused him of hunting in his free chase at Kirkby Malzeard and Blanche de Mowbray charged him with breaking her closes and houses at Gribthorpe, Thirsk, Thornton (in Harthill wap.) and Newsholme, nr Howden, taking away livestock and assaulting her servants. In 1354 John again complained of his taking deer at Kirkby Malzeard and Burton-in-Lonsdale.⁶
Meanwhile, on 20 May 1352, Plumpton had been appd on a comm, of o.t.⁷ He was constituted a j. of labourers for Claro, Ewcross, Sykrack, and Staincliff waps, on 10 Feb. 1354; for Barkston Ash, the Ainsty and Claro in Jul. 1354 and May 1355; and for the W.R. in Dec. foll.⁸ He was named in two more comms. of o.t. in 1356⁹ and then his official career came to an end. On 24 Jun. 1358 he obtained exemp. for life from being required to serve on juries or to act as mayor, shf, esch., cor or other minister of the Kg against his will,¹⁰ and beyond a solitary comm, of o.t. in 1361¹¹ he did not receive further appt.
² Plumpton Correspondence (Camden Soc., London, 1839), pp. xx-xxi; Yorks. Deeds iv, pp. 28-9; C.F.R. 1319-27, p. 375.
³ C.P.R. 1334-38, pp. 98-9; C.C.R. 1333-37, p. 319; Plumpton Correspondence, pp. xx-xxi.
⁴ P.R.O: C135/182, no. 7; C.F.R. 1356-68, pp. 296, 300-1; C.C.R. 1364-68, p. 98.
⁵ Plumpton Correspondence, pp. xxi et seq., and see Robt Plumpton below.
⁶ Plumpton Correspondence, p. xx.
⁷ Yorks. Deeds iv, pp. 28-9; P.R.O: C.P.25(i)272/101 no. 28; C.F.R. 1319-27, p. 375, and see Yorks. Deeds, vi, p. 85.
⁸ C.P.R. 1343-45, p. 455, 1361-64, p. 181.
⁹ Called Kirk Stainley, but see the note under John de Walkyngham.
¹⁰ C.P.R. 1343-45, p. 1, 1348-50, p. 519; Plumpton Corr., p. xx.
¹¹ C.F.R. 1337-47, p. 493.
¹² C.Inq.p.m. x, 43 (pp. 24-6).
¹³ Feet of Fines 1347-77, p. 82.
¹⁴ O.R. i, p. 95.
¹⁵ C.P.R. 1344-45, p. 397.
¹ C.F.R. 1337-47, pp. 491, 493.
² C.P.R. 1348-50, pp. 519, 520.
³ C.F.R. 1347-56, p. 234; C.C.R. 1349-53, p. 175.
⁴ C.F.R. 1347-56, pp. 227, 228, 307; C.C.R. 1349-53, p. 437.
⁵ C.P.R. 1350-54, p. 156.

⁶ Ibid., pp. 159-160, 1354-58, p. 130.
⁷ C.P.R. 1350-54, p. 278.
⁸ C.P.R. 1354-58, pp. 58, 61, 228, 296.
⁹ Ibid., pp. 495, 499.
¹⁰ C.P.R. 1358-61, p. 63.
¹¹ Ibid., p. 581

Death: 1362

Sources:

Parents: Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875)
Marriage (1st): Plumpton Correspondence page xx (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Alice birth from aged 28 at her father's IPM on 8 January 1324(5) from Calendar of inquisitions post mortem Edward II 1316-1327 p399; Alice parents from Calendar of inquisitions post mortem Edward II 1316-1327 p399 and Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward II 1319-1327 p375 (1912)
Marriage (2nd): Plumpton Correspondence page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875); Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p252 (William Flower, 1881)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xx - page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); The parliamentary representation of the County of York, 1258-1832 vol 1 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 91 pp72-3 (ed. A. Gooder, 1935); The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor vol 2 pp310-2 (N. Harris Nicholas, 1832); Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts 8-10 p390 (William Dugdale, 1907)
Death: Plumpton Correspondence page xxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

William Plumpton

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Isabella (Scrope) Plumpton

Married: Alice Gisburn

Alice daughter and heir of John Gisborne who was Mayor of York in 1371 and Ellen. See Inquisitions Misc 1405 #302 p163. See Patent Rolls 18 Aug 1405 p45 and p63. See her mother's will dated 24 April 1408 at Plumpton Correspondence page xxix and Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p104 (Robert Collyer, 1885) Cartul. 341. She is left a legacy in the will of Stephen Scrope (Test Ebor vol 1 p388). Alice died in 1425 (York from 1377 - 1483 p101)
Children:

Robert Plumpton (1382/3 - 1421)
William Plumpton
Bryan Plumpton
George Plumpton
Thomas Plumpton ( ? - 1420)
Richard Plumpton
Joan Plumpton
Isabell Plumpton
Katharine Plumpton

Notes:
William was left a legacy in the will of Geoffrey le Scrope, canon of Lincoln, in 1382. Geoffrey was the uncle of Richard Scrope, the Archbishop of York in whose service William was to be executed.
Lincoln Wills: Volume 1, 1271-1526 p257 (1914)

[Geoffrey le Scrope, canon of Lincoln, a.d. 1382.]
[D. & C., misc., no. 55. Translated from the Latin.]

Also I bequeath to William de Plumpton one pair of 'plates' covered with red velvet, and the best helmet (cassem) with the best aventail (eventali).

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Richard II 1391-1396 p257 (1905)

1393. May 21.
Westminster.

[Pardon to] Richard West of Derby, for not appearing to render his account to Ellen, late the wife of John de Gisburn, William Plumpton, knight, William Frost and William de Willesthorp, administrators of the goods of the said John de Gisburn, who died intestate, for the time when he was receiver of his moneys. co. York.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Richard II 1391-1396 p729 (1905)

1396. June 15.
Westminster.

Appointment of Richard Tempest, William de Plumpton, William Tempest, Adam de Bekwyth, Robert de Lyndelay and Percival de Lyndelay to arrest in the county of York and bring before the king and council William de Mallom of Calton, Thomas de Freklyngton, John de Warderobe and Robert Jolyf. By C

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Richard II 1396-1399 p280 (1909)

1398. Feb. 1.
Shrewsbury.
Grant, for life or until further order, to the king’s knight William de Plumpton, because retained for life to stay with the king, of 20l. a year at the Exchequer. By p.s.

Plumpton Correspondence page xxiii - page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

   In the reign of Henry the Fourth, Sir William Plumpton, the eldest son of Sir Robert Plumpton, suffered death upon a scaffold for the part he took in the insurrection stirred up by his uncle Richard, Archbishop of York, whose sister, Isabella Scrope his father had married. In the history of this commotion in Polydore Vergil, he is represented as the chief actor, a statement which subsequent historians have not thought deserving of credit; I, however, venture to introduce his account into these Memoirs, because that writer’s value as an historian appears to me to be sowewhat underrated, many of his details being evidently founded upon authentic documents, which have not survived the lapse of time, or which he may have wilfully destroyed, a practice imputed to this foreigner.
“While Henry is thus attentive to his domestic concerns, William Plumpton, a brave and daring knight, formerly of the household of King Richard, along with some of the family of Thomas Mowbray, marshal, whom we have shown above to have died in exile at Venice, first excites the commons of Yorkshire and Durham to revolt, and then collects together a great number of armed men; and he conducts his proceedings with less circumspection than the nature of such an enterprise required, because his soul is mainly bent upon revenge. With him the Northumbrians also take part; and, last of all, the Scots; but these, as will be mentioned below, were not present at the outbreak. The King, meanwhile, informed of the design of the conspirators, for the sake of avoiding instant peril, took up arms, and, without a moment’s delay, marched directly to York; and such was his dispatch, that he had arrived there before the movers of the revolt had any certain intelligence of his coming. William Plumpton is instantly taken, and with him some of his associates; among whom was Richard Scrupp, Archbishop of York, who, although his name was in the highest repute for sanctity and virtue, nevertheless, accusers were not wanting to make it suspected that treason attached to him likewise, inasmuch as he sought thus to avenge the death of William, his brother, treasurer of Richard, whom Henry had put to death at Bristol, as I have shown in a former book. Whereupon Henry, having summoned a council of his nobles at York, he ordained an inquiry to be had, concerning the conspiracy. At this meeting all unanimously pronounce sentence of death against Plumpton, but as to the others, their judgment was more lenient. However, he having undergone capital punishment in the manner customary of old, the rest likewise are put to death, either by the axe or the gibbet.”^a
The historian here falls into the common error of making Archbishop Scrope brother of the Earl of Wiltshire and thus betrays the aim of his narrative, as meant to extenuate the rebellion of the Archbishop as much as possible. This he does by imputing to him a motive of natural affection which could not exist, and by supposing him to play quite a secondary part, while he shifts the chief blame upon Sir William Plumpton; whom also, as far as existing evidence goes, he falsely represents to have been of the household of King Richard. The verses formerly on the tomb of this unfortunate knight in Spofforth church tell a simpler tale:
    Miles eram dudum, Plompton Will’mus vocitatus,
    Præsulis atque nepos le Scropplis, hic tumulatus.
    Mortis causa sui, michi causa fuit moriendi,
    Mors capitis quippe nostrum male pressit utrumque.
    Anno milleno quater et C. sic quoque quinto,
    Penticostes me lux crastina sumpsit ab orbe.^b
In the year 1405 the morrow of Pentecost fell on the eighth of June, the feast of St. William of York, which is the day mentioned by Hall as that of their decollation, “on the Monday in Whitson weke.” This chronicler erroneously puts “Sir Robart” for Sir William Plumpton, and is exceeding angry with the writers and story-tellers who spread abroad that miracles were wrought at the time of the execution of Archbishop Scrope, as to the King’s being striken with leprosy, and the like. He doubtless here alludes to the History of the Martyrdom of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, by Clement Maidstone, where it is related, upon the authority of George Plumpton, an ecclesiastic of whom we shall speak largely in the sequel, who was an eye-witness, that on the day of the said decollation, 8th of June, great leprous pustules broke out over the said King’s face and hands, and were as prominent as the nipples of the breasts.^c The vision of the son may, however, be believed to have been distorted by the recollection of his father’s execution, and by the wish, so natural to mortals, of seeing Heaven avenge our wrongs: the legendary should, at all events, have taken the precaution to look out for a more disinterested witness, before he gave publicity to the tale.
No act of attainder followed upon the execution of the rebels, and Sir Robert Plumpton, the father, obtained for himself a general pardon for all treasons and felonies;

^a Polydori Vergilii Anglica Historia. Lugd. Batavorum 1649, 8vo, liber xxi. p. 554.
^b Cartul. No. 364.
^c Anglia Sacra, vol. II. p. 369.

History of England Under Henry the Fourth vol 2 pp217-243 (James Hamilton Wylie, 1894)

We have yet another account of the Archbishop’s reasons for demanding a reform set forward in the year after his death by the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Edmund Mortimer, and Lord Bardolph, for the information of their sympathizers, in the hope of stirring them again into revolt . They tell us that the Archbishop advised the King to repent and make satisfaction for his perjury in forcing Richard to resign his crown, but the advice (if really given) must have sounded strange in the mouth of one of the leading Commissioners who had received the crown from the captive King, and sealed the renunciation deed with the sanction of the Parliament. They tell us that the Archbishop now wished the crown to be restored to the right line, that lords should be tried by their peers, that taxes should be lightened, and that “certain wise men” should be appointed to take the place of greedy foreigners and hungry adventurers who would say anything to please the King, that sheriffs should be elected without the pressure of official interference , and that all estates should be free to speak their mind in Parliament. But in all this there is nothing new. Every adherent of the Percies at Shrewsbury was pledged to the same vague cry. It only proves that the Archbishop’s sympathies were now set against the King, that he threw himself into the conflict this time without disguise, and, as he said, “rode with the crowd.”
When the articles appeared on the church doors, he donned his jack and went amongst the citizens of York crozier in hand, cheering, exhorting, and threatening. All who should fall in the sacred cause were assured of pardon for their sins and full remission. The minster pulpit echoed to the battle call. The Archbishop preached for the articles. Let the people insist that Parliaments should be free, that the members should be the elected representatives of the boroughs and counties, not the nominees of the King. Let those who knew the law be summoned “in their wisdom,” and let the Parliament be held in London, where abuses could be probed, not in some petty upland town, where the court could carry all its own way. Copies of the articles were sent also to the curates of the neighbouring villages, with orders to have them preached there likewise. Seeing the gathering without and the enthusiasm within the walls, the waverers were silenced and all York declared for the articles. The Archbishop, the Earl Marshal, and Sir William Plumpton (a nephew of the Archbishop’s), who had long been busy fomenting disturbance, put themselves at the head of a motley following of priests, monks, peasants, and townsmen, and set out to try their fortunes in the field.
The “priestly rout” was furnished with such arms as they could get. Before them went a banner with the five sacred wounds displayed, and as they moved along their numbers swelled to 8,000 fighting-men “or thereabouts.” No time was to be lost. It was known that the Earl of Westmoreland had escaped the snare, and that he and Prince John were moving a strong force down from the Scottish border. A band of 7,000 or 8,000 rebels was collecting from Cleveland, Northallerton, and Topcliffe, to join the Archbishop’s force from York. Their leaders were all North Yorkshire knights, viz.:—Sir Ralph Hastings, of Slingsby and Allerston, near Pickering; Sir John Fauconberg, a member of a house that had great estates in Cleveland and Holderness, and heir to the castle of Skelton, as descended from the historic Yorkshire family of Bruce; Sir John Fitzrandolph, from Spennithorne, near Middleham, in Wensleydale; and Sir John Colvil, of Daletown, in Ryedale, and Arncliffe, near Stokesley, where a fragment of the new Charthouse of Mount Grace of Ingleby still shows the Archbishop’s arms worked in stone over the entrance to one of the cells in a corner of the cloisters. Robert Takell, Prior of Warter, near Pocklington, joined the muster with his canons and his tenants, as did Geoffrey Wymeswold, Prior of the Gilbertines at Old Malton . Takell is called in the register of his priory a “good and religious man,” but no mention is made of his fighting instincts. He was one of those who ran away and managed to survive the disaster, together with quite a flock of chaplains, clerks, curates, and friars, including Simon Wenslaw, parson of Colne, in the hills of Lancashire.
The Cleveland force marched southward towards York, supporting themselves as best they might by robbing, wrecking, and slaughtering wherever their requisitions were refused. But haste again made waste. They had been forced prematurely into the field and had to halt at Topcliffe, on the Swale, to await the expected arrival of the Earl of Northumberland. Here they were attacked and dispersed, and the four knights fell prisoners into the hands of the royal troops.
The Earl of Westmoreland had marched southward with the utmost speed to check the head of the rising, and by a rapid move had wedged himself between the two rebel forces, ready to strike at both before they could combine. He had with him Prince John, who was placed under his charge, and he was supported by an old and experienced negociator, Sir Ralph Ewere, of Witton, and the Archbishop’s fiery nephew, Sir Henry Fitzhugh, Lord of Ravenswath, near Richmond, a “very noble and very valiant knight,” whose great after-career showed him “so much endowed with sense, nurture, and courtesy, that he deserved the right to be claimed father of nobility and gentleness.” With them was also Sir Robert Umfraville, famed for his “sapience and very gentleness, his liberal heart and knightly governance,” though these great qualities did not save them from committing an act of the basest treachery when the chance fell in their way.
The Earl of Westmoreland had planted his force on the sloping ground called Shipton Moor, about six miles to the north-west of York, on the fringe of the wooded and boggy plain known as the Royal Forest of Galtres. The Earl had long been officially responsible for the charge of the forest, which stretched northwards between the Ouse and the Foss, from the gates of York to Aldborough and Sheriff Hutton, where he had lately strengthened the fortifications of Bertram de Bulmer’s castle. The greater part of the wood had been felled, the colliers were busy stubbing up the stovens and carting them away for “coals,” the wolves and wild boars had become extinct, and the swampy wilderness that had long been the terror of travellers, was already transformed into rich grass land, or assarted to tilth and earing.
The Earl had already sent a detachment to deal with the gathering at Topcliffe when he saw the Archbishop’s force advancing from the walls of York. He had the best of the ground but the worst of the numbers, and both sides seemed to shrink from beginning the fray. For three days the two bands confronted each other with banners spread. At length, on May 29th, the Earl sent to ask the reason for such show of war. The Archbishop replied that he was working, not for war, but for general peace, but that he could not approach the King in safety unless he came munited with men. He handed to the messenger a scroll of the articles and bade him show them to those who sent him.
It seemed as though for the moment the fortunes of the dynasty were in the hands of the Earl of Westmoreland. A borderer, a Nevil, a kinsman of the Percies, lord in his own right of the great castles of Brancepeth, Raby, Penrith, Sheriff Hutton, and Middleham, and charged for the time being with the custody of Richmond, Roxburgh, and Carlisle, he might have lowered his standard and taken his troops over, carrying the young Prince a captive into the rebel camp. But family hatreds were the King’s salvation, and Ralph Nevil again stood firm to the side which the Percies abandoned. To the messenger he professed to be much struck with the Archbishop’s “pious and sacred” proposal, and urged a conference that he might learn more of the suggested plans of reform. The leaders should meet on open ground in front of their forces with a few attendants only at their side. The Earl Marshal, who had a special grudge against the Earl of Westmoreland, was suspicious, but the Archbishop would not mistrust his old friend and neighbour. Base treachery could not be hinted against such worthy and righteous knights; and so the Earl Marshal’s young scruples were overcome, the Archbishop put on his iron corslet, and the two advanced to the selected ground attended by Sir William Plumpton, Sir William Lamplugh, a Cumberland knight, and Sir Robert Pershay or Percy, of Ryton, near Pickering. The Earl of Westmoreland was awaiting them with Prince John and Sir Ralph Ewere. On each side there was as equal number of armed attendants, while the armies stood off at a distance and “waited the end.”
The little company met and bowed and ordered the articles to be read. They were piously and justly framed, said the Earl of Westmoreland , and no sane man could help but support them. For himself, he would do his utmost to secure their carrying out, and induce the King to accept them if he could. Then followed hand-shaking, congratulations, and chat. “But look,” said the Earl, “now that our task is done and you have talked us over, let us drink together in the open that all may see that we are friendly and agreed.” The cups were set and the little drinking-party began. Sir Henry Fitzhugh was sent over to the rebel army announcing that the leaders were in agreement, and that all cause for hostile feeling was removed. It was the Archbishop’s wish that they should not await his return, as he would sup with the Earl of Westmoreland that night. Knowing that the leaders had fraternized together, though they could not actually see them owing to a slight rise in the intervening ground, and feeling already the inconvenience of a three nights’ absence from their homes, many of the York men slipped away in groups to resume their ordinary occupations. Many also of those who had been brought up from the Midlands and the Eastern counties by the Earl Marshal had joined the expedition with much reluctance; few only were left to watch over the safety of their leaders; “as the Bishop’s men voided the other party increased”; and so, when the rank and file began to mix, these few were speedily disarmed, and the Archbishop, the Earl Marshal, and the three knights submitted helplessly to be detained, under a promise of future indemnity after conference with the King.
The many improbabilities in the accounts given in contemporary writers were first insisted upon by Guthrie. He preferred the view which lays stress upon the fact, that the Archbishop and his party surrendered of their own accord, being convinced that further resistance was hopeless. This is quite consistent with the other portion of the account given above, if we remember that the Archbishop was probably now, for the first time, made aware of the capture of his friends at Topcliffe, and was offered his life if he would submit. Nevertheless, the story of the treachery is too well authenticated to be dismissed altogether. In the official statement in which Pope Gregory XII. attempted three years afterwards to excuse King Henry for his share in the matter, it was represented that a battle took place in which the Archbishop was captured, though Henry, not being there, did not know what was going on.
The dogs being thus withdrawn, the silly sheep who remained were pursued and worried; some of the rustics were caught and heavily beaten, the rest “scaled and fled.” Grey Friars had not learnt wisdom from their taste of the fruits of sedition three years before. Many of them were again with the rebels. Eighteen were caught by the irreverent royalists, who stripped off their gowns, took down their “infirmities,” and so let them run away home. The Archbishop, the Earl Marshal, and the knights, were then hurried off under guard to Pontefract castle, to await the daily-expected arrival of the King; while the Earl of Westmoreland and Prince John returned to Durham with their forces, in readiness for the attack of the Earl of Northumberland.
We have seen that the King had already decided that no glory was to be gained by hanging about the bleak borders of Wales. He had scented the battle in the North, his old spirit was awake, and he moved straight from Worcester by forced marches from day to day (de jour en autre). By May 28th, 1405, he had reached Derby, whence he posted orders to the members of the council in London to come instantly north to Pontefract, each with his best array according to his station, for advice and help. From May 30th to June 1st he halted at Nottingham. It was found that in consequence of the failure of the rebellion at York, a general scramble was going forward to secure a share of confiscated property in Yorkshire, Lincoln, and Nottinghamshire. Measures were therefore taken to prevent looting, and orders were sent (May 31st) to the Sheriff at York to seize all the property of the Archbishop and the other rebels into his hands, in the King’s name. Sir Ralph Rocheford, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, and Sir Richard Stanhope, Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby, had accompanied the King from Hereford and Worcester, and did good service now in their respective counties.
On June 2nd, 1405, the King was at Doncaster, and the next day, June 3rd, he arrived at Pontefract. The Archbishop was standing alone on one of the castle towers, watching for his approach. As the head of the company drew near, he took his crozier and went down to the court-yard by the entrance gate. Having no friend with him he beckoned to a priest in the court and called on him to be his crozer, and the two advanced to the gateway ready for the arrival of the King. Sir Thomas Beaufort, who was standing by, told him that a traitor was unworthy to carry the “crouch,” and bade him in the King’s name to give it up, snatching it at the same time from the hands of the priest. The Archbishop turned on him and wrenched it violently back, crying out with warmth that the King had no right to take away what the Pope alone could bestow. Then followed a stiff tussle in which the Archbishop got some ugly handling, and the crozier was roughly wrested from his grasp.
When the King drew near, the Archbishop threw himself upon the ground and begged for pardon, but Henry ordered him back and refused all interviews till he should be able to consult with his council. His rage was at a white heat. He stormed against the citizens of York, and vowed that he would wipe them off the face of the earth, if they resisted further. He sent forward Sir John Stanley and Sir Roger Leche of Chatsworth with commissions to seize upon York and occupy it under martial law. On the 4th of June, a strong commission was appointed, of whom Sir Thomas Beaufort, Richard Lord Grey of Codnor, Chief Justice Gascoigne, Sir John Stanley, Sir William Fulthorpe, Richard Norton, John Conyers, and Gilbert Elvet were the chief, to try all persons concerned in the rebellion. On the same day, orders were issued to Prince John and the Earl of Westmoreland to seize all property belonging to the Earl of Northumberland, Sir William Stanley, the elder brother of Sir John Stanley, being sent with a small force to the Isle of Man to take possession of it in the King’s name. Prince John was likewise authorized to pardon where he should see fit, reserving all forfeitures to be dealt with subsequently by the King. Having forwarded these arrangements Henry left Pontefract with all his forces, and on the 6th of June, 1405, he planted his foot in the Archbishop’s manor at Bishopthorpe, on the Ouse, three miles to the south of York. Here, as the Constable and Marshal had their hands full in the extreme North, and might possibly be cut off from communication with head-quarters, he appointed the Earl of Arundel and Sir Thomas Beaufort as their deputies, to fulfil all requisite duties for the temporary emergency, and having thus made his preparations he stood ready to deal his blows at the heart and life of the conspiracy.
Already a panic had seized upon the citizens of York. They dressed themselves in rags and streamed out from the gates ungirt and barefoot, some holding out their swords, others with ropes in their hands, or halters round their necks, louting and flinging themselves upon the ground with sobs and cries, to beg the King’s pardon and grace. He railed upon them and told them to get back to their homes, and that no man was to say anything was his own, till he had made up his mind what he meant to do; and he sent to Pontefract for the Archbishop and the Earl Marshal that the dupes whom they had pushed into rebellion might see them meet their doom. On the day on which he arrived at Bishopthorpe, a fresh commission was issued containing the same leading names as those of June 4th, with the exception of Richard Norton, whose place was taken by Henry Retford. It may be that differences had already begun to develop themselves among the first Commissioners, and the names of the Earls of Arundel and Warwick, and the Lords Willoughby, Grey of Ruthin, Roos, and Darcy were now added to the list.
Very early in the morning of Monday, June 8th, 1405, before the King had left his bed, he was surprised by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. Archbishop Arundel had hastened to the North on hearing the news of the great capture. On the 7th of June, when well on his way, tidings reached him that Archbishop Scrope and the Earl Marshal were to die the next day. He was still two days journey from York, and it was Whitsunday. Nevertheless he crowded his devotions into one private mass, took with him a notary, and posted right on. Snatching short moments to throw themselves on the straw in the wayside stables, as they halted to bait their jaded horses, and riding on through the night, they reached Bishopthorpe at sunrise on Monday morning, and the Archbishop, all travel-stained and besmuttered from the dusty road, made his way into the King’s sleeping room. He warned him earnestly of the danger he would run, the sin he would commit, and the punishment he would incur, if he laid a hand on an Archbishop’s life. Fearing the effect that his passionate pleading might have upon the King, some of those present in the room remonstrated that they would not answer for the consequences if the rebel Archbishop were allowed to live, and they hinted significantly that there were other enemies of the King still in the field, and not so far off, who would give him trouble yet, if he set so little value on the support of his loyal counsellors and friends. Archbishop Arundel then made his last appeal to the King. As his spiritual father and the second person in the realm, he claimed the right to be consulted. “If he has done such wrong, leave him to the judgment of the Pope, or at least of the Parliament, but at your peril smirch not your hands with his blood.”
The King was in a dilemma. He could not gainsay the Archbishop, and he dared not flinch from his resolve in the presence of his courtiers. He was now more self-possessed. He soothed the Archbishop, told him that his efforts quite had his sympathy, but that he could not openly grant his request because of its possible effect upon his supporters. He urged him to lie down for awhile and rest, and then, after hearing mass, they would talk it over together at breakfast, and he promised that nothing should be done without a distinct order from himself. Arundel was satisfied, he turned to his notary to write down the King’s engagement, and betook himself to rest.
Pressed by the party of action the King sent straightway for Chief Justice Gascoigne, and called upon him to pass the death sentence on the Archbishop and his associates as traitors. As to Sir William Plumpton there would be no hesitation. He was known to have excited the men of Durham and Yorkshire to insurrection. He had been a personal friend of King Richard. His doom was sealed and he would be sentenced to die. But beyond this the Chief Justice refused to go, alleging that neither the King nor any of his subjects could legally pass sentence upon a Bishop of the Church.
The story of this famous refusal comes to us on the authority of an eye-witness, Sir Thomas Cumberworth, of Somerby, near Brigg, in the Lincolnshire Wolds, whose nephew, Sir Robert Constable, of Flamborough, afterwards married Judge Gascoigne’s daughter Agnes. It proves not only the courage and independence of the Judge, but also his prudence and his intimate knowledge of the King’s character. He knew that he was ruled by impulse, which must in due course burn itself out, when remorse would seize upon him and find vent upon his instruments in this wanton and impolitic outrage. The Judge’s legal scruples were undoubtedly well grounded. Seventeen years before, in 1388, an Archbishop of York, Alexander Nevil, uncle to the Earl of Westmoreland, had got himself into similar trouble by meddling in a political intrigue, and had been duly declared to be guilty of treason. But though his companions were condemned to be drawn and hanged, yet the Parliament hesitated to take his life, alleging that “such a case had never been seen in the realm touching the person of an Archbishop or Bishop.” They contented themselves with securing his deprivation by the Pope, seizing his property and sentencing him to perpetual banishment. Nine years later (in 1397), Archbishop Arundel was found guilty of high treason, but, though his brother who was implicated with him was beheaded forthwith, yet even the victorious party in Parliament did not call for the death-penalty on “so high a person as the Father of his realm.” They only asked that he should be put “in safe keeping in honourable manner,” and he was accordingly sentenced to forfeiture and banishment during the King’s pleasure, which meant no more than a visit to Rome, where the Pope conferred upon him even larger revenues from English benefices than he had held when he was in the King’s favour, by means of which he could plot handsomely to return and recover more than all his former influence in the retinue of a rebel and usurper. If then King Henry now commanded sterner treatment for his rebel Archbishop, it is no wonder that the legal mind of the Chief Justice recoiled. Besides, Judge Gascoigne was bound in terms of personal intimacy with many of the leaders and sympathizers in the rebellion. Rather therefore than act with the extreme advisers of the court, he rose and left the hall.
His place was taken by Sir William Fulthorpe, of Tunstall, in Durham, a son of that judge who had been knocked down and kicked by King Richard, at Nottingham, in 1387, for daring to ask the contents of a document before putting his seal to it. Fulthorpe is usually represented as a mere soldier, put up to carry out the King’s brutal behests when Gascoigne’s finer conscience refused to violate the law. But Fulthorpe’s father had been a judge, his own son afterwards became a judge, and that he himself had some repute for legal knowledge is shown by his appointment as legal representative of the Constable of England. In 1408, he presided in a court of chivalry and heard the complicated pleadings in the dispute between Sir Edward Hastings and Lord Grey of Ruthin, delivering the judgment in 1410, when he was described as “one of the sages of the council of the court”; and in 1411, we find him arguing intricate points of law with the judges in matters referring to the jurisdiction of the Constable’s Court. Being now called to preside where Gascoigne had refused, he showed no scruple on the score of illegality or sacrilege. He was supported by the Earl of Arundel and Sir Thomas Beaufort (the temporary Vice-Constable and Vice-Marshal) and Sir Ralph Ewere, who represented the forward party on the Commission.
While the King and Archbishop Arundel were breakfasting together, Archbishop Scrope, the Earl Marshal, and Sir William Plumpton were brought before the Commissioners in the great hall at Bishopthorpe, and stood bareheaded to listen to their doom. There was no trial or inquiry. Fulthorpe at once, in the name of his colleagues, pronounced them to be traitors, taken red-handed, and by the King’s order sentenced them to the block. The Archbishop showed no sign of penitence. He protested that he had meant no harm against the realm or the person of the King, and turning to the by-standers he called on them repeatedly to pray that God would not take vengeance for his death on King Henry and his house. The three were then ordered off to York for instant execution.
The Archbishop prepared with fitting dignity to take a last farewell of the world. He asked to be allowed to ride to his death dressed in his linen rochet and carrying his crozier in his hand; but this was refused, and he was brought out in a scarlet chymer with a violet hood drooped over his shoulders. A collier’s sorry mare, not worth a mail, was fetched; the Archbishop thanked them for the mount and rode bare-back, with a halter for bridle, amidst a dense throng, out on the road to York.
As the three passed along, the young Earl Marshal showed signs of giving way, but the Archbishop maintained his composure and cheered his fainter fellows with the thought that the death-pain would be but for a moment, and that they would die in the cause of justice. Catching sight of an old acquaintance on the road, John Malvern, the King’s physician and mire, he rallied him gaily, saying: “I shall need no physic from you now, Master John.” “Perhaps not for the body,” said the leech, who was a “professor of truth” as well as a master of physic, “but you will need it for your soul.” “Come sir," said the Archbishop, “and watch me die, and if you see aught against the truth, I bow to your correction.”
They halted at the south-western corner of the walls, where the high road enters the city, close to the river bank by the Skeldergate postern, and passed into a field belonging to the nuns of Clementhorpe, where the young barley was waving in the freshness of early summer. The day was the anniversary of the death of St. William, when the little fertour with his relics was carried in procession through the city. Crowds from all parts, both mounted and afoot, thronged into the field and the crop was soon pounded and trampled beneath their feet. As the procession drew near, the owner of the crop stepped out and begged that his rigs might be spared and the block be placed elsewhere. There was no scaffold to erect and the man’s request might have been granted. The Archbishop did his best, and asked that he might be taken out for execution on the highroad close by. But the officers had strict orders that would brook no sort of delay. They hurried him forward saying that a traitor could not choose his place of death. The block was on the ground, and a convict, Thomas Alman, of Poppleton, who had served fifteen years imprisonment in York gaol, had been brought out to do the work of blood.
The Earl Marshal and Sir William Plumpton died first, while the Archbishop stood by and prayed. Speaking to those near enough to hear, he said: “I die for the laws and the good government of England.” He then removed his hood and coif, and laid them on the ground. Turning to the headsman he bade him deal five blows at his neck in memory of the five sacred wounds, kissed him three times and kneeled for a moment in prayer. Then folding his arms across his breast he stretched out his neck and “took his death with full good will.” A faint smile still played on the features when his head fell at the fifth stroke, and the body rolled over on its right side. He died, “as some think, a worthy and a lovely martyrdom.”
... Sir William Plumpton’s head was set up on the Bar at Micklegate, until the 17th of August, 1405. It was then given up to his wife Alice and buried in the church at Spofforth, where his epitaph might still be read 200 years afterwards. His name was piously linked with that of the Archbishop, his uncle, by succeeding generations of Scropes when providing for their memories in later days.

Constitutional History of England vol 3 pp50-2 (William Stubbs, 1903)

It was said that on the 28th of February Glendower, Mortimer and Northumberland had signed an agreement for a division of England and Wales between the three. The lord Bardolf, who had opposed the king strongly in the recent councils, had joined Northumberland, and Sir William Clifford had associated himself with them. Unfortunately for himself and all concerned, the archbishop of York, Richard le Scrope, placed himself on the same side. These leaders drew up and circulated a formal indictment against the king, whom they described as Henry of Derby. Ten articles were published by the archbishop; Henry was a usurper and a traitor to king and church; he was a perjurer who on a false plea had raised the nation against Richard; he had promised the abolition of tenths and fifteenths and of the customs on wine and wool; he had made a false claim to the crown; he had connived at Richard’s murder; he had illegally destroyed both clerks and prelates; and without due trial had procured the deaths of the rebel earls, of Clarendon and of Hotspur; he had confirmed statutes directed against the pope and the universities; he had caused the destruction and misery of the country: the tenth article was a protest that these charges were not intended to give offence to the estates of the realm. Another document stated the demands of the insurgents in a less precise form. They demanded a free parliament, to be held at London, to which the knights of the shire should be duly elected, without the arbitrary exclusion which the king had attempted in the parliament of Coventry. Before this assembly four chief points were to be laid: the reform of government, including the relief of church and nation from the unjust burdens under which both were groaning; the regulation of proceedings against delinquent lords, which had been a fruitful cause of oppression; the relief of the third estate, gentlemen, merchants, and commons, to be achieved by restricting the prodigality of the crown; and the rigorous prosecution of war against public enemies, especially against the Welsh. These demands, which were circulated in several different forms, certainly touched all the weak points of Henry’s administration, and, although it must ever remain a problem whether the rising was not the result of desperation on the part of Northumberland and Mowbray rather than of the hope of reform conceived by Scrope, their proposals took a form which recommended itself to all men who had a grievance. As soon as it was known that the lords were in arms Henry hastened to the north, and having reached Derby on the 28th of May summoned his forces to meet at Pomfret. The contest was quickly decided. The earl of Westmoreland, John of Lancaster, and Thomas Beaufort, at the head of the king’s forces, encountered the rebels on Shipton moor and offered a parley. The archbishop there met the earl of Westmoreland, who promised to lay before the king the articles demanded . lords, 1405. The friendly attitude of the leaders misled the insurgent forces; they dispersed, leaving Scrope and Mowbray at the mercy of their enemies, and they were immediately arrested. In spite of the earnest pleading of archbishop Arundel and the refusal of the chief-justice, Sir William Gascoigne, to sanction the proceedings, the king allowed his better judgment to be overruled by the violence of his followers. On the advice of Thomas Beaufort and the earl of Arundel, he determined to sacrifice his prisoners: he obtained the assistance of Sir William Fulthorpe, who acted as president of the tribunal of justices assigned, and on the 8th of June the archbishop and the earl-marshal were beheaded. That done, the king followed the earl of Northumberland and Bardolf to the north. They fled to Scotland, and Henry, having seized the castles of the Percies, returned to the task of defence against the Welsh.

Death: 8 June 1405, in a field adjoining Bishopthorpe Road, York, Yorkshire, England
William was beheaded for treason in his role in the uprising of Archbishop Scrope.

Buried: Spofford church, Yorkshire, England
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry IV 1402-1405 p469 (1929)

1405. Aug. 17.
Leicester.
To the keepers of the city of York and their representative there. Order, upon petition of Alice who was wife of William de Plompton knight, to deliver to her for burial the head of the said William, which is set up over the gate of that city called ‘Mykkyllythe.’ By K.

Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631 by Roger Dodsworth in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 34 p97 (ed. J. W. Clay, 1904)

      Spofford (Spofforth) Church, 16 Septembris, 1620.
        On a marble tombe.
A man in armor, a sword by his side, under his feet a lyon, on his right hand a woman’s portraiture, and on the lefte the portraiture of a woman, the brasse taken away. Under feete:
    Miles eram dudum, Plompton Willelmus³ vocitatus,
    Presulis atque nepos le Scropp licet hic tumulatus.
    Mortis causa sui michi causa fuit moriendi,
    Mors capitis [?capita] quippe nostrum malè pressit vtrumque.
    Anno Milleno quater et C sic quoque quinto
    Pentecostes me lux crastina sumpsit ab orbe.
³ Sir William Plompton, son of Sir Robert Plompton and Isabella, daughter of Henry, Lord Scrope. Executed 8 June 1405.

A rough translation of the epitaph is:
    I was a soldier a long time ago, called William of Plompton,
    The protector and nephew of le Scropp was buried here.
    The cause of his death was the cause of my dying,
    Death, indeed, presses upon both of our heads.
    In the year one thousand four hundred and five
    At Pentecost, the light of tomorrow took me from the world.

Sources:

Parents: Inquisitions Post Mortem relating to Yorkshire of the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 59 pp60-1 (ed. W. Paley Baildon and J. W. Clay, 1918); Calendar of the Fine Rolls Henry IV 1405-1413 p77 (1933); Plumpton Correspondence page xxiii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Marriage: Plumpton Correspondence page xxvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry IV 1402-1405 p469 (1929); PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993)
Notes: History of England Under Henry the Fourth vol 2 pp217-240 (James Hamilton Wylie, 1894); Constitutional History of England vol 3 pp50-2 (William Stubbs, 1903)
Death: History of England Under Henry the Fourth vol 2 pp217-240 (James Hamilton Wylie, 1894); Plumpton Correspondence page xxiii - page xxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631 by Roger Dodsworth in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 34 p97 (ed. J. W. Clay, 1904)
Burial: Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry IV 1402-1405 p469 (1929); Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631 by Roger Dodsworth in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 34 p97 (ed. J. W. Clay, 1904)

William Plumpton

Father: William Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Gisburn) Plumpton

Notes: William Flower states that William "dyed sans issu." (Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253)

Sources:

Parents: Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 p253 (William Flower, 1881); Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1584/5 p386 (Robert Glover, 1875)

William Plumpton

Birth: 7 October 1404

Father: Robert Plumpton

Mother: Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton

Married (1st): Elizabeth Stapilton
The marriage covenant was dated 20 Jan. 1415-16.
Plumpton Correspondence page xliii - page xliv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Of this son, when in his twelfth year, the marriage was contracted for on the part of Sir Bryan de Stapilton, of Carlton, com. Ebor. knight, in behalf of his daughter Elizabeth, an infant of the same tender years. The agreement bears date 20 Jan. 3 Hen. V. 1415-16; thereby Sir Bryan accords, that a sum of CCCLX marks be paid to Sir Robert Plumpton for the marriage, he agreeing to settle an estate of xx marks yearly in the vill of Kinalton on his son William and Elizabeth, and their issue. He was further to engage to make a feoffment to Sir Richard Redmayn, knight, John de Moute, esq. Robert Brame and Roger Spofford, chaplains, of the manor of Steton, to secure a rent-charge of XL marks yearly, in case that if the said William and Elizabeth were legally ousted of the estate in Kynalton by Sir Robert or his heirs, or the heirs of Dame Alice his late wife, then the feoffees to convey the same to William and Elizabeth. Within a month after the death of his mother, Dame Alice de Plumpton, Sir Robert was to add x marks to the yearly rent out of Kynalton, except in case Dame Margaret Rempston or Thomas Foljambeⁱ pre-deceased his mother, or that she herself happened to die during the minority of her grandson William. There were beside covenants for re-payment of the principal, in case of either of the parties dying without issue, or of divorce before consummation, as well as of a further sum of L marks for the costs of their maintenance. It was also stipulated that Sir Robert de Plompton should not make any feoffment or estate to the disinherison of the said William, his son, of the land which he held, either by descent, or curtesy after the death of Dame Alice his late wife; save only he might give rent-charges of xx marks each to his two younger sons Godfrey and Robert, with right of mutual accretion in case of either of them being promoted to a benefice, or advantaged by marriage, and of survivo ship in case of death. Also, he might jointure any future wife he might take to himself, so as the jointure did not exceed C marks. Sir Bryan de Stapilton and Dame Agnes his wife were to have the governance of the said William and Elizabeth during their minority, receiving for their sustenance the rent of xx marks out of Kynalton; but in case Sir Bryan should happen to die, and his widow take a second husband, then Sir Robert was to have the governance of the betrothed parties.^k

ⁱ Thomas Foljambe was great-uncle of Dame Alice, the relict of Sir Robert de Plompton, and at the time of her birth was, with his brother Robert, her nearest heir and next of kin. From him descended the knightly family settled at Walton in com. Derb.
^k Cartul. No. 374. Sir Bryan Stapleton died abroad in 1417, leaving Agnes, daughter of Sir John Godard, kt. his widow, who survived him many years and never remarried.

Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir Bryan Stapilton of Carlton, Yorkshire. She was left a bequest in the will of her husband's brother, Richard Plumpton, in 1443. Elizabeth died before 1451.

Plumpton Correspondence page xxxiii - page xxxiv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

To dame Elizabeth Plompton, my niece, (nepotissæ meæ,) a gold crucifix.

Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)

He married, first, some time after 20 Jan. 1415-16, the date of the marriage covenant, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Bryan Stapilton of Carlton, Yorkshire; she died before 1451. By her Sir William had seven daughters, all of whom married, and two sons, Robert and William; Robert died in 1450, being betrothed to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, lord Clifford; upon his death Elizabeth married his brother William; the latter was killed at Towton in 1461, leaving two daughters.

Children:

Robert Plumpton (1430(1) - 1450)
William Plumpton ( ? - 1461)
Joan Plumpton
Elizabeth Plumpton
Katherine Plumpton
Agnes Plumpton
Alice Plumpton
Isabel Plumpton
Margaret Plumpton

Married (2nd): Joan Wintringham
Joan was the sister of Alice Wintringham, the wife of William's brother Godfrey. She was the daughter of Thomas Winteringham of Winteringham Hall, Knaresborough, and Alice Dobson. She was still living on 19 October 1496, but had died by the following year.
Plumpton Correspondence page lxxiii - page lxxix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

The private life of Sir William Plumpton from the time of his wife’s death appears to have caused no small scandal in his neighbourhood. Besides being avowedly the parent of two bastard sons, named William and Robert, his offspring by his second wife, Joan Wintringham, by reason of the concealment of their marriage, was long looked upon by the publick in the same light. His intentions in favour of this son by the second venter have been already adverted to; and the covenants cited from the contract made with Mr. Sotehill, show him to have been then preparing the way for his production, at some future period, as the legitimate heir and acknowledged successor to his fortunes. This last act was apparently precipitated by the censures of the Church; for it having reached the ears of the Official of the Civil Court at York, by clamorous report of both sexes, that Sir William Plumpton kept one Joan Wintringham in his house at Plumpton, and had begot on her divers offspring in amplexibus fornicariis, to the great peril of his soul and grievous scandal of all the faithful, that officer issued a summons for his appearance before him. Whereupon Sir William Plumpton attended in the chapel or oratory of St. Thomas the Martyr, in the Cathedral Church of York, on Tuesday the 26th day of January 1467-8; and the question being then and there put to him, he publickly declared that he had kept the said Joan in his house, not as his concubine, but as his true and lawful wife, for many years past; and that they had issue between them an only child, begotten of her body after marriage had and solemnized in the parish church of Knaresburgh; but in as much as no banns had been published, and the marriage was a clandestine one, he expressed himself ready on that acconnt now to submit himself to the censure of the Church, and to make satisfaction. Being required to produce witnesses of the truth of what he alleged, evidence was given as below, on Saturday the 13th of February following.
“Sir Robert Littester, chaplain, of the age of forty years, domestic servant to Sir William Plumpton, kt. deposed, that about eleven years ago there was a great muster of Englishmen to oppose the Scots, to which muster the said deponent happened to ride, together with the said Sir William Plumpton, his master, as far as Skipton-upon-Swale; and between the vills of Balderby-in-les-Broome and Skipton, the said Sir William called the said deponent to him, saying, Robert, do you now return home: and I beg of you to listen well to all I am going to say, and above all to what concerns my weal and honour in my household. And because the event of war is dubious, and the solempnization of marriage between me and Joan Wintringham, my wife, has not yet been openly and publickly notified, I hereby make known to you that the said Joan is my true married wife and I her true married husband. And thus I wish and desire you, as you love me, if I happen to die in battle, to testify for the future, wherever it may be necessary.”
... In the meanwhile, the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Courts for the canonical recognition of Sir William Plumpton’s second marriage were continued, and this further evidence adduced in that behalf on the sixth of July, 1472.
“Richard Clerk, parish clerk of Knaresburgh, Yorkshire, of the age of fifty years and more, deposed, that he had known Sir William Plompton for fifty years and more, and Joan Wintringham from the time of her birth—that on a certain friday, which exactly he does not remember, between the feasts of Easter and Pentecost, about twenty-one years ago, in the parish church of Knaresburgh, was solempnized a marriage between the said Sir William and Joan—that at that time he was, as now, parish clerk of Knaresburgh, and was present on this occasion—that the preceding night John Brown, then perpetual vicar of Knaresburgh, sent word to the deponent that Sir William Plumpton intended to marry Joan Wintringham on the morrow, she then sojourning with Alice Wintringham her mother in Knaresburgh, and therefore he bade him wait on him very early the next morning and open the doors of the church for him, and so he did—and very early in the morning of the said Friday came the said Sir William and Joan to the parish church of Knaresburgh—and, they standing at the door of the chancel of the said church within the said church, the aforesaid John Brown came from the high altar in his vestments and solempnized marriage between them in the presence of the deponent, the said Sir William taking the said Joan with his right hand and repeating after the vicar, Here I take the Jhennett to my wedded wife to hold and to have, att bed and att bord, for farer or lather, for better for warse, in sicknesse and in hele, to dede us depart, and thereto I plight the my trouth, and the said Joan making like response incessantly to the said Sir William—that the vicar, having concluded the ceremony in the usual form, said the mass of the Holy Trinity in a low voice in the hearing of the deponent—that there were present at the marriage the said vicar, the contracting parties, Alice Wintringham mother of the bride, Thomas Knaresburgh of Knaresburgh, Richard Askham of Kirkdighton, Richard Exilby of Knaresburgh, and John Croft, his fellow witness, and no more—and immediately after the marriage the said Sir William earnestly entreated those present to keep the matter secret, untill he chose to have it made known—and further that Sir William was clad in a garment of green checkery, and Joan in one of a red colour.”
“John Croft of the age of forty years, domestic servant of Sir William Plumpton in his chamber, deposed to the same effect as his fellow-witness, adding that Joan Wintringham had on a grey hood—that the marriage was celebrated before sun-rise—and that he had kept silence untill within the last five or six years.”ⁱ
Upon the hearing of this evidence, Doctor William Poteman, the official of the court of York, on the 13^th of the same month, certified that Sir William Plumpton, kt. and Joan Wintringham, were legally married;^j and from that time Robert Plumpton, the son by this marriage, was taught to consider himself as the heir apparent of his father’s house, and the future owner of his property. Legal obstacles were, however, likely to interpose to prevent the intended eviction of the heirs general, and it became advisable to take fresh steps to effectuate the now avowed purpose of the interested parties. Conveyances were accordingly executed of the several estates of Sir William Plumpton to feoffees, viz. Richard Andrewes, dean of York, William Eure, clerk, Sir John Norton, kt., Ranulph Pygot, John Arthington of Arthington, Godfrey Grene, and Richard Knaresburgh; of the manor of Plumpton, together with the advowson of the chantry of the Holy Trinity in the cathedral church of Ripon, 12 Oct.;^k of Garsington in Craven 13 Oct.;^l of Idill, with the advowson of a chantry at the altar of St. Nicholas in the church of St. Martin in Mekilgate, 14 Oct.;^m of Steton, same day;ⁿ of Kynalton 30 Oct.;^o of the manors of Chaddesden, Derley, Stainton, Edinsor, Pillesley, Hassop, Wormehill, Chelmerton, with the advowson of a chantry at the altar of St. Cross in the church of Baukewell, and of another in the chapel of St. Margaret, of Elton, and of all hereditaments in the same places, and in Hurdlow, Flagfeld, Queston, Cumbes, Martinside, Betfeld, Tidswall, Castleton, Wardlow, Rowland, Baukewell, Calton Lees, Beley, Broughton, Twyford, Spounden, Newbold, and Lokhaw in the county of Derby, Crakemarsh, and Combrig in the county of Stafford, Mansfeld, Woodhouse, Hykling, Owthrop, and Colston in the county of Nottingham, with the advowson of a chantry at the altar of St. Mary in the church of Mansfeld Woodhous, 2^nd Nov. and of Okbrook, with the hereditaments there and in Burrosasshe, 6^th Nov. 15 Edw. IV. 1475.^p The said feoffees resettled the same upon Sir William Plumpton for term of his life, with remainder in tail to Robert Plumpton, junior, son of Sir William and Joan his wife, and the heirs of his body, remainder over to Sir William’s right heirs; save that as to the manor of Plumpton, of a close with buildings on it called Roughferlington, and of the manors of Garsington and Steton, Com. Ebor., and of Kynalton, Com. Notts., the first limitation was to Sir William Plumpton and Joan his wife for their lives, and in the manor of Okbrook, after the life estate of Sir William Plumpton, certain parcels were to be enjoyed by his bastard sons, William Plumpton, junior, and Robert Plumpton, senior, for the term of their natural lives.^q

ⁱ Cartul. Nos. 582 and 631.
^j Ibid. No. 583.
^k In Cartul. No. 586.
^l Ibid, No, 589.
^m Ibid. No. 591.
ⁿ Ibid. No. 593.
^o Ibid. No. 596.
^p Ibid. No. 598.
^q The deeds of settlement bear date as follow: of Plumpton and Roughferlington 23 Oct., of Idell 24 Oct., of Steton 25 Oct., of Garsington 26 Oct., of Kynalton 1 Nov., of Chaddesden, &c, 4 Nov., and of Okbrook 7 Nov. 15 Edw. IV. 1475. (Cartul. No. 587, 588, 590, 592, 594, 597, 600 et 603.)

Plumpton Correspondence p41 (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

        LETTER II.
    To my old Lady Plompton^a be this bil delivered.
Right worshipful and my especial good Lady, I recommend me unto your good Ladiship, evermore desiring to wit of your welfare. And, madam, I pray you to call to your Ladiship how gude precher I have been to my master, at gon is,^b and to you. And, madam, there is one duty awing unto me, part wherof was taken or my master deceased, whose soul God have mercy, and most part taken to your selfe since he died; taken by Henry Fox and by Henry of Selay, your servants, of whilk I send you one bill with Henry Fox. The sum is 19^li. 2^s. 9^d. wherof I have received by Henry Fox in money 3^li. and in 2 fat oxen, price 36^s. Sum at I have received is 4^li. 16^s. so remaines there behind 14^li. 6^s. 9^d. Madam, if case be that ye will have sende word for Sir John Wixley,^c that drawes 6^li. 6^s. viii^d.; so is ther owyng to me 9^li. 1^d. And I besech you, madam, that I myght have my money; I have forborne it long. Ye know well, madam the great troble that I was in, and the great cost and charggs that I had this last yere past; and, madam, ye know well I have no lyfing, but my bying and selling: and, madam, I pray you sende me my money, as ye will I doe you service, or els to send me word when I shall have it, for it cost me much money sending for. And Henry Fox bad me send my rakning at Ripon, and I should be answered to my money, for Herry received most part of stufe of me; and if ye will not answere me therfore, Henry must answer therfore, Madam, thar is one Casson in taking, of that towne to; considring of gud service (a line omitted) at Sir John Dedyser, my master, and you in your great troble. For sute, madam, I lost all that I payd for him, and that was long of your Ladyship; for when I wold have followed him, ye dyside me nay, for ye sayd ye had rather lose the towne. And therfore I besech you to loke if ther be any thing I may dow for your Ladiship, or for my master your son;^d I shall be redy with grace of God, who preserve your Ladyship. Written at York, on friday after St. Peter day.
        Be your owne,
          WILLIAM JODDOPKAN.
(July, anno circiter 1481.)

^a Joan, daughter of Thomas Wintringham, of Knaresborough, gent. second wife of Sir William Plumpton, kt. survived her husband, and was living 19 Oct. 12 Hen. VII. 1496. (Chartul. No. 785).
^b Sir William Plumpton, kt. died 15 Oct. 20 Edw. IV. 1480.
^c Sir John Quixlay, chaplain, was with Richard Plumpton appointed by the official of York, 10 Jan. 1480-1, to take the inventory of the effects of Sir William Plumpton, kt. who had died intestate. (Chartul. No. 628.)
^d Robert Plumpton, esq.

p151n

^e See Memoirs for what relates to the clandestine marriage of Sir William Plumpton and Joan Wintringham, his second wife. This lady was living 19 Oct. 12 Henry VII. 1496, when she passed some copyhold lands in the court at Knaresborough to her son, before Thomas Coghill, the bailiff of the liberty, (Chartul. No. 785,) but was dead in the following year, 1497, when by reason that Sir Robert Plumpton had given for the repose of her soul the twentieth part of a ducat to the re-building of the greater hospital at St. Jago de Compostella, her name was to be associated with all those prayed for by that community, with a share in all spiritual indulgences according to the tenor of the bulls of Popes Innocent VIII. and Alexander VI. (Chartul. No. 788.) The informalities attending her marriage required atonement, and in the Chartulary are copied numerous certificates of the Indulgences which her husband and herself had obtained in return for alms bestowed on different religious communities both at home and abroad. Dodsworth, among his Church Notes, has the following memorandum: “Knaresborowgh Church, 28 Sept. 1622. There is a quire in the south side called Plumpton’s quyer, which belonged to a house in the town called Wintringham Hall.” (Dodsw. MSS. in Bibl. Bodl. CLX. fol. 186.) The same antiquary has also preserved to us this description of a painted north window then remaining in the same church. “A man in ar. kneeling, on his breast b. 5 fusells in fesse or, (Plumpton); his wiefe behind him, on her breast the former coat paled with ar. a (inescocheon) ent. an orle of martletts. g. (Wintringham); under, Orate pro a’i’a. . . . . . . . .Plumpton et etiam pro anno a’i’a d’n’i Will’mi Plumpton qui istam . . . . . . . . anno . . . . . Qu’rly. b. 5 fusells in fesse or, and sa. a [bend] ent. 6 [escalops] or, (Foljambe): paled with it, an [inescocheon] ent. 9 martletts in orle. g.” Dodsworth appears to have either overlooked the escallops on the fusells, the distinguishing charge in the coat of Plumpton, or they had become imperceptible from lapse of time.

Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)

After the first wife’s death, or perhaps before it, Sir William had two bastard sons, Robert and William. Great scandal was caused at a later date by his relations with Joan, daughter of Thomas Winteringham of Winteringham Hall, Knaresborough. In consequence, Sir William was summoned before the ecclesiastical court of York, where he appeared in 1467-1468, and declared that he had been privately married to the lady in 1451. After some delay the court decided in 1472 that this was true, and from that time Robert, the offspring of this marriage, was regarded as heir. To make all sure, his father made him a gift of his personal property.

Children:

Robert Plumpton (1453 - 1523)
William Plumpton ( ? - 1480)

Occupation:
William set out for the French wars about 1427 and was knighted before 1430, when he returned. He probably went to France again very shortly, as he is mentioned as one of the captains in the retinue of the Duke of Bedford in 1435. He was seneschal and master-forester of the honour and forest, and constable of the castle of Knaresborough from about 1439 to 1461, and in connection with this office he had serious trouble in 1441, when a fierce and sanguinary quarrel broke out between the tenants of the forest and the servants of Archbishop John Kemp as to payment of toll at fairs. On 20 Feb. 1441-2 he was appointed by the Earl of Northumberland seneschal of all his manors in Yorkshire and he is named as such in a document dated 10 August 1442 (Guisbrough Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 89 p222 #987a). In 1448 he was sheriff for Yorkshire, and in 1452 for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Notes:
William is recorded as Robert's son and heir in Robert's IPM on 13 October 1432.
Mapping the Medieval Countryside 24-006

Calendar of the Fine Rolls 1430-1437 vol 16 p124 (1936)

In 1435 William was listed as a commander under the Duke of Bedford during the war in France.
Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Wars of the English in France vol 2 part II p436 (ed. Joseph Stevenson, 1864)

1435.
LIST of the retinue of the duke of Bedford in the French wars.
The names of the princes, dukes, erles, barons, banrettes and bacheler knightes, with other nobles of houshould and retynew in fees, waiges, and pencions under the right mighty prince John, regent of the kingedome of Fraunce, duke of Bedford, Anjow, and Alencon, erle of Maine, Harecourt, and Dreux, viscont Beaumont, etc:—
... William Plompton, knight

On 6 December 1435 (the 8th day before the Ides of December), William received an indult to have a portable altar, which document also names his wife, Elizabeth.
Lateran Regesta vol 334 in Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers vol 8 p574 (1904)
1435. 8 Id. Dec.
(f. 313)
Indults to the following to have a portable altar. Registered briefly, as usual, with the incipit ‘Sincere etc.’ All are dated at Florence.
William Plumpton, knight, nobleman, lord of the place of Plumpton, and Elisabeth his wife, noblewoman, of the diocese of York.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry VI 1436-1441 p551 (1907)

Calendar of the Fine Rolls 1452-1461 p90 (1939)
1454. June 27.

Order to the escheator in the county of Derby ;—pursuant to an inquisition taken before him showing that Margaret Rempston (who was the wife of Thomas Rempston knight and late the wife of Godfrey Foljambe) on the day of her death held the manor of Okbroke and 7 messuages and 7 bovates of land in Edynsore for life, in dower after the death of the said Godfrey late her husband, with reversion to William Plumpton knight (who survives) as the kinsman and next heir of the said Godfrey, to wit, son and heir of Alice the daughter and heir of the said Godfrey ; and that the said Godfrey and Alice are dead ; and that the said William is of full age ; and that the said manor is held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee ;—to take the fealty of the said William and cause him to have full seisin of the manor, messuages and land aforesaid, as the king for ½ mark paid in the hanaper has respited his homage until Midsummer next.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1452-1461 p370 (1910)
1457. Aug. 13.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1461-1467 p177 (1897)
1462. Sept. 10.

Westminster.
Release to William Plumpton of Plumpton, co. York, knight, of all actions of the crown against him by reason of a recognisance which he made before Robert Danby, chief justice of the Bench, at York on 13 May, 1 Edward IV., in 2000l. to be paid at Whitsuntide then following. By p.s.

Yorkshire deeds vol 4 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 65 p3 (ed. Charles Travis Clay, 1924)

Aldborough (Boroughbridge)
12. Tuesday the morrow of St. Philip and St. James, 3 Edward IV² (May 2, 1463). Acknowledgment of the payment by William Plompton, knt., to Richard Aldburgh, knt., of 40 li., in part payment of 230 marks, granted by William to Richard on his marriage with Agnes, William’s daughter.³ Plompton.⁴ (Ibid. [Aldborough Manor MSS.], No. 11.)
² In 1463 the morrow of St. Philip and St. James fell on a Monday.
³ Licence for this marriage, Oct. 12, 1460, in the chapel near the manorhouse at Plumpton, Aldburgh being described as Richard Aldburgh, esq., junior. (Test. Ebor., iii, 335.)
⁴ Seal: broken; apparently a dolphin.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1461-1467 p285 (1897)
1463. Aug. 30.

Westminster.
General pardon to William Plompton of Plompton, co. York, knight, alias Plomton late of Knaresburgh, co. York, knight, alias Plumpton late of Kynalton, co. Nottingham, knight, alias Plumton late of London, knight. By p.s.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1467-1477 p421 (1900)
1473. Feb. 17.

Westminster.
Licence for William Plompton, knight, and his heirs to construct walls and towers around and within his manor of Plompton, co. York, and to crenellate the same, and to enclose and impark all his lands, meadows, feedings, pastures, woods and other tenements in Plompton, and grant to them of free warren and free chase in the above, so that no one shall enter therein to hunt without licence under forfeiture of 10l., although the above are within the metes of the king’s forest or chace of Knaresburgh, co. York. By p.s.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1476-1485 p50 (1901)
1477. June 18.

Westminster.
Commission to the king’s brother Richard, duke of Gloucester, John Pylkyngton, knight, William Plumpton, knight, Thomas Middelton, William Sayvyle, John Bradford and the sheriff of York to enquire into the report that divers Scots, women as well as men, wander about various parts of the county of York and especially the West Riding and have burnt divers houses and buildings, and to arrest and imprison the offenders and their instigators.

Collectanea topographica et genealogica vol 1 pp341-3 (1834)

No. 108. William Plompton was son and heir of Sir Robert and Alice, and was under age the 2d Hen. VI.
No. 109. The 17th Hen. VI. this William Plompton, Knt, gives to Sir Thomas Rempston, Knt., the Lady Agnes Stapleton, Brian Stapleton, Knt. [he was son-in-law to Sir Thomas Rempston], &c. the manors of Kynalton, Hassop, Wormhill, Pillesley, Stanton Hall, Chelmston, Cowbridge, and lands in Baukewell, Tideswell, Queston, Slagfield, Martinside, Combre, Wardlow, Spoonden, Hocklow, Twyford, Turndike, Broughton, Crakemarsh, Chesterfield, and Chaddesdon, in the counties of Derby, Nottingham, and Stafford, and the presentation of the Chantry of Baukewell and Mansfield Woodhouses, with the reversion of the lands which the Lady Margaret Rempston held for term of life of his inheritance. Testib. Richard Vernon, Henry Pierpoint, Hugh Wilioughby, Robert Eyre, Joseph Stafford of Middleton, &c.
No. 110, By this it appears that the Lady Margaret Rempston, widow of the last Godfrey Foljambe, was yet living, and these fore-mentioned lands were those that came by the lady Alice his mother.
No. 111. The 24th Hen, VI. the said Sir William gave to John Harrington and William Gargrave the manors of Darley, Stanton, Pillesley, Wormhill, Chaddesden, Spoonden; and the advowson of the chantry lands in Edensor, Wardlow, Baukewell, Martinside, Queston, Tideswell, Hardlow, Chelverton, Slagfield, Castleton, com. Derb. &c. that the feoffees may enfeof Robert Plompton his son and heir, and Elizabeth, daughter of the Lord Clifford, of Westmoreland. Testib. Richard Vernon, Henry Pierpoint, mil. John Curson, Thomas Foljambe, Robert Eyre, the 16th Aug. 24 Hen. VI.
No. 112. The 31st Hen. VI. Thomas Rempston, Knt. regrants to Sir William Plompton the manors of Kynalton, Hassop, Wormhill, Pillesley, Stanton, Chelmston, Cowbridge, and all the lands in Baukewell, Tideswell, Queston, Flagfield, Wardlow, Spoonden, Hocklow, Twiford, Broughton, Martinside, Crakemarsh, Turndike, Mony Ash, Chesterfield, and Chaddesdon, com. Nott. Derb. and Stafford, which Margaret de Rempston hath during life, to Sir William Plompton and his heirs, for want of issue, to Godfrey brother of the said Sir William Plompton. Dated the 3rd of August.
No. 113. The 25th August the said Sir Thomas Rempston makes John Alme senior and Roger Jackson attorneys to give seisin of the manors of Chaddesden, Darley, Okebrook, Burrosash, Stanton, Edensor, Pillesley, Hassop, Wormhill, Chelmsdon, Hardlow, Slagfield, Queston, Combre, Martinside, Betfield, Tideswell, Castleton, Wardlow, Roukhara, Baukewell, Calton Lees, Biley, Broughton, Twiford, Spoonden, Newbald, Hocklow, Turndike, Kynalton, Mansfield Houses, Hickling, Outhorp, Coulston, Crakemarsh, and Cowbridge, com. Derb. Nott. and Stafford.

The Plumpton Correspondence (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839) contains a large number of letters mainly written to Sir William Plumpton, the earliest being from Henry VI on 13 March 1460, calling him to battle. The book also contains an extensive biography of Sir William on page xliii - page lxii. I have excerpted parts of the biography and one of the letters, from King Henry VI ordering him into battle against Edward then Earl of March, later Edward IV.

Plumpton Correspondence page xliii - page lxxxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

On the seventh of October, the feast of St. Marcus, Pope, 6 Hen. IV. 1404, Sir Robert Plumpton had born to him a son and heir,^h afterward Sir William Plumpton, knt. and the same with whose correspondence the series of letters commence.

... The issue of Sir Robert Plumpton and Alice Foljambe were three sons: 1. William, in his eighteenth year at the time of his father’s death; ... The wardship of William de Plumpton till he attained his age devolved of right upon the Earl of Northumberland as lord of the Percy fee of which the chief manor in Plumpton was held.
... Having now attained his majority, “Willelmus Plumpton, de comitatu Ebor. armiger,” procured letters of general attorney, tested at Westminster 27 Jan. 5 Hen. VI. 1426-7, and shortly after set out for the wars in France;^b from which service he had returned but just before 28 Sept. 9 Hen. VI. 1430, being then a knight.^c
... In 14 Hen. VI. 1435-6, Sir William Plompton, knt. was a Commissioner with Sir William Gascoigne, Sir Robert Waterton, knts. William Ingelby, Thomas Clarell, Guy Fairfax, John Thwaites, John Gascoigne, and Robert Malleverer, to array men-at-arms, hoblers, and archers, in the Westrithing of Yorkshire, and to send them to the sea coast to repel the threatened invasion; also to make muster of the said troops, and to place signals called Bekyns in accustomed and convenient places to warn the people of the approach of the enemy.^f
... Sir William Plumpton was Senescal and Master Forester of the Honour and Forest, and Constable of the Castle, of Knaresborough from about the 17th year of Henry VI. 1439, to the close of that reign ... During his tenure of office, a dispute as to the right of the tenants of the forest of Knaresborough to pay toll at fairs, was made the preliminary to a serious affray with the officers, tenants, and servants of John Kemp, Cardinal and Archbishop of York, on the 5th of May, 19 Hen. VI. 1441, in which lives were lost. ... To these several counts Sir William Plumpton made answer in denial or explanation; but as no further proceedings appear to have been taken in the matter it may be presumed that a compromise was effected, and that the right of the Archbishop to the “denier of toll” was sealed with the blood of his tenants and servants.
... Dame Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Plumpton, is named with her husband in a certificate of admission to the fraternity of the guild of St. Christopher at York, signed by John Skinner, master and guardian, and dated 31 Aug. 17 Hen. VI. 1439;^a but she was dead before the marriage of her eldest son Robert, (born Thursday, 8 Mar. 9 Hen. VI. 1430-1,)^b to a daughter of Thomas, Lord de Clifford and Westmorland, was contracted for; ... Robert Plumpton, esq. died on Monday, the feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, 20 July 1450,^e in the nineteenth year of his age, without having consummated his marriage with Elizabeth Clifford, who three years later was married to William, brother of Robert, and only surviving son of Sir William Plumpton by his wife Elizabeth Stapilton. ... At the time of the marriage of his son, Sir William Plumpton was himself clandestinely married to Joan Wintringham, sister to the wife of his brother Godfrey, and who had given birth to a son; from which cause he was now seeking to effect a settlement of his lands on his heirs male, so as to give a preference to this son by the second venter over any female issue of his eldest son, should he die leaving only such surviving. ... by two several deeds of the same date, viz. 23 Aug. 31 Hen. VI. 1453, Sir Thomas Rempston, knight, (his uncle in half-blood, and sole surviving feoffee under the deed made by his father 24 Sept. 8 Hen. V. 1420, and under his own feoffment of the 18th April 17 Hen. VI. 1439,) entailed all the estate of which he stood enfeoffed in the counties of York, Derby, Nottingham, and Stafford, together with the reversion of what was held by Dame Margaret Rempston for her life, upon Sir William Plumpton and his heirs male, with remainder to Godfrey Plumpton, his brother, and his heirs male.^h
But to return to Sir William Plumpton’s public career. By deed of the 20th Feb. 19 Hen. VI. 1441-2, Henry Earl of Northumberland and Lord of the Honour of Cockermouth, appointed Sir William Plompton, knight, to be Seneschall of all his manors and lordships in the county of York for the term of his life, with an annual fee of 10^li;ⁱ to which, 1 Nov. 26 Hen. VI. 1447, was added for his good services a second 10^li per annum, issuing out of the manor of Lethelay in com. Ebor.^k In 1448 he was Sheriff of the county of York, and in 1452 of the counties of Nottingham and Derby. In 1456 Sir William Plumpton rode northward with the forces mustered by the Earl of Northumberland, for the purpose of making an incursion upon the Scottish borders;^l and upon the breaking out of the wars of the Roses, he, as a matter of course, sided with his suzerain and master, the said Earl of Northumberland, and with him fought in support of the House of Lancaster.
... After Edward had assumed the title of King, and during the time he was on his march into the North, to enter into conflict with the partisans of the dethroned monarch, these two mandates addressed by Henry VI. to Sir William Plompton, kt. followed in rapid succession. The first, “tested at York, 12 March, 39th of our reign,” contains an order for Sir Richard Tunstall, kt. Sir Thomas Tresham, kt. and Sir William Plompton, kt. to summon all liege men of the forest or demesne of Knaresburgh, to set out with them to meet the enemy;^o the second, “geven under our signet, at our cyty of York, the thirteenth day of March,” straitly charges “our trusty and welbeloved knight, Sir William Plompton,” to repair to the royal presence with his array in all haste possible.^p On the 29th of the same month, being Palm Sunday, Sir William Plumpton was present at the decisive battle of Towton, otherwise Saxton field; where William, his son and heir apparent, it seems, was slain, and he himself either made prisoner by the enemy on that day, or driven by the adverse fortune of his party shortly afterwards to throw himself on the mercy of Edward. On the 13th of May he came before Robert Danby, Chief Justice, in the city of York, and gave bond for the payment of £2000 before the feast of Pentecost next ensuing, whereupon the following writ was issued in his behalf.
“Edward, by the grace of God, King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland, we will and straitly charge all our true liegemen and subgitts, that none of them upon paine of death, under any colour or occasion whatsoever it be, robbe nor spoile William Plompton of Plompton, in our County of York, knight, nor none of his servants, ne tenants, nor none of them; nor contrary to our lawes hurt, trouble, or vex them, or any of them, in anywise, in body or goods. Geven under our privy seale at our Citty of York, the xiii^th day of Maie, the first yeare of our reigne.”^r
The term for redeeming of this bond having elapsed, on the 12th of July, 1461, Sir William Plumpton surrendered himself a prisoner at the Tower of London; and, having been sworn according to custom, was admitted by Sir William Bowischer [Bourchier,] kt. lieutenant of the Tower, to all the liberties and privileges of the place.^s He obtained letters of general pardon, 5 Feb. 1 Edw. IV. 1461-2,^t and was subsequently, 10 Sept. 2 Edw. IV. 1462, released from all claim by reason of his bond.^u But notwithstanding Sir William Plumpton had afresh letters of pardon dated 30 Aug. 3 Edw. IV. 1463,^x he was, it seems, restricted from returning home into the North; and was at one time in jeopardy of his life, by reason of the denunciation of one David Routh, son of late Thomas Routh, of Westminster, who laid these overt acts of treason to his charge:
“First, Sir William Plompton, with other persons, within the place of Honslough, the second and third years of the reigne of our soveraigne and liege lord, had receyved, red, and understaud false, damnable, diffamatory, and slaunderous writing, traiterously by pen and other forged and ymagined against the honor and welfare of our said soveraigne, and the same sent to other suspicious persons to corage and comfort them by the same.
“Also he hath received in the said place divers persons coming out of Scotland fro the Kings adversaries, and secretly cherished them, succored, forbored, and their secrets concealed.
“Also he hath sent messengers into his countrey, which there receyved tidings of his brother men there out of Scotland, fro the Kings adversaries, by his brother assent and his.
“Item. When any turble or enterprise was leke to fall hurt or scaythe to the Kings people, the said Sir William Plumpton, with oder suspected, rejoyced, and were glad in chere and countenance.”
Upon these charges Sir William Plumpton was tried before the Earl of Worcester, Lord Tiptoft and of Powis, Great Constable of England, and a jury of twenty-four, at Hounslow, shortly before Christmas. Having been acquitted, he obtained a warrant from the Constable to be rid of all further molestation on that behalf, dated 20 Jan. 3 Edw. IV. 1463-4,^y as also the following brief from the King.
“Edward, by the grace of God, King of England and of France and lord of Ireland, To all maiors, sherifs, eschetors, baliffs, constables, and other our ministers whatsoever they be, and to all other our true liege people, greeting. We lett you witt, that our welbeloved William Plompton Kt. hath truly, sufficiently, and clearly declared himself of all manner matters that have been said and surmised against him, and so we hold him thereof for fully excused, and declared by these our present letters. And we take him, hold, and repute him as our true and faithfull leigman. Wherefore we will and charge you, all and every one of you as much as to him belongeth, that from henceforth ye, nor any of you, neither vex, moleste, greive, trouble, nor him nor any of his, in body nor in goods, otherwise then our lawes will; nor that ye give or shew unto him, or any of his, any ungodly language or countenance, but that ye take him and suffer him to abide and go att his pleasure and ease, there as him shall best like, as other our true leiges do; not breaking this our comaundement, as ye will eschew our great displeasure, and upon payne of punishment by our laws. Yeven under our signett att, &c.”^z
Being now reputed loyal, Sir William Plumpton was restored to his offices of Constable of the Castle, and Master Forester of the Forest of Knaresborough, and to the Stewardship of the Lordship of Spofford, of which he had had grants for life in the previous reign.

... on Sunday the 15^th Oct. 1480, Sir William Plumpton died,^t leaving issue by his second wife, Joan Wintringham, Robert, their only child.
... The Correspondence of Sir William Plumpton, any more than the facts elicited in the preceding memoir, presents his character in no very favourable light; fond of litigation, we find him ever letting matters proceed to extremities before taking up his obligations, and to gain time, availing himself of practices “not worshipful”—an adept in deceit, paying court to one mistress, though secretly married to another—fraudulent in his dealings, obtaining money for the marriage of his grand-daughters, when it must have been his fixed resolve to strip them of their inheritance—abusive of his authority, “suing every true man in the Forest,” and fearing not to shed blood in the assertion of pretended rights—immoral in his conduct, suffering an innocent wife to labour under slanderous report during years of silence—and time-serving in his loyalty, amassing wealth and coveting offices of trust under Princes of either House. Of the degree of eminence he raised himself to by these unworthy means, a strong proof may be found in the licence which he obtained from King Edward IV. to embattle his manor-place at Plumpton, and to enclose a park, there with liberty of warren and chase.^f The edifice thus built is noticed by the antiquary Leland in his Itinerary, in these words: “From Gnarresborow over Nid river almost al by wood a mile to Pluntone wher is a park and a fair house of stone with 2 toures longging to the same.”^g At the visitation of St George Norroy, in 1612, there was remaining in the Hall at Sir Edward Plumpton’s this shield, “quarterly, Plumpton and Foljambe, impaling Stapleton with the mullet,” the armorial bearings of this Sir William Plumpton and his first wife Elizabeth Stapleton. In the chapel were the coats, Plumpton impaling Clifford—Darell impaling Plumpton—Hamerton impaling Plumpton—and “Argent, a fess between three wolves’ heads erased Gules;” perhaps the arms of office of the Master Forester of Knaresborough Forest.^h

^h Cartul. No. 361.
^b Carte. Catalogue des Rolles Gascons, Normans et François. Londres, fol. 1743, vol. II. p. 257.
^c Cartul. No 425. Will’s Repington, ar.—Will’mo Plompton, militi, Dat. apud Amynton in vigilia S’ti Mich’is, anno r. r. Hen. VI. nono.
^f Cartul. No 436. Teste me ipso apud Westm^t, 18 Jan. anno regni n’ri 14.
^a Ibid.[Cartul.] No. 446.
^b Ibid, No. 437.
^e Cartul. No 437.
^h Ibid.[Cartul.] No. 537 et 538.
ⁱ Cartul. No. 524.
^k Ibid. No. 533.
^l Vide postea, p. xxiv.
^o Cartul. No. 548.
^p See Correspondence of Sir William Plumpton, kt. Letter 1.
^r Cartul. No. 549.
^s Will’m’s Plompton miles admissus est ad et in omnia libertates et privilegia Turris London p’ Will’mu’ Bowischer militem locum tenentem Turris p’d’cæ et juratus est secundum consuetudinem eiusdem Turris. In cuius rei testimonium p’sentibus ego p’dc’us Will’m’s locumtenens sigillum meum apposui. Dat xii^o die mensis Julii anno regni Regis Edw: quarti post conquestum primo. (Cartul. No. 550.)
^t Edwardus, &c. Omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, &c. Sciatis quod de gratia nostro speciali et ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris perdonavimus, remisimus, et relaxavimus Will’o Plompton militi, alias dicto Will’o Plumpton militi, alias d’co Will’o Plumton militi, alias d’co Will’o Plompton de Plompton in Com. Ebor. militi, alias d’co Will’o Plumpton de Plumpton in com. Ebor. militi, alias d’co Will’o Plompton nuper de Kenalton in com. Nottingham, alias d’co Will’o Plompton nuper de Knaresburgh in com. Ebor. militi, alias d’co Will’o Plompton nuper Vicecomiti Com. Ebor. militi, alias d’co Will’o Plompton nuper Vicecomiti Com. Nottingham et Derb. Chivaler, seu quocu’que alio nomine censeatur, omnimodas transgressiones, offensas, &c. (Cartul. No. 551.)
^x Cartul. No. 557.
^y Cartul. No. 560.
^z Cartul. No. 561.
^t Esch. 20 Edw. IV. No. 88.
^f Cartul. No. 585. Teste meipso apud Westm: decimo-septimo die Febr. anno regni nostri tertio decimo. (7 Feb. 13 Edw. IV. 1467-8).
^g Leland’s Itinerary, vol. i. f. 104. p. 99.
^h Vis. Ric. St. George Norroy, in Coll. Arm. C. 13.

Plumpton Correspondence p1 (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

    LETTERS WRITTEN TO SIR WILLIAM PLOMPTON,
      WHO DIED 20. YEAR OF K. EDWARD THE FOWRTH.
        LETTER I.
    To our trusty and welbeloved knight, Sir William Plompton.
BY the King R. H.^a Trusty and welbeloved, we greete you well, and for as much as we have very knowledg that our great trator, the late Earle of March,^b hath made great assemblies of riotouse and mischeously disposed people, and to stirr and provoke them to draw unto him, he hath cried in his proclamations havok upon all our trew liege people and subjects, thaire wives, children, and goods, and is now coming towards us, we therfore pray you and also straitely charge you that anon upon the sight herof, ye, with all such people as ye may make defensible arraied, come unto us in all hast possible, wheresoever we shall bee within this our Realme, for to resist the malitious entent and purpose of our said trator, and faile not herof as ye love the seurty of our person, the weale of yourselfe, and of all our trew and faithfull subjects. Geven under our signet at our Cyty of York, the thirtenth day of March.^c
    (13 March 1460-1.)
^a Henry VI.
^b Edward Earl of March took the title of Edward IV. 4 March 1460-1.
^c The battle of Towton field or Saxton field was fought on the twenty-ninth of March following, being Palm Sunday, whence it was sometimes called Palm Sunday field. Sir William Plumpton’s eldest son was among the slain. (See Memoirs.)

Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 pp1320-1 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)

PLUMPTON, SIR WILLIAM (1404-1480), soldier, born 7 Oct. 1404, was eldest son of Sir Robert Plumpton (1383-1421) of Plumpton, Yorkshire, by Alice, daughter of Sir Godfrey Foljambe of Hassop, Derbyshire. His family had been settled at Plumpton from the twelfth century, and held of the earls of Northumberland as overlords. Accordingly the Earl of Northumberland had his wardship till he was of age. About 1427 he set out for the French wars; he was knighted before 1430, when he returned. He probably went to France again very shortly, as he is mentioned as one of the captains in the retinue of the Duke of Bedford in 1435. He was seneschal and master-forester of the honour and forest, and constable of the castle of Knaresborough from about 1439 to 1461, and in connection with this office he had serious trouble in 1441, when a fierce and sanguinary quarrel broke out between the tenants of the forest and the servants of Archbishop John Kemp [q. v.] as to payment of toll at fairs. On 20 Feb. 1441-2 he was appointed by the Earl of Northumberland seneschal of all his manors in Yorkshire with a fee of 10l. for life; the fee was doubled for good service in 1447. In 1448 he was sheriff for Yorkshire, and in 1452 for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. He continued closely connected with the Percy family, and in 1456 joined the musters of the Earl of Northumberland for a raid into Scotland. This family connection drew him, like most of the northern gentlemen, to the Lancastrian side in the wars of the Roses. In 1460 he was a commissioner to inquire into the estates of the attainted Yorkists. In 1461 the series of letters addressed to Sir William Plumpton which forms part of the ‘Plumpton Correspondence’ begins. On 12 March 1460-1 King Henry wrote from York telling him to raise men from Knaresborough and come to him. The next day a second letter urged him to hasten. He joined the royal army and fought at Towton, where his son William was killed. Sir William either gave himself up or was taken prisoner, and decided to submit. He obtained a pardon from Edward IV on 5 Feb. 1461-2. For some time, however, he was not allowed to go into the north of England, and in 1463 was tried and acquitted on a charge of treason by a jury at Hounslow, Middlesex. He now recovered his offices of constable of the castle, and forester of the forest of Knaresborough; but, like most of the people of the north, he must have made some move in the Lancastrian interest in 1471, as he secured a general pardon for all offences committed up to 30 Sept. 1471, and at the same time lost his offices at Knaresborough.
He died on 15 Oct 1480. He married, first, some time after 20 Jan. 1415-16, the date of the marriage covenant, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Bryan Stapilton of Carlton, Yorkshire; she died before 1451. By her Sir William had seven daughters, all of whom married, and two sons, Robert and William; Robert died in 1450, being betrothed to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, lord Clifford; upon his death Elizabeth married his brother William; the latter was killed at Towton in 1461, leaving two daughters. After the first wife’s death, or perhaps before it, Sir William had two bastard sons, Robert and William. Great scandal was caused at a later date by his relations with Joan, daughter of Thomas Winteringham of Winteringham Hall, Knaresborough. In consequence, Sir William was summoned before the ecclesiastical court of York, where he appeared in 1467-1468, and declared that he had been privately married to the lady in 1451. After some delay the court decided in 1472 that this was true, and from that time Robert, the offspring of this marriage, was regarded as heir. To make all sure, his father made him a gift of his personal property.
This SIR ROBERT PLUMPTON (1453-1523) was involved in various disputes with his father’s other heirs He was knighted by the Duke of Gloucester, near Berwick, 22 Aug. 1482, when following his master, the Earl of Northumberland, but he supported Henry VII after he had secured the crown, and went to meet the king on his northern progress in the first year of his reign. He was also present at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth on 25 Nov. 1487. That he was trusted by the king may be gathered from the lease granted to him on 5 May 1488 of mills at Knaresborough and Kilinghale, and he took an active part in repressing the outbreaks in Yorkshire of April 1489 and May 1492; Henry thanked him in a letter which is printed among the ‘Plumpton Correspondence.’ Despite this evidence of his loyalty, Empson fixed his claws in the Plumpton inheritance, and raked up the old claims of the heirs-general of Sir William Plumpton. In 1502 the verdict went against Sir Robert; but he appealed to the king who made him a knight of the body, and in 1503 he was protected from the results of the action. The dispute was not, however, finished; and when Henry VIII came to the throne, Sir Robert, who was penniless, was imprisoned in the counter. He was soon afterwards released and an arrangement made by which he was restored to his estate on an award. He died in the summer of 1523. He married, first, Agnes (d. 1504), daughter of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorp, Yorkshire; by her he had a large family, of whom William Plumpton was the eldest son. Sir Robert’s second wife was Isabel, daughter of Ralph, lord Neville, by whom he does not appear to have left any issue.
The ‘Plumpton Correspondence.’ was preserved in a manuscript book of copies which passed into the hands of Christopher Towneley about 1650, and remained among the Towneley MSS.; it consisted of letters written during the time of Sir William Plumpton and later members of his family down to 1551. It was edited for the Camden Society by Thomas Stapleton [q. v.] in 1838-9 (2 vols,); the letters illustrated by the editor by extracts from a manuscript in the same collection, the ‘Coucher Book’ of Sir Edward Plumpton.
[Plumpton Correspondence, ed. Stapleton (Camden Soc.); Wars of the English in France (Rolls Ser.), ed. Stevenson, ii. 433; Materials for the Hist. of Henry VII (Rolls Ser. ii. 300.]
W. A. J. A.

Death: 15 October 1480
Roger Dodsworth notes a memorial in Knaresborough church that appears to be to William, although it could also be intrepreted to be to his brother, Godfrey, who also married a Wintringham.
Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631 by Roger Dodsworth in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 34 p158 (ed. J. W. Clay, 1904)

Knaresburgh Church, 28 Septembris, 1622.
Another North window.
A man² in armor kneling, on his brest az. 5 fusells in fesse or. [Plumpton]. His wife behind him, on her brest the former coat paled with ar. a scocheon entre an orle of martlets gu. Under:
Orate pro anima . . . . . . . Plumpton et etiam pro anima Domini Willelmi Plumpton, qui istam . . . . . . . anno . . . . . . .
Quarterly, az. 5 fusells in fesse or [Plumpton], 2 sa. a bend entre 6 escallops or [Foljambe],³ paled with ar. an escocheon entre 9 martlets in orle gu.
Ther is a quire in the South side called Plumpton’s quyer, which belonged to a house in the towne called Wintringham Hall.
² The fusils in the Plumpton arms are generally each charged with an escallop gules.
³ Sir Robert Plumpton, who died in 1421, married for his second wife Alice, daughter and heiress of Geoffrey Foljambe. They had a son, Sir William, who married Johanna, and also a son Geoffrey, of Knaresborough, who married her sister Alice, daughter of Thomas Wintringham.

Probate:
Calendar of the Fine Rolls 1471-1486 p197 (1961)

Writs of diem clausit extremum, after the death of the following persons, directed to the escheators in the counties named :—1480. ...
Oct. 23. William Plompton, knight; York; Nottingham and Derby.

Plumpton Correspondence page lxxxvi - page lxxxviii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)

Some time before his death, 1 May, 18 Edw. IV. 1478, Sir William Plumpton had made an absolute disposition of all his personal effects, moveable and immoveable, in favour of his son,ⁱ so as to preclude the necessity for any will; consequently the only memorial respecting him remaining in the ecclesiastical court at York is a commission from the official, dated 10 Jan. 20 Edw. IV. 1480-1, for John Quixley, chaplain, and Richard Plumpton, to collect the debts and make the inventory of the effects of the intestate, which they were to retain in their custody.^k In regard to the landed estate, it was matter of urgent necessity that the title of Robert Plumpton, the son, should be admitted before the Escheator, and that the office found upon the inquisitio post mortem of his father should be returned in that sense to the Court of Chancery. The mode of ensuring this result we learn from the following document:
“This indenture, made the last day of November, the yeare of the reigne of King Edward iiii^th the xx^th, Betwene William Gascoigne, knight, on that one party, and Edmund Parpoint Exchetor for our Lord King, in the shyres of Nottingham and Derby on that other party, Witnesseth, that the said William Gascoigne, knight, and the said Exchetor be agreed in manner and forme that followeth; that is to say, that the said Exchetor shall indevor him to do that belongeth him in his said office, as well in the shire of Nottingham as in the shire of Darby aforesaid, to find an office after the decease of William Plompton, knight, now dead, and to make his precept to the Sherife of the said shires, and to write to the saide Sherife to have such men impannelled as abovesaid William Gascoigne shall name. And that the said Exchetor shall cause to his power both the offices, as well in the one shire as in the other, to be found betwixt this and the feast of Nativity of our lord God next comeinge, according to such evidence as shal be shewed there by the counsell of the said William Gascoigne, knight, of all such mannors, lands, tenementes, rents, revercions, and services, with other appurtenances, of which the said William Plompton, knight, now dead, was seised of in fe, or otherwise, in the said shires, in his life, or any other to his use. For which the said William Gascoigne, knight, shall pay or cause to be paid to the said Edmund Parpoint iiii^li for his office so found, retorned and put into the Chauncery of our said sovereigne Lord the King, according to the right and title of evidence above rehersed, and xx^s for his reward; which putting in shalbe att the charge & cost of the said William Gascoigne, knight. And also the said William Gascoigne, knt. shall save the saide Edmund Parpoint, Exchetor, harmles for the said office so found and retorned. In witnes whereof either party interchangeably to this Indenture hath setto their sealls. Written the yeare and day abovesaid.”^l
Inquisitions were taken according to this agreement before the said Escheator at Derby on the 18th of December, and at Lenton in Nottinghamshire on the 20th of the same month; and in both the feoffment to Master Richard Andrews, Dean of the cathedral church of York and his co-trustees, with the subsequent limitation to Sir William Plumpton for life, remainder to Robert Plumpton, jun. his son, and the heirs of his body, and then to his right heirs, is set forth. In the one, the finding is that de tali statu inde obiit seisitus, remanere inde in forma predicta;^m but the estate in Nottinghamshire having been reconveyed to Sir William Plumpton and Joan his wife conjointly, the finding is that she survived him et se tenuit intus per jus accrescendi.n The jury upon the inquest in Yorkshire made a like return according to the tenor of the feoffment produced before them, the same I have adverted to above. This office was taken by William Netilton, Escheator, at Wedirby, on Friday before the feast of St. Martin in winter, 10th Nov. 20 Edw. IV. 1480;^o and in it, as also in the others, are the usual findings of the day of the death of the deceased, and the names and ages of the heirs-at-law, the daughters of William Plompton, esq. son and heir of the said Sir William Plompton, knight, viz. Margret, wife of John Roucliffe, of the age of twenty years and more, and, Elizabeth, wife of John Sothill, of the age of nineteen years and more: save that in the later inquisitions, Margret is returned of the age of twenty-one years and more.
ⁱ Cartul. No. 685.
^k Ibid. No. 628.
^l Cartul. No. 625.
^m Ibid. No. 620.
ⁿ Ibid. No. 710.
^o Ibid. No. 624. The jurors were Percivall Lyndley, esq. John Arthington, esq. Thomas Hawkesworth, esq. William Exilby, gent. Henry Arthington, gent. John Chambre, gent. William Lyndley, gent. Richard Saxton, John Baildon, William Angrow, William Stead, George Swaile, John Herryson.

Sources:

Birth: Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1320 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)
Parents: Mapping the Medieval Countryside 24-006; Calendar of the Fine Rolls 1430-1437 vol 16 p124 (1936); Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1320 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909); PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993)
Marriage (1st): Lateran Regesta vol 334 in Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers vol 8 p574 (1904); Plumpton Correspondence page xliii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)
Children: Plumpton Correspondence pages lxii-lxiv and lxxxi-lxxxv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909); Margaret named in Yorkshire deeds vol 9 in Yorkshire Archæological Society Record Series vol 111 p46 (ed. M. J. Hebditch, 1948)
Marriage (2nd): Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909); Plumpton Correspondence pages lxiv-lxv (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Joan parents from Alice's parents at Plumpton Correspondence page xlix (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Joan death from Plumpton Correspondence p151n (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839)
Children: Plumpton Correspondence page lxxiii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xliii - page lxxxvi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)
Death: Plumpton Correspondence page lxxxi (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Dictionary of National Biography vol 15 p1321 (ed. Sidney Lee, 1909)

Yvetta (_____) de Plumpton

Married: Nigel de Plumpton

This marriage occurred while Nigel was still a minor (The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p33 #57).

Children:

Robert de Plumpton (1239 - 1295)

Notes:
Nigel was a minor at his father's death, and his custody was granted by William de Percy to Roger Maudit (The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p33 #57). That document also names Nigel's wife, Yvetta (Ivettam in the Latin).

The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p33 (M. T. Martin, 1909)

This roughly translates as:

Sources:

Marriage: The Percy Chartulary in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 117 p33 #57 (M. T. Martin, 1909)
Notes: Plumpton Correspondence page xvi - page xvii (ed. Thomas Stapleton, 1839); Ilkley: Ancient & Modern p113 (Robert Collyer, 1885)

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