CASWELL - Person Sheet
CASWELL - Person Sheet
NameHugh De Carswell 
Birth1260, of Yatesbury
Deathaft 1310
Notes for Hugh De Carswell
An entry in the Wiltshire record Society Vol 1 (1939)
Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire for the Reigns of Edward I & Edward II, ed R B Pugh.
14 Edward I (1286) Morrow of Ascension.
John de Colcestre & Alice his wife, plaintiff.
Hugh de Carswell and Idonea his wife, plaintiff.
1 messuage and 14 acres of land in Yatesbury.
(A) pl to hold of imp, rendering yearly 4d, to wit 1d at Michaelmas , Christmas, Easter and St John the Baptist severally.
(Warranty) Consideration 1 sore sparrow-hawk.
'Sore' means 'from sorrel' a color, since a hawk's plumage is reddish brown in the first year.
The “Sore-hawk” is a hawk of the first year, so called from the French, sor or saure, brownish-yellow. The “Spar” or “Sparrow” hawk is a small, ignoble hawk (Saxon, speara; Goth, sparwa; cur spare, spur, spur, spear, spire, sparing, sparse, etc; Latin, sparsus; all referring to mindteness).
Extract from IPM, vol.V, Edward II. Inquisition of 1310 inwhich
is detailed evidence of witness Hugh de Careswell, aged 50.
2 sheets A4.
Calender of Inquisitions Post Mortem
Public Record Office Vol V Edward II
228, ELIZABETH, YOUNGER DAUGHTER AND ONE OF THE HEIRS OF BRIAN DE BROMPTON.
Writ (missing).
HEREFORD. Proof of age, Wednesday the morrow of St. Martin ,8 Edw. ( 10 nov 1310)
John Re Mitleton, aged 45, says that the said Elizabeth was born at Ayston and baptized in the church there, and was 14 on Wednesday after St. Nicholas last, and this he knows because he is her godfather and lifted her from the font.
Hugh de Careswell, aged 50, says the same, and knows it because on the same day he married his wife, and saw the said Elizabeth being baptized at the door of the church.
Adam Judas, aged 60, says the same, and knows it because his mother was buried that day in the cemetery of the said church, and in returning he met.... carrying the said Elizabeth to be baptized.
John Hasard, aged 40, agrees, and knows it because Philiphis father on the same day enfeoffed him of all his lands in Ayston.
Henry de Cornewaile, aged 55, agrees, and knows it because he had a son baptized on the same day in the said church.
Adam Osberne, aged 60, agrees, and knows it because when building a chamber in his place near the manor of the said Brian, he heard the said Elizabeth wailing.
William de Fraxino, aged 50, says the same, and knows it because he then was of the household of the said Brian, and on the said Wednesday saw the said Elizabeth lying in her cradle in her nurse's chamber.
Richard Faber, aged 6O, says the same, and knows it because William de Drayton his Bervant was Slain in Ayston on the same day,and in following the felon he saw the said Elizabeth being baptized at the door of the church.
William de Weston, aged 50, Richard de Morton, aged 40, Philip de Castro, aged 50, and Adam Hazard, aged 40, agree, and know it by many evident reasons.
C. Edw. II. File 18. (7.)
St. Nicholas day is the 6 December and always has been. The switch from Julian to Gregorian won't have affected that.
Therefore Hugh was married on 6 dec 1296!
Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: 1307-1313
P 260
Wiltshire
Hugh de Careswell paid a rent of four capons with all his service.
Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones Post Mortem. Returned Into the Court of Chancery
page 376 Wiltshire
Hugh de Careswell holds in Hyatesbury 16 acres of land for the term of his life which he had of the demesne and grant of the said Matthew son of John before he enfeoffed the said King Edward, and he pays therefor per annum 10s. to Thomas Avary at the feast of St Michael.
Inquisition taken at Devizes on Monday next before the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 2 Edward II
[1309],
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&a...e-opc.org.uk%2FItems%2FYatesbury%2FYatesbury%2520-%2520Inquisition%2520of%2520John%2520Walraund%25201309.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1wYfZC__Cbs6ZOnlON6brL
At Yatesbury there is a capital messuage, and it is worth per annum 5s. There are there 217 acres of arable land worth 54s. 3d., and 9. acres of meadow worth 19s. There is there pastura in la Northfelde and on Coulesbo, and it is worth per annum 4s. Also of rent of assize, per annum, 61s. 2d. ; and of rent to the “succentor” of Sarum to have pasture on Northlese 3s., of rent of Robert Barvile one pair of spurs, price 6d.,of Hugh Carswell for a certain ditch 4 hens, price 8d., and of chersete 10 cocks and 30 hens, price 3s. 4d.
Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire for the Reigns of Edward I & Edward II, ed R B Pugh.
14 Edward I (1286) Morrow of Ascension.
John de Colcestre & Alice his wife, plaintiff.
Hugh de Carswell and Idonea his wife, plaintiff.
1 messuage and 14 acres of land in Yatesbury.
(A) pl to hold of imp, rendering yearly 4d, to wit 1d at Michaelmas , Christmas, Easter and St John the Baptist severally.
(Warranty) Consideration 1 sore sparrow-hawk.
'Sore' means 'from sorrel' a color, since a hawk's plumage is reddish brown in the first year.
The “Sore-hawk” is a hawk of the first year, so called from the French, sor or saure, brownish-yellow. The “Spar” or “Sparrow” hawk is a small, ignoble hawk (Saxon, speara; Goth, sparwa; cur spare, spur, spur, spear, spire, sparing, sparse, etc; Latin, sparsus; all referring to mindteness).
Extract from IPM, vol.V, Edward II. Inquisition of 1310 inwhich
is detailed evidence of witness Hugh de Careswell, aged 50.
2 sheets A4.
Calender of Inquisitions Post Mortem
Public Record Office Vol V Edward II
228, ELIZABETH, YOUNGER DAUGHTER AND ONE OF THE HEIRS OF BRIAN DE BROMPTON.
Writ (missing).
HEREFORD. Proof of age, Wednesday the morrow of St. Martin ,8 Edw. ( 10 nov 1310)
John Re Mitleton, aged 45, says that the said Elizabeth was born at Ayston and baptized in the church there, and was 14 on Wednesday after St. Nicholas last, and this he knows because he is her godfather and lifted her from the font.
Hugh de Careswell, aged 50, says the same, and knows it because on the same day he married his wife, and saw the said Elizabeth being baptized at the door of the church.
Adam Judas, aged 60, says the same, and knows it because his mother was buried that day in the cemetery of the said church, and in returning he met.... carrying the said Elizabeth to be baptized.
John Hasard, aged 40, agrees, and knows it because Philiphis father on the same day enfeoffed him of all his lands in Ayston.
Henry de Cornewaile, aged 55, agrees, and knows it because he had a son baptized on the same day in the said church.
Adam Osberne, aged 60, agrees, and knows it because when building a chamber in his place near the manor of the said Brian, he heard the said Elizabeth wailing.
William de Fraxino, aged 50, says the same, and knows it because he then was of the household of the said Brian, and on the said Wednesday saw the said Elizabeth lying in her cradle in her nurse's chamber.
Richard Faber, aged 6O, says the same, and knows it because William de Drayton his Bervant was Slain in Ayston on the same day,and in following the felon he saw the said Elizabeth being baptized at the door of the church.
William de Weston, aged 50, Richard de Morton, aged 40, Philip de Castro, aged 50, and Adam Hazard, aged 40, agree, and know it by many evident reasons.
C. Edw. II. File 18. (7.)
St. Nicholas day is the 6 December and always has been. The switch from Julian to Gregorian won't have affected that.
Therefore Hugh was married on 6 dec 1296!
Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: 1307-1313
P 260
Wiltshire
Hugh de Careswell paid a rent of four capons with all his service.
Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones Post Mortem. Returned Into the Court of Chancery
page 376 Wiltshire
Hugh de Careswell holds in Hyatesbury 16 acres of land for the term of his life which he had of the demesne and grant of the said Matthew son of John before he enfeoffed the said King Edward, and he pays therefor per annum 10s. to Thomas Avary at the feast of St Michael.
Inquisition taken at Devizes on Monday next before the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 2 Edward II
[1309],
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&a...e-opc.org.uk%2FItems%2FYatesbury%2FYatesbury%2520-%2520Inquisition%2520of%2520John%2520Walraund%25201309.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1wYfZC__Cbs6ZOnlON6brL
At Yatesbury there is a capital messuage, and it is worth per annum 5s. There are there 217 acres of arable land worth 54s. 3d., and 9. acres of meadow worth 19s. There is there pastura in la Northfelde and on Coulesbo, and it is worth per annum 4s. Also of rent of assize, per annum, 61s. 2d. ; and of rent to the “succentor” of Sarum to have pasture on Northlese 3s., of rent of Robert Barvile one pair of spurs, price 6d.,of Hugh Carswell for a certain ditch 4 hens, price 8d., and of chersete 10 cocks and 30 hens, price 3s. 4d.