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Please note that this index is given in good faith as a guide to the contents of the book, but there may be errors in both the original index and the transcription of the index.

NOTE:

• The index is not quite in alphabetical order, although all the initial letters are grouped together. I would recommend that you use the search facility if you can't find a particular name - use "Ctl F" and do a search.

• Abus, river,
• Abbies, Priories, &c.causes of founding,
• Adeliza,
  • sister of the Conq.,
  • another account,
• Aid for knighting the Black Prince,
• Aids, account of,
• Albemarle,
  • Earls of,
  • Odo, first Earl,
  • grant of tythes and churches by,
  • pedigree of,
  • Wm.le Gross,
  • honor of,
  • enormous fine of,
  • pilgrimage of,
  • needlework relating to,
  • Aveline, wardship of,
  • Chamberlainess of Exchq.
  • monument of,
  • corrected ped.of,
  • mode of spelling,
• Alienation, fines for,
• Altar, Roman,
• ALDBOROUGH,
  • beacon at,
  • grant at,
  • ph.of,
  • castle of, (2)
  • incumbents,
• Amercements, curious,
• Anglo Saxon Era,
• Anne of Luxemberg,
• Architecture., divisions of,
• Aram, Little, hamlet of,
• Arnold,
  • grant of lands at,
  • hamlet of,
  • Woodhouse,
• Athelstan,
• ATWICK,
  • also Tanley and Fitzwilliam,
  • grant to Nunkeeling,
• Aveline, Countess of Alb.
• Aumbry, description of,
• Bailiff,
  • oath of,
  • chief,
• Bailiwicks,
  • division of,
  • another,
• BARMSTON,
  • beacons at,
  • ph.
  • grant of,
• Bastwick, High and Low,
• Barrow, Court of.(3)
• Bail Wells, description of,
• Betun, Baldwin de,
  • receives monks of Meaux,
  • letter of,
• Beacons, number of,
• BEEFORD, (4)
• Beverley, St.John de,
  • possessions of, (2)
  • liberty of,
  • grant at,
  • Water Towns, (2)
  • Philip de,
• Bewholme,
  • grant of,
  • hamlet of,
• Bewick,
  • Moore, family of,
  • Bell, family of,
• Belvoir, Castle of,
• Benningholme,
  • grant of, (2)
  • hamlet of,
• Billings Hill,
• Bigland, John, account of,
• Bilford,
• BILTON,
• Boundaries,
• Boynton, family of,
• Boreas Hill,
  • beacon at,
  • house at,
• Bonwick, (2)
• Bondburstwick,
• Brigantes, the,
• Bread and ale, assize of,
• Bridlington and bay,
• Bridlington Priory,
  • grants to, (15)
  • register of,
• BRANDSBURTON,
• Barfe,
  • skeletons found at,
• Dr.Watson,
• Bristhill, (2)
• Branceholme,
• Brackenhill,
• Brooke, family of,
• Buckingham, Duke of,
  • mandate of,
• Burton, etymology of,
• Bulmer, family of, (2)
• BURSTWICK,
  • castle of, (2)
  • royal manor of,
  • Countess of Carrick, prison of,
  • customs of, altered,
  • visit of kings to,
  • present custom,
  • king's horses at,
  • estates, sequestered,
  • parks of,
  • Garth, Appleyards, of, (2)
• BURTON PIDSEA,
• Bucks taken for the king's use,
• Burstal Priory,
  • remains found at,
• Burstall Garth,
• BURTON CONSTABLE,
  • the park of,
  • Bos Urus of,
  • house, description of,
  • stag hunting,
• Byng, Admiral, notices of,
• Carucates, account of quantity,
• Castle Ward, meaning of,
• Camerton,
• Catholics, Roman, number of,
• CATWICK,
  • grant at,
• Catfoss,
  • grant at,
  • hamlet of,
• Carlton, hamlet of,
• Carrs, nature of, (3)
• Caput Baroniae,
• Carrick, Countess of,
• Churches, division of,
  • grant of Stephen,
• Chapels, donative,
• Cherry Cob Sands,
• Clarence, Duke of, (2)
• Citadel of Hull,
• Cleton, hamlet of,
• Cloth, manufacture of, (2)
• Cornwall, Countess of,
  • alters customs of manors,
• Copyhold Manors,
• Commission of the Peace, ancient, (2)
• Communicants, number of,
• Coast, destruction of the,
• Coroner, Jurisdiction of,
  • account of,
  • oath of,
• Court Leet,
• Colden, Great,
• Colden, Little,
• College, leases, notice of,
• Coniston,
• Constable,
  • of Frismerk and Catfoss, (11)
  • of Burton Constable, (32)
  • of Halsham, (12)
  • of Flamborough, (3)
  • Robert, (6)
  • Michael,
  • Henry, (2)
  • Philip, (2)
  • Marmaduke, (4)
  • Simon, (4)
  • of Hatfield,
  • of Carethorp,
  • William, (2)
  • Thomas, (2)
  • Marmaduke, of Everingham,
  • Serjeant,
  • of Wassand, (16)
  • Hillary,
  • of Withernwick,
  • John,
  • of Kirby Knowle, of Rimswell,
• Crow Garth,
• Croft, meaning of,
• Dacres, Lady, tomb of,
• Danthorp,
• Deanery of Holderness.
  • communicants in,
• De Courcy, Ingleram, account of,
• Destruction of the coast accounted for,
• Divisions, North, Middle, South,
• Dimilton, beacon at,
  • hamlet of, (2)
• Dominus, signification of,
• Dowthorpe,
  • hamlet of,
  • hall,
• Drainage, Holderness,
  • ancient document of,
• DRIPOOL,
  • hamlet of,
• Dringhoe,
• Drogo de Brevere,
  • fee of,
  • account of,
• Dunum Sinus,
• Dunsley, division of,
• Dunnington,
• Dunbar, Lord, manor of, sequestered,
• EASINGTON,
  • hall of,
  • ph.of,
  • Palmes of,
• Earls Dike,
• Edward
  • I. holds the Seigniory,
    • issues writs,
  • II.grant of Seigniory,
    • visits Burstwick,
  • III.transactions of,
    • Exchequer roll of,
    • aid for knighting Black Prince,
    • grants to Wm.de la Pole,
• Ellerkers,
  • of Lisset,
  • of Routh,
• Elsternwick,
  • grant at,
  • hamlet of,
• Ellerby,
• Emmertland,
• England Hill,
• Erghum,
• Eshton, John de, impleads Edward I.
• Escheats, account of,
• Eske,
• Etherdwick,
• Everingham,
• Farnton,
• Fauconberg, family of, (31)
• Eustachius de,
• Ferriby, Priory of,
• First fruits and tenths, account of,
• Filey, promontory of,
• Fitling,
• Flamborough Head,
• Flinton,
• Fortibus,
  • I.Wm.de,
  • II.
  • III.
  • Aveline de,
  • monument of,
  • Isabel de, (2)
  • Chamberlainess,
• Fosham,
• Forbisher, Nicholas,
• Foothead Garth,
• FRODINGHAM NORTH,
• Frishmarsh,
  • Constable of,
  • Lost town of,
• Friestingthorpe,
• Frodingham South,
• Gaveston, Piers, Lord of Seigniory,
• GARTON,
• Ganstead,
  • Twyers of, (2)
  • Hamlet of,
• Gilds, religious, (2)
• Gentry, ancient,
• Gloster, Duke of,
• Glover, Somerset Herald, notes of,
• Godard, family of, (2)
• GOXHILL,
  • parish of, (3)
  • family of (7)
  • chantry at,
• Greystock, Lord de, (3)
• Gresham, Sir Thomas, (5)
• Grimston Garth,
  • beacon at,
  • family of, (4)
  • hamlet of,
• Grangehead,
• Gunpowder Plot, who concerned in it,
• Habuit, important meaning of,
• HALSHAM,
  • mausoleum at
• Hastings, Sir Edward,
  • family of, (2)
• Hallitreeholme,
• Hayholme,
• Hatfield, Little or West,
• Hatfield, Great or East, grant at, (2)
  • family of,
  • Bishop,
  • Heralds,
  • visitations of, Glover's,
  • names returned to,
  • precept issued by,
  • names denounced by,
  • Glover's account of,
  • Dugdale,
• Hempholme,
  • swannery at, (2)
• Helpstone, division of,
• Hertburn,
• HEDON,
  • grant at, (2)
  • fair instituted at,
  • Talliages, effect of,
  • cloth manufactured at,
  • grammar school,
  • privileges of,
  • fire at,
  • cause in the exchequer,
  • list of mayors and bailiffs,
  • St.Augustine's,
  • benefactors to,
  • Kilnsea cross at,
• HUSTON,
  • grant at, (2)
  • Mount,
• Hildyard, family of, (46)
• Holderness,
  • natural division of,
  • supplied deer to the king,
  • free warren in,
  • Levies in, (4)
  • Knights and Squires in,
  • ninths levied in,
  • lands and tenements in,
  • tenths & fifteenths,
  • knights' fees in,
  • musters in,
  • certificates in,
  • beacons in,
  • deanery of,
  • boundaries of,
  • wapentake of,
  • rebellion in,
• Holm, on Spalding Moor,
• Horses, the king's at Burstwick,
• Hoton, (2)
• HOLMPTON,
• HOLLYM,
• Hoo, the Old,
• HORNSEA,
  • beacon at, (2)
  • port of,
  • Mere,
  • duel at,
  • distance from the sea,
  • Burton,
  • Honor, nature of an,
  • court of reference to,
• Hotham, Lord,
• Humber, River,
• Husband, holdings, account of,
• Hull,
  • Garrison of
  • Citadel of,
  • Brigg,
• HAMBLETON,
• Hyde,
• Ingelberd, Philip de,
• Jones, Paul, the pirate,
• Kayingham,
• Kenley Farm, relicts at,
• Kelk,
• KILNSEA,
  • derivation of,
  • beacon at,
  • ph.of
  • Roman Antiquities found at,
• Kirby, Inquest of,
• Kirkham Priory,
• Knights and Squires,
  • fees in England,
• Knight Templars, (2)
  • Hospitalers,
• Knovil, Gilbert de,
• Lakes in Holderness,
• Landholders, Saxon,
• Lands and Tenements, list of,
• Lamwith Stream, (2)
• Lanthorp Grange,
• Langthorpe,
• Langdale, Marmaduke,
• Lascelles, family of,
• Le Gross, William,
  • where buried,
• Leonard, St.Hospital of St.York, (2)
• LEVEN,
  • Rectory, manor of,
  • head of cross found at,
• Leeds, family of,
• Livings in charge,
  • discharged,
  • chapels, donative,
• Lisset,
• Lincoln,
  • Aaron, Jew of,
  • roll found,
• Library, Meaux Abbey,
• Lister, family of,
• Little Humber,
• Manors,
  • origin of,
  • derivation of,
  • copyhold,
• Manor House, inventory of a,
• Malet, Wm.account of,
• Mandevill, Wm.de,
• Manumission, grant of,
• Marriage,
  • curious grant of,
• Mauley, (2)
• MAPPLETON,
  • beacon at, (2)
  • grant at,
• MARFLEET,
  • beacon at, (2)
• Marton,
• Mausoleum, Halsham,
• Martyn, St.family of, (2)
• Mary, St.Abbey of York, (5)
• Meaux, family of, (3)
• Meaux Abbey,
  • grants to, (31)
  • visit of Duke of Gloster to,
  • history of,
  • foundation of,
  • chartularies of,
  • Abbat's list of,
  • bounds of,
  • Aaron, Jew, lends money to,
  • famine at,
  • monks of, dispersed,
  • borrow of Jews,
  • ship built at,
  • great inundation,
  • dispute about Wassand Mere,
  • plague at,
  • abbat of indicted for felony,
  • Doctor Amandus arrives at,
  • Ch.built,
  • Duke of Gloster interferes,
  • Library of,
  • ornaments of church of,
  • list of bodies buried at,
  • remains found at,
  • lands held by,
• Mesne Lords, account of,
• Merchants' marks described,
• Militia, national,
• Mills, antiquity of,
• Michaelburn, family of, (2)
• Misericorde, one described,
• Moijs,
  • division of,
  • family of,
• Moore Grange,
• Moore Town,
• Moore house,
• Moore, of Bewick, (2)
• Money, value of,
• Monkewike,
• Musters, derivation of,
  • of horse and foot, (2)
• Myton, grant of,
• Nativi, Manumission of,
• Newburgh, Priory of,
• Neile, John, M.A.curious account of,
• Neville Grange,
• Nevilles,
• Newton,
  • West,
  • East, (2)
  • Out,
  • Garth Hospital,
• Newsham,
• Norman Era,
• Nomina Villarum,
• Northumberland, Earl of,
• Northorpe,
  • Hornsea ph.
  • Easington, ph.(2)
• North Park,
• Nuthill, Sir Anthony,
  • family of,
• Nuthill,
• Nuttles,
  • chapel of,
• NUN KEELING,
  • grants to, (3)
  • Prioresses of, (3)
• Occellum Promontorium,
• Odo, first Earl of Alb.
• Oketon,
• Orwithfleet,
• Ottringham,
  • chantry of,
• Out Newton, (2)
• Overton, Colonel, (2)
• Owborough, (2)
• Owsthill House,
• Owst, family of,
• Owstwick,
• OWTHORNE,
• Parasi, district of the,
• Paris, ancient name of,
• Parishes,
  • account of,
  • how divided,
  • ornaments of,
• Parochial table,
• Parsons of Holderness, petition of,
• Passage of the Humber, grant of,
• PATRINGTON,
  • beacon at,
  • Queen's town of,
  • surrenders at,
  • list of lords,
  • church of,
  • volunteers, (2)
  • Praetorium of the Romans,
  • Patrick Lodge at,
  • Roman Altar at,
  • Haven,
• PAUL,
  • beacon at,
  • Parish of,
  • Manor of,
  • Lighthouse at,
  • Holme, grant at,
  • hamlet of,
  • chapel at,
  • tower at,
  • High, House,
• Petuaria, Roman,
• Peace, commission of the,
• Peter, St.hospital of, York,
• Pensthorpe,
• Pipe Rolls Ploughland,
• Portuosus Sinus, (2)
  • Felix,
• Pole,
  • Wm.de la, (6)
  • Katherine de la,
  • Lady of Rimswell,
• Population Returns,
• Portington, John of,
• Pope Nicholas, valor of,
• Portland, Earl of,
• Poller and Twyer, (2)
• Pocklington, manor of,
• Potchett,
  • Rev.Wm.
  • Lord of Holmpton, (2)
• Prebendal Churches,
• Premier, Seizin,
• Priesthold,
• PRESTON,
  • manor of the rectory,
  • chantry of,
  • curious account of bells sunk,
• Ptolemy, latitudes and longitudes of,
• Purveyance, nature of,
• Quia Emptores, Statute of,
• Quintin, St.family of, (32)
• Ravensburg, ancient name of,
• RAVENSER ODD, (2)
  • proof of being distinct from Ald Ravenser,
• RAVENSER, or Ald Ravenser, (2)
  • sends members to parliament,
  • also a port,
  • landing of the Duke of Lancaster at,
  • of Edward IV.
  • chapel at,
  • light house erected at,
  • splendid cross at,
  • late remains at,
• Rectors, Relief, feudal nature of,
• Redmar,
• RISE,
  • Ulram a member of,
  • extent of manor,
  • parish of,
  • boundaries of,
  • incumbents of, RISTON, Long, (3)
  • grant Risby, seal of the Ellerkers,
• Ringborough Newton, (2)
• Rigemont, (2)
• Ringers, curious order of,
• Rimswell,
• Roman Stations,
• Rolleston,
• ROUTH,
  • Family of, (2)
• Roads in Holderness,
• Roos,
  • Family of,
  • Edward de,
• Rutland, Earl of, Lord, (2)
• Roman Coins,
• Rowton,
• Rutland,
  • Earl of, Edw.Plantagenet,
  • Lord of Roos, (2)
• Ryhill,
• Rysom Garth,
• Saxon Services, nature of,
• Salvain, family of, (6)
• Saltmarsh, of Saltmarsh,
• Sayer Creek,
• Saltah,
• Serjantia Coronae,
• SEIGNIORY, the,
  • account of,
  • grant of to
    • Piers Gaveston,
    • to Wm.de la Pole,
    • to Ingleram de Courcy,
    • to Anne of Luxemberg.
    • to Thomas of Woodstock,
    • to Edward Plantagenet,
    • to Duke of Clarence,
    • to Countess of Stafford,
    • to Humphrey Stafford,
    • to Earl of Northumberland,
    • to Duke of Buckingham,
    • in the crown,
    • to Earl of Westmoreland,
    • to Sir John Constable,
    • Earl of Westmoreland,
    • to the Constables,
    • general privileges of,
• Seaton,
• Sepulchre, St.Hospital of,
  • rents paid,
  • grants to,
  • account of,
  • sisterhood,
  • Nuns, order of,
• Sheldon,
  • Edward,
  • Francis,
• Sheriff Turn Court, (2)
• SIGGLESTHORNE,
  • grant at,
  • parish of,
  • Dr.Watson, incumbent of and for Bentinck,
• Sister Churches, why so called,
• Sinclair, Rev.Enoch, murder of,
• SKIPSEA,
  • castle first erected,
  • beacon at,
  • parish of,
  • Hall Garths,
  • Ackloms,
  • Barmston Hill,
  • Brough,
  • duel at,
• Skirlington,
• Skirlaw,
  • North and South,
  • Chantry,
  • school,
  • Will of Bishop,
  • Chapel Estate,
• Skeckling, (4)
• Skeffling,
• Snaith, Rev.John,
• Southorpe, Hornsea parish,
• Soufhcoates,
• South Park,
• Soke, meaning of,
• Somergangs,
• Spurn Point, (3)
• Spiney, receiver of ninths,
• SPROATLEY,
• Stephen, Earl of Alb.grant of tythes and churches,
• Stafford,
  • Countess of,
  • Humphrey, her son,
• Stalle in chancels,
• Sterne, Laurence, descent of,
• Stoneferry,
• Standard, battle of the,
• Sureby,
  • conjectures on, (2)
  • Grant at,
• Subsidy of Henry V.
• Superstitions, ancient,
• SUTTON,
  • parish of,
  • fishery,
  • Branceholme, lease of,
• Sutton,
  • Sayer de, guilty of murder,
  • dispute about rights,
  • grant of marriage,
  • lands of Archbishop,
  • of Meaux,
  • of Mauley, Bulmer, Everingham, Godard, Salvain, and Hastings,
  • Branceholm,
• Sunderland, grant at,
• SUNK ISLAND,
  • church at,
• Suit of Court Baron, account of, (2)
• SWINE,
  • Priory of, (3)
  • grant at,
  • history of,
  • Nuns of the Cistercian order,
  • founders,
  • grants at,
  • burnt,
  • prioress of,
  • estate of,
  • coins found,
  • earth works,
• Swannery, account of a, (2)
• Sykes, Rev.Christopher, (3)
• Tanstern,
• Talliages, their consequences,
• Tenths and fifteenths,
  • grant of,
  • account of,
• Tenure of Chivalry,
• Thraves of St.John de Beverley,
• Thornton College,
  • grants to, (13)
  • Manor of,
• Thorp Garth,
  • in Aldbro',
  • in Welwick,
• Thorp,
• Thorney Crofts,
• Thirtleby,
• Thorngumbald,
• TICKTON,
• Tosti, Earl of Northumberland,
• Torre, descent of,
• Toft, described,
• Trinodad Necessitas,
• TUNSTAL,
  • Bishop of Durham, (3)
  • Division of,
• Turmer Hall,
• Twyer, Wm.de la, (6)
• Twyer and Poller,
• Ughtred, family of, (4)
• ULRAM,
  • family of,
  • grant at,
• Ulf, (3)
• Upton,
• Valor, Pope Nicholas's, (2)
• Vicecomes, the,
• Warren, free, account of,
• Wapentake, Holderness,
  • division of,
  • court of,
  • wrecks in,
  • court at Hedon,
• Wardship,
• Wassand,
  • mere of, (4)
  • dispute about,
  • Family of,
• Waxholme,
  • beacon at,
  • hamlet of,
• Watre, priory,
• WAGHEN,
  • grant at,
  • ph.of,
  • manors in,
  • tythe cause,
  • ferry at,
  • grant of,
• Watt, Francis, Esq.Lord of Ottringham,
• Westmoreland, Earl of, grant of Seigniory,
• Wealand,
• WEEL,
• WELWICK,
  • beacon at,
  • parish of,
  • Thorpe,
• Weeton,
• White Cross,
• Winkton,
• Withow,
• WITHERNWICK,
• WITHORNSEA,
  • beacon at,
  • village of,
• Wilsthorpe,
• Windham, J.S.Esq.
• Wick, vill.of, (2)
• Winestead,
  • Andrew Marvel born at,
• Winsetts,
• Woodhall,
• Woodstock, Thomas of,
• Wolsey, Cardinal,
• Wool, a source of profit,
• Wrecks, how challenged,
• WYTON,
  • letter of E.Constable,
• York, Archbishops, lands held by, (2)