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00791 - BOUGHTON-LEIGH FAMILY OF BROWNSOVER - 1600-1956
- 2 - Documents of Title
  - 2 - County specific documents of title, ordered by family, then county and parish
    - 1 - Boughton family
      - 7 - Warwickshire
        
        23 - Monks Kirby

DocRefNo	CR0162/186
Level	Item
Title	Copy of grant made 13th April 7 James I to Edward, Earl of Hertford and his heirs, of a third part of the late Abbey of Vaudey in Lincolnshire, now dissolved; and a third part of Nocton Abbey, Lincs., now dissolved; and a third part of Markby, Lincs., now dissolved; and a third part of the Rectory of Markby, and all tithes belonging to the said monastery; and a third part of Greenfield and Elsham monasteries, also in Lincs.; and a third part of all land in Mablethorpe and Huttoft, late belonging to Markby monastery; and a third part of 1 tenement in Rixborough, once part of the Abbey of Louth; the manor of Kingsbury in Somerset; the manor of Norton in the same county; the manor of Gresthorpe, Notts., and many other lands and advowsons belonging to dissolved monasteries in all parts of the country, including the manor of Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, with all appurtenances late belonging to the dissolved monastery of Axholme, Lincs., and the advowson to the parish church of Monks Kirby; to Edward and his heirs forever, to hold as fully as Charles Brandon, late Duke of Suffolk held them, in knight's fee of the Crown.
Date	24th June, 1624
Description	Attached is a copy of a jointure made by the Earl of Hertford and others on the marriage of his grandson with Frances Devereux, the sister of the Earl of Essex, in which the Earl covenanted that before Trinity term next he would levy a fine on the Manor of Monks Kirby and the manors of North Perrot and Kingsbury in Somerset, and all appurtenances, to the use of William, Frances and their heirs, 20th January 1616. Attached is a copy of the Act of Parliament passed to enable William, Earl of Hertford and Sir Francis Seymour, his brother, to alienate certain lands for the payment of his debts, including the manor of Monks Kirby (1624). Attached is an 18th century copy of the above.

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