5th Generation
Robert Inman==Katherine Lowson
(a. 1658-1721) (a. 1662-1723)
ROBERT INMAN==KATHERINE LOWSON
(a. 1658-1721), Of North Pasture House or FeIlbeck (either or both), Harefield, and
Bewerley, gentleman, and Son of Michael Inman, aforesaid. |
(a.1662-1723). Daughter of Christopher Lowson, of 'Parcival Hall
(Appletreewick), Gouthwaite (Stonebeck Down), Woodhouse (Appletreewick), and Bewerley,
gentleman, by Elizabeth, daughter of 'Mr. George Demayne, of' Parcivall' Hall. |
He had four sons, and ten daughters; three of the sons, and five of the daughters, died
within their age. The other five daughters were all married and portioned (v. under
Bewerley and Fellbeck), and had issue; they were Mrs. Pyatt, Mrs. Horner, Mrs. Routh, Mrs.
Richardson, and Mrs. Skaife (afterwards Mrs: Ross). In a deed of a. 1717 (see Hailstone
MS., in 4. 28), there was a seal against the signature of Rob. Inman; it has been
described as a Chevron between three stags statant - crest on a crown, a stag statant
or passant, the crown on a helmet. There is also part of an armorial seal on the Will
of Ro Inman; it has two, and had three, [? roses] on a chevron, with [?an oval floral
design] in the place where a crest might be expected.
His Will purports to give, devise, and bequeath to his son. Christopher, his
heirs and assigns for ever, (1) all his messuages, lands, etc., in Bewerley,
and (2) in Harefield and Peatfield (subject etc.; see below), with (3)
all his other freehold, except the lands, etc., 'devised to his daughters Penelope
(Bewerley) and Jane (FelIback); also to give him (4) his gaits in Appletreewick
pasture, with (5) his share of the royalties in Hebden, with (6) all his
other lands, etc., except the lands 'devised to said two daughters [Penelope, Jane],
to hold to him 'his heirs & assignes for ever Subject nevertheless to ye
several charges legacies & devises hereafter mentioned & expressed'. He gives to
his wife, Katherine, a life annuity to be paid out of my estate at Harefield &
Peatfield, in case she does not insist on the thirds of all or any part of the
freehold estate which I eithr now am or have heretofore been possessd of';
finally, he gives 'All the rest of my personal estate not herein or hereby bequeathed
ordered or disposed of to his son, Christopher, whom he appoints sole executor. lt
would seem that he had admitted his son to some estate in property at Bewerley before his
own death; the names of both appeared re the sale of land, etc., at West
Cliffe in a. 1719, and both were returned as Free Tenants in the Court Roll (Bewerley)
recording the Court Baron held Oct. 20, a. 1721.
To begin with BEWERLEY, it is likely that, on the death of his mother in a.
1695, Robert Inman would attain (1) to 'lands and tenements there, freehold, or
leasehold, or both, which his father had held and (2) to freeholds (formerly
Darnbrooke) which had been inherited there was also (3) the residue of that demise
which had been made to Christopher Lowson there, and from which £120 was to be paid Next
take the Feet of Fines (7 Will. III., Hil., a. 1695/6); these; apparently,
shew him as a purchaser, from Seth and Eliz. Dickinson in this township, and as a seller
in [? the parish of] Ripon. The former transaction was perhaps an addition to the
estate from lands which had belonged to Chas. Darnbrooke, father of Eliz. Dickinson; the
latter, possibly, a sale of lands etc., in Bewerley township, formerly of George
Demaine. Again, a copy from a Deed (Wakefield Reg., C. 167) of a. 1710
appears to shew that Robert Inman had sold property in Bewerley; Leng Lease 10 acres,
adjoining on the lands late (of) Robt. Inman, gentl., on the south, and on the lands of
John Beckwith and Mary Beckwith on the north. Further, he had some interest in the
estate of the said John (his second cousin, afterwards, Lt.-Col. Beckwith); see the
copy from a Deed (Wakef. Reg., D. 145), dated Apr.11, a. 1711, which appears
to have been a conveyance to Ro. Inman, perhaps by way of security, of all lands, etc., of
John Beckwith in Bewerly. A copy (see W. Reg., Q. 259) from a Deed, dated June 22, a.
1721, names a yearly rent of £9.12.0, issuing and payable out of certain lands, etc.,. in
Bewerley, late the estate John Beckwith, deceased, gent., and now in the possession of
Christopher Clerke, and Ro. Inman, now or late of Bewerley, gent., of one of them, et.;
the last named John Beckwith (the father of the Lt.-Col.) died in a. 1696. In a.
1738 (W. Reg., MM 43), Michael Inman had the closes called the Stackwood* (*See
lines 6 a to 8 on p. iviii.), Bridge End Carr, Little Carr, and Middle Carr, the three
last being close to the Bridge at Pateley Bridge; in a. 1696, the Will of John
Beckwith mentions a parcel of an estate called Bridge End Car, the little Car, the middle
Car, Stackwood, and two Rathes, then assigned to his mother, Mrs. Grace Richardson
[Inman], for the remainder of a term (it she so long live), and orders them to he sold on
her death, or at the end of the term. It is probable then that the four closes, which
Michael Inman had in a. 1738, had been acquired by his grandfather Robert from the
representatives of John Beckwith; I have not found that the Bewerley estate of a.
1738 included any other lands from the same source. In a. 1719; Ro. Inman, and his
son, sold a messuage at West Cliffe; with about 10 acres, for £112, subject to a yearly
payment of 6/; it subsequently happened. to return to Michael Inman. In a. 1721,
Ro. Inman bequeathed to his daughter, Penelope, and to her husband Anthony Routh, their
executors, etc., the tenement, and appts., at Calfhall, which he had purchased of Wi11.
Darnbrooke; in a, 1738, they were let at £20, and 10/, p. a., and the
property was then sold to Mrs. Man, the Rouths and Michael Inman being parties to the
Indent. of Lease and Release (W. Reg, LL 365, 366). Apparently, the Will of Ro. Inman
would shew that the interest of the Rouths, in CalfhalI was leasehold; nevertheless, Anth.
Routh is described as a freeholder in the Bewerley Court Rolls, and the property
conveyed to Mrs. Man in a. 1738 would seem to have been a freehold one.
At and near FELLBECK there appear to have been several estates, see the Fountains
Calls, a.1703-1709, 1710-1719, etc., etc. In the Call for a. 1703-1709
(Box 6, Parc. 39), under FeIbeck; Bollershaw, and North Pasture, are
returned Henry Pyatt, iure ux., and John Horner, iure ux.; these were
sons-in-law of Ro. Inman. I am indebted to the author of Nidderdale for an extract
from a Swarcliff Hall MS.; it is given from a Rental of the Yorkshire estate
of Mr. Braithwaite Otway, and dates a. 1711. North Pasture: Mr. John Horner and Mr.
Pyott [?Tyott in MS.] per Mr. Inman, estate on ye long Leas, yearly rent, 15/;
Widd. Pullaine on ye long Leas, ye yearly rent is 15/. Henry Pyott made his Will Oct. 1,
and was buried on Oct. 4, a 1713; it purports to give and confirm to Mary, his
wife, for life, 'all that moity of whatever my premisses at Northpasture, and, after
her death.; to his 'little son John Pyat, his heirs (sic), etc. Alderman John
Horner made his Will Jan. 30, and was buried Feb., a. 1750/1; he bequeaths all his
right, title, and interest of, in, and to the lands and tenements which he has at North
Pasture, and Collahill, to his eldest son John, his executors, etc. In the Fountains
Call (Box 6, Parc. 43) for a. 1763-1767, under Felbeck or a mixed
heading, Alderman John Terry of Ripon (with Matt Beecroft under Mr. Terry) replaces John
Horner of Ripon, gent.; the latter had ordered all his real estate. lands, and tenements
to be sold, and his Will was proved by 'John Terry, the Brother in Law on Apr. 25, a.
1763. In a.1773, John Pyatt, gent., grandson of the Henry named above, assigned
his interest (an undivided fourth part) in North Pasture House and 'Collow Hill' to John
Hutchinson, which latter, by an Indent. of Release (a. 1774), conveyed the
undivided half of the premises to Sir Fletcher Norton; in the same year (1774), Alderman
John Terry assigned the Horner interest (an undivided half) to said Norton. It
would appear that Robert Inman of Bouthwaite, gent., he who died in a.1662, had
taken a lease, it may be a very long one, of an estate at North Pasture House, probably
not later than a. 1654, and that his grandson, Robert, who died in a. 1721,
was in possession of the remainder of the term granted to his grandfather, or, at any rate
himself held on a lease; this second Robert resided at Harefield and Bewerley, from which
North Pasture House was some distance. His estate there seems to have furnished marriage
portions for his two eldest surviving daughters: of course it may not have exactly
corresponded with the holding there of his grandfather, Robert, some fifty years earlier.
It has been assumed that the Inmans never had the freehold of the North Pasture
House estate, and that, therefore, the portions of these daughters were only
interests in land, etc.; the Assignments (a. 1773, 1774) by John Pyatt and Alderman
Terry seem to shew how the remainder of a term for three parts of the estate was sold, the
presumption being that John Hutchinson was in possession of the years for the other part
(formerly of the Pyatts) in a. 1774, the whole property, from a measurement perhaps
made about this time, being returned as 109 acres, 2 roods, 13 perches. The House is in
the detached part of Sawley Township, but the estate was then in the townships of Hartwith
and Sawley; three parts of it were held by descendants arid connections of Robert Inman,
of Bewerley, up to a. 1773 and a. 1774, see Wakef. Reg (BQ. 680, BU.
72, BX. 159). Collo Hill, which was then pertained to it was in Brimham, in the township
of Hartwith, but there was a Collo in Low Bishopside; it has not appeared whether Collo
Hill belonged to North Pasture House in the time of the Robert Inman who died in a.
1662, but that seems likely. 'My lands called Collo' are mentioned in the Will dated a.
1573/4, of Wilfrid Pullen of North Pasture House, and the Collo, in Low Bishopside is
named in a. 1740 (Wakef.. Reg., OO. 19); Collo is valued ) £1.9.2 by the
year) separately from North Pasture House in the Fountains Valor of a. 1535.
In a. 1714, Ro. Inman sold an estate at Fellbeck for £331 (W. Reg., H.
462); he excepted therefrom a close, called Lister Fairbank, then occupied by Thos. Kirkby
of Fellbeck. In a. 1717, he conveyed, along with his wife and his son and heir
apparent, to his daughter Abigail, and to her husband, Rib. Skaife, to uses, by way of
marriage settlement, More Ing, and Collo in Low Bishopside; both, ni fallor, were within
the Monastery of Fountains; and the former is subsequently described as a messuage,
etc., and four closes estimated at 27 acres, surrounded by Bishopside Common. In a.
1740, they were conveyed to uses to secure a loan of £150, with interest, and also £140
(payable, without interest, within forty days after the death of Abigail Ross), and seem
to have been sold in a.1742; on these places, see Wakef. Reg., L. 513, OO.
19, PP. 182, QQ 97, 186, 189. It has not been proved that they were at or near Fellbeck;
nevertheless Mr. John Ross', the second husband of Abigail Inman, occurs under Felbeck,
Bollershaw, and North Pasture in the Calls assigned to a. 1724-1734,
1735-1749 (Studl. MSS., in 6. 39 and 6. 43), having apparently been admitted in a.
1734. A Bishopside Court Roll, under a. 1761, records that Ro. Inman, Oct.
10, a.1721, surrendered a messuage called Sheppard Land, and lands and appts. lying
at Collar Stoops, to the use of John Richardson, gent., and Jane, his wife, for life, and
then to their issue in tail; this Jane was his daughter, and that this was part of her
portion is clear from his Will. The Rolls refer to the purchase under a. 1684, and
to the sale by Christopher Richardson [late Surgeon of the Hussar frigate) under a.
1764; the property is also described as Shepperd Land at Collar Stoops in Felbeck in
Low Bishopside'. It is not clear that the portion in land of Jane Richardson was all in
the Manor of Bishopside, for 'Mr. John Richardson' appears under Felbeck, Bollershaw,
and North Pasture in the Fountains Calls dated a. 1 724-1734, 1735-1749
(StudI. MSS., in 6.39 and 6.43); Collar Stoop is close to North Pasture House.
The (A) copies [from Deeds] at Wakefield Reg., the (B) Feet
of Fines, the (C) Appletreewick Court Rolls, a (D) Hailstone
MS., a (E) Close Roll for 4 George I., and the Wills (F);
of Christopher Lowson, and (G) of Ro. Inman, shew that the latter had land and
interests in land in divers places; the following notices have occurred.
a. 1695. Gift to him of land, and interest in land in Appletreewick,
Stonebeck Up (and ? elsewhere), subject to payment £400 thereout. F.
a.1695/6. Conveyance of property in Beamsley, Nesfield, and Sigsworth
(par. Kirkrby Ma1zeard); literally, a conveyance of some real estate to him and his
heirs. B.
a. 1695/6. Sale by him, his wife, and others of lands, etc., in
Parcivall and Appletreewick [the house, Percival Hall, is in A. township]. B.
a. 1699, 1717. Dealings re the Manor of Temple Douskarr, in the
North Riding, the encumbered property of his wifes brother-in-law; his interest
seems to have been for a loan of £200, advanced c. a. 1699, and repaid in a
1717. He had endorsed one Deed, Brother Atkinsons security to mee concerning the
£200; he also acted on behalf of his wifes sister in a. 1690. D. E.
a. 1708/9. His sale, as it seems, of property in Skirethornes and
Threshfield, par. Linton. A.
a. 1716/7. His sale, as it seems, of property in Stean [? in Stonebeck
Down] for £64; entailed by Christopher Lowson, as it seems. A.
a. 1719. Sale by him, his wife and son of' property in Stonebeck Up;
entailed by Christopher Lowson, as it seems. A.
a. 1720-1721. His free tenancy in Appletreewick; he names his gates
[gaites] in the pasture there, and his share of the royalties in Hebden. The indefinite
notices in his Will of all his other freehold, and all his other lands,
etc.; he names Bewerley, Harefie1d, Appletreewick, Hebden (share of the royalties in), and
mentions an estate [some or all of which was at Fellbeck]. C.G.
Robert Inman had lands, etc. within the Manor of Bishopside, in addition to
the estate, wholly or partly there, which has been noticed under Fellbeck; see the Bishopside
Court Rolls at a 1701, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1716 1722. Under a. 1710, 1711,
1712, he seems to convey small quantities of land; most, or all of them, apparently, were
in or near Pateley Bridge. At a. 1701, he has a mortgage; at a. 1710, houses
and land, etc., in High and Low Bishopside, are conveyed to him, and, at a, 1716,
Intack Close in Bishopside. He seems to have held the latter, and part of the conveyance
of a. 1710, at his death; the inquisition thereon (under a. 1722) records
that he was seised of a messuage, and appts., in High and Low Bishopside, of a barn,
Walker Wife als. Baile Close, Wood Close, and Intack Close, with appts.
On May 26, a. 1719, a settlement of lands was made by Ro., Inman,
prior to, and with regard to, his sons marriage to Mary Whitfield, widow; possibly
this included HAREFIELD, that freehold estate which had been held before the death (a.
1690/1) of Michael Inman, and which was in the tow, but not in the Manor of
Bishopside..
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