1 30 Jun 1547. Letters Patent whereby, having recited that on 10 Oct 1539 the Crown leased to Michael Cameswell, gentleman inter alia Whitmore Grange with 181a., made up of "Beach Waste", "Over Field", "Scottes Field", "Cockeshote Field", "Russell Field", "Logg Field", "Scotteshill Hai Field", "Cotefold", "The Moore" and "the Stewards Close" in Whitmore and 4a. of meadow, all of which had belonged to [Coventry Priory], from [29 Sep 1539] for 21 years at £15/8/4 per annum, therefore Edward VI granted to Sir Ralph Sadler inter alia (a) the premises' reversion, and also (b) Coventry Priory commons in Hazlewood, Holy Trinity parish which had been granted to Michael Cameswell, (c) Whitmore Park with meadows, and (d) tithes, etc. of amongst others Holy Trinity parish's Whitmore Park lands: to be held in chief for one-twentieth of a knight's fee, rendering for the grange 24/10 per annum.
II 2 Jul 1547. Bargain and Sale by Sir Ralph Sadler (Knight) to John [I] Hales (of Coventry, gentleman) for £250/3/4 of inter alia Whitmore manor or grange with appurtenances, Hazlewood commons, Whitmore Park and its meadows, subject to the 24/10 per annum.
III 9 May 1613. Marriage Settlement whereby, in consideration that John [III] Hales (of Keresley, Coventry, esq.) was to marry Dorothy the eldest daughter of John Croker (of Ballyford, Gloucestershire [sic], esq.), and of £1,000, John [III] Hales covenanted that by [24 Jun 1613] he would suffer William Moulton and George Purefoy (esqs.) to prosecute writs of entry against him wherein they should be demandants against him for Whitmore manor, etc. by the description of six messuages, eight barns, four gardens, eight orchards, 400a. land, 60a. meadow, 300a. pasture and 40a. waste in St. Michael's and Holy Trinity parishes, Coventry, comprising Whitmore Park with "Baudey Meadows", "Barnes Dales Meadows" with "the Lodge Field" (occupied by J. [III] Hales, Richard Barker [draper], Richard Perkyns [weaver], Edward Whitehead and - Perkyns), "Lovatt[s] Fields" and "Lockyer Lane Fields" alias Joyners Fields (occupied by Thomas Foster [whittawer - BA/C/Q/9/2 is his son's apprenticeship indenture] and [the schoolmaster] Philemon Holland), also four messuages with appurtenances in Coventry (inhabited by the widow Elizabeth Sharratt, [the clothworker] John Moore, William Ellis [carpenter - see PA96/71/19.XXIV], John "Pickaringe" and - Wedgwood), a hopyard (held by Thomas Robinson [a chamberlain, 1619]), a close in two parts called "Twenty Lands" and a close called "The Stripe" (let to John Herskynes), Barons Field and Calves Close (occupied by Philemon Holland), Bearwards Fields (severally tenanted by Jeremy Arnold and John Dale), Priest Fields and Grove Meadows (held by [the tailor] Jonathan Banks and [the draper] Richard Banks) - all these to the successive uses of J. [III] Hales for life, Dorothy Croker, their bodily heirs, his heirs male, the heirs of Bartholomew [II] the son of the late Bartholomew [I] Hales, the heirs of J. [III] Hales' late great uncle Stephen Hales, and J. [III] Hales' right heirs; inter alia New House or Hales Place, Bushell Field with meadow (tenanted by Edward Pilkington, esq.), Ridges Close with meadow and "Scotteshill" (occupied by Richard "Parkins"), Whitmore Grange meadow and "Broome field" (held by Henry Pakeman), Bennetts Field (occupied by [the draper] William Seawell), the Moore and Stripes (occupied by Richard Barker [aforesaid]), Pinfolds Close and "Scotteshillfield" (occupied by - Wilson), "Wenlockes Fields" (farmed by Stephen Bouch) and Coundon lands (let to John Bond) as the other lands except that remainder would be to Stephen Hales' heirs before Bartholomew [II]'s; and [G]reat [W]aste (used by Henry Seawell), [L]ittle [W]aste (let to Thomas Foster [aforesaid]), two closes called Middle Wastes (occupied by - Holland), Rye Close and "Pickle de Pere" [Pickledy Pear, Bishopgate Green] (occupied by Richard Barker), the nine Dalby Leasows (tenanted by Richard Baldwyn), Palmers Meadow (occupied by [the mercer] William Wheate), White "Fryers" and anything else to J. [III] Hales' use; John Croker was empowered to revoke uses to B. [II] and S. Hales' heirs.
IV Easter Term 11 James I. Exemplification of Common Recovery suffered in pursuance of III.
V 17 May 1613. Memorandum whereby, having recited that the Crown had agreed to grant John [III] Hales, esq. (son and heir of John [II] Hales, esq., deceased) a living, therefore he had delivered to Sir Walter Cope (Knight, and Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries) and Sir Roger Wilbraham (Knight, and Surveyor of the Liveries) a tenement and valuation of his lordship in which he was interested through the death of his father or of any tenant for life.
Extract from schedule (to V) of property which John [III] Hales had inherited when his father died on 1 Jan 1608:
Lovett Fields in Coventry and Radford which John [II] Hales had bought from Henry Lovett, gentleman (tenant unknown) - valued at 6/8; Scotts Close and meadow - 4/2; New House alias Hales House, the Warren, Bushells Field Meadow and Palmers Close, which J. [II] Hales had bought from Richard Waver alias Over [cf. BA/B/Q/9/2], in Radford or Keresley - 13/4; Barons Fields, Shroues Meadow, Dalby Leasow and Ox Close (lately occupied by Peter Cottys [see BA/B/F/20/4; BA/B/F/232/2 for his tithe-dispute over this property], gentleman and professor of medicine), Green Waste (occupied by Thomas Barr), Little Waste (occupied by Philemon Holland and Henry Bank[s]), two Ox Pastures (held by Peter Scott and John Rogers) and "Pickelle de Perre" (let to Richard Barker of Coventry, gentleman) - £2/3/2; Twenty Lands and Three Logge, and Barwards Fields with pastures in Hasilwood - £5/16/10; Whitmore manor or grange with Whitmore Park, reserving 24/10 per annum to the Crown - £3/6/8; Scotts Close, Keresley, which J. [II] Hales bought from Richard Green and his wife Joan - 2/6; the Hopyard (occupied by - Robinson, yeoman), a stable and three cottages in Coventry - 4/-; and "Chauntree Fields" or Priest Fields - £1/13/4.
VI 2 May 1622. Marriage Settlement whereby, having recited that John [III] Hales (of Coventry, esq.) was to marry Christian Fullwood (a daughter of the late John Fullwood) and of her jointure and £700 as a marriage-portion, it was arranged that before [24 Jun 1622] he would permit Sir Edmund Hampden (Knight) and William Purefoy (esq.) to prosecute a writ of entry for Whitmore Park's "Bonds Meadow Estward" (occupied by William Sewall, vintner), the lodge and grove (occupied by William Spittle), part of the park occupied by John Thomas, another let to Richard Banks, parts of the park along with Barnsdale Meadow and groves which were held by Widow Whitehead, "Bonds Meadow Westward" (farmed by Edward Garfield) and parts of Whitmore Park along with Scotshill Close (tenanted by William Spittle [aforesaid]), so that, excepting Bonds Meadow Westward and Scotchfield and the portion of the park which W. Spittle held, they should be to the successive uses of J. [III] Hales for life, Christian Fullwood during her widowhood, his heirs upon his late wife Dorothy, his heirs male, Bartholomew [II] Hales, the late Stephen Hales' heirs male, and J. [III] Hales' right heirs, but those excepted lands were to be to the direct use of J. [III] Hales and his heirs; power to revoke uses as in III.
VII Easter Term 20 James I. Exemplification of Common Recovery suffered in pursuance of VI.
VIII 7 Jan 1626. Letters Patent whereby for £307/19/10 Charles I sold to Thomas Yo[u]ng and Thomas "Sara" inter alia Whitmore manor with appurtenances (occupied by John [III] Hales), Hasilwood Commons, Whitmore Park and lands for the service of one-twentieth of a knight's fee and 24/10 per annum.
IX 10 Feb 1626. Bargain and Sale by Thomas Young and Thomas Sara (of London, gentlemen) to John [III] Hales (of Whitefriars', Coventry, esq.) of Whitmore manor, Hasilwood commons and Whitmore Park with meadows, tithes, etc..
X 10-11 Oct 1644. Lease and Marriage Settlement whereby, in consideration that Christopher [I] Hales (son of John [III] Hales of Whitefriars', Coventry, esq. and his wife Christian) was to marry Jane the daughter of George Purefoy, esq., of a £2,000 marriage portion and her jointure, John [III] Hales and his wife entrusted Sir John Francklyn and Sir Richard Skeffington (Knights) and Thomas Fettiplace and John Barnard (esqs.) with Whitmore manor and its appurtenances, and "the Fryers" in Coventry with its churchyard, all for J. [III] Hales' use until the wedding: then, Whitmore Park's Bonds Meadow Eastward, the lodge and grove, parts of the park formerly occupied by John Thomas, Richard Banks and Widow Whitehead, Bonds Meadow Westward and Scotchfield, and parts of the park lately tenanted by William Spittle would be to J. [III] Hales' use for life and then to Christian in lieu of dower; whereas lands off the righthand side of Leicester Causeway (then or lately held by Richard Banks, - Vyall (widow), Amillian Holbech [bailiff of Young Fillongley manor, Warwickshire, 1638ff], William "Ring" [King, a beerbrewer], Thomas Shakespeare [fuller] and Thomas Sargenson [plumber]), along with Stepping Stones and "Pickle De Peare", Becketts Leasowe and Bacons Field (occupied by Thomas Greatbatch [a butcher - see PA56/13/15]) would be to the successive uses of Christian for life, Jane for life, Christopher [I] Hales' heirs begotten upon Jane, his bodily heirs general, his father's bodily heirs and that man's right heirs; whilst Whitmore manor and anything else would be to the successive uses of J. [III] Hales, Christian, the trustees for eighty years, Sir Richard Skeffington and John Barnard for life, C. [I] Hales, his heirs upon Jane, Sir John Francklyn and Thomas Fettiplace for the life of the longer liver, that man's executors for sixty years, C. [I] Hales' heirs male and J. [III] Hales' right heirs: declaration that Richard Skeffington and J. Barnard should raise £3,000 for application as J. [III] Hales might decide; during his lifetime, J. [III] Hales might direct raising of that £3,000 in any other way, but, whenever it was raised, their life-interest should cease; if C. [I] Hales were to die without male issue upon Jane but there be females, John Francklyn and T. Fettiplace should raise portions for those daughters, but, if he were to die without any such issue, those men's interest would end, as it would do anyway once they had raised the portions; all was subject to a 9 Oct [1644] lease by J. [III] Hales to Sir Robert Pye (Knight) of St. John's Waste for eighty years if Mary Hales his daughter should so long live, so as to raise a £40 annuity for her; covenant for further assurance by 1 Jun [1645].
XI Michaelmas Term 20 Charles I. Exemplification of Common Recovery, made in pursuance of X, wherein Thomas Fettiplace and John Barnard were demandants, Sir John Francklyn and Sir Richard Skeffington tenants and John [III] Hales vouchee.
XII 11 Nov 1657. Deed to Lead to a Common Recovery whereby it was covenanted that, in order to settle the estate upon Christopher [I] Hales, Samuel Rushworth (gentleman [see BA/H/H/431/1]) and Henry Jephcott (gentleman) should before 1 Dec [1657] set forth a writ of entry, demanding against John Barnard inter alia Whitmore manor, Whitmore Park's Bonds Meadow Eastward, the lodge and grove, parts of the park formerly occupied by John Thomas and Widow Whitehead, Bonds Meadow Westward, "Scochfield", and parts of the park and "Scochill" Close lately held by William Spittle, and "the Fryers" messuage with its churchyard.
XIII 20 Jan 1669. Disentailing Deed whereby, in order to bar entails and in consideration of £5, Jane Hales (of Whitefriars', Coventry, widow) and Sir John [IV] Hales (of Whitefriars', Baronet, her eldest son) entrusted George Lulls, gentleman, with inter alia Whitmore manor, park and grange with lands, and "the Fryers" with its churchyard, so that he might make Knightley Purefoy (esq.) and William Daynes (gentleman) tenants of the freehold until a common recovery should have been suffered; before the end of that Hilary term, George Lulls should have prosecuted against Knightley Purefoy with Sir John [IV] Hales as vouchee.
XIV 19-20 Mar 1669. Lease and Marriage Settlement whereby, in consideration that Sir John [IV] Hales, Baronet was to wed Ann Johnson (a daughter of the late Robert Johnson, esq.), a £7,000 marriage portion, her jointure and the life estate of Jane Hales (widow), therefore Sir John [IV] Hales and Jane Hales (widow) entrusted Anthony Sambach, William Purefoy and Edward Shelton (esqs.) and George Keate (merchant) with inter alia Whitmore manor, park and grange and "the Fryers" with churchyard, to be held until the marriage for John [IV] Hales: then, North Side or End of Twenty Lands (formerly occupied by the mercer Christopher Hart but then by Amillion Holbech [aforesaid?]), 9a. of Palmers Close Meadows, Rough Close, part of "the lawn" leading to the heath (all occupied by Gabriel Catterns alias Jeffryes [a Holy Trinity churchwarden, 1661]), three Lockers Lane Fields, Waldens Fields, Little Broome Field and the Stripe (formerly farmed by William Wilcox [a St. Michael's churchwarden, 1637] but then by Gabriel Catterns alias Jeffryes), three Priest Fields with the end of a barn (held by Thomas Sherratt and Edward Browne), three fields which formed the middle part of the western end of Whitmore Park (used by William New[n]s) and two Barne Doles Meadows on the northern side of Whitmore Park (held by Edward Catterns) were to be to the successive uses of J. [IV] Hales for life, John Payne (esq.) and Thomas Hall (citizen [of London]) as trustees to preserve contingent remainders, Ann Johnson in lieu of dower, Anthony Sambach et al, J. [IV] Hales' sons upon A. Johnson in order of seniority, John Payne and Thomas Hall if J. [IV] Hales were to die while his wife was pregnant, that child if it be a boy, J. [IV] Hales' heirs male, his father Christopher [I]'s heirs male and J. [IV] Hales' right heirs; whereas inter alia Whitmore manor, its park and grange, closes near Leicester Causeway (consisting of a close and another to that one's west known as Wartlocks or Gibbons Field, together with Cow Close or Wilson's Close, the lower end of Pinfold Field which adjoined those on the northeast, and Hollins Meadow to the east of Pinfold Field), Whitmore Meadow, the Mores, Little Meadow adjoining Sandy Lane End (all farmed by the carrier John Bouch), also part of The Waste (formerly let to Abraham Clements, then to Gabriel Catterns), the 10-a. close occupied by Job Matthews, and Barewards Fields (successively held by (1) William Banks, (2) John Smyth and John Man, then (3) by the butcher Thomas Shackspear) were to be to the successive uses of J. [IV] Hales and of J. Payne and T. Hall as trustees to preserve contingent remainders; whilst a cottage in Whitmore Park adjoining Foleshill Heath on the east, two meadows and thirteen closes called Cow Pastures which then were divided into four parts called Great Close, "Hooly" Close, Horse Close and Barne Dales (covering 100a. and let to the yeoman William Butler), also the White Fields (divided into two parts, with a two-bay barn on the western end of the lesser close of the two, a third field being a meadow, plus an oxhouse) known as Ox Close, "the Corner" and Whitefield Meadow (totalling 70a. and occupied by John Brothers), "Scotsall" (in three parts, covering 24a. and let to William Strode, esq. [who in fact had died in 1659]), a close occupied by William Norton, a messuage with a little corner of the grove (1a.) and a close adjoining (sometimes held by William Green), two closes in three parts (occupied by the yeoman John Kidson), Holly Close and meadow adjoining Horse Close [sic] (occupied by [the baker] Ralph Phillips), six parcels (20a. between Holly Close and Foleshill Heath, occupied by Widow Hunt), Bonds Meadow (occupied by G. Catterns), a pasture between Radford and the New House (held by Widow Wright), and Priest Field and half of a barn (used by Amillion Holbech) were to be to the successive uses of A. Sambach et al for five hundred years, J. [IV] Hales' sons in order of seniority, Sambach et al, J. [IV] Hales' bodily heirs, C. [I] Hales' heirs male and J. [IV] Hales' right heirs; furthermore, those lands in the Leicester Causeway district which were termed the Four Wastes, along with a waste next to them (all occupied by Thomas Greatbach, butcher), Bacons Field (lately occupied by John Smyth junior, deceased), Sargentsons Ground with half of a barn (used by Thomas Bewley), two Dalbys Leasow pastures with a barn (held lately by Anna Kervin, widow), Grove Meadow and a little close with its barn (tenanted by John Man, blacksmith), Three Leggs (sometime held by Thomas Sharratt [a Holy Trinity churchwarden, 1648]), "Pickle De Bere" (occupied by Jane Hales), a parcel occupied by Widow "Viol" and a little meadow held by the said Thomas [Shakespeare] were to be to the successive uses of Jane Hales for life and of J. [IV] Hales and his heirs; however, "the Fryers", its appurtenances and any other lands would be for J. [IV] Hales and his heirs: the trusts were for terms of 501 years, limited to Sambach et al to raise portions for daughters and younger sons so that if only a single daughter survive she should receive £8,000 at 21 but two daughters (only) £10,000 together, whereas £4,000 would be the maximum if there were younger sons or three or more daughters, but one younger child would have £2,000 [sic]; covenants against encumbrances except for land-leases and the life of John Kidson.
XV 24 Sep 1696. Assignment of Mortgage, with Mortgage by Demise for 99 Years, whereby, having recited: firstly, XIV and the five-hundred year [sic] limitation; secondly, that William Purefoy, Richard Shelton and George Keate were dead, that the legal estate vested in Anthony Sambach, that the £4,000 had not been raised, that Edward Hales (gentleman; an executor of Sir John [IV] Hales), Robert Hales (merchant), George Hales (gentleman) and Ann [II] Hales (spinster), as John [IV] Hales' surviving children, were all adult, and that J. [IV] Hales had made Christopher [II] Hales (in 1696 of Coventry, Baronet, and his eldest son by his wife Ann [I]) and Edward Hales his executors but that only the latter had proved his will; and thirdly, that, in order to raise £4,000, Sir Christopher [II] Hales had borrowed such a sum from Right Honourable Francis [North], Lord Guildford, and that Christopher [II] Hales and A. Sambach had agreed that the premises limited for five hundred years should be assigned to secure the £4,000 with interest, to which Ann [I] Hales had consented, as she had that land which she had devised to Brook Bridges (gentleman) should be demised for 99 years to corroborate the security: therefore (in consideration of 5/- paid to Sambach and £4,000 to C. [II] Hales) Sambach assigned and C. [II] Hales ratified everything to John Lanyon (gentleman) for the five-hundred year term's residue in trust for Lord Guildford; moreover, A. [I] Hales entrusted Brook Bridges with the North end of Twenty Lands (occupied by [the butchers] Thomas Grascombe and John Love in succession to "Aemillion" Holbech), part of Palmers Close (9a., occupied by Widow Townsend likewise), half of Pinfold Field, Rough Close and the three Lockers Lane Fields (sometime held by Thomas Sherratt and Edward Brown, then by [the plumber] Thomas Bewley), two Barne Dole Meadows on the northern side of Whitmore Park (lately let to Edward Katterns but then to Edward Lilley [one of this name was a St. Michael's churchwarden in 1717]) and three closes which formed part of the western end of Whitmore Park (lately occupied by William Newnes, then by Edward Lilley), all to be held for 99 years if she so long live but in trust for Guildford: all for redemption of £4,220 as therein mentioned.
XVI 24 Mar 1703. Assignment of Mortgages by Demise for 500 and 99 Years whereby, having recited XIV, XV and payment-default, therefore (in consideration of £4,000 paid by Francis [North], Lord Guildford (on behalf of Sir Christopher [II] Hales) to Dame Ann North (the widow of Sir Dudley North, Knight) and 5/- to John Lanyon) J. Lanyon and Christopher [II] Hales transferred to Dame Ann North the lands in which the baronet was interested, as for 5/- did Brook Bridges his interest to Honourable Montagu North, esq., all for repayment of the £4,220, of which £110 would be on 24 Sep [1703], the balance on 24 Mar 1705 (Dame Ann [I] Hales also participated).
XVII 16 May 1704. Assignment whereby, having recited: firstly that by a 2 Jan 1695 bond Sir Christopher [II] Hales and Lord Guildford had been bound to John Taylor (gentleman) in £500 to pay £250/16/- on 3 Jul [1695]; secondly, that during Michaelmas term, 6 William III & Mary II Christopher [II] Hales suffered a judgement against him for £500 with 40/- costs; and thirdly, that on 3 Feb 1697 John Taylor assigned the bond and judgement to Edward Hales (in 1704 described as of the Middle Temple, London, esq. [lawyer]): therefore for £390/11/8 Edward Hales transferred to John Morgan (esq.) and William Baynes (gentleman) the £500 bond, the judgement and money due.
XVIII 27 May 1713. Bargain and Sale as Disentailing Deed whereby for 5/- Sir Christopher [II] Hales (as eldest son of Sir John [IV] and Dame Ann [I] Hales, both deceased) entrusted Francis Heatley (gentleman) with inter alia Whitmore manor, park and grange with appurtenances in Whitmore, Foleshill and St. Michael's and Holy Trinity parishes; covenants by Sir Christopher [II] Hales to levy a final concord before the end of the following Trinity term to the use of Francis Heatley and a common recovery in which William Williams (gentleman) would be demandant against F. Heatley as tenant and Christopher [II] Hales as vouchee.
XIX Trinity Term, 12 Anne. Final Concord wherein Francis Heatley was plaintiff and Sir Christopher [II] Hales was deforciant.
XX Trinity Term, 12 Anne. Exemplification of Common Recovery in which William Williams was demandant, Francis Heatley tenant and Sir Christopher [II] Hales vouchee.
XXI 8 Jul 1715. Release in Trust whereby, having recited: firstly, that, by a release of even date, Sir Christopher [II] Hales had for £3,500 mortgaged to Benjamin Wodnoth, esq. his Willenhall, Warwickshire lands; and secondly, that during Hilary term, 9 Anne, William Smith, tailor, had obtained judgement against Christopher [II] Hales for £386: therefore for £386 William Smith consigned the judgement to Robert Harvey, esq. in trust for Benjamin Wodnoth.
XXII 21 Jul 1715. Assignment in Trust whereby, having recited: firstly, that by a release of the same date Sir Christopher [II] Hales had mortgaged to Benjamin Wodnoth his Willenhall lands; secondly, that during Michaelmas term, 6 William III & Mary II John Taylor had obtained judgement against Christopher [II] Hales for £500 with costs; and thirdly, that, although the moneys were vested in John Morgan and William Baynes, Francis [North], Baron of Guildford was interested in part of the sum: therefore (in consideration of payment by C. [II] Hales of £200 to J. Morgan and W. Baynes and of £474/10/- to Lord Guildford) Morgan and Baynes consigned the judgment to Robert Harvey in trust for B. Wodnoth.
XXIII 29 Sep 1715. Assignment of Mortgages by Demise for 500 Years, and Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years whereby, having recited: firstly, XVI; secondly, that the £4,220 had not been paid to Dame Ann North; thirdly, that, by her will, she had appointed as sole executor Dudley North, esq., who had proved it; fourthly, that, with interest paid, only the £4,000 principal was due; and fifthly, that Sir Christopher [II] Hales had affirmed to John Bridges and James Tulley (gentlemen) the messuages which had been assigned to Ann North (inhabited by Nathaniel Hands at £230 per annum rent, Edward Little at £18 and Thomas Grascombe and John Love at £15) and intended to execute a deed poll of even date which would authorise Robert Greenway (attorney in the Court of King's Bench) to appear for him by an action of debt on bond for £10,000 to be brought against him at the suit of John Bridges and James Tulley for better securing £5,000 with interest, hence those two had agreed to advance £4,000 to pay off sums due to Dudley North and £1,000 for Christopher [II] Hales: therefore for £4,000 D. North transferred to Bridges and Tulley all which had been assigned to his mother; and, in consideration of that sum and of £1,000 paid to himself, C. [II] Hales consigned the premises to Bridges and Tulley: moreover, for 5/- C. [II] Hales charged to Thomas Graham (apothecary) the premises, together with (a) two Home Crofts, two Long Closes, three Heaths Closes, the Meadow and Burbery's two meadows (occupied by John Martin's assigns at £48 rent per annum); (b) a messuage and three closes which [were divided into] eight (bounding on the north ground occupied by Nicholas Waite, on the east ground held by Nathaniel Hands, on the south Wood Close which the lastnamed tenanted, and on the west grounds held by Humphrey Burton, gentleman) and Barns Dale Meadows (occupied by Edward Lilley at £35 per annum); (c) a messuage with appurtenances, Homestead or Orchard Close, Pinfold Field, "The Barne", Rushy Meadow, Cow Pasture (in three parts), Spring Close (in two parts), two Bonds Meadows, Little Barne Great Meadow and Little Barne Little Meadow (in two parts), Pitt Fields, three Lockyers Lane Fields, two Wilcox Grounds, Banky Close adjoining a Wilcox Ground, The Stripe, Wood Ground (in two parts), The Lawne, and eight closes called Long Lawne, Little Lawne, Barn Close, Great Fares Close, Fox Glove Close, "Close at Trinity Gutter", Great Close and Wheat Close (all in Whitmore Park) and Scotts Hill (in two parts) in Keresley (all once occupied by Gabriel Catterns, deceased, but then by Nathaniel Hands upon a lease for £320 per annum from C. [II] Hales); (d) Palmers Close (in fact three closes) with a barn (lately tenanted by Ann Townsend, spinster, deceased) in Holy Trinity parish adjoining Radford Lane (occupied by John Dowell and his wife Esther under a lease from Dame Ann [I] Hales to her sister the aforesaid Esther at £15 per annum); (e) a cottage with appurtenances, at Whitmore but adjoining Foleshill Heath on the east, with two meadows and several closes which became the thirteen Cow Pastures but which [by 1715] were in four parts, viz. Great Close, Hooley Close, Horse Close and three closes called Barnes Doles (altogether 100a., occupied by John Lee under C. [II] Hales' lease at £55 per annum); (f) four Priest Fields with a one-bay barn, also known as St. John's Fields (lately held by Margaret Bewley) near Coventry's north side (bounding Harnall Lane south, a little lane from Harnall Lane to Foleshill Heath east and Leicester Causeway north), then occupied under a lease to Thomas Bewley from A. [I] and
C. [II] Hales for 21 years at £18 per annum; and (g) part of Trinity Lands comrising two closes and half a barn, with one corner reaching to Leicester Causeway, one side adjoining a pleck of land (farmed by William Warden) called Three Leggs, another side adjacent to Lammas lands called "pickeltiper", another side adjoining land [once] occupied by the draper Mr. [Robert] Whittle and the other corner reaching to -, all lately occupied by Richard Margetts (cooper) and then by Thomas Grascombe and John Love at £15 per annum - to be held by Thomas Graham for one thousand years but subject to the residue of the five-hundred year term: for repayment of £5,250 of which £125 would be on 5 Mar [1716], the rest on 29 Sep 1716.