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1633 May 13th, in the 9th year of Charles I. Grant (Engl) made between John Ibotson of Wigtwisle in the county of York clerk of the one part and Christopher Willson of Wigtwisle in the said county yeoman of the other part; whereby the said John Ibotson, for and in exchange with the said Christopher Willson granted etc unto the said Christopher Willson his heirs and assigns for ever, one way for passage with drift cart and carriage then or theretofore used and accustomed, unto and from a messuage or tenement at Wigtwisle aforesaid then in the occupation of William Odeson, through a close of him, the said Christopher Willson, called the Walls and thence into and from the nether croft, belonging to the said messuage or tenement; to hold the abovesaid way etc, and all the right interest and demand of him the said John Ibotson thereto unto and to the use the said Christopher Willson his heirs and assigns for ever; warranty of title etc; and the said Christopher Willson in lieu and exchange of the above etc, granted etc unto the said John Ibotson his heirs and assigns for ever, one like way etc henceforth and for ever thereafter to be used, unto and from the said messuage, then in the occupation of the said William Odeson, to and from the nether crofts, lee and nether hollin carr, belonging to the said messuage, by and “thorow” the fouldstead of the said Christopher Willson on the south side of his house at Wigtwisle aforesaid and from thence “thorow” the nether yeard and so to and from the three closes last above mentioned; to hold unto and to the use of him the said John Ibotson his heirs and assigns for ever; warranty of title etc. Witnesses: William Garlicke, William Odeson. Vellum: one skin 10½ × 9½, seal missing. Notes: both Christopher Willson and William Garlicke, the witness, were sons-in-law of John Ibotson, see Hunter’s F.M.G. vol II, page 652. The word Wigtwisle when used to describe the residence of Christopher Willson has been written on an erasure.
Map of Hawksyard and The Moorlands of Staffordshire.
APPENDIX.
Reprint from Transactions of The Hunter Archæological Society.
HAWKSYARD.
By T. WALTER HALL, Hon. M.A. (Sheffield), F.R.Hist.S.
Place-names, obvious in their meaning but suggesting a remote origin and a forgotten past, attract the historian, if not the philologist.