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The records concerning this enclosure consist of  a small bundle of papers at the Hull History Centre, and the registration of the final allotment at the East Riding Register of Deeds.

 

Hull History Centre

 

DDJ/34/56: East Cottingwith Inclosure Act

DDJ/34/57: Commissioners’ vouchers and expenses

DDJ/34/58: Commissioners’ correspondence

DDJ/34/59: Commissioners’ accounts

DDJ/34/60: East Cottingwith First Assessment

DDJ/34/61: East Cottingwith Tax

 

DDJ/34/56

An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open Fields Pasture Grounds Ings and Common or Waste Ground within the Township of East Cottingwith in the East Riding of the County of York, 13 Geo III , c. 56.

 

East Cottingwith Common Petition for a Bill to inclose Bill ordered 19 January 1773, Presented and read 8 March, Committed 12 March, Reported to be ingrossed 23 March, Passed 24 March, Agreed to by the Lords 1 April, Royal Assent 7 April 1773.

 

Several common fields called Hammersfield, Millfield, Outfield, New Pasture and New Landfield, or by other names, of approx. 400 acres; also one stinted pasture or common, of approx. 60 acres; one unenclosed parcel of meadow called The Ings, of approx. 100 acres; also a common or parcel of waste ground, of approx. 400 acres.

 

Whereas Robert Jefferson is seised of a ¼ of the Manor of East Cottingwith; John Dudding is seised of another ¼; Mary Williamson, another ¼; and Ellen Rudderforth, Mary Rudderforth, Ann Rudderforth, and Elizabeth Rudderforth, daughters and co-heirs of Edward Rudderforth, deceased, the remaining ¼.

 

And whereas Christopher Bethell esq. is owner and impropriator of all the great and small tithes of East Cottingwith…

 

And whereas James Cookson, clerk, is vicar of Aughton is entitled to money payments payable out of houses having common rights amounting to £1 6s 8d, and a common right house in East Cottingwith…

 

The commissioners to allot to Christopher Bethell, as owner of the great tithes, 1/7 part of the value…

 

The Act only gives the names of the principals, (the people who sponsored the bill), the full allotment of land was enrolled in the East Riding Register of Deeds, now kept at East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service, The Treasury House, Beverley, under reference AT/121/17.

 

AT/121/17

Registration of Land following Enclosure, 1774

 

The names of all people who received allotments of land (from AT/121/17) were as follows:

Forename	Surname	Abode	Status
Christopher	Bethell	Swindon	gent
James	Cookson	Aughton	vicar of Aughton
John	Dudding	East Cottingwith
Robert	Jeffereson	Howden
Humphrey	Osbaldeston	Hunmanby
John	Nottingham	Laytham
Nicholas	Blanshard	East Cottingwith
Susannah	Williamson
Ann	Williamson
Elizabeth	Williamson
Thomas	Johnson	Foggathorpe
Thomas	Swan	East Cottingwith
Henry	Gray	Howden
Robert	Gray	Howden
Thomas	Brown	Newland, p. Eastrington
Edward	Rudderforth	late of East Cottingwith	the heirs of
John	Webster	East Cottingwith
Joseph	Robinson	South Fuffield	yeoman
Simon	Webster	Aughton	yeoman
Robert	Webster	Aughton	yeoman
John	Beilby	East Cottingwith	yeoman
William	House	North Duffield	yeoman
Thomas	Jewitt	Newsham	yeoman
John	Gray	Pocklington	gent
Catherine	Thompson	Pocklington	widow of William
Stephen	Caister	Howden	gent
John	Turner	East Cottingwith	yeoman
Robert	Burton	Beverley	esq
John	Idle	Co. Durham	gent
Ann	Metcalf	East Cottingwith	widow
William	Yeoman	Melburn	yeoman
George	Wilson	East Cottingwith	yeoman
Mary	Williamson	East Cottingwith	widow
Thomas	Hayes	Aislabie	yeoman
William	Ridsdale	Melburn	yeoman
John	Johnson	Elvington	yeoman
Thomas	Wilson	East Cottingwith	yeoman
Timothy	Mortimer	York	gent
George	Blanshard	Storthwaite	yeoman
Ann	Blanshard	Breighton	widow
Francis	Maynard	East Cottingwith	yeoman
John	Ward	East Cottingwith	yeoman
Joseph	Brown	Grimston Swithy	yeoman
John	Holmes	East Cottingwith	yeoman
John	Brownbridge	Ellerton	yeoman
Thomas	Clarkson	East Cottingwith	miller

 

 

DDJ/34/60 

East Cottingwith First Assessment

I am not 100% sure, but I believe that this assessment was an early Land Tax Assessment. 

Land Tax Assessments were introduced by an Act of 1692, and was administered at local level, but the survival until 1780 was very patchy. The records from 1780 to 1832 have survived in much greater numbers, as duplicates among the County Quarter Sessions records. This is because the Clerks of the Peace in various counties used them to establish men's electoral rights, as from 1780, payment of land tax on freehold property worth £2 or more a year qualified a man to vote. 

The upheaval in land ownership following enclosure would presumeably neccessitate a reassessment, so I believe the East Cottingwith First Assessment document to be such a reassessment following enclosure.

				Tax		Cash Received
						1st August
No.	Forename	Surname	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1	Mr.	Dudding	184	15	0	184	15	0
2	Robert	Jefferson	21	0	0	21	0	0
3	H. B	Osbaldeston	57	19	0
4	John	Nottingham	59	10	0
5	Nicholas	Blanshard	57	6	6	57	6	6
6	Heirs of	Williamson	11	0	0	11	0	0
7	Thomas	Johnson	32	0	0	32	0	0
8	Thomas	Swan	21	17	0
9	R. & H.	Gray	55	3	0	55	3	0
10	Thomas	Brown	31	6	0	31	6	0
11	Heirs of	Ruddiforth	35	16	0
12	John	Webster	16	5	0
13	Simon	Webster	20	17	6
14	Robert	Webster	19	0	0
15	Joseph	Robinson	40	15	0
16	John	Beilby	22	0	0	22	0	0
17	William	Hove	13	13	6	13	13	6
18	Thomas	Jewitt	13	19	0	13	19	0
19	Ellerton	Poor	16	9	0
20	John	Gray	17	12	0
21	Edward	Beilby	12	10	0
22	William	Thompson for wife	12	17	0
23	Stephen	Caister	6	2	0	6	2	0
24	Thomas	Johnson &c	4	0	0	3	4	0
25	John	Turner	3	12	0
26	Town	Land	4	11	6	4	11	6
27	Robert	Burton	30	17	0	30	17	0
28	John	Idle	6	18	6	6	18	6
29	Geo.	Buttle	9	5	0	9	5	0
30	Ann	Metcalf	6	7	6	6	7	6
31	William	Yeoman	1	19	6	1	19	6
32	George	Wilson	13	17	0	Note
33	Mary	Williamson	12	15	6
34	Thomas	Hayes	4	8	0
35	William	Ridsdale	2	19	0	2	19	0
36	John	Johnson	5	11	6
37	Thomas	Wilson	3	17	0	3	17	0
38	Timothy	Mortimer	2	3	0	2	3	0
39	George	Blanshard	2	14	0	2	14	0
40	Ann	Blanshard	1	3	0
41	Henry	Brown	4	15	0	4	15	0
42	Francis	Maynard	1	0	0	1	0	0
43	Thomas	Ward	0	7	0	0	7	0
44	Joseph	Brown	5	8	0	5	8	0
45	John	Brownbridge	1	3	0	1	3	0
46	John	Holmes	1	3	0	1	3	0
47	Thomas	Clarkson	1	19	6	1	19	6

Note: In the final, otherwise blank, column there is interlined another name with that of George Wilson, namely Thos: Johnson. Geo. Wilson has 5-15-0 beside his name while Thos: Johnson has 8-2-0 (making a total of 13-17-0)

It shows Thos: Johnson's tax has having been received, i.e 8-2-0

DDJ/34/61

East Cottingwith Tax

			Total Tax
No.	Forename	Surname	£	s.	d.
1	W.	Dudding	323	16	4
2	Robert	Jefferson	41	2	0
3	H.	Osbaldeston	116	10	9
4	John	Nottingham	109	12	7
5	Nicholas	Blanshard	101	9	8
6	Heirs of	Williamson	22	6	0
7	Thomas	Johnson	59	17	4
8	Thomas	Swan	38	14	7
9	R. & H.	Gray	101	11	3
10	Thomas	Brown	56	15	8
11	Heirs of	Ruddiforth	65	2	7
12	John	Webster	31	17	4
13	Simeon	Webster	41	14	10
14	Joseph	Robinson	80	10	7
15	Robert	Webster	35	1	0
16	John	Beilby	39	0	11
17	William	Hove	22	11	2
18	Thomas	Jewitt	23	7	11
19	Ellerton	Poor	30	19	7
20	John	Gray	35	5	0
21	Edward	Beilby	20	0	8
22	William	Thompson for wife	25	6	2
23	Stephen	Caister	10	1	5
24	Thomas	Johnson &c	6	13	5
25	John	Turner	7	4	0
26	Town	Land	35	11	0
27	Robert	Burton	56	11	2
28	John	Idle	12	11	3
29	Geo.	Buttle	18	15	9
30	Ann	Medcalf	8	9	1
31	William	Yeoman	2	12	2
32	George	Wilson	29	4	1
33	Mary	Williamson	29	3	9
34	Thomas	Hayes	7	12	7
35	William	Ridsdale	4	10	8
36	John	Johnson	7	9	10
37	Thomas	Wilson	5	3	6
38	Timothy	Mortimer	3	1	11
39	George	Blanshard	4	8	9
40	Ann	Blanshard	2	2	9
41	Henry	Brown	6	12	9
42	Francis	Maynard	1	8	3
43	John	Ward	0	8	11
44	Joseph	Brown	12	11	10
45	John	Brownbrigg	1	19	9
46	John	Holmes	2	12	6
47	Thomas	Clarkson	3	5	6
48	Mr	Weddle	8	9	6
49	Tho.	Fligg	0	8	0
50	Wm	Clark	0	1	6
51	Fran:	Jennison	0	0	6

Rent-Charge Payers in 1850

The rent-charge payers in 1850 are listed in an indenture dated 1st April 1850, between the devisees of Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington (i.e. the executors and trustees of his will, the Hon. Arthur Thelluson of Eaton Square, Middlesex, and John Edmund Dowdswell of the Inner Temple, London) of the first part; The Rev. Joseph Dunnington Jefferson of Thicket Priory of the second part; and Sir Henry Mervyn Vavasour of Melbourne Hall (trustee for J.D.J) of the thrird part.

Property: The rectory church and advowson of Ellerton and rent-charge of East Cottingwith. The description lists previous encumbrances, jointures, lease and release, but with redemption clauses, etc. (This suggests that Sir Christopher needed to raise loans from time to time, and he provided his East Riding properties as collateral).

Sir Christopher died 5 Feb 1843, and his will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the 9th May 1843, with probate being granted to Arthur Thelluson and John E. Dowdswell, (a third executor named in the will, Thomas Lord Foley, having renounced).

Sir Christopher having died with debts, his creditors raised a case in the Court of Chancery against his estate, naming Thelluson as the defendant. By a decree of Chancery dated 1st May 1843 the case was referred to the Chapter of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and by another decree of Chancery dated 8th Aug 1844 it was decreed that the estates be sold by public auction to satisfy the debts.

At an auction dated 16th and 17th Oct 1844, John Dunnington Jefferson was the highest bidder for lot 28, the rectory and church advowson of Ellerton, the bid being £220. Since the auction Jefferson offered £705 for another lot, lot 27 (which had not sold at auction), the rent-charge for East Cottingwith, which produced £39 6s 8d per annum. The indenture recited the East Cottingwith Enclosure Act of the 13 Geo. III., and then laid out a table of the current payees, and the amounts they paid:

Name	£	s.	d.	Name	£	s.	d.
Robert Burton	1	11	5	Joseph Robinson	2	9	6
Humphrey Osbaldeston	1	13	2	Thomas Brown		16	1
Robert Jefferson		1	0	John Beilby		10	0
John Dudding	8	16	6	John Turner		8	8
Nicholas Blanshard	2	6	0	George Blanshard		19	4
John Nottingham	1	18	1	John Brownbridge		8	9
John Webster		11	4	Overseers of the Poor of E. C.	1	1	6
Thomas Johnson		14	5	Timothy Mortimer		3	8
George Wilson		11	10	Christopher Bethell, for the use of the poor		5	0
Susannah, Ann and Elizabeth Williamson	1	18	0	Joseph Brown		11	3
Thomas Fligg		11	7	Catherine Thompson		7	7
John Weddall	1	2	0	John Turner		3	9
Robert and Henry Gray	2	9	9	Robert Webster		17	10
Thomas Swan		5	0	William Ridsdale
John Holmes		8	0	Thomas Wilson		2	1
Mary Williamson		1	8	William Clark		1	7
Heirs of Edward Rudderforth	1	5	8	Simeon Webster		6	11
Heirs of Edward Rudderforth for land in occ. of George Butler		8	10	Ann Blanchard		13	1
John Jole		10	7	Thomas Jewitt		4	3
Henry Brown		6	5	John Ward			6
George Buttle	1	1	7	Total	39	6	8