Documents relating to Agnes daughter of Orm de Holdsworth



The following documents mention Agnes daughter of Orm de Holdsworth and members of her family


No proof has been found, but there is other evidence relating to these two families which tends to support that Agnes daughter of Orm de Holdsworth was possibly the daughter of Orm son of Magnus


In the latter part of the 12th century, John son of Essolf became involved in a dispute over land with Agnes daughter of Orm de Holdsworth. The quarrel was settled by his granting of an acre of land together with pasture for cows, sheep, goats and pigs, in Holdsworth, to the cell of Woodkirk and the canons of Nostell Priory.

[YAS Record Series, Extra Series. Early Yorkshire Charters. Volumne 8 The Honour of Warenne. C. T. Clay] No. 146

 


John son of Essolf made another grant to the cell of Woodkirk of half a bovate of land in Holdsworth, which Essolf his father had purchased from Agnes daughter of Orm de Holdsworth. [[?c. 1190-1210]

[MS Dodsworth, viii, f.200 from the original in St Mary's Tower, York. YAS Record Series, Extra Series. Early Yorkshire Charters. Volumne 8 The Honour of Warenne. C. T. Clay] No.147

 


Gift by Agnes daughter of Orm de Holdsworth to the cell of Woodkirk of an acre of land in Holdsworth which Haisolimus had held together with pasture for cows sheep goats and pigs.

Witnesses: Henry de Tankerleya, Nicholas son of Haisolui de Erdeslau, .... de Erdeslau, Goeffrey Kardinal, Fulcone his brother, Reginald son of Helie de Sothil, Robert son of Roger, Robert Bundi and many others. [late 12th cent.]

[MS Dodsworth, viii, f.200 from the original in St Mary's Tower, York. YAS Record Series, Extra Series. Early Yorkshire Charters. Volumne 8 The Honour of Warenne. C. T. Clay] No.149.

Note: Clay states that this charter is probably contemporary with No. 146 above. Henry de Tankersley and Geoffrey Kardinal occur together in 1188-1200

 




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