This is the rental record of Mitten Hill Farm (428 kb) from the 31st year of the reign of Henry VIII.
The farm was owned by Whitby Abbey at the time of its dissolution and this is where this record originates
A smaller version of the document (247kb)
I am very grateful to Eusebeia Sutherland, Chris Phillips and Audrey Lee for the following transcription and translation
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In Rentali de terr[is] & tent[ament]is Ac o[m]nib[u]s aliis possessionib[u]s tam temp[or]al[i]s
In the rental of the lands & tenements together with all other possessions, both Temporalities
q[u]am sp[irit]ual[is] quibuscumq[ue] p[er]tin[enciis] d[i]c[t]o nup[er] monast[er]io sursum reddit[ur] &
and Spiritualities and their appurtenances of whateverkind of the said late Monastery surrendered &
dissolut[ur] xiiij mo die decembr[is] Anno regni metuendissimi d[omi]ni Regis
dissolved on the 14th day of December in the 31st year of the reign of our now most dread Lord
nunc Henr[ici] viij dei g[rac]ia Anglie & Francie Regis fidei defensoris
Henry VIII, by the grace of God, King of England & France, Defender of the Faith,
d[omi]ni hib[er]nie & in terra sup[re]mi Capitis eccl[es]ie Anglicane xxxi mo
Lord of Ireland, & on earth supreme head of the English Church
renovato coram --uardo B[?]ekwith Armigo Rec- [Recie?] & Hugon[i] Fuller
renewed before Edward Bekwith Arminger Rec[ie?] & Hugh Fuller
Audit[ore?] d[i]c[t]i metuendissimi D[omi]ni Regis / mens[is] Septembr[is] Anno
By the auditor of the said most dread Lord King in the month of September in the 32nd year
regni euisd[e]m d[omi]ni Regis xxxij do/ int[er] alia continet[ur]si
of the reign of the same Lord King, among other things, enclosed thus
ut sequit[ur]
as follows
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The second paragraph:-
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Beatrix Poskett vidua nup[er] ux[or] Will[el]mi
Beatrice Poskett, widow, the late wife of William
Poskett defuncti (durant[e] viduitate s[ua]) tenet
Poskett deceased, (during her widowhood) holds
unu[m] tent[ament]u[m] cum p[er]tin[enciis] ib[ide]m voc[atum] mittanhill
one tenement with its appurtenances in the same place called Mittanhill
ad t[er]minu[m] s[an]c[t]i martini
at the term of Saint Martin
in [hibernae]................pente equal[ite]r
the Bishop in Winter...........Pentecost equally
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Marginal Notes
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Whitby nup[er] Whitby former
monast[er]ium Monastery
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Hawskarthe Hawskarthe
vill[is] p[ar]cell[is] possess[ionibus] townships part of the possessions
.............monast........... [of the same] monastery
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xxi s vii d tenet 21s 8d she holds
p[er] indentur[am] ut d by indenture as [it is said]
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