Cottages of Castletown, 1506

Taken from an appendix to 'Excavations in Castletown, Isle of Man, 1989-1992

In the Parish of Saint Lupus (Malew) from the Derby Paper reference 1715-2. List of the Cottages of Castletown in 1506.
The 1511 list was transcribed by T. Talbot and published (posthumously by his daughter) in 1925; that list contained against some holdings 'leased for seven years this being the sixth' confirming that this 1506 list was the first year of a new valuation.
Extra information contained in the 1511 Roll added thus

1	James Lake, a cottage and a chamber, leased for 1 year	16d
2	Edmund Cowper, a cottage & garden leased for 7 years, 1st year	16d
3	John Lytherland, a chamber 12d, a cottage & two small gardens, 2 chambers and brewhouse, leased for 7 years, 1st year	6/-
4	William Goldsmythe, a cottage & garden, two chambers & brewhouse	7/-
5	Edmund Lake, a cottage 20d, a garden, cellar & one chamber 16d	3/-
6	William Hubart, 1 chamber near the Castle 8d, a cottage & garden 20d, a cottage & small garden 8d, a cottage, workshop & garden 18d	4/6
7	Thomas Norres, a chamber near the sea 12d, a cottage, 2 chambers and garden	6/6
8	William Vawse, one chamber	6d
9	William Bull, a cottage with Johanna Hayell	3/-
10	Johanna Hayell, another share of a cottage	12d
11	Huan Birche, a chamber near the sea 12d, with cottage & garden 4d, a cottage & garden 6/-, a croft with cottage & garden 12d temporally let to Gilbert Bredy.	8/4
12	John Clerke, a chamber near the sea	2/
13	Richard Holte, a house, cottage, garden, &brewhouse, one site for a cottage and chamber	7/2
14	Thomas Clerke, 1 chamber near the Chapel 4d, a cottage, garden and brewhouse, 6/-	6/4
15	John Mc Quaken, 1 chamber	16d
16	Nicholas Buller, a cottage and garden	2/-
17	William Dycanson, a cottage, garden and two chambers	3/4
18	John Stephynson, two chambers	16d
19	Patric Slater, a cottage and garden 12d, one chamber 12d A chamber near DALHILL	2/-
20	Nicholas Duke, a cottage & garden, and a site for a cottage	4/-
21	Roger Flecher, a site for a house (Domus), chamber & garden 20d cottage, chamber and garden 2/6	4/2
22	Otnell Caterall, a cottage and garden	16d
23	Gilbert Mc Quyn, a cottage, chamber and garden	16d
24	The Servant of Patrike Ine Qullyam, one cottage	8d
25	William Norres, a cottage, chamber and garden	18d
26	Patrice Mc Conald, a cottage, chamber and garden	2/
27	To pay for a garden and Hawkehouse,- Robert Caldcote (per annum)	12d
28	Michael Mc Kyineoke, a cottage and garden	16d
29	Robert Furbor, a cottage, chamber and garden 18d, with cottage, chamber and a moiety of garden 18d	3/-
30	Thomas Walsh, 1 House & garden with brew-house & 4 chambers One chamber in the hands of the Lord Abbot	6/-
31	Thomas Mc Cane, a cottage garden	2/-
32	Thomas Burscogh, a cottage, chamber & garden (Set to Thom. Mc Cane)	12d
33	Marion Gonnere, a cottage and garden	12d
34	John Mc Moleyne, a cottage and moiety of a garden	19d
35	Roger Gall, a cottage, chamber and a moiety of a garden	18d
36	Robert Abelson, a cottage, two chambers, brewhouse, garden	2/8
37	John Merceden, a chamber 12d, a cottage chamber & garden 2/8	3/8
38	John Wilkynson, a cottage, chamber and garden	3/-
39	Gilbert Mc Auley, a cottage and garden tenanted by Richard Brewer, another cottage, chamber and garden	5/
40	William Hopper, a cottage, two chambers and garden	5/
41	William Mc Quylly, a cottage and a small garden	8d
42	Alice More, a cottage and garden and two parts of a croft	2/-
43	More Ine Calne, a cottage and garden	8d
44	Robert Butteler, a cottage and garden 16d, a cottage 8d Robert Butler with his partners	2/
45	Thomas Marshall, a cottage, garden and brew-house	16d
46	A parcel of land near the Brewhouse of the said Thomas	2d
47	Mark Mc Quyll, a cottage and a moiety of a small garden	6d
48	Thomas Mc Kewne, a cottage and the fourth part of a croft	20d
49	John Mc Canell, a cottage	8d
50	John More, a tenement, chamber, brewhouse & garden. A small croft Johanne More, adjacent to the bog	2/-
51	Isabella Mc Jokyn, a cottage and garden	14d
52	James Mc Kelley, a small cottage & small parcel of land for a garden	8d
53	Marion Ine Cree, a moiety of a cottage, & a small parcel of land for a garden	12d
54	Richard Crekard, a cottage, chamber and garden	12`
55	Jenkyn Baine, a cottage	8t
56	Bartholomew Haydoke, site for a small cottage and garden	6c
57	Rawlyn Smyth, a cottage and garden	10d
58	The wife of Paton Mc Lucas, a cottage & a site for a cottage	14d
59	Cristiana Ine Quorey, a cottage temporally occupied by Robert Picroft with a chamber and garden .	16d
60	John Mc Gegan, a cottage, chamber, garden & parcel of waste land to augement a garden	12d
61	Agnet Wedall, a cottage, chamber and small garden	12d
62	Thomas Hogell, a cottage and a parcel of garden	12d
63	Armalpho Gomere, a cottage	8d
64	Donald Mc Caren, a cottage	6d
65	Finlo Mc Kelley, a cottage and garden	12d
66	William Pyper, a cottage and a moiety of a garden	8d
67	Cristian Ine How, a cottage and garden	8d
68	John Farken, Abbot of Rushen, a chamber and small garden	3/-
69	To pay for a cottage, garden and chamber lately tenanted by Marchoke Blake, per year Near the Burne*	13d
70	*To pay for a tenement, two chambers and a brewhouse 2/7, a site for a cottage 6d lately tenented by Elene Corbet per year	3/1
71	*To pay for a chamber and garden 14d, a cellar 2/- lately tenanted by William Parre, per year	3/2
72	Robert Crayye, a chamber and a cellar	4/6
73	*To pay for a chamber, Robert Corbet, per year	6d
74	To pay for a cellar for the Lord's use, 6/8 per year The Long House (of the Lord)	nil
75	To pay for two chambers, tenant Thomas Stephynson, leased for 7 years	16d
76	Three cellars under one roof and a chamber, for the use of the Lord, Robert Calcote two cellars by the Castle burne 8/8, a tenement and loft re John Coole, and one cellar tenanted by William Goldsmyth 16d.	10/
77	John Ireland, soldier, and William Huble, One tenement-three chambers, brewhouse and garden. A cottage, 3 chambers and a garden tenanted by Cristian Corbet	10/
78	William Goldsmyth, a chamber near the sea tenanted by Cristian Corbet	22d
79	*To pay for a cottage, chamber, brewhouse and moiety of a garden with five cellars tenanted by Marion Meser per year	3/2
80	*To pay for a cellar, tenanted by Marion, per year	2/
81	*To pay for a chamber near the sea, Robert Ap Ethell, per year	6d
82	William Lake, a chamber and a small garden	12d
83	William Samlesbury, a cottage and a site for a cottage and garden	2/8
84	Richard Brewer, a site for a cottage & moiety of a garden tenanted by Henry Lucas.	12d
85	*To pay for a cottage & garden and small parcel of land augmenting the garden tenanted by Marion Corbet for 6d per year	8d
86	*To pay for a broken cottage lately tenanted by Thomas Corbet previously at 12d year	nil

	Sum total of Rent to Pay for Cottages,	9-16s-9d.

Note: Numbers followed by * have 'NO' noted against them in the left hand margin of the 'Derby Roll, and this is exactly repeated in the Composition Book'. This may indicate that these properties have not been leased for a term longer than one year All the other properties are stated as having been (newly) leased for seven years, to the person specified in the Roll.




Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor © F.Coakley , 2000