Kirkby Fleetham |
Area, 2,950 acres. Hang East wapentake. -Population, 625 ; Church-room, 350; Net value, £200.Appropriated to the Commandery of Mount St. John.
Valued in the King's Books, at £9. 18s. 4d.
Patron, the Crown.
The glebe house is fit for residence.
The Register Books commence in 1591; from 1686 to 1718, the entries are copied from loose papers-irregular and defective from 1728 to 1763.
Charities:
Leonard Smelt's, by deed, 22nd December 1712, (together with other charitable donations). Rent of fourteen acres of land. -Vide 6th Report, page 625.
References:
Torre's MS., page 1559. Bawdwen's Domesday Book (Churchebi), pages 10. 32, 33. 38. 84. 98. 101. 119. 129. 166. Whitaker's Richmondshire, vol. ii. page 61. Bodleian MSS., No. 5078.