Alice Bailey

Other Events and Attributes:

• Parentage: Dau and Heir to John Bailey of Rotherby
• NB: Wid. of Will'm Hill of Leic' Merchant of Calais

Notes:

Rotherby - LEI ENG
OS Grid Reference: 52?45'N 1?00'W
Name Origin: Old Norse Redebi Hrei?ar's village or homestead.

Domesday Book:
LAND OF EARL HUGH
In GUTHLAXTON Wapentake
Earl Hugh holds Barrow from the King. 15 carucates of land. In lordship he has 4? ploughs; 2 male with 1 female slaves. 40 villagers with 13 smallholders have 11 ploughs. 3 mills at 30s; woodland 1 league long and 4 furlongs wide which pays 5s.
Earl Harold held this manor with the dependencies written below.:-
In Donington 5 carucates of land. Meadow 3 furlongs long and 1 furlong wide.
In Cossington 6 carucates of land.
In Hoton 6 carucates of land.
In Seagrave 2 carucates of land. Meadow, 10 acres.
In Sileby 1 carucate of land.
In Rearsby 2 carucates of land less 1 bovate. Meadow 8 acres.
In Brooksby 2 carucates of land. Meadow 7 acres, A mill 5s.
In Frisby 1? carucates of land. Meadow 4 acres.
In Prestwold 2 carucates of land. Meadow 3 furlongs long and 1 furlong wide; woodland 6 furlongs long and 5 furlongs wide.
In Charley 4 carucates of land. Waste.
In Gaddesby 1 carucate of land. Meadow, 4 actres; a mill, 3 s.
In REDEBI 3 carucates of land less 2 bovates. Meadow, 3 acres.
In Frisby 1? carucates of land. Meadow, 4 acres; a mill, 28d.
4 of the Earl's men-at-arms hold 12 carucates of land from these lands. In these the Earl himself has in lordship 4? ploughs and 30 Freemen, 25 villagers and 13 smallholders who have 15? ploughs with 1 slave.
His men-at-arms have in lordship 3 ploughs and 12 villagers with 1 Freeman and 2 smallholders who have 3 ploughs.
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A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 1831:
ROTHERBY, a parish of 900 acres in the eastern division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 5? miles (W.S.W.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing 143 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the kings's books at ?8. 8. 4., and in the patronage of the Rev. Mr. Browne. The church is dedicated to All Saints. Rotherby Hall is the seat of Samuel Seaman Esquire .
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Alice Bailey was the heir of John Bailey according to the heralds visitation of Leicestershire in 1619. This is undoubtedly how the Wase family came into the Rotherby property.

Lay Subsidy 1 Edward III(1327)
John Le Wardes (? Bailiff) 2d (this could be the original John Bailey)

The property is likely to have been in the hands of the family since at least 1368:-
( Hastings MSS: Sunday before Mark 42 Edward III (23 Apr 1368) John Baylif of Rotherby witness to charter between Robert of Rolleston, parson and John Barowe of Rotherby)

The name Bailey is occupational from the Old French Balif (acc.) Balli (nom),a free man, the appointed representative of an absenttee Lord of the Manor who lived in the manor house and administered the manor on behalf of his Lord. In the 13th century he would have been payed about ?6 per annum as opposed to a ploughman's 8s. [ P.H.Rainey " The Origins of English Surnames]

Lay subsidy rolls :133 - 26 Poll Tax 1377
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John servant of John Baly 4d
Edward servant of John Bayly 4d
John Bayley; fermer 8d

NB fermer or farmer :- Someone who paid the Lord of The Manor a fixed sum of money in return for administering and receiving the rents, dues and profis from a manor.

As the property passed with her widowhood it seems likely that her marriage to William Hill, Merchant of the Calais Staple was without issue. It would be interesting to search for any will of William Hill, such a will if it exists, (unlikely) would fix the date of her marriage.

Family/Spouse: William Hill. William was born between 1420 and 1480. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married John Wase about 1495. John (son of John Wase and Unknown UNKNOWN) was born about 1470; died after 1533. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Wase was born about 1500 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Rotherby, Leicestershire, England