Catalogue description COSSINGTON (LEICS.)

Lands there were acquired by Stephen's father Gilbert and may have passed in the first instance to Stephen's elder brother Thomas, since Thomas's son Hugh granted to Stephen 2 virgates with the services of the tenants. [BL Harl. MS 4748, f. 12d.] Stephen's acquisition of other land in Cossington is recorded below, BCM/D/5/41/9 [GC 962]. The lands are not mentioned in inquisitions post mortem, and a note in the Segrave Cartulary records that it was alienated for a rent, which continued. The charter of 1477, BCM/D/5/18/4 [GC 4415], shows that the family retained an interest in Cossington, and the rents were probably paid to nearby Sileby (BCM/D/5/42), with which it was associated in the late 13th century.